Void Walker Tahm

Ding! The system notification sound rang out abruptly.

Character [Hinata Hyuga] favorability has reached 90 points, achieving [Life-and-Death Bond], and the second-tier reward for the favorability system has been obtained.

Second-tier reward is being drawn...

Obtained hero ultimate skill [Riftwalk]: Can teleport a short distance to a target area, dealing a certain amount of damage to units within that area; can be cast continuously in a short period, but will consume more chakra, and the damage dealt will be higher.

It's actually the ultimate skill of Kassadin! A continuous flashing displacement skill, this instantly makes up for Tahm's current shortcoming of having excess attack power but insufficient speed, and even settles the grudge from before when Tahm shouted "Flash" only to be swatted away by a stick from Toad White.

The second-tier reward is actually this powerful, far exceeding Tahm's expectations. It's as if this is a gift Hinata gave me... However, a female character from the original work can only trigger a reward once. If I want to obtain new skills in the future, I'll have to wait until the Ninja Academy opens and interact with Sakura, Ino, and the others, right? What a headache. Tahm is truly not good at getting along with girls, and his current relationship with Hinata is just a stroke of luck, not to mention that his targets right now are just two fangirl little girls. With Tahm's current image as a fat toad, reaching the 80 favorability [Best Friend] level with them is truly harder than ascending to heaven. Damn it, if only I had been reincarnated as a handsome guy like Ezreal. Tahm once again regretted the cheap hand that chose his hero back then.

Forget it, let everything take its course. Anyway, his abilities are already buggy enough now. Even in the future era of the Shippuden where overpowered characters emerge in droves, Tahm has the confidence to protect his Hinata well.

Returning to the courtyard, Tahm couldn't wait to test his new ability, but the result was unsatisfactory. Not to mention that he crashed into the rockery in the courtyard at the beginning because he wasn't familiar with it and couldn't control it, making Hinata giggle, Tahm also discovered that with his own mana pool of only 300-plus points, it was only enough to support three [Riftwalk] casts before it was empty. If he were truly in battle, considering the use of other skills, Tahm estimated he could only use it sparingly as a luxury item.

Still not strong enough. From today on, I, Tahm, will also become a mage! Tahm silently set a devilish-intensity chakra training schedule for his future self.

In the following days, while accompanying Hinata in her training, Tahm secretly pondered the problems with his skills. Gradually, he discovered that it made sense for his skills not to display specific damage numbers or consumption on the panel, because the damage effect of each skill usage was related to the amount of chakra he used, allowing Tahm to freely control the precision and power of the skills; and Tahm's own ability to control chakra was also closely related to the amount of chakra his skills consumed.

In short, it was like the relationship between fuel tank capacity, engine power consumption, and vehicle speed and maximum range.

His chakra volume wouldn't see a huge increase anytime soon; after all, he wasn't someone like Naruto who came with a built-in nuclear power plant. Therefore, he could only start by improving his chakra control ability.

How to improve chakra control? Every ninja above the Chunin level in the ninja world knows that it is by practicing tree climbing and water walking. Sage Fukasaku had naturally taught Tahm the methods of tree climbing and water walking before, but because of his initial "good enough" attitude and his own mediocre talent, Tahm hadn't persisted in completing the training. Now, it seemed it was time to pick it up again and train properly. However, it wasn't very suitable to conduct such training in the dojo. He needed to find a forest tall enough and a water surface wide and calm enough.

Thinking of this, Tahm asked Hinata: "Hinata, do you know where there are big trees dozens of meters high and streams nearby?" In Konoha, where the vegetation is surprisingly dense, such places are actually not hard to find, but although Tahm had been here for some time, he had always stayed in the Hyuga compound and hung out with Hinata, so he was still not familiar with Konoha at all.

At this moment, it was the daily time for Hinata and Tahm to watch TV. Hinata was lazily leaning against Tahm's soft, big belly, intently watching the cartoon playing on the TV. It must be said that under Tahm's influence these days, Hinata also gradually had a tendency to develop into a homebody.

Tahm's inquiry made Hinata, who was engrossed in the show, not react for a moment, until Tahm said it again before she heard it clearly.

"I know there is a suitable place not far from here. My father once sent me to attend a special skill class for female ninjas. The teacher of that flower arrangement class once took us there; it's a very beautiful place..." Speaking of this, Hinata became inexplicably excited, "Tahm, are you planning to take me out to play?" As she said this, a pair of eyes full of expectation looked over, making Tahm swallow back the words "we are going to train together" that he had originally wanted to say.

On second thought, it was indeed time to go out for a stroll with Hinata. Since he had known her, it had always been training, training, and more training. It was time to let her relax. So Tahm smiled and said: "Yes! Let's go for a picnic together tomorrow!"

"Great!" Hinata happily hugged Tahm's arm, her petite body with a fresh fragrance pressing against him, "Tahm is the best!" I don't know why, but in front of Tahm, she could always show such a generous and lively side without feeling shy.

Early the next morning, Tahm was awakened by Hinata's soft voice in his sleep again. It seems Tahm will never learn the skill of waking up early. Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Tahm was once again stunned by Hinata's outfit.

Hinata was wearing a simple and elegant sportswear, which instead made her skin look fairer and more radiant; what was revealed at her chest was a black fishnet tight-fitting inner lining, adding a bit of femininity to this delicate and beautiful little girl; coupled with her exquisite little face and a head of smooth, short, straight hair, two strands of hair hung just right by her fair earlobes, making her look even more playful. And Hinata stood by the bed, calling out to Tahm in a soft and sweet voice.

"Hinata looks really beautiful today." Tahm praised her directly; given their relationship, there was no need to hide such words.

Hinata still couldn't help but feel a little shy, but the blush on her face made her even more beautiful. She stomped her feet with a little bit of feigned anger and whispered: "Tahm, you always say that."

"Because my little Hinata is indeed beautiful."

Hinata's little face turned even redder.

After some preparations, it was finally time to set off. Hinata didn't know where she brought out a large food box, insisting on bringing it to complete the "picnic" plan. Tahm didn't stop her, just consciously picked up the large food box and familiarly let Hinata climb onto his big head to enjoy her exclusive seat.

"Let's go! Tahm!" Hinata said happily.