[Arcane Brush Palace]: I draw the questions in my heart, wielding my brush to shape the world. Create an Arcane Hall that accumulates spiritual power. Spiritual power can be guided and released through a telekinetic brush.
"Just as I thought!" Hyuga Ningyuan's eyes lit up. This time, there were no restrictions on drawing. As long as he had a brush, whether he was writing, painting, or just scribbling, he could release spiritual power.
And this brush was not any brush that existed in reality—it was a telekinetic brush.
What was this called? Void Drawing Talismans, the Tongtian Register of the Eight Wonders!
And this was only a minor skill that came with the [Arcane Brush Palace]!
"I really want to try it, but I still have class!" Hyuga Ningyuan gritted his teeth, growing even more eager to obtain the Shadow Clone Technique.
Right, he was going to see Father-in-law tonight. He should be able to get it from him.
He was a Jonin. There was no way he did not know it!
At lunchtime, he had brought extra Bento this time, so there was no need to go out.
Bang, bang! A hand knocked on Hyuga Ningyuan's desk.
He looked up and discovered it was Kakashi, wearing a mask with an indifferent expression.
"Need something?" Hyuga Ningyuan asked, searching his memories at the same time.
They did not seem to have had any interactions, did they?
"I want to challenge you," Kakashi said flatly.
"Huh?" Hyuga Ningyuan froze. "Why are you challenging me out of nowhere?"
"Of course, it's to prove that I'm strong enough to graduate!" Kakashi replied coolly.
He intended to challenge students from the first year upward. Once he defeated the strongest student in the fourth year, he could naturally apply to graduate!
The Ninja Academy currently had only four grades, from age five to age nine.
"Oh!" Hyuga Ningyuan nodded, then said, "Then I surrender. Go challenge someone else!"
"Huh?" Kakashi was dumbfounded. Hyuga Ningyuan was the first person he had challenged. He had never expected someone to surrender outright!
"Why?" Kakashi slammed the table. "We're all ninjas. How can you surrender without fighting?"
"First of all, we're ninja trainees, not ninjas," Hyuga Ningyuan corrected, pointing at his forehead. "Second, I'm only from the Hyuga Branch Family. I haven't learned a single move of the Hyuga Clan's Eight Trigrams Palms, I don't know any Taijutsu moves, and I'm still waiting for the teacher to teach me Shuriken Throwing and the Three Body Technique. I don't know anything, so why would I fight you? So you can beat me up?"
"Uh..." Kakashi was instantly speechless. What he said made so much sense that Kakashi had no response!
"Find someone else." Hyuga Ningyuan waved him off. "Don't interrupt my meal!"
"Oh, okay!" Kakashi nodded. Just as he was about to say something, an angry roar came from behind him. "Kakashi, are you looking down on me? Am I, a proud Uchiha, not worthy of being your opponent?"
It was Uchiha Obito.
Kakashi's mouth twitched. He had been Obito's desk mate for a whole day. How could he not know what kind of strength and personality Obito had?
Challenging him would be a complete waste of time!
Still, Obito had a point. Wasn't there another Uchiha in the class? He could challenge him.
"Uchiha Inaho, I challenge you!"
Uchiha Inaho was speechless. He did not actually want to fight Hatake Kakashi either. Hatake Kakashi's father had a reputation even greater than the Sannin, and Hatake Kakashi's own reputation as a genius was equally famous. It might not have been known by everyone, but at least eighty or ninety percent of the students in this class had heard of him.
But his surname was Uchiha. Uchiha pride would not allow him to surrender outright like Hyuga Ningyuan.
Thus, Uchiha Inaho stood up and said arrogantly, "Me? Then you've chosen the wrong opponent. I'll show you what a true genius is!"
He could lose the fight, but not his bearing!
Kakashi's eyes lit up. "Then let's go!"
"Hmph!" Uchiha Inaho took the lead, striding out of the classroom with the lackeys he had picked up over the past two days following behind him.
"Hey, should we go watch?" Yūhi Kurenai asked excitedly.
"Sure!" Hyuga Ningyuan had not been interested in watching children fight, but then he remembered that this was the ninja world. Could children here really be compared to ordinary children?
So, carrying his bowl, he headed into the corridor with Yūhi Kurenai.
On the field below, the curious students had already formed a circle around the two.
There was also a Chunin teacher who seemed to have spawned from nowhere, acting as the referee.
"Byakugan!" Seeing the two form the Seal of Confrontation, Hyuga Ningyuan quickly activated his Byakugan.
If they used ninjutsu, perhaps he could copy it!
He had not realized it before, but the moment he activated it, everything within a radius of 1.2 kilometers flooded his vision!
"Holy shit!" Hyuga Ningyuan hurriedly reduced his Chakra output. Of course, he knew his field of vision had increased.
After all, level 5 Eye Care Exercises were no joke, and Autumn Water Bright Eyes also increased visual effects by 20%.
Then there was level 3 Phoenix Nirvana Scripture, which increased Chakra, and level 3 Arcane Brush Palace, which increased spiritual power. Both could enhance vision.
He just had not expected the enhancement to be so drastic, directly increasing his range from 500 meters to 1.2 kilometers!
That was practically the visual limit of some adult members of the Branch Family!
But it was not actually that exaggerated. After all, the size of a person's eyes was fixed from birth. Since adults used the same-sized eyes as children, then as long as children made up for the gap in Chakra Meridians, it was possible for them to reach an adult's visual range.
He narrowed his vision to a range of 200 meters. Perhaps because of Autumn Water Bright Eyes, the veins around his cheeks barely bulged when he activated the Byakugan, making it seem as though he had not activated it at all.
That was a good thing too. He could activate his Byakugan right in front of others, and they would never notice.
On the field, under the supervision of a Chunin teacher, Kakashi and Uchiha Inaho first formed the Seal of Confrontation, then charged at each other.
Hatake Kakashi had received training from the Konoha White Fang, while Uchiha Inaho had received training from the Uchiha Clan. Logically speaking, the two should have been evenly matched.
But the Konoha White Fang was a super genius seen only once every few decades, while this generation of the Uchiha Clan had no particularly renowned figures.
Even if the two had possessed equal talent, being taught by a famous teacher versus being taught by a mediocrity could still create a huge difference. Not to mention that Hatake Kakashi was also a genius seen only once every few decades!
Uchiha Inaho had only just thrown out a punch when Kakashi sidestepped it, seized his arm, and twisted it hard.
Uchiha Inaho was instantly pinned to the ground!
From start to finish, the fight had lasted only one move!
"Wow!" Cries of shock immediately erupted from the surrounding students. Though many had heard of Hatake Kakashi's reputation as a genius, only today did they truly experience this genius's strength.
After all, Kakashi had not defeated some nobody. He had defeated an Uchiha!
"He's amazing!" Yūhi Kurenai widened her eyes, silently considering how she would have dealt with it if she were in Uchiha Inaho's place.
First, her arm would not have been twisted like that, because one of the dance moves Lord Ningyuan had taught her yesterday could use the body's flexibility to break free.
And she would never have charged straight in like Uchiha Inaho. She would have kept her distance, waited for the other side to attack first, and then...
Huh?
Why was Yūhi Kurenai's mind filled with scenes of using dance against an enemy? Wake up! That was dance, not Taijutsu!
Hyuga Ningyuan stuffed a large mouthful of food into his mouth and silently shook his head.
There was nothing wrong with Kakashi's fighting, but Uchiha Inaho's performance was downright painful to watch.
Even if he did not know ninjutsu, everyone knew the Uchiha Clan was famous for Shuriken.
Yet he did not even throw a single Shuriken and just went straight into close combat with Kakashi.
Do not tell him he did not have any Shuriken on him. Even if he did not have iron ones, could he not have wooden ones?
Even if he did not know what Hatake Kakashi excelled at, Kakashi's father was the Konoha White Fang!
Like father, like son. Wasn't it only natural that Kakashi excelled at close combat?
Using his own weakness to attack the enemy's strength—no wonder the Uchiha Clan would be exterminated. There was clearly something wrong with their brains.
Wait, could it be Uchiha pride at work? Were they too disdainful to use their strengths against their enemies?
Uchiha Madara seemed to be like that too. He liked using Taijutsu against Taijutsu and ninjutsu against ninjutsu.
That was actually pretty nice. Hopefully, if they met him in the future, they would also trade Taijutsu blows with him!
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