The moment tears once again burst from her eyes, Kushina jumped down from the Hokage Rock.
"Be careful..."
Hyuga Arima reached out, but couldn't grasp the girl's clothes.
Then he saw Kushina jump back to the base of the Hokage Rock, crying as she ran into the distance.
"This is the Naruto World, and I'm actually worried something would happen if she jumped down."
Hyuga Arima chuckled self-deprecatingly, then slowly squatted down, covering his chest, eyes welling up: "Ugh... the kunai stab hurts so much..."
Rather than physical pain, it was heartbreak.
Because in this past year, he had invested no less emotion than Kushina.
It was a good thing he could break up immediately after confirming the relationship; if it were after a real, genuine romance, that would truly be torturous.
He hadn't thought about finding loopholes, but this seemingly system-like thing offered no shortcuts.
"It feels very much like a system, but it's not; it doesn't issue missions at all, only transmits information," Hyuga Arima rubbed the corner of his eye with the back of his hand, standing up, "It's like needing to drink water when thirsty, an instinctual need my body tells me..."
He fell silent for a moment, then muttered to himself: "It's too much that such a good person like me was reborn into a body with a time limit that will collapse..."
If it weren't for the crisis of his body's limited lifespan, he might have already gone to apprentice under Ōtsutsuki Ichiraku, as that way he wouldn't have to suffer the torment of his conscience.
"So what exactly is going on with this body?"
He clenched his fists and asked inwardly: "I broke up with Kushina, so I should have successfully awakened?"
"Dojutsu has awakened, can be stimulated to activate with Chakra."
As Hyuga Arima just thought this, instinctive information entered his mind.
"I always feel like this body was stolen, needing to be slowly explored," he looked at his hands, "The problem is, even though I've opened my eyes, how do I activate the Dojutsu?"
"Dojutsu has awakened, can analyze the abilities of the breakup target, including Bloodline Limit."
"Mentally recall the moment Uzumaki Kushina performed the Substitute Technique, for the first analysis."
Hyuga Arima closed his eyes according to the information, recalling that moment.
To his surprise, his mental energy directly depicted Kushina's body, and a transparent-like Chakra pathway system emerged within the girl's body.
Then he clearly saw the combination of Kushina's physical energy and spiritual energy, Chakra surging out, instantly output through the hand seals of the Substitute Technique, her body rapidly dodging, while leaving a piece of broken wood in her original spot as a diversion.
"Is this the principle of the Substitute Technique that was analyzed?"
As Hyuga Arima just thought this, his own spiritual energy suddenly began to operate in imitation of Kushina's, combining with the physical energy extracted from his cells, converging into pale blue Chakra.
At the same time, he instinctively held his left hand in a sword-finger gesture vertically upwards, and his right hand grasped the index and middle fingers of his left hand, forming the 'child' seal.
"Bang!"
The next moment, his body rapidly shifted, leaving behind the distracting broken wood.
"Ah..."
Hyuga Arima was unsteady on his feet and barely managed to stand firm.
"I actually just copied Kushina's Substitute Technique?!"
He looked at his hands.
"Is this the miraculous ability after awakening Dojutsu?"
"Next, I'll try my awakened Dojutsu."
Hyuga Arima finally felt a bit of anticipation: "A dignified Hyuga Clan member without cataracts, who has suffered the Byakugan of his clan, my day to turn things around has come!"
He eagerly extracted Chakra, gathering it through his meridians to his eyeballs.
"Byakugan... Activate!"
In the Naruto World, which hasn't advanced to the tattoo era, how important a pair of cosmetic contact lenses is, is beyond doubt.
Hyuga Arima was already fantasizing about activating the Tenseigan in the future to confront anything and everything.
Hmm? Why did the world turn red for a moment?
Hyuga Arima touched his forehead, but couldn't feel any bulging veins.
His vision wasn't black and white either, but there was a very faint red flash that quickly passed.
A feeling of extreme unease... welled up in his heart...
"Swish!"
And at this moment, his eyes captured a blurry figure, shooting towards him at extreme speed.
Body Flicker Technique!
Seeing the opponent's hooded attire and animal mask on their face, Hyuga Arima immediately determined this was an Anbu Ninja.
I can actually see the Anbu's Body Flicker Technique movement trajectory?
Why?!
The Byakugan is for reconnaissance, but it doesn't have dynamic capture ability!
"Successfully activated one-tomoe Sharingan."
The answer appeared in his mind.
I'm going to die!
"Sharingan!"
At the same time, the Anbu who appeared in front of him instantly exclaimed in surprise: "How could you awaken the Sharingan?!"
Hyuga Arima almost swore out loud.
How should I know why I awakened the Sharingan?!
Me, a branch family member of the Hyuga Clan, awakened the Sharingan of the Ping-Pong family?!
And it was seen directly by an Anbu near the Hokage?
At this moment, Hyuga Arima wished he could strangle this Anbu Ninja in front of him.