Kaguya Who Could Flatten the World

The Byakugan had two modes. The X-ray Eye was like a telescope, one that could see through all kinds of obstacles, while the Insight Eye offered a god's-eye view, allowing three-hundred-and-sixty-degree observation.

But regardless of the mode, the world it revealed was black and white. The difference was that the X-ray Eye could peel through layer after layer, while the Insight Eye directly saw chakra pathways.

"I didn't see anything... really..."

Hyuga Wuye sniffled and dragged his nearly broken body back. "Sis, you know the X-ray Eye has to peel through things layer by layer, and it's all black and white. I could only see outlines, shapes, sizes, that sort of thing. There's no color..."

At some point, the Hyuga brothers had voluntarily stopped sparring. They were now stunned speechless by his shameless words.

What did he mean, only outlines and shapes? What exactly had he seen?!

What did he mean, sizes? Wasn't that enough, you bastard?!

"Next..."

Kaguya's voice drifted over, as though squeezed from between clenched teeth, cold and sinister. "I'll demonstrate the main family's ultimate technique."

Kaguya lowered her stance, stepping forward with her left foot while drawing back her right. Her left hand extended in a palm strike, while her right palm faced forward behind her.

The standard Eight Trigrams Palm stance scared Wuye into turning and running. "Help—"

"Gentle Fist..."

"Eight Trigrams... One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms!"

Pop pop pop pop pop...

A total of 128 impacts rang out. Chakra light burst from all over Wuye's body in a rhythmic pattern.

Bang!

Kaguya withdrew her hand, leaving Wuye as a human-shaped pile of mush on the floor.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. How miserable."

Hyuga Hiashi laughed gleefully at his misfortune.

"How miserable."

Hyuga Hizashi felt the sorrow of a fellow rabbit and quietly backed away.

"Use your Byakugan to carefully observe every acupoint I sealed. I'm sure you'll remember them clearly," Kaguya said coldly.

"But all my chakra pathways are sealed. I can't even activate my Byakugan..." Wuye lay there with a miserable expression.

From this angle, he could follow Kaguya's training uniform upward from below, all the way to her pointed chin.

Wait, wasn't seeing her chin a little off?

If it were Tsunade... he should be seeing the Southern Hemisphere!

So Kaguya really could flatten the world. Yep!

"Sealed acupoints can be forced open with chakra. The more chakra you have, the faster you can break them open."

Hyuga Hiashi squatted beside Wuye and mocked him. "Idiot. You don't even know that?"

"Kid, you're getting a little too pleased with yourself..."

Wuye closed his eyes and focused on breaking through the acupoints...

So, Eight Trigrams Palm with powers of two was completely useless against Senju Clan or Uzumaki clan members with chakra reserves like a ton of chakra. They could break through instantly.

When Hyuga Hiashi saw that Wuye was ignoring him, he became irritated again.

But then Kaguya's cool voice came from behind him. "Hiashi, are you that free? Come, spar with me now."

Hyuga Hiashi: "..."

When he turned around, his fellow sufferer Hyuga Hizashi had already curled up in a corner.

It was over. He'd carelessly overstepped, damn it!

The next day.

"Money and goods exchanged hand for hand. Where's the money?"

In a small grove by a Konoha stream, Tsunade and Kaguya were conducting an underground transaction.

"Take it."

Kaguya took out a bankbook and accurately slipped it between the two balls...

Tsunade was dressed more loosely today, unlike usual, when her jonin green vest bound her tightly.

Though the scale could not compare to the future, it could still barely hold the bankbook in place.

"Jealous again?"

Tsunade deliberately swept her gaze over Kaguya's world-flattening chest, then took the bankbook from her cleavage and looked it over. "Hmm? There really are thirty million ryo here? Did you sell off your family property?"

"Keep it safe, and teach him properly."

Kaguya's expression turned frosty. It was unclear whether she was angry at being mocked for being flat, or because she had nearly truly sold off her family property.

"With that ice-cold face, you must have sold your family property. Hahaha." Tsunade laughed brightly. "Here, take it back. A loss is a loss. I'm not so shameless as to demand back a wager I lost."

As she spoke, she tucked the bankbook back, but with nowhere to support it, she could only clip it into the overlapping folds of her kimono.

"Tsunade!"

Kaguya was infuriated by her gesture of looking for support. She casually snatched the bankbook away and threw it over. "Are you provoking me?!"

"Hey, thirty million ryo. You're really giving it to me?" Tsunade caught the bankbook.

Kaguya took a deep breath and calmed herself. "Wuye earned this money himself in two weeks. I didn't give it to him."

"Huh? You earned it? Thirty million in two weeks?"

Tsunade's blonde ponytail swished as she turned to Wuye, her eyes suddenly lighting up.

Her gambling funds had been running low lately. If he really could make money that quickly, then in the future... hehehe...

"Strictly speaking, I didn't earn it alone. Kushina and I did it together, with Uncle Torifu's support. We won't be able to make money that fast in the future."

The moment Hyuga Wuye saw her gaze, he knew what she was thinking and hurriedly smothered the idea in the cradle.

He had no intention of becoming that big gambler's money-making machine. He would earn as much as she lost, endlessly and without daylight.

"Tch, boring."

Tsunade curled her lips and stuffed the bankbook into Wuye's arms. "Put it away. Because of the favor Kaguya did for me back then, I'll teach you."

"You mean..."

Kaguya's cold voice drifted over. "So the so-called thirty million ryo was you tricking me? You never intended to accept it from the beginning?!"

"I just wanted to see that ice-cold face of yours get flustered," Tsunade said, reaching out to pinch her cheek. "Just having fun."

Smack!

Kaguya abruptly slapped her hand away and said without turning back, "Wuye, step back."

Hyuga Wuye blankly retreated several steps.

"Retreat one hundred meters," Kaguya added.

With that intense sense of danger... Wuye immediately took off running.

Boom!

The next moment, Tsunade struck first. She leaped high into the air and brought down a Heaven-Shattering Kick.

With that force, it would have left a crater dozens of meters wide if it hit the ground.

Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation!

Chakra burst from every acupoint in Kaguya's body, forming a rapidly spinning hemispherical barrier.

Tsunade was bounced back, and Kaguya charged forward fiercely, the two of them immediately clashing.

Clearly, this was not their first fight.

Whenever Kaguya sealed Tsunade's acupoints with chakra, Tsunade instantly forced them open with her own chakra without even pausing.

And whenever Tsunade gathered chakra for a Monster Strength Fist or Heaven-Shattering Kick, she would always meet Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation, Eight Trigrams Air Palm, or Eight Trigrams: Air Wall Palm. She could not get close at all.

Boom boom boom...

In the end, the only thing injured was the little grove, which looked as though it had been dug over countless times by an excavator. Its original appearance was no longer visible.

Byakugan: Pressure!

At that moment, an eerie ocular pressure suddenly descended upon Tsunade.

Even though she immediately tried to break through it with her massive chakra reserves, she inevitably slowed for a moment.

Gentle Fist... Eight Trigrams... Two Hundred Fifty-Six Palms!

In an instant, only Tsunade taking hits and Kaguya flashing continuously remained on the battlefield.

Pop pop pop pop pop... Boom!

But after only a dozen or so strikes, Tsunade suddenly threw a Monster Strength Fist, blasting Kaguya away while she was still caught in the momentum of her Eight Trigrams Palm barrage.

"Huff... huff..."

The two stood dozens of meters apart, both panting heavily.

"What was that ability just now... huff... I've never seen it before..." Tsunade quickly forced open her sealed acupoints.

"A newly awakened power." Kaguya steadied her breathing and straightened up again. "How did you interrupt my Eight Trigrams Palm just now?"

Tsunade's red lips curved. "I forced all my chakra into the pathways in my arm and released it in an instant."

"Wouldn't that tear your chakra pathways?" Kaguya frowned.

Tsunade covered her right arm with her left hand, emerald chakra enveloping it. "You think I'm afraid of tearing them? Don't you know I'm Konoha's number-one medical ninja?"

The moment Wuye heard that, a little lightbulb lit up above his head... So if that thing gets torn in the future, can it keep getting repaired? Awesome!