Early the next morning, Higashino Shin woke up on time.
Last night, he had repeatedly refined several rounds of Chakra and, in his spiritual form, enticed Natural Energy while resisting its decomposition force; it could be considered a rich nightlife.
He was still wondering if he would be mentally exhausted today.
Unexpectedly, upon waking up, not only was his body light and healthy, but his mental state was even clearer than before.
He felt refreshed.
In other words, that filtered white mist-like Natural Energy has a nourishing effect on both the body and mind?
This would require careful observation and experience in the future to reach a conclusion, but judging from the current situation, it didn't seem bad.
His parents, who had drunk too much alcohol last night, were still sound asleep. Higashino Shin did not disturb them. As usual, he simply heated up the hard-boiled eggs, bread, and milk kept in the refrigerator, ate a nutritious breakfast, and went straight to the training ground.
Whether there was a sun in Los Angeles at four in the morning, he didn't know.
But in Konoha at five in the morning, there certainly wasn't.
He had stayed up a bit late last night and hadn't gotten his usual eight hours of sleep, yet he felt no sleepiness or fatigue at all.
Very good, very energetic.
It seemed that with the nourishment of Natural Energy, he wouldn't have to worry about lack of sleep affecting his body in the future; his daily time for cultivation and study had increased significantly.
In his previous life, this would have been the Innate Holy Body of a Drudge.
Wait, I'm already cultivating extraordinary power, why the hell should I be a drudge for you people?
I don't eat beef!
Soon, Higashino Shin began his daily physical exercise, but unlike before, he was now a trainee Ninja who could refine and use Chakra.
Sitting quietly, his hands formed the Ram Seal. Spiritual energy and physical energy combined smoothly to form Chakra, which flowed into his meridians.
When he stood up again, he suddenly felt as if he were in a new world.
His body had become much lighter, and his dynamic vision had been enhanced; the leaves falling from the large tree seemed to move a bit slower.
With a lightning-fast reach, Higashino Shin caught a leaf that had just flown in front of him and stared at it in his hand, lost in thought.
The veins on the leaf were clearly visible, and its complete image was imprinted in his mind; his eyesight and instant memory had also been strengthened.
After thinking for a few seconds, he walked up to the large tree and gave it a front kick. The tree didn't break, showing he hadn't cultivated to the point of breaking trees with a kick yet; he was just a newbie who had just learned to use Chakra.
But his strength had indeed increased significantly. The large tree shook violently, and fallen leaves drifted down like snowflakes.
Higashino Shin's hands struck out repeatedly, and he soon caught two handfuls of leaves; his reaction speed had also increased quite a bit.
Experiencing the comprehensive augmentation of his body by Chakra, Higashino Shin was exceptionally excited. He immediately started running laps. Instantly, his body was like an arrow released from a bow, sprinting through the training ground at a speed much faster than usual.
As he ran, he felt as if his light body was about to fly, but this was just an illusion. Lord Earth's gravity would tell him that wanting to fly was impossible.
He couldn't fly, but he could jump. What Ninja walks normally? Don't they all jump around in high places?
Running, Higashino Shin looked up and saw the branches of the large tree ahead.
He bent his legs and exerted force, leaping into the air. The target landing point approached rapidly in his eyes.
"Wait, no, too much force! I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die! Ah!"
Higashino Shin flew past the selected branch and, with a scream, crashed straight into a tree further ahead, looking like a poster pasted onto it.
He then fell to the ground, lying on the grass with his eyes staring blankly at the canopy above.
This crash and fall took him a while to catch his breath. After standing up, his left hand rubbed his face while his right hand massaged his back, his face contorted in pain.
His first high-powered leap, and he hadn't mastered the force or distance, resulting in a direct collision with a tree.
He looked at the trees with sprawling branches around the training ground. After thinking for a bit, he jumped a dozen times in various directions on the spot, feeling the comparison between the force used and the height reached.
Having gained some sense of it, he cautiously jumped onto a branch of a nearby tree, then looked at the next landing spot, estimated the distance, exerted force with his legs, and quickly jumped over.
A miscalculation not enough force. But this time he didn't hit a tree; Higashino Shin quickly grabbed the branch with both hands, flipped himself over to stand on it, and continued jumping toward the next point.
Between the gaps in the forest, the small figure was like a Langur that had just learned to traverse the woods, slowly changing positions among the large trees. It seemed that for every jump, he had to calculate in his head how much distance to cover and how much force to use.
As time passed, his speed of moving through the forest grew faster and the distances grew longer.
Once the refined Chakra was exhausted, he immediately sat cross-legged on a tree to refine Chakra again.
But the amount refined the second time seemed far less than the first.
The sky brightened as the sun leapt over the horizon.
Finally, during another leap, Higashino Shin felt his body go limp and his feet slip; he fell straight toward the ground as if he had lost all power.
Thud!
He didn't hit the grass but landed in someone's arms.
Higashino Shin took a look; it was his father. He didn't know when he had arrived at the training ground.
Seeing his son panting heavily, Higashino Jiro carried him out of the woods and placed him on the open space of the training ground.
Seeing this precocious brat, who was usually confident in everything and never made a fool of himself, now bruised and swollen, he was delighted. After all, he finally looked like a child who had received a new toy.
He couldn't help but tease, "Did you run into a tree?"
Feeling the slight warmth of the spring morning sun, Higashino Shin didn't admit it, but instead asked, "Mr. Higashino, did you also hit trees when you were a kid?"
"Cough, cough!" Higashino Jiro likewise didn't admit it, changing the subject: "Does it feel like your Chakra has decreased? You could refine it several times last night, but today you're spent before even reaching two?"
It seemed he had been hiding and watching for a while.
Higashino Shin knew why: "The Chakra I refined last night eventually dissipated back into my body, which allowed me to Cultivate multiple times. Today, the refined Chakra was used up by me. Isn't that right, Father?"
"Your grasp of basic knowledge is good. That is indeed the case. Although in my eyes you are indeed a Genius with a decent amount of Chakra from the start, you are only four years old after all. This amount is only relative to your peers or those two or three years older than you."
"Overall, it's still small. Don't mess around like this in the future; excessive extraction will affect your health. For now, everything should focus on your development and growth, understood?"
"I understand, Father. Thank you for the reminder!" Higashino Shin had indeed been a bit carried away today.
"Good that you know. I'll take you back!"
Lying on Higashino Jiro's back, they left the small forest and entered the streets.
The shops on both sides were already open, with food stalls steaming. There were a few pedestrians on the road some ordinary people, some Ninja some eating breakfast, some buying groceries, a bustling scene of mundane life.
All this made Higashino Shin feel like a lifetime had passed, recalling when his father carried him to the market in his previous life.
Just like now, they both had a broad back.
When they returned home, Higashino Megumi had already prepared breakfast. Seeming to know what would happen today, she had made much more than usual.
After washing up, Higashino Shin didn't even bother to change out of his dirty clothes and immediately started devouring the food.
He was indeed starving.
Higashino Megumi smiled and placed her hand on her son's face, emitting a faint green light.
After a while, she began treating the bruises on his back.
Medical Ninjutsu, the miraculous and efficient healing method of the naruto world.
The benefits of transmigrating into the Ninja World with both parents alive, and one of them being a Medical Ninja, were becoming apparent. There was someone to teach him things, and he didn't even have to go to the hospital when injured.
It also came with a happiness buff, which was much more useful than any god-like power buff.
After the treatment, Higashino Megumi looked at her son seriously and said, "Injury and pain are the best teachers. They let you know that wanting to be a powerful Ninja is not that easy. Even if you are a Genius, you cannot be willful or arrogant; you need to take it one step at a time."
"They are indeed good teachers. Don't worry, I'll be more careful in the future, Mom."
Higashino Jiro smiled and ate his breakfast without saying a word.
Every Ninja went through this. Sometimes preaching is useless; only by tasting pain will the memory be profound.
No matter how miraculous Chakra is, it cannot be mastered overnight; it requires enough time to control and use it.