Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 78 New Year
The dinner was a sumptuous hotpot. My mother had really worked hard, and the mushroom soup hotpot she developed was quite delicious.

As it was a rare occasion for Hinata Yuzuru to invite friends to have dinner together, his mother did her best. In addition to hot pot, she also prepared tempura, fried pork chops and other delicious dishes that were well received by Hinata Yuzuru.

But there is no feast that lasts forever.

In the following time, Hinata Yuzuru discussed with his father the number of people and targets for the next Asuka seal, and began to observe, preparing to push the plan to the next stage.

He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the development of new nintaijutsu. To be precise, after integrating all his abilities, he mastered the nintaijutsu that represented his current peak level.

The progress can't be said to be fast, but it can't be said to be slow either.

During this period, he also easily learned two new secret techniques based on Hinata Kaoru's research results.

[Curse Seal: Blue Bird (Rank A): A targeted curse seal specifically targeting the eyeball. After it is damaged or the host dies, it can destroy the eyeball that has been cursed. The curse seal can also be triggered remotely through targeted spells.]

[Sealing Technique·Bird (A): A sealing technique that can not only break curse seals, but also store chakra. The amount of chakra stored is related to the area where the sealing technique is performed. 】

There is no need to say much about the former. The fact that he was able to use the Bird Sealing Technique to observe, experiment, and create something out of nothing while being controlled by a caged bird without destroying the bird, and to reverse-decipher the spell and develop a spell with a similar effect was enough to prove Xun's extraordinary talent.

Although the effect of this spell is slightly different from that of the bird in a cage, not only can it not be deeply engraved in the soul, but the possibility of being broken by other sealing techniques is even greater than that of the bird in a cage. It is incredible that such a breakthrough could be made in such a short period of time.

After that, it is just a matter of hard work, further development, and further breakthroughs, until the difficulty of deciphering it is similar to that of the current caged bird, or until the original caged bird is obtained and then making changes, it will no longer be a problem.

This unexpected surprise made Hinata Yuzuru sigh: The geniuses in the ninja world are really unreasonable.

If you ask yourself, even Hinata Yuzuru himself is not sure that he can develop a curse seal similar to the caged bird directly through the caged bird on his forehead under the current circumstances.

However, there are specialties in the art industry.

There is no doubt that Hyuga Yuzuru is very talented in ninjutsu, although with the help of plug-ins, he cannot accurately judge the level of his taijutsu talent.

But as he mastered more and more physical skills, and more and more of them reached the maximum level, in the field of physical skills alone, he has not yet seen anyone with better talent than him, not even Might Guy.

But he is a master of unique skills after all, and Hyuga Yuzuru's progress in the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu is relatively slow. After being away for more than half a year, he only managed to upgrade the S-level forbidden technique to level 2.

This forbidden technique requires a lot of patience, and requires constant use of chakra to open the acupuncture points and expand the meridians, until the eight acupuncture points can be opened at any time and the chakra can be released to do so. During this period, the first few gates will be continuously opened, which is painful and joyful, and the upper limit of physical fitness will be constantly polished to ensure that one will not explode as soon as the door is opened.

No matter how good your talent is, you have to learn it bit by bit. You get what you sow. Talent can only help you go further, but it cannot help you go too fast in this forbidden technique. Maybe Hinata Yuzuru can open the eight gates at the age of sixteen or seventeen, but... is it worth it?

But, all in all, he finally made some achievements in the development of his own secret technique on the day before the New Year.

[Soft Fist·Handless (A): You can freely release Soft Fist chakra through acupuncture points all over your body to attack the enemy unexpectedly. 】

[Soft Fist Thousand Hands (A): Can release soft fist chakra through multiple acupoints at the same time, and perform coordinated attacks, just like a thousand hands. ]

[Bagua: Chidori Zetsu (A): Completely covers all enemies within the Bagua area with continuous attacks that cover the sky and the sun.]

In addition to improving observation and dynamic vision, the most important function of the Hyuga clan's Byakugan is to help them release soft fist chakra through acupuncture points. The secret art of Kaiten is based on this effect.

And it was based on this that Hyuga Yuzuru came up with an idea - his Byakugan, which was completely different from others', and his mastery of Kaiten, allowed him to easily release chakra through acupuncture points throughout his body.

Coupled with the full-level Rou Fist and Bagua Sixty-Four Palms, it can be said that from then on, every acupuncture point on his body can become the basis for his attacks.

In fact, the matter of integrating body techniques has basically come to an end.

From then on, he no longer needed to use low-level physical techniques such as Konoha Whirlwind and Gale. Every move he made, whether punching or kicking, would be wrapped in soft fist chakra.

To be precise, those physical techniques such as Konoha Whirlwind should now be called "Hyuga Whirlwind", as the way chakra is circulated has become completely different.

No-hand, Thousand-hand, and Chidori Zetsu are all ninjutsu developed based on unique chakra release.

Soft Fist·Little God Air Attack is not limited to using only two fists.

But, that's all.

Hyuga Yuzuru is deeply aware of the fact that he is in a bottleneck period.

The abilities of the Hyuga clan have their limits after all.

Success is also a soft fist, and failure is a soft fist. He has thoroughly understood the secrets of the family, mastered them, and even improved them to a higher level, reaching a level that has never been seen before or since in the Hyuga clan, but that's all.

Even the upgraded Byakugan can only make him more capable of controlling his chakra, but not its quality.

"Compared to the Uchiha clan's Susanoo and Pain Rokudo, the S-class rebellious ninjas organized by the Akatsuki, the Kage-level Ninjas and the Jinchuuriki, the destructive power of the Soft Fist is ultimately limited."

"Unless I can develop offensive capabilities beyond the soft fist."

Hinata Yuzuru has plans for this.

Time passed by as Hinata Yuzuru practiced endlessly.

December 31st, New Year’s Eve.

Even at this moment when the whole family is gathered together in harmony and peace.

He still hasn't gotten tired.

It wasn't until a somewhat unexpected visitor appeared outside the Hyuga clan's door and wanted to see him first that he was forced to stop the practice that was draining him dry and go out to greet him with a smile.

The person who came was none other than Kakashi Hatake, whom he had not seen for a long time.

(End of this chapter)