Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 333 Restraining Hyuga
Fuuma Mei and Momiji's talents and potential even surpass those of Natsumi Hoshi, making them true future Kage-level seeds of the Land of Waves.

With the addition of Xia Rixing, a pseudo-Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Nightingale and Shizou, who may control the power of the Eight-Tails in the future, the core team of the Land of Waves has enormous potential.

With the addition of a large number of Chunin and Special Jonin who were created through secret medicine, the overall strength of the Land of Waves, although still far from being comparable to the Five Great Ninja Villages, has surpassed small ninja villages like Kusagakure and Takigakure, and is approaching Amegakure, led by Hanzo!
As long as Kakuzu continues to perform well and the development of the Land of Waves is not interrupted, it's only a matter of time before it becomes the sixth largest power in the ninja world. The key is that the Land of Waves is rich enough.

For the development of the ninja village, having money means being able to solve the vast majority of problems.

Sasuke Umino was quite satisfied with the development of the Land of Waves. After inspecting the Angkor Fortress, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again and returned to the Umino clan's territory.

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The next day, morning.

Sasuke Umino, accompanied by Tobirama Umino, arrived at the Hyuga clan's territory.

I visited the Uchiha clan yesterday, and only came to the Hyuga clan today. The order of events inevitably makes the sensitive Hyuga clan feel like they've been put behind, but there's nothing I can do about it. The Uchiha clan is even more difficult to deal with.

Besides, the Uchiha clan has four members under his command, and their relationship is closer, while the Hyuga clan only has one branch family member, Hyuga Asuka, so it's not considered impolite.

To be honest, among the many ninja clans in Konoha, Umino Sasuke hated the Hyuga clan the most. The system of enslaving branch family members with the "Caged Bird Seal" and then calling it "protecting the main family" was, in his opinion, more disgusting than Hiruzen Sarutobi's empty shouts of "Will of Fire," and even more repulsive to him than the traitorous Mitokado Homura.

But reason told him that as the second most powerful clan in Konoha, the Hyuga clan's strength and attitude were of paramount importance. He could only suppress his personal likes and dislikes and come to visit with a proper smile and the necessary courtesy.

The Hyuga clan had clearly already received the visiting card from Kenjiro Umino. The clan head, Muneyoshi Hyuga, personally waited at the grand gate with his eldest son, Hiashi Hyuga, and second son, Hizashi Hyuga.

The timing was perfect, neither keeping Umino Sasuke waiting too long nor failing to fully demonstrate the Hyuga clan's pride and status as a powerful family.

"The presence of Captain Umino is an honor to our Hyuga clan."

Hyuga Muneyoshi's voice was calm, carrying an ancient majesty. He nodded slightly in greeting. His face was thin and refined, and his pure white eyes seemed to see through everything as he opened and closed them, his aura unfathomable.

Sasuke Umino, being quite knowledgeable, immediately sensed that this person possessed near-Kage level strength, roughly equivalent to Uchiha Hikaru.

"I am unworthy of the honor of being personally greeted by Clan Chief Zongyan."

Umino Sasuke led Umino Tobirama forward, their posture respectful yet dignified.

"Tobirama greets Clan Head Muneyoshi, Hiashi-senpai, and Hizashi-senpai."

Tobirama Unno, unlike his usual carefree self, quickly bowed and became very respectful.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi returned the greeting simultaneously. Hiashi was calm and composed, while Hizashi appeared sharper. Their gazes swept over Umino Sasuke with scrutiny, and when they looked at Umino Tobirama, they showed a hint of inquiry.

Upon entering the Hyuga clan's territory, Umino Sasuke was secretly amazed. Unlike the open and flamboyant Uchiha clan's territory, the Hyuga clan's territory presented an almost closed, understated luxury.

Although its area may not seem as vast as that of the Uchiha clan, its internal structure is extremely compact and efficient. There are almost no public streets, and all the residences are connected in a row, forming a huge "city within a city".

What's most astonishing is that almost every independent courtyard has its own fully equipped martial arts training ground!
This is equivalent to each household having a training ground like a "private swimming pool" in the core area of ​​Konoha, where land is extremely valuable!

This wealth and the importance attached to the cultivation of family members far exceeded outsiders' imagination. Although the newly built clan land of the Haiye clan was exquisitely designed and integrated with gardens, it was still slightly inferior in the face of this profound "hard power".

Hyuga Muneyoshi's hospitality was impeccable, with impeccable manners and refined speech, expressing both respect for Umino Sasuke's strength and subtly upholding the dignity of the Hyuga clan.

The guests and hosts took their seats in the elegant tea room, and the conversation ranged from the situation in the ninja world to the current state of Konoha, and then to the training of the next generation.

Finally, Hyuga Muneyoshi changed the subject, his pure white eyes looking at Umino Sasuke, his tone gentle yet carrying an undeniable air: "Class President Umino, I heard yesterday in the Uchiha clan compound that the noble young lady, Kaoru, had a very exciting battle with the Uchiha genius who is a whole size older than her. Our Hyuga clan has always taken pride in mentoring younger generations and exchanging skills. Today, it is a rare privilege for Class President Umino to bring your younger brother, Tobirama, here. Why not let the younger generation spar a bit, make friends through martial arts, and strengthen the bond between our two clans?"

Then, he turned his gaze to Tobirama Unno: "I have long heard of the exceptional talent of the third young master of the Unno clan. Would you be so kind as to allow our unworthy junior to learn a thing or two from him?"

Sasuke Umino understood perfectly well that Muneyoshi Hyuga was going to test the mettle of the younger generation of the Umino clan, especially after hearing that Yakumi Uchiha had defeated Kaoru Umino. Naturally, the Hyuga clan was not going to be outdone.

"Clan Chief Zongyan is too kind."

Sasuke Umino's smile remained unchanged as he humbly said, "Xiao Xin's meager skills were a disgrace to the Uchiha clan. Tobirama is still young and his strength is shallow; I'm afraid he cannot live up to the expectations of Clan Chief Muneyoshi. However, since this is a friendly exchange, let's stop here and let the young man witness the mysteries of the Hyuga Gentle Fist. It's a rare opportunity. Tobirama, are you willing?"

Tobirama Unno immediately straightened his back and said in a deep voice, "Yes, Second Brother! This junior, Tobirama Unno, is willing to learn from the talents of the Hyuga clan!"

“Alright!” Hyuga Muneyoshi nodded slightly and said to Hyuga Hizashi, who was standing to the side, “Hizashi, let Tokuma come over.”

A moment later, a Hyuga boy of about twelve or thirteen years old entered the courtyard. He was tall and straight, with a calm expression. He was dressed in the standard Hyuga branch family attire, and wore a headband that symbolized his branch family identity, which also covered the Caged Bird Seal. He was none other than Hyuga Tokuma, the genius of the younger generation of the branch family.

His eyes were sharp, his breath was concentrated, and his steps were steady, clearly indicating that he had mastered the essence of soft boxing.

After bowing respectfully to the clan head and the heir of the main family, Hyuga Tokuma looked calmly at Umino Tobirama and bowed slightly: "Hyuga Tokuma, please guide me."

Tobirama Unno took a deep breath, sensing the pressure emanating from his opponent's bloodline and ancient heritage. He assumed a standard taijutsu starting stance and said in a deep voice, "Tobirama Unno, please guide me!"

In the center of the training ground, the two stood facing each other.

Hyuga Muneyoshi, Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Hizashi, and Umino Sasuke all focused their attention on this.

A clash between the emerging ninja clan Umino and the ancient and powerful Hyuga is about to begin.

The seal of opposition has just been formed.

Hyuga Tokuma took the initiative, his figure swaying, his movements swift and elusive, instantly closing the distance. His right hand, fingers joined like a sword, was filled with highly concentrated chakra, carrying an aura that could pierce through everything, and he thrust straight at Umino Tobirama's chest at the Tanzhong acupoint!
This is precisely the starting stance of the Soft Fist Method - Baguazhang!

Tobirama Umino's pupils constricted slightly. He dared not take the blow head-on. Relying on his enhanced physical abilities and reaction speed after the bone marrow transplant, he suddenly slid to the side, narrowly avoiding the sharp finger strike and quickly creating distance.

He could sense that the chakra contained in the opponent's fingertips had a peculiar penetrating quality, far surpassing that of ordinary taijutsu.

Hyuga Tokuma's attack missed, but his movements unfolded like flowing water. His arms danced, turning into a blur of afterimages, and the chakra at his fingertips, like specks of cold stars, relentlessly attacked the various chakra points around Umino Tobirama's body.

His Byakugan was already activated, and his 360-degree "no blind spot" perception allowed him to see clearly all of Tobirama Umino's movements and chakra flows!
Hyuga Tokuma's Gentle Fist technique is incredibly sharp, relentlessly pursuing you like a leech.

Tobirama Unno knew the terror of the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist in close combat, so he dared not be careless. After narrowly avoiding the first attack, he immediately created distance.

"Water Style: Water Yinahara!"

Tobirama Umino quickly formed hand seals, then suddenly opened his mouth, spraying out a stream of viscous syrup. The target wasn't Tokuma Hyuga himself, but rather it was precisely splashed onto the ground between them, forming a "syrup river" that emitted a cloyingly sweet smell.

"Hmm?" A glint flashed in the eyes of Hyuga Muneyoshi, who was sitting in the main seat, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

This extremely sticky secret technique is a natural barrier for the Soft Fist, which requires close-range pressure point strikes! This kid from the Umino family has excellent combat awareness; he immediately found the most effective tactic—creating distance and using the environment to restrict his opponent.

Hyuga Tokuma was no novice, and naturally recognized the Water Candy Secret Technique that had shone brightly on the battlefield.

He stopped abruptly, his body gliding lightly to the side and back, avoiding the syrup spreading on the ground.

He knew perfectly well that such a powerful, wide-area binding technique would consume a lot of chakra, and the opponent could not possibly continue to use it over a large area.

"Trying to stop me with this? Don't even think about it!" Hyuga Tokuma sneered inwardly, his Byakugan discerning the flow of Umino Tobirama's chakra, keenly detecting the brief drop in the other's chakra after using Mizugae.

He sprang into action again, rapidly weaving along the edge of the syrup-filled area, searching for an opening to close the distance once more. As he had expected, Tobirama Umino did not unleash another large-scale spray of syrup.

However, just as Hyuga Tokuma thought he had found an opening and was about to close in again.

"Secret Technique: Black Rope Manipulation!"

Two pitch-black ropes, as tough as steel, shot out from Umino Tobirama's sleeves without warning!

They did not attack in a straight line, but rather, like venomous snakes with life, they drew cunning arcs in the air, either coiling, stabbing, or whipping, precisely blocking Hyuga Tokuma's path of advance and the angles from which he could dodge.

"Oh? This is the Black Rope Secret Technique?"

A genuine look of surprise flashed in Hyuga Muneyoshi's eyes, and he couldn't help but praise, "As expected, it lives up to its reputation! Agile and unpredictable, combining offense and defense, it seems to surpass the Nara clan's Shadow Binding Technique in terms of flexibility and instantaneous attack! Class President Umino, your noble secret technique is truly admirable."

Umino Sasuke smiled modestly: "Clan Chief Muneyoshi is too kind. While the Black Rope Technique has its unique features, its weaknesses are also obvious. It is far inferior to the Nara Clan's Shadow Technique, which is invisible and difficult to defend against. Moreover, it has a major weakness: it is vulnerable to the high temperatures of Fire Release. Once hit by Fire Release, it is easily destroyed."

Of course, he was just being modest. In reality, if one awakens the Ice Release bloodline limit or cultivates the Water Release to an extremely high level and combines it with the Water Whip, this deficiency can be easily made up for, and the effect of the Fire Release restraint can be resisted.

Hyuga Muneyoshi nodded slightly, his gaze profound: "Nara's shadow techniques are powerful, but they are limited by ambient light. Under normal circumstances, their activation speed is also relatively slow, and they also impose certain restrictions on one's own movements."

In contrast, this Black Rope Secret Technique is highly manipulable, combining offense and defense, and greatly restricts taijutsu ninjas.

In my humble opinion, this technique seems to have incorporated the essence of the Sand Village Puppet Technique? Each finger can independently control a black rope, and it can even suddenly fork like a shadow, launching a multi-pronged attack?

Inwardly praising the old fox's sharp eyes, Umino Sasuke remained frank: "Clan Chief Muneyoshi has keen insight. This Black Rope Technique does indeed draw on the control concept of Sunagakure Puppet Technique. All ten fingers can control the rope, and the forked transformation is also one of its basic applications."

Umino Sasuke naturally wouldn't reveal the full extent of this secret technique, but theoretically, if one were to undergo human mechanical modification and implant a chakra regeneration core, it wouldn't be impossible to control hundreds of black ropes, similar to the 'Puppet Mastery' technique.

If it weren't for the fact that cultivating this technique requires long-term nourishment of one's hair with one's own Yang Release chakra, a slow and mentally taxing process, and the fact that the Umino clan possesses a summoning beast like Umibozu, the power of the Mizugae Secret Technique combined with Umibozu's clone would be greatly amplified; otherwise, the Black Rope Secret Technique might have been the more widespread core inheritance of the Umino clan.

However, in terms of potential ceiling, the Mizugae Secret Technique, which can be combined with summoning beasts and strengthened by sealing techniques to the point of threatening large summoning beasts and even tailed beasts, does indeed have more potential.

In the arena, Hyuga Tokuma was struggling to defend himself against the attacks of several black ropes.

The black rope was not only exceptionally tough, but also carried a peculiar binding force. Whenever it tried to entangle his joints and acupoints, he could only use his White Eyes to see through them, but because he could not get close, the power of his Soft Fist could not be exerted. He could only passively dodge and block, and the situation was temporarily deadlocked.

"An opportunity!" Tobirama Unno had naturally overheard his second brother's conversation with Muneyoshi Hyuga, so he no longer concealed the number of black ropes he was controlling.

Just as Hyuga Tokuma attempted to charge forward again, several black ropes burst forth from Umino Tobirama's sleeve.

"Secret Technique: Black Rope Binding!" One of the black ropes wrapped perfectly around Hyuga Tokuma's right wrist.

Instantly, a special chakra carrying a strong binding will rapidly flowed along the black rope!

Hyuga Tokuma felt a sudden tightening in his right hand as a cold, stagnant force instantly invaded his arm, causing his chakra to become disordered, heavy, and numb as if filled with lead!
At the same time, the black rope continued to spiral upwards, and it looked like it was about to bind him completely!
"Oh no!" Cold sweat instantly broke out on Hyuga Tokuma's forehead, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

He bit his tongue hard, forcefully activating the pure Gentle Fist Chakra within his body. A force that was both gentle and strong, incredibly resilient, erupted from his dantian, forcefully resisting the invading Binding Chakra and preventing it from spreading further and imprisoning his entire body!

"Gentle Fist - Flow Interruption!"

At the critical moment, Hyuga Tokuma pointed his left hand together, his fingertips gathering highly concentrated chakra, and struck the root of the black rope wrapped around his right arm with lightning speed!

laugh!
With a soft sound, the incredibly tough black rope was instantly severed by the pure chakra finger force concentrated at a single point!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Hyuga Tokuma broke free of his restraints, performing a clumsy backflip to create distance. He gasped for breath, his back soaked with cold sweat. For a moment, he almost thought he was going to lose.

"Great!" Hyuga Hizashi on the sidelines couldn't help but cheer softly, his eyes full of admiration.

Hiashi Hyuga nodded calmly, acknowledging Tokuma Hyuga's composure and ability to counterattack in dire circumstances.

Some members of the Hyuga clan were also discussing the matter, marveling at Hyuga Tokuma's ability to adapt.

Tobirama Unno was not annoyed by the other party's break free; instead, he became even more composed.

Knowing how difficult Hyuga Tokuma was to deal with, he stopped being impatient and instead took a steady approach. His ten fingers were like playing invisible strings, manipulating several black ropes, weaving a net of death that attacked Hyuga Tokuma from all directions, up, down, left, and right.

Each strike carries the intention of binding or piercing, not seeking to achieve victory in one blow, but rather to continuously wear down the opponent and compress their evasive space.

Hyuga Tokuma felt the pressure mounting. He pushed his Byakugan's perception to its limit, his arms flailing, and Gentle Fist chakra constantly pulsating from his fingertips.

"Eight Trigrams Palm - Thirty-Two Palms!"

With a loud shout, his figure moved rapidly within the small space, his palms moving so fast that only afterimages remained!
With a flurry of palm strikes, he precisely targeted each of the incoming black ropes!

puff!puff!puff……

The tough black ropes snapped one after another under the strike of the soft fist, which contained both penetrating and shock-absorbing power!
However, the speed at which it broke seemed to be slower than the speed at which the black rope attacked.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Hyuga Tokuma's forehead. His chakra consumption was far beyond his expectations. He knew that if he continued to defend passively like this, he would surely be defeated!

"We must fight back at close range!" A resolute glint flashed in Hyuga Tokuma's eyes.

Just as he broke free of the black ropes again, with his new strength just beginning to rise and his old strength exhausted, he made a very bold decision!

Instead of retreating, he faced another black rope that was entangled around him, and his left hand shot out like lightning. He didn't block, but instead grabbed the end of the black rope!
"Huh?" Tobirama Unno was taken aback.

"Now!" A bright white light shone in Hyuga Tokuma's eyes.

The Gentle Fist Chakra within him surged forth like a flood, rushing wildly along the black rope he was holding towards Tobirama Umino on the other end!

He intended to use the opponent's own methods against them, using the power of his soft fist—which could damage meridians and seal acupoints—to directly strike the opponent's body through the black rope medium!

"Beautiful!" Hyuga Hizashi couldn't help but clench his fist, his eyes flashing with brilliance!

This tactic of using the opponent's strength against them and turning the tables is absolutely brilliant!
Hiashi Hyuga also showed a rare expression of approval.

Many members of the Hyuga clan became even more excited, as if they could see the dawn of victory.

"Well done, Tokuma!"

"Hit him with his own rope!"

"Good job!"

"They actually turned the tide!"

However, the young man in the main family seat had a gloomy face and scolded in a low voice: "Hmph, a branch family servant, sure knows how to show off."

(End of this chapter)