Might Guy ran toward Yunchuan Hyuga's residence with an excited face and shouted, "Do not pretend you cannot hear me, you jerk! Let me see what kind of progress you made in these two months. Today I will definitely make you shout, 'As expected of Senior Guy!'"
In the past, Yunchuan Hyuga's residence had always been protected by a barrier, but now it was gone. Carried by excitement, Might Guy did not bother with formalities and stepped inside when he saw the door was not closed.
The moment he entered, it felt like passing through a thin film, and his body hair suddenly stood on end. It was not killing intent, but an invisible charge in the air that made his skin tingle.
"This is…"
Feeling a faint numbness on his skin, Might Guy frowned and moved lightly toward Yunchuan's training room. The closer he got, the stronger the sensation became.
When he pushed open the door, slightly distorted air came into view. A sharp crackling sound followed, thin and continuous.
All conductive equipment in the room had been removed, and Yunchuan Hyuga sat cross-legged in the center with his upper body bare. Fine blue arcs of electricity danced across his skin and around him, like countless small blue snakes stretching and gliding through the air.
As if hearing Might Guy enter, the closed-eyed Yunchuan Hyuga slowly opened his eyes. A flash of blue light passed through the pure white depths of his gaze.
Under Might Guy's shocked stare, the arcs of electricity around Yunchuan Hyuga began to draw inward. Like tamed snakes, they gradually sank back into his body.
"Senior Guy, are you going to train?" Yunchuan Hyuga asked calmly.
"…"
Might Guy snapped back to himself and stared blankly at Yunchuan Hyuga's body. The power hidden within was almost visible to the eye.
"Yunchuan, you are using Lightning Release Chakra to temper your body?" His face filled with disbelief as he blurted out, "Are you crazy?"
Using Lightning Release Chakra to strengthen the body was not a secret in the ninja world, especially since Kumogakure was best at it. The Third Raikage was known as having the strongest shield and spear, and the Fourth Raikage earned fame as the Blue Lightning for his speed.
But not just anyone could use Lightning Release Chakra in this way. Mastery of its nature and form was already difficult, and it also required a complete understanding of one's own meridian system.
Why were most Lightning Release techniques long-range in nature? Why were there so few suitable for chunin and Genin to practice?
It was because Lightning Release Chakra was unstable, perhaps the most unstable of the five Chakra attributes. To use any technique, Chakra had to circulate through the body's meridians, and the violent nature of Lightning Release made it extremely hard to control.
Even a small mistake during that process could heavily injure the user. Thinking of this, Might Guy suddenly froze.
With the Byakugan that allowed him to see the meridian system, Yunchuan Hyuga might truly be the best candidate for this kind of training. That realization left Might Guy speechless for a moment.
It was easy to imagine that Yunchuan Hyuga, who tempered his body with Lightning Release Chakra, would make rapid progress in training the Eight Gates. This was a path completely out of reach for someone like him, who had almost no talent for ninjutsu.
That brief frustration vanished almost instantly, replaced by boiling battle intent and passion. Might Guy's gaze toward Yunchuan Hyuga shifted again and again, until it became the same look he usually gave Kakashi Hatake.
"Yunchuan." He raised his thumb, eyes burning, and flashed a wide grin of shining white teeth as he said seriously, "Congratulations."
There was no jealousy or bitterness in his words, only sincere happiness for his friend and for himself. He was happy for Yunchuan Hyuga's growth, and also happy that he had gained another worthy opponent.
At this moment, Yunchuan Hyuga was no longer someone who needed to huddle together for warmth, nor a junior to be pitied and guided. He had become, like Kakashi Hatake, a truly respected rival and close friend.
kacha.
He pushed open a door that had not been opened for a long time. Slightly dazzling sunlight fell on his cheeks, warm and faintly itchy, and Yunchuan Hyuga squinted after staying indoors for so long. It had rained lightly yesterday, and today Konoha was blessed with clear weather.
Puddles on the ground reflected the blue sky, like white paper painted with clouds. The dull feeling of days spent in closed-door training seemed to have been washed away by the rain and carried into the drains. Yunchuan Hyuga murmured to himself, "Looks like it will be a good day."
Amid Might Guy shouting excitedly and burning with fighting spirit beside him, Yunchuan Hyuga walked out of the courtyard together with him and opened his panel. The familiar data flowed into view as they moved forward side by side.
[Name: Yunchuan Hyuga]
[Age: 15]
[Bloodline: Otsutsuki Clan (5.5% → 6.8%)]
[Chakra Capacity: Rank S]
[Chakra Attributes: Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, Yin, Yang]
[Ninjutsu: Three Body Technique (Rank C), Wind Release·Wind Cutter Technique (Rank B), Chakra Scalpel (Rank A), Lightning Release Armor (Rank B), Lightning Release·Chidori (Rank A), Lightning Release·Chidori Current (Rank B), Lightning Release·Chidori Sharp Spear (Rank B)…]
[Taijutsu: Gentle Fist·Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms (Rank C), Eight Gates·Gate of Injury (Forbidden Technique), Gentle Fist·Ichigeshin (Rank B), Daytime Tiger (Rank A)]
[Bloodline Inheritance: Tenseigan Stage Two (12% → 20.1%) [Ability: Mental Puppet ]]
[Achievements: Cat Weeping for the Mouse, Silver Tongue, Playing Dumb, Entering the Trap Personally, Honeyed Words with Hidden Blades, Making the Fake Real, Speaking Nonsense, Pretending to Be Deaf, False Affection, Luring Trouble, Putting on an Act…]
[Remaining Realization Points: 10651]
"Finally done."
Looking at the new entry added under [Ninjutsu] and the Kekkei Genkai that had reached its second stage, a smile appeared on Yunchuan Hyuga's face. This body that carried the Otsutsuki Clan bloodline learned Ninjutsu at a speed far beyond expectations.
In just two months, he had not only mastered Lightning Release Armor, but had even developed Lightning Release·Chidori on that foundation. Lightning Release Armor was a Rank B Ninjutsu, the so-called Lightning Release Chakra mode, which concentrated Lightning Release Chakra throughout the body, covering it completely and activating the flesh while allowing the use of Lightning Body Flicker. This greatly improved defense and neural transmission speed.
When both the body and Ninjutsu were honed to the extreme, the speed could even rival Minato Namikaze using the Flying Thunder God Technique, allowing instant evasion of Sasuke Uchiha's Amaterasu. The movement was as fast as a blue flash of lightning.
As for Lightning Release·Chidori, it was a derivative Ninjutsu of Lightning Release·Lightning Cutter. The two were not the same technique, and their difficulty was on entirely different levels, with the former at Rank A and the latter at Rank S, the difference lying in the degree of Chakra shape transformation.
"Chakra shape transformation" and "Chakra nature transformation" were both methods of using and enhancing Ninjutsu. Put simply, the former was shaping, turning formless Chakra into blades or needles to control power and range, while the latter was adding attributes, turning neutral Chakra into wind, fire, water, earth, or lightning.
In terms of effect, Chidori emphasized functionality over raw power when compared to Lightning Cutter. Lightning Cutter relied on shape transformation for greater piercing and cutting force, while Chidori mainly dealt damage through the many forms of Lightning Release Chakra.