Chapter 84: The Outdoor Adventure of the Byakugan Princess - The White Eyed Princess of Konoha

**Chapter 84: The Outdoor Adventure of the Byakugan Princess** "This is so hard!" Hinata was attempting to control her chakra, letting it flow slowly through her body's chakra points, trying to sense everything around her. Yet, after half a day, all she managed to do was exhaust her chakra without sensing even a hint of natural energy. "Could it be that I'm wearing too much...or maybe I need to be in the wild to sense natural energy?" Hinata quickly identified the crux of the issue. The natural energy outside the Three Great Sacred Grounds was already extremely sparse, and with so many people in the village, training in natural energy surely required going somewhere desolate in nature. And perhaps it was best not to wear too many clothes...when Naruto trained, wasn't he just shirtless? Uh...outdoor exposure? Hinata quickly shook her head, discarding those embarrassing notions from her mind. I'm doing this to become stronger, not to seek thrills. Hinata soon convinced herself of this, and sneaked out of the Hyuga residence. Standing on Hokage Rock, she took a look around. "Huh! Isn't that Iruka-sensei?" Hinata, from her vantage point, spotted Iruka with a class of children, pointing at the Hokage Rock behind him, likely telling stories of past Hokages. In a short while, the Third Hokage also arrived at the rooftop of the Hokage building. Iruka, who had been boasting, scratched his head awkwardly and laughed, "Hokage-sama, what brings you here?" The Third Hokage's eyes showed some sadness, but his face bore a kindly smile, "I just wanted to take a look at my own face..." As he spoke, he turned to look at the Hokage Rock, only to find a tiny figure sitting atop his stone head. Iruka also turned to look and wondered aloud, "Isn't that Hinata? What's she doing up there..." Hinata hadn't realized she was sitting atop the Third Hokage's stone head. Seeing a few people looking her way from the Hokage building, she waved enthusiastically. Hinata shouted aloud, "Hey! Can you see me?" The Third Hokage: "..." The Third had come up because he'd already received news of Orochimaru, and his heart was somewhat melancholic. In today's Konoha, aside from Jiraiya and Tsunade, there was no one who could match Orochimaru. The Third was ready for the worst, so he wanted to take one last look at the Hokage Rock before the battle erupted, to recall the past and his time serving as Hokage. He also wanted to give a motivational speech to the new students of the Ninja Academy... But now, seeing someone sitting on his stone head left the Third Hokage’s mood disrupted. Seeing the people below engrossed in their lessons and ignoring her, Hinata felt bored. Training is more important, after all. Although Hinata was somewhat lazy, her recent enthusiastic idea hadn’t yet faded. Hinata reached a stream in the back mountains, squatted down to feel the icy-cold water, and was filled with a sense of comfort. "I'll train here then!" Hinata reached to take off her shirt... But just as she lifted it slightly, her movements suddenly froze. Something felt off! "Byakugan!" "Get lost!" Hinata, blushing with shame and anger, unleashed a rapid sequence of chakra attacks. "Twenty Palm Rotation + Eight Trigrams Mountain Crusher!" Five chakra beams shot out straight, thundering through the air with explosions, echoing with faint cries of pain from someone within the dust and smoke. Soon enough, as the smoke cleared, an elderly man with long white hair down to his waist, wearing a red top, stumbled out of the low underbrush looking quite ragged. "Young lady, are you trying to kill someone? You really should respect your elders." Hinata could clearly discern that the amount of chakra within this person was as vast and unfathomable as the ocean. Since she was already striking in anger, even Kakashi would struggle against her all-out moves, yet this perverted old man looked only slightly disheveled. Indeed, it was Jiraiya, and Hinata saw Naruto was within her Byakugan’s range. Hinata accused, "You were just peeping, weren’t you!" In her previous life, when reading the Naruto manga, Hinata found Jiraiya amusing. But now that she was the one being peeped on, she felt a murderous urge. "Wait a minute...he's actually a formidable ninja!" Hinata pondered; now that she had encountered him, she surely couldn't let the opportunity slip away. Jiraiya, with a solemn pretense, defended himself, "What peeping? I'm collecting material for my novel!" As he spoke, Jiraiya was about to pull out "Make-Out Paradise" as proof. Hinata disregarded it all, screaming "Get lost!", forming chakra fists with her hands, and launched herself at Jiraiya with a punch. As soon as the fight started, Jiraiya was quite astounded internally. "What an incredible little girl. Her strength is truly beyond what someone her age should have." Jiraiya never bought into the genius-versus-late-bloomer narrative. When he was young, he considered himself a late-bloomer, but now, he confidently believed his strength was no less than that of the so-called genius Orochimaru. Nevertheless, Jiraiya had to admit that geniuses do exist. On the path to ninja prominence, geniuses walk faster, whereas late-bloomers take longer. But at the end, both hold the same strength. Of course, this so-called "end" is merely the pinnacle for ordinary ninjas. Many in the ninja world stop progressing after reaching a certain level because they lack higher-level training methods. And what Orochimaru seeks is the way to higher-level powers. In the distance, Naruto heard the sounds of an explosion and rushed over in a hurry. "Hey? Hinata, Pervy Sage! Why are you two fighting?" With Naruto's arrival, it wasn’t appropriate for Hinata to continue combating Jiraiya. She launched a final, powerful blow before quickly retreating. "Naruto, how do you know this pervy old man?" Hinata, filled with righteous indignation, warned, "Stick around this old pervert too long, and you’ll end up a bad influence!" Naruto scratched his head awkwardly, "Don’t be like that! Sure, Pervy Sage is...well...pervy, but he sure is powerful." Hinata didn't linger on the point. For Naruto, Jiraiya was much like an augmented grandfatherly figure guiding him. Naruto asked, "By the way, Hinata, what are you doing here?" Hinata, with a hint of mystery, replied, "Training, of course!" "Training!!!" Naruto was taken aback, hearing something so surprising. "Hinata, aren't you the one who's famous for 'getting stronger even while doing nothing'? Why are you here training?" Hinata, with a knowing smile, responded, "Because I've discovered a new way to train." "You discovered a new training method?" Naruto leaned in, filled with curiosity, "Hinata, can you tell me what this new training method is?" Jiraiya's interest was piqued. He had a basic understanding of the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist. Initially seeing Hinata, Jiraiya thought she was just going to bathe in the river. Who would have thought she was here to train? What kind of training method requires taking off clothes beforehand? Jiraiya was immensely curious. Perhaps he could teach Tsunade...