I no longer feel that the world is so gray.

-Tomorrow-

I find myself eating ramen in the dining room.

'Damn the one who said that he could live on ramen'

After eating I leave my house and head towards the school while looking at the peaceful landscape.

'These days have been quiet'

It's been a few days since I had my fight with Satsuki.

After he left my house after losing his bet, he has never bothered me again, which makes me feel strange.

'I hope he's not planning anything against me'

With this thought I keep walking towards the academy.

...

After leaving the academy I head towards my place where I always train.

...

'Then I'm going to try my new ability but how do you activate it?'

Just like my haki. I do not feel anything.

'It has to be activated somehow'

Then I start approving.

'...'

I put my concentration to try to concentrate energy in my hand.

After a few tries I still don't feel any change.

So I try several different ways like meditating, hitting, etc.

But no matter the method, I still can't get my hand tough.

I feel irritated.

I'm hitting the trunk.

'why doesn't it come out'

'Every time I have a new ability it becomes unusable'

Due to my anger I accidentally let out my chakra.

When my fist hits the wood I feel a different sensation go through my fist.

Then I realize that the chakra concentrates itself on my skin as if it were a normal thing.

"That right now..."

I concentrate the chakra on my finger again, and then I see that it turns partially dark.

Then I realize that my ability was partially activated.

'Impossible, why did my hardening activate with chakra?'

It shouldn't be like that, the skills of the pirate world shouldn't be working with the power system of the ninja world or maybe I'm missing something?

It's not that I haven't tried to activate my haki using my chakra but those times it didn't work so I figured pirate world skills shouldn't work with chakra.

'I seem to be ignoring a point'

So I decide to try the skill with more chakra.

I concentrate my chakra at the tip of my finger.

I see my finger visibly turn dark.

"It costs chakra to maintain but it shouldn't be a problem to maintain it in a fight"

That is of course if I keep it on my finger but I don't think my enemy will be waiting for my attack to get close so this skill should work as a surprise attack.

"Then I must test how effective this skill is"

I walk towards a tree where this time I focus my chakra on my knuckles.

So I hit with a normal force.

*blow*

After taking a hit I realize something.

"Didn't do much damage"

I think if I gave it without hardening my skin it would do more damage.

Then the assumption that I had inside my mind became true, the damage that the pirates do is pure haki.

So why do they harden their skin if this is the case?

Something for which I will not get an answer at this time, perhaps in the future.

"Yes or if I have to have haki if I want to have more attack power"

It seems I had high expectations.

"Well then it should give me defense if it's not attack right?"

I quickly put it to the test.

I take out a kunai and concentrate the chakra on my finger.

Without much thought, he nailed the kunai to my finger.

*clink*

And indeed the kunai bounces.

With this now I have something with which I can defend myself.

"Well, with this I can definitely have more chances to win"

But now the last problem would remain.

"Chakra"

In the course of testing my skills I have realized that when I hit the tree and cut myself with the kunai my chakra was consumed faster as a sign of the impact they received.

Then I would not only spend chakra on maintaining my hardening but also when attacking or defending with it.

*sigh*

"Then using my long-term hardening would not be a long-term solution because I don't kill my enemy in that time I will be a fish on the cutting board"

One problem is solved and another appears.

*sigh*

"a pity"

Then I realize that the sky is already getting dark.

"It's getting late, I better go"

Although the result is not what I expected, I am satisfied with them.

Compared to the other skills the system gave me, hardening is very weak but in terms of utility it is better than the others.

"Now what remains to be done is wait to see if the system gives me something to increase my chakra..."

*sigh*

Although my main problems have not been resolved I think they are lightening up a bit...

"Then I'll go to sleep because I'm very sleepy"

Then Yubeng starts to walk towards Konoha through the forest without knowing that in destination he has many unruly plans that includes him.

-next day-

*yawn*

I'm in the middle of class while yawning.

Despite having rested yesterday I still feel sleepy but my mood is better than yesterday.

Then he turned to look at the Uchiha brothers.

Satsuki is quietly with her eyes closed.

'She's very calm'

In the whole class he has never given me a look, as if I didn't exist.

It seems like everything we went through before never happened.

Right now I feel confused.

'Maybe it's the calm before the storm?'

I start to ramble a couple of nonsense and the conclusion I'm coming to is:

'A woman's mind is complicated'

Well, if something happens we will know in the future.

Then he stopped looking at her to concentrate on the class and then he heard Naraku muttering.

"...Is Tenten's term over yet?...(muttering)"

Then suddenly I am transfixed by what I just heard.

'I didn't hear wrong, did you say that Tenten menstruates?'

Isn't that too premature?