Chapter 7: Gentle Fist? No! It's the Magnetic Storm Fist

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Fujino Daikichi took a deep breath, cleared his mind of distractions, and called out the names of two students.

"Kosumiko vs. Uekawa Yuto, start!"

After forming the Opposing Seal, the two plunged into a fierce battle. The clashes of their bodies, along with the sound of metal collisions of shurikens, echoed on the playground.

Fujino Daikichi nodded slightly. At a time when most students hadn't learned ninjutsu, battles at this stage mainly relied on gitai and shuriken throwing. These two students had a rather good foundation compared to other commoners.

After a while, Uekawa Yuto pressed a kunai against Kosumiko's throat.

"Uekawa Yuto wins."

Fujino Daikichi nodded and announced the result of the assessment.

Satoru Hyūga watched quietly from the side, estimating his own strength in his heart. According to his own estimation, having initially developed the lv1 Electromagnetic Force, he should have strength no weaker than that of a genin. What he lacked was just actual combat experience.

Fujino Daikichi announced the next battle.

"Iroha Hyūga vs. Yamashiro Aoki."

Hearing this, a commotion arose all around.

"It's Iroha! Yamashiro Aoki is probably in trouble."

"Yeah, after all, she's a genuine Hyūga ninja. She's not comparable to some fake."

Yamashiro Aoki, who heard his name, was stunned for a moment and could only go up reluctantly. He didn't have any hope of defeating Iroha Hyūga. After all, in the class, Iroha was a genius in the second echelon after Kakashi and Uchiha Rin.

Sure enough, at the very beginning of the battle, Yamashiro Aoki was completely at a disadvantage. Iroha Hyūga, who had activated her Byakugan, attacked with tricky and vicious moves. She struck him on the chest with a palm, sending him flying backwards heavily.

"Is that the Silent Fist? It's so powerful."

"Yeah! I couldn't see clearly. She beat the opponent in an instant!"

Struggling to get up from the ground, Yamashiro Aoki felt a sharp pain in his chest. The flow of his chakra became stiff and sluggish.

"Is this the power of the Silent Fist?"

He covered his chest and looked at Iroha in shock while gasping for breath. Although he knew he would lose, this was too fast.

"Of course." Iroha was clearly quite pleased with herself. She tilted her head slightly. "The power of the Silent Fist is beyond doubt. In the Hyūga clan, not just anyone can master it."

Sensing the hidden meaning in Iroha's words, Satoru Hyūga disdainfully raised an eyebrow. At this current stage, Iroha, who had the Byakugan and the Silent Fist, did have a great advantage when fighting ordinary ninjas.

But in the later stages, the drawbacks of the Silent Fist and the Byakugan became all too evident. Their upper limits were too low. The Sharingan has some seriously powerful abilities, and many other Kekkei Genkai also have the power to rival the Kage (the highest rank of ninja).

Only the Silent Fist was neither suitable for high-level battles nor very effective in low-level ones.

Is it strong?

It's strong, but that's about it.

The key point is that the Hyūga clan is complacent and rigidly adheres to traditions. They never introduce new ideas or develop new abilities. In such a large Hyūga clan, not a single ninja of Kage level can be found!

This was also the reason why Satoru Hyūga didn't like to have too much contact with the clan's ninjas. The path he wants to take is [destined] to be different from that of the Hyūga clan.

Fujino Daikichi called out several names in succession. Satoru Hyūga watched Kakashi's battle. His movements were flowing like clouds and water. He defeated his opponent neatly with just Gitai, even better than Iroha Hyūga.

Truly worthy of being the top genius of this year.

Satoru Hyūga secretly praised. Under the teachings of Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi had left his peers far behind.

"Taking Kakashi's current chakra amount as a unit, my chakra amount is approximately 1.1 Kakashi units. The exuberance of my bio - magnetic field gives me quite an advantage in chakra amount."

Just as Satoru Hyūga was thinking, a voice broke his train of thought.

"Satoru Hyūga vs. Iroha Hyūga!"

Satoru Hyūga looked up and saw Iroha Hyūga staring at him coldly.

"Wow! It's actually a battle between two Hyūga clan members. This is going to be exciting."

"Who do you think will win?"

"Of course it's Iroha Hyūga! That Satoru Hyūga guy almost sleeps in every class. We've never seen him take anything seriously. How could he beat Iroha Hyūga?"

Beside him, Anko anxiously tugged at the corner of Satoru Hyūga's clothes.

"Hey, Satoru, don't be stubborn and hold on just for the sake of face. If you can't win, just admit defeat. It's not embarrassing. It would be terrible if you get injured."

Satoru Hyūga glanced at her.

"Don't you have any faith in me?"

In the crowd, Uchiha Rin, on the contrary, had a piercing look in her eyes and stared at Satoru Hyūga with great interest.

The two came to the middle of the playground and formed the Opposing Seal.

Iroha Hyūga, with an unfriendly expression, said, "Satoru Hyūga, I remember you've never gone to the clan's training ground to cultivate the Silent Fist. I'll show you…"

"You'll know once we start fighting." Satoru Hyūga interrupted him directly.

Iroha Hyūga's expression darkened as he shouted in a low voice, "Byakugan, activate!"

Blood vessels bulged grotesquely beside his eyelids like earthworms, and his pure white eyes stared fixedly at Satoru Hyūga.

"Aren't you going to activate your Byakugan?"

The activation threshold of the Byakugan was extremely low. Almost everyone in the Hyūga clan could activate it. So Iroha Hyūga didn't doubt that Satoru Hyūga could activate it.

"Don't need to." Satoru Hyūga shrugged.

"Arrogant!"

With a gust of wind, Iroha Hyūga struck out with a palm, still with an unfriendly expression.

Satoru Hyūga just gently shifted to the side and dodged the opponent's attack.

"Is it just luck?" Iroha Hyūga frowned.

He struck out with another palm, even more fierce than before. However, to Iroha Hyūga's surprise, he missed again.

"Why are you so fast?"

Iroha Hyūga exclaimed in shock.

Even if he was slow, he had noticed that Satoru Hyūga had dodged his attacks with just his physical speed.

"It's just so - so." Satoru Hyūga said.

With his current level of Electromagnetic Force, although he couldn't directly apply electromagnetic propulsion to his own body, he could still easily use electric current to stimulate his muscles to contract rapidly.

During his daily training, Satoru Hyūga often used electric current to stimulate his body to contract to a greater extent to achieve better training results. Now he was just applying it to actual combat.

The contempt in his eyes vanished, giving way to a solemn expression. Iroha Hyūga said in a deep voice, "Satoru Hyūga, I admit you've really surprised me, but from now on, I'm going to get serious."

" Oh?" Satoru Hyūga raised an eyebrow.

" Silent Fist... Baji... Thirty-Six Palms!"

Taking on a strange stance, Iroha Hyūga rushed forward with overwhelming momentum. His hands launched a frenzied attack, moving like flowing water.

Quickly dodging to the side to evade Iroha Hyūga's attack, Satoru Hyūga had a hint of surprise on his face. The Baji Thirty-Six Palms were generally mastered only by Genin. From this perspective, Iroha Hyūga, a mere side character in the original work, could be regarded as a genius.

After all, he had already become a Jonin when he met the protagonist in the original work. There were no mediocre folks who could become Jonin in Konoha. Realizing this, Satoru Hyūga let out an admiring sound.

" Not bad."

This mild praise seemed to explode in Iroha Hyūga's ears. His face flushed red as he attacked, and he gritted his teeth slightly.

" Bastard... How dare you humiliate me!"

Angry as he was, he was powerless. Maintaining the Baji Thirty-Six Palms was already beyond his capabilities. By the time he finished this set of Silent Fist techniques, he'd probably be completely drained of energy.

After dodging another incoming Silent Fist attack, Satoru Hyūga slightly shifted his body to the side. A faint lightning glow flickered on his right palm, and he struck Iroha Hyūga's chest with lightning-fast speed.

Blue electric arcs crackled and burst out at the point of contact. With a dull explosion, Iroha Hyūga's body hurtled backwards heavily, like a kite with a snapped string.

A deathly silence followed.

Anko stared blankly.

A glint flashed in Uchiha Rin's eyes. As expected...

Fujino Daikichi's mouth gaped wide open, wide enough to fit an orange.

Iroha Hyūga struggled to prop himself up. His chest felt as if hit by lightning, and his muscles twitched uncontrollably because of paralysis.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stared intently at Satoru Hyūga, and gritted his teeth as he said,

" Is this your so-called Silent Fist?"

" No."

Satoru Hyūga shrugged nonchalantly.

" It's the Magnetic Storm Fist, buddy."