"64% should count as a bit more than just friends; 50% means strangers, neither like nor dislike..."
Uchiha Yoichi looked at the explanation in the strategy guide, then thought: "Jiraiya and Orochimaru should be considered close friends, around eighty-something; Jiraiya might have a slightly higher favorability than Orochimaru, who became more gloomy later on..."
"Should I try to win over Tsunade..."
This isn't like the Demon Passport that distorts people's minds; there must be some expert advice behind it. Though the expert is quite wise, it definitely doesn't violate the principles of being human...
Uchiha Yoichi discreetly tapped 'confirm,' causing many suggestions to appear.
The first suggestion was to find Tsunade; only by finding her and observing her reaction could he make the next judgment.
"It's a bit like a real-time strategy game, and I'm the character being controlled."
Uchiha Yoichi thought for a moment that it's not convenient to leave the village now. The Chunin Exam could lead to war or Hokage elections afterward, so he'll have to wait until there's time in the future.
"Let's check others'..."
This strategy can only be developed by Uchiha Yoichi into new tricks, allowing detection of others' favorability to determine if they are enemies.
But there's a limitation; it can only fill in names of the opposite sex, unless he changes his gender to recon male enemies' favorability.
"Yugito, favorability 53, not bad—not hostile."
"Uzumaki Kushina, favorability 62, just average, lower than Tsunade..."
"Otsutsuki Kaguya, no favorability… How come there's no value at all? Do I have to know them first?"
Uchiha Yoichi tested for half the day, almost testing all the opposite-sex individuals he knew. Minami and Mikota had the highest perfect scores, which wasn't surprising to him.
Next were Hyuga Satomi and Yuhi Kurenai, one was 79, the other 82, all quite high scores, given how much he, as a teacher, cared for his students.
After playing for a while, Uchiha Yoichi temporarily put away the strategy guide; as long as there was one target left, he could keep using this ability to judge favorability.
He suddenly discovered the true use of the strategy guide, but unfortunately, it's somewhat limited; it can only judge the opposite sex's.
The second match had already started, but the examinees were given five days. The results won't be announced until five days later.
Then, twenty days after the results, the third match will be held.
The venue was already prepared, and the Daimyo along with nobles from various countries could come to watch anytime.
The Chunin Exam, though bringing many troubles to the Security Team, also had benefits; it could make Konoha flourish.
A large number of nobles and merchants flooding into Konoha would notice the business of the Uchiha Race, possibly leading to cooperation opportunities.
"Since I've fused with Wood Release, I should find a place to practice Wood Release Ninjutsu..."
Uchiha Yoichi suddenly thought, and immediately took out a Chakra test paper, then tested it.
Sure enough, in addition to lightning and fire, he now had earth and water attributes.
As for Wood Release Ninjutsu, Uchiha Yoichi had much more than Orochimaru here; he once copied all the Forbidden Techniques from the Sealing Book, including Wood Release Ninjutsu.
As for the training location... Uchiha Yoichi suddenly thought of a place to go: "I could go to Ryuchi Cave to practice, and incidentally train some Immortal Techniques."
He only needed to leave a small snake from Ryuchi Cave with Uzumaki Minami, so that she could use this snake to notify him in case of an incident in Konoha, allowing him to return quickly.
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"Ara? You're finally willing to come to Ryuchi Cave... What's with your constitution? It's just like you've trained in Sage Mode."
Ichikishimahime reverse summoning Uchiha Yoichi to Ryuchi Cave immediately noticed the changes on Uchiha Yoichi's body.
Last time this human came, he still didn't know how to absorb Natural Energy, yet now he was absorbing Natural Energy constantly without any change in his body, just like a 'Immortal' like her.
Through long-term breathing, he had made his body accustomed to Natural Energy, entering Sage Mode being easily achieved.
Ichikishimahime didn't expect Uchiha Yoichi to enter this state. She became more interested in this human.
Uchiha Yoichi, upon arriving at Ryuchi Cave, checked Ichikishimahime's favorability to him. Though a snake, it was a female snake, considered the opposite sex, thus tradable.
Earlier the favorability was 52. Now it suddenly rose to 65.
Could this snake's increasing favorability mean it wants to eat him?
Uchiha Yoichi saw Ichikishimahime's loli snake licking her tongue. In human form, this expression was a bit seductive, though he had seen Ichikishimahime's serpent form.
"I want to find the White Snake Sage to learn Immortal Techniques; next, I also want to practice Ninjutsu in Ryuchi Cave..."
Uchiha Yoichi spoke, but before he finished, Ichikishimahime cut in: "For Immortal Techniques, you don't have to find the White Snake Sage; we've been responsible for teaching challengers Immortal Techniques for hundreds of years. Of course, failed corpses belong to us..."
But halfway through, Ichikishimahime clicked her tongue, then continued: "Didn't expect you to have this constitution; only slight practice now is needed to master Sage Mode... As for Immortal Techniques, it depends on your talent."
Uchiha Yoichi glanced at Ichikishimahime and said: "Then I'll trouble you. If you want to eat people, I can find some death row inmates for you..."
"I'm not interested in those types of humans, only those who fail training in Sage Mode with Natural Energy exploding inside them have good taste..."