The next moment.
Keigo Uchiha threw the Thunderbolt of his Storm Release without hesitation!
The Storm Release transformed into a cage of lightning, trapping Hyuga Ruri at its center. She had no chance to fight back, and the chakra within her hadn't even recovered yet.
"What... is this? It's neither Lightning Release nor Water Release, but it has lightning—and even feels like flowing water?"
Kurama Shimotsuki furrowed her delicate brows, unable to hide her shock.
Just how powerful was this guy?
Fire Release, the Sharingan, powerful Taijutsu, precise insight, and now this terrifying-looking ninjutsu.
Could a seven-year-old really be this strong?!
"What terrifying power. I can feel its destructive force from all the way over here. This isn't Lightning Release, and it isn't Water Release either!"
The crowd stared in shock.
This was beyond anything they could understand!
"How is this possible?"
Kamimura Ino stared in disbelief, a bead of cold sweat appearing on his forehead. His voice trembled as he forced a laugh. "Storm Release from Kumogakure... has actually been mastered by a seven-year-old boy from the Uchiha Clan!"
"It's an incredibly powerful Kekkei Genkai! Even in Kumogakure, it's only seen once in decades."
"Keigo Uchiha has mastered two Kekkei Genkai—the Sharingan and Storm Release. Is this really the kind of strength a boy should have?!"
He couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath.
A chill ran down his spine!
The lightning of that Storm Release made him feel threatened!
If he faced that lightning... he might die!
He was a teacher at the Ninja Academy with the strength of an elite Chunin, but he was certain he wouldn't be a match for this seven-year-old!
"Storm Release!? A Kekkei Genkai? I don't know what it is, but it looks amazing!"
Akimichi Lie was stunned.
Beside him, Nara Kano shook his head helplessly. "That's a Kekkei Genkai, a technique formed by combining two chakra natures. Kekkei Genkai are usually inherited through the bloodline of a clan."
His gaze held disbelief and shock. "But Keigo Uchiha has mastered a Kekkei Genkai from another clan. This is... unbelievable!"
"I've never heard of anyone mastering two Kekkei Genkai!"
Nara Kano had read extensively about the Shinobi World since childhood, and he was the most shocked of all.
"How is this possible? Two Kekkei Genkai? You're from the Uchiha Clan, yet you've mastered Storm Release too!"
Hyuga Ruri's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.
Storm Release.
It was a Kekkei Genkai no weaker than the Byakugan!
It wielded terrifying lightning and controlled water, making its power even greater and its techniques more versatile!
"I lost."
She lowered her head in defeat, but quickly looked up and said, "But I won't keep losing to you. Someday, I'll defeat you! I'll remember you, Keigo Uchiha!"
As the granddaughter of Hyuga Tenjin,
she absolutely refused to accept such a crushing defeat!
She would win next time!
"I'll be waiting."
Keigo Uchiha chuckled. With a casual wave, the cage of lightning turned into a current of lightning, which he flung into the distance.
In an instant!
Half the wall came crashing down!
The crowd couldn't help swallowing nervously.
Hyuga Ruri: "..."
Are you sure you're not just putting on a show for me?
That was obviously you mocking me!
She gritted her teeth. "I'll remember you, Keigo Uchiha, you awful guy."
With that, she turned to head back to the classroom.
But the next moment, she heard Keigo Uchiha's voice and stopped in her tracks. She turned around.
"You'll never catch up to me this way."
Keigo Uchiha chuckled.
His scarlet Sharingan gazed lazily at Hyuga Ruri, as though she were an amusing toy.
As Hyuga Tenjin's granddaughter, her talent so far was undoubtedly greater than Hyuga Hinata's or Hyuga Hanabi's.
And she also had Senju blood.
With her exceptionally pure Byakugan and the Senju Clan's physique...
Could that mean she might be able to approach those blue eyes?
The Tenseigan!
To awaken the Tenseigan, one needed the eyes of the Hyuga Main Family and the physique and chakra of a branch of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon. The two had to be combined.
But was that really the only way to awaken it?
Probably not.
Hyuga Tenjin might have come close to reaching that level. Otherwise, how could one explain that he'd rather give up the clan head's inheritance than let his son marry a woman from the Senju Clan?
The eyes of the Hyuga Clan combined with the Senju Clan's Yang Release physique—the Half-Sage Body—might really awaken those eyes!
"What did you say?!"
Hyuga Ruri's pretty face tightened with anger. She snapped, "Don't think that beating me once gives you the right to order me around. If that's what you think, then you're pathetic!"
Looking at Keigo Uchiha's handsome, composed face and faint smile,
she grew angrier by the second.
How could this guy stay calm even when someone insulted him?
"I mean that your clan has taken the wrong path. The Hyuga Clan has the Byakugan, but you only use it as a support ability. Have you ever considered... studying the Byakugan?"
Keigo Uchiha was unfazed, as if he were stating the simplest thing in the world. "That's the true path to strength for the Hyuga Clan."
"Just like how an ordinary Sharingan in the Uchiha Clan can advance to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."
The corner of his mouth lifted.
Talking about the Mangekyō Sharingan would be too shocking.
The Three-Tomoe Sharingan made for a good comparison too.
"What?"
Hyuga Ruri froze. She instinctively wanted to argue, but for some reason, her body trembled. A vague premonition told her that Keigo was right!
"Study the Byakugan and help it advance, make it stronger... Is that really possible?"
For a moment,
confusion clouded her beautiful eyes.
"Until now, everyone in the Hyuga Clan has trained in Taijutsu and Gentle Fist. They only need to awaken the Byakugan... Could it really be possible? Could it really grow stronger?"
The Hyuga Clan had indeed fallen into a habit.
Once they awakened the Byakugan, they usually only made use of its abilities. Few ever tried to study how to advance it.
First, their predecessors had already researched it and found it basically impossible.
Second, only the Main Family had the right to study the Byakugan's ocular power. For the branch family, once the Caged Bird seal was placed, the Byakugan's power was already damaged, let alone improved.
And in the Hyuga Clan, only the clan head's line belonged to the Main Family.
Ruri was a special case. Hyuga Tenjin's influence still held sway, so she hadn't been assigned to the branch family or branded with the Caged Bird seal.
Hyuga Ruri was confused.
It was as if she'd reached a crossroads and didn't know which way to go.
The crowd was completely dumbfounded!
Kamimura Ino swallowed, almost blurting out, "That's badass!"
That was Hyuga Tenjin's granddaughter, and the future heir to the Hyuga Clan's Main Family.
And now Keigo Uchiha had her completely under his spell!
Of course... he had no idea what Keigo Uchiha was actually talking about.
He only knew one thing: this kid was freaking amazing!
"Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara never asked whether founding a village was possible. They were strong, they believed it was the right thing to do, so they did it."
Keigo Uchiha's voice rang out, carrying a bewitching power.
"And that's how Konoha came to be."
"The strong don't worry about the outcome. Only the weak hesitate."
He chuckled.
His Sharingan glimmered with an eerie light.
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