Uchiha Fugaku

"Matsuba, Nawaki, what are you two talking about?" Their classmates walked over.

"Look, Hyuga Matsuba looks like he won the lottery, grinning like an idiot."

"Get lost!" Hyuga Matsuba kicked out.

"Whoa, that harsh? You treat me like this, and if you cripple me, you'll be sorry."

"Fine, fine, when you're disabled, we'll see how you get back at me."

"What do you mean?" Nawaki looked even more clueless.

Hyuga Matsuba genuinely worried about his IQ, patted his head, and said, "Kid, because if I cripple you, you'll never be able to beat me."

With that, Hyuga Matsuba stepped through the school gate without glancing back at Nawaki.

"Get up, you're not really crippled, are you?" Guyue asked Nawaki with concern.

"You little brat, don't you dare run!" Nawaki scrambled up and chased after him.

"That place looks lively, let's head over." Before Nawaki could get revenge, Hyuga Matsuba deftly changed the subject.

"Huh?" Not far off, classmates were gathering, and the crowd kept growing. Nawaki was curious and loved a commotion, so he forgot about revenge and happily joined in.

"What's going on?" Morihiro also noticed the group and asked Hyuga Matsuba.

Hyuga Matsuba sneered dismissively. "Did your brain leak? I just got to school too, how would I know?"

Morihiro chuckled dryly, realizing he hadn't thought that through.

"But scenes like this are rare. Did a fight break out? Should we check it out?"

"I don't like crowds. Go if you want." Sudan Oude flatly refused Morihiro's invitation.

But his refusal was ignored, and Morihiro dragged him off anyway.

Hyuga Matsuba didn't want to join, not because he disliked crowds, but because halfway there he spotted his cute deskmate, Mikoto.

"Mikoto! Over here!" Hyuga Matsuba jumped up and shouted in her direction.

Mikoto ran over with an adorable smile. "You're early today!"

Not this again. Hyuga Matsuba's ears were about to grow calluses.

He was only a little late the day before, not even tardy, so why did everyone assume he'd never show up early?

"Look at that crowd over there, let's go too!" Hyuga Matsuba grabbed Mikoto's soft little hand and headed that way.

Mikoto blushed, struggled briefly, then let him hold her hand, her heart racing at nearly eighty miles per hour.

Once in the crowd, Hyuga Matsuba saw it was the Hyuga Hiashi brothers clashing with the Uchiha Clan.

"What's going on? Is Uchiha Ken trying to beat up the Hyuga brothers for payback?" Hyuga Matsuba nudged Di'adao, who had arrived earlier and probably knew most of the story.

Before Di'adao could say anything, Mikoto tugged Hyuga Matsuba's sleeve and whispered, "That one in front is the clan leader's eldest son, Uchiha Fugaku."

"Oh?" Hyuga Matsuba smirked contemptuously.

"Just now, Uchiha Fugaku bullied some Hyuga boys and insulted your clan. When Hiashi heard about it, he came to demand justice," Di'adao recounted slowly.

Hyuga Matsuba looked over. The bullied boy was someone he'd seen a few times.

"Isn't that Hyuga Gangjin's brother, Hyuga Cement? How did Uchiha Fugaku beat him up?"

"Uchiha Fugaku, do you dare fight me?" Hyuga Hiashi glared, fury practically blazing from his eyes.

Watching from the side, Hyuga Hizashi wanted to intervene but couldn't stop his brother.

Uchiha Fugaku was a senior student, close to graduation. Clearly, Hyuga Hiashi was no match for him.

"Hiashi! Stop! This situation is bad for us. Fighting him now is like an egg hitting a rock! If you get crushed, our clan will lose face," Hyuga Matsuba said, seemingly persuading but actually fanning the flames.

"Brother, let's remember this grudge and settle it later!"

"Hah, I'll show you today that the Uchiha Clan is just a paper tiger!" Hyuga Hiashi was too furious to listen, fixated only on defeating Uchiha Fugaku.

"Talking big requires some basis, kid. I'm happy to fight you and teach you a lesson." Uchiha Fugaku cracked his knuckles, his face full of disdain for Hyuga Hiashi.

Uchiha Fugaku really didn't take people seriously. Hyuga Hiashi was so angry he nearly bit his lip bloody, itching to charge forward and tear him apart.

"Die! Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms!"

Hyuga Hiashi activated his Ninjutsu, blood boiling as he charged recklessly. A formation appeared around Uchiha Fugaku, and his hands shifted rapidly, precisely striking Uchiha Fugaku's pressure points.

If the hits landed, Uchiha Fugaku might actually be in trouble.

But Uchiha Fugaku was no ordinary opponent. Comma-shaped tomoe appeared in his eyes, spinning clockwise.

Even at this level, the Sharingan wasn't extremely powerful, but it was more than enough to handle Hyuga Hiashi's petty tricks.

The lightning-fast strikes suddenly seemed to slow down around Uchiha Fugaku. He turned easily, dodging the palm techniques.

Everything happened so fast that the onlookers found the scene thrilling, their hearts itching with excitement.

"So this is the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist and the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan? I've learned something today!"

"Me too! When will I ever learn stuff like this?"

Of course, some clueless bystanders joined the lively discussion, turning the scene into a chaotic mess.

"If Hiashi loses in a bit, we'll give him a hand—never mind anything else, just on the grounds that we're classmates, we can't watch him get beaten." Nawaki gritted his teeth, itching for action.

Hyuga Matsuba gave Nawaki a speechless look as he got all worked up on the sidelines, and said flatly, "I think you're dying to jump in and join the fight right now."

Hyuga Hiashi had already exhausted all his techniques, now utterly spent, as if he'd poured out every ounce of his strength.

The Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms, though only a relatively basic and low-level skill within the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist, still demanded a fair amount of physical stamina. With Hiashi's current ability, he could barely manage to pull it off three times.

That meant after using it three times, Hiashi would drain all his stamina, completely unable to participate in combat.

At this point, Hiashi didn't want to waste any more energy, so he fished out the Kunai Sword from his backpack, ready to take on Uchiha Fugaku with swordsmanship.