"Is that—Rotation? How is that possible?"
"He stole it! He must have stolen it!"
"Shut up! It only looks somewhat like Rotation."
Hiashi rebuked the two Clan Elders for their shocked slander, but—Hiashi himself was also astonished.
Hiashi could indeed tell that Hizashi's "Rotation" differed from the one he had learned. It completely lacked any outward offensive qualities, focusing purely on defense and deflection. It pushed the principles of using softness to overcome hardness and using rotation to dissipate force to the extreme.
It was not an inferior version!
Hiashi suspected that Hizashi's "Rotation" might actually be better suited for defense.
The little incident involving the three Hyuga Clan members in the stands did not cause any commotion. After all, this was Konoha, the home ground of Konoha's genin!
The villagers knew nothing about the main family or branch family, and nothing about "Rotation." When they saw a Konoha ninja fighting back from desperate circumstances, they cheered. No one paid attention to them.
After stopping the Clan Elders, Hiashi sat back down.
"My apologies." Hiashi apologized to the two Clan Elders for his rudeness.
At that moment, even Hiashi himself could no longer clearly distinguish whether he had fiercely rebuked them because he disliked hearing them say Hizashi had stolen the technique, or because he could not accept that his younger brother had independently figured out "Rotation" faster than he himself had mastered it through diligent study.
"You think too highly of us."
"Please, don't say that."
In the arena, Hizashi's "Rotation" shattered the restraints of the Mountain Earth Technique, spraying fragments of shattered dirt and stone everywhere.
Kitsuchi paused in surprise before coating his fists in rock once more!
"He can release Chakra from all over his body—no, more importantly, he can use rotation to restrain that released Chakra