Neji Hyuga.
The son of Hizashi Hyuga from the Hyuga branch family.
Despite being from the branch family, he had displayed extraordinary talent from the very moment he first picked up the Gentle Fist.
He was held in high regard and carried the heavy expectations of the entire Hyuga clan, including the clan head, Hiashi Hyuga.
But one day, a tiny figure burst into his life.
“Big Brother Neji, please guide me.”
He remembered that was when Hinata had just started learning the Gentle Fist.
Until now…
His pure white pupils reflected the figures trading blows back and forth in the training hall.
Their moves were fierce, their actions lightning-fast.
Not just Hinata, but even this Toneri, whom he was meeting for the first time, was the same.
Their strikes were clean and sharp, every attack carrying a fierce intent.
Neji had thought his cousin Hinata was already the cream of the crop among their peers.
He never expected to meet another peer today who was in no way inferior to Hinata.
Yes, in no way inferior to Hinata.
Hinata and Toneri were currently exchanging blows.
Every head-on collision was accompanied by a clash of chakra, to the point that a peculiar sonic boom of bursting chakra echoed with every exchange.
In theory, Toneri and Hinata belonged to the same clan.
Even though one faction was on the moon and the other was on Earth, and the techniques they used differed, the underlying principle—using the Byakugan to see the pathway system and releasing chakra through the tenketsu—was exactly the same.
Thus, while it appeared to be a taijutsu battle, it was actually a contest of chakra.
If a chakra point was sealed by the opponent, one had to use brute chakra to force it open.
At the same time, they had to seal the opponent’s chakra points.
Having been in this world for six years, only Hinata knew that when she fought Neji and her other peers, she was essentially a grown-up bullying children.
After all, Hinata possessed innate knowledge from birth.
This was the fundamental reason why she could suppress Neji and all her peers in the Hyuga clan.
Children found it difficult to comprehend techniques or the meridian systems explained by their elders; many of them hadn’t even fully learned how to read yet.
But because Hinata possessed innate knowledge, coupled with her own talent, she could grasp the various theories explained by her elders at the fastest possible speed.
However, this level of understanding only provided an edge against ordinary people.
Toneri, standing opposite her, was one of the geniuses at the absolute pinnacle of the shinobi world.
So-called innate knowledge might grant a slight advantage against someone like him, but it could never widen the gap by much.
Therefore, Hinata not only wanted to dispel whatever bizarre feelings this guy held for her, but she also wanted to see if there was any gap between herself and a true genius.
Hinata didn’t have any so-called cheat codes, nor did she have any of those bizarre systems.
She only had her own brain and her talent.
If she wanted to replace her “dear son” Boruto Uzumaki’s position in the future, relying solely on talent was clearly not enough. The source of this chapter is g.com.
Because the Shinju were merely mid-level bosses in the plot of Boruto.
And the final enemy would very likely be that God of the Otsutsuki who transcended dimensions—the allegedly omniscient and omnipotent Shibai Otsutsuki.
Bam!
A fierce gust of wind from her palm whipped through the hair framing Toneri’s forehead.
A flash of awe sparked within his Byakugan eyes, which he had inherited from his father.
A palm stopped right in front of his face.
It was Hinata’s palm.
If it had advanced even half an inch further, it would have struck his forehead dead center.
He was “dead.”
Toneri had grappled with Hinata for nearly five minutes before ultimately suffering defeat.
“You are amazing, Hinata.” A reserved smile graced Toneri’s face as his white pupils looked at Hinata with genuine warmth.
“Are you not good at taijutsu?” Instead of feeling happy about her victory over Toneri, Hinata frowned and looked at him with a look of confusion.
“Yes,” Toneri admitted, looking a bit self-conscious.
Because he was born without eyes, his taijutsu had previously been taught to him hand-by-hand, step-by-step by Otsutsuki Guanming.
Before this, Toneri had spent all his time practicing chakra control and flow.
He was bad at…
taijutsu.
Watching from the sidelines, Neji remained silent.
A Toneri who was “bad at taijutsu” had still managed to grapple with Hinata for five minutes before losing.
Neji once again experienced that profound sense of powerlessness when facing Hinata head-on.
A genius?
What a joke.
Though Neji appeared calm on the outside right now, ripples of turmoil were surging within his heart.
If someone like Toneri was considered “bad at taijutsu,” then what on earth was he?
“Boring.” Hinata waved her hand, her enthusiasm utterly dampened.
She had been mistaken from the very beginning.
She had thought that while a powerhouse could be bad at ninjutsu or genjutsu, it was absolutely impossible for them to be bad at taijutsu.
She hadn’t expected an anomaly like Toneri, who was born without eyes.
Thinking back carefully, in The Last: Naruto the Movie, Toneri had relied entirely on his Tenseigan Chakra Mode to fight the young-adult Naruto.
It could be said that he went toe-to-toe with Naruto solely by virtue of the Giant Tenseigan and his massive chakra reserves.
There was barely any hand-to-hand martial skill to speak of. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
Furthermore, Toneri had only recently acquired his current eyes.
He was still in the adjustment period.
She had been too impatient.
“Keep practicing.
I need a proper opponent.
It’s no fun bullying you.” Hinata tugged at her collar and walked out of the training hall on her own accord.
“Do you need an opponent, Hinata?” Hearing this, Toneri looked toward Hinata.
“Yeah.
Don’t make me wait too long.” Hinata waved her hand dismissively and vanished around the corner of the training hall all by herself, leaving only Toneri standing in place, looking deep in thought.
Hinata didn’t have much intention to put effort into ninjutsu.
A person’s energy is finite.
Twenty years wasn’t exactly long, but it wasn’t short either.
In the future, the Otsutsuki clan members they would face would almost all possess the ability to absorb ninjutsu.
Learning two or three ninjutsu would be more than enough.
Hinata had no interest in fuinjutsu either.
The strongest known sealing jutsu currently was the Six Paths technique used to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Chibaku Tensei—which was also a sealing technique of the Otsutsuki clan.
Using an Otsutsuki’s technique to deal with an Otsutsuki?
It might be somewhat useful, but not by much.
After all, there was no guarantee that Momoshiki Otsutsuki’s Takamimusubinokami wouldn’t just absorb it, only for him to turn around, forge an even bigger one, and hurl it right back at her.
In Hinata’s eyes, the true future battles against the Otsutsuki would be battles of taijutsu—the purest form of confrontation.
Just like when the Nine-Tails sacrificed itself, and Naruto entered Baryon Mode to fight Isshiki Otsutsuki.
The future safety of the shinobi world would depend on the smallest margin of fists and feet.
Therefore, even though Hinata knew that combining ninjutsu with the Byakugan could achieve beyond-visual-range strikes, she had absolutely no intention of pursuing it.
Ninjutsu, at the end of the day, was the art of shinobi, and it was meant to be used against shinobi.
It was not an art meant for dealing with the Otsutsuki.
When it came to using ninjutsu against the Otsutsuki, the future outcomes had already proven everything.
The only ninjutsu that Hinata could truly respect were space-time techniques like the Flying Raijin Jutsu, or auxiliary techniques that could stimulate the body’s hidden potential.
If the Eight Inner Gates didn’t completely clash with the Byakugan system, Hinata would have already run off to apprentice under Might Guy and become a Hyuga girl who sings praises to youth and passion.
While the Hyuga’s Byakugan system couldn’t be called heaven-defyingly broken, it offered Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm for long-range, Rotation for defense, and Gentle Fist for close quarters—and none of them required hand signs.
Overall, it was a comprehensive and well-balanced system.
Besides, Hinata didn’t necessarily have to limit herself to the Gentle Fist.