Does This Count as an Ultimate Move?

So this was the new ninjutsu Hinata had supposedly come up with?

Hyuga Hiashi shifted slightly to the side, and Hinata crashed headfirst into the ground.

I'm so dizzy!

Not wanting to dampen his genius daughter's enthusiasm for developing new ninjutsu, Hyuga Hiashi said evenly, "The idea is quite good, but the movements are too large and the attack speed is too slow. It would be easy to give an enemy an opening to counterattack."

"And..."

After a pause, Hyuga Hiashi added, "This move is actually very similar to the Inuzuka Clan's 'Fang Dance,' but it has more defense than penetration."

"Heavenly Spin is already perfect for defense. If you want to develop new ninjutsu, you should try other moves!"

Right!

Hinata felt truly foolish for coming up with such a useless move.

She had even been thinking that, once she learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu, she could have a Shadow Clone throw her real body at the enemy and use Heavenly Spin to crash into them.

Hinata obediently said, "I understand!"

Hyuga Hiashi nodded. "All right, go train on your own!"

"Yes!"

Developing a new ninjutsu truly was not something that could be done in a single night. Letting her imagination run wild might produce plenty of new ideas, but not every wild idea could become a powerful move.

Hinata left home and ran to Konoha's Back Mountain. It seemed she could not develop new ninjutsu at home after all. What if she lost control and accidentally tore the house down?

After casually practicing the Gentle Fist for a while, Hinata jumped onto a tree branch and lay down to watch the moon, all while pondering how the Gentle Fist could be expanded into stronger techniques.

Like the Twin Lion Fists from the Original Story—Hinata genuinely looked down on it.

As she had said before, it was fine for fighting humans, but it was far too lacking when fighting monsters.

Hinata had grand ambitions. Or rather, after becoming unbeatable throughout the Ninja Academy, Hinata had started getting a little full of herself.

If she could not shatter Susanoo with one palm strike, how could she live up to the name of Lady Hinata?

Hinata gathered Chakra at her fingertips and used the force-generating method of Air Palm to fire it out.

Biu!

Six-Meridian Divine Sword!

After thinking it over, Hinata decided that if she wanted to develop an ultimate Gentle Fist technique, the key still lay in Air Palm.

Not only did she need to find a way to increase Air Palm's power, she also needed to add Chakra Nature Transformation to it.

To put it plainly, Air Palm was simply compressing Chakra in the palm and firing out a Chakra shockwave.

But compressing a large amount of Chakra inside the body could easily damage the meridians.

Half an hour later, Hinata lay sprawled across the branch, her gaze vacant and her eyes unfocused, looking as though she were about to die.

I'm such an idiot!

What kind of story was Hokage about?

Bloodlines were invincible!

Among those cheat-powered characters in the Original Story, which one did not possess the bloodline of the Otsutsuki clan?

How could ordinary ninjutsu possibly stand against those powerful Kekkei Genkai?

Trying to prove herself through the Gentle Fist, shatter Susanoo with a palm strike, and poke the Nine-Tails until it could no longer take care of itself with one finger—that was simply a fool's dream.

Poking a Jinchuriki or two might still be possible.

Speaking of which, Hinata's daughter Himawari in the Original Story had not only knocked Naruto unconscious with one palm strike, she had even stunned the Nine-Tails senseless.

Hinata could only envy her.

Hinata had figured it out. Her future still had to rely on the Tenseigan. The Gentle Fist was simply not worthy of the grand stage.

Since she could not develop an ultimate move, Hinata could only tinker with a few smaller techniques for fun.

Speaking of smaller Gentle Fist techniques, Hinata could not help thinking of the Twin Lion Fists she created in the Original Story.

Compared to all the ultimate moves of the later stages, Twin Lion Fists looked like a ninjutsu for children.

But according to the official description, Twin Lion Fists gathered a large amount of Gentle Fist Chakra in both hands, then used Shape Transformation to form two ferocious lion heads before launching an attack.

Twin Lion Fists not only greatly increased attack power and striking range, but could also devour all of the target's meridians.

Simply put, it meant gathering a large amount of Chakra and applying Shape Transformation to it.

But if she could fire Twin Lion Fists using Air Palm's force-generating method, would that not become a miniature Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack?

Once she mastered Six Paths Power in the future and upgraded the technique, would it not become the ultimate move Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, capable of shaking the heavens and combining offense and defense?

Hinata was somewhat tempted.

The principle behind this move differed greatly from that of the traditional Gentle Fist.

The traditional Gentle Fist sent Chakra into the enemy's body, thereby destroying their meridians and internal organs.

But according to Hinata's idea, her move would possess the characteristics of the Gentle Fist while also causing large-scale physical destruction.

Action was better than hesitation.

Hinata jumped down from the tree, clenched both hands into fists at her waist, and gathered a large amount of Chakra in them.

"Byakugan!"

To clearly see the flow of Chakra, Hinata activated her Byakugan as well.

Blue Chakra overflowed from the acupoints in Hinata's hands. She struggled to control it, making it cling to her fists instead of spreading out.

"Phew~"

Letting out a soft breath, Hinata carefully controlled the Chakra as it changed shape.

It did not necessarily have to be lions. Hinata planned to gather the Chakra into the shape of fists, since that would look much more imposing.

This method of using Chakra sounded simple enough, but it was actually extremely difficult.

Without the Hyuga Clan's special physique and the assistance of the Byakugan, ordinary ninja could never accomplish it.

Even Hyuga Clan ninja needed extremely high Chakra control to do so.

The enormous Chakra fists soon took shape, though they were rather blurry, as if they were rendered in some low-data version of the world.

Next came the crucial part.

She had to inject more Chakra into the Chakra fists and compress it without making them larger.

Hinata carefully controlled them, but operating both hands at once felt difficult. She dispersed the Chakra fist on her left hand and focused entirely on controlling the right.

Feeling that her control had reached its limit, Hinata used Air Palm's force-generating method and continuously compressed the Chakra fist on her right hand.

"Hah!"

Hinata gave a soft shout and activated Air Palm. The Chakra fist on her right hand erupted instantly, but its shape dispersed while still in midair. A massive amount of Chakra struck the tree, blasting it into pieces with a boom.

Her control was insufficient, and her explosive power was not enough either.

Hinata humbly accepted her shortcomings and planned to make up for them before graduation.

"Well... this move actually has plenty of room to grow."

Hinata nodded in satisfaction.

Although this move looked like a more powerful Air Palm, gathering Chakra inside the body was different from gathering it outside the body.

By gathering a Chakra fist outside her body, as long as Hinata's control was sufficient, she could keep compressing the Chakra without worrying about damaging the meridians in her hands.

That naturally made it more powerful.

Moreover, gathering Chakra outside the body would allow her to add Chakra Shape Transformation or incorporate Chakra Nature Transformation.