Outside the Ninja Academy, students streamed out of the school gate, skipping and jumping into their parents' arms, excitedly recounting their test scores from the day.
Some faces beamed with confidence, while others pouted, looking wronged, which made their parents affectionately ruffle their hair.
Poof!
A fragrant breeze arrived, and before Lin Yu could clearly see, a fiery red figure leaped into his embrace, rubbing her little head against him.
Kushina was wearing a light yellow jacket today, cinched by a black belt that highlighted her slender waist, and black leggings covered her knees, perfectly showcasing her leg shape.
Taking a deep breath in Lin Yu's arms, Kushina tilted her head up, her eyes openly joyful.
"Lin Yu-gege, guess how I did on my test today?" Lin Yu stroked Kushina's fiery red long hair, looking at the happy little girl, and couldn't help but smile, "Hmm, let me guess, you didn't fail, did you?"
"No way! My theoretical knowledge was all perfect, it's just... it's just that my practical combat score wasn't as good as some sissy's, hmph." Kushina pouted as she retorted to Lin Yu, then her lips curled into a displeased expression, looking very unconvinced.
"Sissy?"
"That blond-haired one, he talks so effeminately, hmph!" Kushina gestured with her chin towards a blond boy not far away, letting out a soft hmph.
Lin Yu followed her gaze, and, oh, wasn't that the Little Blondie, Minato Namikaze? Although he was a bit delicate-looking and spoke gently, he wasn't exactly a sissy, was he?
Lin Yu shook his head, looking at the little girl pouting unhappily; it seemed Kushina didn't have a very good impression of Minato Namikaze.
That was true; in the original story, Kushina's opinion of Minato Namikaze only changed after that heroic rescue where he said he liked her fiery red long hair.
Before that, Kushina had no good feelings for this silly and effeminate boy.
And in this life, with Lin Yu's appearance, the heroic rescue scene would never happen again, so he could only silently say to Minato: Sorry, Little Blondie, Kushina is taken!
Subjectively, Lin Yu still had a good impression of this cheerful and sunny boy. Perhaps feeling he was being watched for too long, the Little Blondie, Minato Namikaze, turned his head and looked at Lin Yu in surprise.
Then, noticing Kushina in Lin Yu's arms, he waved and flashed a sunny smile.
"Alright, let's go home." Lin Yu took Kushina's small hand, smiled at Minato Namikaze, and turned away.
Just then, a teasing voice came, "Hey, two tomatoes! Big tomato is picking up little tomato from school!"
As soon as Kushina heard the words "tomatoes," she clenched her small fists, her fiery red long hair moving without wind, flames burning in her beautiful eyes, and she gritted her teeth, coldly spitting out a few words: "Try saying that again!"
"Nyah-nyah-nyah, I said it! Tomatoes, big tomato, two parentless tomatoes..." The green-haired boy, wearing a dark green wool hat, stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and bounced around, provoking Kushina.
"You!" Kushina clenched her small fist, ready to rush forward and teach the green-hat boy a lesson.
Lin Yu stepped forward, blocking Kushina, and without even glancing at the green-hat boy, he stared at the middle-aged man in a green vest next to him, coldly saying, "Sir, your parenting seems to be lacking. I require your apology."
Yamamoto Ichiro glanced at the two children in front of him and smirked, "Oh? Well, I'm truly sorry. My son, Midoriro, only speaks the truth. I apologize here."
"You..." Lin Yu held back Kushina, who wanted to charge forward, gave Yamamoto Ichiro a deep look, then took Kushina's small hand and turned to leave.
"Tch! Cowardly brat, I thought he was so arrogant, but he's just a bastard after all..." The last two words were very soft, so quiet that even Yamamoto Midoriro next to him didn't hear them.
However, Lin Yu, whose overall strength had increased by several levels, heard them clearly. He didn't stop, but his steps quickened.
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist killing him. He wasn't the good-natured person he used to be. He remembered that green-haired man.
That night, Lin Yu made a big meal to reward Kushina, but the little girl was distracted, swallowing her food and muttering, "Next practical combat class, I'm going to smash that green-haired guy's head in!"
..."How could this be! It actually failed." After dinner, Lin Yu lay on the bed, watching the faint green light in his hand flicker, then disappear after a moment.
"It's impossible. The Chakra flow, the corresponding elemental Chakra output, everything is identical. Why did it fail?" It wasn't exactly a failure; the Mystical Palm Technique was indeed used, but its duration was only one-tenth of Hizaka Gakusei's.
It wasn't that Lin Yu's Chakra was depleted. Ever since awakening his Primary Sage Body, Lin Yu's Chakra had been continuously increasing and recovering.
Before, it was like a water tank; now, it had expanded into a swimming pool, and the swimming pool was constantly filling with water.
He had at least the Chakra reserves of an Elite Jonin, if not a Kage. Once fully recovered, he would definitely have more Chakra than an average Kage.
"Is it a matter of proficiency? Or is the Mystical Palm Technique not replicable? In the original story, the Sharingan never copied Medical Ninjutsu. So why can I? Even if it's a flawed version of the Mystical Palm Technique."
Lin Yu thought again, combining his own situation and understanding, and muttered to himself.
"The Mystical Palm Technique belongs to Medical Ninjutsu, which is a development of Yang Release, and the Sage Body is the ultimate form of Yang Release.
Although I have a Primary Sage Body, which is slightly inferior to Senju Hashirama's Sage Body, it is still much stronger than the physiques of most Uzumaki and Senju Clan members.
That's why I can replicate a flawed version of the Mystical Palm Technique. It's not really flawed, just not skillfully used. But it's perfect; this flawed version of the Mystical Palm Technique is very suitable for the current situation."
Lin Yu rubbed his temples, no longer overthinking, and closed his eyes, falling into a deep sleep...
The next morning, after Lin Yu watched the sullen Kushina go to school, he pulled down the rolling shutter, hung up the 'Closed' sign, and slowly walked towards the Ninja Hospital.
These past few days, Lin Yu had been "studying" Medical Ninjutsu knowledge at the Ninja Hospital, and inadvertently, he revealed his "flawed Mystical Palm Technique" to Hizaka Gakusei.
This greatly surprised Hizaka Gakusei, who stroked his short beard and repeatedly exclaimed, "A genius, a promising talent!"
Immediately after, Hizaka Gakusei canceled all his busy work and diligently guided Uzumaki Lin Yu in using the Mystical Palm Technique.
Half a month passed like this. A faint green light swirled in his hand, exuding the aura of life.
"It's done, it's done! This is the complete Mystical Palm Technique."
Hizaka Gakusei looked at the tender young man, barely ten years old, in front of him, and suddenly felt as if his past thirty-plus years had been lived in vain.
"Teacher Gakusei, you've worked hard. Without your guidance, I wouldn't have mastered the Mystical Palm Technique so quickly." In fact, Lin Yu had fully mastered the Mystical Palm Technique by the third day of learning.
However, to silence certain people, he had deliberately delayed for over half a month. He didn't have much time left.
Looking at Hizaka Gakusei, who was muttering to himself and recalling the past, Lin Yu said earnestly, "Teacher Gakusei, I want to go to the battlefield. Please help me!"