After hearing Hyuga Hiashi's words, Ruri replied, "I wouldn't really call it a fight. A few classmates from the Uchiha Clan spoke disrespectfully about our clan, so I sparred with them."
"I also heard that you used Eight Trigrams Rotation and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms while sparring with them! Who taught you those two Ninjutsu?" Hyuga Hiashi asked with a stern expression.
"I figured out Eight Trigrams Rotation myself! Uncle Hizashi taught me Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!" Ruri answered truthfully as he looked at Hyuga Hiashi.
"Hizashi..." Hyuga Hiashi murmured.
Eight Trigrams Rotation and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms had originally both been secret techniques passed down orally within the Hyuga Main Family. But now Ruri had figured out one himself, and Hizashi had taught him the other. Hyuga Hiashi had always felt guilty toward his younger brother Hizashi, so he said little more, merely marveling at his nephew's extraordinary talent.
In the Hyuga Clan, training in Eight Trigrams Rotation and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms required expert guidance. Even then, so many people failed to learn them, yet now a little brat from the Branch Family had actually figured one out himself. If that wasn't genius, what was? It left Hyuga Hiashi speechless, but also deeply gratified.
Although relations between the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family and Main Family were extremely tense, the strict clan system favored the Main Family in every respect, and the Main Family treated the Branch Family like servants.
But the Main Family would not stop talented people from emerging in the Branch Family. After all, no matter how powerful the Branch Family's members became, they would ultimately remain under the control of the Caged Bird Seal.
Hyuga Hiashi and Ruri's conversation did not last long. For the most part, Hyuga Hiashi asked Ruri questions.
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