Identity Exposed

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"Good! What a Sunflower Pointing Hand!"

As soon as Uchiha Yue finished speaking, the anger in the ANBU member's eyes burned even brighter. Her voice trembled as she said, "As expected of a genius from the Uchiha Clan. Your talent for jutsu is far beyond ordinary people's. No wonder... no wonder Minato forgot something so important just so he could discuss ninjutsu with you!"

"Uchiha Yue! I'm going to teach you a good lesson today!"

Just then, Yue's mental energy sensed a surge of chakra from the ANBU member standing before him!

Yue had already used the Falling Moon Style: Sunflower Pointing Hand to seal her chakra points. In theory, she should have been unable to use chakra. But who could have guessed that, while her chakra points were sealed, she would force them open with her immense chakra and regain the ability to use it?

Seeing this, Yue's eyes narrowed slightly, and he realized the weakness of his newly developed taijutsu!

That's right—his Falling Moon Style: Sunflower Pointing Hand had taken shape. When used, it could indeed seal an enemy's chakra points, preventing them from using chakra in combat for a short time. However, its flaw was that an enemy with sufficiently powerful chakra could force the points open.

This showed that Yue's new point-blocking taijutsu still fell short of the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.

After all, if a member of the Hyuga Clan used Gentle Fist to seal an enemy's chakra points, even someone with powerful chakra couldn't force them open so easily and regain the ability to use chakra. Yue still had a long way to go before he could perfect the Falling Moon Style: Sunflower Pointing Hand. He would need to build up experience through extended combat before this new point-blocking technique could truly rival the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.

However, while fighting the ANBU member before him, Yue had no chance to test his new technique.

She was far stronger than he was. If he kept experimenting in a fight like this, defeat was just around the corner.

Then...

After forcing open her sealed chakra points with her immense chakra, the ANBU member instantly appeared right in front of Yue.

Taijutsu was still Yue's weakness. At least against this powerful ANBU member, its shortcomings had been magnified to the extreme. He watched helplessly as she reached him and tried to put some distance between them, but she gave him no chance.

Then, as Yue's eyes widened, the ANBU member's right hand struck his abdomen!

"Four Symbols Seal: Seal!"

Yue's mental energy sensed the immense chakra gathered in the ANBU member's fingertips. When all five fingers pressed against his abdomen, he felt the chakra inside him abruptly stop flowing. Clearly, she was using a sealing jutsu to stop the flow of chakra within him.

However, the ANBU member could never have guessed that the chakra pathways in Yue's body were different from those of ordinary people!

Long ago, Yue had expanded his body's chakra pathways, making their flow unlike anyone else's. Because of this unusual chakra flow, even the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist couldn't seal his chakra points—let alone the sealing jutsu used by the ANBU member before him.

His chakra only stopped for a second. Then he formed hand seals and used the Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist!

The ANBU member hadn't expected Yue to still be able to use chakra. When she saw his afterimage remain before her, she froze for a brief second. That single second gave Yue the opening he needed. He gathered chakra in his right hand and unleashed his strongest offensive ninjutsu with one hand!

"Rasengan!"

Blue light blazed in Yue's right hand. In an instant, he appeared before the ANBU member and thrust the Rasengan toward her abdomen. But she had been watching his movements the whole time. To her, Yue was simply too slow.

Yue's attack missed. She appeared behind him, ready to knock him down with one blow.

But...

Just as the ANBU member confidently prepared to send Yue crashing to the ground, he made a startling move!

The Rasengan in Yue's right hand suddenly flew free, shooting straight toward the ANBU member's face!

"Falling Moon Style: Rasengan Manipulation Technique!"

Without a doubt, Yue had just revealed another hidden trump card to defeat the ANBU member before him!

When Yue discovered he could form a Rasengan with one hand, he had begun working to make it more effective offensively. Now, he used chakra threads to control the Rasengan, allowing it to fly from his hand and attack from a distance instead of requiring him to get up close.

However...

Yue's chakra control still wasn't good enough to maintain the Rasengan's shape with just one chakra thread.

So, just as the flying Rasengan struck the ANBU member's mask, the one Yue had thrown dissipated.

But the Rasengan had struck her face, shattering the mask completely.

And at the same moment, the ANBU member's true face was revealed to Yue...

"It... it's her!"

As Yue used the Falling Moon Style: Rasengan Manipulation Technique to destroy the ANBU member's mask, two figures hidden in the darkness watched the fight. Both were people Yue knew: his mentor, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, one of the Sannin.

"Impressive!"

Watching Yue maintain a Rasengan with a single chakra thread, Jiraiya couldn't help exclaiming, "Tsunade, you really did take on a fine student. You only taught him once, and he's already improved this much. It's hard to believe! And that taijutsu he just used was quite interesting. It resembled the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist. He really does have a talent for jutsu!"

"Hmph. It's child's play."

Though Tsunade said that, she was delighted inside. After all, Yue was her student.

But as she saw the ANBU member about to counterattack, Tsunade sighed and said helplessly, "Ah, Yue may have incredible talent, but he's still too weak. Jiraiya, how did Yue manage to provoke that troublesome girl? It seems like they've never even met."

"Actually... I know a little about what happened."

Jiraiya smiled wryly and shook his head at Tsunade's question. "Ah, poor Yue. He somehow managed to provoke her for no reason. Yesterday was Minato's date with her, but he forgot about it because he was discussing a new ninjutsu with Uchiha Yue."

"So..."

"She took out her anger over Minato standing her up on Yue and decided to teach him a good lesson."

"Because... she's Kushina Uzumaki!"