Byakugan and Gentle Fist
Over the next two months, the three-person team met up many times. In addition to improving their teamwork, Shuichi also sparred with his two teammates on several occasions.
Shuichi was particularly interested in the Byakugan and the Hyuga Clan, because their distinctive features were so obvious, and Shuichi was naturally very curious as he was seeing them for the first time.
So during their daily sparring sessions, Shuichi first experienced the power of Gentle Fist, and then asked Hyuga Akiha a lot about the Hyuga Clan.
Hyuga Akiha gave Shuichi very detailed introduction to the Hyuga Clan, covering information that was generally known to all the major clans.
First, regarding the Byakugan's reconnaissance capabilities, Hyuga Akiha and Shuichi explained the difference between the reconnaissance range and the combat observation range.
Reconnaissance ability is used to find where chakra appears. Every ninja carries chakra to some extent, so the observation range is many times larger than during battle.
For example, Hyuga Akiha can now detect where chakra appears within a radius of more than 500 meters, and before she reaches adulthood, her observation range will expand as she grows and develops.
If the Byakugan is used in battle, the observation ability will be greatly enhanced. In addition to being able to see the enemy's pressure points and chakra flow clearly, it can also detect Hidden Weapons from all directions. However, the observation range is generally only about tens of meters.
Next came questions about the Hyuga Clan's fighting style, as well as chakra and meridians.
According to Hyuga Akiha's explanation, the Hyuga Clan's chakra is extremely unique.
The Hyuga clan members have a much higher innate chakra strength than ordinary ninjas; their chakra is more concentrated and also possesses a certain degree of aggression.
An ordinary ninja's chakra begins to dissipate into the air about a second after leaving their body. However, the chakra of the Hyuga Clan can persist for several seconds or even longer after leaving their body.
For ordinary ninjas, Ninjutsu Rasengan is already a highly difficult A-rank Ninjutsu because maintaining a high level of chakra output is extremely difficult.
From this perspective, the Hyuga Clan's Heavenly Spin in the original work probably consumes a massive amount of chakra every time it is used.
However, the actual situation is completely different. The energy consumption of Neji Hyuga releasing one Heavenly Spin is far less than that of Naruto using one Rasengan.
If the chakra of an ordinary ninja is like air, then the chakra of the Hyuga Clan is like water.
In addition, the Hyuga Clan possesses a unique physical structure to accommodate this chakra.
The technique of "Heavenly Spin" involves releasing chakra evenly through all the acupoints of the body, combined with body rotation, to form a spherical chakra membrane.
Because Hyuga's chakra intensity is high enough, he has enough time to form the Heavenly Spin after leaving his body. This is also why this chakra membrane can defend against high-powered Ninjutsu.
The Hyuga Clan's meridian system is exceptionally resilient; their bodies can release chakra using all their pressure points, which is almost impossible for ordinary ninjas.
In the Shinobi World, normal ninjas typically use their Ninjutsu as the outlet for chakra, followed by their hands and feet. They cannot release chakra through multiple pressure points like the Hyuga Clan.
However, as a price, the Hyuga Clan cannot use Nature Transformation Ninjutsu, so Gentle Fist Style is the core of their entire clan.
Gentle Fist generally attacks the enemy through two methods.
The first method involves gathering chakra in both palms and then attacking the enemy's upper body.
Because all the organs of the human body are surrounded by a large number of meridians, once hit by Hyuga's chakra, it will directly damage the meridians of the organs, achieving the purpose of attacking the enemy's internal organs.
The second type is the Gentle Fist Style Eight Trigrams Palms. The index and middle fingers of both hands are brought together, and chakra is released from the fingers and gathered into a needle shape. Combined with the Byakugan, the enemy's pressure points are identified and attacked, and the user's own chakra is injected into the enemy's pressure points.
Ninjas need to Hand Seals to release Ninjutsu. Chakra always flows through the pressure points of the hands and the whole body, so Gentle Fist will instantly interfere with the enemy's use of chakra, whether it hits the enemy's arm or upper body.
After the Hyuga Clan disrupted their chakra usage, the battle rhythm completely shifted in the favor of the Hyuga ninjas.
If a dozen or more pressure points are hit in subsequent close combat, the path for chakra to flow to the hands and feet will be cut off, making it impossible to even escape.
After the Sixty-Four Palms strikes are completed, the enemy will no longer be able to extract chakra, and may even die directly due to the excessive concentration of chakra that has invaded their body.
As for what other secret techniques Hyuga, Hyuga Akiha couldn't tell Shuichi. Many of them were secret techniques passed down in the Main Family, and she didn't know them either. Most people in the branch family generally only knew how to use Gentle Fist.
Shuichi knew that there were other techniques like the Heavenly Spin and the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to compensate for Hyuga's weakness of only being able to fight in close combat.
"Looking at it this way, the Hyuga Clan truly lives up to its reputation. Gentle Fist is extremely practical, making it easy to build up combat power in the early stages, and dealing with ordinary ninjas is definitely a breeze. If their Taijutsu and chakra reserves keep up, they can even put up a fight against some strong individuals with Kage-level strength."
In the original work, Hyuga is not the primary one, so Shuichi realizes he has underestimated them.
During the ninja village era, wars became large-scale battles between armies. Coupled with the Byakugan's abnormal reconnaissance abilities, the Hyuga Clan, with its high average combat strength, could become the number one clan in any village.
In late June of Year 44 of Konoha, the villagers noticed an increase in unfamiliar faces in the village, many dressed as ninjas, giving off a somewhat unapproachable vibe.
At the same time, there were more Konoha Ninja and Uchiha Guard on duty in the streets. Although these ninjas from other villages did not pose a threat to Konoha's strength, they still needed to be monitored.
Many people in Konoha knew about the Joint Chunin Exam, and the news gradually spread, but it didn't really concern most of the Konoha; even if they knew, they couldn't go to watch.
After preparing for the Chunin Ninja Exams, Shuichi told Orochimaru about it. Orochimaru didn't say anything after hearing it, clearly trusting his disciple a lot, and even thoughtfully reduced his workload for the next two months.
A few days later, in the morning, Shuichi was at home tidying up his clothes. Since it was Natsuhi, he had specially prepared a new ninja outfit.
It's somewhat similar to the blue and white outfit that Sasuke Uchiha later, but he changed the color to a purplish-black that matched his hair color.
Shuichi himself thought the bandages on his calves looked really ugly, so he changed his white shorts into cropped trousers that went past his knees, giving him a look reminiscent of his past life's trendy style. He also had a ninja tool pouch on each side and in the back of his buttocks.
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