The Ninja Academy is like a small society.
The outcome of the two’s battle was told to the students’ parents and elders when they went home. The matter spread and was noticed by some people with ulterior motives.
Especially, Hyuga Nana was two years younger than Uchiha Tekka.
Hokage’s Office.
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, listened to Watanabe Shinichi’s report, explaining his evaluation of this practical lesson.
“Blah blah blah…”
The office was filled with smoke. Sarutobi Hiruzen, still in his prime, had already taken up a pipe.
“So that’s how it is…”
“The Hyuga kid has opened the Byakugan…”
“He’s a genius…”
The Byakugan can play a significant role in battle during the Genin and Chunin stages.
Furthermore, the difficulty of awakening the Byakugan is lower than that of the Sharingan.
But once a member of the Uchiha clan awakens the Sharingan, their strength will soar.
Then.
He waved his hand, signaling Watanabe Shinichi to leave.
For Sarutobi Hiruzen, a genius like Hyuga Nana only warranted a slight amount of attention.
Conversely, the Uchiha clan’s weight in his heart far surpassed the Hyuga clan.
After all, he had personally witnessed that battle, which could be considered a world-destroying event. The God of Shinobi, and the Shura of the Ninja World…
This clan, the strength they displayed before and after the Sharingan’s awakening differed greatly.
Seven did not know what the other families of Konoha thought.
But when Hyuga Soyen learned that Hyuga Nana had not used the Gentle Fist, but had relied solely on basic taijutsu, and with a single Shunshin, cleanly defeated Uchiha Tekka, he laughed heartily, quite happy.
“Well done! Hahaha…”
The usually serious and rigid-faced Hyuga Soyen rarely laughed so heartily.
“What’s so great about the Uchiha? My Hyuga clan is not inferior to them!”
Seven said: “Uncle, what’s the big deal? It’s just a sparring match between kids, it doesn’t represent anything!”
Soyen snorted, “You know nothing!”
He paused, “You said you interrupted that Uchiha kid when he was halfway through forming a hand seal?”
“Your Shunshin is this fast now?”
“Show me.”
Seven stood up, wind chakra naturally flowing out from his acupoints, covering his body in a thin layer.
Hyuga Soyen’s eyes narrowed, “This is…?”
Swoosh! ~
With only a faint sound of wind, Seven instantly flashed fifteen meters away, and then continued moving.
“Whew~ whew~ whew~~”
Seven’s figure was erratic, his Shunshin steps varying in length, appearing before and then behind, sometimes even appearing as multiple “Sevens” at the same time.
With Hyuga Soyen’s eyesight, he naturally sensed that it wasn’t a Shadow Clone Technique, but afterimages.
But the problem was that Seven’s afterimages appeared sometimes, and sometimes didn’t. This meant he could control them.
“This Shunshin…”
Soyen’s gaze became serious.
Seven’s figure seemed like a light, nimble bird in his eyes, as if merging with the wind.
After a moment.
Seven stopped, breathing slightly heavily.
His Shunshin had been upgraded and optimized, incorporating wind chakra properties, becoming faster, but this also meant it consumed more chakra.
Soyen commented, “Your Shunshin seems different from the last time.”
Although he used a questioning tone, Hyuga Soyen’s voice was very firm.
Seven didn’t hide it, “Right, I’ve incorporated some Wind Release chakra.”
Soyen recalled Seven previously asking for some Wind Release jutsu, and he understood.
He found that Seven was very innovative.
Whether it was the Gentle Fist or the Shunshin, he added his own twist to them.
For this, Soyen couldn’t yet determine if it was good or bad.
The Hyuga clan, although a family that upholds tradition, wasn’t inflexible.
“You are achieving this by covering your entire body with a layer of chakra, minimizing friction between your feet and the ground, as well as air resistance…”
Soyen pointed out the essence of Seven’s Shunshin.
“But while you are moving at high speed, you need to constantly maintain the stability of the chakra layer on your body, which unknowingly consumes more chakra…”
“With your current chakra amount, if you maintain this speed, how long can you last?”
Seven estimated in his heart: “About… two minutes.”
“Two minutes!!!”
Soyen’s voice suddenly grew louder, “Two minutes, only enough for you to play a ninja game.”
“If there is a war, after two minutes you’ll just be waiting to die, go back and think about it!”
He turned and entered the room.
Clap——
He closed the door.
Seven was startled by Soyen’s sudden sharp reprimand, his head dazed, but instinctively he felt that his uncle was wrong.
But before he could retort, he could only see his uncle’s back.
“…Hmph, this old man…”
Seven shook his head and left.
He still hadn’t thanked Yakushi Nono.
………
Seven, who had left, did not know of Hyuga Soyen’s joy inside the room.
Being able to release chakra from all the acupoints in his body and control it well was a basic requirement for the main branch’s secret technique, “Eight Trigrams Palm - Revolving Heaven.”
This meant that Seven had achieved the conditions for practicing “Eight Trigrams Palm - Revolving Heaven” at only seven years old.
“This kind of talent, I’ve never heard of anyone in the entire Hyuga clan who could…”
But because of this, Soyen was afraid that Seven would get cocky at such a young age, so he gave him a good scolding.
Although he didn’t know that Seven didn’t care about his scolding at all.
“Perhaps, in this kid, I might be able to see some shadows of the legendary ninja from the Hyuga clan…”
“Hyuga Tenjin…”
Soyen muttered softly.
As a child, he often heard stories about Hyuga Tenjin from his father.
That was the strongest ninja in the Hyuga clan’s records.
He once dominated the Warring States Period with the Gentle Fist, suppressing all the clans!
Whether it was conventional five Release jutsu like Water, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, or bloodline limits, they were all instantly defeated by Hyuga Tenjin.
Nobody knew why Hyuga Tenjin’s Gentle Fist was so powerful!
Later Hyuga clan members wanted to recreate Hyuga Tenjin’s glory, but couldn’t do it no matter what they tried.
Over time, Hyuga Tenjin’s legend became like a historical story, with few believers.
“Perhaps, that’s the power of time…”
“It can erode everything…”
Hyuga Soyen thought about the two founding families of Konoha.
………