The light arrows that used to dissipate after 30 meters when instantly fired could now reach 40 meters.
The condensation time for long-distance Chakra Arrows was also greatly reduced.
He went to the backyard; since the yard wasn't 40 meters long, he didn't test the light arrows.
Instead, he started testing his Chakra control ability.
He used the Water Release: Water Wall from his last experiment again.
This time, he could reduce the original four seals of the Water Release: Water Wall to three.
And it wouldn't slow down the casting speed.
With his current control ability, if he completed all four seals, the speed of releasing the Ninjutsu would be much faster than before.
However, his reduction of hand seals was different from the Second Hokage's.
He relied purely on high Chakra control ability, replacing the guidance of one seal with mental operation.
Whereas the Second Hokage mostly used his unparalleled talent to optimize one seal that guided one Chakra route...
...into one seal guiding two Chakra routes.
This was also why he could teach the simplified Water Wall to Maruboshi Kosuke.
After all, Maruboshi Kosuke didn't have Chakra control as terrifying as the Second Hokage's.
Afterwards, he tried the hand seals for C-rank Ninjutsu.
For something like Water Clone Technique, he could now reduce the original three seals to one.
If released with one hand, he could cast it using two one-handed seals.
After confirming the boundaries of his abilities once more, Aokawa was in high spirits.
Just as he was about to return to his room...
...his grandmother's voice came over.
"I knew it was you, you little brat, wasting the water."
He turned around and saw that his grandmother had also come to the backyard at some point.
She was pointing at the empty water vat and the water stains on the ground, looking at him angrily.
"You're so big and still playing with water; last time you wasted all my water too."
As she spoke, his grandmother picked up a bamboo stick, preparing to hit Aokawa.
"Ahhh..." Aokawa cried out as he dodged repeatedly.
"Grandma, I'm practicing Ninjutsu!"
"You're still lying, trying to trick an illiterate old lady like me? What Ninjutsu does our Hyuga Clan practice?"
His grandmother said as she raised the bamboo stick again.
"Grandma, look!"
Aokawa quickly used the water stains on the ground to release a small water curtain for his grandmother to see.
Seeing the water on the ground form a continuously rotating water curtain under her grandson's control...
...the old lady's anger slowly dissipated, and she lowered the raised bamboo stick.
"Then remember to fill the water vat for me."
"No problem."
"What do you want to eat tonight? Grandma will go prepare the ingredients."
Seeing her grandson practicing hard, the old lady showed her doting side again.
"No need, Grandma!"
Hyuga Fū was still waiting at the Hospital.
If he waited for his grandmother to finish cooking and then ate...
...then went out to buy food for him, Hyuga Fū would have to wait a long time.
Aokawa quickly shook his head and said, "Grandma, I want to eat out tonight."
"Eating out again? Which place are you going to?"
The old lady pursed her lips, looking displeased.
"Uh, the sushi place next to the bathhouse!"
Aokawa just made up a shop.
"Oh my, that place isn't hygienic. I heard the owner blows his nose and doesn't wash his hands before making sushi."
"Then I won't go there."
Aokawa shuddered at his grandmother's words.
"I'll go buy some buns then."
"Grandma can make buns for you. Who knows what kind of lymph meat they use in those buns outside? You can't eat that."
"Then I'll have fried chicken, okay?"
"That oil is all old oil, they never change it..."
"Alright, alright, Grandma."
Aokawa interrupted the old lady's "spellcasting."
"Grandma, just let me go out and eat once, okay?"
Under her grandson's coaxing, the old lady finally softened.
"Fine, but don't come back too late, okay?"
"Don't worry, Grandma."
Aokawa prepared to go back to his room to change clothes.
"You're going out before you've even filled the water for me."
His grandmother looked at him unhappily.
"You father and son have no memory; I always have to tell you to do something three or four times."
"Oh, Grandma, I'll do it right away."
After Aokawa filled the water vat he had wasted...
...he changed his clothes and went out.
Walking on the street, Aokawa looked at the various delicacies on both sides.
There was such a dazzling array that he really didn't know what to eat.
Suddenly.
He saw a small shop ahead that was very conspicuous.
He walked over to take a look.
Ichiraku Ramen!
Aokawa's eyes lit up.
This is it!
Last time, he had wanted to try this ramen place that Naruto was always thinking about.
But he didn't get to eat it.
This time, he had to give it a good try.
"Little Ninja, what kind of ramen would you like?"
Ichiraku greeted him warmly.
Aokawa looked at the various flavors of ramen and was about to speak.
His peripheral vision suddenly caught a familiar figure sitting in a corner seat behind the curtain.
He turned his head and found that it was actually Hinata Ayane.
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