Chapter 32.4- One Thousand Hands

Uzume seemed reluctant to go next, so someone else stepped onto the stage.

“I have taijutsu on the level of a Jounin, and I can see up to over 20 kilometers away with my byakugan” Uraume began to a loud appreciative whistle from Izuku. I could support the sentiment. 20 kilometers was a lot. It was also more than most Hyuga could boast so that meant even with the Chunin vest around her shoulders, Uraume was one of the best the clan had to offer- if not the best outright.

“I can also use wind release and earth release to some extent. I have mastery over the standard hyuga jutsu: rotation, and the eight trigrams family” She said next. She did not need to specify too much, as every single one of us knew what the Hyuga were capable of. During the warring states era, the Hyuga had been inferior to only the Senju and the Uchiha so that meant that their techniques and jutsu had been placed under a lot of scrutiny. Each of our clans probably had multiple scrolls dedicated to Hyuga techniques and working around them. In much the same way we all knew how the Uchiha fought, we knew how the Hyuga fought. It was the reality of having fight against each other for centuries.

“I’ll go next then if no one minds” Toshiro began, stepping forwards.

“Beyond standard proficiency in taijutsu and ninjutsu, the only things I have really going for me are genjutsu and kenjutsu. I can also combine the both of them into something I call genkenjutsu so if you see my blade begin flashing, its best if you look away” He said, and I actually had to stifle a chuckle at his terrible naming sense.

“Is it single or multi-target?” Shika asked.

“Depends on the jutsu itself, but most of the time, my genjutsu will ensnare all who manage to look at the flashing blade. It doesn’t take more chakra to ensnare more people since the jutsu is being cast on the blade itself, but it will fall apart if I try to stretch it to too many targets” He said and Shika nodded. That was a lot of trust, Toshiro was giving, and I could see that everyone here understood it. We were from clans so we all had more or less an idea of how the others fought. Toshiro was a completely nuetral element in that case. He was a blank slate and this ‘genkenjutsu’ of his was definitely original so it was something to give that information to us so freely: allies or no. Of course, I’d known about his genjutsu experimentation even if I hadn’t known how far he’d gotten with it.

Where before the crowd had been reluctant to step forward, something about Toshiro’s candor had convinced them to step forwards. After a brief stare down, Kizuru was the next to go.

“My taijutsu and ninjutsu are below average, as you all probably know. My endurance isn’t that good as well. My genjutsu, with or without my flute is top-tier, however. I’m even better than my Aunt right now” He said to impressed looks from more than one source. The Kurama clan wasn’t the largest of Konoha’s, but Sakura Kurama was a Jounin with more than her fair share of notoriety. Her genjutsu were said to be even more dangerous than what the Uchiha could do on their best days.