After bidding farewell to Yaku Shi Ya No Yu, Seven Nights turned around and headed home.
Gazing at her retreating figure, Ya No Yu appeared calm on the surface, but her thoughts were churning within.
Thanks to Seven Nights’ enlightenment, she realized for the first time the potential power her abilities could unleash.
“Seven Nights-kun, you want me to help you, don’t you…?”
From his demeanor and actions, Ya No Yu easily deduced his intentions.
“But even so, Seven Nights-kun, you wouldn’t force me…”
“You’re still considerate of me, planning my future…”
“What a kind person you are…”
Her eyes sparkled with newfound determination, making her retreating silhouette seem even more resolute.
………
After defeating Uchiha Tekka, Seven Nights’ ninja school life didn’t undergo much change.
The remaining time in the second year was spent honing his chakra control.
It was still carving.
But the carving knife didn’t touch the wood. Instead, it hovered five centimeters away, relying entirely on the sharp wind chakra to sculpt.
Needless to say, Seven Nights lost count of how many times he failed at the beginning.
This “remote carving” placed extremely high demands on micro-control.
Sometimes the cut was too deep, sometimes the sharpness wasn’t enough to cut…
In short, there were many problems.
But problems weren’t the issue, the issue was not knowing the direction to move forward.
Seven Nights envisioned the outcome of this control training – no need to rely on a carving knife to shape, simply cover a piece of wood with chakra, and then the desired patterns would appear. That was the level he aimed for.
Namikaze Minato wanted to learn, but Seven Nights couldn’t simply teach him wind-style jutsu.
So he devised a different training method for him.
“This is a ball of yarn?”
Minato looked at the object in his hand, a very tangled ball of yarn.
Seven Nights said, “This is a ball of yarn made up of thirty threads intertwined together. You can try using chakra to pick out each thread by the end and unravel it.”
“The more threads you can unravel at once, the stronger your chakra control becomes.”
“Once you can unravel them all at once, you can add more threads yourself.”
After hearing Seven Nights’ explanation, Minato looked at the ball of yarn in his hand, his gaze changed instantly.
This chaotic ball of yarn seemed to take on a new meaning in his eyes.
The remaining time in the second year flew by, and the ninja school welcomed the holidays.
Shikaku and the others came to find Seven Nights to have a meal together.
During the meal,
Everyone else had finished, leaving only Seven Nights and Choza sitting opposite each other, constantly stuffing their mouths with food.
Over 20 minutes passed.
Choza, with a puffy face, looked at Seven Nights who still hadn’t stopped, and made a gesture of admiration.
“Tsk tsk… You eat so much!” Shikaku exclaimed, “If it weren’t for your eyes, I’d think you have the blood of the Akimichi clan.”
“He’s definitely not, the Akimichi clan doesn’t have anyone this skinny…”
Choza mumbled with his mouth full.
In truth, he envied Seven Nights’ ability to eat without gaining weight.
That way, he wouldn’t be called fat by the other students. Though in Choza’s opinion, he was just a little plump.
Seven Nights stopped eating, took out a napkin and wiped his mouth.
“What’s wrong with eating a lot?”
“There’s an old saying, ‘Those who can eat are blessed’!”
Seven Nights’ [Circulation Breathing Method] helped him quickly digest and absorb food, replenishing his blood and qi. This indirectly boosted his physical and mental energy.
It also increased his chakra reserves significantly over the past six months, exceeding the standard of an ordinary Genin.
………
During the holidays, Hyuga Sougen conducted special training for Seven Nights.
He not only fought him himself, but also had other Chunin from the branch family continuously spar with Seven Nights. He even brought in two special Jonin, letting Seven Nights practice against them.
He exhausted Seven Nights every day.
He relied on the mental aspect of the breathing technique to revitalize his spirit and mind every night. After a while, Seven Nights noticed a strange change in his spirit, even when he was asleep it was still active…
“The spirit sleeps, but the mind doesn’t.”
This phrase inexplicably flowed through Seven Nights’ heart.
He felt it resembled his current state.
It manifested itself in his five senses becoming sharper, and his Byakugan abilities also improved significantly.
The two-month vacation was nearing its end.
Seven Nights not only fully mastered [Eight Trigrams – Sixty Four Palms], but also further raised the upper limit of [Body Flicker Technique] in battle, and his combat experience was honed through high-frequency training…
His overall strength was no less than some Chunin.
This rate of improvement not only surprised Hyuga Sougen, but also deeply shocked the branch family members who served as training partners.
“Keep Seven Nights’ true strength a secret!”
Hyuga Sougen gave a gag order to the branch family members who served as sparring partners.
They were his subordinates, trustworthy.
The branch family members all responded in unison: “Yes!”
Talented junior members within the family must be protected.
Moreover, Seven Nights was beyond just talent, at only 7 years old he already had the strength of a Chunin, especially his Body Flicker Technique…
Fast!
Extremely fast!
Moreover, it was exceptionally smooth, like a gentle breeze, yet it concealed sharp edges within, ready to become a gale that sweeps everything away.
Hyuga Sougen warned Seven Nights to only show around Genin-level strength in the Ninja School.
“Uncle, don’t worry! I understand.”
Seven Nights agreed readily.
A tree that stands out in the forest will be blown down by the wind.
Seeing that Seven Nights remained calm and collected, not becoming arrogant due to his enhanced strength, Sougen was quite pleased.
“Are you wondering why you’re suddenly undergoing special training?”
Sougen looked at Seven Nights and said.
“You’ll be carrying out a mission in the Ninja School from now on.”
Seven Nights was taken aback: “…”