Chapter 457: Ino's Way of Sharing
"Huh?" Hinata's mouth fell open. "Rabbits... rabbits are so cute. They can't be tasty, right? Why don't we just have sushi at home? I made some yesterday, and it's delicious."
Ino thought about it for a moment, then smiled and nodded, not dwelling on the matter of eating roasted rabbit.
Thinking back now, she realized that the number of rabbits a thousand years ago was a bit excessive. Considering Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was known as the Rabbit Goddess, and with the God Tree and being sealed on the moon, and how she turned into a giant rabbit monster when the Ten-Tails went berserk during her battle with peak Naruto and Sasuke, one couldn't help but suspect that the relationship between this Princess Kaguya and rabbits might be much closer than imagined.
She could skip eating roasted rabbit, but the arrogant rabbit still needed to be dealt a heavy blow. If she didn't, Ino would feel a bit of "unresolved resentment"! Under the banner of welcoming the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Yamanaka Flower Shop's special item was back on the shelves: Lucky Rabbit's Feet!
This time, they were really rabbit's feet, not wolf paws.
To vent the frustration in her heart, Ino didn't use any ninja tools or ninjutsu. She took a bow and arrow and spent the whole day doing nothing but shooting 318 rabbits in the forest, all of which were made into rabbit's feet.
After being lovey-dovey with Hinata for three consecutive days, on the fourth day, Ino was still with Hinata.
The fact that Hinata was simultaneously fancied by herself, Naruto, and that idiot on the moon meant that, to some extent, she was also a protagonist of destiny.
Her Byakugan still had a lot of room for development. It was only because of her personality that she hadn't even developed a third of her Byakugan's talent.
Her encounter with Kaguya and her contact with the golden Tenseigan had given Ino some ideas.
"Relax your body, I'm coming in."
First time's a lesson, second time's a habit. It was who knows how many times now. Hinata relaxed her body and let Ino's consciousness completely enter her spiritual world.
Seeing her in a "lie back and let you do whatever" posture, Ino quickly explained, "This time, you need to do it yourself. I can only assist... I saw a way of using the Byakugan. That... that old lady could use the Byakugan to release a huge amount of pressure. I'll give you a part of my spiritual energy, and you give it a try."
"Old lady? Who?"
"You don't know her."
"Does she also have the Byakugan?"
"...She said that thing of hers was a Byakugan. Actually, I don't really understand either."
"Oh, oh. So the Hyūga clan has blood relatives who were lost? We must not let Father find out."
Following her instructions, Hinata concentrated her spiritual energy in her eyes, imagined a scene where she was very angry, and at the same time, gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and stomped her foot! Ha! Nothing happened... Never mind shattering a water vat with the pressure of her Byakugan like Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Hinata's Byakugan couldn't even move a single sheet of paper.
"You probably haven't grasped the essence of it. Let me try."
"Oh, oh."
Ino recalled the scene when Kaguya used her "Byakugan pressure" to kill her shadow clones, and then thought about the Conqueror's Haki from the neighboring One Piece.
Intimidating and shocking the enemy with sheer spirit! A king's disposition found in only one in a million! This stuff sounded abstract, but in the legend of eyes, these things could indeed be released through the eyes.
Thinking about Conqueror's Haki, thinking about a Saiyan's anger! Ino let her thoughts run wild for a while, but it was all useless.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had a king's disposition, but she and Hinata clearly did not.
She was still studying the theoretical knowledge of Ninshū. Would sharing her things with others make her happy? Six-sensei might be very happy, but Ino didn't think she would be. She wouldn't feel comfortable giving away even a needle or a thread.
When Hinata asked her to give the flowers in the shop to the neighbors, she was a little reluctant.
But as it happened, the theoretical basis of Six-sensei's philosophy lay in the dissemination of knowledge. His Ninshū back then, if not three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages, the actual number wouldn't be too far off. Six-sensei was into that sort of thing.
Ino couldn't just write study reports; she also needed to emulate him in reality.
She had told Naruto these things, and Naruto accepted them. That didn't need to be said again.
What about telling Sasuke? It could only be said that Sasuke was enduring it with great difficulty! Ino estimated that if she cornered Sasuke every few days and preached the ideas of Ninshū to him, this spirited young man would probably be driven to defect from the village.
So what to do? She turned her gaze to Sakura.
"Forehead, don't say I don't look out for you. Now, I'm going to share my treasure with you. I'll show you something big..."
She mysteriously pulled Sakura into an alley, her opening line extremely alarming.
Sakura clutched her wallet tightly. A gut feeling, a woman's intuition, told her that Ino was definitely trying to scam her out of her money.
"What treasure? Are you going to give it to me?"
"How is that possible? In your dreams!" Ino was very annoyed. "Sharing, sharing, not giving away for free. I'm selling it to you."
Sakura thought for a moment and was somewhat tempted. Ino was on a much higher level than her. She was always out killing people and setting fires. There had long been rumors in the ninja world that she had looted half of the Hidden Mist Village. No matter how weak the Hidden Mist was, it was still one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. For one person to loot an entire village? How rich must she be? Perhaps even a little something that slipped through her fingers would be a treasure to Sakura.
This opportunity was actually quite rare.
"Here, take a look at this." Ino took out a short stick with a thick patina.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "...Is this some old man or woman's cane?"
"Not entirely correct. The old man part is right. Forget it, I'll just tell you the answer directly. This is Genshi's walking stick."
Sakura examined the walking stick carefully. "What use is this to me? Wait a minute, isn't Genshi from the Hidden Mist Village? If I take this, won't I get into trouble?"
Ino waved her hand dismissively. "It's fine, he died long ago! Just say whether you want it or not."
Sakura was full of question marks. "A walking stick, what am I going to do with this thing?"
Ino said mysteriously, "There's intel that after Genshi's death, the Hidden Mist Village did not actually obtain his ninjutsu legacy. What does that mean? Genshi lived for over ninety years, experienced four Great Ninja Wars, and was already a Jonin during the time of the First Mizukage. After so many years, how many ninjutsu scrolls and how much ninjutsu knowledge would he have accumulated? It's highly likely that these things are among his belongings."
Sakura didn't have much of a fighting spirit, but to catch up to Sasuke, she was also pushing herself to work hard.
Now, moved by Ino's words, she couldn't help but ask, "This... how much is it?"
"Not expensive, one hundred thousand ryō!"
The next day, at the back door of the Yamanaka Flower Shop, Ino began to share the treasures she had collected over this period with her "family."
She had even improved the "sharing" format. All items were packed in boxes—blind boxes!
Genshi's suitcase, Genshi's old sweater, Mei Terumi's dress, Yugito Nii's shoes, Killer B's messy notebook, Samui's childhood report card that looked like a ghost's scribbles... There could be information about treasures in all of these items.
To prevent anyone from cheating, Ino even placed Hinata at the door. If anyone dares to peek at the information inside, I'll send them to the moon to mine! Don't say I didn't warn you!
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