Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 18 Hyuga Yu VS Uchiha Yakumaru (Part 1)

"I understand, Hokage-sama," Hinata Yu nodded in response.

Judging from their familiarity with each other, is the pill a sign that the Uchiha clan supports Minato Namikaze?

Shisui is still young and hasn't shown his talent yet, let alone Itachi.

This Uchiha Special Jonin, who is about the same age as him, is probably the most capable ninja among the Uchiha remaining in Konoha.

Aside from the name being a bit unlucky.

The surrounding ninjas also noticed Minato Namikaze's arrival and looked at him with either excitement or nervousness.

Seeing this, Minato Namikaze stopped chatting with the two and announced the rules with a smile.

Just as Uchiha Yakumaru said, this assessment is a real-world test. Through a draw, each person will have three opportunities to fight against different opponents and demonstrate their strengths and abilities.

After Minato briefly explained the rules, a Jonin in charge of the assessment appeared on the field.

"The first test begins now: Nakayama Yoshihisa vs. Shiranui Genma."

As soon as the words were spoken, two figures remained on the field, while the others quickly left the area and gathered around to watch.

After watching the two's boring match for a while, Uchiha Yakumaru approached Hyuga Yu with a cold face and said, "Let's propose to the Hokage that the two of us have a duel."

Hyuga Yu looked at Uchiha Yakumaru, who was also looking at him, a hint of fighting spirit flashing in his eyes.

"There are only four special Jonin in this assessment. Compared to the other two, I think you are more worthy of a fight."

It will also allow me to vent my anger!

Hyuga Yu raised an eyebrow and looked in the direction of the Fourth Hokage, only to see that the Hokage was also smiling at them, and a realization dawned on him.

"No need, we'll handle it."

After saying that, he ignored Uchiha Yamaru, perfectly embodying the image of a taciturn member of the Hyuga branch family.

Uchiha Yakumaru followed his gaze and saw the Fourth Hokage. Instantly, his expression turned serious and he became calm.

His goal today wasn't to pass the Jonin exam, but to get into the Fourth Hokage's sights and join his Shadow Guard.

It's rare to find a Hokage who's close to the Uchiha clan; they must seize every opportunity!

Soon, their names were called, and they each competed in two rounds.

With all opponents being Chunin, it was naturally difficult for them to pose a threat, and victory was easily achieved.

At this moment, the names of the special Jonin other than the two of them were called and they entered the arena for the match. Uchiha Yakumaru instantly understood what Yu meant when he said they would face off.

Sure enough, as soon as this match was over, the examiner announced, "Next match: Uchiha Yakumaru vs. Hyuga Yu."

Uchiha Yakumaru and Hyuga Yu simultaneously appeared in the arena using teleportation.

The curiosity of both ninjas who performed poorly in the assessment and those who were confident of passing it was piqued.

Hinata and Uchiha.

What would happen if the two eye techniques clashed? Even ninjas from the same village would be curious about that.

According to the rules, Hyuga Yu and Uchiha Yakumaru formed opposing hand seals towards each other.

Upon seeing this, the examiner shouted "Start!" and instantly disappeared from the field.

Three tomoe appeared in Uchiha Yakumaru's eyes. Sensing the power of the Uchiha clan, he looked indifferently at Hyuga Yu.

"You've already witnessed the power of the Uchiha clan on the Hidden Mist battlefield, haven't you? Now, experience it for yourself..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence.

On the other side, Hinata Yu had already closed his eyes, with only the blue veins around his eyes indicating that he had activated his Byakugan.

Uchiha Yakumaru was stunned, as were the Konoha ninjas around him.

Even Minato had a look of bewilderment on his face.

I never expected it could be like this...

The opponent was stunned, but Hyuga Yu wouldn't stand still. With a flash of movement, he rapidly approached Uchiha Yakumaru, and his sharp, orthodox Gentle Fist struck Uchiha Yakumaru's chest like lightning.

But with a "bang," the Uchiha pill turned into white smoke and disappeared.

It's a shadow clone!

clang clang...

Several shuriken collided with each other in mid-air, changing their trajectories, and came from all directions like a fishing net covering Hinata Yu.

A huge fireball was coming from behind.

Hinata Yu, sensing something amiss, turned around and struck in one direction with his bare hand, destroying the fishing net and escaping the attack range of the shuriken and the fireball.

Then it rapidly approached Uchiha Yakumaru's true form!

Seeing that the Uchiha throwing technique was not working well, Uchiha Yakumaru, who wanted to create distance, scoffed and had no choice but to engage in a taijutsu duel with Hyuga Yu.

Although he was initially taken aback by Hinata Yu's actions, his own abilities were not enough to leave him stunned during the battle.

However, they were ultimately affected and failed to create enough distance in time.

Now, we need to be careful.

Glancing at the wire between his fingers, Uchiha Yakumaru calmed down and focused on avoiding Hyuga Yu's pressure point attacks.

"You can use eye rolls like that? I've never seen that before."

At the edge of the training ground, Genma Shiranui sighed.

"Isn't that only natural? The Hyuga clan has always been low-key and doesn't compete or fight. Although they are known as one of the two great ninja clans of Konoha, along with the Uchiha clan, there is basically no conflict between them."

They don't seem to have any particular conflict, and there doesn't seem to be a time when the Hyuga clan needs to fight with their eyes closed the entire time.

His teammate, Raito Namiya, who was also there to take the assessment, leaned against the wall and sighed.

"And we need to worry about whether we can pass the Jonin Exams. Judging from their reaction speed just now, if we were on the field, we would be defeated very quickly."

"What are you worried about? Isn't it good to gradually improve yourself by becoming a Special Jonin?"

Genma Shiranui chuckled lazily, "But it seems that the Sharingan has no advantage against the Byakugan."

The Byakugan's abilities are mostly for reconnaissance; its ability to see through the enemy's chakra flow is more of a supplement to Gentle Fist.

It doesn't significantly boost combat power on its own, but it seems to be a perfect counter to the Uchiha clan.

The Sharingan's greatest strength lies in its genjutsu (illusionary techniques). Once an enemy makes eye contact with it, they will fall into a powerful genjutsu.

However, this doesn't work when Hinata Yu closes his eyes and fights using the Byakugan perspective.

As for the Sharingan's ability to copy ninjutsu and taijutsu...

Do the Hyuga clan use ninjutsu?

Anyway, he hadn't seen many of them; they were all soft fist styles.

Copying Gentle Fist is impossible. The Sharingan's enhancement of Uchiha Yakumaru's taijutsu only adds to his neural reflexes and improves his perception.

"There's another advantage... intelligence advantage!"

The last teammate of the two, Yamashiro Aoba, who wore glasses and was skilled at reading other people's memories, spoke up, drawing the attention of the two.

"intelligence?"

……

"Don't underestimate me! It's just that my Sharingan is useless!"

In front of Hyuga Yu, Uchiha Yakumaru barely dodged a palm strike, his body falling to one side with a smile on his lips.

With a slight twitch of his fingers, several shuriken that had unknowingly appeared in Hinata Yu's blind spot were pulled by the wire in his hand and attacked the back of Yu's head.

There are blind spots in the division of family members' white eyes.

Although Uchiha Yakumaru is proud, he will not give up his intelligence advantage or ignore the enemy's weaknesses in battle.

Just like how Hyuga Yu sealed off the Sharingan genjutsu in such an unexpected way.

A true ninja uses intelligence effectively to kill the enemy!

You can't avoid this distance!

(End of this chapter)