Upon receiving the character inheritance, Hanabi immediately felt a series of moves appear in her mind.
"So that's how it is. Five-star character cards grant potential, but four-star purple character cards directly grant techniques and moves."
Compared to Mirror Flow and Hanabi, Mai Shiranui's character card directly gave Hanabi the complete Shiranui Style package.
Kacho Sen, Ryuenbu, Chou Hissatsu Shinobi Bachi…
Each move appeared in Hanabi's mind.
Mai Shiranui originated from Fatal Fury and shone brightly in the King of Fighters series. However, the so-called Shiranui Style Ninjutsu is somewhat lacking in the world of Naruto; it was fine in the early Stages, but became useless later on. Moreover, these techniques require time to practice. Simply put, it's at the level of "theoretically understood."
In addition, Mai Shiranui's character card also provided some bonuses:
[When character role is Ninja-related, increase 5% attention]
When wearing this outfit, there's also a stat that increases Fire Release power. Both of these can be used.
She is a Ninja, after all, and this outfit can be worn directly as an "undergarment," making the "Fire Release power" bonus essentially a permanent skill.
"However, these showy skills are actually quite good."
Perhaps to "power-gamers," the Ninjutsu of the Shiranui Style might seem ordinary, or even just for show, but Hanabi is quite optimistic about them.
What is most important in the Dimensional Stage?
Popularity!
Showy things might not be practical, but they look good!
Flashiness isn't scary; flashiness is exactly what's needed.
What's more, the Shiranui Style isn't entirely useless; it's at least a technique capable of participating in the King of Fighters tournament.
And that "one-click costume change"—that's simply a genius skill!
Hanabi had also looked into what "attention" means.
"Attention" isn't just a simple numerical value. On one hand, it's something like a form of evaluation; the higher the attention, the more easily the audience is attracted. It's like a "mock exam score."
On the other hand, "attention" seems to be related to the "popularity" gained. For example, without attention, Hanabi might get 100 popularity points, but with around 65% attention, Hanabi could get 165 points. If attention could reach 1000%, then Hanabi could get 1100 popularity points.
So, the higher the attention, the better.
Hanabi temporarily saved the remaining popularity points and didn't buy any scene cards. She still had some scene cards for now, and the story so far didn't require her to "leech" screentime.
Silently donning her fox mask, Hanabi considered the situation ahead.
As a "minor supporting character," it's not easy to change one's fate. She needs to subtly lay groundwork in the early Stages to shake "destiny." Hanabi dislikes predictable plots; she prefers the unknown grand Stage of destiny. But her current abilities are limited, so she can only advance step by step.
According to the upcoming "plot," it should be the graduation exam, and then Naruto will be tricked into stealing the Forbidden Scroll because he failed the exam.
For Hanabi, whether it's the scroll or not doesn't matter. She can do without the Forbidden Scroll, but she absolutely must get screentime!
After the Transformation Technique practice, Iruka didn't continue the lesson, as the graduation exam was approaching. Exams are always like this; the period before them is usually very relaxed.
The most unlucky one was Naruto; Iruka took him to clean the Hokage Monument.
"Um, Hanabi, do you want to go back together?" Hinata timidly approached her.
"No problem, Onee-sama~"
The current anime screen is black and white, meaning it's not playing now. But this seems to be an opportunity.
Hanabi directly used a daily scene card.
Sure enough, Hanabi's image appeared on the anime screen.
However, this wasn't live; it was a "playback" of Hinata inviting her to go home together.
[Long black hair, long black hair again!]
[Her pupils are white!]
[It's an anime thing, you wouldn't understand.JPG]
[Kyon, Tree, Subtitles]
[As long as it looks good, it's also long black hair]
[Hanabi's "Onee-sama" made my bones melt~]
The subtitles scrolled by in strings.
And the current screen, after replaying Hinata's invitation, cut to Hanabi and Hinata leaving school.
Hanabi was wearing the "performance outfit" produced by the Stage; this red furisode kimono was very beautiful and photogenic, but it was slow to walk in. The tight skirt and hobble skirt were comparable, making Hanabi's stride very small.
At such a slow pace, an ordinary person would probably be anxious to death, but Hinata patiently walked beside Hanabi.
If it were someone who knew the inside story, they would probably be surprised, but their surprise wouldn't be that Hanabi walked too slowly, but that Hanabi, who had no vision, walked like a normal person.
—Hanabi truly couldn't see.
Mirror Flow's black gauze eye mask indeed brought an increase in perception and cultivation speed, but it also did obscure her vision.
So, in daily life, Hanabi would continuously, in small increments, refine Chakra, then spread it into the surrounding space like a trickling stream. Combined with her perception enhanced by the eye mask, she could sense her surroundings.
This was also part of her training in Chakra control and perception.
Of course, this was only possible with Mirror Flow's relic, but the other people in Konoha Village didn't seem to find anything wrong. In their eyes, although Hanabi didn't have the Byakugan, her own talent was very strong, a successful example of Hanabi's genius persona.
As for Byakugan training, that was certainly happening too. For example, at this very moment, Hanabi's Shadow Clone was training in the training ground code-named "Death Forest."
[They say they're sisters, but it's more like a young lady and her attendant.]
[The older sister is also very beautiful, just dressed a bit plainly.]
[Are your standards that high? Me, I'm not picky at all, I want them all!]
The two walked in silence for a while, and a lot of bullet comments popped up.
"Um, Hanabi. Do you really want to be a Ninja?" Hinata hesitated for a long time, finally mustering the courage to speak.
She had been very hesitant.
But at this moment, she finally gathered her courage.
"Of course," Hanabi said.
"But your eyes…" Hinata's voice dropped.
"That doesn't matter. It doesn't affect anything anyway. Rather, because I don't have the 'Byakugan,' I won't be targeted by others even when I'm outside~"
Hinata lowered her head: "It's all because of me…"
[What's going on?]
[Our Hanabi isn't really blind, is she?]
[Looks like it was caused by an incident?]
[What's wrong with not seeing? 2B-chan's blindfold is also a cute point!]
[By the way, Miss Hanabi has no eyes, so can I use…]
[??? When I type question marks, it means I'm not the one who's messed up, you are!]
[Quick, drag this pervert away!]
[No, how did it get sidetracked here? Didn't you guys read the dialogue? This Byakugan seems to have some special ability.]
[I want to see Miss Hanabi use Byakugan on me, hehehe~]
The silly audience brought Hanabi a few hundred more popularity points.
Hanabi also noticed that the more bullet comments and interaction there were, the higher her popularity became.
So Hanabi decided to add more to the mix and test further.
"It's not Onee-sama's fault~"
Hanabi took Hinata's hand, fingers intertwined.
"Hanabi wants to protect Onee-sama~"
As Hanabi spoke, she used her other hand to remove the mask from her face, then reached out and brushed Hinata's long hair.
"Onee-sama's long hair that she kept for me is also very beautiful. Because I said I liked Onee-sama with long hair, Onee-sama hasn't cut her hair since then, right~"
Hanabi brought the tip of Hinata's hair to her cheek.
It still carried the scent of shampoo.
"Just as Onee-sama is willing to do this for me, if it's for Onee-sama, I can do anything too~"
[Sister Well! Sister Well! Sister Well!]
[It's Donburi, not Well]
[Yuri fan, uninvited!]
[So alluring, Hanabi-sama is the best!]
[I want to see the Hyuga sisters' doujinshi right now!]
[I'm good]
[Nothing special (pulls up pants)]
Her popularity continued to soar, and Hanabi decided to go a step further.
"Oh dear?"
However, Hinata could no longer hold on. Her entire face flushed crimson, and she transformed into a "Steam Hime," passing out.
.
The scene card was also used up, and the screen switched to Naruto, who was cleaning the Hokage Monument, continuing his "ninja road."
"Looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Although it was lively, the popularity gained doesn't seem to be as much as when I'm with Naruto. Could it be that popularity is easier to obtain when with the 'protagonist'?"
After this wave, Hanabi gained almost two thousand popularity points. She now has 7000 popularity points.
"Looks like that's enough for today. I'll make my appearance again during the Forbidden Scroll incident~"
Hanabi carried Hinata in a bridal carry and headed home.
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