With the speed of the Glint-Glint Fruit, even someone possessing the space-time ninjutsu Flying Thunder God would be unable to intercept him.
Every technique developed by Kizaru had now been mastered by Hyuga Shin. Having Kizaru as a blueprint had truly saved Hyuga Shin a great deal of effort.
Rubbing his eyes as he rose, Hyuga Shin decided not to head to the back mountains again; such training had lost its meaning. What constrained Hyuga Shin now were his age and physical development.
No matter how hard he worked, his strength would not increase; he had reached the limit for his current age, unless he were to use the Super Soldier Serum now.
However, Hyuga Shin could not bring himself to use it.
Chapter 14: Gambling with Tsunade?
Sitting cross-legged on the tatami mat, Hyuga Shin began to compress his chakra. This was the only method he could conceive of to improve the quality of his chakra.
Under his compression, the pale blue chakra within Hyuga Shin's body began to deepen in color.
"This is far too slow." After a long while, Hyuga Shin opened his eyes.
Over the past year, he had paid no attention to the quality of his chakra, which had led to his current predicament.
Because he possessed such a vast amount of chakra, the effort required for Hyuga Shin to purify it was several times greater than that of others, and that was only because of his superior talent.
This time, Hyuga Shin was paying the price for his lack of training experience; other ninjas would choose to purify their chakra energy even while increasing its volume.
But Hyuga Shin had only cared about quantity while neglecting quality, and now he was suffering for it.
"Oh well, I don't need to practice taijutsu for the time being anyway, so I might as well focus on refining my chakra! As for practicing ninjutsu, I'll leave that to my Shadow Clones!"
Hyuga Shin comforted himself in his heart.
After half a day of practice, Hyuga Shin headed toward the Ninja Academy. A new batch of students was about to enroll, and it was currently the registration period.
Going to the Ninja Academy was quite necessary. Although the academy only taught basic knowledge, that was exactly what Hyuga Shin lacked right now.
Upon arriving at the Ninja Academy and paying the tuition, he was officially enrolled, and now he just had to wait for the school year to begin.
"Sigh! I didn't expect to have to pay tuition just to enroll. If the clan wasn't covering the expenses, I really wouldn't want to attend."
Hyuga Shin sighed. Two years ago, he had been a wealthy person, but in just two years, he had become a pauper.
If not for the abundance of wildlife in the back mountains, Hyuga Shin would be starving by now.
Ninjas were money pits. Since he began his training, Hyuga Shin had spent his funds crafting lead weights for physical conditioning and purchasing kunai and shuriken.
He had already spent most of his money, and when combined with Hyuga Shin's massive appetite, his funds were completely depleted.
He couldn't even bring himself to buy something as simple as explosive tags.
Furthermore, Hyuga Shin felt very fortunate to possess the Sage Body; otherwise, he would have had to add a hefty bill for medicine on top of that.
"Life is so bitter. When I get the chance, I must snatch Konan away. By then, the richest person in the ninja world will be me."
Hyuga Shin didn't believe for a second that Konan's six hundred billion explosive tags were all bought; according to his estimation, Konan must have been able to craft them herself.
Feeling the sting of being broke, Hyuga Shin began plotting in his mind regarding Konan. He was quite fond of that poor girl.
However, Konan was likely just born, or perhaps not even born yet, so thinking about it was useless.
"Hey! Is that little Shin?"
"Hmm?" Hearing someone call his name, Hyuga Shin paused and turned his head to look.
He happened to see Tsunade standing at the entrance of a casino. At this moment, Tsunade had undergone a earth-shattering change; first and foremost, the breasts on her chest had reached a D-cup size after only a year of not seeing her.
This isn't scientific! It's only been a year—did she eat hormones? Otherwise, how did she go from flat-chested to a pair of balloons? Hyuga Shin complained wildly in his heart.
Although he knew Tsunade would eventually become a "milky tank," this growth was just too fast!
"Kid, where are your eyes looking?" Tsunade walked over with a flushed face and reached out to rap Hyuga Shin on the top of his head.
Hyuga Shin rubbed his head; that hit actually hurt a bit! Tsunade really had no sense of restraint.
"I haven't seen you in a year, and I didn't expect you to have grown so tall. I almost didn't recognize you." Tsunade reached out to gesture at his height.
Heh~ You grew even faster; I almost didn't recognize you either, Hyuga Shin complained in his heart.
Of course, he didn't dare say that out loud; he could only complain internally, otherwise, he would certainly be met with one of Tsunade's punches.
While complaining in his heart, Hyuga Shin wore an adorable smile on his face that made people want to pick him up and dote on him.
Hyuga Shin didn't think there was any shame in acting cute; anyone who had such an advantage and didn't know how to use it was a fool.
Hyuga Shin's adorable smile was indeed highly effective. Tsunade grabbed Hyuga Shin in a hug and pressed his head against her massive chest.
Hyuga Shin felt a wave of suffocation. It took a great deal of effort for him to catch his breath, and a rich, milky scent wafted into his mind, leaving him feeling somewhat dazed.
After a long while, Tsunade finally let go of Hyuga Shin, who then gasped for air.
Tsunade's face flushed, but she quickly returned to her boisterous personality. For some reason, she felt that Hyuga Shin possessed a unique attraction.
It was different from the sense of closeness she had felt when they first met; Tsunade couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she just wanted to be close to Hyuga Shin.
If Hyuga Shin knew why, he certainly wouldn't be surprised, because he had completed a lucky draw just a few days ago.
The ability he had drawn this time wasn't some powerful combat skill, but rather an enhancement to his attraction toward the opposite sex. When he first drew it, Hyuga Shin couldn't help but twitch his lips.
With his looks, combined with this attraction to the opposite sex, was he being groomed to be a stud? Hyuga Shin thought narcissistically.
"Shin, you came at the right time. Big Sister will take you to win big!" Tsunade patted her chest heroically.
"Gulp!" Watching the tremors of Tsunade's chest, Hyuga Shin swallowed hard.
"You little pervert!" Noticing Hyuga Shin's gaze, Tsunade blushed and scolded him, then pulled him along toward the casino.
Upon seeing the casino, Hyuga Shin was just about to refuse when a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind.
This was a great opportunity to make money! Tsunade's title as the "Big Fat Sheep" was even more famous than her title as one of the Sannin.
Thinking of this, Hyuga Shin's mind became active; betting against Tsunade would surely guarantee a win, even if it felt a bit unfair to her.
But losing to others was still losing, and losing to him was also losing; once he won the money, he could just give Tsunade some compensation later!
Having made up his mind, Hyuga Shin happily entered the casino with Tsunade.
Once they arrived at the casino, Hyuga Shin discovered that there were quite a few others who had the same idea as him.
"It seems that no matter where you go, there is competition," Hyuga Shin sighed.
It's a pity that the X-ray vision of the Tenseigan can only see meridians and the flow of chakra, otherwise cheating would be so easy, Hyuga Shin sighed inwardly.
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