Changes in Hinata, Caught in Yagyu's Eye

Looking at the shy and timid girl who had just lowered her head, had suddenly became determined. Yagyu felt confused but maintained a serious expression as he said, "I'm coming, please don't mind if I accidentally hurt you."

"Yes." Hinata nodded and formed the Hyuga clan's hand seal, assuming a serious stance with their gentle fist.

Without any further ado, Yagyu formed a hand seal and charged straight at Hinata.

"Ha!"

As Yagyu approached, Hinata took a step forward and gently clapped her hands towards him.

With Yagyu's speed, if he had recklessly continued without slowing down, he would have been perfectly slapped across the face.

Hinata's speed was extremely fast. Although she was defeated by her younger sister, which she couldn't bring herself to attack, the reason she was bullied by those three kids was due to her kindness.

However, this didn't mean that Hinata was truly weak. On the contrary, as the princess of the Byakugan, her talent in the gentle fist was not insignificant.

To make Yagyu remember her, she abandoned her weak side and her skill in taijutsu was undoubtedly among the top three in the class.

For ordinary people without combat experience, it would be easy to fall prey.

But Yagyu's perception reacted instantly.

"Snap!"

Yagyu raised his hand, his backhand striking Hinata's wrist, deflecting her attack.

Taking advantage of Hinata's momentary distraction, Yagyu swiftly changed his technique. He seized Hinata's arm with both hands, performed a quick rotation, and threw her over his shoulder, bringing her down to the ground. He pressed his knee against her chest and lightly held her neck with one hand, exerting no force.

"Thus, it ends. Yagyu is victorious. Let's perform the reconciliation seal!"

Seeing Yagyu "subduing" Hinata, Iruka exclaimed from the sidelines.

"Wow... That was fast!"

"Yagyu-kun is amazing! He ended the fight in an instant."

"..."

The classmates outside the arena expressed their astonishment. They hadn't even realized the fight had ended.

Especially the girls who secretly admired Yagyu, their eyes were shining.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?" Yagyu stood up from Hinata and extended his hand, speaking gently.

"I-I'm fine," Hinata stammered in her reply, too nervous to grab Yagyu's extended hand. She quickly got up from the ground, keeping her head lowered, hiding her disappointment.

At the same time, she developed a sense of admiration for Yagyu.

Indeed, Yagyu-kun was worthy of admiration. She was no match for him.

In truth, Hinata's strength was not weak. Among her peers, if she wasn't constrained by her kindness and mercy, there weren't many among the top nine genin who could defeat her .

Even Yagyu, his taijutsu was no match for Hinata.

The reason she lost was due to her lack of combat experience and Yagyu's quick, fierce, and accurate response that defeated her in one move.

"Next match, Inuzuka Kiba vs. Toda Genki."

The two participants who determined the outcome performed the reconciliation seal and left the arena. Iruka announced the next match lineup.

"Next match, Yamano Ino vs. Nishikawa Megumi..."

Unlike Yagyu's instant defeat of Hinata, the strength of the other students was relatively evenly matched. Even those from prominent families like Nara Shikamaru and others hadn't pulled ahead of their peers yet.

Time passed as the figures in the arena fought and intertwined.

As dusk approached, after the final pair determined the winner, Iruka disbanded the gathering.

After leaving the school, Yagyu didn't immediately return home. Instead, he jogged around Konoha.

Two hours later, exhausted and hungry, he bought a boxed meal from a restaurant and returned home. After taking a shower and filling his stomach, he began meditating and refining his chakra.

After 11 o'clock, Yagyu finally stopped meditating and took out a scroll from the cabinet.

Unrolling it, it was the infamous Shadow Clone Jutsu, known as the cheat technique for training.

With the increase in chakra, Yagyu felt it was necessary to master the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Once he learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu, he could leave the school matters to his clones.

The Shadow Clone Jutsu wasn't difficult to practice; it only required a "Rat" hand seal.

The only challenge was chakra distribution. It not only needed to be evenly distributed but also required a sufficient amount.

If the distribution was uneven, the clones would easily disappear. If the chakra wasn't enough, they would automatically vanish after consumption.

After several failed attempts in half an hour, Yagyu finally managed to distribute enough chakra to create a regular clone that resembled himself by about sixty percent. However, the clone didn't do anything and only lasted for 30 minutes before disappearing.

Meanwhile, Yagyu's chakra was depleted by one-third.

Yagyu had been refining chakra since he was 5 and his current chakra level was much higher than that of most ordinary peers his age.

Yet, with his chakra, he could only create a Shadow Clone that lasted for 30 minutes.

Even if he allocated half of his chakra, the duration of the clone's existence would not exceed an hour.

This amount of time was still far from enough.

As the clock reached midnight, Yagyu abandoned the idea of continuing his training and started to rest.

As dawn approached, Yagyu woke up to the sound of his alarm clock.

Just like before, Yagyu exercised, finished his meal...

After breakfast and taking a shower, I headed to school.

These days were the time for small exams.

In the morning, when we reached the last class, Iruka suddenly conducted an assessment on the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

The Shadow Clone Jutsu was different from taijutsu, shuriken throwing technique, and close combat with kunai. It didn't require going to the training field; we could perform it right in the classroom.

As expected, Yagyu achieved the highest score in this small exam.

Regardless, Yagyu had already studied upto high level in his previous life and he had been in this world for over a year. After adapting to the ninja world, Yagyu's understanding and comprehension abilities might not match those of Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi, who were geniuses. However, he was not comparable to his peers who weren't comparable to him.

In the afternoon, Iruka conducted another small exam on shuriken throwing technique.

On the third day, there was a theoretical assessment in the morning, followed by a close combat assessment with kunai in the afternoon.

Without exception, Yagyu achieved the highest score in all the exams.

His rich combat experience as Dracule Mihawk, along with his honed mindset, allowed Yagyu to develop exceptional vision and attitude. Whether it was taijutsu or close combat with kunai, he won in a way that was equivalent to a kill.

Even his shuriken throwing technique was not inferior to Uchiha Sasuke.

He also scored full marks in the theory exam.

As a result, on the fourth day, when Iruka announced the results, Yagyu unsurprisingly took the top spot.

The title of the top student made Yagyu incredibly popular.

Yagyu, who was already somewhat famous in the ninja school due to his good looks, not only attracted the attention of the girls who had previously been intimidated by his cold demeanor, but also drew the curiosity of many older female students.

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