Ninja Pot Shadow

The Yamanaka family already had scrolls for learning the ninjutsu of Shadow Clone and Multiple Shadow Clone. Inoichi was mainly worried that the way Shadow Clone divided chakra was too harmful to the body. Ino also felt that her 6 points of "essence" was still a bit low, so she didn't persist in Shadow Clone.

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News of Ino's return to school after mastering the secret technique spread, and Shikamaru, Choji, and the others also returned one after another.

Everyone's story was consistent: we've mastered our family's secret technique! Whether we've truly mastered it or not, we don't know.

Shikamaru has gotten quite tanned, Choji has lost weight, Kiba Inuzuka collapsed listlessly onto his desk as soon as he entered the classroom, and Shino Aburame's presence was even less noticeable...

"Ino...you should do your best too, um...let's all work hard together." Hinata quietly came to Ino's side, whispered a few words like a mosquito, and then turned and ran away.

Ino was completely confused by what she said. What did she mean?

She had no idea that the head of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Hiashi, had always thought his daughter was useless. Now that the daughter of the Yamanaka family was taking him as a role model, he was, to be honest, very happy.

Without realizing it, his attitude towards Hinata improved slightly.

Hinata wasn't stupid. Using Ino as an excuse, she increased her training intensity, abandoned some of her ladylike manners, and took the opportunity to eat a few more bowls of rice... She was just too hungry. As the eldest daughter of the main family, she had strict rules for every word and action. She had a strong digestive system, but her family was good at physical combat, so the energy expenditure was even greater. You're telling me you can eat eighteen bowls of rice in one meal? What lady behaves like that?

Hinata has been doing well at home for the past month or so. She came here today specifically to express her gratitude, hoping that Ino will continue to work hard so that she can also have a couple more days of good food.

Ino was completely unaware of the intricacies of the situation. Seeing Hinata take off running, she called out softly, "Don't run, stop."

With powerful spiritual energy, even without using mind-body manipulation techniques, their words and actions can subtly influence those around them.

Hinata, who has always lacked her own opinions, instinctively stopped and then turned around.

Ino waved, signaling her to come closer.

"What...what is it?" Hinata asked softly.

Ino lowered her voice as well: "I heard the Third Hokage went to your house? What did the Third Hokage say to you?"

"Oh, is that so?" Hinata breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't a challenge to a duel, it was fine. This Ino-san was just too petty...

She recalled: "My third grandfather told me not to be arrogant, but to be humble, and then he said that everyone in the village is one family and we should live in harmony..."

Hinata rambled on and on, and Ino listened carefully. The Third Hokage's words were not important; what mattered was his attitude in specifically seeking out Hinata for a heart-to-heart talk.

Do you think the Third Hokage had heart-to-heart talks with everyone? He was very busy and didn't have the time for that at all.

Those who have been "tutored" by him are all his own people. He chooses capable people from among his acquaintances, and then chooses acquaintances from among the capable people. Now, Hinata is mostly considered an acquaintance in his heart, and Ino is also considered an acquaintance, but from a different line of acquaintances.

Chapter 18 Uchiha Sasuke

Hinata felt that Ino's eyes were particularly aggressive, like hooks, and looked especially dangerous. It seemed that there was a strange eagerness hidden in Ino's expression, and Hinata felt that Ino was not planning anything good. Hinata subconsciously wanted to get away. After whispering about the Third Hokage, she bowed slightly and was about to leave.

Ino felt it was wrong to let Hinata unintentionally take the blame for her, and she wanted to make it up to her if she had the chance.

Look how thin this child is, how long has it been since he ate meat? Has he been eating nothing but rice balls at home?

Ino sighed. A notable characteristic of Japanese cuisine is that it looks beautiful, but the portions are small!

She had experienced it firsthand. Many of the dishes that Rino Yamanaka made were particularly exquisite and beautiful, but one had to maintain that damn ladylike demeanor when eating them. Even she couldn't wolf down her food.

Even a ninja like her, who relies on meditation, contemplation, and thinking to train every day, often feels hungry. Hinata, who gets up at three in the morning and goes to bed at eleven at night, and practices taijutsu all day long, is even more so.

Ino's outstanding performance has made Inoichi very popular recently, and her cheap mother has given her a lot of pocket money. Take out some of it and treat Hinata, that unlucky kid, to a good meal.

Let's skip the barbecue this time; it's too greasy. Let's eat something lighter.

She grabbed Hinata's hoodie hoodie: "Don't go yet, don't go yet, let's go out for dinner after school tonight? Let's go to Ganligan for yokan, my mom has a membership card there, we can get a 10% discount."

"Huh?...This...that! Yokan..." Hinata hesitated for a moment. At home, she could only eat rice balls. If she went out to eat...Yokan. Just thinking about it made her mouth water.

Hinata quickly covered her mouth. Before she could even agree, Choji, who was seven or eight meters away, appeared on Ino's left side as if he could fly like the Thunder God. He pursed his lips, widened his eyes, and stared intently at her.

Ino scratched her head: "...Then you're coming too? Just so you know, there's no barbecue at Ganligan."

"Okay!" Ding Ci didn't mind at all, his chubby face full of smiles. As long as he was invited to eat, he would eat anything; he wasn't picky about food.

After Choji, Shikamaru was called, followed by Kiba Inuzuka. Just before class was about to start, Ino noticed Shino Aburame standing beside her and immediately extended an invitation, which Shino happily accepted.

The six of them unconsciously formed a small circle. Watching them take leave one by one to go home and train, and now they were returning one after another, and even going out to dinner together that night, Uchiha Sasuke, the only remaining member of the Uchiha clan, felt very uncomfortable.

Today he was wearing white shorts, a dark blue turtleneck, and a short-sleeved shirt with a ping-pong paddle crest on the back.

The Uchiha clan dominated the ninja world for so many years, accumulating a great deal of wealth and knowledge. Unfortunately, with the extermination of the clan, apart from the property left by Sasuke's parents, everything else belonging to the clan was swallowed up by the village under various pretexts.

They said they were keeping it for you, but Sasuke wasn't stupid. He knew that the so-called "keeping" was just an act of appropriation, and the village had no intention of returning it.

Seeing his classmates being taught by their family elders and having family resources for training, while he could only go home alone to practice shuriken, he felt a burning anger inside, a mix of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

His gaze was cold and stern as he scrutinized the ninjas from the various clans.

He has to prove himself, and that means he has to defeat them.

He first looked at Hinata, whose hoodie hood was being pulled by Ino. Putting aside her combat strength, her demeanor alone was lacking. What could defeating such an opponent prove?

Then he looked at the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. Ino was a girl, so he ignored her. Shikamaru was lazy, so he ignored him. Choji was a fat guy who looked stupid, so he ignored him.

He looked at Kiba Inuzuka. The intense competition these past few days had exhausted Kiba's ninja dog, Akamaru, who was now listlessly lying on the table, taking small sips of medicine.

Sasuke snorted. The Inuzuka clan's secret techniques required the cooperation of ninja dogs, and now that the ninja dogs were in such a state, it would be a disgrace for him to challenge them, even if he won. He was proud and disdained to do so.

Sasuke's gaze finally swept over Shino Aburame. He was a little puzzled and couldn't help but take a second look. Who was this guy? Was he in the same class as him?

Of the six people, none seemed suitable to be his opponents.

He had a cool expression, his gaze swept around once, and then returned to Ino-Shika-Cho.

Why don't you try taking on three people by yourself?

Without hesitation, he walked up to the three men and said, "Fight me. I'll take on all three of you by myself."

Shikamaru: "???"

Ino: "???"

Choji continued to eat his snacks with his head down.

Ino and Shikamaru exchanged a glance and spoke at the same time.

"Not interested."

"I concede."

Choji continued to munch on his snacks.

Sasuke clenched his fists, annoyed by the three people's disregard.

Unfortunately, none of the three agreed to fight, leaving him helpless.

The situation suddenly became very awkward.

Aburame Shino was quite interested; he took a step forward, implying, "I'll be your opponent." But neither Ino, nor Sasuke, nor even the anxious Hinata noticed him...

"Ino, fight this kid. Just practicing ninjutsu isn't enough; you need some real combat experience too." Inoichi's voice suddenly appeared in Ino's mind.

This is a derivative ninjutsu of the Mind Transfer Technique, the Ninjutsu: Mind Transfer Technique. It allows one to directly input their words into the target's mind without any device.

Ino formed a "未" (unknown) hand seal and activated her sensory abilities to search the vicinity of the school.

With just a glance, I saw seven or eight reactions with very high chakra energy.

Among them were Inoichi, Shikamaru's father, Choji's father, and several other people she didn't recognize.

Are these all Jonin? Why do you Jonin always go to the Ninja Academy instead of going to work?

Ino knew she couldn't avoid the fight. With so many people watching, if she was too cowardly to fight, her future would definitely be affected.

Ninjas need to be patient, but they also need courage.

She's an acquaintance of higher-ups, and now she needs to prove herself as a capable person among them. How? Through real-world experience!

Defeating a powerful opponent makes you a capable person, and only then will the village leaders think of you for any future benefits.

Ino stared at Sasuke, the white arm sleeves on his elbows were a bit glaring. The original Ino had also kept a pair of arm sleeves in her wardrobe, intending to wear them after graduating from the Ninja Academy, with the purpose of telling everyone that she and Sasuke were a couple. Now it seems that there is no chance.

She took a step forward, pointing at herself with her thumb: "You want to challenge the three of us? That's a bit much. How about this, I'll fight you."

Chapter 19 Ino vs. Sasuke

"You think you can take me on?" To be honest, even though his demeanor had changed significantly, Sasuke still looked down on Ino. When he spoke, his expression was full of arrogance, and he had an air of superiority.

Ino seemed to be speaking to him, but in reality she was speaking to the Jonin watching from all around: "I have now mastered a B-rank clan secret technique and a C-rank clan secret technique, developed water-style chakra nature transformation and form transformation, and mastered a C-rank water release technique and a D-rank water release technique."

"Ino also took the time to learn Water Release? How long did she study it?" Shikaku asked Inoichi from the shadows.

A ninja's first chakra nature is the easiest to develop, the second is somewhat difficult, and after that, due to the inherent weaknesses and strengths of different chakra natures, it becomes increasingly difficult.

The reason why the members of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans did not develop their respective chakra natures is because it would be too time-consuming and energy-intensive. During the war, there was simply no time to work on chakra natures. After the war, they were busy with their wives, children, and work, so they had even less time. They would rather continue to study their clan's secret techniques.

In Shikaku's opinion, Ino's research on water escaping was putting the cart before the horse.

Inoichi had also discussed this issue with his daughter, but after realizing that Ino was quite talented in ninjutsu, he did not continue to interfere.

A ninja is a profession that involves killing. Whether it's using the Five Elements Escape Technique or a family secret technique, any technique that can kill the enemy is a good ninjutsu.

Without teammates to cooperate, the secret techniques of the Yamanaka family are basically useless. Learning some Five Elements Escape Techniques with strong control capabilities is not a bad thing.

He sighed deeply, and under Shikaku's strange gaze, he began Versailles again: "This child is too stubborn. She won't listen to anything I say. She wants to learn nature transformation, form transformation, and water ninjutsu. Do you think those are easy to learn? She's wasted a whole half month! Half a month! If she had that time, wouldn't it be better to practice the family's secret techniques? This child is so disobedient, with such low aptitude, and her mind is so complicated. She thinks of things on a whim. It's really worrying me to death."

The Jonin remained expressionless: "..."

The Jonin in the shadows fell silent, while Sasuke in the classroom sneered: "Idiot, ninjutsu is tested in actual combat. It's not that the more ninjutsu you know, the stronger you are. Even if you know a thousand ninjutsu, it will only take me half a minute to defeat you."

Hiding in the shadows, pretending to be a passerby, Kakashi felt inexplicably awkward, as several Jonin glanced at him, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

Iruka rushed over and saw that they were about to duel. He vaguely noticed that the village leaders were watching the scene. He couldn't stop them at all, so he could only lead everyone to the playground.

"No attacks on vital areas such as the eyes and heart are allowed. If one side concedes defeat, the other side must stop immediately. Do you all understand?"

"understood."

"Wordy."

The two stood five meters apart.

According to school rules, Ino raised her right index and middle fingers, pressed her thumb against her ring and little fingers, and made a "confrontation seal," which meant that she would treat the classmate opposite her as an opponent.

Sasuke wasn't as aggressive at this moment, and he obediently formed the "Opposition Seal".

"start."