After this clash with Danzo, everything seemed to settle down. No one came to trouble Sōkyū Hatake.
However, Sōkyū Hatake seemed to keep sensing strange gazes watching him.
So Sōkyū Hatake moved his training to the center of the Hatake Clan grounds instead of training outside as he had before.
"You mean you want to start learning things like the Three Body Technique?" Kakashi had just returned from a mission when Sōkyū Hatake stopped him.
"Yes, I want the training scrolls," Sōkyū Hatake said directly. Although Orochimaru had all these things, getting them from him would be a hassle. Using his own family's would be better.
"Sōkyū, you're only four, aren't you?" Kakashi looked at Sōkyū Hatake in puzzlement. A four-year-old wanted the training methods for the Three Body Technique?
Did he really think he was me?
"Yes. I'll be attending the Ninja Academy in another two years, so I want to learn ahead of time," Sōkyū Hatake said directly.
"All right, but this isn't the most basic thing. That would be the Chakra Extraction Technique." Kakashi took out two scrolls. One contained the training methods for the Three Body Technique, while the other contained the Chakra Extraction Technique.
"Mm-hmm, got it." Sōkyū Hatake took them straight away. Over the past few days, his training and check-ins had been proceeding in full swing. Although he had not gotten anything good from checking in, that did nothing to dampen his excitement.
After all, what mattered most to Sōkyū Hatake was the annual check-in critical bonus. As long as he diligently completed his missions and kept checking in, would he have anything else to fear?
Back in his room, Sōkyū Hatake immediately opened both scrolls.
[Ding!] [Detected that the host has come into contact with [Chakra Extraction Technique], [Transformation Technique], [Clone Technique], and [Substitution Technique]. Analyze them?] [Yes/No]
Sōkyū Hatake paused slightly at the system prompt. He had not expected the system to have this function too.
Without giving it much thought, Sōkyū Hatake clicked [Yes]!
[Ding!] [The system has begun analyzing [Chakra Extraction Technique], [Transformation Technique], [Clone Technique], and [Substitution Technique]!] [Time remaining for analysis: 7 days!] [Ding!] [Congratulations to the host for triggering the beginner gift pack!] [Spend 100,000 yen to complete the analysis early? This analysis can bring the skills directly to the perfect level!]
Looking at the system prompt, Sōkyū Hatake thought, So this system eats money too?
Still, although 100,000 yen was a lot for a child, it was no big deal for Sōkyū Hatake.
Using this beginner gift pack on the Three Body Technique and the Chakra Extraction Technique did seem a little wasteful.
But after reading so many webnovels, Sōkyū Hatake understood that sometimes basic skills were the most powerful!
Sōkyū Hatake simply went straight to Hatake Sakumo's room and took 100,000 yen from a hidden compartment.
He knew where Hatake Sakumo kept his money, and he also knew that Hatake Sakumo had left the two brothers an enormous fortune.
And... Sōkyū Hatake also knew where Hatake Sakumo kept his private stash...
Be that as it may, this fortune would let Sōkyū Hatake do even more.
With the money in hand, Sōkyū Hatake immediately clicked the acceleration option in the system.
[Ding!] [Congratulations to the host for spending 100,000 yen to accelerate the analysis!] [Analysis of [Chakra Extraction Technique], [Transformation Technique], [Clone Technique], and [Substitution Technique] is complete. Transferring the results directly to the host now!]
As the system spoke, Hatake Sakumo felt as though something had appeared in his mind. The Three Body Technique and Chakra Extraction Technique he had only just encountered now seemed to appear perfectly in Hatake Sakumo's mind.
Hatake Sakumo did not sit idle either. He immediately formed hand seals and tried the Substitution Technique!
Bang!
As Sōkyū Hatake formed the hand seals, he swapped places with the chair in his room the next second.
The Substitution Technique was a diversionary technique that rapidly replaced the user's body with a nearby object at the instant of an attack, making the opponent think their attack had succeeded. The caster could then seize the opportunity to ambush the opponent or escape; it was a basic ninjutsu taught even at the Ninja Academy, applicable to all sorts of situations and extremely convenient!
However, after Sōkyū Hatake used the Substitution Technique, the tiny amount of chakra in his body instantly ran dry, leaving him feeling as though his body had been hollowed out.
Sure enough, my chakra still isn't enough. At that thought, Sōkyū Hatake felt immensely envious of the future crown prince's chakra reserves by the ton.
Yet right now, he did not even have one Kakashi's worth. In fact, he was far short of it!
Opening the system interface, Sōkyū Hatake looked over his stats.
[Host: Sōkyū Hatake!] [Chakra: 1] [Strength: 2] [Speed: 1] [Stamina: 2] [Swordsmanship: 1] [The maximum level for the above stats is 100!] [Mastered skills: [Chakra Extraction Technique] perfect level, [Transformation Technique] perfect level, [Clone Technique] perfect level, [Substitution Technique] perfect level, [Soru] beginner level!]
Looking at his skill and stat fields, Sōkyū Hatake could not help but sigh. He was like someone guarding a house of gold, yet his chakra reserves could only support opening the door once.
After all, in the future, ordinary chakra would no longer be enough for all the dazzling skills and battles. Without chakra with some special attribute, or reserves measured by the ton, one would be embarrassed to even step into the final arc.
So Sōkyū Hatake urgently needed to improve his strength.
Sōkyū Hatake looked at his perfect-level Chakra Extraction Technique. Hopefully, this perfect level will let me experience the power of a bug!
With that thought, Sōkyū Hatake sat straight down and positioned his hands.
This posture had come from the system directly imparting an optimized version of the Chakra Extraction Technique to him, and it differed from what was recorded in writing.
This was also Sōkyū Hatake's first time using the Chakra Extraction Technique. Perhaps thanks to the system's perfect level, he immediately entered the proper state!
Immersed in that state, Sōkyū Hatake did not know that after he began using the Chakra Extraction Technique, the 130 trillion cells throughout his body began rapidly accumulating chakra, cell by cell!
This chakra then flowed to the center of Sōkyū Hatake's body before beginning to spread to every corner of it!
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