Hinata Hyuga: Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, Eight Trigrams Rotation

Ever since Hiashi Hyuga had someone retrieve Roman's information from the Hokage Office and confirmed him to be an ordinary person incapable of cultivating Chakra, he believed Hinata had lied earlier:

Her claim of achieving her goals through Roman was a complete fabrication; she simply found Roman attractive.

After all… Roman was just an ordinary person. What secrets could an ordinary person possess that would be worth a ninja's scrutiny?

Thump, thump

Just then, a flurry of footsteps echoed.

It was Hizashi Hyuga, arriving with a group of Hyuga Branch Family members.

They all wanted to see how the Main Family Head, Hiashi Hyuga, would handle Hinata and Roman.

A little while later, the Hyuga Clan elders, and even members of the Hyuga Main Family, arrived. They all urged Hiashi Hyuga with their eyes to quickly punish Hinata, who had suddenly gone missing and caused the clan to spend vast resources searching for her.

They also subtly hinted with their gazes for Hiashi Hyuga to swiftly expel Roman, this weak commoner who couldn't even cultivate Chakra or qualify as a ninja, from the Hyuga Clan.

Under the numerous gazes, Hiashi Hyuga felt his pressure double. Finally, he took a deep breath and said to Hinata Hyuga, "Hinata, give up the idea of taking care of Roman, and tell your father where you truly went yesterday when you disappeared."

Hinata Hyuga heard him and shook her head slightly: "I refuse."

Hiashi Hyuga was slightly taken aback, then subtly glanced behind him at Hizashi Hyuga and the group of Hyuga Branch Family members under Hizashi's command before sternly addressing Hinata Hyuga:

"Refuse?

"Hinata, you're still young, and you don't understand the reality of this world yet. You don't realize that in this world, for many things, an individual's refusal is useless!

"For example, your uncle Hizashi Hyuga is my twin brother. Just because he was born a moment after me, he had to be branded with the Caged Bird Seal and become the head of the Branch Family. Do you think he wanted that?

"Another example: the Branch Family members. Do you think they willingly had the Caged Bird Seal placed on them?

"Refuse? Sometimes, a person's will is pale and powerless…

"Hinata, leave Roman immediately and come here to me."

The clan elders found these words very pleasing and all smiled in agreement.

Meanwhile, Hizashi Hyuga, the head of the Hyuga Branch Family, and the other branch family ninjas showed complex expressions.

After all, everything was as Main Family Head Hiashi Hyuga said; some things cannot be avoided just by refusing…

For instance, they absolutely did not want to be marked with the Caged Bird Seal, but their unwillingness and refusal were useless. The Caged Bird Seal technique never cared whether the recipient was willing or not; it was forcibly inscribed!

All members of the Hyuga Branch Family were unable to escape their fate of becoming caged birds.

And once the eternal Caged Bird Seal technique was inscribed, it would not disappear until they died.

According to the clan elders, this was also to prevent the Byakugan on their corpses from being stolen by other clans…

And now, Hinata Hyuga, the eldest daughter of the Main Family Head, might be a genius and even become a strong figure in the Hyuga Clan in the future, but she was currently absolutely incapable of defying the authority of the Main Family Head.

And this was not just what the adults thought; even Neji Hyuga, the young man in the crowd who had been forcibly marked with the Caged Bird Seal, believed the same:

Being branded with the Caged Bird Seal was the fate of the Hyuga Branch Family members!

Similarly, it was also Hinata Hyuga's fate as the eldest legitimate daughter of the Main Family that she could not marry an ordinary person!

However, just when everyone assumed Hinata Hyuga would obediently listen to Main Family Head Hiashi Hyuga, she shook her small head, her short black hair swaying with the movement, signifying her unwillingness to obey.

"If that's the case, don't blame me, Hinata."

Hiashi Hyuga clapped his hands, and instantly, Hinata Hyuga's former guard, Hyuga Fuyu, stepped out from the crowd: "Hyuga Fuyu, you have always been Hinata's guard. Now, I order you to use your full strength to bring Hinata back."

"Yes."

Hyuga Fuyu immediately knelt on one knee in agreement, then turned to face Hinata, giving her a faint smile:

"Lady Hinata, I was negligent before and allowed you to slip away with Roman and disappear once, but this time, I won't let you sneak away again."

In Hyuga Fuyu's eyes, she was a Chunin who had passed the Chunin Exams, and though Lady Hinata opposite her was a genius, She was, after all, only five years old.

Her Chakra reserves probably weren't even as high as a normal Genin's.

Under these circumstances, Hyuga Fuyu was certain to win!

Thump, thump.

Hyuga Fuyu shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, preparing to subdue Hinata with her bare hands.

However, just then, Hyuga Fuyu noticed that Lady Hinata in front of her had adopted an extremely peculiar stance—it was the Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms.

Impossible!

With Lady Hinata's Chakra reserves, she couldn't possibly perform this technique. Even the prerequisite technique, the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, would be impossible for her to execute.

Though Hyuga Fuyu was thinking this, she still performed the hand signs to change her technique:

Clone Jutsu!

Boom!

Two Hyuga Fuyus appeared in the air, attacking Hinata Hyuga from two directions, left and right.

"Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms."

Hinata's Chakra circulated within her, and a massive Eight Trigrams symbol appeared on the ground. At the same time, her small hands shot out like lightning, striking Hyuga Fuyu's real body.

One palm.

The clone shattered!

Six palms.

The vital points around Hyuga Fuyu's true body were struck, and a small portion of its Chakra circulation was interrupted, stopping its flow.

Twelve palms.

Twenty-eight palms.

The Chakra within Hyuga Fuyu quickly stopped circulating.

And when Hinata landed the sixty-fourth palm, the vital points within the Chunin Hyuga Fuyu were finally completely sealed, its Chakra stopped flowing, and it collapsed to the ground like a noodle, completely defeated.

At the same time, as it fell, Hyuga Fuyu saw that the young lady Hinata was still preparing to deliver the sixty-fifth palm. This sight made a realization dawn on it:

Their young lady Hinata had truly learned the Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, but with its current physical condition, it couldn't withstand it at all, not even the sixty-fifth palm.

Meanwhile, Hiashi Hyuga, Hizashi Hyuga, and the rest of the Hyuga Clan members widened their eyes at this scene:

Hinata had already learned the One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms?!

But even if she had learned it, where did she get so much Chakra to use that technique?!

Byakugan!

At that instant, veins bulged in the corners of the Hyuga Clan members' eyes.

Through this, they saw that the amount of Chakra within Hinata Hyuga had already reached the level typically possessed by a Chunin. This made people realize another fact:

Hinata Hyuga was a genius!

Not only had she learned the Hyuga Clan's secret art, the Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, at such a young age, but she also possessed the Chakra reserves of a Chunin at an equally young age.

However, it was precisely this realization that made it even harder for them to accept that a Hyuga Clan girl would fall for a commoner and even support one.

Hiashi Hyuga turned his head and said to his younger brother:

"Hizashi, you go."

Hizashi Hyuga looked at the short-haired, five-year-old Hinata not far away and showed a hint of hesitation: "Is this... appropriate? If I step in, I might use too much force and injure Hinata."

Hiashi Hyuga: "There's nothing inappropriate about it. It's time for Hinata to understand that there are always people stronger than you, and there's always a higher heaven. As for injuries, Hinata is destined to be a ninja. A little injury is nothing, and it might even be good for her to rest well at home."

Having received approval, Hizashi Hyuga shot out like an arrow from a bowstring. At the same time, he threw a large number of kunai from his ninja pouch, aiming for Hinata Hyuga's non-fatal spots.

Immediately, Hizashi Hyuga saw Hinata Hyuga assume a familiar Hyuga Clan secret art starting stance:

Eight Trigrams Palm - Rotation!