Call Me Big Sister

"Next."

Wuye was dragged away, and Hyuga Hizashi stepped before Kaguya under his brother's stern gaze.

One minute later...

"Next."

Only then did Wuye realize Kaguya had gone easy on him. When she fought her own younger brother, that was what true ruthlessness looked like—she had flattened him in a single minute.

He silently dragged the limp Hyuga Hizashi back, then admired the violent aesthetics of Kaguya beating Hyuga Hiashi senseless.

One minute... three minutes... five minutes...

"Huh? Hyuga Hiashi is that much stronger?"

Hiashi still had not been knocked flat after so long. Wuye looked more closely, and his face twitched violently.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Hyuga Hiashi could not defend himself at all beneath the barrage of Gentle Fist strikes. Several times, he tried to lie down, only for Kaguya to yank him back up and continue the spar... continue the beating.

"Yikes."

Even Wuye felt the pain just watching.

"Did you used to train like this too?" he could not help asking quietly.

Hyuga Hizashi stared in stunned disbelief. "No, Sis was never this brutal before."

"Smack!"

Hyuga Hiashi spun 900 degrees through the air, twisting two and a half times before smashing face-first into the floor... without a splash.

"Just looking at his face hurts."

Wuye sucked in a sharp breath...

If he could not beat Kaguya, he had better forget about getting anywhere with her. She would tie him up in all sorts of positions and whip him!

"That felt good."

Kaguya let out a breath. A faint flush colored her cheeks after warming up, making her already perfect features suddenly seem even more vivid.

"Rationally speaking, I should not hold it against you, little brother," she said softly, looking at the Hiashi-shaped pile of mud on the ground. "But you believed Hyuga Naoya's words, and that still hurt me. This beating finally let me vent."

"Yes... Sis..."

Hyuga Hiashi wiped the blood flowing from his nose and pitifully crawled back onto the cushion.

This kid might need an IV... As for what kind? In any case, it would not be an IV of missing Wuye...

"All right, the two of you use the Gentle Fist too uprightly and peacefully. There is no killing intent in it, so you are easily intimidated when facing me. In the future, take more chances to leave the village for missions and see some blood," Kaguya concluded.

Hizashi nodded obediently.

"Sis, the main family... usually does not leave the village..." Hiashi said weakly.

Kaguya's eyes immediately narrowed. "There is no main family anymore, Hiashi!"

"B-but what if my Byakugan is taken..."

Hiashi stammered.

Kaguya radiated an awe-inspiring presence. "You cannot fear battle simply because you are afraid your Byakugan will be taken. I have said it before—if anyone dares dig out a Hyuga's Byakugan, I will pursue them for a thousand miles and not return until they are dead!"

"Yes..."

Faced with such a domineering elder sister, Hyuga Hiashi could only obediently yield.

"As for you," Kaguya said, looking at Wuye, "you have no Byakugan and have never learned the Gentle Fist. You forged your taijutsu through sheer effort, without any proper method, yet you are fiercer than Hiashi and Hizashi."

The Hyuga brothers silently exchanged a glance.

"If it were a battle to the death, even though you are five years younger than them, you would definitely win," Kaguya added.

The Hyuga brothers opened their mouths, then silently shut them again.

They still held great awe for this elder sister who had subdued the Grand Elder by herself.

"And your strength exceeds what someone your age should possess." Kaguya looked thoughtful. "It is somewhat like Tsunade's, but that woman..."

She shook her head. "Forget it. She is too unreliable. I will not seek her out."

No, no, no! My dear big sister, go find her, go find her... Wuye shouted inwardly.

"And then there is your chakra reserves..."

Kaguya unconsciously tilted her head slightly, seemingly puzzled... Wuye was instantly struck dumb by how adorable she looked.

"I watched your fight with Nawaki. During that final strike, your chakra reserves surged dozens of times over, but during our spar, they dropped again," she asked. "What is going on?"

So she had been watching back then too. He just did not know whether she had watched from home. The Byakugan made spying far too convenient...

Wuye thought for a moment, then slightly embellished his explanation. "My physique is a little unusual. The worse my injuries are, the more physical energy I can unleash. But it also shortens my lifespan unless... I can heal my own wounds."

Hurry up, I want to learn medical ninjutsu, I want Tsunade...

"The more severe the injury, the more physical energy you can unleash?"

Kaguya was shocked. "Does that mean that while your Sharingan is active, your spiritual energy is dozens of times greater than your original physical energy?"

Chakra was extracted by combining spiritual energy and physical energy. If his physical energy surged, his chakra surged with it. That meant his spiritual energy was even greater—so great that even the surge in physical energy could not compare.

Her judgment was completely correct. She was incredibly smart... but she was focusing on the wrong thing.

Wuye wailed inwardly.

"I am indeed gifted with spiritual energy, but my physical energy is much weaker. Without an outburst, my chakra reserves are limited by my physical energy and are only at the level of a chunin," he explained.

The Hyuga brothers glanced sideways at him with their pale eyes... Only? A chunin's level? Who was he mocking here?

"If it is at a chunin's level, then it is not too far from mine when I was seven." Kaguya nodded. "Your talent is good."

The Hyuga brothers, who had only reached chunin-level chakra reserves at age twelve, nearly cried themselves unconscious...

"Hiashi and Hizashi, spar with each other. Wuye, train with me."

After giving the order, Kaguya looked at Wuye. "Attack me with everything you have. Based on your performance, I will make a training plan for you to reach jonin within five years."

"Yes, Clan Head."

Wuye rubbed his sore, weak arms and obediently walked to stand opposite her.

"Call me Big Sister." Kaguya's expression remained blank.

Wuye trembled. "B-Big Sister..."

The Hyuga brothers, who had just assumed their stances nearby, shot him jealous looks.

What are you looking at!

Wuye glared back irritably, then smiled. "You look like you really want to do it. How about you two switch places and fight Big Sister?"

"No, no, no..."

The Hyuga brothers shook their heads like windmills and immediately began exchanging blows without another word.

"Then, I am going to attack."

After thinking it over, Wuye decided not to use Jiraiya's self-created ninjutsu, the All-Shuriken Toss Technique.

If the ground ended up covered in shuriken, he felt they would somehow come back to hit him.

The facts proved his decision right, because two minutes later, he hit the ground with a thud.

"Smack!"

Two more minutes later, he was flung into the ceiling, limbs spread wide.

"Bang!"

Two more minutes later, he was spun straight into a wall.

Whether it was speed, strength, reactions, or chakra reserves, he could not compete with Kaguya at all—and that was without her using chakra point strikes.

"No, you do not have the Byakugan. I am not suited to teach you."

Kaguya frowned deeply as she looked at the Wuye-shaped pile of mud on the floor. "Do I really have to go find that person..."

Wuye lay sprawled on the ground, drenched in sweat and gasping heavily.

What he really wanted to say was... I may not have the Byakugan now, but as long as you fall in love with me, it will awaken in no time.

He wondered whether using that excuse to get Kaguya to date him would get him beaten flat...

"Go back and rest."

Kaguya waved a hand. "Get up early tomorrow. I am taking you out. Do not forget."