Naruto hodgepodge

A new day has begun in the Ninja School. After learning about today's learning content, Naruto went to the back mountain of the school to practice without fail, and Toneri also accompanied him to "skip class". The two began their daily competition, and Naruto performed his improved art of drawing spirits. After continuous exploration and practice, the art of drawing spirits is no longer as simple as the original super beast fake painting. Naruto combined the sealing technique with other ninjutsu, as well as the battle form of the shadow clone, and injected chakra into the canvas scroll to create an independent combat clone, and gave it the ability of super beast fake painting, and through chakra injection, the spirit body and the painting are perfectly combined.

Toneri's body was still the puppet from two years ago, and his strength had not improved much. He fought evenly with Naruto's first improved painting spirit. He sighed: "Naruto, I can't beat your current painting spirit. If you hadn't injected less chakra this time, I might have lost."

Naruto smiled and responded, "Hehe, if you study every day, you will naturally make progress. Toneri, you don't seem to be working hard enough. You were very strong when you entered school, but now except for a slight improvement in physical skills, nothing else has changed. Next time, you will definitely not be able to beat my painting spirit. Speaking of which, you are really weird. You develop very slowly and you haven't grown in such a long time. Every time I make delicious food, you don't eat it. Wait until the New Year, come to my house and I will make you a delicious meal to make up for it. You are lacking in nutrition, it will be bad if you don't grow taller."

Sheren said thoughtfully, "Is that so? It seems I have to upgrade this body. By the way, when is your New Year's Day?"

Naruto replied: "Haha, this year is almost over, and the 1st of next month will be the new year."

Toneri remembered the time and suddenly realized: "I see. But what's the point of recording time like years? I seem to remember that when I was in the Hyuga family, they never paid attention to these things like you do."

Naruto explained: "Haha, I personally still pay a lot of attention to time. But there is no calendar in the ninja world. I call the first day of each year the New Year. Come to my house then, I'll treat you."

When Toneri was leaving, he suddenly remembered something and said to Naruto: "Actually, this body of mine is a puppet. It's not like I haven't made any progress in the past two years. When my real body comes to deliver the next puppet in a few days, we'll have a good fight."

Naruto touched Toneri's body in surprise, "Wow, I didn't expect you to have such advanced puppetry! I only know a little bit about puppetry, and I haven't seen anything this powerful. I can't tell the difference at all, it's much more powerful than my fine clone. Don't puppets all require chakra threads? I really can't tell. Where is your real body?"

Sheren replied: "My real body is at home."

Naruto asked curiously, "Your home? In Hyuga? It's amazing that you can still control this body from such a long distance."

Toneri explained, "No, the Hyuga was just a branch of our family that was here back then."

Naruto looked into the distance: "Forget it, I don't want to praise your puppetry anymore. I suspect you are attacking my ignorance. Your family is outside Konoha, right? Speaking of which, I haven't left Konoha yet. What is the world outside Konoha like?"

Toneri replied: "I haven't been there either. My home is on the moon, and I only came to Konoha directly from home. On the moon, you can only see the general texture of the ground."

Naruto looked at the moon in surprise: "Ah? Your home is on the moon? Such a long distance from the moon..." He immediately thought of Otsutsuki, but according to the Nine-tailed Kurama, Otsutsuki is a guy who can't communicate at all. Although Toneri has the common problem of nobles, he is high and mighty, but he is a lonely child who can communicate after all.

Sheren confirmed: "Yes, as you are my only friend, I naturally don't intend to hide it from you."

Naruto asked curiously, "Can you breathe there?"

Toneri replied, "Except for being a little more desolate, it's no different from the ninja world."

Naruto sighed, "Really? The moon has about the same oxygen content as the space in the ninja world? That's not scientific enough."

Toneri didn't understand. Although he had inherited the Otsutsuki tradition for thousands of years, he had never learned this knowledge. The books in the ninja school didn't teach this either, and he had never read any extracurricular books. He was completely illiterate: "...Then I will come to your house as a guest, and then I will take you to my house as a guest."

Naruto readily agreed, "Okay, no problem!"

Sheren suggested, "Okay, then I want to taste the difference between the food you cook and the one my puppet cooks at home."

Naruto said confidently: "Well, I promise not to let you down, haha! Wait until your real body comes, then we will have a formal competition!"

Sheren nodded in agreement: "Okay, then I'll go first." After that, Sheren walked away, and at the same time looked at the bushes in the distance before leaving.

After Toneri left, Naruto stopped and felt something was strange. Since the beginning of this semester, he always felt that someone was secretly watching him during breaks after class. However, Toneri had the Byakugan but never mentioned it, so he decided to investigate it himself.

Naruto activated his perception and tried to shout, "Come out!"

The frightened people hurriedly tried to leave. Although they were far away, the noise could not be hidden from Naruto. He quickly ran over and took a closer look. The person who came was actually Hanabi.

"Hanabi?" Naruto said in surprise.

Hanabi was seen by Naruto and seemed a little embarrassed: "Naruto-brother..."

Naruto smiled and responded, "Long time no see. You've enrolled in school too, right? That should be almost a year now."

Hanabi nodded and said shyly, "Yes, Naruto-nii. I've always wanted to say hello to you, but I always feel embarrassed..."

Naruto laughed and patted Hanabi's head: "Silly girl, we are good friends, what is there to be embarrassed about? If you have any problems in the future, just come to me directly, I will always protect you."

After hearing what Naruto said, Hanabi's eyes flashed with emotion. She hugged Naruto tightly and said with a choked voice: "Naruto brother, you are so kind... I have always wanted to stay with you. Now that I have enrolled in school, can I be with you in the future?"

Naruto patted Hanabi's back gently, "Of course you can, Hanabi. But it has to be after recess. You can't skip class like me. As long as you don't skip class, I'll always be with you."

The intimate interaction between the two made the air around them warm, as if all the barriers and shyness disappeared at this moment. They sat side by side on the stone, chatting about each other's recent situation, as if the whole world had become beautiful.

Inadvertently, Naruto's eyes fell on Hanabi's forehead, where a piece of cloth had been wrapped. He reached out his hand curiously and touched it lightly, but unexpectedly discovered the secret hidden under the cloth, a ?-shaped mark of a caged bird.

Naruto's eyes instantly became solemn. Knowing the secret history of the various clans in Konoha, he knew what this mark represented. It was actually the mark of mental slavery. The cruel bondage of the main family on the branch family was the fate that Hanabi, as a member of the branch family, could not escape.

When Hanabi saw Naruto discover her secret, a flash of panic flashed in her eyes, but it was soon replaced by determination. Although she seemed to have the cowardly character of Hinata, it was not a matter of who she was. Naruto was the one who gave her strength on a snowy night. She clenched her fists tightly and made a certain determination.

"Brother Naruto, I have always wanted to break the mark of a caged bird. I don't want to be bound anymore. I want to be a truly free person. I want to practice with you and become stronger, strong enough to break the rules." Although Hanabi's voice was a little trembling, it was full of determination.

Naruto was moved by Hanabi's courage. He held Hanabi's hand tightly and said, "Hanabi, I support you! If we work together, we will definitely be able to break the caged bird mark that binds you and make you a truly free person!"

As he said this, Naruto began to try to use his mental power to detect the caged bird mark in Hanabi's brain, hoping to find a way to break it. However, this mark seemed to be closely connected to Hanabi's spirit, and Naruto did not know the secret techniques of the Yamanaka family. When Naruto tried to use mental energy to open the mental space with Hanabi, the caged bird mark was triggered, and Hanabi felt a severe pain in her head.

At this time, because it was self-study time after the break, Hinata was just about to go to her secret place. Coincidentally, when she opened her Byakugan to observe her sister, she happened to see Hanabi and Naruto's actions. She immediately understood what he was doing and rushed over here.

"Naruto, what are you doing? Stop it now!" Hinata shouted anxiously and angrily.

However, Naruto was so absorbed in breaking the Caged Bird Mark that he didn't even notice Hinata's warning. Seeing this, Hinata had to take action. She quickly stepped forward, subdued Naruto with her taijutsu, and stomped hard on his face.

"Naruto, wake up! This is not something you can interfere with!" Hinata warned sternly, then slowly withdrew her foot from Naruto's face.

Naruto was awakened by the pain on his face and Hinata's words. He realized that his impulsiveness might bring more trouble to Hanabi. But he also understood that he couldn't just impulsively change Hanabi's fate. It was too early now. His knowledge and ability were not enough. It seemed that Hanabi was hurt just now.

Hinata's taijutsu was too strong, and my own taijutsu was too poor. I was careless and didn't even use the instant body technique. In the end, I was stepped on by Hinata's extremely fast speed. It was really a shame. I was filled with anger. Taijutsu is not like ninjutsu, which can only be practiced by the body. I have invested too little time in taijutsu.

"I'm sorry, Hanabi... I was too impulsive." Naruto stood up and apologized in a low voice, "But I will definitely find a way, and I will definitely make you a truly free person."

Hanabi's headache eased as she relaxed but she didn't blame Naruto at all, her heart was filled with warmth as she looked at his determined eyes.

However, her sister immediately grabbed her and left. She knew how terrible her sister was. If it was just her, she would dare to resist her sister. But now she didn't want to cause trouble for Naruto, so she followed her sister silently.

"Hanabi is my sister. Her fate has been decided since she was born and you can't change it. If you continue to meddle in other people's business, I will kill you!" Hinata left with threatening words.

After Hinata left, Naruto fell into self-mockery. He just said he would protect Hanabi, but now she was captured by the Great Demon King and he couldn't go to save her. After all, he had no position. They were family. If he intervened, it would be easy to mess things up. The mark of the caged bird seemed to have something he couldn't understand. He would ask Toneri later.