Wok Shadow Ninja

Chapter 8: Family Secret Technique

"I'm home." Putting down her bag and placing her shoes at the entrance, Ino stepped inside.

A very ordinary family atmosphere. Her father, Yamanaka Inoichi, was like a retired cadre, earnestly reading a book called "How to Communicate with Your Daughter", frowning and thinking from time to time. After Ino entered, this Konoha's number one intelligence leader immediately put the book under the cushion and picked up the newspaper on the table, pretending to read it.

Her mother, Yamanaka Rino, was methodically preparing dinner.

Ino changed her clothes and went to help. Soon dinner was ready, and the family, adhering to the ancient motto of "no talking while eating", sat around the table and finished dinner quietly.

Yamanaka Rino began to clear the dishes. Yamanaka Inoichi opened his mouth several times, seemingly wanting to say a few words to his daughter, make some small talk, and show his concern, but with his quiet personality, he simply didn't know what to say.

Having nothing to say wasn't due to the butterfly effect brought by the transmigrator, but rather that their father-daughter pair was inherently not good at communication.

The Nara family had the same problem. The renowned strategist Nara Shikaku also didn't know how to communicate with his son, who had an IQ of 200. Father and son had no topics to chat about, and could only pass the time playing shogi.

At least they could play shogi over there. The Yamanaka family's problem was more serious.

Usually at this time, Ino would generally drop a line like "I'm going to study" or "I'm going to practice chakra", then go back to her room to work hard. Her father and mother would encourage her a couple of times, and the day would be over.

Today was different from usual. Ino was still a little excited about her 7 points in "Ninjutsu". This level of ninjutsu comprehension and talent was completely sufficient for learning some low-level ninjutsu.

"Um..." she hesitated.

Yamanaka Inoichi immediately looked over, speculating in his heart, but on the surface, he still had a smile on his lips, as if encouraging his daughter to speak freely about anything.

Ino scratched her head: "Um... I sparred with the heiress of the Hyuga family today. Hinata's taijutsu is so amazing, it seems to be a family-inherited taijutsu? Does our family also have something similar?"

The Yamanaka family definitely didn't have any taijutsu inheritance. Yamanaka Inoichi, such a refined and quiet man, if you made him yell "Konoha Whirlwind" or something, the style would collapse.

Ino was thinking about the family's secret technique. It was originally said that she would start practicing after graduation. Today, she had a few rounds of playful sparring with Hinata and found that despite having relatively high stats, she lacked corresponding techniques and had no advantage in combat. Now she wanted to quickly learn the family's secret technique.

Haruno Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten from the previous class, as the four female ninjas among the Rookie Twelve, in the original timeline, Ino was basically at the bottom in terms of strength, seemingly the most useless, making the Yamanaka family's secret technique appear to be falsely renowned.

Actually, the Yamanaka family's secret technique wasn't that weak. Facing Uchiha Obito with a Rinnegan on the left, a Mangekyou Sharingan on the right, Hashirama cells in his body, and the Ten-Tails connected behind him, Ino in the original timeline could make him dazed for a moment with the family secret technique. After receiving support from the Nine-Tails chakra, she could even forcibly control Obito. You know, Obito at this time, according to the power divisions in many fan works, was definitely at the super Kage level. The Yamanaka family's secret technique could control him, so it really wasn't weak.

The reason for not learning it before was that her "Ninjutsu" stat was low. If her learning progress was slow, she wouldn't appear to be a genius, which would affect her subsequent learning plans.

Only after having enough confidence did she bring up this matter today.

Yamanaka Inoichi was a little surprised. He knew that his daughter had good aptitude, but she was afraid of hardship and fatigue, and wasn't persistent in doing things. Boys could be beaten or starved for two days if they didn't obey, but girls were different. The intelligence leader had worried about this a lot. Today was the first time his daughter had taken the initiative to ask to learn.

Initially, he was a little puzzled, feeling that his daughter's personality had changed a lot, but after hearing Hinata's name, he felt he understood.

It was very normal for girls to compare themselves with each other. You're learning family taijutsu? Then I can't lose either.

In charge of intelligence inside and outside the village, he knew very well what level Hyuga Hinata was at. It wasn't difficult to defeat her.

He pondered for a moment: "Our family isn't known for taijutsu. We specialize in secret techniques, hidden ninjutsu. If you want to defeat the heiress of the Hyuga family, it's actually not difficult, but it will take some time and require you to endure some hardship. Can you persevere?"

Yamanaka Inoichi wanted to know how determined Ino was this time. Could she persist in learning for three days?

He was afraid of hurting his daughter's sensitive and fragile self-esteem, so he spoke cautiously, carefully considering his words: "Your willingness to learn shows that you've really grown up, and Dad is very pleased. But I have to remind... no, warn? That's not right either... Um, let me explain something beforehand. The difficulty and danger level of our family's secret technique during cultivation are much higher than ordinary taijutsu and ninjutsu."

He also gave an example: "Actually, the Nara and Akimichi families also have secret techniques, but theirs are relatively simple and the effects aren't as good as our family's secret technique."

Yamanaka Inoichi didn't mean to belittle his old comrades. In the Ino-Shika-Chō trio, Ino came first. The Yamanaka family, in this two-hundred-year alliance, had often been in a leadership position.

The Akimichi family charged, the Nara family trapped the enemy, and the Yamanaka family delivered the decisive blow! This was the Ino-Shika-Chō's way of dominating the ninja world.

In terms of family secret techniques, the Yamanaka family's secret technique was also the most difficult to cultivate and had the most bizarre effects. This secret technique had extremely high requirements for the practitioner's aptitude, comprehension, and willpower.

Even though previous generations had practiced it countless times and had reduced the dangers along the way to a minimum, the Yamanaka family's secret technique still carried considerable risks during cultivation.

"The family secret technique requires extremely strong willpower and patience, and also an unyielding heart. You may need to cultivate this technique for three to five years, Ino. Are you ready?" Yamanaka Inoichi said earnestly.

Yamanaka Rino, who was at the side, silently cleared the dishes, not participating in the conversation between father and daughter.

Ino secretly pouted. This father really didn't know how to speak. Just draw a big pie and coax her a couple of times, wouldn't that be enough? Speaking so honestly, the Ino from the original world was probably dissuaded by your straightforward words, right?

Clearly knowing that the family secret technique was difficult, yet not cultivating it early?

Children didn't know the importance, but didn't you adults know either? This Inoichi was probably too doting on the original Ino.

If Ino had cultivated the family secret technique early, there's no way she would have tied with Haruno Sakura during the Chunin Exams! What did Haruno Sakura know before becoming Tsunade's apprentice? She knew nothing.

She asked the key question: "The family secret technique takes three to five years to cultivate?"

Inoichi didn't speak, just nodded.

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