Hyuga Hiashi's home stood at the heart of the Hyuga Clan's territory. It was a spacious mansion with three courtyards. Under Hizashi Hyuga's guidance, Uzumaki Kuming and Uchiha Fugaku walked down a corridor and followed him to the Hyuga Clan's training hall.
Perhaps it was a ninja custom, but the great clans all seemed to like having their reception rooms and training halls in the same place. So when Uzumaki Kuming and Uchiha Fugaku followed Hizashi Hyuga into the training hall, Hyuga Hiashi was sparring with his father.
The powerful gusts from their strikes stirred up quite a commotion.
"Father, Big Brother, our guests have arrived!"
Hizashi walked into the training hall and bowed slightly to the two men. Then, without paying any attention to Uzumaki Kuming and Uchiha Fugaku, he sat cross-legged to one side, straight-backed as he watched Hyuga Hiashi spar with their father.
"Looks like we arrived at just the right time."
"Fugaku, it's a rare chance to observe the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist training up close."
The two men sparring in the middle of the hall didn't respond to Hizashi. Kuming didn't feel awkward, either. He casually found a place to sit and watched the pair with interest. Fugaku hadn't seen Hiashi in a while, and seeing him training made Fugaku curious about his current strength. He sat down beside Kuming and watched.
The Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist Technique was a Nintaijutsu that relied on the Byakugan and was rooted in Taijutsu. Its greatest destructive power didn't come from the damage a fist could inflict on the body. Instead, it was a unique form of Taijutsu that injected the user's Chakra into an opponent's body upon contact, blocking their tenketsu and disrupting the flow of their Chakra.
So when he trained, Hiashi didn't focus on sheer