I, Uchiha Hikaru, have joined the chat group.

Chapter 26 Training on Kalin Tower

"Are you leaving, Hikaru?"

Bulma reluctantly saw Uchiha Hikaru to the door, handing him a neatly packaged box: "Take this set of capsules with you. I specially prepared this for you; it contains more than what you can buy in stores. Be careful on the road, and remember to let me know when you arrive safely."

"Thank you, I will."

Hikaru Uchiha took the box from Bulma.

Come to think of it, the last time she came to the Dragon Ball world, she asked Bulma if she could buy a set of capsules on credit. Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, she finally got her wish now.

"Well then, see you later."

After saying goodbye again, Uchiha Hikaru threw out a flying machine, fumbled for its way to take off, and headed toward the address given by Master Roshi.

……

Two days later.

Holy Land, Kalin.

Uchiha Hikaru stopped at the foot of the towering tower and looked up at the sky.

"Young lady, are you sure you want to climb this tower? Before you, many martial artists have tried to challenge it, but most of them ended in failure. If you run out of energy and fall from the top, you might die."

Paula, an Indian standing nearby, tried to persuade him.

But Uchiha Hikaru just smiled, then leaped up and charged upwards perpendicular to the tower's surface.

She had initially considered flying to the middle of the tower first, and then continuing to climb it.

However, in order to show her "sincerity" in becoming a disciple and to leave a good impression on the cat sage, she decided to follow the rules.

Climbing trees is just a basic training method for improving chakra control.

It's just that this "tree" is a bit too tall...

that's it.

Uchiha Hikaru traveled for six or seven hours.

Because of her strong recovery ability, she didn't need to worry about muscle tears after overexertion. She only stopped to drink some water and eat a couple of chocolate bars to replenish her energy before mustering her strength to continue.

When his chakra was about to run out for the third time.

Uchiha Hikaru finally saw above the clouds a flattened spherical tower top appear in his line of sight.

"arrive!"

Uchiha Hikaru mustered all his strength and rushed into the platform at the top of the tower.

After walking a few more steps up the stairs, she saw a large space surrounded by jars and pots. In the middle stood a large white cat holding a cane, seemingly having noticed her arrival long ago.

"You must be the Cat Sage, right?"

Uchiha Hikaru's tone was very polite.

"That's right, it's me."

The cat licked its paws and squinted, "I really didn't expect that a little girl your age could climb up Korin Tower in such a short time... Are you also here to find the Super Holy Water, little girl?"

"No, I've come to ask you how to cultivate 'qi,' Master Neko."

Uchiha Hikaru speaks the truth.

This seemingly unremarkable cat sage is actually an 800-year-old man with an ability similar to "mind reading." Trying to outsmart or scheme in front of him is pointless; instead, being sincere will earn you some goodwill.

However, Uchiha Hikaru was quite curious—

Cat Master, can you tell that you come from another world?

the other side.

The Cat Sage paused, looking intently at Uchiha Hikaru. After a moment, he spoke, "You really haven't trained in 'ki,' but there is another kind of energy fluctuation within you, somewhat similar to 'ki,' but it's not... You're probably not from this world, right?"

"?"

You can actually tell?

"Of course, I am a fairy cat, I can see a person's past."

Master Cat wiped his beard: "I only saw glimpses of you from the last few weeks, about your search for the Dragon Balls. Beyond that, it's all blank... Even someone who has lost their memory, or someone from another planet, couldn't leave without a trace, unless you didn't originally belong to this world."

"...That's right, I come from a ninja world, but I have no ill intentions towards this place. If this planet is ever attacked by evil people in the future, I am willing to lend a helping hand."

After a moment of silence, Uchiha Hikaru began to recount his origins.

Of course, she deliberately cut a lot of this content, but what she said was the truth.

After he finished speaking, the air was silent for a moment.

After a while.

The cat sage broke the silence: "Actually, 'qi' isn't anything special. It's just the energy contained within each person's body, and there's no fundamental difference between it and the power you possess. As long as you have a peaceful mind and perceive it with your heart, you can discover its existence and guide it..."

"I'm not good at teaching others. If you want to gain power from me, you'd better grab the Super Elixir first."

This statement is essentially an agreement.

Uchiha Hikaru smiled slightly: "Alright!"

……

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Uchiha Hikaru stayed on Korin Tower. Every morning, he would start training to steal the Super Holy Water as soon as he opened his eyes. During his breaks, he would consult with the Cat Sage about "ki" and practice meditation. In the evenings, he would exchange ninjutsu tips with Namikaze Minato in the chat group and learn "modern ninjutsu" including Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Every day is quite busy.

During this process, Uchiha Hikaru told Namikaze Minato about the method of cultivating "ki" that the Neko Sage had mentioned, wanting to see what the latter thought.

According to Minato Namikaze, the calm and peaceful state of mind required for cultivating "ki" is somewhat similar to the mental training he underwent when practicing Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku. However, for certain reasons, he could only offer some of his own cultivation insights to Hikaru Uchiha.

[Eternal Sister: I'm sorry, but because of the contract, I can't reveal too much about Sage Mode. If you can find Jiraiya-sensei in the future and gain his approval, perhaps you can be taken to Mount Myōboku to train in Sage Mode.]

[Anonymous: It's okay, I'm already very grateful that you could tell me this.]

The information obtained from Minato Namikaze gave Hikaru Uchiha a lot of motivation.

Since the cultivation of "qi" is similar to "sage techniques," it means that everything she is doing now can serve as the foundation for cultivating sage techniques in the future. When she returns to the Naruto world and has the opportunity to come into contact with sage techniques, it is very likely to have a miraculous effect of achieving twice the result with half the effort.

As for the Sage Mode that Uchiha Hikari personally wanted to learn... compared to Mount Myōboku, to which Minato Namikaze belonged, she was actually more interested in the other two, especially Shikkotsu Forest, which had a contract with the Senju clan.

She was very curious about one thing—

When her current regenerative abilities are combined with Shikkotsu Forest's healing abilities... will she be able to unleash a dojutsu like Izanagi without taking damage?

Um... I've added a small setting at the beginning: the check-in points in the chat group can now be exchanged for time spent in the world by other group members (the exchange ratio is 1:1, checking in for 1 day allows you to stay for 1-50 days, which doesn't have a significant impact on the storyline).

(End of this chapter)