I can't even read the new Icha-Icha for a month now, after only a dozen or two pages, I'm busy with one thing, another, another, fourth, fifth, tenth, and the only moments of rest are when I'm fiddling with the kids, but that takes up a lot of energy, not physically, but spiritually.
- Okay, tomorrow I'll decide what to sacrifice in favor of studying, - soothingly stroked the beautiful Nara on the arm and leaning back a little on the elastic and soft "pillows", I forcefully rubbed a little tired eyes and promised, - I'll sit a little more and finish for today, do not wait and go to sleep, okay?
- If you really follow your promise, or I know you - you will sit until morning, buried in this waste paper, - sniggered Saya, a little distanced and rubbed me on the head, - how many times has this already happened?
- Well, quite a few," I had to admit, digging into my memory, "but now I'll put the bell on the clock and even if I read, I won't miss the time.
Without putting it off, that's what I did, allowing myself a couple more hours of work.
- Great, good night then," Saya stroked my head, to which I only rolled my eyes, and left, quietly closing the door behind her.
Returning to the notes, I didn't go into the study of modifications of human internal organs, but quickly ran diagonally through the remaining sheets, just to form an opinion about the written, and sighed heavily.
On the one hand, I was overjoyed that I had managed to get such a treasure, because it would take me a long time to get to a lot of things myself, along with the experience and experiments, and on the other hand, it would take thousands of hours of testing and observation to determine the truth of the contents of this stack of sheets before the described knowledge could be used by myself. As they say - trust but verify.
Lacing up the folder, I set it aside - subject to time constraints, I was far more interested in another topic - I quickly glanced at the old iryonin's carefully crafted inscriptions and pulled a thick scroll from the pile.
"Combat Modifications," which is especially relevant to me right now, given the imminent war. And judging by the way it was written down, it was the kind of topic that Hishi had given himself the trouble to structure. Unrolling the scroll, I immersed myself in reading.
Given the importance of physical development for Hyuga, who are mostly contact, the old prick paid special attention to the ways of consistent improvement of bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, and muscles, dividing all the work into stages, which should increase the physical capabilities of shinobi almost twice as much as the initial parameters.
And the process could be stretched for years, if you follow the instructions left by Hishi - each subsequent stage only strengthened what had been laid down earlier, without negative consequences for the shinobi's fighting abilities in case of big breaks between them, unlike much more demanding conditions for the full complex of body improvements, which is available in the library of the main hospital.
Given that I've already considered using something more serious than the initial complex, which essentially allows me to get faster results from intensive training like muscle transformation, it's time to take a bigger swing.
The peak of growth and development of my body is almost passed - the negative effects of intervention will be minimal.
Carefully reading through the dense columns of hieroglyphs and rare drawings that allowed me to more accurately assimilate the information, I could only envy my much more experienced colleague who had reached the pinnacle of mastery in our profession and dream of the day when I would reach a similar level myself. However, this was only an additional stimulus for development.
The first stage of the complex involved changing the structure of the skeleton, slightly increasing their density and elasticity, by replacing the bone tissue with a more perfect one, which significantly reduced the probability of fractures.
I have my suspicions that the old man was inspired by one clan from Kiri - even the initial examination of Kaguya's body was very similar to what was described in the scroll.
If that's the case, with a living user of Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse), there's a chance of achieving a much better result than Hishi got.
The loud chiming of the clock made me distracted. Looking at the time I frowned - two hours had passed too quickly - but after a little hesitation, I put the scroll aside.
A promise must be kept, so after getting up and stretching a bit, I pulled the linens out of the closet and made up the couch in the corner and went to bed. Tomorrow would be a new day, most of which I intended to devote to education.
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