Two Taijutsu Techniques

Although the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm and Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven were both considered outstanding taijutsu techniques, a very real problem now stood before Xuan Ye: he was not a member of the Hyuga Clan.

If he simply was not a Hyuga Clan member, that would not have been a problem, because his father was the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village! Therefore, there should have been no issue with him practicing these two taijutsu techniques.

But the real problem had appeared. Since Xuan Ye was not a member of the Hyuga Clan, he did not possess the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai—the Byakugan that every Hyuga Clan member was born with. Without the Byakugan, Xuan Ye felt deeply troubled.

Everyone knew that the Byakugan was the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai. It possessed extremely powerful scouting and support abilities, gave nearly a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree field of vision, and allowed its user to easily observe the flow of chakra in the surrounding environment. It could also see distant places and see through objects.

It could even see an opponent's meridians, nerves, and chakra points, and distinguish whose chakra a particular chakra signature belonged to.

He could do without all the other abilities, but the most important one—the ability to see an opponent's meridians and chakra points—was indispensable. Without it, how could he seal an opponent's chakra points? How could he stop them from using chakra?

Yet the system had given him these two taijutsu techniques. Whether that was mere coincidence or deliberate on the system's part, he had no idea.

But whether it was a coincidence or intentional, he still needed to ask the system. "System, why did you give me these two taijutsu techniques? The Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm and Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven are both unique to the Hyuga Clan. What's the meaning of giving them to me?"

"I don't really have any objections to you giving me Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, System, but why the hell did you have to give me the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm?"

"System, did you even check whether I have the Byakugan before forcibly stuffing the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm into my head and calling it compensation? How the hell am I supposed to use the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm without the Byakugan? If I can't see the chakra points inside the human body, how am I supposed to use it? Say something, System!"

After Xuan Ye grumbled at the system in his mind, the system remained silent for quite some time. He did not know whether it was playing dead because it did not want to answer him, or whether it had not heard him at all.

The system's refusal to answer made Xuan Ye even angrier. His face even reddened slightly from rage.

"System, stop playing dead! Come out and tell me what the hell is going on. You directly stuffed two taijutsu techniques into my head as compensation. Fine, I have no objections to that compensation."

"But couldn't you at least choose the taijutsu techniques before transmitting them into my mind as compensation? I really don't mind you giving me Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, because it can be used without the Byakugan."

"To use Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, all you have to do is follow the method you transmitted into my mind: make chakra erupt from your meridians, use a massive amount of chakra to cover your entire body, then spin rapidly in place to form an absolute defense around yourself. That counts as Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven."

"But you didn't even ask my opinion before stuffing the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm into my head. You may have transmitted its method of use into my mind, but I don't have the Byakugan. I can't see the location of my opponent's chakra points."

"So I simply can't accurately strike the opponent's chakra points with the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm and seal the chakra points they use to circulate chakra. Tell me, what use is the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm to me then? Go on, tell me!"

Xuan Ye said furiously to the system in his mind.

This time, the system responded to Xuan Ye. Perhaps it knew that it could no longer avoid the matter, so it answered him, its host.

"Ding dong. Due to an error in this system's selection, the host has suffered a loss. Therefore, this system will directly gift the host another ninjutsu. It is a ninjutsu with abilities somewhat similar to the Byakugan, but its functions are definitely far more powerful than the Byakugan's."

The system replied to him, its host, in the same unchanging tone.

"A ninjutsu? System, are you saying you'll directly give me a ninjutsu? A ninjutsu whose abilities are no worse than the Byakugan? That's what you said, right? I didn't mishear you, did I?" Xuan Ye asked the system in his mind excitedly.

A ninjutsu comparable to the Byakugan—how overpowered would that be? Wouldn't that mean that if this ninjutsu spread, the Hyuga Clan would no longer be able to hold its place as one of the great clans of the ninja world?

If other ninja learned it, wouldn't that be equivalent to possessing the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai? Then what the hell would the Hyuga Clan have left? They could directly lose their status as one of the great ninja clans and become an ordinary ninja family.

But that was impossible. Leaving aside whether other ninja could even learn this ninjutsu, whether it could spread from Xuan Ye's hands was already a huge question.

Would he be stupid enough to freely teach such an awesome ninjutsu to others? Stop kidding him. He was not that foolish, nor was he someone who selflessly devoted himself to others. Why would he give this ninjutsu to other people for free? Heh, impossible.

After hearing the system's answer, Xuan Ye revealed a sinister smile and muttered, "Heh heh, Hyuga Clan, don't worry. I, Genya Namikaze, will absolutely not allow a ninjutsu that can rival the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan to spread. You Hyuga can rest easy."

"However, if you Hyuga Clan members run into me in the future, you won't have the slightest advantage anymore. I can use what you can use. You have the Byakugan, while I have a ninjutsu comparable to the Byakugan. And I can use the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm and Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven too. I hope you don't become my enemies, because you will definitely regret it."

"Ding dong. This system must remind the host once again that anything produced by this system is guaranteed to be premium. Not a single ninjutsu that comes from this system is worthless. Therefore, host, do not compare the Hyuga Clan's trash Byakugan with the ninjutsu this system has given you."

"Because the difference between them is immeasurable. Once the ninjutsu this system has given the host is cultivated to its later stages, it will definitely be countless times stronger than the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan. Even in its early stages, it will be no weaker than the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan."

The system slowly answered him.

"Damn, it's that awesome? System, are you sure you aren't just bragging or deceiving your adorable host?" Xuan Ye asked the system in his mind, finding it somewhat hard to believe.

"Ding dong. This system reminds the host once again that anything produced by this system is guaranteed to be premium. Please do not compare this system's possessions with the Hyuga Clan's trash Byakugan again, because the two cannot be compared at all. The gap between them is simply too great."