Simplified Water Wall

Judging from the table of contents, the entire book was devoted to explaining the concept and basic principles of medical ninjas.

It seemed that they had already begun teaching medical ninjutsu theory at the academy.

No wonder Sakura and Rin had been able to quickly continue their medical ninjutsu studies after graduating.

They had already built a foundation for it at school.

The material was just incredibly dry and boring, so it was no surprise Obito, Hokage, and the others could not absorb it.

But Hyuga Seisen's eyes lit up.

Just yesterday, he had been worrying that his physical abilities would not improve quickly enough.

He was afraid that when the Third Shinobi World War arrived, he would be sent to the front as cannon fodder. Yet he did not want to reveal his Quincy abilities too early.

"Medical ninja!"

"Isn't this a path that suits me perfectly?"

Medical ninjas were positioned as non-frontline personnel and were usually stationed in the relatively safe rear of a team.

That perfectly covered up the ingrained impression that members of the Hyuga Clan should serve as scouts and frontline teammates.

Otherwise, with the Hyuga surname, he would most likely be assigned to the most dangerous scouting and frontline taijutsu roles whenever teams were given missions.

Even if his Quincy abilities gradually came to light in the future, they would not conflict with the identity of a medical ninja at all.

They could even complement each other: a medical ninja healing from the rear, Sacred Arrow accurately sniping targets from afar.

It was simply a perfect tactical combination.

He would be like a jungle huntress—able to heal and fight, effective at both close and long range.

In terms of talent, Quincy were inherently masters of highly precise energy manipulation.

That perfectly matched the nearly harsh requirements medical ninjas had for chakra control.

Combined with the Hyuga Clan's innate Byakugan, he was practically born to become a doctor.

Internal bleeding, organ damage, misaligned bones—

all of it would be transparent before the Byakugan, allowing him to instantly perform an "X-ray scan."

Furthermore, the extreme chakra control trained through medical ninjutsu could in turn nurture the growth of his Quincy abilities.

Of course, this path did not mean he had to stick to it forever.

His plan was to master a few practical medical ninjutsu techniques for emergencies.

At the same time, he would obtain an official "medical ninja" identity. That would be enough for him to reasonably slack off within a team while safely firing cold arrows from the rear.

This was only a transition.

During that time, he could continuously accumulate Energy Crystals and explore the secrets behind the Stone Gate.

Once his physical abilities or chakra reserves underwent a qualitative leap, he could consider switching to another path.

With the dual potential of the Stone Gate and Quincy powers, he might not necessarily be unable to contend with those lofty Ōtsutsuki in the future.

However, he remembered that learning medical ninjutsu seemed to require the chakra nature of "Yang Release."

In theory, everyone should possess both Yin and Yang attributes.

Yet on the Stone Gate's personal information panel, he had not seen Yang Release listed among his chakra attributes.

Then perhaps I need to awaken it through some specific training?

Or wait for some absurdly lucky "favor" to directly reward me with the relevant attribute?

No matter what, there was no harm in working toward that goal first.

He continued immersing himself in the book, carefully reading page after page.

Time always passed quickly when one was focused. In what felt like the blink of an eye, the afternoon classes were nearing their end again.

Hyuga Seisen closed the book and stretched contentedly.

When he turned around, he discovered that his deskmate, Hyuga Ayane, was nibbling on cookies. Her large eyes blinked curiously as she watched him.

"What is it?" Hyuga Seisen asked.

Hyuga Ayane swallowed the cookie in her mouth, her voice muffled.

"You seem to really like that book? I talked to you several times this afternoon, but you ignored me."

"Ah?" Hyuga Seisen felt a little embarrassed when he heard that and smiled apologetically.

"Sorry. I was thinking about something and got too absorbed to notice."

Hyuga Ayane shook her head, about to say something else.

Then, the next moment—

the dismissal bell rang.

She forcibly swallowed the words that were about to leave her mouth and grabbed the remaining cookies.

"See you tomorrow!"

After saying that, she vanished from Hyuga Seisen's sight at top speed, leaving him staring dumbfoundedly.

"Did she have to be that punctual...?"

He shook his head, tidied up his desk, then got up and left the academy as well.

After going upstairs and taking a shower, he finally lay comfortably on his bed again.

Then his consciousness entered his Sea of Consciousness.

This time, he shifted his attention to the Energy Crystals section.

Five hundred and twenty crystals, plus the original twenty, made a total of five hundred and forty Energy Crystals.

At a fixed ratio, they could increase his fusion rate by 27%.

Without a second thought, he pressed the "+" beside the fusion rate.

As the Energy Crystals decreased, his Quincy fusion rate rose in a straight line.

He felt new things continuously flowing into his body.

Finally, the Energy Crystals were completely depleted.

His fusion rate reached 67.52%.

Hyuga Seisen could feel that as his fusion rate rose dramatically,

his control over Quincy abilities and his chakra control had both improved greatly.

The light arrows he could previously fire instantly before they dispersed at thirty meters could now reach forty meters.

The time needed to condense long-range arrows had also been greatly reduced.

He went to the backyard. Since it was not forty meters long, he did not test the light arrows.

Instead, he tested his chakra control.

He used the same Water Style: Water Formation Wall from his last experiment.

This time, he could reduce the original four hand seals for Water Style: Water Formation Wall to three.

And it would not slow the casting speed at all.

With his current level of control, if he completed all four hand seals, he would cast the ninjutsu much faster than before.

However, his method of reducing hand seals was different from the Second Hokage's.

He relied purely on superior chakra control, replacing the guidance of one hand seal with conscious manipulation.

The Second Hokage, on the other hand, had used his unmatched talent to optimize a hand seal that originally guided one chakra route—

into a hand seal that guided two chakra routes.

That was also why he could teach the Simplified Water Wall to Maruboshi Kosuke.

After all, Maruboshi Kosuke did not possess chakra control as terrifying as the Second Hokage's.

Afterward, he tried forming the hand seals for C-rank ninjutsu.

For something like the Water Clone Technique, he could now reduce the original three hand seals to one.

If he used one hand, he could cast it with two one-handed seals.

After confirming the limits of his abilities once more, Hyuga Seisen was in an excellent mood.

Just as he was about to return to his room—

his grandmother's voice rang out.

"I knew it was you, you little brat, wasting all the water."

He turned around and saw that his grandmother had somehow arrived in the backyard as well.

Pointing at the empty water vat and the puddles on the ground, she glared at him furiously.

"You're already this old, yet you still play with water. Last time, you wasted all my water too."

As she spoke, Grandma picked up a bamboo switch and prepared to hit Hyuga Seisen with it.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Hyuga Seisen cried out as he repeatedly dodged.

"Grandma, I'm practicing ninjutsu!"

"You're even lying to trick your illiterate grandmother? What ninjutsu would our Hyuga Clan practice?"

Grandma raised the bamboo switch again as she spoke.

"Grandma, look!"

Hyuga Seisen hurriedly used the water on the ground to create a small water curtain for her.

Seeing the water on the ground form a continuously rotating curtain under her grandson's control,

the anger slowly faded from the old woman's face, and she lowered the bamboo switch she had raised high.

"Then remember to fill Grandma's water vat back up."

"No problem."

"What do you want for dinner tonight? Grandma will go prepare the ingredients."

Seeing her grandson training hard, the old woman once again showed her doting side.

"No need, Grandma!"

Hyuga Kaze was still waiting at the hospital.

If he waited until Grandma finished cooking, then ate before going out to buy food for him, Hyuga Kaze would have to wait a long time.

Hyuga Seisen hurriedly shook his head and said, "Grandma, I want to eat out tonight."

"Eating out again? Where are you going to eat?"

The old woman pursed her lips, clearly unwilling.

"Uh, uh, the sushi place next to the bathhouse!"

Hyuga Seisen casually made up a restaurant.

"Oh dear, that place isn't hygienic. I heard the owner blows his nose and rolls sushi without washing his hands."

"Then I won't go there."

Hyuga Seisen shuddered at Grandma's words.

"I'll just go buy a few steamed buns."

"Grandma can make you steamed buns. Who knows what kind of lymph meat they use in the buns outside? How could you eat those?"

"Then fried chicken?"

"That oil is all old oil. They never change it year after year..."

"Alright, alright, Grandma."

Hyuga Seisen interrupted the old woman's spellcasting.

"Grandma, just let me eat out once, okay?"

Under her grandson's coaxing, the old woman finally softened her heart.

"Fine, but don't come back too late, okay?"

"Don't worry, Grandma."

Hyuga Seisen turned to return to his room and change clothes.

"You're going out before filling Grandma's water vat back up?"

Grandma looked at him unhappily.

"You father and son have no memory at all. I have to tell you something three or four times before you do it."

"Ah, ah, Grandma, I'll fill it right away."

After Hyuga Seisen refilled the water vat he had emptied,

he changed into a different outfit and headed out.

Hyuga Seisen walked along the street, looking at the wide variety of food stalls on both sides.

There was such an overwhelming selection that he truly did not know what to eat.

Suddenly—

he spotted a particularly eye-catching little shop ahead.

When he walked over for a look—

Ichiraku Ramen!

Hyuga Seisen's eyes lit up.

This was the one!

He had wanted to try the ramen Hokage had been so obsessed with last time.

But he had not gotten the chance to eat it.

This time, he would give it a proper try.

"Little ninja, what kind of ramen would you like?"

Ichiraku greeted him warmly.

Hyuga Seisen looked over the many flavors of ramen on the menu and was just about to speak.

Then, from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a familiar graceful figure seated along the edge behind the curtain in the corner.

He turned to look and discovered that it was Hyuga Ayane.