"This is rebellion... rebellion!"
"Now even a Branch Family member dares to insult me!"
"Branch Family?" Hyuga Aokawa raised an eyebrow, turning to look at the three men who had emerged from the Barracks. "Aren't you a Branch Family member?"
"Don't tell me you think that after being a dog for so long, you've started believing you're part of the Main Family?"
Seeing Hyuga Takeo's face flushing deeper and deeper with rage, Hyuga Aokawa had no intention of letting up: "Your descendants will also be branded with the Caged Bird Seal, doomed to be dogs for generations..."
"Shut your mouth!" Hyuga Takeo could no longer contain himself, roaring to cut Hyuga Aokawa off.
Then, his entire body erupted with Chakra: "Seize him!"
Hyuga Fei and Hyuga Hikaru behind him, who had long been unable to hold back, instantly sprang into action upon hearing the command.
The three figures formed a triangular formation, like predatory wolves, their fierce palm winds slicing through the air as they charged straight at Hyuga Aokawa!
Their opening move was a killing blow.
They showed no regard for the fact that this was a military camp, nor for the other colleagues around them.
In their eyes, there was no military law.
There were only 'mistakes' that must be corrected, and'servants' that must be crushed.
Hyuga Aokawa looked at the three of them, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth.
He was waiting.
He had been provoking them, waiting for this very moment.
As long as they struck first, the nature of the situation would change.
It would no longer be a brawl, but... self-defense.
Hyuga Aokawa's right hand moved slightly. His fingertips did not form seals, but silently gathered Chakra.
His eyes watched the three incoming palm winds, his gaze as indifferent as if looking at three corpses.
Those three fierce palm winds appeared to him as if in slow motion.
The surrounding Ninjas watching the scene let out a collective gasp.
No one expected that these three members of the Hyuga Main Family would be so bold as to openly attempt murder within the military camp.
"Stop!"
"This is the camp!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Several patrolling Ninjas from the camp instantly appeared between the two sides, sternly shouting to stop them.
Hyuga Takeo and the other two, seeing their opportunity had passed, could only forcibly halt their attack.
His face flushed red, then paled.
With the patrol team already here, forcing a fight was no longer realistic.
He immediately realized he could no longer rely on brute force to suppress the situation.
That brat sure has good luck.
Then he caught the fleeting look of regret on Hyuga Aokawa's face.
Instantly, his fury surged higher and higher.
What does that mean?
You're not happy that someone is protecting you?
Do you really think you have us figured out?
But for now, the most important thing was to clarify the slander Hyuga Aokawa had just uttered against Elder Ieyasu.
Hyuga Takeo took a deep breath: "Hyuga Aokawa!"
"Don't try to confuse the issue!"
"Elder Ieyasu, concerned about the war on the Front Lines and fearing your strength alone is insufficient, specially dispatched the three of us Jonin to replace you!"
"Three Jonin replacing a single trainee who hasn't even been officially registered in the Ninja records—our combat power doesn't decrease but increases! How can you claim this delays the war effort!"
These words made some of the surrounding Ninjas who didn't know the full story show looks of understanding.
It sounded somewhat reasonable.
They had just been momentarily stunned by Hyuga Aokawa's righteous and forceful words.
Now, hearing Hyuga Takeo's explanation, it seemed plausible.
This Hyuga Aokawa isn't even wearing a headband. How could his effectiveness on the Battlefield compare to three Jonin?
Seeing the crowd's expressions soften slightly, Hyuga Takeo's arrogance flared up again.
Pointing at Aokawa, he spoke with utter contempt.
"Do you really think you're irreplaceable?"
"Just because you luckily awakened some nonsensical long-range attack ability, you dare to look down on three Family Jonin?"
"You good-for-nothing!"
To completely overwhelm Aokawa morally, Hyuga Takeo stepped forward, his finger almost poking Aokawa's face.
"Today, I'll give you a chance!"
"Don't you think you're strong? As long as you can defeat any one of the three of us, we'll leave immediately, no further entanglement!"
"I want to see what waves a good-for-nothing who can't even learn the Gentle Fist can make!"
"Can't even learn the Gentle Fist?" Hyuga Aokawa repeated softly, as if hearing a joke.
He looked towards the patrol team in the area and spoke: "A friendly clan spar shouldn't be a problem."
The lead Ninja of the patrol team understood. If it was under the pretense of a spar, it was none of their business.
Moreover, they also knew that Hyuga Aokawa was directly under Minato Namikaze's command; they were among those in the know.
Therefore, they nodded and left to patrol elsewhere.
Hyuga Aokawa glanced at Hyuga Takeo, then looked at the two smirking companions behind him.
He slowly walked to the center of the field.
Then, he turned around and slowly curled his finger in a beckoning gesture. "Then come and try. See just how good this good-for-nothing's Gentle Fist really is."
"You, the one barking the loudest. Come here."
"Or..."
Hyuga Aokawa's gaze lingered on the three of them for a moment.
"All three of you, come at me together."
As soon as these words were spoken.
The entire area fell deathly silent.
Immediately followed by an uproar that shot to the heavens.
"Is he crazy? He wants to fight three of them?"
"Those are three Hyuga Jonin!"
"This kid is too arrogant!"
Hyuga Takeo's face instantly flushed a liver-purple color.
He felt all the blood in his body rush to his head.
Utter humiliation!
To be looked down upon so contemptuously by a Branch Family member, a servant in his eyes!
"You're looking for death!"
Hyuga Takeo roared, even stopping the equally furious Hyuga Fei and Hyuga Hikaru behind him.
"You two, don't intervene!"
"Today, I will personally make him understand what the dignity of the Hyuga Main Family means!"
Before his words finished echoing.
Hyuga Takeo let out a fierce shout, his eyes widening abruptly.
Byakugan, open!
The veins around his eyes bulged like coiling dragons, the Chakra in his entire body surging wildly.
He bent his legs slightly, assuming the opening stance of the Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Palm.
With a powerful push from his feet, the ground instantly caved into a shallow pit.
His entire body transformed into a white blur, carrying a palm wind that tore through the air, charging straight at Aokawa.
Fast!
Fierce!
Precise!
The physical prowess of a Hyuga Jonin was on full display.
However.
In stark contrast to his a violent aura was Hyuga Aokawa's calmness.
Hyuga Aokawa stood in place, motionless.
He didn't even assume any defensive or offensive posture.
He simply slowly raised his right hand, palm facing the charging Hyuga Takeo.
A ball of high-density Chakra gathered in his palm.
The light was dazzling.
Yet not a single wisp of energy leaked out.
At the moment Hyuga Takeo's palm wind was about to strike his face.
Hyuga Aokawa's calm voice clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
"The Gentle Fist... can actually have other uses."
The instant his words fell.
The Chakra light sphere in Aokawa's palm disintegrated explosively.
There was no deafening blast.
No violent air waves.
That light sphere simply dissolved, soundlessly and tracelessly, into tens of thousands of Chakra Needles finer than ox hair.
These fine needles formed a massive conical attack surface.
Like a sudden downpour on a summer afternoon.
Overwhelming.
Shooting towards Hyuga Takeo.
Hyuga Takeo's pupils contracted. In his Byakugan's vision.
The world changed.
Everything in his charging path vanished.
Replaced by a dense, endless expanse of blue light points.
Every single light point was a lethal Chakra needle.
His Byakugan could clearly see the Chakra contained within each needle.
That precise, condensed, uniquely fluctuating power... it was the Gentle Fist!
This overwhelming attack wasn't aimed at his heart, nor his throat.
But at the full one hundred and eighty Acupoints exposed on the front of his body
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