Have You Ever Seen a Heavenly Spin Descend from the Sky?

In the end, Hinata had to pay out of her own pocket to settle Shikamaru's meal bill.

As for Choji, all his daily allowance went straight into his stomach. His pockets were cleaner than his face.

But Hinata was not one to suffer a loss. Although she had covered Shikamaru's meal, she made him sign an IOU with thirty percent interest.

Who told Shikamaru to boast that he would make sure Choji and Hinata ate their fill?

He had brought it on himself!

Hinata had no sympathy for him!

She tucked the IOU into her schoolbag, thoroughly satisfied.

Not only did I get a free dinner, I can even make a nice profit. I really do have a head for business. If the Hyuga Clan is left to me, it definitely won't decline.

Ignoring Shikamaru's miserable expression, Hinata slung her schoolbag over her back and went home.

Hinata's training had now gotten on track. She had learned nearly all the secret techniques of the Gentle Fist, and all that remained was to accumulate chakra and continue improving her fundamentals.

Once she graduated and went through a few real battles, turning what she had learned into practical combat experience, her strength would improve rapidly.

Sitting barefoot on the wooden veranda, Hinata gazed at the scenery in the courtyard and fell into thought.

The Gentle Fist was a taijutsu style that sent one's chakra into the enemy's body, damaging their chakra pathways and internal organs.

Because internal organs could not be trained, even the strongest ninja would often suffer fatal injuries if struck by the Gentle Fist.

In that respect, the Gentle Fist was actually very powerful—stronger even than Might Guy's Steel Fist system—because it was effective as long as it so much as grazed the enemy.

Yet the Gentle Fist also had major limitations.

During the First, Second, and Third Shinobi Wars, everyone's opponents had been human, so the Gentle Fist could be extremely dominant.

But the ninja world of the future would be an era where cheats were everywhere and Kage-level fighters were a dime a dozen.

Take the Uchiha Family's Susanoo, for example. The Gentle Fist simply did not have enough destructive power to break through it.

And against massive Tailed Beasts, the Gentle Fist was even less useful.

By contrast, Might Guy's Eight Inner Gates and Tsunade's Monster Strength Fist system were better suited to the great wars of the future.

Hinata remembered that in the Original Story, when the Ten-Tails created a huge number of clones, Sakura could shatter the earth with a single punch, yet even after Hinata finished a full set of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, she still failed to kill even one clone.

Overall, the Gentle Fist was better suited for fighting humans. It was no good against cheaters and monsters.

Although she would awaken the Tenseigan in the future, and could fight with her eyes then, she could not abandon the Gentle Fist either!

Back then, Hinata had sworn that she would prove her path through the Gentle Fist.

There was no helping it!

Hinata abruptly rose to her feet. Flames seemed to burn in her eyes as her little hands clenched into fists, her entire body blazing with momentum.

Since the Gentle Fist was not powerful enough at this stage, she could only develop her own ninjutsu.

The Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Mountain Breaker that Hinata currently knew were both long-range techniques of the Gentle Fist.

Put simply, Mountain Breaker was using the Air Palm with both hands. Through the coordination of both hands, it achieved an effect where one plus one was far greater than two.

Its power was immense. It could instantly collapse even a small mountain.

As for the Air Palm, its power depended on the explosive force of the chakra, how condensed it was, and how much chakra was consumed.

In theory, the Air Palm had tremendous room for growth. If she released all the chakra in her body in an instant, its power would definitely be terrifying.

It was only limited by the human body's chakra pathways, which could not withstand such a powerful burst of chakra.

Hinata sat back down, propping her chin on both hands as all sorts of strange techniques flashed through her mind.

To develop ninjutsu, the first requirement was a sufficiently wild imagination. As long as one dared to imagine it, there was no technique that could not be developed.

Like the Rasengan, the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm used chakra without an elemental nature.

But the Rasengan was the ultimate application of chakra shape transformation, whereas the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm merely compressed chakra intensely before firing it out. Its destructive power could not compare to the Rasengan's.

But what would happen if the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm rotated?

What if she added chakra Nature Transformation to the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm?

Hinata's imagination ran wild. She suddenly extended her right hand and controlled the chakra to rotate in her palm...

As it spun and spun, a blue sphere of chakra appeared in Hinata's little hand.

"Is this the Rasengan?"

Minato had spent three years developing the Rasengan. Naruto had spent seven days learning it. Hinata had wanted to develop the Air Palm, only to accidentally learn the Rasengan instead.

No! How can I steal someone else's technique?

Hinata shook her head and continued letting her imagination run wild.

It seemed the Air Palm could not rotate. If chakra rotated inside her body, it would definitely damage the chakra pathways in her arm.

But Heavenly Spin could rotate!

An idea flashed through her mind. Hinata sprang up from the ground, pushed off the ceiling with her little feet, and spun through the air. With her body tilted, she smashed fiercely toward the distant ground.

Still gliding through the air, Hinata used the force of her rotation to release chakra from her entire body and activated Heavenly Spin.

"Behold my Cyclone Charge Tornado... ptooey, ptooey! Behold my Heavenly Spin Bomb!"

Chakra burst from Hinata's entire body, forming a massive sphere of chakra with the force of her rotation. With a bang, it slammed into the ground, carving a long trail before crashing into the veranda on the other side of the courtyard and even knocking down part of the house wall.

Bleurgh!

So nauseating... so dizzy... I really want to throw up!

Hinata shook her head, barely managing to feel a little better. Her first thought was to leave the scene of the crime immediately.

The Hyuga Clan reacted so quickly!

Before Hinata could even get up, figures flashed over one after another. Some stood on the rooftops, some in the courtyard, and some on the veranda.

But without exception, all of them stared at Hinata.

The pressure is enormous!

Hyuga Hiashi asked sternly, "Hinata, what happened?"

Hinata bowed politely, looking every bit the obedient daughter. "Father, I was testing a newly developed ninjutsu. I just failed to control it, so... so it ended up like this!"

A new ninjutsu?

Hiashi and the Great Elder exchanged a glance. The Great Elder said, "All right, nothing is wrong here. Everyone, go back."

Once the spectators had left, Hyuga Hiashi summoned Hinata to the Training Room. The Great Elder stood off to the side as well.

Hiashi felt rather proud. His daughter truly was a genius. At only ten years old, she could already develop a new ninjutsu on her own, and it had caused such enormous destruction.

It seemed this new ninjutsu was quite powerful!

After a light cough, Hiashi asked, "Hinata, how effective is your new ninjutsu?"

Hinata stuck out her tongue and said softly, "It works pretty well!"

Yes. Judging by the state of the ruined courtyard, the new ninjutsu did indeed seem quite effective.

The Great Elder asked, "Hinata, can you use your new ninjutsu once more?"

Hinata froze. "Here?"

The Great Elder automatically stepped aside, while Hiashi said calmly, "Go ahead!"

Hinata could not defy him and could only obey.

After backing up a few steps, Hinata leaped into the air, gathering chakra beneath her feet as she crouched upside down on the ceiling.

Pushing off with her feet, Hinata lunged fiercely at Hiashi. Her body spun through the air as she used Heavenly Spin, and a massive sphere of chakra descended from above.

Hiashi and the Great Elder: "..."