A Desperate Gamble

To Hayato Hyuga, it was acceptable for him to die here today, but Uchiha Itachi absolutely could not die. There should not even be the blemish of a failed mission on Itachi's record, or it would become another obstacle on his path to becoming Hokage.

After his teacher's death and after witnessing Madara Uchiha's terrifying talent, Hayato Hyuga was now convinced that if anyone could free the Hyuga Branch Family from its shackled fate, that person had to be Madara Uchiha.

Resolved to die, Hayato Hyuga began pouring chakra from his arms.

As the chakra surged out, Hayato Hyuga began spinning. Using the force of the chakra and changes in his own orientation, he unleashed Rotation. But unlike ordinary Rotation, his body began moving rapidly even as the spinning chakra enveloped him.

Rather than waste so much chakra on defense, you might as well use it to attack.

Madara Uchiha's scorn for the Hyuga Clan's Rotation kept echoing in Hayato Hyuga's mind. If he altered the flow of chakra released while using Rotation, allowing it to move wherever he wished, wouldn't that Absolute Defense become a powerful ninjutsu capable of both offense and defense?

With that idea in mind, Hayato Hyuga began experimenting countless times. After leaving himself covered in injuries, he finally grasped a faint hint of the trick. In the end, he realized his vision and performed a mobile version of Rotation.

Although the technique ultimately worked exactly as Hayato had imagined, it was still only half-finished.

Rotation already consumed an enormous amount of chakra to form its defense. After Hayato's modifications, the mobile version consumed even more. And because Rotation spun at such high speed, once he started moving, he dared not stop carelessly. For Hayato, using this technique meant he would be completely unable to fight