Chapter – 25 What’s your Ninja Way?

‘Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!’

The moment he realized the Jutsu Hiashi was about to use, Tatsumi’s eyes widened, and he looked at the Hyuga boy intently, ‘Hyuga Hiashi is indeed worthy of becoming the next Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan… to have mastered the Sixty-Four Palms on top of the Shadow Clone Jutsu at such a young age… This is not something just about anyone can do.’

Everyone had the same time thoughts, and they understood that if this series of attacks land on Tsukiko, she would lose all hope of winning.

But would Tsukiko lose this easily?

Is it possible that she hasn’t foreseen something of this sort, and prepared a countermeasure?

As Hiashi approached her, the traces of panic from her face disappeared and it was replaced by the same coldness and indifference from earlier, at the same time, dazzling Chakra was released from several parts of her body. She had released a lot of Chakra from several Tenketsu points in her body at once. This released Chakra took the form of a hemisphere and defended her from Hiashi’s attack.

“This Jutsu…” Hiashi’s eyes widened as he realized the Jutsu Tsukiko was about to use.

At this time, Tsukiko suddenly started to spin, and the hemisphere of Chakra became a spinning sphere of Chakra, ‘Gentle Fist Secret Art: Revolving Heaven!’

Everyone at the training field stared at Tsukiko in surprise. They had never seen such an amazing Jutsu before, and Hiashi was severely repelled by the protective sphere.

The positions have been reversed, now the one who is about to lose is Hiashi and the one about to win is Tsukiko.

“Come on Tsukiko-sama, defeat that stinking pig~” The onlookers shouted in support of Tsukiko. They didn’t know what was happening, but they wanted their Ice-Cold princess to win the fight!

Standing at the edge of the arena, Hizashi looked at his siblings in worry.

Orochimaru smiled to himself, “To be able to perform that secret art at such a young age… The talent of the young lady of the Hyuga Clan, it’s really good…” he appeared a little interested in the girl. Apart from Uchiha Tatsumi, Hyuga Tsukiko is the second child he has shown interest in so far.

It must not be forgotten that the ‘Revolving Heaven’ of the Hyuga Clan is a secret art that only the members of the main family can master. Among the three siblings Hiashi, Hizashi, and Tsukiko only Hiashi as the heir of the main family has the right to master this Jutsu. Even if that’s the case, Hiashi hasn’t actually started learning the ‘Revolving Heaven.’ This is not to say that he is not talented enough or anything, it’s just that he was focusing on other techniques and failed to spare time for this technique.

Tsukiko on the other hand, even if she hadn’t yet learned other techniques, managed to somehow learn Revolving Heaven.

Of course, the Revolving Heaven she used is not yet complete and can only be considered a semi-finished product. Compared to the scope and strength of the fully mastered Revolving Heaven, it is obviously not good enough, but it still shows the horror of her talent, it’s definitely not inferior to the heir of the Hyuga Clan.

Looking at the fight between Hiashi and Tsukiko, Tsunade-hime muttered to herself, “In this generation, there are indeed quite a lot of geniuses…”

While everyone was marveling at Tsukiko’s talent, Tatsumi explained the concept of Revolving Heaven to Mikoto and Minato standing beside him. “It is a secret art of the Hyuga Clan that very few people have the right to learn and master, and only Hyuga Clansmen are capable of using this Jutsu.”

Minato looked at the arena in intrigue as he asked, “Why is that?”

Mikoto also closely looked at the Hyuga girl’s Jutsu.

“It’s because only the Hyuga Clansmen are capable of releasing Chakra from all their Tenketsu points, while people like you and me can only release Chakra from the Tenketsu points in our hands and legs… While using this Jutsu, they release Chakra from all the Tenketsu points to create a protective barrier around them and spin at a high speed to repel all the attacks. The greater the force of an attack, the greater the force with which it is repelled. It’s said that this Jutsu has a perfect defense…” explained Tatsumi.

“Perfect defense?” both Minato and Mikoto were surprised, and questioned, “Is there really such a thing as perfect defense?”

Tatsumi shrugged, “There’s no such thing as Perfect Defense…” Then he smiled and added, “A very wise Uchiha once said, ‘Every Jutsu has a weakness,’ and that is what I believe too.”

Minato nodded thoughtfully, “I see,” while Mikoto was wondering who was the wise Uchiha that Tatsumi mentioned, but it’s a pity she may never get her answer, or maybe the answer she will get would be a little different from the original.

But all of that had nothing to do with the fight between Hiashi and Tsukiko. Repelled by Tsukiko’s Revolving Heaven, Hiashi struggled on the ground for a while and then got up with blood coming out from his body. He has suffered multiple injuries. Naturally, Tsukiko was also not well, she had used too much Chakra in the previous attack.

“Tsukiko… although I am surprised that you were able to learn that Jutsu, but this is it… you should also be aware of your state… it’s better to end it here…” said Hiashi. For some reason, he did not want to fight the girl.

Tsukiko looked straight at Hiashi but did not answer.

‘Hyuga Tsukiko’s approach was quite good. She must have been aware of the difference in their skill level and experience, therefore, she tried to show that she was panicked and tried to make Hiashi drop his guard, then suddenly used that Jutsu in an attempt to defeat him… Although the injury Hyuga Hiashi suffered from her attack is very serious because the Jutsu itself was imperfect, it failed to conclude the fight… and since she is lacking in Chakra now, so there’s not much she can do. If the fight continues to drag on, the one who would be winning it would undoubtedly be Hyuga Hiashi.’ Tatsumi quickly analyzed the current situation, and both Hiashi and Tsukiko were also aware of the exact situation.

Aware that if she allowed Hiashi any time to recover his breath, she would lose the fight, so she quickly took out several Kunai and threw them at Hiashi. Even if she is low on Chakra, she still has some throwing weapons on her side.

Hiashi gasped and hurriedly dodged, but he was a bit slow and one of the Kunai pierced him in the waist and caused him to stumble. Tsukiko did not let go of the opportunity, she quickly dashed at him and delivered a palm strike at his chest, but Hiashi managed to deflect it with his palm, and so a close-quarter battle started between the two.

The tragic fight immediately attracted the attention of everyone outside the arena, as everyone silently watched the fight.

Whether it was Tatsumi, Minato, Mikoto… or Nawaki in the middle of his information-broking work, or other students from different classes, all of them intently looked at the fight. They wanted to see who wouldn’t be able to hold on and would collapse first.

Even someone like Orochimaru who was standing at the edge also showed interest. Someone like him who understands things at a deeper level naturally is able to see the underlying conflict between Hiashi and Tsukiko, and he would be denying it if he said that he isn’t moved at all… however, he quickly calmed down waves in his heart. This is the Shinobi World, and everyone here is nothing more than a tool meant to kill, what’s the point of fighting over such a meaningless thing?

Perhaps he would never be able to get his answer, perhaps he would get the answer he is looking for in the very next fight, who knows, Orochimaru doesn’t, but he is a bit curious and looking forward to it.

The fight continued, because of the injury he had suffered from the earlier Revolving Heaven, and the Kunai after that, Hiashi’s movements slowed down a lot. He may still have more than enough Chakra, but he is unable to use it properly, on the other hand, even if she doesn’t have much Chakra, Tsukiko’s offensive did now show any signs of stopping and continued to push back Hiashi.

“It’s not over yet…!” shouted Hiashi as he tried to recover. As the heir of the main family, he is not allowed to be defeated by someone who would become a member of the branch family. Although he dearly loves his younger sister, upholding the traditions that have been passed down for a millennium is also his duty as the next heir.

Covered in blood, Hiashi once again took his stance and landed a strike at Tsukiko’s defenseless right shoulder.

Thud!

Instantly, Tsukiko’s entire right arm became numb, let alone move it, she couldn’t even feel it.

‘Just a little more…’ she struggled and refused to back down. All she has to do now is defeat the firstborn and prove that she is worthy of becoming the next heir. If she does that, then neither she nor Hizashi would be bound by…

Enduring the numbness of her right hand, she used her left hand and landed a palm strike at Hiashi’s stomach. She wasn’t able to seal the other party’s Tenketsu, but the strike did hurt Hiashi, he was about to collapse, but just before collapsing he managed to land the same palm strike at Tsukiko’s stomach. Unlike Tsukiko’s attack, his attack worked and her Tenketsu was sealed. But that was it, and immediately he lost consciousness, at the same time Tsukiko also collapsed on the floor.

She tried her hardest to get up but failed to do so.

At this time, Orochimaru appeared at the arena and declared, “Since neither Hyuga Hiashi nor Hyuga Tsukiko are able to continue, then this fight is a draw…”

But there was no sound of cheers.

Immediately, Hizashi and another member of the branch family appeared at the arena and carried Hiashi and Tsukiko to the side where Tsunade-hime was sitting for treatment.

“The Hyuga Clan is really scary…” mumbled Tatsumi, but suddenly he thought of the Uchiha Clan and shook his head with a sigh, ‘No clan that has its roots starting from a millennium is not scary whether that’s the Hyuga, the Kaguya, the Uchiha, the Uzumaki, the Senju, the Hagoromo or the Ōtsutsuki branch on the moon…’

‘This is the Shinobi World, everyone is fighting for something whether that is small or large, impact less or impactful… everyone has something to push them forward…’ thought Tatsumi then he turned to the silent little sun standing beside him and asked, “Minato, what kind of Shinobi do you want to become? What is your Ninja way?”

“My Ninja way is…”

He thought for a moment, then replied with a sunny smile, “My Ninja way is to protect the people I want to protect. In order to adhere to my ninja way, I want to become the Hokage and protect the village!”

“Hokage, huh?” mumbled Tatsumi with a thoughtful silence. He neither mocked Minato, nor did he agree with the little sun’s dream which made Minato feel a little awkward. Unable to bear the silence, he couldn’t help but ask Tatsumi, “What about you Tatsumi? What is your Ninja Way? What kind of Shinobi do you want to become?”

“Me?” Tatsumi thought about it carefully, however, he couldn’t come up with an answer and shook his head, “… I don’t know.”