Everyone's Astonishment

[Doka Degree: 10.1%]

In class, Hyuga Sho stared at his further increased Doka Degree and nodded to himself.

"Surpassing the five people ahead of me and directly defeating Shiranui Genma..."

The Doka Degree gained from the Sixteen Trigrams Palms had truly brought Hyuga Sho into an entirely new realm.

Hyuga Sho guessed.

Around 10% Doka Degree was the dividing line in strength between an "Academy Student" and a "Genin."

If nothing unexpected happened...

He now qualified to become a Genin.

"In other words, continuing to bully children whose strength was only at the Academy Student level is starting to feel beneath me."

Hyuga Sho immediately carried out another round of screening.

Anyone hovering around Shiranui Genma's level was removed from consideration.

"Morino Ibiki, Yūhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma..."

Hyuga Sho murmured as he reviewed the information on the three of them in his mind.

During recess.

Hyuga Sho, who had already been fairly popular, was surrounded by even more people.

Especially the girls.

"Hyuga Sho, the way you sent Shiranui Genma flying was so cool~!"

"You looked so awesome when you shouted, 'Don't bully my friend!'"

"And, and... 'Take one punch from me today, and I'll spare your life!' That was so imposing~."

For a time, Hyuga Sho became the center of everyone's gossip.

Perhaps.

That was the downside of being handsome.

As the center of the incident, Hyuga Sho scratched his head and smiled honestly. "I didn't think much at the time. When I saw Obito being bullied, I just couldn't hold back..."

Staring at Hyuga Sho surrounded by girls.

Ebisu, the lecherous pervert, was burning with envy, jealousy, and resentment.

How he wished he were the one being surrounded.

Beside him, Shiranui Genma, supporting his leg, gritted his teeth. "I got careless today..."

But no matter who it was, after witnessing Hyuga Sho stand up for Uchiha Obito today, everyone changed their former opinion of him.

Once the excitement and fervor in their hearts faded.

Everyone suddenly thought of a question.

Hyuga Sho...

How had he sent Shiranui Genma flying with a single punch?

And at that moment.

The "hardworking" image Hyuga Sho had accumulated over time came in handy.

"Look, Hyuga Sho trains so hard every day."

"He hasn't slacked off once since entering the Ninja Academy two months ago."

"That's the benefit of hard work."

Everyone nodded, directly coming up with a reasonable explanation for Hyuga Sho's explosive growth in strength.

But Hyuga Sho thought their assumptions were completely correct.

After all, he had defeated Shiranui Genma through his own hard work.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, dusk arrived.

After school, Hyuga Sho walked together with Hyuga Mami.

At the school gate, Uchiha Obito was already waiting there.

His gaze was firm, and flames seemed to burn in his eyes.

"I'll definitely work hard and become worthy of the Uchiha name!!"

Uchiha Obito let out a roar, then ran away.

The sight of Hyuga Sho defeating Shiranui Genma had inspired Uchiha Obito, driving him to push himself forward.

"Obito! Keep it up!"

Hyuga Sho sincerely called out to that retreating figure.

He definitely had to keep working hard.

Once Uchiha Obito upgraded from an Academy Student to a Genin monster, Hyuga Sho could beat him up again for experience points.

"Hyuga Sho..."

Hyuga Mami turned her head and looked at Hyuga Sho with those ethereal eyes.

"Train well. Your talent for combat isn't bad..."

After saying that.

Hyuga Mami turned around and started walking.

His talent for combat wasn't bad.

Did that mean his innate ninja qualities were poor?

Therefore, he could only make up for the gap in physical ability through combat techniques.

"Yes."

Hyuga Sho nodded, not taking Hyuga Mami's comments about "talent" to heart.

The evening sunlight spilled across the earth, casting the two of their shadows.

They walked step by step toward the Hyuga Clan compound.

At night.

Hyuga Mami sat kneeling on the tatami as she reported the day's events to her elder brother, Hyuga Hiashi.

When she mentioned that Hyuga Sho had defeated Shiranui Genma...

Hyuga Hiashi revealed a thoughtful expression.

"The Shiranui family's child..."

Although Shiranui was merely a surname passed down through a single line.

That surname concealed the glory of the past.

"I never expected... that child Hyuga Sho to defeat even a Shiranui..."

It was something Hyuga Hiashi had not anticipated.

"Because he works very hard."

Hyuga Mami answered calmly.

It was neither an explanation nor an excuse, but a statement of objective fact.

"Mm..."

Hyuga Hiashi nodded.

"Although that child's qualities cannot surpass those of our Main Family... hard work can indeed determine one's lower limit."

"..."

Hyuga Mami said nothing.

Much less mention that she had taught the Sixteen Trigrams Palms to Hyuga Sho.

Inside the Branch Family cafeteria.

Hyuga Sho ate with great gusto, quickly consuming a large amount of food.

It was normal for children to eat a lot.

Especially while they were growing.

Beside him, Hokage stared at Hyuga Sho, the corner of his mouth twitching from time to time.

"How can you eat so much?! What if you eat our entire Branch Family empty?"

Because of Hyuga Natsu.

Hokage, the Pure Love Warrior, tirelessly harassed Hyuga Sho.

He was so angry~!

He simply couldn't stand Hyuga Sho!

"We're all Branch Family Members, so don't be so formal."

With food still in his mouth, Hyuga Sho pointed at the large pot of stew before him.

"Just treat this place like your own home."

Fuck me...

Hokage clutched his chest, nearly unable to catch his breath!

I, Hokage, have never seen anyone so shameless~!!

"I heard Hyuga Shui say... Hyuga Sho defeated the Shiranui family's child at the Ninja Academy today..."

"Really? I can hardly believe it..."

"Wasn't Hyuga Sho the Dead Last?"

The Branch Family Members discussed the matter and cast incredulous looks toward Hyuga Sho.

Having finished eating, Hyuga Sho stood up and quickly left.

"Damn it!"

Hokage slammed down his chopsticks and hurried after him.

Then...

Hyuga Natsu followed as well.

When Hokage and Hyuga Natsu arrived at Hyuga Sho's residence...

Hyuga Sho was practicing a type of Taijutsu that the two seemed to have seen before, yet found somewhat unfamiliar.

"Like this..."

Hyuga Sho spun around and threw out a spinning kick.

At first, his movements were sluggish.

As he recalled Shiranui Genma's movements from earlier that day, they became increasingly proficient.

In the end, they turned into an exceptionally fluid motion.

"Mm..."

Hyuga Sho stopped and nodded in satisfaction.

"A D-Rank Leaf Whirlwind, huh? I've learned it."

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