With Hinata's current strength, she had long since pulled far ahead of the other Ninja Academy students her age.
For an academy student, it could be called a cliff-like lead. The other academy students basically only knew the Three Body Technique right now.
Hinata had already learned almost all of the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.
If this had been wartime, Hinata would have graduated from the academy early long ago. With the special abilities of the Byakugan, she might even have been promoted by the Hokage and become a special jonin.
But Hinata was still training as if she were wringing herself dry.
Hearing Hyuga Hiashi's words, a barely perceptible flash of anger crossed Hinata's eyes.
If she was really strong enough, then why had Naruto left her behind and taken Neji and Sasuke away?
Even with her rather gentle, timid personality, when she learned about it, an emotion called anger still rose in her heart, impossible to suppress.
There was even a faint trace of resentment mixed in—not toward Naruto, but toward Neji, toward Sasuke, and toward herself as well.
She resented her own weakness.
Hinata shook her head, casting aside the stray thoughts in her heart, then took up the stance of the Gentle Fist and said seriously, "Father, come. My Byakugan tells me I can begin!"
"Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
This was also a technique that could only be completed with the support of the Byakugan. The slightest mistake in Chakra control would cause it to fail.
It required gathering a large amount of Gentle Fist Chakra in both hands, then applying shape transformation to form two fierce lion heads before launching an attack. It greatly increased the power and range of the strike, and could devour the target's entire chakra network.
This was also Hinata's