Hinata Hyuga's hurt expression stirred Tianyun Hyuga's emotions, but he was mentally mature. He quickly composed himself and stopped looking at her aggrieved face.
"All right, watch my movements carefully," Tianyun Hyuga said flatly. "If you get even one step wrong, don't blame me afterward..."
With that, Tianyun Hyuga walked to the center of the clearing and slowly performed a full Tai Chi Fist routine. He offered Hinata Hyuga no explanations along the way. The movements were so slow that there was no need to stop and explain them; even a fool could see them clearly.
After finishing the routine, Tianyun Hyuga asked Hinata Hyuga, "Did you see my movements clearly? If you did, come stand here and begin your training. You only have an hour, so don't waste it."
Hinata Hyuga came from a distinguished family and had undergone extremely strict training. Naturally, she could memorize Tianyun Hyuga's slow movements.
When Tianyun Hyuga asked her, she quickly set aside her doubts, nodded, and hurried over to him. "Master Tianyun, please guide me," she said, then began practicing Tai Chi Fist right in front of him.
However, Hinata Hyuga performed the Tai Chi Fist movements even more slowly than Tianyun Hyuga had.
Slow as she was, Tianyun Hyuga was no fool. He could tell at a glance that her movements were precise, without the slightest deviation. There was nothing for him to correct, which pleased him greatly.
Since Hinata Hyuga made no mistakes, he did not need to watch over her and could take a leisurely break. He simply walked over to the stone steps and sat down, telling her as she slowly practiced Tai Chi Fist, "Practice this routine carefully ten times today, and then you can go home. I'll teach you something new tomorrow evening..."
Hinata Hyuga wanted nothing more than for Tianyun Hyuga to leave her alone. She promptly put him out of her mind and began earnestly practicing the New Gentle Fist Technique.
Tianyun Hyuga watched Hinata Hyuga train for a while and found that she was neither slacking off nor taking shortcuts. She practiced very diligently.
It seemed Hyuga Hiashi had taught her very strictly; she needed no supervision at all. After observing her for a while, Tianyun Hyuga simply closed his eyes to rest.
Half an hour into her training, Hinata Hyuga glanced at Tianyun Hyuga, who appeared to have fallen asleep. She inwardly complained about his lack of dedication, but could only continue practicing the New Gentle Fist.
In truth, Hinata Hyuga really wanted to ask what use such a slow fist technique could possibly have. She could not see any power in it at all. But Tianyun Hyuga's attitude was so cold that she did not dare approach him to ask.
Time slowly passed. By the time Hinata Hyuga had performed Tai Chi Fist ten times, almost exactly an hour had gone by.
With her training finished, Hinata Hyuga looked toward Tianyun Hyuga beside the steps again, only to find that he had already opened his eyes and was watching her.
"Master... may I go home now?" Since Tianyun Hyuga was awake, Hinata Hyuga walked straight over and asked.
Tianyun Hyuga glanced at Hinata Hyuga and noticed a light sheen of sweat on her forehead. Knowing that she had trained diligently, he nodded. "Yes, go home. Come back tomorrow evening..."
Once she had permission, Hinata Hyuga quickly jogged out of the clearing toward the mansion's main gate, as though she did not want to spend another second in Tianyun Hyuga's presence-or did not want to see him at all.
Tianyun Hyuga paid little mind to Hinata Hyuga's hurried departure. Once she had left, he brushed off his backside, stood up, and returned to his room to rest and consider how to make money next.
At five past eight that evening, Meicun Hyuga came home. Seeing Tianyun Hyuga lying on his bed and staring blankly at the ceiling, she asked in puzzlement, "Tianyun, what's wrong? You seem pretty troubled..."
Without turning his head, Tianyun Hyuga replied, "Of course I'm thinking about how to make money. What else could trouble a genius like me...?"
Tianyun Hyuga's unthinking reply amused Meicun Hyuga, and she could not help saying, "You're so young. What do you need all that money for? I heard you made more than ten million at school. That's enough for you to spend lavishly until you become a Genin."
Tianyun Hyuga came back to his senses and turned toward Meicun Hyuga, ready to speak. Instead, he saw her holding out a stack of money. "Here, this is two million. If you're short on money, take this to tide you over for now. I'll give you more later."
Tianyun Hyuga stared at the money without moving. After thirty seconds of stunned silence, he suddenly sat up and said, "No need. That little won't help me. I need over a billion in funding. Mother, you should keep it!"
"Uh... you need over a billion...?" Meicun Hyuga shook her head helplessly and put the money away. "Then I can't help you. I doubt even Lord Hokage could help. You'll just have to keep worrying about it..."
Convinced that Tianyun Hyuga was talking nonsense, Meicun Hyuga simply turned and left his room, leaving him thoroughly bewildered.
After Meicun Hyuga left, Tianyun Hyuga shook his head helplessly, took out a thousand-unit banknote, and began the experiment he had just thought of.
When Meicun Hyuga had offered him the money, Tianyun Hyuga had suddenly remembered that the system could enhance anything. A thought had struck him: what would happen if he enhanced a banknote directly?
Somewhat excited, Tianyun Hyuga stared intently at the thousand-unit banknote and used the enhancement function. In an instant, the note in his hand became a two-thousand-unit banknote.
Holding the two-thousand-unit banknote, Tianyun Hyuga was dumbfounded. In Naruto, the only banknote denomination above one thousand was ten thousand. There were no two-thousand-unit notes at all, which meant the note in his hand was now worthless.
Moreover, enhancing the banknote had cost him one thousand. Even if the two-thousand-unit note had been usable, he would not have made any money.
Depressed, Tianyun Hyuga took out some ten-, hundred-, and five-hundred-unit coins to test as well. He discovered that the enhancement fee always matched the coin's face value. There was no way to make money by enhancing currency.
He had finally thought of a way to make money, only to discover it would earn him nothing. Dejected, Tianyun Hyuga lay back down on his bed and continued thinking about how to make money.
With no particular progress on the money-making front anytime soon, Tianyun Hyuga began to grow bored. For the entire following week, he stuck to a routine of attending classes, leaving school, teaching Hinata Hyuga, and sleeping, then repeating it all the next day.
Of course, in secret, Tianyun Hyuga created four Shadow Clones every day and sent them out to practice Ninjutsu. Outsiders simply knew nothing about it.
Whenever Tianyun Hyuga's Shadow Clones went out, they transformed to look like other people. Since they also possessed the Byakugan, following them was impossible, so their movements remained thoroughly concealed.
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