After returning home from the gathering, Higashino Makoto persisted in his Chakra extraction training as usual, and then practiced hand seal speed for a while before going to bed.
Finally, he deliberately did not extract Chakra, and even started to sleep only after confirming that the Chakra in his body's meridians had completely dissipated.
Clearing his mind and gathering his thoughts, after his body entered sleep, Higashino Makoto found that he indeed still had conscious awareness, but he could feel that this was controllable.
At this moment, he could choose to let his consciousness sleep along with his body, or he could detach from his body like last night.
Ensuring there was no Chakra in his meridians before sleeping was intentional. He wanted to see if the out-of-body experience was related to the undissipated Chakra in his body before sleep.
Facts proved that even without Chakra in the meridians, he could still do the same as last night.
In other words, the first Chakra extraction was the trigger that unlocked his out-of-body state after falling asleep. Afterwards, it was no longer necessary.
With a thought, Higashino Makoto's consciousness body once again floated above his physical body. In the panoramic, dead-angle-free observation of his consciousness body, he found himself about 20 centimeters above his body.
He tried to move his consciousness body, but it was still fixed in this position, completely unable to fly through the sky or burrow into the earth to kill people invisibly like the Spirit Transformation Technique.
It seemed this was completely different from the Spirit Transformation Technique; it was more like a special state of his.
Thinking about it, he could only tentatively conclude that it might be related to his rebirth and his soul not belonging to this world.
After all, according to the intelligence he knew, the souls of people in the Ninja World were basically Chakra-fied. They didn't even have the chance to be reincarnated after death; they would only go to the Pure Land and become collectibles for the old ghost Rikudo.
Just like goods labeled by their owner.
If his soul was fundamentally different from the people of the Ninja World, then indeed only he could do this.
This was a state unique to him, capable of communicating with Natural Energy from the start, and unlike Jugo, he wouldn't lose control and kill people at the drop of a hat.
If this isn't a Golden Finger, what is?
The scene in the space was the same as last night. In his consciousness observation, those colorful thin mists flowed freely between heaven and earth.
They were not clearly separated from each other but rubbed and squeezed against each other, and even at the edges, one could see them encroaching on and transforming into each other.
The red thin mist was barbaric and domineering, overriding other colors with absolute volume, just like a junior high school student barging into a kindergarten class.
Other colors could still hold their ground, but white was the most miserable. It was the thinnest one in the class, reduced to being the "bean" that the penguins ate, slept, and beat up daily.
Higashino Makoto dared not touch other colors at all. After all, one should pick the soft persimmons to pinch.
Ah no, it's about upholding justice and speaking up for the "bean."
Come to uncle's arms quickly; it's safe here.
Higashino Makoto seduced the white mist as usual, using his consciousness body as a filter to guide the mist, whose decomposition power had been neutralized, into his body.
During this process, his consciousness body closely monitored the changes in his body. Once any abnormality was found, he would immediately turn into a scumbag and cut off the connection with the mist.
Higashino Jiro's vacation lasted about half a month. After all, guarding the border was a hard and dangerous job, and it was impossible not to give ninjas time to rest and relax.
Otherwise, mental problems would arise. The ninja group is prone to mental illness, and they happen to be people who master supernatural powers. Once someone falls, it would be a disaster for ordinary people in the Ninja World.
If an elite Chunin went all out ruthlessly, they could easily turn a bustling town into a dead zone in a short time.
In the following days, Higashino Jiro spent most of his time in the village, practicing incidentally while resting. At any time, strength is always the best weapon one can rely on.
However, when he practiced, he would go to a larger training ground. The one near the Higashino home was too small and was intended for children who had not yet formally become ninjas.
Higashino Makoto still maintained his own cultivation plan, but occasionally he also learned from his father.
There wasn't much he could ask, after all, he had already embarked on a path completely different from his father or ordinary ninjas.
Natural Energy is powerful. Through daily nightly nourishment, he found that this stuff not only made his body stronger bit by bit but also made his progress in Chakra control delightful.
Unfortunately, he couldn't teach it to his family for the time being.
He had indirectly inquired, and his parents couldn't feel any special energy at all. They didn't have that concept, nor did they have the special method of consciousness body observation.
Higashino Makoto estimated that even if they learned the Spirit Transformation Technique, it would be useless.
If the Spirit Transformation Technique could also observe various colors of Natural Energy like him, then Dan Kato would definitely have learned to utilize it long ago and become stronger, instead of being killed by the enemy while using the technique.
Chakra separated people into two types of existence, and Natural Energy similarly separated ninjas into two types of existence. Currently in the Ninja World, apart from summoned beasts, there might be only half a person who knows Sage Mode, which is that super pervert named Jiraiya.
If Dan Kato knew Sage Mode, he definitely wouldn't have died so easily.
Is the dream of becoming Hokage not fragrant, or are Tsunade's big buns not moist?
Higashino Makoto currently didn't have a method to infuse Natural Energy into his parents either.
Even if he did, he wouldn't dare use it, because if he messed up, he would personally create a "parents sacrifice to heaven, unlimited mana" BUFF.
For details, please see the piles of stone statues that turned into toads at Mount Myoboku. Those were all humans who once tried to master Natural Energy but failed.
Time flashed by, and more than ten days passed.
Higashino Makoto arrived at the training ground early in the morning as usual to exercise. However, just as he was about to start, he faintly felt a sense of being watched.
Could it be the Third Hokage's crystal ball?
He was just a child of a commoner ninja family. Although his parents thought he was a genius, in the eyes of Kage-level people, he was just average, nothing worth paying attention to.
Besides, does the Hokage go to work that early? Do you think everyone is the Seventh Hokage?
With a thought, Higashino Makoto quickly completed Chakra extraction, and his body instantly filled with power.
Over ten days, he had achieved the goal he set before: cultivating the extraction technique into a bodily instinct.
It can only be said that Natural Energy is truly magical.
Not only that, but due to the continuous absorption of white Natural Energy, his body could sense the outside world while extracting Chakra.
However, limited by his current Chakra amount and the short time of cultivating Natural Energy, the range of this sensing was not large, but it was enough to cover this small training ground.
Just by sensing once simply, Higashino Makoto discovered the hidden target.
He looked up at a big tree not far away and shouted, "Father, what are you doing hiding there?"
"Eh?" Higashino Jiro made a sound of doubt, jumped in front of his son in two or three steps, and asked curiously, "How did you know I was there?"
"I sensed it."
"Sensed? Is it sensory ability? When did you learn to sense? This isn't something you can learn just because you want to; it won't work without talent."
"Never learned it. Suddenly knew how to do it these past few days."
"Natural awakening? Is it a bloodline ability? Does our Higashino family have this kind of bloodline inheritance?" Higashino Jiro was confused.
Being naturally precocious was no big deal; there were plenty of such children in the Ninja World. Successfully extracting Chakra in less than a minute on the first try with a decent amount wasn't outrageous either; for a commoner, it was genius.
But among naturally born ninjas like the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, plenty of smart children could do the same.
But this naturally awakened sensory ability couldn't be explained by genius alone. Higashino Makoto not only sensed someone was there but even knew whose Chakra it was.
Could it be that this child isn't mine? Was I cuckolded?
But he and Megumi had been together from marriage until pregnancy. Konoha also has marriage leave.
"Mr. Higashino, I feel like you are thinking about something bad. Do we need to go back together and verify with Mom?"
"Dame, dame! Absolutely not! I'll be killed."
Higashino Jiro immediately stopped him, secretly cursing himself for being confused.
He knew his wife's character. She would definitely not do anything to betray him. That simply wasn't her personality. The two had known each other since childhood, knew each other inside out, and had a deep emotional foundation.
There were already many magical things in the Ninja World. Some people even inexplicably awakened Kekkei Genkai.
His son just knew how to sense; it didn't seem like a big deal.
Thinking about it this way, Higashino Jiro suddenly relaxed again. His son was indeed a genius.