Naruto: Reborn in Konoha, Starting with the Drop of Asura's Chakra

After obtaining the Ice Release and mastering the one-handed hand seal, Yagyu quickly rushed back to Konoha.

After all, Kurenai only gave Team 8 three days of rest.

Just like when he left, Yagyu returned to the village by using genjutsu to hypnotize the gatekeeping Chuunin, avoiding the registration process.

The next day, which was the third day of the holiday, Yagyu unusually didn't wake up for early training and instead took a break for himself.

In these past few days, Yagyu had started to feel a bit fatigued.

Though his two trips outside the village had been immensely rewarding, the monotonous hiking, tailing, and camping in the wild had been dull. Sometimes even finding a place to bathe was difficult.

Moreover, in this era, ninjas were still versatile tools—whether it was infiltrating enemy nations to steal intelligence, fighting enemies, or helping villagers take care of children and clean up trash.

No matter the world, earning money wasn't easy!

On this day, Yagyu decided to relax. Instead of reading or researching chakra's nature and changes at home, he went out for a stroll.

Since Sakura hadn't returned yet and Hinata couldn't easily go out, Yagyu didn't visit them. Instead, he arrived outside Ino's flower shop and secretly activated his Byakugan to check if Ino was helping out.

Seeing that Ino wasn't there, Yagyu gave up on the idea of visiting her and continued walking to clear his mind.

"Yagyu, long time no see, are you off today?"

"Yagyu-kun, long time no see, are you by yourself? Want to go on a date?"

"Yagyu-senpai, how's life as a Genin? Have you left the village?"

"…"

While wandering around, Yagyu encountered several classmates and juniors. They all greeted him enthusiastically.

Yagyu didn't ignore them but stopped and chatted patiently with them.

Among them were some girls who secretly admired Yagyu and invited him on dates, all of which Yagyu politely declined with a smile.

"Hmm?"

While passing by a certain shop, Yagyu suddenly stopped, his attention caught by a sign outside the store.

Upon reading the photo and text on the sign, Yagyu was both surprised and intrigued: "A film camera, this small?"

So, Yagyu walked into the shop and started talking to the owner.

"Boss, is that camera outside still in stock? Can I take a look?"

"Of course! You've got great taste, this is one of the most popular cameras in the ninja world right now."

Seeing Yagyu's ninja headband, the shopkeeper became very friendly. After all, in this era where technology hadn't exploded yet, ninjas were not only strong but also one of the wealthiest professions.

The owner immediately took out the small, compact film camera that could easily be held with one hand and handed it to Yagyu.

"It really is a small camera," Yagyu thought as he examined the camera.

When taking ID photos, photographers used large upright cameras. When Team 8 had their group photo, the photographer also used a large camera. Yagyu didn't expect that Konoha would have such small cameras on sale.

Thinking of the camera Sakura and the others used at the end of Shippuden, Yagyu couldn't help but ask, "Boss, does the ninja world have any cameras the size of a palm, with the entire body as a screen?"

The shopkeeper blinked and asked, "That kind of thing, is that really a camera?"

Well, it seemed that technology hadn't developed that far yet.

Not asking further, Yagyu inquired, "How much is this camera?"

"Special price: 98,888 ryo," the shopkeeper said, rubbing his hands together.

"That's a bit expensive. Can you lower the price?" Yagyu frowned slightly.

For C-rank missions, the reward ranged from 30,000 to 100,000 ryo, and after deductions from the village, the supervising Jounin, and teammates, Yagyu might not even see 10,000 ryo for lower-tier missions.

"I should've just robbed Kado before coming back," Yagyu thought regretfully.

"Customer, this is already the lowest price," the shopkeeper said with a smile.

"How about 88,888 ryo? It's a lucky number."

"Deal!"

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Looking at the shopkeeper's overly eager attitude, Yagyu couldn't help but feel like he'd been scammed.

But there was nothing he could do—after all, he had never been good at haggling in either his past or present life.

Yagyu reached into his pocket but secretly opened his space bag and took out the money stored inside. Knowing that Konoha would face many hardships in the future, Yagyu never kept valuable items in his home.

After buying the camera, Yagyu also purchased some film and, with the shopkeeper's enthusiastic goodbyes, left the store.

On the street, Yagyu fondly played with the camera.

With this, he could take pictures of Hinata and the others and document everyone's growth.

Thinking of this, Yagyu immediately left the shopping district and went to the wild to practice his photography skills.

"Yagyu-sensei"—or rather, "Yagyu-kun"—was officially launched!

The next day, the holiday ended.

Team 8 gathered at their usual spot as usual.

Next, they began their mundane D-rank missions.

Having experienced C-rank missions, Team 8 no longer found D-rank missions troublesome. These tasks, which involved helping villagers with trivial matters, were just tiring for a while.

But the escort missions, where they had to walk and remain constantly alert, with no place to bathe during breaks, were the truly exhausting ones.

At this moment, Shinobi Shino and Hinata both understood the importance of D-rank missions.

Without these simple tasks to sharpen their resolve, they would have struggled if they had jumped straight into C-rank missions after just becoming Genin.

Seeing that Team 8 had understood the significance of D-rank tasks, Kurenai smiled with satisfaction.

With such excellent students, she wasn't worried about competing against Kakashi and his team.

If she remembered correctly, the Chuunin Exams were soon approaching.

At that time, she would certainly make them regret underestimating her!

After the mission, Yagyu, as usual, invited Hinata to train together.

Having not seen Yagyu for several days, Hinata nodded quietly in agreement.

If she weren't so shy, she might have nodded as energetically as a chick pecking rice.

However, this time, Yagyu didn't immediately take Hinata back home. Instead, he took her to the abandoned training ground for an unsanctioned duel.

Yagyu first overwhelmed Hinata with his own strength, and then, to observe her recent progress, sent a shadow clone to fight her.

Meanwhile, the original Yagyu, who had taken out the film camera from somewhere, was taking pictures not far away.

It had to be said that the difference between Hinata in her normal state and Hinata in battle was like night and day.

The former was incredibly shy, while the latter exuded a bit of confidence, with a faint air of the "limited Tsukuyomi" kind of grace.

Due to the shadow clone's chakra being weaker and not being able to use many techniques, at first, Hinata and the clone were evenly matched, with victories on both sides.

But as the clone became more familiar with her combat style and found her weaknesses, Hinata started losing more often than winning.

In the following days, the shadow clone's chakra gradually decreased from being the same level as Hinata's to only two-thirds of her chakra, and even as low as half of hers.

Swish—

One day, after another victory by the shadow clone, the long-awaited red glow finally appeared in Hinata's body.

As the red orb automatically picked up and flew toward him, Yagyu didn't even need to look to know—this was the Bloodline Limit, the Byakugan!

The origin of all ocular jutsu had finally been unlocked!

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