CHAPTER 9 : EXPLORING MY KNOWLEDGE

After awakening my chakra, my father took me home and instructed me to rest while he went to the patriarch's house to inform him about my success. I was feeling very tired, as awakening chakra requires a tremendous amount of physical and mental energy, depleting my energy reserves. I hadn't paid much attention to it during the awakening process, but now I felt it more acutely.

After telling my mother about my situation and having her confirm it with her Byakugan, she immediately prepared some herbs and made me a nourishing soup. After that, she put me to bed to recover my energy, and that's how my important day passed.

The next day, my father arranged a meeting with the patriarch of the Hyuga family. It's customary for the elder's son to be checked after awakening their chakra, and the patriarch confirmed my success with his own eyes. He congratulated me and my father for producing a genius in the clan that had not been seen in ages.

During our conversation, I asked the patriarch not to tell anyone about my situation, but he explained that since I was living in the Hyuga Compound, everyone could see my situation with their Byakugan open, so there was no point in hiding it. However, he promised not to share my situation with anyone, but he couldn't stop people from looking at me.

I didn't want to attract attention from potential players during my infancy, but it seemed like there was no other option. With my chakra reserve being much greater than that of a typical Hyuga member, I would surely come into contact with them.

I knew there would be players during this time because I had heard of a union called the Blacksmith Union, which provided weapons to customers and operated like a guild in fantasy novels. There was also a mysterious Monster Union that provided contractable beasts to ninjas, as well as a chain of restaurants and hotels with English names. They all had their own forces and took an oath not to participate in any war, only conducting business anywhere in the country.

According to me, they were doing a fine job as they couldn't interfere with the plot directly, but they could obtain information about other players. There was a high chance that players would exhibit abnormal behavior during their infancy, making them easy targets.

Training maniacs and excessively lucky players would also be put on their radar, and if they showed any behavior that confirmed they were players, they could be assassinated. They weren't doing much to the geniuses of the clan, but if they were too powerful and could be called monsters, they would also be on their radar.

They couldn't kill or fight other players directly, as it was against the game rules, but the inhabitants of this world could fight players. And players can take command of inhabitants, as all players have certain gifts that would have them upper hand in the fight between them and inhabitants. If they could assassinate the players, it would be even more reassuring, as players didn't know about each other's gifts, and the more time they had, the more they could leverage their gifts.

The fewer players that made it to the end of the game, the better the situation, as they could have a chance of outwitting the powerful player and making them fight each other, thus coming out on top.According to me most players are not delusional enough to think they are strongest as there are many more players and each player have wierd gifts and that could be anything. So players will not fight uncertain battles that can be lost.

Humans were a greedy race, and they would do everything to win.

And how do I know so much about the world? Well, you could not have forgotten about my innate talent, the talent that made me a genius on earth in the first place. "I am able to make the best use of my situation." Yes, I am a baby, but I am the baby of one of the top forces of this world, and my status is not low. This is common knowledge; everyone knows that there are unions, organizations, and factions in this world. Reaching this conclusion was not that hard.

After our meeting with the patriarch, we were ordered to return to our house. My father and I returned to our house, ate the food prepared by my mother, and then my father took me to the training compound.

There was no question either from my father or Patriarch about the issue of hiding my talent. It seems that clan are closely protecting their geniuses and why should they not as in this world the death of geniuses are common occurrence. No faction wants its opposing faction to get strength, So they will do everything to stop them from ganning strength. Hyuga Clan have its own rivalries with various factions. So hiding the name of geniuses is common occurrence in this world.

"From today, you will continue your practice here," my father said.

"Father, when will you teach me jutsu?" I inquired.

"Adi, you know you have been rattling the same thing since you started your training three months ago. Doesn't that tire you?" My father said, clearly exhausted.

How could I not? Well, it is every person's dream to blow fire and make a tsunami, and when the chance is presenting itself, why should I not leverage it?

"Please, Father," I said, looking at him with puppy eyes.

"You will not be able to perform any jutsu until you have basic chakra control. The more powerful jutsu requires more control, and you need to have the appropriate chakra reserves to do so. So continue your training, son, as you are very far from performing the jutsu," my father said.

I cannot break his heart by saying that he will never be able to perform any jutsu because those who can open their Byakugan will have their chakra property turn into "neutral." This is the reason why no one from the Hyuga clan can perform any jutsu; we are only able to have the shape transformation ability of chakra, not the nature transformation. The Hyuga clan is cursed for this, and I don't know why, Adi's father thought.

"We will begin your training by doing physical exercises in the morning. Then, you will meditate, and after that, you will be taught various survival techniques, information about herbs, and hand-to-hand combat training. When you have enough chakra, we will begin your chakra control training. Any questions?" my father said.

"No, sir," I said, doing a dramatic Indian army salute.

Father looked at me, clearly unable to recognize the salute. After shaking his head a few times, he said, "Since you have awakened your chakra yesterday, there will be no training for today. But there will be a meditation session where you will run your chakra in your chakra pathway system, thus squeezing more chakra from your body."

I was made to sit in the lotus position, both hands on my naval (like Buddha), and was told to focus on my chakra. After meditating for half an hour, we continued our journey home.

After reaching home and informing my mother of the events that took place today, my father went out to meet the elders and do his work as an elder.

According to me, since my training is lenient, I should start visiting the clan library to get useful information about everything in the world.

Additionally, I should start practicing my physical body since Hyugas will have to fight hand-to-hand combat, so a stronger body is necessary.

Now that my chakra training was on the track, I turned my attention to studying the Vedas. As the Hindu pantheon was one of the strongest in the universe, I was convinced that their training methods must be among the best as well. I had been studying the Vedas for a year, starting when I was only two years old.

Thanks to Alpha, who had organized the information from least important to most important, and provided taglines for each piece of information, my work was cut in half.

My focus now was on the energy training system of the Hindu pantheon. I knew that in order to awaken this system, I first had to awaken my Kundalini Shakti or serpent power. But this was no easy task, as any mistake in the process could lead to the loss of my reproductive power.

According to Vedic text, before I could awaken the serpent power, I had to awaken my left vein, Ida nadi, and then my right vein, Pingla nadi. Only then could I rotate the energy in a certain order to awaken the central vein, Susma nadi.

All of these veins or nadis were metaphysical and not present in the physical body. They could only be accessed through meditation and proper techniques. I had also learned that the left vein represented mental energy and went up from bottom to top, while the right vein represented physical energy and went down from top to bottom. I had to awaken both these veins simultaneously and then strengthen my energy to form the central vein, only then would I have a chance to awaken the serpent power.

It was a tiresome process that required a lot of dedication and willpower. I had been studying it for a year, yet this was only the first step in starting the energy system. If my will was not strong enough or I didn't have the corresponding talent, I would fail. I had managed to gather only this much information, and I didn't even have a teacher to guide me.

I had decided to devote all my time to awakening these two metaphysical veins, as there was not much else that could be taught to a kid like me. However, special techniques were required to awaken these veins, and it was not an easy task. I had to sit in the lotus position and concentrate on my physical energy, imagining it flowing through my body. Using a special mantra, I had to concentrate the energy to my right vein. But one mistake was enough to bring everything to a halt.

As soon as I felt the shock through my body, I realized I had not willed my energy strong enough. The pain was excruciating, and it took a few moments for my body to calm down. I had to start again with my left vein, hoping for better luck. But once again, I failed, mispronouncing a syllable of the mantra. This time, it felt like someone was repeatedly striking my head with a hammer.

It was a tiring job that required perfection. Any mistake would lead to a backlash of the technique, and the pain itself could be unbearable.

After all these experiments, I was exhausted, and it was time for dinner. I hoped my mother wouldn't find out, but she did. After making up some lies, I managed to get out of the situation. I hope that tomorrow would be a better day.