Daily Quests and Commissions

The first thing Hyuga Hoshishaku did upon returning to the clan grounds was to find his father, Hyuga Tianren, to report the matter.

As expected, he took Hoshishaku's discovery very seriously and proactively offered a reward.

"Give me two more guards, at least Genin-level strength. I want to spar with them every day."

Hoshishaku made this request.

But Hyuga Tianren shook his head and refused: "That is impossible. There are fewer than a hundred ninjas in the clan, and almost all of them are in critical positions. There is no way to spare manpower to accompany you for training and sparring."

Hearing this, Hoshishaku curled his lip: "Is that so? Fewer than a hundred? What a withered clan population; no wonder there are conspiracies against the Hyuga in Konoha."

Hyuga Tianren's forehead twitched as he listened to these words.

Sensing the atmosphere had soured, Hoshishaku quickly stood up to leave, but as he stepped over the threshold, he turned back and added with waning confidence:

"If you won't give me people, then give me more money. One hundred thousand ryo isn't even enough for me to eat; I spent over ten thousand just walking around today. If outsiders found out, wouldn't they say our Hyuga clan is stingy and poor?"

Hyuga Tianren truly couldn't hold back this time; he struck out with an empty palm, sending Hoshishaku, who was just about to put on his shoes at the door, flying away.

"You have no manners at all, get lost!"

Hoshishaku, having been sent flying, didn't feel any pain, though the fall was a bit undignified.

He glanced at Yunfei, who had rushed over to help him up.

Hoshishaku gave a sheepish laugh, pointed toward his father's position, and whispered, "Look, he's triggered!"

A bead of cold sweat slid down Hyuga Yunfei's forehead at these words.

Although he didn't know what the young master meant by that.

That mocking tone was truly terrifying!

In the end, the loyal Yunfei quietly went to retrieve his shoes, and the two of them left the main residence of the clan head, looking rather disheveled.

Afterward, Hoshishaku followed Yunfei to the branch family courtyard.

He deliberately didn't go in, staying behind to listen to the commotion inside.

Upon listening, he really did discover someone using words to prick at Yunfei.

And it was the distinct, cracking voice of a young boy.

"Yo, look who's back. It's our branch family genius, Hyuga Yunfei. I heard you changed masters; I wonder if that's true or false?"

Hearing this, Hoshishaku excitedly charged in and, without a word, defeated the other party in the name of sparring, completing his daily duel mission!

Finally, six years after arriving in this world, he had completed all his daily missions for the day for the first time!

Praise Hyuga Neji!

As a future genius of the Hyuga clan, the C-rank Genin card alone had completely changed his previous predicament!

If Neji were to be born normally in the future, he would definitely have to thank him properly!

On the night he finished reporting that matter.

Hoshishaku suddenly received a system notification.

[Random commission mission triggered: Investigate the culprit smearing the Hyuga clan]

[Mission Rating: A-rank]

[Mission Issuer: Hyuga Tianren]

[Mission Reward: One random A-rank full card]

Upon receiving this commission, Hoshishaku was so excited he didn't sleep all night.

What was an A-rank full card?

If C-rank was the standard for a Genin nearing Chunin.

And B-rank was the standard for a Chunin nearing Jonin.

Combined with the Kakashi fragments he had drawn before, it was double proof that an A-rank card was the standard for a Jonin nearing Kage-level!

Therefore, in his view, as long as he completed this job, he could directly become one of the strongest ninjas in the Hyuga clan!

Thus, for the next few days.

Hyuga Hoshishaku did nothing but go to the main family training grounds on fixed days to receive Gentle Fist instruction from the elders.

Otherwise, he was racking his brains to complete commission missions and diligently finishing daily tasks, basically stopping all other training.

According to his logic, two years of hard training was nowhere near as effective as the boost from a C-rank Genin card, so why bother working so hard?

If not for taking the time to guide cousin Yunfei in the Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation and...

Therefore, focusing on completing missions, saving up for ten-pulls, and doing commissions was the real priority.

But this A-rank commission mission was very difficult for him.

He couldn't find it by searching for book titles, maybe he should try searching for the author; perhaps it just changed its name!

He didn't even know where to start.

At first, he planned to start with those bratty kids.

Thus, he took Hyuga Yunfei along to investigate.

It took three days to find those children, but unfortunately, there was nothing to show for it.

He asked them who had taught them that.

They replied that all the children were saying it.

He questioned them one by one about who had first called the Byakugan a monster, but every child gave a different answer.

After busywork like this for half a month, when Hoshishaku realized there was no way to uncover the truth on his own, a notification suddenly popped up on his system panel.

[Notification: A-rank random commission task has been completed by another.]

[Task completer: Nara Luyuan]

[System is calculating and evaluating...]

[Per system evaluation, the host only played a significant advisory role in this commission event and did not participate in depth; therefore, the commission task is rated B-rank.]

[You have received the B-rank commission task reward: B-rank Full Card x1]

Seeing these notifications, Hoshishaku felt a mix of disappointment and relief.

Disappointment was inevitable.

Who wouldn't want to reach the pinnacle in one step and become a powerhouse in the ninja world?

And after realizing he had no way to complete this commission, dragging it out had truly been a torment.

So, with the task completed by someone else and a reward settled for him, he could indeed breathe a sigh of relief.

Thinking this, he claimed the B-rank ninja full card reward.

"Who could it be?"

He was filled with anticipation.

[Congratulations on obtaining: B-rank ninja Ajisai]

"Hm?!"

Hoshishaku was somewhat surprised, as he couldn't immediately recall who Ajisai was.

It was only after a wealth of training memories regarding Summoning Jutsu, Unsealing Jutsu, and Sealing Jutsu suddenly flooded his brain that he realized.

Wasn't this female ninja named Ajisai the short, sweet-voiced Animal Path of the Six Paths of Pain, who was extremely skilled in Summoning Jutsu?

In his past life, netizens had affectionately dubbed her the "Loli Path."

"I actually drew her?"

Hoshishaku curled his lips into a smile.

"My luck is really quite good."

In his view, this Ajisai could play tricks with the most basic Sealing Jutsu and Unsealing Jutsu, even using them as ultimate moves, and she possessed a talent famous for Summoning Jutsu.

Her talent for space-time ninjutsu was definitely very high.

Thinking this, he hurriedly opened his attribute panel.

[Name: Hyuga Hoshishaku]

[Vitality: 245(+100)]

[Spirit: 220(+105)]

[Chakra: 1230(+2500)]

[Jutsu: Gentle Fist series, Summoning Jutsu, Basic Sealing Jutsu (Sealing, Unsealing)]

[Special Ability: Byakugan (Kekkei Genkai), Space-Time Talent]

[Secret Scroll: None]

Looking at the Space-Time Talent that had appeared in the special ability column, Hoshishaku curled his lips in happiness.

The gains this time were truly significant.

Beyond the all-around improvement in physical fitness and chakra levels reaching that of a Chunin, the most important thing was the promising future of his space-time talent.

If he could learn the Flying Thunder God in the future, wouldn't he be invincible?

"However, I need to find time to polish my basic sealing techniques, and I haven't contracted any summoning beasts yet, so for now, that's a blank slate."