Naruto: All My Targets Are Ninjutsu.

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So far, Yu Mikami has accumulated 7 points of physique.

Furthermore, all four ninjutsu techniques were enhanced with special properties.

The transformation ability seems to be progressing towards physicalization. At the third stage with 75 favorability, it can "significantly" rewrite one's own form. From the description, it is somewhat similar to the "72 transformations" of a certain monkey.

Yu Mikami was curious whether, if he used this transformation technique to turn himself into an animal like a bird or a fish, he would gain the same abilities to fly and breathe underwater as the other person. Theoretically, a transformation at the form-altering level should be able to conjure up wings and gills.

You can give it a try if you have the chance.

As for the Substitution Jutsu, it simply increases the distance, from the initial 5 meters to 15 meters, which can be considered to have some practical value in combat.

The 5-meter range of the Substitution Jutsu has very strict usage conditions, basically only usable in the arena. In a real battlefield, against large-area AOE ninjutsu or enemies with fast reaction speeds, whether or not it is used makes little difference. But 15 meters, at least, can catch some people off guard.

"Okay, that should be about right... I'll go find Might Guy now!"

Mikami let out a long sigh of relief and prepared to set off.

suddenly.

A series of light footsteps came from the side, catching his attention.

Yu Mikami immediately stopped and turned around, only to see a Hyuga clansman wearing a Konoha headband on his forehead, who had appeared on the side of the training field at some point, arms crossed, looking at him calmly. His face looked somewhat familiar.

"?"

Yu Mikami glanced around to make sure the other person was looking for him, then turned and stood still: "Who are you?"

"...Your senses are quite sharp."

The Hyuga clansman nodded slightly, then asked from afar, "Are you Mikami Yu?"

"So what?"

“I am Hyuga Hizashi, Hyuga Himon’s cousin. He told me that he met a commoner genius at the Ninja Academy who defeated him, who had the Byakugan, using only the Three Body Techniques… I was curious, so I came to see.”

"..."

Mikami Yu raised an eyebrow.

No wonder this guy looked familiar to him earlier; it turns out he's Neji's father.

It's just the youth version.

According to the normal storyline, Hyuga Neji should have been born four or five years later, a year earlier than Naruto. As for his father, Hyuga Hizashi, he would still be an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man at that time, probably not even married yet, let alone having children.

but……

What is he doing here?

Mikami Yu took a deep breath, bringing his hands slightly together, ready to form hand seals at any moment: "So you're a senior from the Hyuga clan. You've already seen it, the one who defeated Hyuga Himon was me, and then..."

"What are you planning to do? Avenge your cousin and teach me a lesson?"

This kind of "punishing the young and then punishing the old" situation is actually quite common.

When Kushina first arrived in Konoha, she beat up a classmate at the Ninja Academy, and was subsequently ambushed on her way home by the classmate's older genin. Forced to do so, she beat up the older genin as well. Later, Naruto, Hinata… their stories became even more classic examples of this.

When it comes to bullying, the people of Konoha have always treated everyone equally.

but……

Do even a powerful clan like the Hyuga clan engage in this kind of thing?

"That's not it."

Hyuga Hizashi shook his head, his gaze still fixed on Mikami Yu: "It's normal for students to win and lose in battles. If you can't even accept that, then there's no point in being a ninja. However..."

"I've heard that your Three-Body Technique can even fool those who roll their eyes. If possible, please let me see it."

"...Can I refuse?"

Yu Mikami said.

"Of course you can, that's your freedom."

Hyuga Hizashi nodded again: "However, if you agree, I can offer you some guidance on taijutsu as a Chunin of the Hyuga clan. Although our clan mainly practices Gentle Fist, the principles of taijutsu are the same, so I should still be able to provide you with some useful advice."

"..."

Yu Mikami pondered for a moment.

Well, his impression of Hyuga Hizashi was alright.

After all, judging from the original work, this guy should be an honest person, and the tone of his voice just now didn't seem like he had any malicious intentions.

Even if he really is a two-faced, scheming person...

At most, we'll just beat him up; we won't make a big deal out of something as trivial as Hyuga Himon's matter.

"Then let's go!"

My newly upgraded Substitution Jutsu, can I endure this injustice?

present.

Hyuga Hizashi took a few steps forward, stood in the center of the training field, and assumed the starting stance of Gentle Fist: "Come on, attack me all you want."

"..."

Yu Mikami took a deep breath, pulled a kunai from his ninja tool pouch with his right hand, twirled it in his hand, and then flung it forward! At the same time, he lifted his foot and charged forward!

opposite.

Hyuga Hizashi's eye sockets throbbed slightly as he instantly activated his Byakugan. He then took a half-step forward and deftly deflected the flying kunai with his right hand, as if brushing a willow branch.

Just as he was staring intently at Mikami Yu, preparing to meet the attack with Gentle Fist—

"puff!"

A soft sound.

Mikami Yu, who was charging forward, suddenly disappeared. In his place, a kunai appeared in mid-air and then fell down. Immediately afterwards, Hyuga Hizashi felt a strong sense of crisis. A gray figure appeared in the range of his Byakugan and took a step and side kick from behind!

"This……"

Isn't that the blond guy's "Flying Thunder God"?! Who can use their Stand Technique like that?!

Although shocked, Hyuga Hizashi was, after all, a Chunin and the second son of the current head of the clan. He reacted almost instinctively, twisting his waist and turning around while bending his right arm and blocking to the side and behind him!

Chapter 19 Fireball vs. Resurrection!

"Oh!"

Mikami Yu's side kick was blocked by Hyuga Hizashi, and the resulting recoil startled both of them slightly. Then, Hyuga Hizashi steadied his stance, used the momentum to spin around, and thrust his right palm, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound, straight into Mikami Yu's open chest!

So fast!

Yuu Mikami felt a chill run down his spine.

However, he had already guessed that Hyuga Hizashi's skills were much stronger than Hyuga Himon's. Although he was surprised, he did not panic. He immediately pushed off the ground with both legs and retreated seven or eight meters like a startled raccoon, barely avoiding the Gentle Fist finger strike that could seal the flow of chakra.

The two instantly separated by several meters.

In the first round, it was a swift and decisive moment.

Hyuga Hizashi slowly lowered his blocking arm, not pursuing, but staring at Mikami Yu with a look of astonishment: "Hey... when you rushed over just now, was that substitution jutsu you used really a 'substitution technique'? A modified version?"

Hyuga Hizashi also learned the Substitution Jutsu.

After all, the Hyuga clan is not good at using the Five Elements Ninjutsu, but they do have some knowledge of basic or supportive Ninjutsu such as the Three Body Technique, medical ninjutsu, and sealing techniques.

However, Hyuga Hizashi had never seen anyone use the Substitution Jutsu to achieve the same effect as the Flying Thunder God Technique.

and……

Did you just perform a hand seal?

While the Substitution Jutsu is a simple E-rank ninjutsu, its simplicity leaves almost no room for further optimization or improvement, let alone simplification into a single-hand or no-hand-seal ninjutsu. Even the Second Hokage, who was most adept at simplifying hand seals, probably couldn't do something like that!

"Of course it's the Substitution Technique, what else could it be?"

Yu Mikami replied with an affirmative tone, while secretly flexing his slightly numb instep.

He felt like he had kicked a steel plate just now; it was incredibly hard.

However... after this initial probing, he basically confirmed that Hyuga Hizashi really just wanted to broaden his horizons and did not have any obvious malice or killing intent. In that case, he could be a little bolder and try some new fighting styles.

"If Hinata-senpai didn't see it clearly just now... then let's do it again."

As he spoke,

Mikami Yu moved both hands simultaneously, his fingers filled with kunai and shuriken, and then shot them out all at once!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

Seven or eight hidden weapons surged out simultaneously, colliding and using each other's momentum in the air, drawing dazzling arcs as they enveloped Hyuga Hizashi from different angles! Although the ingenuity of these trajectories was far inferior to that of a certain Uchiha genius who would later go to the battlefield at the age of four, it was still astonishing.

Faced with this overwhelming attack.

Hyuga Hizashi's feet were firmly planted on the ground as if rooted to the spot. He shouted in a low voice, "Gentle Fist - Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!"

The next moment, his arms transformed into a blurry afterimage and began to move. Invisible chakra enveloped his palms, which slapped, deflected, pointed, and flicked at the surroundings with precision and speed... The kunai and shuriken were as if they had hit an invisible wall, and were all knocked away and deflected.

The crisp, clanging sounds blended together.

In the brief interval between the flying projectiles—

"boom!"

Smoke rises again!

Yu Mikami vanished from his spot and suddenly appeared just one meter to the left front of Hizashi Hyuga, throwing a punch at Hizashi's right armpit, which he had raised to block a hidden weapon!

Hyuga Hizashi didn't even turn his head, his left palm striking the attacker's throat like a venomous snake! However, all his palm passed through was a burst of smoke.

"later!"

Hyuga Hizashi's Byakugan instantly caught the chakra fluctuations behind him, and he turned around with a sharp side kick, disappearing in another afterimage.

"left!"

"right!"

Each time the smoke burst open, Mikami Yu's figure would appear like a ghost, flashing out from the gaps in Hyuga Hizashi's defense, and then launching a swift attack with punches or kicks! But each time, Hyuga Hizashi would block or force him back with Gentle Fist, and the sound of fists and feet colliding was endless.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the latter's body remained within a meter's radius, like a boulder, unmoved by the surging tide.

"it's useless!"

During a lull in his parries, Hizashi Hyuga shouted in a deep voice, "My Byakugan has no blind spots! No matter which direction you come from, you cannot escape its detection!"

"..."

Yuu Mikami also noticed it.

His Substitution Jutsu is indeed very fast; with the added bonus, it only takes 0.2 seconds to cast. However, the repositioning and relocation of his body after each use also takes time.

Although this time difference is not long, it is enough for a Chunin with a comprehensive view and rich combat experience to react and counterattack.

So...

Minato Namikaze became known as the "Yellow Flash" not only because of the "Flying Thunder God Technique" itself, but also because of his extraordinary nerve reaction speed, dynamic vision, and spatial balance, which were the keys to his mastery of this technique.

Ordinary people, such as Genma Shiranui and other members of the Fourth Kage Guard, although they also mastered the "Flying Thunder God Technique," could only use it as a long-range teleportation array, and it required three people to work together to release it, making it completely useless in actual combat.

The first hypothesis has been confirmed.

So what's next...?

It's time to try something else.

present.

Yu Mikami once again used the Substitution Jutsu to disappear from Hizashi Hyuga's sight, and immediately formed hand seals to use the Transformation Jutsu. Hizashi Hyuga, who had his back to him, subconsciously scanned behind him with his Byakugan, but suddenly frowned and then turned his head sharply to look behind him.

Where are they?

Why did they suddenly disappear?

There was nothing above, nothing on the ground, nothing around...

Just as Hyuga Hizashi looked bewildered, an unremarkable gray bird flapped its wings, keeping its body within the cone-shaped space extending from above Hyuga Hizashi's spine to his right rear—the only blind spot for the Hyuga branch family's Byakugan.

Just as Hyuga Hizashi's fist technique relaxed for a moment.