Hyuga Fu walked along, lost in thought, and before he knew it, his footsteps had led him to the Training Ground on the mountain behind the Village.
The Training Ground was exceptionally silent at night, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the sound of his own footsteps.
He rubbed his cheeks vigorously, trying to dispel the haze of the past few days and pull himself together.
Time was pressing; he had to squeeze in time to familiarize himself with the rhythm of combat as quickly as possible.
He would warm up first, and then go find some wild beasts in the Forest of Death to practice with tomorrow.
He first performed the basic routines of the Gentle Fist several times, and then began practicing the Eighty Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.
After finishing, he pulled out several Shuriken, simulating various angles during combat.
He threw them at the targets on the trees to practice his accuracy.
Thud, thud, thud!
Several Shuriken were scattered around the bullseye, none of them hitting the center.
Seeing this, Hyuga Fu frowned. "My touch has grown quite rusty."
Although they were close to the bullseye...
In actual combat, when hitting a moving target, accuracy would drop even further.
Therefore, in daily training, the requirement for Shuriken was to hit the bullseye as much as possible.
He then pulled out several Kunai and, using the Kunai throwing technique, threw them at the bullseye one after another.
Time passed bit by bit.
Hyuga Fu gradually regained his touch, and his accuracy became higher and higher.
Suddenly!
An inexplicable sense of dread made his hair stand on end!
Instinct told him that a powerful threat was rapidly approaching him from the woods behind.
The veins around his eyes instantly bulged; he did not hesitate.
"Byakugan!"
His vision shifted instantly into a 359-degree panoramic view.
A condensed and swift surge of Chakra energy was surging towards him from the dense forest behind!
He twisted his body with all his might, trying to avoid it, but his body's speed was ultimately a beat too slow.
It was too fast!
An energy Chakra Arrow emitting a blue-white glow had already appeared before his eyes, unavoidable!
"I can't dodge it!" he thought, his heart sinking as his pupils suddenly contracted.
The next moment.
The arrow of light whizzed past his ear, hurtling away behind him.
The gust of wind it created lifted a few strands of his hair, which slowly drifted down.
Hyuga Fu broke into a cold sweat and stood there in a daze, momentarily forgetting to Move.
He turned his head slightly and saw that the arrow of light's momentum was undiminished; it precisely shattered the target he had been practicing on.
It then pierced through the trunks of several large trees behind it before its energy finally exhausted and it dissipated into the air.
"Did it miss? Or..." A thought flashed through his mind.
He let out a sharp breath, only then realizing he had stopped breathing just now, and began to gasp for air.
He had been too careless!
His mind had been wandering these past few days, and being inside the Village, he had actually let down his guard!
He never expected that within Konoha Village, someone would actually attack a member of a major clan like him.
He stared intently at the dark forest ahead, his Byakugan firmly locked onto the source of Chakra emitting that aggressive energy fluctuation.
"Who's there?! Come out!"
The Chakra source suddenly moved! Its speed was astonishing!
In the next instant, a blurred figure appeared behind Hyuga Fu out of thin air, like a ghost!
So fast!
Hyuga Fu was deeply shaken. He spun around hurriedly and, almost by instinct, pulled out a Kunai and stabbed backward fiercely!
Clang!
A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out as the Kunai was blocked by the opponent.
Before he could regain his footing, the opponent closed in, their offensive coming like a torrential storm!
The attacks were continuous, fast, and aimed from tricky angles.
The two sides rapidly exchanged over a dozen Moves under the moonlight, the sound of clashing metal constant.
However, the more Hyuga Fu fought, the more alarmed he became.
"This is... the force-exertion technique of the Gentle Fist?"
The opponent's Taijutsu felt incredibly familiar to him; it was definitely based on the Hyuga style's Gentle Fist.
But it was also mixed with many direct and powerful Moves from the Hard Fist style, making the rhythm of the attack unpredictable.
Who could it be?
In his memory, there wasn't a single bastard in the clan who learned the Gentle Fist and then went to learn the Hard Fist.
Furthermore, this Kunai combat style didn't seem to be entirely Konoha-style.
What surprised him even more was the opponent's exceptionally keen combat instinct.
Several times when he tried to use the Pressure Point Technique of the Gentle Fist, the opponent dodged or parried by a hair's breadth.
However... "This person's absolute strength isn't that great!"
After parrying a few rounds, the experienced Hyuga Fu quickly found the opponent's weakness.
He gradually steadied his stance and began to use his superior strength and rich combat experience to neutralize the opponent's fierce assault.
Finally, he caught a tiny opening during the opponent's transition between attacks.
He threw a heavy straight punch, forcing the opponent to stumble back three or four steps.
Just as he intended to press the advantage...
The opponent happened to retreat a few steps, their figure fully exposed under the cold moonlight.
Revealing that face which Hyuga Fu was incredibly familiar with, yet felt so utterly strange at this moment.
"Aokawa?"
Hyuga Fu abruptly stopped his attack, completely stunned. "How is it you?"
He didn't quite register it; his mind went blank as if it had hit a knot.
A moment later, his eyes widened, unable to believe the person standing before him.
This was his son, who couldn't even learn the Three Basic Jutsu?
"Aokawa, what... what on earth is going on?!"
His mind was flooded with questions, but he didn't know where to start.
Being able to fire arrow-like Ninjutsu, use high-speed Body Flicker Technique, and possess such skilled Taijutsu mixed with Hard Fist...
When did his son become so powerful?
No wonder while they were fighting just now, he felt the opponent's Chakra was very familiar.
But because the difference from his son was too great, he never once thought it could be him.
He hadn't expected... His gaze involuntarily flickered to the completely destroyed target behind him and those large trees that had been easily pierced through.
His voice carried a hint of an undetectable tremor. "Aokawa, that attack just now... is it a new Jutsu you learned?"
Seeing Hyuga Fu's shocked expression, Hyuga Aokawa smiled and nodded.
He raised his right hand, and Chakra began to converge toward the back of his hand.
A pale blue, intricately structured cross-shaped spirit seal slowly emerged.
Under the moonlight.
Then, under Hyuga Fu's disbelieving gaze...
A Spirit Bow, composed entirely of condensed blue-white Chakra energy, appeared in Hyuga Aokawa's hand out of thin air.
Hyuga Aokawa raised the Spirit Bow in his hand. "You could say this is a new Jutsu I developed!"
"Using my Chakra as the bow body and string. The more Chakra I inject, and the stronger my control over it, the tougher the bow body becomes, the stronger the pull of the string, and naturally, the arrows fired will be faster and more powerful."
As he spoke, he extended his left fingers, elegantly hooking the bowstring made of pure energy, and slowly pulled it back.
"And to go with it, are arrows also made of Chakra."
As the bowstring was pulled, the Chakra seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, and a new arrow was condensed.
Hyuga Fu was completely shell-shocked by this scene that transcended his understanding.
He stared dumbfoundedly at the dreamlike energy bow and arrow in his son's hand.
He involuntarily bent down, leaning in close to take a careful look.
"It's not a dream!"
The Chakra flowing on the Spirit Bow emitted a faint and very pleasant humming sound.
It was all incredibly real.
"Chakra Spirit Bow? Chakra Arrows?"
He murmured to himself.
A moment later, he slapped his thigh hard, a look of sudden realization appearing on his face.
"Yes! Why didn't I think of that!"
If Chakra condensation is used to replace physical bow and arrow Materials, then the wielder's strength can be perfectly applied to the arrows.
The awkward situation where a weapon cannot keep up with one's strength would no longer occur.
And a bow body condensed from Chakra also solves the problem of carrying it, without affecting the stealth of movements during a mission.
He hadn't expected his son to be such a Genius.
"I knew it, how could I possibly father a son with such poor Aptitude?"
An indescribable sense of excitement and pride instantly dispelled the gloom of the past few days.
He turned his head sharply, his eyes burning as he looked at Hyuga Aokawa and asked eagerly, "What rank is the difficulty of this Jutsu?"
Hyuga Aokawa shook his head, dissipating the Spirit Bow and arrow in his hand, and explained:
"There is no rank. The activation of the Jutsu comes from within; it can be considered a type of Kekkei Genkai."
"Kekkei Genkai? Only you can use it?"
Hyuga Aokawa thought back carefully, then nodded after a moment.
"From a certain perspective, yes, only I can use it."
"The Kekkei Genkai I've awakened grants me a specific Chakra control ability."
"It is precisely because of this specific Chakra control ability that I can easily manifest this Spirit Bow and arrow."
He paused and further explained, "Without the Kekkei Genkai, simply condensing a Spirit Bow and arrow like this..."
"...would require terrifying Chakra control to achieve, and the final result might not be this effective."
Hyuga Fu nodded slowly, expressing his understanding.
Many Kekkei Genkai in the Ninja World appeared in this way.
It wasn't that hard to understand, just a bit of a pity.
After clearing up the truth about the arrows, Hyuga Fu became curious about Hyuga Aokawa's Body Flicker Technique.
"And that Body Flicker Technique just now, when did you learn it?"
"No matter how I tried to teach you before, you could never learn it."