Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 189 Five Years
On New Year's Eve, Kakashi met Sasuke and Naruto ahead of time.

With the white paper rustling around him, his dead fish eyes rolling back, he finally uttered that famous line:

"My first impression of you guys, well, it was pretty unpleasant..."

"Saying this is useless, just stick it on him!" With her face covered in stickers, Hui Li didn't care about his explanation. She called to Naruto and Sasuke, whose faces were covered in brooms, and pressed the paper strips into the water glass.

The glass of cold water is now only half full.

After the paper had soaked through, the two of them pressed the strip hard onto Kakashi's chin. The white strip hung down and curled up like a beard, while Might Guy secretly laughed at his best friend's miserable state.

The five children were all alone, without parents or any supervision.

They forgot all festival traditions, rules, and deep-seated hatred, and played wildly all night, chatting and laughing until the sky was clear and the ground was covered in silver. Only then did Naruto and Sasuke return home, their feet crunching through the snow.

The days after the New Year returned to normal.

Winter is not a good time for missions, and Might Guy and Kakashi had saved up quite a bit of money after several long missions, so they simply followed Hairi's example and stayed home to hibernate.

Of course, the two of them were not as 'lazy' as her. Akai had a constant training plan every day. When he carried the heavy stone crystal and ran around the village, he often had a little yellow-haired tail trailing behind him.

Two days later, Hui Li saw Naruto also wearing that green bodysuit, and when he followed Might Guy in his frog jump, they looked like two green toads, one big and one small.

A few days later, like a frog shaking its roe, another young man named Li appeared with a shiny bald head.

A family of three jumping around a leaf frog creates a truly unique scene.

Hui Li thought that Naruto would become Rock Lee's senior, but she learned that Might Guy did not teach Naruto the Eight Gates, but only let him practice the Konoha Fist Fluid Technique.

Only after being questioned further did Akai reveal the reason.

The training method of the Eight Gates Formation requires arduous training until the physical body is pushed to its limit in order to open the gate of life.

When Hui Li was practicing the Eight Gates Formation, he was also stuck at this step. Later, he relied on 'physical control' to be able to open and close the gates as easily as drinking water.

Naruto's situation is different.

His chakra was virtually inexhaustible. Even after using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to deplete his chakra, before he could even open the gate, a massive amount of chakra would inexplicably surge forth, seemingly inexhaustible.

Might Guy had never fought such a rich battle before. He could teach Rock Lee, who also had very little chakra, but he was helpless in the face of Naruto's situation and could only take him on arduous training.

With Guy as his mentor, Naruto's taijutsu improved day by day. Relying on the ability to gang up on others with his multiple shadow clones, even Sasuke, who had awakened his Sharingan, was no match for him.

Sasuke was defeated by Naruto, so he trained even harder.

However, he lacked a good teacher and relied on his family's inherited scrolls to learn on his own, resulting in extremely slow progress and him falling further and further behind Naruto.

Being defeated by the loser he had always looked down on was a huge blow to Sasuke.

The most terrifying thing is that everyone else is making progress, but he is standing still and wasting time. This is a situation that the proud Sasuke can never accept.

In order to become strong enough, as Hairi suggested, and then knock Itachi to the ground, press his head down and ask him the truth about the massacre of the clan that night, Sasuke's desire for power finally suppressed his inner pride.

He disregarded his reputation and would frequently visit the Qimu clan's territory, hoping that Hui Li could give him some guidance.

Hui Li was surprised that Sasuke could set aside his pride and not be stingy with his knowledge.

Among the ninjutsu scrolls she had looked through at the Root, many were from the Uchiha clan, so teaching Sasuke was not a difficult task at all.

Then she regretted it.

Having high talent doesn't mean you can teach others.

Slow hand seal speed, poor chakra control when releasing ninjutsu, difficulty in performing taijutsu movements... these are all problems she has never encountered before, and she doesn't know how to guide Sasuke's training.

Is your hand seal formation speed too slow?
Then let's not use hand seals!

What does it mean to lack chakra and muscle control? This isn't something you can control however you want, so why can't you control it?

Having never had a similar experience, the difficulties Sasuke encountered during his training were very difficult for her to understand, let alone teach him how to train.

All she could do was spend her spare time helping him answer some of his questions about the changes in the properties of fire and thunder, but even that help was extremely limited.

Because learning ninjutsu is really not difficult for her.

After mastering the seven nature transformations, relying on the Byakugan's incredible control over chakra, as long as it doesn't involve Yin-Yang secret techniques, all elemental escaping techniques are nothing more than a combined application of form transformation and nature transformation.

She also found it hard to understand why Sasuke could never learn simple fire jutsu, and she couldn't even figure out what Sasuke didn't understand.

She couldn't solve the problem, and she didn't want Sasuke bothering her every few days.

So she pointed to Kakashi, who was reading a comic book, and then she could finally have some peace and quiet.

Winter has passed and spring has arrived, and the Ninja Academy has officially started its semester.

The Ninja Academy Principal, Hiruzen Sarutobi, took the stage to give a speech on the Will of Fire and welcome the new students. Since Hairi was a transfer student, he had taken one less semester of classes than Naruto and the others. At this time, their class had already moved up to the second year.

Hui Li sent a shadow clone back to the ninja academy, but did not find any familiar faces among the new students.

The teachings at the Ninja Academy were no longer useful to her. Entering the Ninja Academy was just to spar with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, observe their clan ninjutsu in actual combat, and see if she could learn anything from them.

After reversing the Eight Gates and devouring life, her body underwent a qualitative change from the inside out.

Her heavy body meant she rarely used taijutsu. When beating up children at the ninja academy, she mostly stood still and used water and earth techniques to fight back.

Besides the different fighting styles, their appearances have also changed significantly.

Her soul constantly draws life force, making her radiant and full of energy every day, just like the bright morning sun.

Her facial features remained unchanged, but her skin became healthier and more radiant. Her temperament was no longer as sharp and unapproachable as before, but instead became gentle and graceful. In addition, with the mysterious key emblem between her eyebrows, her popularity at the Ninja Academy soared, and she even faintly resembled the idol superstar of her past life.

The fan base expanded rapidly, almost engulfing the entire school's teachers and students.

Internal factional infighting even existed. Before the new ninja academy students had even met Hui Li, they were already being recruited into the group by the fan club leader, who desperately needed manpower, and were now carrying large flags and cheering for their seniors. The flags featured a photo of Hui Li, but judging from the angle, it looked like a candid shot!
Seeing that they were having a great time and didn't seem to need her, their idol, to do anything, Shinobu realized that idol worship was just a feeling, not a real form of admiration.

Choji Akimichi, who had secretly taken photos of her for a bag of snacks, was warned by being hung on the school gate using Water Release: Water Release, and then left them to their own devices.

The Root's Yang Release clone is still staying in the dark underground base during this time. Her mission is to study the Sharingan and replicate the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Originally, she wanted to join forces with the main body to kill Danzo directly, but all of the main body's abilities were evolving, and it would take Aburame Ryoma a considerable amount of time to integrate the Root and Anbu members and strip Danzo of his power.

In addition, she had promised the Third Hokage to try to avoid bloodshed and sacrifice, and preferably only kill Danzo. Therefore, the Yang Release clone could only continue to lurk in Root.

of course.

She wasn't wronged either.

Danzo was experimenting with his new arm and had been training in the Sharingan and Wood Release techniques, so he didn't cause any trouble for a long time.

Her position as a disciple of the Root Sect became increasingly secure.

Furthermore, she frequently goes to Root's training grounds to demonstrate her power. The worship of the strong is extremely prevalent in Root, and with the help of Ryoma Aburame and others, she has already become the number two figure in Root.

In addition to the Ninja Academy and Yang Release clones, Gray, whose chakra was becoming abundant, also created nearly a dozen shadow clones of four types: wind, water, fire, and earth, to study nature transformation and attribute fusion.

The wind and fire clones practice the combined ninjutsu taught by Hiruzen Sarutobi, striving to develop a high-powered ninjutsu similar to the Water Blade.

The water and earth clones then studied the wood release chakra within Hashirama's cells, attempting to see if they could recreate this world-renowned bloodline limit.

While devouring the plants and animals of the Death Forest, the main body uses the lightning stones obtained from Raigu Mountain to train the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Of course, the black lightning that combines Yin and lightning is also within the scope of its research.

Currently, she has no prior experience in nature fusion and can only learn the Black Lightning Fusion Method of the Hidden Cloud Village and try to use it as a foundation to deduce other nature fusions.

The progress is neither fast nor slow, with progress made every half month or month.

She wasn't in a hurry about it.

Having already obtained the Divine Tree seed, even if he cannot freely fuse with the Bloodline Limit, he can still go to the moon to activate the Divine Tree, absorb the power of the Tailed Beasts to condense the 'Chakra Fruit,' and use ancient methods to obtain the power of all things in the universe to enter the Six Paths.

With the Eight Gates of Reversal assisting her growth, all she needs to do is continuously devour life force and wait for her body to digest and absorb the life force, promoting the development of her immortal body.

Once the immortal body developed to the point where it could contend with the gray bones, it directly allowed the gray bones to advance, and she was naturally able to enter the Super Shadow realm.

The energy surging from her cells every day did not cause her mind to swell; on the contrary, the stronger she became, the more peaceful and serene her heart became.

She never sought power to fight or be fierce, but only to put her mind at ease.

Strength brings a strong sense of security. Even if she experiences another major earthquake, she can now protect her family and friends and will never be as powerless as she was in her previous life.

My heart finally found some peace.

Unexpectedly, as Hui Li slowed down, it was as if she had suddenly put down a heavy burden. Her tense spirit relaxed, and her cheerful mood stimulated the evolution of her Byakugan.

The fetal movement in both pupils became more intense, as if something was blocked inside the eyeballs and was being slowly pierced open with a steel needle, making the meridians clear and unobstructed. A strange chakra seemed to be constantly accumulating and brewing in the pupils.

Hui Li felt the amount of chakra absorbed and consumed by her eyes every day, which alone exceeded the total chakra of a Jonin. Then she thought about the extraordinary quality of her purple chakra.

Just by looking at the consumption, one can tell that one's pupil technique is extraordinary.

No wonder the Byakugan didn't show much magic before. If the Byakugan had started to evolve first, its consumption would probably have been even more terrifying than that of the Gray Bone. With the two combined, Gray Glass would have already been sucked into the emaciated state of the gate.

The evolutionary response of the immortal body should not be underestimated.

Her immortal body is neither the Thousand Hands nor the Whirlpool, but a special physique she cultivated by reversing the Eight Gates and devouring all life.

Although Gray Glass has always referred to it as the Immortal Body, there are still significant differences between the three.

According to Tsubaki, the Sage Body of the Uzumaki Clan is more inclined towards auxiliary abilities such as sealing, perception, and healing. The representative abilities are: Vajra Lock, Kagura Mind's Eye, and Physical Healing.

The Senju clan's Sage Mode members excel in combat abilities such as taijutsu, ninjutsu, and sage techniques. Their signature skills are: Wood Release, Sage Mode, and physical enhancement.

She didn't know much about the Uzumaki clan. Very few people from the Senju clan could awaken Wood Release and Sage Mode, and each generation was the strongest in the ninja world.

Upon hearing the information provided by Tsubaki, Hairi finally understood how Hashirama Senju acquired Sage Mode—it was actually a skill inherent to the Senju clan's bloodline limit!
After reviewing all the bloodline limits, Hui Li discovered that, apart from the Byakugan, the Sage Body, Sharingan, and Shikotsumyaku also have three stages.

The first stage consists of: physical enhancement (physical healing), 1-3 tomoe Sharingan, and rough physical manipulation (corpse).

The second stage consists of: Wood Release (Diamond Lockdown), Mangekyou Sharingan, and skeletal manipulation and enhancement (bones).

The final third stage is: Perfect Sage Mode (Kagura's Mind's Eye), Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and Ash Bones.

Kagura's Mind's Eye is quite different from other abilities of the same level. Hairi doesn't know if the Uzumaki clan has other abilities, so this point is still questionable, but this classification is generally correct.

According to her classification system, the self-cultivated immortal body is currently at the early stage of the first rank, the corpse bone meridian is at the half-step third rank, and the Sharingan in both hands is at the peak of the first rank, but it will never be able to advance to the second rank.

He forced a breakthrough in his cultivation level with elixirs when he was young, wasting his potential...

Putting the Sharingan and Shikotsumyaku aside for now, Hui Li discovered that his first stage of Sage Body didn't seem to have any special abilities like physical enhancement or healing. If he had to say what was different after awakening...

Hui Li immediately thought of her extremely dense muscle tissue and her superhuman tank-like weight. Could my ability be... 'weight enhancement' or 'muscle enhancement'?

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

The self-cultivated immortal body and the corpse bone meridian may have some kind of linkage, giving birth to the ability to increase the density of the body. Otherwise, it is hard to explain why her body shape did not change, but her weight increased several times.

Based on this trend, she could hardly imagine what kind of abilities she would awaken when her Sage Body entered the third stage, but it shouldn't be any of the Senju or Uzumaki types, but rather a completely new bloodline limit that belonged only to her.

There will be more than one or two blind boxes to open, and Hui Li is full of anticipation for it.

With this mindset, time flew by like water, and five years passed in the blink of an eye...

(End of this chapter)