Voidwalker Tahm

Ding! The system notification sounded abruptly.

Character Hinata Hyuga's favorability had reached 90 points. Life-and-death bond achieved. Favorability System Level Two reward obtained.

Drawing Level Two reward...

Hero ultimate skill obtained: Riftwalk. Allows short-range teleportation to a target area, dealing a certain amount of damage to units within the area. It could be cast repeatedly within a short period, but would consume more chakra, and the damage dealt would also increase.

It was actually Kassadin's ultimate! A consecutive Flash-style movement skill—this immediately made up for Tahm's current weakness of having more than enough attack power but insufficient speed. It also soothed the resentment from when Tahm had shouted "Flash" and been sent flying by a single blow from Toad White.

The Level Two reward was actually this powerful, far beyond Tahm's expectations. It's like a gift from Hinata... However, a female character who appeared in the original story could only trigger a reward once. If he wanted new skills later, he would have to wait until the Ninja Academy started and deal with Sakura, Ino, and the others, right? What a headache. Tahm truly wasn't good at getting along with girls. His current relationship with Hinata had only happened through a fortunate coincidence, let alone the fact that his targets were still just two lovestruck little girls. With Tahm's current image as a fat toad, reaching the 80-favorability best-friend level with them would be exceedingly difficult. Damn it, if only he had reincarnated as a handsome guy like Ezreal. Once again, Tahm bitterly regretted the stupid hand that had chosen his hero back then.

Forget it. He would let things take their course. In any case, his abilities were already bugged enough. Even in the future era of Naruto: Shippuden, when all sorts of cheaters emerged, Tahm was confident he could protect his Hinata.

Back in the courtyard, Tahm impatiently wanted to test his new ability, but the results were less than ideal. Leaving aside how he had failed to control it at first due to unfamiliarity and slammed headfirst into the courtyard's rockery, making Hinata giggle, Tahm also discovered that with only a little over 300 mana, he could only support three Riftwalks before running dry. In actual combat, considering the use of his other skills, he could probably only treat it as a luxury and use it with caution.

Still not strong enough. From today onward, I, Tahm, will become a mage too! Tahm silently laid out a devilishly intense chakra training schedule for himself.

Over the following days, Tahm accompanied Hinata in her training while secretly pondering the issue of his own skills. Gradually, he discovered there was a reason none of his skills displayed specific damage values or costs on the panel. The damage and effects of every skill depended on the amount of chakra he used, allowing Tahm to freely control their precision and power. Meanwhile, Tahm's own chakra control was also closely tied to the amount of chakra his skills consumed.

Simply put, it was like the relationship between a fuel tank's capacity, an engine's power consumption, speed, and maximum range.

His chakra reserves would not improve dramatically anytime soon. After all, he did not have a body equipped with a nuclear power plant like Naruto. That meant he could only focus on improving his chakra control.

How could he improve his chakra control? Every ninja in the Shinobi World at or above the chunin level knew the answer: tree climbing and water walking. Sage Fukasaku had naturally taught Tahm how to climb trees and walk on water before, but due to his initially careless attitude and mediocre talent, Tahm had not persisted in completing the training. Now, it seemed it was time to pick it back up and train properly. However, the dojo was not suitable for this sort of practice. He needed a forest with trees dozens of meters tall and a sufficiently broad, calm body of water.

Thinking of this, Tahm asked Hinata, "Hinata, do you know anywhere nearby with trees dozens of meters tall and a stream?" In Konoha, where the vegetation was extraordinarily lush, such a place was not difficult to find. It was just that although Tahm had been here for some time, he had stayed cooped up in the Hyuga Compound with Hinata the entire time and was still completely unfamiliar with Konoha.

It was currently Tahm and Hinata's usual time for watching television. Hinata was lazily leaning against Tahm's soft belly, focused on the cartoon playing on the screen. It had to be said that under Tahm's influence these past few days, Hinata was gradually showing signs of becoming a homebody herself.

Tahm's question did not register with the absorbed Hinata at first. She only heard him clearly after Tahm repeated it.

"I know a suitable place not far from here. Father once sent me to a special skills class for female ninjas. The teacher from the flower-arranging class took us there before. It's a very beautiful place..." As she spoke, Hinata became inexplicably excited. "Tahm, are you going to take me out to play?" Her expectant eyes looked right at him, making Tahm swallow the words "we're going there to train together" that he had originally intended to say.

On second thought, it really was time to take Hinata out for a stroll. Since getting to know her, it had always been training, training, and more training. She deserved a chance to relax. So Tahm smiled and said, "That's right! Let's go have a picnic together tomorrow!"

"That's wonderful!" Hinata happily hugged Tahm's arm, her petite, sweetly scented body pressing entirely against him. "Tahm is the best!" For some reason, she could always show such a bold and lively side of herself in front of Tahm without feeling embarrassed.

Early the next morning, Tahm was once again awakened from his dreams by Hinata's soft voice. It seemed he would never learn the skill of getting up early. Rubbing his bleary eyes, Tahm was immediately dazzled by Hinata's outfit.

Hinata wore simple yet elegant sportswear, which only made her skin appear even fairer and more radiant. The black fishnet fitted undershirt visible at her chest added a touch of womanly charm to the naturally delicate young girl. Combined with her exquisite little face and smooth, straight short hair, with two strands falling perfectly beside her pale earlobes, she looked all the more playful. And there she stood prettily beside the bed, calling softly to Tahm.

"Hinata looks really beautiful today." Tahm praised her directly. Given their relationship, there was no need to hide words like that.

Hinata still could not help feeling a little shy, but the blush on her face only made her more beautiful. She stomped her foot with a faintly tsundere air and said quietly, "Tahm, you always say that."

"Because my little Hinata really is beautiful."

Hinata's little face turned even redder.

After some preparations, they were finally ready to set off. Hinata somehow brought out a large food box and insisted on taking it to fulfill their "picnic" plan. Tahm did not stop her. He simply picked up the large food box, then, with practiced ease, let Hinata climb onto his big head to enjoy her special seat.

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