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

Chapter 215 How could I possibly lose to a guy from a branch family like you!

hum! !

Hyuga Yoto unleashed both palms simultaneously.

In an instant, countless palm strikes rained down like a storm.

Each palm strike carried concentrated chakra, precisely targeting Hyuga Takashi's vital acupoints, the wind from which the palms whistled, accompanied by a piercing sound of air being torn apart.

Hinata Takashi's expression changed slightly. He desperately activated his Byakugan, trying to capture the trajectory of those palm shadows while his body dodged and blocked rapidly like a willow catkin in the wind.

Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!
Hinata Takashi also used Gentle Fist to continuously parry, the two palms colliding repeatedly, producing dense, dull sounds, and even stirring up a gust of wind between the two.

The surrounding crowd instinctively took several steps back, staring in surprise at the two people in the center of the arena.

Both of them pushed their speed to the limit, attacking each other's vitals without mercy, as if they were mortal enemies.

They seemed to become two afterimages under the setting sun, the waves of wind and rain surging as their bodies collided, filling the air with a continuous, teeth-grinding explosion.

Hyuga Takashi unleashed the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms technique to its fullest potential, his movements concise, swift, and imbued with a ruthlessness unique to the branch family.

But when faced with Hinata Yoto's more refined, faster, and wider-ranging Sixty-Four Palms, he clearly began to feel powerless.

Even though Hyuga Takashi had more combat experience, this was not a life-or-death battlefield, and he had no chance to take advantage of his strengths.

At this moment, in the eyes of others, Hyuga Takashi had been dragged into Hyuga Yoto's rhythm and frequency, being forced to retreat step by step, and his range of movement was being constantly compressed.

Hinata Takashi's clothes had been ripped in several places.

In a few seconds, amidst nearly a hundred rapid attacks, Hyuga Yoto's chakra-infused fingertips narrowly grazed his pressure points, bringing a chilling sensation.

at last……

Before Hyuga Takashi could dodge, Hyuga Yoto's fingertip precisely struck his left shoulder's Jianzhen acupoint.

A chilling chakra invaded his meridians, and his left arm instantly felt a sharp numbness and weakness!

"Well!"

Hyuga Takashi groaned, his face turning pale. He clutched his left shoulder and pulled back, staring intently at Hyuga Hito in front of him.

"see it?"

Hyuga Haruto didn't pursue. Instead, he withdrew his palm and stood up, a haughty smile on his face. "This is the difference. It's not too late to kneel down and admit your mistake now."

Hinata Takashi gritted his teeth and didn't answer. In his pure white eyes, the veins around the pupils bulged violently.

He was frantically recalling every detail of Hyuga Yoto's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms technique and the trajectory of his chakra flow.

"Hmph! You overconfident fool, I'll break your legs!"

Seeing that he didn't answer, Hyuga Haruto's eyes flashed with a cold glint, and he said in a cold voice, "Let's see what face you branch family guys will have left to claim that you want to be on equal footing with the main family!"

He leaned forward slightly, placed his hands on either side, and an even more violent burst of chakra erupted from his body.

On his fists, visible chakra surged up suddenly, radiating a turbulent and violent aura, looking just like a lion's mane.

Soft Fist Technique: Soft Step Double Lion Fist!

Hyuga Hito's figure disappeared from the spot, and he was like a lion pouncing on its prey, throwing out both fists and smashing them hard at Hyuga Takashi, who was not yet on his feet.

However, at this critical moment.

A glint flashed in Hyuga Takashi's eyes. He took a deep breath, released the chakra from his pressure points, and suppressed the numbness in his left arm!
Instead of retreating, he stepped forward to meet the ferocious lion's fist!
His hands mimicked Hinata Hitsuto's earlier movements, though they were slightly clumsy, his aura was no less imposing.

hum! !

A surge of equally violent yet sharp chakra erupted from Hyuga Takashi's fists, condensing into a slightly illusory but clearly defined blue lion's head.

Wind Release: Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!
"you……"

An incredulous look of horror appeared in Hyuga Yoto's eyes.

The next moment, two fists, wrapped in violent chakra, collided solidly together without any fancy moves.

Bang! !

A deafening roar suddenly erupted, and violent chakra, accompanied by a shockwave, raged wildly in all directions, stirring up dust and grass clippings.

The entire training ground fell into a deathly silence in an instant.

"Cough cough! Cough..."

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, near the edge of the arena, Hyuga Takashi was seen kneeling on one knee, breathing heavily.

The chakra in his fists dissipated, his arms trembled slightly, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The hastily imitated Double Lion Fist technique was clearly inferior in power to Hyuga Yoto's.

He was almost sent flying backwards, only stopping after staggering a few steps near the edge of the field.

However, although Hyuga Yoto still stood in the center, his face was pale as he looked at his trembling hands, which were covered with fine bloodstains caused by wind-style chakra.

"you!"

Hyuga Yuto's voice trembled with anger. He suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with shock and fury as he stared at Hyuga Takashi: "You dare to steal the main family's secret techniques? And you even dare to modify them without permission?!"

In fact, the main family's secret techniques are not difficult for some branch families who are proficient in soft boxing to learn.

The so-called requirement that only the main family could learn it was actually intended to prevent branch families from secretly learning and using it.

Hyuga Haruto never expected that Hyuga Takashi would become so arrogant as to disregard clan rules and use the Gentle Fist technique, a secret art only the main family members could learn, in public.

What I didn't expect was that this guy's "Gentle Step Double Lion Fist" was a crude imitation, which could not compare to the Gentle Step Double Lion Fist that he had mastered.

However, his sure-fire strike was actually blocked by this guy using a trick!
"Lord Yun Chuan said so."

Hinata Takashi raised his head, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and smiled: "Don't demand that battles have aesthetics, don't demand that death follow virtue, and don't just think about saving your own life."

"It's because your main family is too corrupt and old-fashioned, too confined to the orthodoxy of the Hyuga clan!"

Upon hearing this, several veins bulged on Hyuga Haruto's forehead as he angrily retorted, "You're asking for death!"

He stopped getting close, leaped backward to create distance, his muscles tensed, veins bulging in his arms, his back taut like a tightly drawn bow...

A highly compressed and condensed chakra gathered in his palm, and then he suddenly raised his palm and pushed it towards Hyuga Takashi in the distance.

The speed and speed of the strike were so great that the wind pressed his robes tightly against his arms, outlining the lines of his arm muscles and creating a loud, piercing sound as it cut through the air.

Soft Fist Technique: Bagua Empty Palm!
hum! !

A highly compressed chakra shockwave, visible to the naked eye, hurtled towards Hyuga Takashi, who was kneeling on one knee and seemingly powerless to dodge, like an invisible cannon blast with a piercing shriek.

This attack was far more powerful than the previous moves, enough to pulverize the boulder. However, facing this devastating blow, Hyuga Takashi showed no fear whatsoever.

He took a deep breath, enduring the excruciating pain in his arms, and formed a hand seal in front of his chest. Although his movements were still clumsy, they carried a resolute determination.

At the same time, the nature of his chakra suddenly changed, and a sharp, light chakra with a cutting quality merged into the chakra he had imitated and condensed.

hum! !

Hyuga Takashi also thrust his palms forward with concentrated chakra, the highly compressed yet wind-style chakra forcefully meeting the attack!
Wind Release: Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!

Two terrifying impacts collided violently in the center of the arena, unleashing an even more deafening roar than before.

Boom! !
The violent shockwave raged wildly in all directions, carving a deep trench in the ground and raising dust that obscured everyone's vision.

All that could be seen in the smoke and dust was two figures approaching each other again.

Bang! Bang bang!!
The dull yet penetrating sounds of flesh colliding, accompanied by the muffled thuds of chakra exploding, echoed continuously amidst the billowing smoke and dust!

Each collision unleashed a violent shockwave, stirring up the dust and smoke even more violently!
The onlookers outside the venue could only see two blurry, indistinct figures chasing, colliding, separating, and colliding again in the dust!

Their speed was so fast that they left afterimages; their movements were swift and ruthless, each one carrying unrestrained power.

boom!
An exceptionally powerful blast of air suddenly erupted from the smoke and dust, instantly tearing apart and dispersing the churning smoke and dust!
As the smoke cleared, the scene in the center of the field was finally clearly revealed to everyone.

The two drew close to each other. Hyuga Takashi moved like lightning, his right hand forming a knife-like shape as he ruthlessly slashed at Hyuga Hito's throat.

This strike was swift, accurate, and ruthless, carrying the determination to kill with a single blow.

laugh!
Almost instinctively, Hinata Haruto leaned back in a precarious position, the palm strike barely grazing his neck.

A difference of only a fraction!

At the moment when Hyuga Takashi's palm strike missed, Hyuga Yoto, who was falling backward, used the momentum of his backward fall to suddenly exert force from his waist and abdomen!

His right fist was clenched tightly, and a highly concentrated chakra gathered in his palm.

Soft Fist Technique: Bagua Mountain-Breaking Strike!

"Break!!" Hyuga Haruto roared angrily.

That right palm, imbued with terrifying power, slammed into Hyuga Takashi's body, which was slightly leaning forward due to the missed attack and had not yet fully retracted!
In his haste, Hinata Takashi could only hold his left arm horizontally in front of him, while frantically channeling his chakra into his arm.

boom! !

A deep, resounding bang suddenly exploded as Hyuga Yoto's Mountain-Shattering Strike, imbued with all his strength and rage, slammed solidly into Hyuga Takashi's left arm.

Click!

"puff!"

With a faint but clear cracking sound, Hyuga Takashi coughed up a mouthful of bright red blood and his body flew backward uncontrollably like a kite with a broken string!

His feet scraped violently against the hard ground, carving two deep furrows, and he slid for seven or eight meters before barely managing to regain his balance.

"Cough cough!"

His body went limp and he knelt on one knee, breathing heavily, his face as pale as paper!

His left arm hung limply at his side, the sleeve of his clothes already torn to shreds, revealing a shocking bruise and swelling. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, staining the front of his clothes red.

"Come again!"

Seeing this, a cruel pleasure emerged from the ferocious anger on Hinata Hito's face, and he roared.

However, Hyuga Takashi, who was kneeling on one knee, slowly raised his head and used his still-functioning right hand to wipe away the blood from the corner of his mouth with difficulty.

He looked at the menacing Hyuga Hito across from him, his face showing neither anger nor fear, but instead slowly shaking his head.

"It's... over." Hinata Takashi's voice was weak, but unusually clear.

"What are you saying?" Hyuga Haruto's face darkened abruptly, then he revealed a cold, mocking smile. "What? Are you about to admit defeat...?"

At this point, his voice suddenly stopped.

He noticed the whispers of the people around him and the stares directed at his neck.

At the same time, a cool and moist sensation gradually rose from his neck.

Following everyone's gaze, Hinata Haruto subconsciously raised his hand and touched his throat.

A warm and sticky sensation came from my fingertips.

He looked down and saw a striking crimson stain on his fingertips.

A tiny, almost invisible wound was slowly oozing fine beads of blood, which gathered together and trickled down his neck.

Just now, the palm strike that brushed past Hyuga Takashi's neck was wrapped with sharp wind-style chakra. If Hyuga Takashi wanted to, he could have easily cut open his throat.

If this were a battlefield, Hyuga Haruto would already be dead.

"so……"

Hinata Takashi struggled to his feet, and though his voice was weak, he declared with unwavering conviction, "Hinata Haruto, you lost."

After saying that, he glanced at Hinata Yoto one last time, his gaze calm and unwavering, as if he were looking at an insignificant stranger.

Without expecting Hinata to fulfill his promise to kneel, he turned around without hesitation, clutching his injured left arm, and staggered out of the training ground.

However, behind him, Hinata Hito stood there blankly, looking down at the glaring crimson on his fingertips.

Upon hearing Hinata Takashi's words and the laughter around him, his once handsome face gradually became ferocious and distorted, and the veins on his forehead throbbed like earthworms.

"I lost?"

Hinata Haruto suddenly raised his head and looked at Hinata Takashi's departing figure.

He gritted his teeth, squeezing out each word through the cracks, his voice hoarse with madness and resentment: "What a joke!"

"They actually used such a ridiculous and despicable method!"

His voice trembled violently with rage, even becoming distorted, as he roared, "How could I possibly lose to a bastard like you who's a branch family?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers together.

Among the crowd, Hyuga Neji's expression immediately changed.

That's the seal that activates the "caged bird"?!

(Apologies, I will post both chapters together tomorrow or 2)

(End of this chapter)