Naruto Bloodline Theory? It's Just Trash

Blue shockwaves immediately burst from Mingren's back.

The Gentle Fist Style had clearly penetrated and damaged his insides.

However.

The vital areas—his heart, throat, and head—had been shielded by his two arms.

Dark Chakra was the power of the heart.

Combined with the Body Activation Technique, it could achieve regeneration.

And when combined with the Eight Inner Gates, it allowed the body nourished by Dark Chakra to open a "false" version of the "Eight Inner Gates."

The reason it was called "false."

Was because the Dark Eight Inner Gates differed from the true Eight Inner Gates.

Although it granted a massive buff to strength.

The artificially controlled opening of acupoints also gave it a fatal weakness.

In the theatrical animated film.

Shennong had combined Dark Chakra with the Body Activation Technique and layered the Eight Inner Gates on top.

The three formed one.

Turning him into Muscle Man.

However, Sasuke had destroyed his control over his body's acupoints through acupoint pressure, causing all his efforts to fail in the end.

Because he understood the plot.

Mingren had not accepted Shennong's suggestion to learn the Dark Eight Inner Gates.

Instead, he chose to steadily gather his own Negative Mental Energy, as well as that of his enemies, building his abilities step by step.

For the father-son master-and-disciple trio of Might Duy, Might Guy, and Rock Lee, the Eight Inner Gates represented the ultimate culmination of hard work.

But for users of Dark Chakra.

The Eight Inner Gates were a crooked path that took shortcuts.

And there were no shortcuts to power.

After all, this was not Bloodline Theory.

For ordinary people to gain power, they had to follow the principles of basic law.

After finishing a set of Gentle Fist, Hokuto Hyuga had exhausted all his moves.

Mingren did not counterattack immediately. Instead, he quietly looked at him. "The Hyuga Branch Family... nothing special."

Although Mingren's internal organs had ruptured and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

He might even have suffered severe internal injuries.

But to Mingren, who had undergone countless experiments and fallen from high buildings many times, this was nothing at all.

"!"

Seeing that his opponent had been hit by every attack.

Out of caution, Hokuto Hyuga did not rashly charge in to finish him off.

Instead, he quickly retreated.

But in the next second—

Sshk!

His vision suddenly swayed.

It felt as though all the strength had been drained from his body.

He slowly lowered his head and discovered that his opponent's hand blade had already plunged into his chest...

"Too fast..."

His opponent's attack speed had just surpassed his own.

But how... could that be possible...

Looking at that cold face burning with Black Will, Hokuto Hyuga still wanted to say something.

But the moment he opened his mouth, blood poured out in great mouthfuls.

As Mingren pulled out his right hand.

Hokuto Hyuga collapsed weakly, kneeling in a puddle...

Mingren untied his forehead protector.

Just as expected.

A dark green Cursed Seal was slowly fading away.

At the same time, because the Cursed Seal had been activated, the Byakugan rapidly lost its light. In an instant, with Hokuto Hyuga's death.

The Caged Bird Seal on the Branch Family member's forehead completely destroyed and sealed away his pair of Byakugan...

Watching this scene.

A trace of pity flashed through Mingren's eyes.

Branch Family members were born slaves.

And they remained slaves for their entire lives.

But soon, the pity in Mingren's eyes vanished.

The Caged Bird Seal could not serve as a reason for the Hyuga Clan to invade the Land of Rain.

A true man born into this world could at worst die.

Even dying in resistance was better than kneeling to beg for survival.

In his previous life, countless revolutionary martyrs and many heroes throughout history had faced the enemy's threats and temptations without yielding.

The strong drew their blades against those stronger than themselves.

Only the weak bullied those weaker than themselves.

"I will change the Hyuga Clan's problems."

Mingren stared at the corpse as he spoke.

But before that, he first had to completely crush the Hyuga Clan's pride in Bloodline Theory.

Especially the Hyuga Clan's Main Family.

There were far too many tragedies in the Ninja World.

All of them stemmed from unreasonable systems, ideals, and distributions of social resources.

The Hyuga Clan's problem was merely one small reflection of that...

Soon, dark negative thoughts surged from Hokage Tsuchi's corpse and were absorbed by Mingren.

The number before his eyes jumped.

He had reached a new level of power.

[Strength... 9!]

Reunion

"Nicely done."

Behind him, Master Shennong's voice rang out.

"What's your strength at now?"

"9."

Mingren did not hide it and directly stated the physical stat he saw.

A Strength Value of 9.

It meant that his current base stats had already caught up to Jiraiya's in Shippuden.

Looking across the entire Ninja World, only a few possessed physical attributes that had reached this level.

"Clean up these two corpses."

Shennong unfurled a Scroll, revealing a Sealing Jutsu formula.

Earlier, he had taken the time to collect Gekko Clan's corpse.

Now, he intended to take Hokuto Hyuga's corpse away as well.

"You're going to study them?" Mingren glanced at him, his expression neither sad nor happy.

"No."

Shennong shook his head, the corner of his mouth curving upward.

"I plan to... sell their corpses for money."

Anyone living in this world needed to spend vast amounts of money on food, clothing, daily necessities, training, and even various Ninjutsu studies.

Naturally, Shennong and Mingren were no exception.

"The first guy you killed was Gekko Clan, a Konoha ninja with the Transparent Release Bloodline Limit. This Hyuga Branch Family member should fetch a pretty good price too..."

Shennong walked forward and glanced at Hokage Tsuchi's corpse.

In the ninja world, many forces purchased all kinds of materials.

Transactions of every kind in the Underground Black Market were even more commonplace.

Even corpses possessed tremendous research value.

Extracting intelligence from them and deciphering Ninjutsu were all standard practices.

There were even some High-ranking Officials and Nobles with unusual collecting hobbies.

The Underground Black Market...

Mingren thought about it and truly wanted to see the famous places scattered across various countries in the Original Work, where Kakuzu often appeared.

"If Konoha learns that the corpses of its ninjas are being auctioned off, they'll definitely be furious..."

A smile appeared on Shennong's face.

He could hardly wait to see Konoha's reaction after learning of this matter.

Amid the rain curtain.

Several figures swiftly advanced in their direction.

Mingren turned his head and noticed that one of them was astonishingly fast.

He was practically like Quicksilver from the comics and films of Mingren's previous life.

That figure turned into an afterimage.

Leaving only a blurry trail through the air.

Moments later, Ryu, swift as the wind, revealed himself and arrived on the rooftop ahead of the others.

"They're Amegakure Ninja..."

Shennong sized him up.

"That speed... could it be the Swift Release Bloodline Limit?"

Soon after, Asuka and her other two companions arrived.

Seeing this, Mingren understood.

To guard against Konoha's schemes, Hanzo had sent stronger personnel to protect his Granddaughter.

They had just joined forces to force back Kakashi Hatake.

And Ryu had displayed his Bloodline Limit before the Young Lady.