After Uchiha Hazuki taught Izumi the method of Chakra extraction, Izumi found that she succeeded with ease, and for the first time, she felt Chakra.
"So this is Chakra! It seems very interesting!"
Izumi used her Sharingan to observe the circulation of the blue Chakra within her body, exclaiming at how miraculous it was.
Everyone possesses Chakra, but Ninja have more of it. If one can extract a large amount of Chakra, they can become a Ninja; otherwise, they cannot.
Her mother was overjoyed to see Izumi perceive Chakra so quickly, hugging her and spinning her around. After all, with such good aptitude, and the ability to protect herself once she became a Ninja, her mother could finally rest assured.
She told Izumi to practice diligently, promising to give her all of her father's Ninjutsu scrolls once she grew stronger.
"Yes!" Izumi eagerly agreed.
That night, Izumi lay awake in bed, unable to sleep. She hadn't expected to possess two such powerful bloodlines; it was truly unexpected.
No wonder Uchiha Izumi awakened her Sharingan at five years old in the original story, and by thirteen, she already had a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, excelling in Taijutsu.
Izumi sat up from her bed and said, "No, I must start cultivating immediately! Although these past few days have been exhausting, for the sake of my future, I must work hard! Just having Chakra isn't enough; I need other powers. This Divine Ink should be my golden finger; I must utilize it!"
"Before the Uchiha Clan massacre, I must possess enough power to protect myself and my mother!"
Since awakening her memories, her soul had grown much stronger, and she had a thorough understanding of her internal condition, even being able to perceive it.
Izumi tried to control the mass of black Divine Ink within her body.
Since the Divine Ink had already turned into liquid and integrated into her body, she also tried to use it.
In Izumi's perception, the mass of black Divine Ink within her body began to flow through her meridians and circulate throughout her entire body under her control.
Izumi opened her eyes and exclaimed, "It really works! How interesting."
Izumi immediately continued to try using the Divine Ink, feeling that this power would make her even stronger.
Her originally blue Chakra, after being imbued with the ink, transformed into a black ink-wash Chakra, circulating throughout her entire body.
Izumi stood up from her bed, observing her body with her Sharingan, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, black Chakra flowing through all my meridians—it's too strange! But what's the use of this ability? And my Chakra reserves seem quite large."
Izumi thought for a moment, then slapped her palm with her chubby fist, realizing, "Right, speaking of ink, isn't that for writing and drawing!"
She picked up the brush on the table and tried to write with the ink inside her body.
"After my Chakra is stained by my ink, I can use my Chakra smoothly, feeling no obstruction at all. I remember that controlling Chakra in the original story seemed very difficult, but now it's so easy—this is too miraculous."
Izumi watched as her Chakra was manipulated, forming strange shapes in her hand, and she tried for a long time.
Finally, she picked up the brush, let Chakra attach to it, and began to draw on the paper.
The pristine brush, though devoid of ink, still produced black drawings on the paper, and these markings even bore traces of Chakra.
Izumi clapped her hands happily, exclaiming excitedly, "This is great! It seems this is my cheat! I already know what my power can do."
A few days later, Izumi and her mother packed their belongings and arrived at the Uchiha Clan's new compound, a secluded corner of the Village.
She looked at the surrounding buildings, which were identical to those used for surveillance in the anime, and scoffed.
After all, no one likes to be constantly monitored, and this surveillance would continue indefinitely. What was even worse was the possibility of the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan monitoring them.
The thought of the Byakugan's x-ray vision made Izumi instinctively hug herself. After all, having become a woman, being spied on would always be uncomfortable, even if she was currently a five-year-old girl.
She and her mother met with Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head, and some elders. After receiving their approval, Izumi and her mother moved into their new home.
Izumi looked at the decent two-story house with a large yard and nodded, quite satisfied.
After living there for some time, Izumi also became familiar with her Uchiha Clan neighbors. Initially, due to her mother marrying outside the clan, they were met with a certain degree of coldness and exclusion upon moving back. However, over time, her mother proved to be very easygoing, and their relationships became more harmonious.
Most of the Uchiha Clan members were handsome men and beautiful women, and while some had strong and peculiar tempers, they were generally approachable.
Waking up in the morning, Izumi stretched and said, "So comfortable! Much lighter!"
"Just a little more sleep." She habitually lay back on the bed, wanting to sleep in.
Suddenly, Izumi sat up.
"No!" Izumi thought, "I must train! I can't waste the morning by sleeping in!"
Izumi began practicing the boxing techniques she had learned in her previous life, which were very suitable for building a foundation.
This world also had many martial arts, such as the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist, which was similar to Baguazhang. However, their focus was on combining Chakra with their fist techniques for release and using the Byakugan for pinpointing Chakra points. Lee even knew Drunken Fist, and the Ōtsutsuki Clan even practiced Wing Chun.
It could be said that almost everything used in Naruto was a combination of Chinese or foreign cultures.
After completing a round of her boxing forms, Izumi found that practicing in this world felt even more natural and intuitive. No, it was more accurate to say that after Izumi merged with the Divine Ink, her mind and body had become significantly more agile and powerful.
Izumi stretched a bit, then prepared to eat.
During this time, Izumi had been continuously practicing Chakra extraction, its application, and diligently cultivating her boxing techniques.
"Izumi, I've brought you what you wanted. It was right there in your father's scrolls." Uchiha Hazuki took out a scroll and handed it to Izumi.
Izumi jumped off the bed, took the scroll from her mother's hand, and eagerly began to examine it.
"My father's sealing jutsu for storing items."
Izumi picked up a brush and, using Chakra, copied the diagram.
"I'll try." Izumi formed the hand seals and found that it really worked. Unlike others who needed to carefully maintain and adjust their Chakra to create talismans, she only needed to draw it with Divine Ink Chakra.
She jumped up excitedly.
However, because the drawing was irregular, the jutsu quickly collapsed, but Izumi was still very satisfied.
"To be able to create it so easily is fantastic."
She thought of Exploding Tags, sealing jutsus, and other talismans.
However, these required her to fully master them, so a large amount of practice was necessary.
So, every day, Izumi practiced drawing these talismans.
At this moment, Izumi held a brush, diligently drawing talismans, familiarizing herself with their abilities and structures. She had recently discovered that the spiritual energy she used for cultivation was natural energy, which was Sage Chakra. Knowing this, Izumi cultivated even more diligently.
After all, Sage Chakra was incredibly powerful; Naruto, Kabuto, and Senju Hashirama were all masters among masters.
Thinking of these things, Izumi instead put Chakra aside for a moment. Ninjutsu and such could wait until she started school to practice. Cultivating her body and improving her physique was the most important thing.
Izumi tested her Chakra nature with Chakra paper. The paper split into four parts: one section became wrinkled, one became wet, one crumbled, and one burned.
"Oh? All five natures? Oh, my goodness, I really am a genius! Hahaha..."
(Here, I also didn't quite understand whether each person's innate Chakra nature limited them to learning only that nature, or if everyone could learn all five natures: Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, and Lightning. The original story mentioned that every Jonin could perform two or more Chakra nature transformations, so it's a bit hard to comprehend. Thus, I wrote it as it's commonly understood.)
[ + 1 chapter, 20 Collection already! ]