If, during actual combat, one exerted all their effort to create an opportunity to synthesize Sage Mode Chakra...
Only to exit the mode shortly after the battle began, the cost-effectiveness would indeed be quite low.
However, this was also related to him only using an area the size of his palm to synthesize the Chakra.
After all, there wasn't much space on the palm to store Chakra; there were only a few Chakra Meridians.
If he became more proficient in expanding the area and synthesizing more Chakra later on, the duration would increase significantly.
It was just that squandering Sage Mode as freely as Naruto was temporarily impossible.
After all, his Chakra capacity wasn't as vast as Naruto's.
It could only be used to enhance Taijutsu and must be used sparingly.
Overall, Sage Mode currently provided limited improvement to his actual combat capabilities.
It was more of an exploratory phase, but it was nonetheless a viable path for development.
Thus, his next focus would remain on physical training while also developing Sage Mode.
After all, using the Pressure Point Technique to control variables as a method to enter Sage Mode felt a bit like following the path of a Rogue Cultivator.
Even though he tried his best to avoid damaging the Meridians and Acupoints when using the Pressure Point Technique,
And only maintained the sealing force at a level that could slightly obstruct the flow of Chakra,
He still couldn't frequently seal and unseal them in a short period; doing it too many times would definitely cause damage to both.
Therefore, for the full-body development of Sage Mode, he planned to set aside a small amount of time each day to slowly experiment and familiarize himself with it.
The most urgent priority was improving his physical fitness, which would be more helpful to his strength.
His plan for this was to first use his Innate, powerful spiritual energy to monitor his body and ensure he didn't overtrain.
Then, he would use Sage Mode Chakra to accelerate the supercompensation recovery process, overall slowly increasing his total Chakra and physical fitness.
Sage Mode Chakra was different from ordinary Chakra.
Using Sage Mode Chakra wouldn't make the body increasingly fatigued like ordinary Chakra did.
On the contrary, it would make the body feel lighter and lighter.
This proved that Sage Mode Chakra had a certain restorative effect on the body.
His experiments had indeed confirmed this.
The listlessness of his body just after the Sage Mode Chakra vanished was merely an illusion caused by the gap between the excited state and exiting it.
In reality, he could feel that while the Sage Mode Chakra was circulating through his body,
It had a restorative effect on the fatigue caused to the cells by frequent Chakra refinement and to the Chakra Acupoints by repeated sealing and unsealing.
If he could use Sage Mode Chakra for physical training,
Then the number of times cells had to divide into new cells to repair the body due to damage would be greatly reduced.
This could significantly increase his cell utilization rate and physical lifespan.
Grumble!
Hyuga Aokawa's stomach growled.
After refining so much Chakra and tossing about for so long all morning, his stomach was already protesting.
He looked out the window; the sun was high in the sky, and it was already approaching noon.
He got up, took a shower, changed his clothes, and prepared to see what delicious food his grandmother had cooked for lunch.
As soon as he stepped out of his room, he saw a tall man in his thirties with regular features organizing a Ninja Tools bag in the living room.
"Dad, you're back!"
The man was Hyuga Aokawa's father.
Hyuga Fu!
One of the few surviving family members among the thousands of transmigrators.
He was a Chunin in his youth, but his right leg was injured by an explosion during a mission.
By the time he rushed back to the Village, the optimal treatment window had passed, and his right leg had lost its mobility.
This was the daily life of an ordinary Ninja squad; after all, Medical Ninjas were limited.
It was impossible for every Ninja squad to be equipped with a Medical Ninja like Team 7; that was an 'extended range version' reserved for the Hokage's direct lineage.
After losing his right leg, and with limited Aptitude,
Even with the boost of Chakra, his single-legged movement speed was not much faster than an ordinary person's.
The most important mobility capability for a Ninja during missions was thus lost.
This meant that in battle, as long as the enemy ran away, Hyuga Fu had no way to deal with them.
Furthermore, traveling for missions would also take much more time.
Consequently, even for simple missions, other Chunin were rarely willing to team up with him.
The Bird in a Cage carved on the foreheads of the Branch House members further cut off the path of becoming a Ninja Academy teacher.
From then on, he could only survive by taking on some simple C-rank and D-rank missions, which didn't pay much.
This was also why the previous owner of this body had risked joining missions before graduating.
Besides gaining practice, it was because missions provided a bit of pay.
Hyuga Fu didn't turn around: "What have you been tinkering with in your room all morning?"
"Nothing, I was trying out a new Move."
Hyuga Aokawa replied, then looked curiously at the Ninja Tools bag Hyuga Fu was organizing.
"Dad, why are you organizing your Ninja Tools bag?"
Hyuga Fu currently only executed D-rank missions, which didn't require a Ninja Tools bag at all.
"The clan notified us that the pension for the next six months will be halved."
Hyuga Fu turned around: "For the next six months, the income from simple missions alone won't be enough for our expenses."
"The price of ration pills, some medicines, and Ninja Tools has gone up quite a bit."
"So I want to go finish that mission to eliminate the mountain bandits; the deadline is also approaching."
"Abandoning a mission without cause will result in being restricted from accepting missions for six months, and then we'd really be left with nothing."
"But doesn't that mission require wiping out all the bandits in the mountain stronghold? With your leg..."
Hyuga Aokawa frowned, worried: "How about forgetting it? Let me carry out missions to support the family from now on."
"You brat, you supporting the family? You looking down on your old man?"
"School starts in two days. Hurry up and learn those Three Basic Jutsu first, and we'll talk after you graduate."