Hyuga Setsuna

"Too incredible!!"

"Is this guy really a student in the same year as us?!"

At this moment, it wasn't just the group of girls nearby.

Even the boys who had already been kicked out of the match were exclaiming in astonishment from the sidelines.

Indeed.

Although the current era was one of war.

The students at the Ninja Academy generally possessed high ninja aptitude.

But to deal with these brats who hadn't even reached the level of genin yet.

Hane hardly needed to use the abilities of the String-String Fruit or other high-level ninjutsu.

Relying solely on his powerful agility and taijutsu, he had already easily crushed this group of Ninja Academy students.

Perhaps...

Only that guy Shisui could make me bring out my true strength.

Thinking this to himself, as he faced one attack after another that seemed extremely simple to him.

Hane became even more determined in his plan to apply for early graduation once he had fully mastered all the basic ninja arts.

After all, he hadn't entered the Ninja Academy to kill time or play the fool to catch his prey; this game of house held no appeal for him.

"Are you Yakushi Hane?"

Just then, a cold voice rang out.

As Hane snapped back to his senses, he saw a figure in white quickly dispatch the surrounding ninja students and appear to block his path.

"Let me see, you who managed to outshine the Uchiha Clan's genius Shisui..."

"Just what kind of strength you possess!!"

Jet-black hair like a waterfall, a black kimono with white trim, and an unexpectedly handsome face.

But what caught Hane's attention were the boy's pure white eyes.

He was clearly a member of the Hyuga Clan, one of Konoha's oldest noble families!

"Hyuga Setsuna?"

Facing the Hyuga Clan boy who had suddenly appeared.

Hane's originally indifferent gaze finally became a little more serious.

Because among all the students in the same year at the Ninja Academy, apart from Uchiha Shisui who was assigned to a different class, this boy named Hyuga Setsuna was the strongest.

He was a genius ninja of the Hyuga Clan who had never been mentioned in the original story.

"Byakugan!!"

Without any further nonsense, the Hyuga Clan boy in front of Hane formed hand seals.

His pure white eyes suddenly widened, and hideous veins bulged out on both sides of his temples.

He awakened the Byakugan this early?!

Facing the Byakugan activated by Hyuga Setsuna, Hane felt as if his entire body had been seen through by those sharp eyes, and he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

The Byakugan—it was the kekkei genkai of Konoha's oldest noble family, the Hyuga Clan.

Although its awakening method was not as harsh as the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan.

Being able to awaken the Byakugan at this age was enough to show just how outstanding this Hyuga boy's talent was.

"Watch out! Gentle Fist!!"

After activating the Byakugan, seeing that Hane seemed a bit distracted.

The Hyuga boy gave a warning, his hands already blooming with a cluster of blue chakra.

Gentle Fist—the Hyuga Clan's ancestral secret technique, the strongest taijutsu style in Konoha.

A fist technique capable of directly attacking the meridian system, which, when combined with the Byakugan, could also strike pressure points.

Is this... the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga Style?

Facing the fists and palms that Hyuga Setsuna swung toward him like a blur.

Hane retreated, constantly dodging the blue chakra in Hyuga Setsuna's hands.

Unlike the Konoha-Style Strong Fist that Hane was currently practicing.

The Hyuga Style's Gentle Fist focused on upper-body movements, usually keeping the lower body firmly guarded.

The upper body used unique Gentle Fist techniques to strike chakra into the opponent's body, destroying their meridians and internal organs.

After all, no matter how powerful a person was in the normal ninja world, they could not train their internal organs; internal injuries caused by the Gentle Fist were usually fatal.

Unless one reached the level of the Six Paths, possessed the Sage Body of Senju Hashirama, or had an immortal body modified by the Jashin Cult like Hidan.

The Konoha Style's Strong Fist, on the other hand, focuses more on lower-body movements; its techniques are usually wide and sweeping, with attacks primarily based on legwork.

By utilizing chakra to grant the body greater explosive power and destructive force, the movements become sharp, swift, and peerlessly fierce, inflicting direct damage upon the surface of an enemy's body.

Simply put, these two different schools each have their own merits.

Therefore, if struck by the Hyuga Style's Gentle Fist, even if it only grazed his skin, Hyuga Setsuna could use the unique chakra of the Gentle Fist to damage Yu's internal organs and meridians.

It seems that besides Hyuga Neji from the original story...

The branch family of the Hyuga Clan has also produced other outstanding geniuses.

Watching the incomparably fierce offensive of Hyuga Setsuna's Gentle Fist before him.

He sensed that this young man's strength was clearly not on the same level as the other ninja students.

For a moment, the astonished Yu could not help but let his thoughts wander.

According to the original plot of the Naruto World.

From beginning to end, the Hyuga Clan seemed to have no one worth mentioning who could compete with the Uchiha Clan.

In the younger generation of the Uchiha, there was first the strongest genjutsu ninja, Uchiha Shisui, and then Uchiha Itachi, who reached Kage-level at thirteen.

Even Uchiha Sasuke, who came later, although his early performance was average, leveled up with hacks in the later stages, awakening the soul of Indra's reincarnation and receiving the inheritance of the Sage of Six Paths to become one of the strongest in the shinobi world.

Not to mention the world-dominating Uchiha Madara and the underdog-turned-powerhouse Obito; in short, looking at the history of the Uchiha Clan, there were simply too many brilliant and talented figures.

Conversely, looking at the Hyuga Clan.

Apart from Hyuga Tenin, who was only mentioned in passing in the original work.

In the nearly hundred years of Konoha's history, not a single Kage-level powerhouse had been born.

The only genius ninja, Hyuga Neji, as the first of the Konoha 12 to become a Jonin, was the only one among them to sacrifice his life in the Fourth Shinobi World War because he lacked the protagonist's plot armor.

Therefore, the appearance of this genius youth, Hyuga Setsuna, made Yu feel a hint of surprise.

In the real Naruto World, there were indeed many people and events that were never mentioned in the anime.

"It's over!"

Just as Yu's gaze became slightly unfocused for an instant.

He saw Hyuga Setsuna, who had been continuously unleashing the Hyuga Style's Gentle Fist before him, suddenly let out a sharp shout.

A fierce light erupted from his pure white eyes, and he spread his hands out in front of Yu, assuming a peculiar stance and posture.

"You are already within my Eight Trigrams Domain."

Feeling an invisible domain envelop his body.

Facing the Gentle Fist stance Hyuga Setsuna had assumed, Yu's eyes widened instantly, "This is..."

"Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!!"

Without waiting for Yu to react, accompanied by a deep, explosive shout.

Hyuga Setsuna lunged directly into Yu's guard.

His hands instantly unleashed the Hyuga Clan's secret Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palms.

Like a raging storm, he struck fiercely at thirty-two vital points all over Yu's body.

"No, it is you who are finished!"

However, facing the fierce, lethal offensive of Hyuga Setsuna before him.

Yu's eyes finally turned serious, and a layer of lightning began to radiate from his body.