Second Ten Consecutive Draws

Senju Yuto was a child who, due to illness, was a bit more immature than other children his age.

If it weren't for the fact that he had lacked the company of peers since he was young, it wouldn't have been so easy for Hyuga Hoshishaku to coax and trick him into practicing the Natural Energy Body Tempering Technique.

However, this kind of cultivation was not something that could be achieved overnight.

His mental energy only increased by a single point every half month or so.

Fortunately, the countdown for the mission had disappeared, so waiting a few more years was not out of the question.

Having almost completed this Fate Commission, Hoshishaku only needed to wait for the mission to be settled.

But he had no intention of relaxing.

This mission was not completed by him alone.

He estimated that his own participation probably only accounted for 60%.

Although he was the one who discovered Yuto's problem, the one who provided the inspiration for the treatment plan, and the one who helped Yuto with his cultivation, he knew the truth.

Senju Tobirama, the developer of this body tempering technique, and Senju Hashirama, the one who assisted with the natural energy, were the most critical links.

It was already foreseeable that getting a full S-rank rating might be impossible, but surely he could at least obtain an A-rank ninja card, right?

After more than half a year of refinement, the seven-year-old Hoshishaku was disappointed that he might miss out on a full S-rank card.

Yet, he did not regret the involvement of Senju Tobirama and the others in the slightest.

After all, this concerned the life of a friend.

The first friend that he, Hyuga Hoshishaku, had ever acknowledged.

Right, there was one more point of relative importance.

That was the fact that the conditions for practicing this Natural Energy Body Tempering Technique were extremely harsh.

Not only was it useless for adults to practice, but for children to succeed, they needed at least several times the physical constitution and chakra of an average person.

This was a drawback discovered when Hoshishaku and Yuto attempted to spread it on a small scale after their own successful cultivation.

Therefore, this technique, specifically designed to "cure" Senju Yuto, was not placed into the ninjutsu library, and because it was too limited, it was not even recorded in the Scroll of Seals.

Only the Senju Clan Grounds and Hyuga Hoshishaku possessed this ninjutsu.

However, only Hoshishaku understood that the potential of this ninjutsu was far beyond just "curing low mental energy."

Although it only increased all attributes by one point every half month, what if there was no upper limit to the increase? What if it were later proven to increase one's lifespan as well?

Konoha Year 7.

Eight months had passed since the last ten-pull.

During this period, Hoshishaku had continuously completed his daily tasks and finally saved up enough for another ten-pull.

Today was a day off.

Ever since his Sealing Technique had achieved some success, he had three days of rest every week, no longer needing to go to Uzumaki Mito every day to study sealing.

After waking up in the morning and exercising according to his usual habits, and then practicing the body tempering technique for several hours, he completed his daily tasks in the afternoon and finally accumulated enough for a ten-pull.

At this moment, he had already washed his face and hands, and was alone in his room preparing to draw cards.

"System, draw!"

As Hyuga Hoshishaku used the ten summoning tickets.

A flash of light swept across the system panel, and one icon after another began to appear.

[S-rank Ninja Tsunade Fragment x5]
[C-rank Ninja Uchiha Sasuke x1]
[Chakra +50]
[Mental Energy +30]
[A-rank Ninja Kakashi Fragment x4]
[C-rank Ninja Hyuga Hinata x1]
[Secret Scroll: Recovery Fragment x1]
[Chakra +30]
[Vitality +50]
[A-rank Kakashi Fragment x4]

As the draw ended, Hoshishaku looked at the results, unable to believe his eyes.

Two full C-rank ninja cards, eight Kakashi fragments, the guaranteed five Tsunade fragments, and a Secret Scroll fragment of unknown utility.

What kind of heaven-defying luck was this?

At this moment, his Tsunade fragments had reached 10, and the progress toward summoning the full card had reached 10%. If he followed the rule of five fragments guaranteed per ten-pull, he might still need 18 more ten-pulls.

Meanwhile, the Kakashi fragments had reached 12, and the progress toward summoning the full card had reached 30%; he might be able to pull the full card within the next seven ten-pulls.

Of course, what made him happiest right now were the two C-rank full cards: one of his own kin, Hyuga Hinata, and one possessing the Uchiha bloodline, Uchiha Sasuke.

Just as he was caught between excitement and fear, fantasizing about how he would explain the origin of the Sharingan if he were to possess it?

Or perhaps, what would happen if the Byakugan and the Sharingan were combined?

As his thoughts swirled in his mind, the system suddenly popped up a notification.

[Notification: Incompatibility detected between Uchiha Sasuke's bloodline and the host. The Byakugan has proactively devoured the Sharingan bloodline. Byakugan purity +5%]

[Notification: Hyuga Hinata's Byakugan purity detected to be higher than the host's. The Byakugan has undergone fusion. Byakugan purity +25%]

"Byakugan purity?"

Hyuga Hoshishaku's worries were dispelled by the system notification, only to be replaced by new questions.

What exactly was Byakugan purity?

If the Byakugan purity reached 100%, would it evolve into the Jōgan seen in Boruto?

Or perhaps, the legendary Tenseigan?

Hoshishaku knew nothing about this.

He stood up and walked over to the mirror, carefully observing his pair of eyes.

He couldn't tell if it was just his imagination.

He felt as though his eyes had taken on a faint blue hue.

Perhaps it's just the lighting at night?

He thought to himself, quickly shifting his focus to his attribute panel and the newly acquired ninjutsu and taijutsu.

[Name: Hyuga Hoshishaku]

[Vitality: 360(+100)]

[Mental Energy: 340(+200)]

[Chakra: 3750(1300)]

[Jutsu: Natural Energy Body Tempering Technique, Gentle Fist series, Summoning Technique (Triple Rashomon), Sealing Technique, Ninja Tool Throwing, Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, Lightning Style: Chidori]

[Special Abilities: Byakugan (Second Evolution 30%), Lightning Style Chakra Shape Transformation, Space-Time Talent]

[Secret Scroll: Recovery (Unlocked: 1/10)]

The various stats on his attribute panel had increased by nearly fifty percent.

He already knew the basics of what Hyuga Hinata knew, so her contribution to him was limited to more training memories of the Gentle Fist, as well as the boosts to his stats and Byakugan purity.

The boost provided by Uchiha Sasuke was also significant.

Originally, almost no one in the Hyuga Clan practiced ninjutsu.

This led to a tradition passed down generation after generation where the Hyuga Clan had very low aptitude for five-element ninjutsu, making even fewer people willing to learn them.

Yet, he had directly acquired Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique and Lightning Style: Chidori from Uchiha Sasuke.

The Great Fireball was fine; even if he wanted to learn it now, he could master it.

But the Lightning Style: Chidori already involved Lightning Style Chakra Shape Transformation, making it basically impossible for him to learn in a short period.

Thus, this card draw not only brought him a step closer to the elite jonin Kakashi and the Kage-level medical taijutsu ninja Tsunade.

His own strength had also improved significantly thanks to the two C-rank full cards.

On top of that, over the past half-year, besides the Natural Energy Body Tempering Technique and Sealing Technique, Teacher Senju Tobirama had also taught him the Triple Rashomon.

He felt that he could now easily crush the version of himself from when he first became Senju Tobirama's apprentice.

Thinking about how he had run into Sarutobi Hiruzen several times while wandering around the village recently, that guy still gave him a sour look even though he knew his own clan was in the wrong.

And his inseparable little companion, Shimura Danzō, also gave him a sour look.

Hyuga Hoshishaku suddenly laughed.

He decided that for tomorrow's daily duel mission, he would just pick those two unlucky brats to complete it.

Why not kill two birds with one stone: complete the mission while also taking down their arrogant attitudes?

Right, and he should bring Yuto along too.