Can Being Recorded in Takasaki's Diary Make Me Stronger?

The word "death" made Hinata realize the gravity of the situation.

Since the diary could so easily reward her with chakra, it stood to reason that killing her would be just as effortless.

Hinata decided to keep her mouth shut.

Clearly, the advantage the diary brought her was the opportunity to become stronger, while the drawback was the need to keep this secret.

This drawback was nothing, really. Even something like liking someone was a secret she could keep buried in her heart forever; what was keeping the secret of a diary compared to that?

"I must hide this diary in a safe place where no one can find it. This is my own secret."

Hinata didn't have time to study whether the diary had other functions; the most urgent priority was to safeguard this secret.

Where should she hide it?

Once she realized that having this secret discovered would lead to her death, Hinata felt the diary was like a ticking time bomb—it didn't feel safe anywhere.

Immediately after, a line of text appeared on the diary:

[Friendly reminder: The diary can appear or disappear according to your consciousness.]

"Appear or disappear according to my consciousness? What does that mean?"

Just as Hinata was puzzled, she focused her mind, and the diary in her hand suddenly vanished.

The shock made Hinata shiver.

"Huh? Where did it go? It was just in my hand."

The next second, the diary reappeared in her hand.

Disappear, appear, disappear, appear, disappear, appear...

After repeating this a few times, Hinata finally realized something.

She seemed to have mastered a space-time ninjutsu that worked exclusively on the diary.

In other words, she didn't need to worry about the secret of the diary being discovered by anyone.

Hinata breathed a sigh of relief.

With the crisis brought on by the diary resolved, Hinata subconsciously began to look forward to the rewards it might bring.

"The diary's reward mechanism must be determined by the content of Takasaki's Diary."

"It seems Takasaki has a diary as well, and whatever he writes is synchronized to my diary."

"And the more times Takasaki mentions my name in his diary, the more rewards I receive."

What kind of attitude should she adopt when facing Takasaki in the future?

As someone who couldn't hide her feelings and was naturally shy, she found it quite difficult.

"I'll just act as if nothing happened and face Takasaki with a normal heart." After her bath, Hinata stood before the mirror, took several deep breaths, and tried her best to comfort herself.

She had a sparring session with Neji soon.

Neji's father had died because of her. Even though she had apologized to Neji many times, and he had never spoken a word of blame, she could still feel the intense hostility he held toward her.

Especially since she was from the main branch, yet her strength was far inferior to Neji of the branch house, the look of contempt in his eyes whenever she lost their sparring matches always left her feeling utterly ashamed.

If she were to be distracted during their upcoming session, Neji would only blame her more.

Yet, she couldn't help but think of Takasaki, harboring a sliver of hope: would Takasaki mention her name again in his next diary entry?

"Stop letting your mind wander!"

Hinata comforted herself in the mirror.

In the full-length mirror, her skin was fair, and her slender, developing figure already hinted at the magnificent curves to come.

The flush on her cheeks betrayed that her heart was far from calm.

At this moment, Takasaki had no idea that his diary was being publicly executed.

The improper content in the diary was just something he had written casually.

What decent person writes a diary, anyway? Who would actually write their inner thoughts in one?

Since he couldn't have those beautiful kunoichi of the ninja world in reality, couldn't he at least be a bit reckless and enjoy himself in his diary?

It wasn't like the diary he wrote was an essay for a language exam; no one was grading it, and no one could see it.

He was just humoring the system, after all.

Naturally, he cared more about the rewards he gained through writing the diary.

The Three Body Technique was just the reward for the first entry; there would surely be more in the future.

Takasaki wasn't in a rush to keep writing.

Firstly, because he didn't want to bite off more than he could chew; mastering the ninjutsu he had already obtained was the most important thing.

Secondly, even if he wanted to write more, he had to unlock the writing permissions for the next entry first.

That is, raising the level of the Clone Jutsu to level 3.

So, I must continue grinding for proficiency.

Takasaki did not want to rest for even a moment. Once his chakra was depleted, he waited for it to recover, then went right back to grinding ninjutsu.

His chakra level recovered to 6 points.

"Clone Jutsu!"

With a flicker of smoke, Takasaki condensed a clone.

His chakra level dropped to 0, and his Clone Jutsu proficiency reached 2/100.

That was truly some timely positive reinforcement.

Hard work pays off; once my chakra recovers, I'll keep grinding!

While Takasaki was busy grinding for proficiency, back in Leaf Village, Ino was not the only girl cursing Takasaki behind his back, as Hinata was doing the same.

The girl closest to Takasaki among them was Ino, who was currently organizing potted plants at her family's flower shop.

Inheriting her father's pale blonde hair and emerald eyes, Ino wore a high ponytail and a sleeveless jacket as she watered the flowers.

Suddenly, she spotted a notebook with gold-threaded edges on the shelf, inscribed with: [Takasaki's Diary (Ino Yamanaka)]

"Did Takasaki come to our flower shop? How could he be so careless to leave his diary behind? And why is my name written on it?"

"Let's see what's written in Takasaki's diary, hee hee."

Ino giggled as she curiously flipped open the diary, but the content made her freeze.

The smile on her face gradually stiffened.

Ten seconds later, she burst into a tirade: "What is this! How lewd! Takasaki looks like a gentleman, but deep down he's full of dirty thoughts! What does he mean by 'being with me later and letting me get on top and move myself'? That must be some indecent act! It's unbearably shameless!"

Ino had never even been in a relationship; she was full of innocent, naive fantasies about love.

Yet in the diary, Takasaki acted as if it were a matter of course that he would claim her as his own.

What the heck! Even dating has a process, doesn't it? Who just claims someone as their own right off the bat?

This sense of being offended made Ino's blood boil.

She even had the sudden urge to go to Takasaki's house and beat him to a pulp.

"No, I can't wait until tomorrow. Takasaki is just too infuriating!"

Clenching her fists, Ino looked absolutely furious, muttering curses: "After dinner, I'm taking this diary to Takasaki's house to confront him. At the very least, I'm going to beat him up!"

The next second.

Two lines appeared on the diary: [Takasaki has written your name in the diary for the first time. Reward: Chakra capacity increased by 10%.]

[Friendly Reminder: The more times Takasaki mentions your name in the diary, the more rewards you will receive.]

"Eh?"

Ino was confused.

Immediately after, a warm current washed over her body, and the fatigue she felt vanished instantly.

Her chakra levels and physical strength were brimming at this moment.

"What's going on? My chakra has increased... This feeling, it's as if I've spent a whole month training in ninjutsu."

Ino was dazed for a few seconds. Once she realized what had happened and calmed down, she looked at the diary again, her eyes filled with shock: "This diary... it seems to be able to make me stronger!"

Could this shameless guy, who she wanted to beat to a pulp, actually be helping her grow stronger?

The same thing was happening at the home of Sakura Haruno, just two streets away from the Yamanaka flower shop.

With a red ribbon tying back her pink hair to reveal her wide forehead, and wearing a red short-sleeved robe, Sakura sat on the edge of her bed in her room, flipping through the diary that had inexplicably appeared there.

On the surface, she looked sullen, but her inner personality was already raging: "What does 'simp' mean? It sounds like a nasty word!"

"Takasaki is such a pervert, wanting to take so many girls home as his wives. He's even more shameless than Naruto! Sasuke is ten thousand times better than him!"

"And why does he like so many girls, but not me? It's really hard not to be angry about that, even though I wouldn't like him anyway."

Sakura finished venting and was about to toss the diary onto the floor.

Two lines appeared on the diary:

[Takasaki has written your name in the diary for the first time. Reward: Chakra capacity increased by 10%.]

[Friendly Reminder: The more times Takasaki mentions your name in the diary, the more rewards you will receive.]

A warm current appeared out of thin air within Sakura's body, washing through her limbs.

Her energy and physical strength became exceptionally abundant at that moment.

Most importantly, Sakura clearly felt her chakra capacity increase.

She seemed to make the connection immediately; the anger on her face vanished, replaced by incredible shock.

"Could it be... that Takasaki can indirectly make me stronger by writing in his diary?"

Sakura's fair, slender fingers traced the diary, her heart pounding rapidly.