Night fell.
Stars dotted the sky, and bright moonlight streamed through the window, landing on the boy.
Uchiha Jingyan had already begun a new round of research.
The fight from earlier had long been thrown to the back of his mind. Before leaving, he had confirmed that none of them were in mortal danger.
And that… was enough.
After all, they struck first. If they were weaker, who could they blame?
As for the power of liquid nitrogen… he was fairly satisfied.
Of course, today's opponents were only children, and liquid nitrogen merely immobilized them temporarily and caused frostbite.
But that was also because he still wasn't very good at forming hand seals.
Given time, with double power amplification, Nitrogen Release would definitely become one of his killing techniques.
Still… if all he had was liquid nitrogen, he didn't think he could survive in the ninja world.
That wasn't realistic.
But that was fine.
He had spent half a year not only creating Nitrogen Release by adding steps to Wind Release…
He had also gained a preliminary understanding of chakra as an internal energy.
He chose Wind Release to open the system's door simply because he was confident in it.
And now… he had decided to try his other chakra nature.
Fire Release.
A conventional chakra nature with extremely strong killing power—among all elements, only Lightning Release could rival it.
Line after line of bold hypotheses appeared beneath his pen.
[Flames are energy manifestations of chakra—does flame temperature depend on chakra quality?]
[If chakra quantity is insufficient, can power be increased by sacrificing range?]
[Can multiple Fire Release techniques coexist in the same batch of chakra? For example, hiding two Fire Dragons inside a Great Fireball?]
[If Fire Release is compressed to the extreme, can it form a high-temperature lethal beam?]
Twin Fireballs. High-temperature death rays.
That—was the correct way to use Fire Release in Jingyan's eyes!
The night grew deeper.
But for the boy, it was only the beginning…
...
Meanwhile, in Konoha, at the Hyuga compound.
Just like Jingyan's small single-room home, tonight was also destined to be sleepless for the Hyuga clan.
Five clan children had been beaten badly—
Their injuries were horrifying to look at.
When they were found and brought back, they were already barely alive.
The oldest had even had both arms broken!
The nearly fifty-year-old clan head, Hyuga Nichisei, stood outside with a dark expression.
Inside, Hyuga medical ninjas were busy treating the children.
Although they were branch family members, there was no contempt in the clan head's eyes.
Instead—his anger burned fiercely.
A great humiliation!
This was clearly a provocation against the Hyuga clan!
The surgery and treatment lasted nearly three hours.
Finally, a tall Hyuga clansman walked out.
"Clan Head!"
"The five children are out of danger. Four of them will recover from frostbite and trauma, but…"
He hesitated, glanced nervously at the clan head's face, then continued.
"The oldest, Hyuga Shin… may never be able to practice Gentle Fist again…"
After saying this, he sighed heavily.
Hyuga Nichise reminded turned even darker.
Who dared to provoke the Hyuga clan like this?!
It clearly wasn't enemy spies.
Otherwise, those children wouldn't have been found alive by ANBU.
Their injuries were almost identical—frostbite and bruises, but nothing fatal.
Obviously, the attacker didn't dare to kill.
"Wait until they wake up," Hyuga Nichise said coldly.
"If they remember the attacker, good. If not… report directly to the Hokage!"
In all of Konoha, who would dare do such a thing and also have a grudge against the Hyuga?
Other than the Uchiha, who else?
Looking at the miserable state of his clansmen, Hyuga Nichise had already decided.
This could not have been caused by children of the same age.
Today's humiliation—
The evil Uchiha clan must pay for it!
...
Morning came.
When Jingyan finally paused his endless research frenzy, he realized only then that the whole night had passed.
The new jutsu hadn't been successfully developed.
However, after the system activated, the proficiency of Fire Release: Great Fireball had increased a lot—almost catching up with Wind and Nitrogen Release.
"So the 'youngest child privilege' is real, meaning the system pampers me?"
Jingyan raised his brow and laughed. The fatigue of staying up all night seemed to vanish.
"But this life energy… feels a bit weak?"
Looking at the unmoving values of life and chakra, he felt helpless.
The body is the foundation of revolution—these two were the most important!
After hesitating, Jingyan looked at the 100 research points.
Should he… reward himself?
But at that moment, Jingyan suddenly felt a chill down his back. He turned around—
And saw a man standing behind him.
The man had black hair, purple eye-shadow at the corners of his eyes, and abnormally pale skin—but was extremely handsome.
He stared at Jingyan openly, smiling.
Jingyan frowned immediately.
He knew this man.
Among the Three Legendary Ninja, the one who reeked of poison—
The villain who survived to the end, even into Boruto.
Orochimaru.
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