The world in the morning was chilly, but it did not prevent the two children to meet in the forest that was filled with dew.
"Lee, you are early! Were you not tired from last night's training?" Neji really admired the hard working Rock Lee. It was embarrassing for him, but also help him work harder. Being a genius is not a everything, you have to work hard to achieve something.
"I always wake up very early in the morning to take a jog, then return home to eat breakfast. So... what should we do next?" said Lee, it was evident from his eyes that he was happy to take such a good compliment.
"This is the one I got from my family's dojo! Behold... the weights that will help you achieve greatness!" Neji put the bag on the ground and opened it. Inside was what he said it was, weight bars made of unknown material. Don't underestimate them because they look ed the size of Snickers, each of these had 5 kgs. in them. And Neji brought twelve of them, meaning, 3 in each foot with a total of 15 kgs in each leg.
"We are going to wear this in our everyday life, and I will only allow you to remove them when taking a bath! With these weight, we can further improve our control of chakra. It could also strengthen our body, improve explosive speed and strength of our legs." stated Neji seriously.
"Okay!" Lee also readily agreed. Last nights training removed any of his doubts against Neji, so he completely trusted him now. He can already do the tree climbing with 7 hours of arduous training. Meanwhile, Neji took only minutes, the gap was evident.
"Every time that you already adapted to these weights, you have to tell me so that I will add more. Understood?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Now let's go eat!" The sun was still not up, it was a perfect time for eating hot and spicy type ramen. "Don't worry about money, I got tonnes of them." It was his father's money from all the missions he completed and the money he got from his dad's sacrifice. It was just delivered this morning by a servant from the side family.
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Low key, it was the word that Neji always repeated to Lee every now and then in these 4 years.
"You have to hold back your strength when we spar with our trashy classmates. Never ever show or tell anyone of your strength, including the teachers or anyone who you are close with! Remember, being low key is the most important thing to do in order to survive in this world! You must be patient, you must learn how to control your emotions even when others are making fun of you! But don't worry, there will come a day when we will eventually show our strength to the world." These were the lines that Neji always reminded Lee.
In these 4 years, the only thing they did was go to school in the morning, and train after class every other day until they would pass out. There were even days that they passed out inside the forest only to wake up in the morning not knowing what happened. So they also had to move their training grounds on a much wider forest with a water running on it.
Neji also had to change his outfit in a loose clothes to cover the weights in his legs. Since it the went were not really large, not to mention he chose the smallest but had the right weight to them, only if you observe closely enough that you would notice it.
Insane amount of push ups, sit ups, kicks, punches, and the number of spars that they did. The number of Shurikens and Kunai's thrown by them was also innumerable. There was also the weights on their legs that kept increasing almost every three weeks. Right now, they have almost 500 hundred kilograms on each of their legs, with Lee having over 500 hundred in each of his legs. And although they couldn't put weights on their hands, there was a glove especially made for the hands.
In the aspects of physical improvement, Neji had no doubt that Lee had a greater achievement. That was also due to the fact that there were many places Neji had to improve in.
He had the byakugan, Gentle Fist, and techniques that he learned through spying on the main family's training called the Eight Trigrams Revolving Hevean and many others. It was only possible to learn fast because he had the system to record, analyze and calculate. Thanks to the system, they also created a suitable Leg Art that perfectly complimented the Gentle Fist, so he called it Gentle Steps. Both techniques complimented each other that both techniques reached the 5 stars Violet Level.
Also, with the improvement of Lee, his levels also increased exponentially. It was like a bug because every time he defeated Lee in an a spar, the system would give him Exp. He was also pretty sure he had the chakra reserves of an average chunin thanks to all the physical training and mental improvement the byakugan provided.
As for Lee, with the help of Neji and the system, his fighting style was even more polished. He relied mainly on explosive speed and power. But every time they sparred, Lee would always lose. He had to remove his limiters just to be able to beat Neji. The loses motivated him very much that he started increasing the weights on his legs and hands, he even used weight sandals to train every day.
They had the physical strength that could rival an adult, and strangely enough, their bodies didn't really bulge like the bodies of body builder's, but they had toned muscles that would make anyone envy it's beauty. And this was thanks to the system, helping them to update their status and making sure that their bodies are in perfect health.
Regarding Lee's inability to mould chakra into a jutsu, they just couldn't figure it out. He had great amount of chakra, but it was wasted because he had no talent in molding it. This drove Lee to work even harder.
Status:
Name: Hyuga Neji (Human)
Level: 27 (Exp: 44,000/116,000) (Level 1-10: 100 Exp--- Level 10-20: 200 Exp--- Level 20-30: 300 Exp and so on)
Bloodline: Byakugan - Categorized as a Unique Eye Bloodline. The Hosts current domain is 500 meters. The host can now see the tenketsu of the target.
Skills: The host is needed to train these skills without the help of the
System's Calculation Feature.
Chakra Control: 100% Mastery
Gentle Fist: 100% Mastery - Categorized as Fist Art of the 5 Star Violet Level
Insect Steps: 100% Mastery - Categorized as a Leg Art of the 5 Star Violet Level. It was a technique created by the host so it is already mastered. It compliments the Gentle Fist raising raising it in a level. Can only be described as stable and explosive.
Eight Trigrams; Palm Rotation: 100% Mastery - It can be called an absolute defense. Derived from the Gentle Fist.
Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms: 100% Mastery - With the stable and Explosive power of the Insect Steps, the required momentum is half of the original.
Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms: 100% Mastery
Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms: 100% Mastery
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Proficiency Skills: Can only increase the Proficiency by following the
instruction of the system.
Hidden Weapon: 100% mastery - Everything will hit the intended target as long as it is not evaded or parried, It only works when using shuriken and kunai. Every mastered hidden weapon will be added here.
Needle Throw: 25% mastery - Hit the intended target 60 times to increase mastery by 5%
Clone Technique: 100% Mastery
Transformation Jutsu: 100% Mastery
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With stats like this, even if he had a low chakra reserves, Neji could probably beat a jonin. And if he released all his limiters, killing them instantly is not a problem. How is that possible? Hitting a tenketsu in the head could instantly kill a man, so don't underestimate the Byakugan.
"I guess, it's about time for me to try learning ninjutsu. It's also about time to meet Itachi and Shisui or else my future plans would get screwed." Neji murmured to himself.
There's still 2 years remaining before the Uchiha Massacre will occur. He needed to stop Itachi and prevent Danzo from getting Shisui's eye.
"I guess It is also about time to graduate. Should be enough to prove that I have decent ability if I graduate at the age of 8, haha." He chuckled a little as he went to the direction of the Uchiha Clan.