Bloodline Purity

Fine, fine, fine. So this was how you wanted to play it, Hiruzen.

Shimura Danzō suddenly swept away his usual gloom, raised his head slightly, and became dignified and upright.

"Hiruzen, I want Asuma!"

It was as if Danzo's gloom had shifted to Hiruzen Sarutobi in that instant.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's previously drooping eyes widened, and his gaze turned fierce.

He said nothing, only stared fixedly at Danzo.

Yet Danzo seemed not to see Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression at all. He remained as indignant and righteous as ever.

At that moment, he was brimming with noble righteousness.

His stern incorruptibility and lofty moral character were enough to inspire admiration in anyone who saw him.

He continued in a tone of 'everything for Konoha':

"Children of the higher-ups should set an example. If I had children, I would have them join Root as well."

"To draw nourishment for Konoha. Asuma, as the child of a high-ranking official, also has an obligation to—"

"Danzo!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi finally could not endure it any longer.

He slapped the table, rose to his feet, and glared furiously at Danzo.

"I think Root already has enough personnel. There is no need to recruit more."

Danzo was still unwilling to stop. "Hiruzen, if Root does not grow stronger, then Konoha, this great tree, cannot grow—"

"Enough, Danzo."

Hiruzen Sarutobi cut off Danzo's next words.

Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi was on the verge of turning hostile, Danzo finally reined in what little brightness he possessed.

He gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a deep look. "Hiruzen, you will regret this."

"Danzo, I am the Hokage."

Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi would not listen to reason.

Danzo did not say another word and turned to walk out the door.

Feeling somewhat empty inside, he suddenly stopped and turned back, searching for something.

His gaze then fell upon the half-open door.

He stepped forward and kicked it shut with force.

The sound of the door slamming shut rang out!

Only then did he feel much more at ease, and he left in satisfaction.

The backyard of the house.

Hyuga Seisen carried over an entire stack of targets and set them on the ground.

He took one from the stack and hung it up.

The vacation had not ended yet, and there were no missions for the time being.

With nothing to do after getting up early, he decided to explore the limits of his abilities.

Although the two battles had both been near-death experiences, he had gained quite a lot from them.

However, those battles had also exposed quite a few problems.

With his current Quincy power combined with the Byakugan, his long-range striking ability was unquestionably one of his greatest trump cards.

But aside from that ability, everything else was severely lacking.

Ninjas were judged on their overall capabilities. Having long-range attack power did not mean he would never have to engage in close combat.

Like in the battle against the bounty ninja, aside from the first arrow, which he had enough time to gather—

The rest had all been rushed, greatly affecting the arrows' speed and power.

As a result, when firing from long range, he could only shoot one or two arrows.

In the remaining battle, the enemy would likely get close.

That was why he had been thinking, Could I sacrifice some gathering density in exchange for faster gathering speed?

When attacking an enemy from afar, if an arrow's gathering density was too low, it might dissipate halfway through its flight.

But arrows fired at close range did not require such high gathering density.

Based on this idea, he intended to test the power of instantly fired arrows at different distances.

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He stood not far from the target and began testing.

If he stood too close, even instant firing would be meaningless.

He raised his hand and drew the bowstring. The instant the arrow gathered, he released it.

The target was smashed to pieces, and the remaining force even cracked the wall behind it.

"Seisen, what are you doing in the backyard...?"

His grandmother's voice came from inside the house.

"Nothing, Grandma! I'm training!"

Hyuga Seisen hurriedly found a board to cover the cracked wall, maintaining the illusion that everything was fine.

He then replaced the target and continued testing the power of instantly fired arrows at different distances.

He discovered that with his current strength, the arrows began to loosen and disperse after being fired.

This was even more severe with instantly fired arrows.

But at this stage, the dispersal did not affect the arrows' damage much.

They still retained destructive power within a certain range.

But farther out, the chakra began to dissipate, causing their power to drop sharply until they vanished completely.

If he had enough time to strengthen the arrows and reinforce the toughness of the bow and bowstring, the arrows would disperse more slowly.

In other words, if he wanted to attack enemies at a great distance, he needed to spend time increasing the arrows' gathering density.

Was ordinary talent really this bad?

At that moment, he understood the weight behind Ryūken Ishida's words: "I have no interest, while you have no talent."

The arrows he formed with both hands began to dissipate not long after being drawn.

Meanwhile, Ryūken Ishida could keep one hand in his pocket and fire arrows one-handed like a tiny machine gun, launching them with a rapid clatter.

It was absurdly cool!

Still, the arrows being so weak was probably related to his Fusion Rate.

As his Fusion Rate increased in the future, the arrows' gathering performance should improve as well.

And from what he could see so far, even instantly fired arrows were far more powerful than the kunai and shuriken he threw.

They just consumed a lot of chakra.

With his current chakra reserves, even if he could fire arrows one-handed like Ryūken Ishida using Piano Barrage of Arrows, his chakra would not support it.

The Hyuga Clan's chakra reserves were not low, but they were not bottomless like those of the Uzumaki Clan.

Overall, it was still within the realm of chakra, not chakra by the ton.

Originally, only Rotation in the Gentle Fist system consumed much chakra.

The other techniques did not place high demands on chakra reserves, so the Hyuga Clan's chakra was more than sufficient.

But he was different. He now had Sacred Arrow, a massive chakra drain.

And he also had ninjutsu, so his chakra reserves were nowhere near enough.

Moreover, the stronger the opponent, the more chakra he needed to reinforce the density of his arrows and the toughness of his Spirit Bow.

There were only two solutions he could think of.

One was to see whether opening the Stone Gate could grant him some relevant ability support.

The other was physical training.

Chakra reserves were affected by physical energy and spiritual energy.

Physical training could raise both at once, thereby indirectly increasing chakra reserves.

As a civilian, Might Guy had eventually attained chakra reserves worthy of Madara's praise.

What he relied on was physical training, constantly pushing his cells to their limits.

There was already an established path to follow in that regard. As long as he monitored his physical condition and avoided overtraining, it would be fine.

Improving his physical condition could also enhance his close-combat ability to a certain extent.

But when it came to close combat, he had other ideas as well.

With a thought, he used the Spirit Particle Gathering technique to drive the Natural Energy around him.

Watching the Natural Energy flowing around him, he fell into thought.

Although he was currently limited by his Fusion Rate and could not control that Natural Energy with great precision—

Using it for exploration should not be a problem.

Since he could sense Natural Energy and even control it roughly, perhaps he could try researching...

Sage Mode!

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