Strength Fist

"Did you think you could get away?"

Seeing Uchiha Hana use a desperate donkey roll in a flash of inspiration, Uchiha Shin grinned. Using the momentum of his downward kick with his left leg, he dropped into a crouch at breakneck speed, then slammed his fist into the ground.

"Diamond Smash!"

The Chakra bursting from Uchiha Shin's right fist shattered the training ground beneath him.

The shock wave that erupted at the same time sent Uchiha Hana flying from where she lay on the ground.

Shin had deliberately held back, afraid of hurting her.

Then the Chakra concentrated in the sole of Uchiha Shin's left foot burst forth, instantly pushing his speed to its limit.

A blur flashed across the training ground...

As Uchiha Hana hit the ground, Uchiha Shin had already grabbed her by the shoulder and right leg, while his right knee drove hard into her lower back.

If Uchiha Shin put any force into his hands and right knee, he could snap Uchiha Hana in half at the waist in an instant.

"This..."

"Big brother's way too brutal!"

Watching Uchiha Shin's savage move from the edge of the training ground, Izuna swallowed hard before speaking in a shaken voice.

He'd better never cross Big Brother.

Being his enemy would be terrifying.

Madara said nothing, but he agreed with Izuna. Shin was practically a human tyrannosaurus.

The battle was over.

Uchiha Shin let go, and Uchiha Hana landed steadily on her feet.

Honestly, Uchiha Hana had been terrified out of her wits just then. She had nearly wet herself.

Even now, standing firmly on the ground, the fear she'd felt in that instant had soaked her back with sweat.

When the wind blew, her back felt even colder.

"Lord Shin, you're incredible."

"Hehe..."

Once she'd recovered, Uchiha Hana gave Uchiha Shin a sheepish grin, her voice tinged with flattery.

Uchiha Shin didn't mind her acting that way.

After all, there was nothing more terrifying than facing death.

A ninja was supposed to be prepared to die on the battlefield from the moment they started out. But being killed by a kunai, stabbed with a sword, or taken out by a jutsu was one thing; being snapped in half by someone was another.

After what had just happened, Uchiha Hana could still stand there so calmly. At the very least, she had a stronger mindset than most ninja her age.

Although she hadn't used a single jutsu during their fight, her Taijutsu had impressed Uchiha Shin, both in strength and in how smoothly and skillfully she moved.

Uchiha Hana was only six, after all. Judging by her potential and talent in Taijutsu, she was every bit as promising as Might Guy or Rock Lee would be in the future.

Could the Uchiha Clan one day produce a ninja renowned for Taijutsu?

Uchiha Shin wondered to himself.

"Your Taijutsu is good, Hana!"

"I can tell you've worked hard at it."

"Ha ha."

"You've passed today's test."

A satisfied smile spread across Uchiha Shin's face as he praised Uchiha Hana without holding back.

After all, compliments cost nothing and could put someone in a good mood.

There was no harm in praising her, so why hold back a few kind words?

"Your talent and potential in Taijutsu are good, and you've worked hard..."

"But Shadow Leaf Dance is too ordinary."

"You're missing a decisive finishing move in your Taijutsu."

"How about it? Do you want to learn the Strength Fist I just used, the one that lets you unleash such monstrous power?"

After praising Uchiha Hana, Uchiha Shin abruptly changed the subject.

Uchiha Shin had worked hard to master the Strength Fist, too.

Ever since he'd started training at the age of two and a half, Uchiha Shin had relied on his knowledge of the Naruto series and adapted what he knew to his own body, perfectly replicating two jutsu.

One was the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, which he'd already given to the clan. The other was his replication of Tsunade Senju's Strength Fist.

Although Uchiha Shin's body had excellent talent and potential as a ninja, he still fell a little short of those Taijutsu specialists born with superhuman strength when it came to physical attacks.

Taijutsu involved three aspects: strength, speed, and technique.

Most people could spend their whole lives training and still fail to bring even one of these three to its peak.

But Uchiha Shin had too much ambition. He wanted to be a well-rounded fighter.

Having read the Naruto series, he understood that battles between ninja were really battles of information.

Once an enemy ninja found a weakness, they could quickly exploit it and launch an effective counterattack.

At best, that meant getting hurt. At worst, it meant dying.

For example, Shikamaru's battle with Hidan, and Naruto and Kakashi's battle with Kakuzu.

So what could he do about his lack of physical power in Taijutsu?

At the time, Uchiha Shin had considered two options: the Eight Inner Gates Technique and Tsunade Senju's Strength Fist.

According to the Naruto series, when someone opened the Eight Inner Gates Formation...

In other words, when they opened the eighth and final gate, the Gate of Death, the power and speed they unleashed could be dozens of times greater than that of the Five Kage.

When someone used the Eight Inner Gates Technique to open the Eight Inner Gates Formation, it was the ultimate Taijutsu in Naruto.

But the technique was too complicated, and trying to figure it out on his own was far too dangerous. So Uchiha Shin had focused on Tsunade Senju's Strength Fist instead.

As Uchiha Shin remembered it, the Strength Fist was a special technique for controlling and using Chakra.

The principle was to concentrate Chakra in one part of the body, then release it in an instant to achieve tremendous destructive power.

The hard part was controlling and refining the Chakra.

But knowing how to do something and actually doing it were two different things.

Once he had a direction for his research, all that remained was countless experiments.

For a while, Uchiha Shin had often ended up covered in bruises while testing the technique.

It had even made Uchiha Aoi suspect that someone was bullying him.

Fortunately, Uchiha Shin had not only perfectly replicated the technique, but also developed Diamond Smash from it.

A move that launched an opponent into the air, like a certain fighting game character's attack.

Hearing this, Uchiha Hana nodded so quickly her head nearly blurred.

Although Uchiha Hana was only six, she understood that a ninja was bound to die in battle sooner or later.

If she could learn one more life-saving finishing move now, then when her life was on the line someday, her chances of surviving would be that much higher.

At that moment, Uchiha Hana couldn't help but give herself a pat on the back for latching onto someone powerful.

Her parents always called her stupid, but she thought she was actually pretty clever.

She wasn't costing her family a thing. Now she had her food, lodging, and clothes taken care of, and she could even learn Lord Shin's secret technique.

It was all thanks to her cleverness. Let's see who dared call her stupid now.

Uchiha Hana thought smugly.

But when Madara and Izuna heard that Uchiha Shin was going to teach such an impressive technique to a woman who had only just become his follower, they immediately felt jealous and indignant.

Not only did this woman eat and live at their house, but Big Brother was also teaching her such a powerful technique. Who knew? Maybe Big Brother would even be stolen away by her one day.

As traditional Uchiha brothers who were fiercely protective of each other, Madara and Izuna instantly bristled.