"Gentle Fist Art... Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
In the dojo of a traditional building, a young girl's delicate shout echoed.
Then, a series of banging sounds followed closely.
The scene shifted inside the dojo, where the Little Sister-in-Law, dressed in a yellow-brown kimono with her long hair flowing, was a far cry from her usual clingy and spoiled self. Veins bulged at her temples, and blue Chakra flames swirled around her hands as she struck Izayoi, who stood motionless.
"Two palms, four palms, eight palms, sixteen palms, thirty-two palms... sixty-four palms!"
Her slender, jade-like fingers accurately struck the key Acupoints on the body through the clothes. Chakra attempted to penetrate the clothing and flesh through her fingertips, seeping into the body to damage the meridians and internal organs.
The gale generated by the Chakra burst made Hanabi's and Izayoi's clothes flutter wildly.
After completing the sixty-fourth palm, Hanabi didn't stop there. Instead, she spun three hundred and sixty degrees in place, gathering strength to strike Izayoi with a palm, shouting, "Eight Trigrams: Air Palm!"
Chakra transformed into a shockwave, surging out from her palm.
However, the scene of the shockwave piercing through Izayoi's body and erupting from his back didn't occur.
The shockwave slammed into Izayoi, exploding like a Wind Release, first shaking off Hanabi's small hand, and then blowing the Little Sister-in-Law away.
Before the Little Sister-in-Law could crash heavily to the ground and roll several times, Izayoi instantly appeared behind her and caught her.
"My hand hurts, it hurts so much..."
Hanabi cried out in pain, blowing hard on her red and swollen hand.
Once the pain subsided slightly, Hanabi looked at Izayoi with tearful eyes and complained, "Big Brother, is your body made of steel? How can it be so hard!"
"You're wrong, my body is even harder than steel now." Izayoi smiled, put Hanabi down, and skillfully rolled up his sleeve, presenting his forearm to the Little Sister-in-Law.
Watching Hanabi bite his forearm and absorb Chakra, Izayoi explained with a smile, "Wood Release is a Bloodline Limit formed by the fusion of Water Release and Earth Release nature transformations. Yang Release Chakra can not only enhance the power of Wood Release, but also enhance the nature transformations of Water Release and Earth Release. Big Brother just used Wood Release Chakra to perform a modified version of Earth Release: Earth Spear, making his body's defense stronger than diamond. To push Big Brother back, you must learn Super Strength Fist or open the Eight Gates."
"So... so amazing!"
Hanabi released Izayoi's forearm, first looking stunned, and then revealing a wronged expression, pouting her small mouth and saying, "Then why did Big Brother use this technique on Hanabi? You know I just learned Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, how could I possibly break through your defense!"
"Because Big Brother wants to teach you a technique, do you want to learn it?" Izayoi rubbed Hanabi's head and smiled.
"Yes, yes..."
Hanabi nodded repeatedly, looking at Izayoi with expectant eyes, and asked, "Big Brother, what is the technique?"
"Watch carefully..."
Izayoi stood up straight, looked at a wooden training dummy not far away, and then raised his hand to thrust out a sword finger.
With a whoosh, it was as if an invisible arrow shot out.
Boom!
The wooden training dummy in the distance instantly exploded into pieces.
"..."
Hanabi stared blankly at the direction of the wooden training dummy, so shocked that she couldn't say a word.
Coming back to her senses, she quickly looked up and asked, "Big Brother, how did you do that?"
"This is a more refined Eight Trigrams: Air Palm, which can also be said to be a Chakra burst, a technique that combines Super Strength Fist and Gentle Fist," Izayoi said with a smile. "But overall, it's a higher level of Chakra Control."
"As long as your Chakra Control reaches my level, then whether it's Gentle Fist or Super Strength Fist, it's just a matter of controlling the release of Chakra."
"The difference is that the Hyuga Clan generally has less Chakra, so they chose Gentle Fist, which is most compatible with their bloodline limit. The Senju Clan, on the other hand, has massive Chakra reserves, so they chose the Chakra-bursting Steel Fist."
"But you and Hinata are different; you can completely walk the path of combining both strength and flexibility."
Izayoi made another poking gesture, describing with a smile, "Imagine if your finger had my power just now, and could also inject Chakra into the enemy's body and then explode it. What kind of effect would that have?"
"Big Brother, you're amazing! No wonder you're Hanabi's idol!"
Hanabi threw herself into Izayoi's arms, her legs wrapped around his waist and her arms around his neck, her eyes full of admiration. "Big Brother, when you get promoted to Jonin, Hanabi will apply to graduate early, and you can be Hanabi's personal Jonin instructor, okay?"
Izayoi thought Hanabi was joking, so he supported his Little Sister-in-Law's little butt and teased, "Then call me 'Izayoi-sensei' and let me hear it."
"Izayoi-sensei! Izayoi-sensei! Izayoi-sensei!" Hanabi shouted three times very decisively, and then, not giving Izayoi a chance to go back on his word, she kissed him hard on the cheek before landing and running away, leaving only her triumphant laughter.
"Then it's settled. Hanabi will go back and tell Father now."
"Huh?"
Izayoi was rarely stunned, his mouth opening so wide that it seemed like he could fit a fist inside.
By the time he came back to his senses, his Little Sister-in-Law had already disappeared.
Just as Izayoi walked out of the Dojo, somewhat amused and annoyed, preparing to go and tattle to Hinata, even to have the older sister pay for the younger sister's debt...
A black afterimage appeared out of nowhere on the Veranda.
Looking at the Anbu in front of him, wearing a cat-faced mask but revealing a head of purple hair, Izayoi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "What's the matter? Uzuki Yugao."
"Izayoi-sama, the Hokage-sama has ordered you to go to the Hokage's office immediately. Eighth Squad is being urgently summoned." Uzuki Yugao knelt on one knee, saying respectfully.
A dignified Anbu naturally wouldn't need to give such a great salute to a Chunin.
However, Uzuki Yugao was no ordinary Anbu; she was also secretly guarding the Hokage's office and was a guard whom the Hokage could summon at any time.
Tsunade's conversation with Samui, as well as her usual conversations with Izayoi, had already confirmed Izayoi's status as the sole Hokage candidate.
Facing the future Sixth Hokage, Uzuki Yugao was just like most of the Shinobi in Konoha, extremely respectful.
Hearing the words "urgent summons," Izayoi couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, then nodded slightly and said, "I understand. I'll go now."
"Yes."
Uzuki Yugao lowered her head, then turned into an afterimage and disappeared.
Izayoi also used the Body Flicker Technique to fly towards the Hokage Building.
On the way, Izayoi quickly contacted the Wood Clone outside to see if anything major had happened in the Shinobi World recently.
Soon, the Wood Clone transmitted two images back in real time.
One was a photo of a city, half of which had been turned into ruins. It was a relatively prosperous city in the Wind Country.
The other was a picture of a large number of Sand Ninja searching everywhere in the Wind Country, not knowing whether they were looking for something or someone.
But combined with the previous picture of the ruins, it was more likely that they were searching for enemies.
Izayoi frowned slightly, analyzing in his mind, "It doesn't seem to be caused by ninjutsu, more like the bombing of Exploding Tags. Could it be Konan? No, the Wood Clone is monitoring the Akatsuki at all times. If Konan took action, the Wood Clone would have notified me already."
"This number of Sand Ninja has already reached four figures. Mobilizing this many ninjas is definitely a major event. Is it a plot from the original story, the blank three years, or a butterfly effect caused by me?"
"Forget it, since I don't remember it, it means it's unrelated to the main storyline and not worth mentioning."
Izayoi quickly sorted out his thoughts and arrived at the Hokage's office.
"Yo, Izayoi."
As soon as he pushed the door open, Izayoi saw four familiar figures, it was Seventh Squad.
Looking at Uzumaki Naruto, who raised his hand to greet him, Izayoi raised his hand in response, while looking at Seventh Squad with a strange gaze, the corner of his mouth twitching imperceptibly.
It seems that this major event is not a butterfly effect caused by him, but a plot that he didn't watch at all in his previous life, or watched and forgot.
A flashback arc?
A TV anime original?
Or a theatrical version?
Something that leaves him with no impression at all must be trash, or an extremely boring plot.
Izayoi secretly complained in his heart.
But soon, Izayoi's expression became serious.
Because the Wood Clone sent him back another real-time picture.
It was Nagato using the Transformation Technique to create Transformation clones of Akatsuki members, including himself, with White Zetsu clones, and then Uchiha Obito collected them into the Kamui Dimension one by one.
Obviously, Nagato is already guarding against his Tenseigan, choosing to go to Uchiha Obito's Kamui Dimension for meetings.
Perhaps, this is why he hasn't fallen out with Uchiha Obito.
This kind of thinking is completely opposite to the Nagato who was played as a fool in the original story.
"Could it be that after regaining his youth, even his brain has become better?" Izayoi couldn't help but complain in his heart.
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