I'll Help You Take Off Your Clothes

Scarlet blood slowly trickled down Hyuga Qingchuan's face, adding a trace of ruthlessness to his handsome features.

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

The woman's heart still skipped a beat, and her neck involuntarily shrank back.

She had not expected such a handsome young man to possess such heavy murderous aura.

He was completely different from when she had saved him that day.

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

That she finally relaxed.

Looking at the young man before her, her feelings were complicated.

When she had first passed by, she had merely thought it a pity for such a handsome youth to die like that. With the mindset of avoiding trouble whenever possible, she had walked away.

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

She had never expected that decision to nearly bring ruin upon both herself and her daughter.

Nor had she expected.

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

The cycle of cause and effect made her feel as though she were in a dream.

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

Then she immediately pulled her daughter, who had been frightened into a daze, tightly into her arms.

Afterward, she took her daughter by the hand and solemnly knelt before Hyuga Qingchuan.

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

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

The kimono that had been turned into something like camouflage clothing slowly slipped down, no longer able to conceal her lush figure.

Large swathes of pale skin were exposed, dotted with several bluish-purple bruises.

Hyuga Qingchuan was just about to remind her.

When Eri beside her copied her actions and recited in a soft, childish voice.

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

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

Her earnest little expression instantly dispelled the lingering smell of blood in the room.

Hyuga Qingchuan could not help laughing, and the tension in his heart finally eased.

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

He then gestured toward the flashes of skin that had been slipping out from Keiko's clothes from time to time.

Keiko followed his gaze downward and only then realized that, because of the big man's peculiar tastes, her kimono had nearly been reduced to strips of cloth.

"Sumimasen!"

She cried out, her cheeks instantly flushing crimson.

Frantically clutching her clothes closed, she darted into the neighboring room like a startled rabbit.

Hyuga Qingchuan then looked toward the big man, whose eyes remained wide open in death.

He stepped over to the corpse and used Acupoint Sealing to seal all the blood vessels that were still bleeding.

It was already getting dark. He would definitely have to stay here for the night.

The house was deep in the mountains and forest. If the smell of blood became too strong, it would attract wild beasts at night.

He dragged the man, who was no longer bleeding, to one side.

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

After he finished, he carefully cleaned the blood off himself as well.

When he turned around, he found little Eri blinking her large black eyes as she looked at him timidly.

"What is it, Eri?"

He crouched down and smiled as he patted her head.

"Ninja big brother, you're so cool!"

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

"Oh? Cool how?" Hyuga Qingchuan asked, amused by her.

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

Then she tilted her head and studied Hyuga Qingchuan with her large blinking eyes.

"And 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 big brother Tetsumaru from next door in my old village!"

Hyuga Qingchuan pinched her chubby cheeks and laughed. "Eri is adorable too."

The little girl giggled as he pinched her cheeks, then reached out to pinch Hyuga Qingchuan's cheeks as well.

The two played around for a moment.

Keiko then emerged gracefully from the room.

Her wet hair still gave off wisps of steam.

She had clearly gone inside to wash up as well.

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

Her slightly open collar revealed the faint outline of her seductive collarbones.

As she swallowed, delicate lines briefly appeared on her fair, slender neck before fading away.

The tearstains and disheveled hair from earlier were gone from her face.

She looked refreshed and exceptionally lovely.

Hyuga Qingchuan smiled and was about to speak.

When unfamiliar words appeared before his eyes.

He hurriedly handed Eri to Keiko and eagerly entered his mindscape.

[Though your body was as weak as a willow branch, you still dared to draw your bow against violent villains, punishing evil and upholding good. You have received Favor]

[Energy Crystals*200]

[Body Flicker Technique (Proficient)*1]

[Ninja Tool Throwing Technique (Proficient)*1]

[Trap Placement (Proficient)*1]

[Water Release Nature Transformation (Proficient)*1]

[Water Release Shape Transformation (Proficient)*1]

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

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

What an unexpected windfall!

Hyuga Qingchuan's face filled with wild delight.

He had not expected this act of chivalry to bring additional rewards.

And Energy Crystals could apparently be obtained this way too.

It was just that these skills...

The Byakugan provided long-range vision, the Quincy offered ultra-long-range sniping, and now he had the Hidden Mist Technique to obscure the battlefield?

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

He suppressed the urge to test his new skills.

Instead, he turned his attention to the flashing "Personal Information" icon in the corner of his vision.

Focusing his consciousness, he lightly opened it.

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

Talent Skill: Spirit Particle Gathering

Race Skill: Holy Arrow

Emblem: Innate Full Soul

Bloodline Limit: Byakugan

Chakra Attributes: Water, Lightning

Energy Crystals: 200

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Innate Full Soul?

Hyuga Qingchuan noticed a small triangle beside the emblem and curiously tapped it.

A line of explanatory text popped up.

[Innate Full Soul: Reborn into a second life, two souls merged into one. You were born with mental strength 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 mental strength had been inherited by Hyuga Qingchuan.

This counted as an innate advantage of a transmigrator.

Then he noticed a "+" symbol after the Fusion Rate. It had appeared 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 up to open the Stone Gate.

However, it had not explained how many Energy Crystals were needed to open the Stone Gate again.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to first use the Energy Crystals to increase his Fusion Rate.

At present, he had not even fully fused with the power of an ordinary Quincy.

It was unrealistic to aim too high and hope that the Stone Gate would project even greater power.

He first tried tapping 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 every twenty crystals would raise the Fusion Rate by 1%.

He just did not know whether that ratio was fixed.

He invested another nineteen crystals, and his Fusion Rate rose again to 11.02%.

His control over Quincy abilities seemed to improve by the slightest amount. If not for his naturally powerful mental energy, he would not have been able to sense it at all.

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

This time, he could clearly feel that he formed Holy Arrows much faster than before.

Not only that, the Quincy's spiritual power itself was not especially strong. Their combat strength came from their precise control of Spirit Particles.

Therefore, after his Fusion Rate increased, he discovered that his chakra control had improved as well.

The original owner had lacked sufficient chakra control and had also spent every day fooling around with girls instead of training.

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

Yet in that instant, Hyuga Qingchuan seemed to gain much more understanding of Gentle Fist.

Eager to try it, he brought two fingers together and easily released chakra from his fingertips.

[You have gained an epiphany into the essence of Gentle Fist]

[Acupoint Sealing has advanced to Proficient]

[Basic Gentle Fist has advanced to Proficient]

Just as expected!

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

It seemed the Quincy provided more than just the obvious Holy Arrow. They brought unexpected benefits in many other areas as well.

This would greatly improve his ability to survive.

"Hm? A Ninja Academy student?"

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

The relevant memories surfaced.

The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan held enormous advantages in reconnaissance, so many low-level teams that lacked sensory ninja.

Would rather hire an awakened Ninja Academy student like him than find a civilian Chunin.

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

It seemed the Shinobi World had no shortage of gray areas either.

Suddenly.

He felt someone tugging at his clothes.

"Ninja sir!"

"Let me help you take off your clothes..."