Post-Battle Summary

Uchiha Yuan was surprised as well. He had not expected Hyuga Asana to have already mastered the Body Flicker Technique either.

"You lose!" Hyuga Asana said calmly.

Uchiha Yuan turned his head at her words. Their gazes met, and in the next instant, the scene from when the Caged Bird had just been branded onto her appeared before Hyuga Asana's eyes.

Although Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique was only a D-rank ninjutsu, this technique could ignore the victim's own will and materialize the fear in their heart, the scene they least wanted to see.

The greater the fear in the victim's heart, the stronger the impact of this technique. Put simply, it made the opponent see the image they feared most in their heart, striking at their mind.

"Hyuga Asana, you win! I surrender." In her daze, Hyuga Asana heard Uchiha Yuan's voice, and then the Genjutsu she had fallen under was released.

By now, a layer of cold sweat had already seeped out across Hyuga Asana's forehead, and even her underclothes were soaked through.

"Sorry. I didn't know that Genjutsu would affect you so much," Uchiha Yuan said in a voice only the two of them could hear.

Hyuga Asana took a deep breath, doing her best to calm herself down, then asked, "Why did you surrender? I was caught in a Genjutsu just now. You should have been the one who won, right?"

"If this had really been a life-and-death fight, I would already have died the moment your kunai was at my neck, because an enemy wouldn't have stopped the kunai there. They would have stabbed straight through my throat.

Besides, if you lost, Hyuga Chiwa would make trouble for you, right? Getting you bullied by Hyuga Chiwa over an insignificant sparring match is something I can't bring myself to do.

You probably don't have any masochistic tendencies or pointless pride either, right?"

After a moment of silence, Hyuga Asana said, "Thanks."

"There's no need for thanks between us over something this small."

"Come to the riverside after school."

After that, the two of them formed the Seal of Reconciliation, and this sparring match ended with Hyuga Asana's victory.

Although Uchiha Yuan had lost this sparring match, the strength and combat ability he had displayed were already no worse than an ordinary Genin's.

And the teacher also understood why Uchiha Yuan's strength had been improving by leaps and bounds recently.

Because he had awakened the Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai—the Sharingan.

As everyone knew, once a member of the Uchiha Clan awakened the Sharingan, their strength would make a leap.

However, Uchiha Yuan seemed to be only ten years old this year. Awakening the Sharingan at ten was relatively rare even in the Uchiha Clan.

The teachers recorded Uchiha Yuan's situation and prepared to report it to their superiors.

And the sparring match between Uchiha Yuan and Hyuga Asana also spread through the other classes.

"Hey, Obito, did you hear? That clansman of yours, Uchiha Yuan, awakened the Sharingan," Ebisu, who was wearing sunglasses, asked as he walked over to Uchiha Obito.

"What's so impressive about that? He's a year older than me. When I'm ten, I'll definitely be able to awaken the Sharingan too!" Uchiha Obito said, his face full of defiance.

"You? Forget it! You can't even use the Basic Ninjutsu properly, and that clansman of yours almost beat Hyuga Asana," Sarutobi Asuma said with a look of disdain.

"Asuma, I heard Asana seems to have already learned the Body Flicker Technique. Can you beat her?" Kurenai asked.

If someone else had asked, Asuma would definitely have answered honestly that he might not necessarily be able to beat Hyuga Asana.

But the one asking this question now was Kurenai, so Asuma answered without the slightest hesitation, "Hyuga Asana is definitely no match for me!"

"Asuma is amazing!"

"As expected of Hokage-sama's son."

"Asuma is the strongest!"

Listening to the praise from the students around him, Obito said sourly, "Hmph! What's so impressive about that!"

"Obito, I believe in you. Sooner or later, you'll surpass them!" Seeing that Obito was a little unhappy, Rin comforted him as she always did.

The moment Obito heard Rin's words, he revived at full health. "Rin, I'll definitely work hard!"

After school, Uchiha Yuan arrived by the little river. A dozen minutes later, Hyuga Asana also arrived.

"Why did you get here so quickly today?" Uchiha Yuan asked.

"Probably because I beat you today. Hyuga Chiwa was in a good mood and didn't make things difficult for me. I sent her home, then hurried over."

"Speaking of which, can Hyuga Chiwa activate the Caged Bird Curse Mark?" Uchiha Yuan asked.

"How could a child like her possibly know how? In the entire Hyūga Clan, there should be no more than ten people who can activate the Caged Bird Curse Mark," Hyuga Asana answered.

"Then does that mean if we kill all ten of those people, no one will be able to restrain the Branch House anymore?"

"I've thought about that question too, but the Main House should have other safeguards. Even if all those people died, the remaining Main House members would still have a way to obtain the method to activate the Caged Bird Curse Mark."

"Then how many people are there in the Main House altogether?"

"The four elders and the clan head, as well as the next generation of Main House members. Forty-one people in total."

"Then what if we kill them all?"

"Yuan, the Hyūga Clan's problems can't be solved just by killing every member of the Main House," Hyuga Asana said after a moment of silence.

"But that's the fastest and most effective method."

"The village wouldn't let something like that happen. The Main House has been able to control the Branch House for so long; it would be impossible without the village's tacit approval."

"It's the village again, huh!"

"All right! Let's not talk about this anymore. Even if we discuss it, we don't have the ability to change the current situation. Yuan, when did you awaken the Sharingan?" Hyuga Asana suddenly changed the subject and asked.

"The day I learned my parents had died."

"So it really was then. You stayed home resting for almost a month at the time—was that to adapt to the Sharingan too?"

"More or less!"

"The Sharingan's Genjutsu really is powerful! You only glanced at me and I fell under a Genjutsu."

"That wasn't the Sharingan's Genjutsu. A Single Tomoe Sharingan doesn't amplify Genjutsu. That was an ordinary Genjutsu I learned myself, one any ninja can use."

"An ordinary Genjutsu? It couldn't be Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique, could it?" Hyuga Asana asked.

"That's the one. Hell Viewing and Tree Binding Death are both Genjutsu that have existed since Konoha was founded, and they're very widely circulated. If you're interested, I can teach you."

"No need. We of the Hyūga Clan aren't good at Genjutsu. But do you want to learn the Body Flicker Technique? I can teach you!"

"Sure!" Uchiha Yuan had been wanting to learn the Body Flicker Technique anyway. Once his Physique reached 30 points, he would be able to use Teleportation, and when the time came, he would need the Body Flicker Technique as a cover.

"My Body Flicker was taught to me by a lord. It counts as a test for me. I can teach you, but you mustn't tell anyone else."

"A lord? Is it the same lord who told you that 'growth' has no radical?"

"Mm."

For some reason, Uchiha Yuan always felt that this lord Hyuga Asana spoke of was not a good person. In this world, aside from your parents, no one treated you well for no reason.

This lord Hyuga Asana mentioned had talked to her about growth and taught her the Body Flicker Technique too. No matter how he thought about it, something felt off.