What kind of eyes were those? Veins bulged around her pure white eyes, her piercing gaze seeming capable of seeing through anything. All her usual gentleness, shyness, and weakness vanished without a trace, replaced by the inviolable dignity and coldness of the Hyuga Main Family's heir.
She said nothing, merely raising both hands and assuming the opening stance of Gentle Fist in the water. The air seemed to freeze.
"Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams-Water Flow Palm!"
With a low, icy cry, Hinata thrust both palms forward! The chakra in her palms no longer took the form of invisible force. Instead, it directly stirred the water of the entire hot spring pool! The water seemed to come alive, turning into dozens of rapidly spinning vortices that shot indiscriminately toward the other three people in the pool like cannonballs, whistling through the air!
The hot spring, filled with laughter just moments before, instantly became a battlefield of raging waves!
The storm in the hot spring passed as quickly as it had come.
After Toru Kujyo stepped in with a hint of resignation and deftly dispersed Hinata's attack, the "Gentle Fist Master" who had looked so imposing moments earlier turned scarlet from her cheeks to her neck, visibly reddening before everyone's eyes.
Seeing the wrecked hot spring pool and the three dumbstruck people, she was instantly overwhelmed by shame. With a splash, she sank beneath the water, leaving only a trail of bubbles, and refused to come back up no matter what.
In the end, Toru Kujyo had to fish her out, wrap her in a bath towel, and carry her back to her room with an arm around her.
The next day, the commotion had settled. Yet the atmosphere in the villa's living room grew tense once again.
Four people sat facing one