Chapter 4: Extra Screen Time!

Upon receiving the Character Inheritance, Hanabi immediately felt a series of moves appear in her mind.

“So that’s how it is. The Five-Star Character Cards grant potential, but the Four-Star Purple Character Cards grant techniques and moves directly.”

Compared to [Jingliu] and [Sparkle], the [Mai Shiranui] character card essentially packaged the entire Shiranui Style for Hanabi.

Windmill Collapse, Dream Sakura, Flower Butterfly Fan, Dragon Flame Dance, Super Deadly Ninja Bee…

One by one, these moves appeared in Hanabi’s mind.

Mai Shiranui comes from Fatal Fury and shines brilliantly in the The King of Fighters series. However, the so-called Shiranui Style ninjutsu is somewhat lacking in the world of Naruto. It’s fine in the early stages, but useless later on. Moreover, these moves still require time to practice. Simply put, it’s at the level of “theoretically understood.”

Apart from this, the Mai Shiranui character card also provided some bonuses:

[When character positioning is related to Ninja, Attention +5%]

When wearing this outfit, there is also an attribute that increases Fire Style power. These are all usable.

After all, she is a ninja, and this outfit can be worn directly as “undergarments” beneath her clothes, making this “Fire Style Power” basically a permanent passive skill.

“However, these flashy skills are actually quite nice.”

Perhaps in the eyes of “meta-gamers,” the power of Shiranui Style ninjutsu is indeed average, or even just for show, but Hanabi was quite optimistic about it.

What is the most important thing on the Dimensional Stage?

Popularity!

Flashy moves might not be practical, but they look good!

Being flashy isn’t scary; what’s wanted is that very flashiness.

Moreover, the Shiranui Style isn’t completely useless; at the very least, it’s a technique capable of participating in the King of Fighters tournament.

And that “One-Click Outfit Change,” that’s simply a genius skill, okay!

Hanabi had also looked into the so-called [Attention].

[Attention] is not just a simple numerical value. On one hand, it’s something like an evaluation; the higher the attention, the easier it is to attract the audience. It’s akin to “reference scores for mock exams.”

On the other hand, [Attention] seems related to the acquisition of [Popularity Points]. For example, with no attention, Hanabi might get 100 Popularity Points, but with around 65% Attention, Hanabi could get 165 points. If the Attention could reach 1000%, then Hanabi could get 1100 Popularity Points.

So when it comes to attention, higher is better.

As for the remaining Popularity Points, Hanabi saved them for now and didn’t buy Camera Cards. She still had some Camera Cards left anyway, and up to this point in the story, there wasn’t really a place where she needed to “leech” screen time yet.

Silently putting on the fox mask, Hanabi thought about the situation ahead.

As a “Secondary Supporting Character,” it isn’t easy to turn the tide of fate. One needs to lay foreshadowing like a snake in the grass to shake “Fate.” Hanabi hated following the script step-by-step; she liked the unknown grand stage of fate. But her current abilities were limited, so she could only push forward one step at a time.

According to the upcoming “plot,” it should be the graduation exam, and then Naruto being tricked into stealing the Scroll of Seals because he failed the exam.

For Hanabi, the scroll itself didn’t matter. She could do without the Scroll of Seals, but she absolutely had to leech some screen time!

After practicing the Transformation Jutsu, Iruka didn’t continue the class because the graduation exam was coming up soon. Exams are always like this; it’s basically very relaxed right before the test.

The unluckiest one was Naruto, who was taken by Iruka to clean the Hokage Rock.

“Um, Hanabi, shall we go back together?” Hinata came up to her timidly.

“No problem, Elder Sister~”

The current series screen was black and white, meaning it wasn’t broadcasting. But this seemed like an opportunity.

Hanabi directly used a Daily Camera Card.

Sure enough, Hanabi’s image appeared on the series.

However, this wasn’t a live broadcast, but a “flashback” to when Hinata invited her to go home together.

[Long black straight hair, it’s long black straight hair again!]

[Her pupils are white, huh!]

[Mind your own business about 2D matters.JPG]

[Kyon, tree, subtitles.]

[As long as she looks good, it counts as long black straight hair.]

[Hanabi’s “Elder Sister,” my bones went soft~]

Subtitles rolled by string after string.

The screen in front only cut to Hanabi and Hinata leaving the school after replaying Hinata’s invitation.

Hanabi was wearing the [Performance Costume] produced by the Stage. This red Furisode kimono was very beautiful and photogenic, but walking in it was very slow; the tight hem was comparable to a hobble skirt, forcing Hanabi to take very small steps.

At such a slow speed, an average person would probably have died of impatience long ago, but Hinata walked beside Hanabi very patiently.

If someone who knew the inside story were here, they would probably be surprised too, but not because Hanabi walked too slowly. Rather, they would be surprised that Hanabi, who had no vision, was walking just like a normal person.

– Hanabi truly could not see.

Jingliu’s black gauze blindfold did indeed bring improvements to perception and cultivation speed, but it also truly blocked her sight.

Therefore, in daily life, Hanabi would continuously refine chakra in small amounts and then spread it into the surrounding space like a trickling stream. Combined with the enhanced perception from the Blindfold of Vision, she could sense the surrounding conditions.

This was also part of her training for chakra control and perception.

Of course, this was only possible with the premise of having Jingliu’s token. However, the other people in Konoha Village didn’t think there was any problem. In their eyes, although Hanabi didn’t have the Byakugan, her own talent was still very strong. This was a successful example of Hanabi establishing a genius persona.

As for Byakugan training, that naturally existed too. For instance, at this very moment, Hanabi’s Shadow Clone was training in the “Forest of Death” training ground.

[They say they’re sisters, but it looks more like a young miss and her attendant.]

[The older sister is also very pretty, just dressed a bit plainly.]

[Are your standards that high? Unlike you guys, I’m not picky at all, I want them both!]

The two walked silently for a while, and quite a few bullet comments flooded in.

“Um, Hanabi. Do you really want to be a ninja?” Hinata hesitated for a long time before finally gathering the courage to speak.

She had been very hesitant.

But at this moment, she finally summoned her courage.

“Of course,” Hanabi said.

“But your eyes…” Hinata’s voice lowered.

“That doesn’t matter. It doesn’t affect anything anyway. Rather, because I don’t have the ‘Byakugan,’ I won’t be targeted by others even when I’m outside~”

Hinata lowered her head: “It’s all because of me…”

[What’s the situation?]

[Our Hanabi can’t really be blind, right?]

[Seems like it was caused by an incident?]

[So what if she can’t see, 2B-neesan’s blindfold is also a moe point!]

[By the way, if Miss Hanabi has no eyes, can I use…]

[??? When I type a question mark, it means not that I have a problem, but that YOU have a problem!]

[Drag this pervert away, quick!]

[No, wait, how did it veer off to this? Didn’t you guys read the dialogue? This Byakugan seems to have some special ability.]

[I want to see Miss Hanabi use the Byakugan on me, hehehe~]

The goofy audience brought plenty of joy, and another few hundred Popularity Points for Hanabi.

Hanabi also noticed that it seemed the more bullet comments and interactions there were, the higher the popularity.

So Hanabi decided to add some spice and test further.

“It’s not Elder Sister’s fault~”

Hanabi grabbed Hinata’s hand, interlacing their fingers.

“It was Hanabi who wanted to protect Elder Sister~”

As Hanabi spoke, she used her other hand to move the mask away from her face, then reached out to lift Hinata’s long hair.

“The long hair Elder Sister kept for me looks very beautiful too. Because I said I liked Elder Sister with long hair, Elder Sister hasn’t cut her hair since that time, right~”

Hanabi grabbed the tips of Hinata’s hair and touched them to her own cheek.

There was still the scent of shampoo on it.

“Just as Elder Sister is willing to do this for me, I can do anything for Elder Sister too~”

[Sisters Oyakodon! Sisters Oyakodon! Sisters Oyakodon!]

[It’s don (bowl), not don (well/hole).]

[Yuri fans uninvited but present!]

[So flirtatious, Lady Hanabi is the best!]

[I need to see a doujin of the Hyūga sisters right now!]

[I’m satisfied.]

[Nothing special (pulls up pants).]

Popularity was still shooting up, so Hanabi decided to go a step further.

“Oh my?”

However, Hinata could hold on no longer. Her entire face flushed red, and she transformed into a “Steam Princess” before fainting.

The Camera Card had run out, and the screen switched to Naruto cleaning the Hokage Rock, continuing the “Ninja Road.”

“Looks like I’ll have to leave it for tomorrow. Although it was lively, the popularity given seems less than when I was with Naruto. Could it be that it’s easier to gain Popularity Points when with the ‘Protagonist’?”

After this round, Hanabi harvested nearly two thousand Popularity Points; she now had 7,000 Popularity Points.

“Guess that’s it for today. I’ll make my appearance again during the Scroll of Seals incident~”

Hanabi picked up Hinata in a princess carry and headed towards home.

Kyon, tree, subtitles: A reference to the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, specifically a scene involving the character Kyon and a tree, often cited when asking for context or subtitles (explanation) for a confusing scene.

2B: The protagonist of the game NieR: Automata, known for wearing a blindfold.

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