Tsunade Can Hear My Inner Voice

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Yamanaka Inoichi

Yamanaka Household

"I’m home, Dad!"

Ino cheered as she returned, greeting her father first.

"You come back and only look for your dad? Seems like your mom has lost her place in your heart!" Ino’s mother gave her a "loving" smile.

Ino shrank back and quickly forced a flattering grin.

"Mom, you’re the best!"

"That’s more like it!" Her mother poked Ino’s forehead lightly. "How was training today? Didn’t cause any trouble for your teacher, did you?"

"Mom, my dearest mom!" Ino clung to her mother’s arm, whining dramatically. "Do you really think I’m that unreliable? Oh, Mom, you don’t love me anymore!"

"Speak properly!" Pinching her daughter’s cheek, Ino’s mother sighed and called toward the back room, "Inoichi, come take a look at your precious daughter—she’s ignoring me again!"

"No way! I love Mom the most!" Ino quickly glanced inside, relieved to see her father wasn’t there.

"Ino, am I really that scary?"

Yamanaka Inoichi’s voice came from behind, startling Ino into whirling around.

Seeing her father’s displeased expression, Ino put on her most flattering smile. "No, no! Dad, you’re the most handsome! I couldn’t wait to bask in your glorious presence!"

"Those words warm my heart. Ino, you’re truly my treasure!" Pleased by his daughter’s praise, Inoichi beamed.

"And what about me?" Ino’s mother interjected, a hint of jealousy in her tone.

"You’re my super treasure!"

"Eww... you two are so sappy!" Ino rubbed her arms dramatically and gave an exaggerated shiver. "At my age, I shouldn’t have to witness this level of mushiness."

"Ino, I didn’t quite catch that. Was someone saying they needed to go on a diet? Maybe skip dinner tonight?" Ino’s mother unleashed her ultimate weapon — dinner ban.

"Nooo, Mom! My dearest, most loving mom! You wouldn’t bear to starve your precious daughter, right? Right?" Ino scrambled to butter her up.

"Alright, you two, go water and fertilize the flowers in the back. We’ll eat once you’re done!"

"Yes, ma’am, Mother!"

"Yes, ma’am, dear wife!"

"Alright, alright, enough fooling around. Get going, both of you!" Ino’s mother waved them off, unable to hide the smile on her face.

Inoichi quickly led his daughter to their flower greenhouse. One watered the plants while the other added fertilizer—working in tandem, they finished quickly.

"Ino, how was training today?" Inoichi was quite invested in his daughter’s progress.

In the shinobi world, strength was everything, even for a girl like Ino.

"Of course, I did great!"

Ino expertly sprinkled water—no, more like misted it. Some flowers needed droplets on their petals to bloom brighter, while others required water at the roots for better absorption.

The variety here would normally be troublesome to handle, but Ino had grown up with these flowers. The knowledge was ingrained in her bones.

"Good. What did your teacher focus on today?"

"Hmm, we practiced taijutsu all day. Good thing I finished my training before coming home—otherwise, instead of these soft little hands, you’d see bruised and bloody ones." Ino smirked. "Shikamaru wasn’t so lucky. He didn’t finish, so Hikari-senpai wouldn’t let him heal his hands."

"Taijutsu, huh?" Inoichi frowned slightly.

Ino nodded. Since Hikari hadn’t forbidden her from sharing, she saw no issue telling her father.

"It’s a special kind of taijutsu. Hikari-senpai said that while the Ino-Shika-Chō combo is powerful, if we’re ever separated, our survival chances drop. So, taijutsu becomes our lifeline."

"After training today, I can say his techniques are really strong!"

Now, Inoichi’s curiosity was piqued.

As far as he knew, Kamizuki Hikari was just an ordinary, unremarkable chūnin—a gate guard at best. If he really had skill, why hadn’t he shown it before?

"What kind of taijutsu? Show me."

"Sure!"

Ino glanced around. The greenhouse was filled with flower racks, nothing particularly useful for a demonstration. Finally, her eyes settled on the cobblestone path.

"Watch closely, Dad!"

"Haaah!"

With a shout, Ino swung her small, delicate fist at the ground.

"Wait—!" Inoichi’s warning came too late.

But instead of a loud impact, the strike landed silently—as if her fist had hit nothing at all.

"Check it out, Dad! Not bad, right?"

Ino pulled her fist back, revealing a five-centimeter-deep imprint in the ground. She was pretty satisfied with her performance. noveldrama

Inoichi set down the fertilizer and crouched to inspect the mark.

If this weren’t his own garden, and if the girl before him weren’t his daughter, he’d have suspected the dent was pre-made.

"How... did you do that?" He was genuinely stunned.

Most taijutsu in the shinobi world emphasized raw power and explosive force. A punch from Maito Gai, for example, would’ve shattered the ground in a wide radius. That kind of technique wasn’t for everyone.

The Hyūga’s Gentle Fist targeted chakra points, but its destructive power was limited. The Hyūga could produce elite jōnin, but none had ever reached Kage-level.

"I just... punched?" Ino grinned at her father’s astonishment.

For the first time, she was the one amazing him.

As a daughter, it felt incredible.

"So, Dad, if this punch landed on you, could you take it?"

Inoichi eyed the imprint, then his own body, and shook his head. "If this hit a vital spot, I’d be one step from death."

"See? Even you admit it! Hikari-senpai might be annoying, but he’s no joke."

"Ino, don’t neglect your clan techniques. Your uncle Yamanaka Fū recently contributed two new secret jutsu to the family. You should learn them."

(Yamanaka Fū: I contributed "willingly" for the clan’s sake. No one "forced" me! Absolutely not!)

"No problem, I’ll practice them when I have time."

"That won’t do. The Mind Body Switch Technique is our clan’s foundation!"

"Geez, Dad, you’re so naggy!"

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