Kurenai Yuhi stood before the mirror, admiring the figure she took pride in, and gently swayed her hips.
Her vivid red robe could barely contain her curvy figure. The softly curled ends of her hair made her look even more mature and alluring.
Women were always especially confident in their looks, and Kurenai was no exception. She believed her beauty wasn't limited to her smooth, shapely legs.
Wasn't there anything else about her that could attract people?
"Maybe it's because the bandages on my clothes are wrapped too tightly. My legs are the only thing that really stands out. In fact, in certain respects, I'm no smaller than Tsunade... Never mind. Kids don't understand these things. I'm his teacher—why should I argue with one of my students?"
Kurenai smiled helplessly, returned to her desk, and resumed carefully grading assignments. She kept track of each student's progress and helped them make study plans.
It was as if the diary had never appeared at all. She had buried it deep in her heart.
Sunagakure.
Temari was training on the field and had already learned to store the diary in her mental space with ease.
She found the Fourth Kazekage after he finished his meeting. "Dad, is there someone in the village named Takasaki?"
"Takasaki?" Rasa thought for a moment. "That name doesn't ring a bell. Who is he?"
"He's a jerk who deserves to be smacked hard with my fan!"
Meanwhile.
After taking her usual walk with Ebizo, Chiyo was in her room, smoothly retrieving the diary from her mental space.
She sat at her desk and read Takasaki's diary. A puzzled look crossed her wrinkled face. "Takasaki mentioned so many women. Why didn't he mention me? Has he never heard of my reputation?"
When she was young, she'd had such a good figure that even in a swimsuit, she'd made the First Kazekage fall in love with her at first sight.
Unfortunately, time spared no one.
Now, the only family she had by her side was Ebizo.
Chiyo hunched over, reminiscing about the past, and could only sigh.
Looking at Takasaki's words in the diary again, she murmured, "It's wonderful to be young."
Kirigakure.
The Mizukage Building.
Mei Terumi, with her bright green eyes, long reddish-brown curls, and pale shoulders exposed, came to the intelligence department with an unusually serious expression. "Find me someone named Takasaki. If he isn't in the village, ask around in the neighboring villages. Whatever it takes, bring him to me!"
As she was leaving, Mei thought again of the contents of Takasaki's diary. Her expression darkened, and she added, "Once you find him, beat him up for me first!"
The Land of Rain.
A steady drizzle fell without pause.
Standing atop a tall tower, with paper wings on her back and the Akatsuki's cloud-patterned robe around her, Konan looked like an angel.
She molded chakra into more than a dozen folded-paper doves and sent them flying. "Search the nations of the Ninja World and find Takasaki. He might help Nagato and me carry out the Akatsuki's ideals more effectively. The Akatsuki needs someone like him."
Konoha.
Inside a small house.
Naruto gloomily ate expired instant noodles.
Since childhood, the adults in the village had called him the Demon Fox, but he had never blamed anyone in the village.
He didn't hate his peers for constantly shunning him, either.
He just longed for someone's company.
Naruto finished his noodles and sighed in loneliness. "Why does nobody care about me? I wish someone would like me and love me, too..."
He had no time to dwell on it. Naruto sprang to his feet, clutching his stomach, and rushed to the bathroom.
Two days passed in a flash.
Konoha.
Evening.
Takasaki had no idea that the diary he'd casually written to appease the system had stirred up quite a commotion in the Ninja World over the past two days.
The sunset outside was beautiful, and Konoha's streets were bustling, but Takasaki wasn't interested in either.
What mattered more to him was figuring out how to improve his ninjutsu proficiency more efficiently.
Those two days had been the weekend, and Takasaki had devoted most of his time to grinding his Clone Technique.
He'd raised its proficiency to Level 2.
Originally, the Clone Technique's stats had been [Level 1 Clone Technique (1/100) (6 Chakra)].
Now, its stats were [Level 2 Clone Technique (140/200) (3 Chakra)].
At Level 2, the Clone Technique used half as much chakra, and Takasaki could create two clones instead of one.
It had taken him two whole days to raise the Clone Technique to Level 2.
It wasn't that Takasaki had been slacking off. The previous two days had been the weekend, after all, and he'd spent almost all his free time—after eating and sleeping—grinding ninjutsu proficiency, specifically the Clone Technique.
The main problem was that Takasaki's total chakra was too low. He had only 20 points, and after using the Clone Technique a few times, he had to wait for his chakra to recover.
He really wanted to write another diary entry as soon as possible.
He could get rewards just by writing a random entry to appease the system. It was convenient and quick.
Who wouldn't want to get stronger that way?
The problem was, he had to raise the Clone Technique to Level 3 before he could unlock permission to write the next diary entry.
"This won't work. It's way too inefficient. I should use the time while my chakra recovers to figure out a better way to grind ninjutsu."
"Got it!"
Takasaki suddenly seemed to realize something. "If I can't increase my total chakra, maybe I can try to reduce how much chakra I use when performing ninjutsu."
"The system simply forced the Three Body Technique into my hands. I'm still completely in the dark about how chakra works within it."
"If I can figure out how chakra works, maybe I can reduce the chakra cost and grind proficiency in the Three Body Technique more efficiently."
Takasaki felt he'd found the key.
He wasn't from this world. He'd come from Earth, so there was no way he could be as skilled at using ninjutsu as the native shinobi here.
Besides, the original owner of this body had been an ordinary civilian shinobi with average talent.
There was no way he'd figure it out by himself.
He'd be better off asking someone else for guidance.
Who should he ask?
He had plenty of options. Most of his classmates at the Ninja Academy knew the Three Body Technique.
Sakura Haruno, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata...
Naruto, of course, wasn't one of them.
Like Takasaki, Naruto was at the bottom of the class. Having Naruto teach him ninjutsu would be like expecting him to have Konohamaru's talent.
So who should he choose?
Takasaki looked at the class notes on his desk and made up his mind: Hinata.
The reason was simple. Hinata was beautiful and kind.
She was sweet-looking and adorable, with a gentle personality. And whenever someone teased her even a little, she got shy and blushed. Takasaki really liked that about her.
Hinata would probably agree to teach him.
He took Hinata's class notes and headed out toward the Hyuga Estate.
Takasaki had thought Hinata would teach him the techniques of the Three Body Technique in no time, helping him reduce their chakra cost.
He hadn't expected that he wouldn't even get to see her. The guards at the Hyuga Estate had sent him away with stern expressions.
"The clan head gave orders that civilian shinobi aren't allowed into the estate. Besides, you aren't even a shinobi. I'm sorry, but I can't let you in. Please understand. I can return Miss Hinata's class notes for you."
That was exactly what the guard at the Hyuga Estate had said.
Takasaki realized he'd been a little naive.
Hinata really was kind and wouldn't look down on him because of her status. The problem was that her clan members might. After all, the Hyuga Clan was Konoha's most prominent clan.
With his current status as an ordinary person, he couldn't even enter the Hyuga Estate, let alone see Hinata.
At that moment.
Hinata, dressed in a traditional, conservative outfit of a long-sleeved shirt and trousers, was waiting in the Training Room to spar with Neji.
After receiving the class notes from a clan member and hearing their report, the calm she'd regained was instantly swept away by a storm of emotion. "Takasaki came to see me? He wants me to teach him how chakra works in the Three Body Technique?"
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