Finding Hinata to Improve Chakra Usage Efficiency

Kurenai Yuhi walked to the mirror, examining her figure with pride as she gently swayed her waist.

The bright red robe she wore could not conceal her curvaceous frame, and the slight curls at the tips of her hair only added to her mature, alluring charm.

Women were always exceptionally confident in their appearance, and Kurenai was no exception; she felt that the beautiful parts of her body were not limited to her round, smooth legs.

Was she not attractive elsewhere?

Perhaps it's because the bandages on my outfit are wrapped too tightly, making only my legs stand out. In reality, certain aspects of mine aren't any smaller than Tsunade's... Forget it, children don't understand anything. As a teacher, why should I bicker with my own student?

Kurenai smiled helplessly. She returned to her desk and continued to grade assignments with focus and dedication, keeping track of every student's progress to help them formulate study plans.

The matter of the diary seemed as if it had never existed, tucked away deep in her heart.

Sand Village.

Temari, currently in the training grounds, was already able to skillfully store the diary into her consciousness space.

She found the Fourth Kazekage, who had just finished a meeting: "Father, is there someone named Takasaki in the village?"

"Takasaki?" Rasa pondered for a moment. "I don't have much of an impression of him. Who is he?"

"He's a jerk who needs to be beaten soundly with my fan!"

Meanwhile.

Chiyo, having finished her walk with Ebizo as usual, was in her room, skillfully retrieving the diary from her consciousness space.

She sat at her desk, looking at the contents of Takasaki's diary, her wrinkled face showing a hint of confusion: "Takasaki has mentioned so many women's names, why isn't mine there? Has he never heard of my reputation?"

In her youth, her figure was so fine that she only had to wear a swimsuit for the First Kazekage to fall for her at first sight.

It was a pity that time spared no one.

Now, the only family member accompanying her was Ebizo.

Chiyo hunched her back, recalling the past with nothing but a sigh.

Looking at Takasaki's entries in the diary again, she let out an exclamation: "It's good to be young."

Mist Village.

Mizukage Building.

Mei Terumi, with her emerald green eyes, reddish-brown crossed long curls, and exposed fair shoulders, arrived at the intelligence department, her expression more serious than ever: "Help me find a guy named Takasaki. If he isn't in the village, inquire in the surrounding villages. In any case, you must bring him to see me!"

Before leaving, Mei Terumi thought of the contents of Takasaki's diary again. Her expression darkened instantly, and she added, "After you find him, beat him up for me first!"

Land of Rain.

The drizzling rain never ceased.

Standing atop a high tower, with paper wings on her back and wearing the cloud-patterned robe of the Akatsuki organization, Konan stood like an angel.

She condensed her chakra into a dozen origami pigeons and set them free: "Go to the various nations of the ninja world and determine Takasaki's location. He might be able to help Nagato and me realize the ideals of the Akatsuki more effectively. The Akatsuki needs such talent."

Leaf Village.

Inside a small bungalow.

Naruto was eating expired instant noodles in loneliness.

Having been cursed as a demon fox by the adults of the village since he was small, he had never blamed anyone in the village.

Nor did he hate the peers who had always ostracized him.

Because he longed for companionship.

Naruto finished the noodles and sighed in solitude: "Why does no one care about me? I really wish I could be liked and loved by others too..."

Before he could wallow in his misery, Naruto stood up abruptly, clutched his stomach, and ran toward the bathroom.

Two days passed in a flash.

Leaf Village.

Evening.

Takasaki did not yet know that the diary he had written casually to deal with the system had already stirred up quite a commotion in the ninja world over the past two days.

The sunset outside the window was beautiful, and the streets of the Leaf were bustling, but Takasaki was not interested in any of it.

What he cared about more was how to improve his ninjutsu proficiency more effectively.

These past two days happened to be the weekend, so Takasaki spent most of his energy grinding the level of his Clone Technique.

He had already raised the proficiency of the Clone Technique to Level 2.

The original attributes of the Clone Technique were [Level 1 Clone Technique (1/100) (6 Chakra)].

Now, the attributes of the Clone Technique were [Level 2 Clone Technique (140/200) (3 Chakra)].

The Clone Jutsu had been upgraded to Level 2, cutting the chakra consumption in half and increasing the number of clones Takasaki could manifest from one to two.

It had taken two full days to raise the Clone Jutsu to Level 2.

In truth, Takasaki hadn't been slacking off; the past two days had been the weekend, and aside from eating and sleeping, he had spent almost every waking moment grinding his ninjutsu proficiency, specifically focusing on the Clone Jutsu.

The main issue was that Takasaki's total chakra pool was pitifully low, sitting at only 20 points, meaning he had to wait for his chakra to recover after just a few attempts.

He was eager to write his next diary entry as soon as possible.

Writing a sloppy entry just to satisfy the system and receive rewards was both convenient and fast.

Who wouldn't want to improve their strength in such a way?

The catch was that he had to raise the Clone Jutsu to Level 3 to unlock the permission to write the next entry.

This can't go on; the efficiency is too low. While waiting for my chakra to recover, I should find a way to improve the efficiency of my ninjutsu training.

Got it! Takasaki suddenly thought of something. Since I can't increase my total chakra, I can try to see if I can reduce the chakra consumption when using ninjutsu.

The system just gave me a brute-force mastery of the Body Replacement, Transformation, and Clone techniques, but I'm still completely clueless about the underlying principles of how the chakra is executed.

If I can figure out the mechanics of the chakra flow, perhaps I can reduce the consumption and thereby increase the efficiency of grinding my proficiency.

Takasaki felt he had hit upon the key.

He wasn't originally from this world; he had transmigrated from Earth. When it came to the application of ninjutsu, he certainly didn't have the grasp that the native ninjas here did.

Moreover, the original owner of this body was just a civilian ninja with average talent.

Trying to figure it out on his own was a dead end.

He needed someone to guide him.

Who should he ask?

There were plenty of options; his classmates in the Ninja Academy basically all had a handle on the three basic techniques.

Sakura Haruno, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata...

Of course, Naruto wasn't among them.

Because Naruto was a dead-last student just like him, and unless he had the talent of Konohamaru, asking Naruto to teach him ninjutsu was out of the question.

So, among the others, who should he choose?

Takasaki looked at the class notes on his desk and made his choice: Hinata.

The reason was simple: Hinata was beautiful and kind-hearted.

Not only was she sweet and adorable, but her gentle personality—combined with the way she would blush and get shy if teased even a little—made her someone Takasaki really liked.

If he asked Hinata to teach him, she would most likely agree.

He grabbed Hinata's class notes and headed out toward the Hyuga Estate.

Takasaki had assumed he would quickly be taught the techniques to master the three basic jutsus by Hinata, thereby lowering his chakra usage.

However, he hadn't expected that he wouldn't even get to see Hinata before being sent away by a stern-faced guard at the Hyuga Estate.

"The Clan Head has issued an order: civilian ninjas are not permitted to enter the estate, and you aren't even a ninja yet. I apologize, but I cannot let you in. Please understand. I can return Lady Hinata's class notes for you."

Those were the exact words of the Hyuga guard.

Takasaki realized he had been a bit naive.

Hinata's personality was indeed wonderful, and she wouldn't look down on him because of her status, but the problem was that her clansmen would; after all, the Hyuga Clan was the premier noble family of the Leaf Village.

With his current status as an ordinary person, he couldn't even enter the Hyuga Estate, let alone see Hinata.

At this moment.

Hinata, dressed in her traditional, conservative long-sleeved, long-legged attire, was waiting in the training hall for her sparring session with Neji.

Upon receiving the class notes delivered by a clansman and hearing the report, her previously calm demeanor was instantly stirred: "Takasaki came to find me? He wants me to teach him the principles of chakra execution for the three basic jutsus?"