Chapter 2: Experimenting with Skills

Even though Yue Yan was dying to complain, he still went ahead and claimed his newbie grand gift package.

After integrating the Super Newbie Body Constitution, Yue Yan could clearly feel that his originally weak body had become stronger, and even the feeling of hunger was not as obvious.

As for the Pikachu Template, after the integration, Yue Yan also learned that he could randomly obtain four skills that Pikachu could use.

Yue Yan looked at the randomly obtained skills with great anticipation.

Discharge, High-Speed Movement, Thunderbolt, and... Iron Tail?

The first three were quite reasonable and should be quite useful in battle. But what was this Iron Tail? He was a human being and didn't have a tail. Did he have to ram the enemy with his butt? He'd probably make the enemy laugh to death before he could defeat them.

Forget it. Since he had obtained the system and the newbie grand gift package, Yue Yan decided to fill his stomach first.

After simply cooking as sumptuous a meal as possible, Yue Yan couldn't wait to start eating.

Perhaps due to the Super Newbie Body Constitution, Yue Yan swept away enough food for a whole family. Although he was no longer hungry, he still felt like he could keep eating.

But for the sake of his future life, Yue Yan thought that since he wasn't hungry, there was no need to eat more. After all, he had no source of income at the moment.

Although having a big appetite was an adorable trait, it was usually for girls. If it was a rough-and-tough guy... Well, Yue Yan admitted that he really didn't look the part of a rough-and-tough guy. Maybe having a big appetite could also be considered an adorable trait for him.

Shaking his head to bring his wandering thoughts back, Yue Yan opened the treasure chest he got from killing the fish.

After a flash of light, two cubes about four centimeters in side length with colorful patterns appeared in Yue Yan's palm.

Energy Cubes: Can be used as food for Pokémon, providing energy and slightly enhancing their constitution.

After browsing the information in his mind, Yue Yan was a bit speechless. Wasn't this the same thing as the Military Rations Pill in the Hokage world? And he wasn't a Pokémon. What use did he have for these things?

But smelling the alluring fragrance from the Energy Cubes, Yue Yan instinctively swallowed his saliva.

This stuff smells quite good. Should he give it a try?

Once this thought emerged, it took root in Yue Yan's mind. In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation and ate one Energy Cube.

The texture of the Energy Cube was between that of jelly and gummy candy, very elastic. After chewing a few times, it was a magical and delicious blend of indescribable vegetable and meat flavors.

After swallowing it, Yue Yan could clearly feel the Energy Cube turn into a warm current, nourishing his body. He could also feel a sense of fullness.

Closing his eyes to feel the changes in himself, although it was very slight, he did become stronger.

Then Yue Yan couldn't hold back his urge to complain.

"So after integrating the Super Newbie Body Constitution, I've turned into a humanoid Pokémon just like Ash. Holy cow, I can get stronger just by eating!"

After learning that Energy Cubes not only filled his stomach but also made him stronger, Yue Yan didn't hesitate and ate the remaining Energy Cube.

He glanced at the time and found it was only a little past seven in the evening. Yue Yan decided to go to the nearest training ground to test his skills.

It had just been a short time since the end of the Second Shinobi World War. Many ninjas had just returned from the front lines and were eager to reunite with their families. There weren't many people on the training ground. Moreover, the training ground Yue Yan came to was quite secluded, so there was no one there at all.

However, this was just convenient for Yue Yan to test his skills.

Standing still on the open ground, Yue Yan felt Pikachu's skills. Different from the game, the skills were more like being engraved in his instincts.

As Yue Yan's eyes became serious, he lowered his body slightly and then suddenly rushed forward.

High-Speed Movement!

Since it was his first time using it, Yue Yan hadn't mastered it well. Although his speed did burst out briefly, his leg muscles suffered slight tears.

Previously, he had criticized his former self for practicing advanced ninjutsu without mastering it. Now, Yue Yan himself almost got injured because he hadn't mastered a skill. So he didn't dare to go all out at the beginning. He started to try little by little until he fully mastered it.

High-Speed Movement, a pure Gitai skill, and Discharge, a basic skill, were very easy to master. Yue Yan could fully master them after practicing a few times.

During the familiarization process, Yue Yan also found that releasing skills consumed chakra, perhaps due to localization.

He quickly stopped bothering about such trivial details and focused on his hands. With a thought, several dancing golden electric arcs Coiled Around his hands. As he controlled them, the golden electric arcs began to appear all over his body.

Except for the Thunderbolt skill, which he occasionally failed to master well and would make his hair stand up like an afro, he was quite satisfied with the current results.

Different from the Pokémon games or animations, as long as he mastered the skills, Yue Yan could use them at will. It was like a Kekkei Genkai and didn't require any hand seals at all. This would be a significant advantage in future battles. After all, in the early stages of a battle, even half a second could mean life or death.

Based on the Discharge skill and referring to the Lightning Armor of the Raikage clan, Yue Yan also initially developed a move that discharged electricity in his body to stimulate his muscles and thus increase his speed. Although it was very crude, it was quite practical.

After training for a while and further familiarizing himself with his skills, Yue Yan finally looked at the skill he least wanted to face, Iron Tail.

Yue Yan had already mentally prepared himself to ram into the enemy with his butt if he couldn't use this skill due to the lack of a tail. But when he went through it, he found that it wasn't as he imagined. Instead, this skill was quite normal.

Iron Tail was a move that covered the body with energy and attacked with the power of torsion.

The reason it's called Iron Tail is that the tails of ordinary Pokémon can be used as attack limbs. Moreover, since the tail is longer than other body parts, using it for an attack can actually pack a greater punch.

"Scared me to death. I thought I really had to use my butt to ram into enemies when using this move in the future. Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding."

As Yue Yan patted his chest and let out a sigh of relief, he also realized that Pokémon were, well, at least somewhat normal creatures. Skills worthy of the name must have been proven to be incredibly useful. He had just fallen into a misunderstanding by thinking from a human perspective.

He secretly vowed that no matter what skills he randomly obtained in the future, he'd learn them first before doubting their usefulness. Otherwise, he'd be a real idiot.

Just as Yue Yan was practicing, two figures, one large and one small, approached.

"See, Guy? There's someone still training this late. This is youth!"

Hearing this, Might Guy excitedly hugged Might Duy, who had just spoken, and his words were equally excited.

"Right! Father, this is youth!"

"Guy, for the sake of youth, let's run around the training ground five hundred times. If we can't finish, we'll do six hundred leg kicks."

"No problem, Father!"

Yue Yan looked in the direction of the voices and spotted the large and small green bowl - cut hairstyles. With such obvious features and in this era, he recognized them as the father - son duo, Might Duy and Might Guy.

With his [Super Newbie Body Constitution] and [Energy Cubes], Yue Yan wondered if he could also learn the powerful forbidden technique - Eight Gates of Opening.

Just as Yue Yan was thinking this, the bowl - cut father - son duo gave him a thumbs up. Their white teeth glinted eerily in the moonlight.

"Young man, for the sake of youth, let's train together!"

Might Duy and Might Guy were both rather thick - skinned people. It was normal for them not to care about gender. And besides, Yue Yan was a guy anyway.

Yue Yan was taken aback when he didn't expect Might Duy to invite him. But after he came to his senses, he nodded and agreed. After all, it was still training, and he could also build a good relationship with the future King Guy. Why not?

"Sure, let's do it together."

Might Duy had just said it casually, but he didn't expect Yue Yan to accept the invitation. After all, other people would avoid him and Guy as if they were the plague when they saw them.

"Guy, this is youth!"

Two kelp - shaped tears streamed down Might Duy's face, and he hugged Might Guy and sobbed.

Might Guy also shed two kelp - shaped tears, and his words were extremely passionate.

"This is youth, Father. Our ninja way has finally been recognized."

Although it was obvious from the original story that these father - son two were a bit crazy, the sudden surge of excitement really gave Yue Yan quite a shock.

After crying for a while, Might Duy got all excited and dragged Yue Yan into training. Seeing this, Yue Yan didn't refuse.

Time quietly slipped by during the training. Might Duy was quite surprised to see Might Guy and Hongchi Yue Yan exhausted as if they were dead dogs. After all, running around the training ground five hundred times was really difficult for kids of this age.

Might Guy had trained for a long time before, so he had a solid foundation. Moreover, it was the first time someone accompanied him in training. Excited, he gave an extraordinary performance. As for Hongchi Yue Yan, he managed to hold on entirely thanks to his Super Newbie Body Constitution.

Not knowing this, Might Duy sincerely praised, "Young man, apart from Guy, you're the most perseverant and hard - working person I've ever seen. I believe you'll achieve great things in the future. The sweat of youth will never let down those who are willing to give their all. Come on, I'm rooting for you!"

"Thanks, uncle. I'm Hongchi Yue Yan."

"I'm Might Duy, and this is my son, Might Guy. Let's train hard for youth from now on."

Seeing Might Duy still full of enthusiasm, Hongchi Yue Yan forced out a couple of awkward laughs.

Glancing at the moon high in the sky, Hongchi Yue Yan realized it was getting late. After saying goodbye to Might Duy and his son, he dragged his exhausted body and planned to go back to rest.

On the way home, the powerful recovery ability of the Super Newbie Body Constitution was restoring the fatigue in Hongchi Yue Yan's body and the injuries caused by his first high - intensity workout, ensuring that he wouldn't have all sorts of hidden injuries due to over - training.

Just having traveled to the dangerous ninja world, since he already had a way to become stronger, Hongchi Yue Yan had to work hard to become powerful in order to survive. He didn't want to be trapped by the Infinite Tsukuyomi in the future and end up becoming a White Zetsu.

Don't even mention that Naruto and Sasuke would save the world later. People who pin their hopes of survival on others are just fools.

Moreover, now that there was a possibility of becoming stronger, he definitely wouldn't live as an ordinary civilian. Instead, he would enter the ninja school and finally become a Genin. By then, when the Third Ninja World War, a meat grinder, started, he would surely go to the battlefield.

Hongchi Yue Yan hadn't forgotten that Obito Uchiha was calculated by Madara Uchiha at this time and became the big bad boss behind the scenes.

So Hongchi Yue Yan's next and most urgent goal was to become strong enough to protect himself in the war.

But with the system, after getting home and lying in bed, Hongchi Yue Yan still couldn't help daydreaming. He imagined himself becoming a winner in life, punching the Otsutsuki and kicking Kaguya Otsutsuki, and having beautiful women in his arms.

"Eheh..."