Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 13 Eighty Gods' Void Strike

The leaves of Konoha were calm at dusk.

Night fell like a gray coat over the buildings, and the four heads of Shadow Rock, like emaciated giants, calmly watched over this land turbulent with undercurrents.

Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Hinata Kumokawa, dressed in a white training uniform, stood quietly in the center of the spacious courtyard with his eyes closed.

Around him, some wooden stakes were suspended in mid-air by mechanical devices, and all of them, with their sharp, pointed ends, were aimed at him.

A moment later, he gently loosened the thin rope connecting the device in his hand.

Swish!Swish!
In an instant, the crisp sound of the mechanism closing and the sharp sound of air being cut filled the entire courtyard at the same time, and the sharp wooden stakes formed a barrage like a torrential rain.

But in the next moment, Hinata Kumokawa moved, his movements incredibly swift.

He transformed into a blur, and with a whooshing sound, he actively faced the flying wooden stake.

Although the wooden stake was moving very fast and had almost no blind spots, its trajectory and angle were clearly visible to him.

Bang bang bang! !

This time, unlike the simple moves he used against Hyuga Aoi, Hyuga Kumokawa's palms were enveloped in blue chakra, and his two arms shot out like afterimages, accompanied by wind pressure.

In the blink of an eye, the struck wooden stakes exploded one after another from the inside, turning into a continuous cloud of dust that burst around him, making his figure hazy like a ghost in the smoke.

If Matt Kay were here to see this, he would definitely feel incredibly excited and thrilled.

Because although Hinata Kumokawa uses Gentle Fist, he possesses a strong and domineering force, combining the power generation techniques of both Steel Fist and Gentle Fist.

呲!
The last two thick wooden stakes, covered in jagged spikes, shot towards Yun Chuan from different angles on both sides.

That speed, visible to the naked eye, symbolizes powerful kinetic energy, enough to pierce through flesh and blood.

Seemingly sensing something, Hinata Kumokawa stood still without moving, but the corners of his mouth gradually widened on his tightly closed face, and his hands suddenly clenched into fists with a buzzing sound.

"Air strike!"

He threw a punch, unleashing a fierce aura without restraint. The dust around him was blown away, and the chakra he had gathered in his hand transformed into an invisible entity, detaching from his body and slamming into the wooden stake.

Bang!Bang!
Before the two wooden stakes could even get close to Hyuga Kumokawa, they were blasted into an incredibly fine 'mist' just three meters away, as if the force had penetrated the stakes and caused them to explode from the inside.

This wood was specially used for practicing Soft Fist. It was made of extremely tough material, both inside and out, and could withstand the 128 palms of Bagua without damage. But at this moment, it was blasted apart by Yun Chuan from a distance.

If those two punches had hit a living person instead of a wooden stake...

"It's done."

Hyuga Kumokawa opened his eyes, looked at the panel in front of him, and smiled, "Finally, I have ranged and offensive ninjutsu. I won't need to use Gentle Fist to fight Susanoo and Tailed Beasts anymore."

[Physical Skills: Gentle Fist Technique - Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms (Rank C), Eight Gates Formation - Gate of Life (Forbidden Technique), Gentle Fist Technique - One Strike (Rank B), Air Strike (Rank A)]

By gathering a large amount of chakra in one place in the body, and releasing it all at once with the penetrating force of Gentle Fist and Steel Fist, no matter how tough the enemy's physique is, it can turn them into blood mist from the fragile inside of their body.

Most importantly, this technique, like the Rasengan, is a non-attribute technique that does not require hand seals. It can be combined with chakra nature transformation to incorporate wind, fire, lightning, earth, and water chakra, making it extremely versatile and practical with a very high potential.

"A-level learning difficulty?" Hinata Kumokawa's expression was thoughtful.

Perhaps many people think of "chakra" as similar to "mana" in a game, something to be used whenever there's a battle.

In reality, apart from users of the Yin Seal ninjutsu and Jinchuriki, chakra cannot be stored in the body; it will continuously dissipate.

Each use of chakra requires the refinement of spiritual and physical energy. If the refinement speed cannot keep up with the dissipation speed, it means there is no ninja talent. This is also one of the main factors that determine the strength of most ordinary ninjas.

Kakashi is always very careful with his chakra, because he has to feed half of the chakra he refines to the Sharingan master, which makes his already limited chakra refining speed even worse.

In the original story, before Naruto gained Kurama's approval and assistance, he needed to prepare a shadow clone to accumulate chakra and natural energy before each use of Sage Mode. Jiraiya, of course, relied on the two toads on his shoulders for assistance. With the rate of chakra accumulation exceeding the rate of dissipation, the maximum amount of chakra a ninja can hold becomes another crucial factor, determining the power and scale of their ninjutsu.

For example, since those resurrected through Edo Tensei clearly possess a certain degree of infinite chakra, why can't others use Fire Release techniques with an extremely large range like Madara Uchiha?

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation is only a Fire Release ninjutsu with a learning difficulty of B, but in the hands of Madara Uchiha, it required the Allied Shinobi Forces to exhaust dozens of Kirigakure ninjas using Water Wall simultaneously to withstand it.

It is because Madara Uchiha's specially made body can hold more chakra, and the ninjutsu he uses that consumes more chakra is naturally more powerful and larger in scale.

Therefore, at the end, Sasuke, who possessed the Sage Eyes, was clearly no match for Naruto, who possessed the Sage Body and the Nine-Tails. In the battle at the Valley of the End, Sasuke only managed to engage Naruto in a war of attrition after he had obtained the chakra of the other eight tailed beasts.

The speed at which chakra is refined, and the upper limit of the amount of chakra that can be contained.

These two points are the main factors that determine a ninja's strength when their ninjutsu levels are similar.

The former may be able to improve through practice, but the latter is innate "talent".

What determines these two points is the body's "meridian system," which is like blood vessels that flow throughout the body. The channels that allow chakra to reach every corner of the body are called meridians, and together with the 361 chakra points, they are called the "meridian system."

If most people's meridians are like a babbling brook, then the meridians of Hyuga Kumokawa's body are like a surging river, making him even more powerful than Naruto Uzumaki, who is a member of the Uzumaki clan.

The system rated this technique as A-level difficulty, presumably because he fully utilized the body's talents, including extremely fast chakra extraction speed, the maximum chakra capacity he could withstand, and extremely strong chakra control...

"I don't know if Kaguya Otsutsuki's 'Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack' is based on the same principle, but with the talent of her body, the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack should just be a piece of cake for her, like a brick flying with great force."

Hinata Kumokawa pulled his wandering thoughts back and looked up at the messy courtyard.

After hesitating for a moment, he still didn't pack up and turned to walk into the house.

After spending the morning training intensely with Might Guy, and then exhausting himself developing ninjutsu in the afternoon, all he wanted to do was go back and get some rest.

However, not long after he entered the house, a figure appeared outside the courtyard.

The visitor was horrified to see the sawdust and wood chips scattered everywhere in the courtyard, the broken wooden stakes all around, the manicured lawn covered in holes and craters, and some of the remaining wooden stakes still stained with blood that had not yet dried.

How is this going?

The person frowned, silently entered the courtyard, stood in front of the door for a few seconds, and then decided to open it.

However, the moment his hand touched the doorknob...

boom!
The door suddenly slammed open from the inside, the force so great that it created a loud bang, the sound spreading along the doorknob.

It was as if it wanted to smash the person who came in, scatter them on the lawn to become fertilizer, or as if it wanted to rush into his body.

"Ok?"

The person was stunned for a moment. The hand on the doorknob instinctively pressed forward against the door panel, and suddenly exerted force to unleash the power of the soft fist, barely managing to counteract the surging force.

All the forces dissolved into water as if they had been dissolved by two opposing forces.

Hinata Kumokawa stopped what he was doing in the room, seemingly realizing who the newcomer was.

Click.

The door was opened.

Upon seeing the face of the figure outside the door, Hinata Kumokawa seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

"Hizashi-sama?"

(End of this chapter)