Surviving Family

If, in actual combat, he went to great lengths to create an opening just to synthesize Senjutsu Chakra,

only to drop out of the mode shortly after the fight began, then it really was not cost-effective.

However, that was also related to the fact that he had only used an area the size of his palm to synthesize it.

After all, there were not many places in the palm capable of storing chakra—only a few chakra pathways.

Once he became proficient enough to expand the area and synthesize more chakra, his endurance would increase significantly.

Still, casually wasting senjutsu like Naruto was impossible for the time being.

After all, he did not possess nearly as much chakra as Naruto.

He could only use it to enhance his taijutsu and conserve it carefully.

Overall, Sage Mode currently provided him with limited improvement in actual combat.

It was more in the exploratory stage, but it was still a viable path for development.

His next priority would therefore remain physical training, while also developing Sage Mode.

After all, using pressure points to control variables and enter Sage Mode was somewhat like taking an unorthodox cultivation path.

Although he tried his best not to damage the chakra pathways or Chakra Points when striking pressure points,

he only sealed them enough to slightly obstruct the flow of chakra.

Even so, he could not repeatedly seal and reopen them in a short period. Doing it too many times would definitely harm both.

Therefore, for the full-body development of Sage Mode, he planned to set aside a little time each day to slowly experiment and familiarize himself with it.

For now, improving his physical condition would help his strength more.

His plan in that regard was to first use his innately powerful spiritual energy to monitor his body and ensure that he did not overtrain.

Then, he would use Senjutsu Chakra to accelerate the process of recovery after overexertion, gradually increasing his total chakra reserves and physical fitness.

Senjutsu Chakra was different from ordinary chakra.

Using it would not make the body increasingly fatigued like ordinary chakra did.

On the contrary, it made the body feel increasingly relaxed.

This proved that Senjutsu Chakra had a certain restorative effect on the body.

His experiments had indeed confirmed that.

After the Senjutsu Chakra had just dissipated, the lethargy he felt was merely an illusion caused by the gap after leaving that excited state.

But in reality, he could feel that while Senjutsu Chakra circulated through his body,

it restored the fatigue in cells caused by frequent chakra extraction, as well as the Chakra Points repeatedly sealed and reopened.

If he could apply Senjutsu Chakra to physical training,

then the number of times his cells had to divide and create new cells to repair bodily damage would be greatly reduced.

It could vastly improve his cells' efficiency and extend his lifespan.

Grrr!

Hyuga Seisen's stomach rumbled.

He had extracted so much chakra and spent so long messing around early in the morning that his stomach was already protesting.

He looked out the window. The sun was high in the sky, and it was nearly noon.

He got up, took a shower, changed clothes, and prepared to see what delicious food his grandmother had made for lunch.

The moment he stepped out of his room, he saw a tall, well-built man in his thirties with regular features organizing a ninja tool bag in the living room.

"Dad, you're back!"

The man was Hyuga Seisen's father.

Hyuga Kaze!

One of the few surviving family members among countless transmigrators.

He had been a chunin in his youth, but his right leg had been injured in an explosion during a mission.

By the time he returned to the village, he had already missed the best window for treatment, and his right leg had lost its mobility.

That was the everyday reality of ordinary ninja squads. After all, medical ninja were limited.

Not every ninja squad could be assigned a medical ninja like Team 7. That was an upgraded arrangement reserved for the Hokage's direct line.

After losing his right leg, coupled with his limited talent,

even with chakra enhancing him, his speed on one leg was not much faster than an ordinary person's.

A ninja's most important asset during missions—their mobility—had thus been lost.

As a result, whenever they fought, Hyuga Kaze had no way to deal with enemies who simply fled far away.

Moreover, he had to spend much more time traveling during missions.

Therefore, even for simple missions, other chunin were rarely willing to team up with him.

The Caged Bird engraved on the forehead of the Branch House had further cut off the path of becoming an Academy teacher.

From then on, he could only make a living by taking simple C-rank and D-rank missions, which paid little.

That was also why the previous owner of this body had risked taking missions before graduating.

Besides gaining practical experience, he could also earn a small share of the reward from missions.

Hyuga Kaze did not turn around. "What have you been fiddling with in your room all morning?"

"Nothing. I was trying out a new technique."

Hyuga Seisen responded, then looked strangely at the ninja tool bag Hyuga Kaze was organizing.

"Dad, why are you packing a ninja tool bag?"

Hyuga Kaze only carried out D-rank missions now, so he did not need a ninja tool bag at all.

"The clan notified us that the pension for the next six months will be cut in half."

Hyuga Kaze turned around. "For the next six months, the income from simple missions alone won't be enough to cover our expenses."

"Soldier Pills, medicine, and ninja tools have all gotten much more expensive."

"So I want to complete that bandit extermination mission. The deadline is coming up as well."

"If I abandon it without cause, I'll be barred from accepting missions for six months. Then we'll really be living on air."

"But doesn't that mission require wiping out every bandit in the stronghold? With your leg..."

Hyuga Seisen frowned with concern. "How about we forget it? I'll take missions and support the family from now on."

"You brat, what do you mean you'll support the family? Are you looking down on your old man?"

"You start school in a couple of days. Hurry up and learn your Three-Body Technique first. Talk about it after you graduate."

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