Chapter 16: Insubordination!
The next day.
Uchiha Ren, who had rested for a whole day, got up extra early.
He wanted to find someone to practice his taijutsu with before the morning class.
First, this person excluded Nono Yakushi.
Fighting against Root's ace spy, he essentially had no chance of winning.
He wanted to find someone easy to pick on.
He jumped off the balcony, and Uchiha Ren moved rapidly across the rooftops and power poles.
Running until sweat began to appear on his forehead, he finally saw his destination.
Also a great clan of Konoha, but their treatment was vastly better, even closer to Konoha's center—the Hyuga Clan.
He had just appeared in the Hyuga Clan Compound when a person with shining white eyes instantly appeared on the rooftop in front of him!
This fellow was still performing an opening stance, similar to Great Tai Chi, with his hands.
"Little brat, you're only allowed to walk on the ground here."
"Understood." Uchiha Ren spread his hands and landed on the ground. "Also, I'd like you to help me find Neji Hyuga of the Hyuga Branch House."
"Hizashi's son? What are you looking for him for?"
Uchiha Ren thought for a moment, his eyebrows slightly raised. "As a member of the younger generation of the Uchiha Clan, a challenge issued to the Hyuga Clan."
As soon as he said this, the other party naturally became angry.
Under the influence of the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura, the mutual hostility between the Hyuga and Uchiha clans was already an open secret.
Now, to be provoked by a brat, and a challenge issued to Neji Hyuga, the son of Clan Head Hiashi Hyuga's younger brother...
How could he stand this?
"Hmph, ignorant Uchiha brat!"
"So, won't you help me find him? Otherwise, I'll go in by myself and search house by house."
"Heh heh, just you wait!"
"Tch!"
Almost instantly, the Hyuga ninja in front of Uchiha Ren disappeared.
Uchiha Ren's fist clenched slightly.
If the main body's movements were this fast, then his Great Fireball Jutsu would be difficult to hit the opponent.
In this Ninja World, being a long-range mage still had too obvious shortcomings.
Even Neji, who was squishy, could, after Impure World Reincarnation, fight one-on-two against Killer B and Golden Naruto.
You should know that Killer B at that time absolutely thrashed Sasuke in taijutsu.
Just as Uchiha Ren was distracted, a familiar figure gradually became clear in the distance.
Neji Hyuga walked over slowly. Several clan members followed beside him.
Neji's eyes, like sharp blades, directly pierced Uchiha Ren's.
His footsteps stopped in front of Uchiha Ren. The air between them seemed to condense with tension.
Beside Neji, the gazes of the Hyuga clan members were blazing.
Their arrival was not only to support Neji, but more importantly, to witness a significant moment: the Hyuga Clan's superiority over the Uchiha Clan.
Uchiha Ren said nothing. He just lightly raised his chin, his voice calm, piercing the surrounding silence: "Then, when do we start?"
"Relax, it's a friendly spar, it won't take your life."
Neji's pupils contracted slightly. With his childish mindset, he absolutely could not accept such provocation. "We can start now! I will break your hand!"
"Haha, impatient."
As Neji's words fell, the surrounding Hyuga clan members began to disperse, forming a circle, providing a stage for the two's confrontation.
Although the battle had not yet begun, the tense atmosphere between the two had already made the surrounding air thicken.
Neji Hyuga, because of the Branch House and the Caged Bird Seal, harbored hatred for everything around him.
Uchiha Ren, with the "certain death" future outcome ten months away weighing on his heart, possessed an extreme obsession with improving his strength.
When these two clashed, it was truly a battle to the death or injury; they would not stop until there was a result.
Neji's Byakugan was fully open, veins pulsing at his temples. Those pure white pupils were like an ice lake in winter, clear and cold.
Uchiha Ren, meanwhile, stood quietly, his single tomoe Sharingan slowly revolving in his pupils.
The bugle of battle sounded silently!
Neji's figure instantly vanished from his spot, leaving only an afterimage!
Uchiha Ren's Sharingan rapidly rotated, capturing Neji's every move.
His body flashed sideways in the nick of time. Neji's palm force brushed past his cheek, bringing a stinging pain.
Neji's attack came like a storm, each hit accurately aiming at Uchiha Ren's chakra pathways.
His Gentle Fist technique, aided by the Byakugan, became incomparably precise and deadly.
But Uchiha Ren's Sharingan was not merely a decoration. His body seemed to possess an autonomous consciousness, always making the most correct reaction at the most critical moment.
Neji's Gentle Fist technique flowed continuously like water, while Uchiha Ren's moves seemed a bit too conventional, clearly showing a lack of actual combat experience.
But the problem also arose here.
The surrounding Hyuga clan members originally thought this would be a battle without suspense; many of them even wore scornful smiles.
But as the battle progressed, their smiles gradually froze, replaced by shock and disbelief.
Uchiha Ren was not only able to contend with Neji, but at certain moments, his counter-attacks even forced Neji to retreat.
Uchiha Ren's combat techniques were constantly evolving; his body gradually awakened under the extreme pressure.
His every hit became more precise, every dodge became more fluid.
He seemed to have found his own rhythm in battle, each attack carrying an unprecedented momentum!
This was the power of the Sharingan!
Copy Taijutsu!
Even if Uchiha Ren did not have the Byakugan's ability to see through a ninja's internal chakra pathways, the copied techniques, even with haphazard strikes, could still inflict a great deal of damage.
The battle entered a white-hot phase. Uchiha Ren's fist fiercely struck Neji's chest. Neji's Byakugan pupils instantly widened, and his palm blocked the attack in the nick of time!
But immediately after, Uchiha Ren struck again! This palm strike looked exactly like the Gentle Fist's opening stance!
Neji's pupils narrowed slightly.
"How is this possible!"
"How can this fellow have such endless strength?"
Uchiha Ren, of course, wouldn't tell Neji Hyuga about the heaven-defying ability of the first-stage gene lock. A palm strike was about to land on Neji's chin!
Almost at the same time,
Uchiha Ren's pupils converged! His movement suddenly changed, and he formed the hand seal for a Substitution Jutsu!
"Bang!"
The white smoke dispersed. Neji Hyuga half-knelt on the ground, gasping for breath with great difficulty.
Uchiha Ren, meanwhile, stood on the other side, his eyes fixed on the man in front of him!
The head of the Hyuga Clan!
Hiashi Hyuga!
"Your hand seal speed is very fast, otherwise this palm would have landed on you." Hiashi Hyuga said indifferently, then turned back to the several Hyuga ninjas, his voice cold. "Are you just going to stand there and watch them fool around?"
"Clan Head..."
"Shut up!" Hiashi Hyuga looked utterly furious. He waved his hand fiercely. "You few, all go and be confined!"
Hiashi Hyuga looked at Neji. "Including you!"
After everything was done, a displeased voice came.
"Bullying a brat, how boring."
Hiashi Hyuga frowned and looked back. "I am the Clan Head of the Hyuga Clan, and also his father's elder brother. Shouldn't I discipline him?"
"None of my business!" Uchiha Ren stared with wide eyes. "I'm saying *you* bullied *me*, this brat! If my hand seal speed hadn't been fast enough just now, I'm afraid my ribs would have been broken, right?"
"Little brat." Hiashi Hyuga hadn't expected the Uchiha boy in front of him to be so troublesome.
But as the Clan Head, he still possessed skill with words.
"Bullying a child? You should be older than Neji, shouldn't you?"
At the same time, all the Ren Arakawas across the entire universe noticed this scene.
They were all wondering, if it were them, how would they answer this question?
But Uchiha Ren did not answer.
He faced Hiashi Hyuga, forming hand seals with both hands!
He muttered a chant!
"Fire Style! Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Attacking the Clan Head of the Hyuga Clan with a Great Fireball!
No!
It was the Continuous Great Fireball Jutsu!
(The Sharingan consumed some chakra.)
(end of chapter)