I'll Help You Take Off Your Clothes

Crimson blood slowly ran down Hyuga Seisen's face, adding a hint of ferocity to his handsome features.

Although she knew that the killing intent lingering in his eyes was not directed at her.

The woman's heart still skipped a beat, and she instinctively drew her neck back.

She had never expected such a handsome youth to possess such heavy killing intent.

He was completely different from the boy she had saved that day.

It was not until the youth crouched down and reached out to untie the ropes binding her.

That she finally relaxed.

Looking at the youth before her, her feelings were complicated.

When she had passed by him back then, she had merely thought it a pity for such a handsome young man to die like that. With the mindset of not inviting trouble, she had walked away.

Yet for some reason, she had turned back as if possessed and saved him.

She had never imagined that this decision would nearly bring catastrophe upon herself and her daughter.

Nor had she imagined.

That the fruits of that same decision would pull them back from the edge of the abyss.

The cycle of cause and effect left her feeling as though she were in a dream.

Once the ropes were undone, she moved her stiff, aching wrists.

Then she immediately pulled her frightened, dazed daughter tightly into her arms.

Afterward, she took her daughter's hand and solemnly knelt before Hyuga Seisen.

"Lord Ninja, thank you for saving us. Keiko will never forget this kindness!"

With both hands on the ground, she bowed deeply and struck her forehead heavily against the floor.

The strips of her kimono, which had been reduced to something like camouflage, slowly slipped down, no longer able to conceal her voluptuous figure.

Large swathes of snowy skin were exposed, marred by several bluish-purple bruises.

Hyuga Seisen was just about to remind her.

When Eri beside her followed suit, stammering in her soft, childish voice.

"Lord Ninja, thank you for saving us. Eri will never forget this kindness either!"

As she spoke, she gave Hyuga Seisen an innocent smile, revealing her incomplete baby teeth.

Her earnest little expression instantly dispersed the lingering stench of blood in the room.

Hyuga Seisen could not help laughing, and the taut string in his heart finally loosened.

He hurriedly helped them both up. "What goes around comes around. Good people deserve good fortune. It was only right."

He then gestured toward the flashes of exposed skin that had been showing through Keiko's clothes from time to time.

Keiko followed his gaze and looked down, only then realizing that because of the brute's peculiar tastes, her kimono had nearly been torn entirely into strips.

"Sorry!"

She cried out, her cheeks flushing crimson in an instant.

Covering herself in a fluster, she darted into the neighboring room like a startled rabbit.

Hyuga Seisen then looked at the brute, whose eyes remained wide open in death.

He stepped over to the corpse and used Gentle Fist pressure points to seal all the blood vessels that were still bleeding.

It was already getting dark, and he would definitely have to stay here for the night.

The house was deep in the mountains. If the smell of blood was too strong, it would attract wild beasts after dark.

He dragged the no-longer-bleeding brute aside.

Then he fetched a bucket of water from the yard, picked up a broom, and began washing the bloodstains from the floor.

After finishing, he carefully cleaned the blood from his own body as well.

When he turned around, he found little Eri blinking her large dark eyes at him timidly.

"What is it, Eri?"

He crouched down and smiled as he patted her head.

"Ninja Brother, you're so handsome!"

Eri's eyes sparkled as she spoke with utmost seriousness.

"Oh? In what way?" Hyuga Seisen was amused by her.

"When you went swish, swish, swish and beat up that bad guy just now..." The little girl excitedly waved her small hands as she demonstrated.

Then she tilted her head, her big eyes blinking as she studied Hyuga Seisen.

She added, "You're handsome too..."

"Your eyes are handsome!"

"Your nose is handsome!"

"Um... your mouth looks nice too. Everything looks nice. Anyway, you're way more handsome than Brother Tetsumaru next door in our old village!"

Hyuga Seisen pinched her chubby cheek and laughed. "Eri is very cute too."

The little girl giggled at the pinch and reached out to pinch Hyuga Seisen's cheek as well.

The two played around for a while.

Keiko emerged prettily from the room.

Her wet hair hung loose, steaming faintly.

She had clearly gone in to wash herself.

The revealing clothes she had worn before had been replaced with a brand-new red kimono.

Her slightly open collar revealed glimpses of her alluring collarbone.

As her fair, slender neck moved with a swallow, delicate lines briefly surfaced before fading away.

The tear stains and disheveled hair were gone from her face as well.

She looked refreshed and exceptionally lovely.

Hyuga Seisen smiled and was about to speak.

When unfamiliar words appeared before his eyes.

He quickly handed Eri over to Keiko and eagerly entered his mindscape.

[Though born with a frail body, you dared to draw your bow against violent scum, punishing evil and upholding justice. You have received favor.]

[Energy Crystal *200]

[Body Flicker Technique (Proficient) *1]

[Ninja Tool Throwing Technique (Proficient) *1]

[Trap Deployment (Proficient) *1]

[Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Proficient) *1]

[Water Release Chakra Shape Transformation (Proficient) *1]

[Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique (Mastery) *1]

[Water Release: Water Clone Technique (Proficient) *1]

What an unexpected windfall!

Hyuga Seisen's face lit up with wild joy.

He had not expected an extra reward for acting heroically this time.

And Energy Crystals could apparently be acquired this way as well.

But these skills that had dropped...

The Byakugan for long-range vision, the Quincy for sniping beyond visual range, and now the Hiding in Mist Technique to obscure the battlefield?

Is this determined to push me down the path of becoming a battlefield rat?

He suppressed the urge to test the skills.

Instead, he focused on the constantly flashing "Personal Information" icon in the corner of his vision.

He concentrated his consciousness and lightly opened it.

Race Imprint: Quincy (Ordinary, Fusion Rate: 10.02%+)

Talent Skill: Spirit Particle Gathering

Race Skill: Sacred Arrow

Emblem: Innate Full Soul

Bloodline Limit: Byakugan

Chakra Attributes: Water, Lightning

Energy Crystals: 200

Innate Full Soul?

Hyuga Seisen noticed a small triangle beside the emblem and curiously opened it.

A line of explanatory text appeared.

[Innate Full Soul: Reborn into a second life, with two souls merged as one, you are naturally endowed with spiritual power greater than that of your peers.]

[Effect 1: Mental energy increased by 100% from its original base.]

[Effect 2: Genjutsu talent increased by 100% from its original base.]

[Effect 3: Genjutsu resistance increased by 100% from its original base.]

It seemed that although the original owner's consciousness had dissipated, his spiritual power had been inherited.

That counted as an innate advantage of a transmigrator.

Then he noticed that a "+" symbol had appeared after the Fusion Rate. It had shown up after he obtained the Energy Crystals.

Should he add them?

According to the system, Energy Crystals could increase the Fusion Rate, or they could be saved to open the stone gate.

But it did not say how many Energy Crystals were needed to open the stone gate again.

After considering it for a moment, he decided to use the Energy Crystals to raise his Fusion Rate first.

He had not even fully fused with the power of an ordinary Quincy yet.

It was unrealistic to aim too high and hope for the stone gate to project even more power.

He cautiously tapped it once.

One Energy Crystal was consumed, leaving 199.

The Fusion Rate rose to 10.07%. Did each crystal increase it by 0.05%?

That meant twenty crystals would raise the Fusion Rate by 1%.

He just did not know whether this ratio was fixed.

He invested another nineteen crystals, and the Fusion Rate rose once more to 11.02%.

His control over Quincy abilities seemed to improve by an incredibly slight amount. If his innate spiritual energy had not been so strong, he would not even have noticed it.

He simply invested all his remaining Energy Crystals, raising the Fusion Rate to 20.02%.

This time, he could clearly feel that he could form Sacred Arrows much faster than before.

Not only that, Quincy spiritual power itself was not particularly strong. They relied on highly precise control of spirit particles to fight.

Therefore, after the fusion increased, he discovered that his chakra control had improved as well.

The original owner had lacked chakra control and spent every day chasing girls and fooling around.

After studying for years, he had never made much progress in Gentle Fist.

Yet in that instant, Hyuga Seisen seemed to gain a great deal of understanding of Gentle Fist.

Eager to try, he brought two fingers together and easily released chakra from between them.

[You have comprehended the essence of Gentle Fist.]

[Pressure Point Sealing upgraded to Proficient.]

[Basic Gentle Fist upgraded to Proficient.]

Just as expected!

The Gentle Fist that the original owner had never managed to grasp now came easily to him.

It seemed the Quincy gave him more than merely the obvious Sacred Arrow. They also offered unexpected benefits in many other ways.

This greatly improved his chances of survival.

"Hm? A Ninja Academy student?"

He suddenly realized the contradiction. "How could a Ninja Academy student carry out missions?"

The memories surfaced accordingly.

The Hyuga clan's Byakugan possessed an immense advantage in reconnaissance, causing many low-level squads lacking sensory ninja.

To prefer hiring an Academy student like him, one who had awakened the Byakugan, rather than seek out a civilian Chunin.

The school turned a blind eye to it as well. After all, actual combat was also part of training.

It seemed the ninja world had no shortage of gray areas.

Suddenly.

He felt someone tugging at his clothes.

"Lord Ninja!"

"I'll help you take off your clothes..."