And Rin Hyuga, right now, was more focused on breaking through the cage of the Hyuga clan.
Although there was a considerable difference, the "ninja way" of the two still had a certain similarity.
"Yes, Sensei!"
Although Rin didn't know what he meant, she knew it was definitely something that would benefit her.
So, although she didn't understand, she still took a deep breath and slowly recalled her previous state of mind.
That feeling of wanting to break free from the cage, to see more of the outside world, not wanting her future life to be confined to a single room, repeating the same day for a lifetime.
She felt that such a life was not living a lifetime, but living only one day for a lifetime.
Her mother had been like that.
Ever since she could remember, she had never seen any change in her mother's life.
She had never left that room. There were not even any of her mother's footprints in the courtyard outside where she trained.
Except for the occasional glint of light in her mother's eyes when she saw her training, she felt that her mother was like an exquisite, lifeless puppet.
She knew that if nothing unexpected happened, her own future would be that of a puppet, just like her mother.
Fortunately, her luck was good.
The Uchiha clan had enrolled Mikoto, and since the Hyuga and the Uchiha were at odds, Rin had been allowed to temporarily leave that cage and enter the Ninja Academy.
Although, in the eyes of the Hyuga, she was being used to compete with Mikoto.
However, in her heart, she felt no hostility towards Mikoto at all.
On the contrary, she was very grateful to her.
If it weren't for her, she would never have been able to leave the clan, and would have been bound there for her entire life.
…
Seeing that Rin had adjusted her mentality, Li Anshi nodded slightly.
"Rin, have you awakened your Byakugan?"
The Byakugan of the Hyuga and the Sharingan of the Uchiha were both famous kekkei genkai of the eye in the ninja world.
Since they were kekkei genkai, they naturally had an "awakening."
The Sharingan was a kekkei genkai that could only be awakened under intense emotional stimulation.
And the factors that caused intense emotional stimulation for ninjas were nothing more than the loss of family and friends.
Therefore, the Sharingan was also regarded by some as an evil eye, a power obtained by losing the most important things.
Although the Byakugan was a step below the Sharingan in terms of expressiveness, its awakening did not require emotional stimulation.
Basically, as long as a Hyuga's bloodline was not too thin, they could awaken the Byakugan before the age of ten.
Of course, the concentration of the bloodline was also related to the performance of the Byakugan.
The Byakugan had the abilities of x-ray vision, telescopic vision, insight, and a 360-degree field of view with no blind spots.
The higher the concentration of the bloodline, the stronger the x-ray vision, the farther one could see, and the more amazing the insight.
In terms of insight alone, the Byakugan was even superior to the Sharingan.
Although Rin was from the main family of the Hyuga, because she was only nine years old, he was not sure if she had already awakened her Byakugan.
"Yes, Sensei. My Byakugan has already awakened."
"However, because I rarely use it, I am not very proficient with its abilities."
The three abilities of the Byakugan were one.
However, when using it, one could focus on one aspect according to the situation.
The abilities of x-ray vision, telescopic vision, and insight could be switched at will to a mode more suitable for the current situation.
The more familiar one was with using the Byakugan, the more adept they would be at switching between these three abilities.
"Mm, that's fine. As long as it's awakened."
"Since Mikoto and Nawaki aren't here yet, I'll teach you the Little Li's Flying Dagger first."
"The first stage of training is mainly about technique."
"For you, who have awakened the Byakugan, this is not a difficult matter."
"Next, you will activate your Byakugan, push your insight to the limit, and watch how I throw the dagger."
"Yes, Sensei Li!"
Hearing this, Rin put her right index and middle fingers together, held them in front of her, and mobilized her chakra.
"Open!"
With her shout, the veins around her eyes bulged, giving her delicate face a somewhat ferocious look.
After adjusting the focus of her Byakugan to insight, the figure of Sensei Li appeared in her 360-degree field of view.
"Hiss—"
When she saw him with her Byakugan, she couldn't help but suck in a cold breath.
Although she had adjusted her focus to "insight," the abilities of the Byakugan were three-in-one. Even with "insight" as the main focus, the abilities of x-ray and telescopic vision were still present.
It was just that the range was not as strong as when one focused on a single ability.
But at this moment, he was standing no more than three meters away from her. This distance was not yet far enough to weaken her vision.
The "x-ray" ability of the Byakugan was a kind of ability that could see through objects, see things that were blocked by objects, and at the same time, see the flow of chakra within a ninja's body.
It was precisely because of this ability that the Byakugan could see through genjutsu.
Chakra was a fusion of a ninja's spiritual and physical energy.
The strength of a ninja could be roughly distinguished by the quantity and quality of their chakra.
Through the aura of the chakra, experienced ninjas could judge the strength of an enemy.
But for the Hyuga, it was not so troublesome.
Their Byakugan could directly see the amount of chakra in a ninja's body.
Through the amount of chakra, they could judge the strength of the ninja.
When she was in the Hyuga clan, she had also activated her Byakugan to look at the chakra of her clansmen.
However, she could swear that even her father's, or the clan head's, chakra was far inferior to Sensei Li's.
Not to mention the sharp quality of his chakra, which felt potent just by looking at it, just in terms of quantity, it was almost ten times that of the clan head!
And according to the elders, the clan head's strength was considered "Elite Jonin" among the Jonin, and there were no more than a handful of people in Konoha who were stronger than him.
Among them, Lord Li Anshi, the Little Li's Flying Dagger, was naturally one of them.
However, she had also vaguely heard her father and the clan head chatting.
They had said that the only thing strong about him was his dagger technique.
If he didn't use it, any Jonin from the Hyuga clan could easily defeat him.
But now, upon seeing the chakra in his body, she knew that her father and the clan head were being too naive.
Putting other things aside, just with a ten-fold difference in chakra, the Hyuga would be completely powerless in front of him.
The amplification of the body by chakra was related to one's physical condition and the amount of chakra.
The stronger the body, the more chakra that could be released, and the stronger the amplification.
A Jonin's body, amplified by chakra, could move so fast that a Genin's eyes couldn't even follow.
From the amount of his chakra, his physical condition was almost ten times that of her father.
This meant that even without using any powerful ninjutsu, just by amplifying his body with his own chakra, he could easily defeat her father.
The gap between the two was no smaller than the gap between an ordinary Jonin and a Genin.
In particular, from his own mouth, she also knew that besides his secret dagger technique, he had also learned the Flying Thunder God Technique of the Second Hokage.
This was the most famous space-time ninjutsu in the world, and the Second Hokage had been hailed as the "Fastest in the Ninja World" because of it.
Her father and the clan head still thought that if he didn't use his daggers, any Jonin from the Hyuga could defeat him.
But in reality, even without his daggers, the Hyuga would not last more than a few minutes in his hands.
"Ahem, pay attention. I'm about to throw the dagger."
Seeing that she seemed to be frightened by his chakra, he also secretly cursed his own miscalculation.
Because he had received Li Xunhuan's legacy, his chakra was actually "internal energy chakra."
In the world of martial arts, internal energy was a special energy that had the ability to nourish and strengthen the body.
His internal energy chakra naturally had the same effect.
Over the past few years, as his body had been strengthened by it, his physical strength was in no way inferior to Might Duy, who had trained in the Eight Inner Gates.
With the improvement of his physical strength, and his deeper understanding of "conceptual understanding" over the years, his spiritual power had also been greatly enhanced.
Therefore, his chakra was at least three times stronger than it had been six years ago.
Furthermore, he could feel that the growth rate of his chakra would only get faster and faster.
After all, the stronger the internal energy, the better the effect of nourishing and strengthening the body.
The weakest stage of internal energy was the most difficult stage.
He had already passed the most difficult stage. The relationship between his own chakra and his physical condition had begun to promote and enhance each other like a snowball rolling downhill.
As the snowball got bigger and bigger, his physical condition would get stronger and stronger, and the amount of his chakra would also increase.
He estimated that in another ten years, his chakra reserves might be comparable to the Nine-Tails.
At that time, his physical strength would also be in no way inferior to the "Sage's body" of the First Hokage, right?
And if he could break through to the Xiantian realm within ten years and master "Sage Mode," then even if the First Hokage were to be resurrected, he was confident he could push him back into the Pure Land.
"I'm sorry, Sensei."
"I'm ready!"
Brought back to her senses by his reminder, she quickly refocused her attention on his hand.
"Then, I'll begin!"
As his voice fell—
Swoosh!
With a flick of his right hand, the dagger in his hand became a flash of white light, and in almost the same instant, it pierced through a large tree several dozen meters in front of him.
Because he was just demonstrating for her, he did not throw the dagger very fast.
However, the slow and deliberate movement did not affect the sudden burst of speed the dagger had after leaving his hand.
Even with her Byakugan, which had its insight pushed to the limit, she could not clearly see the trajectory of the dagger.
It was as if the dagger had left his fingers and hit the tree in front of him at the exact same moment.
"So... so terrifying—"
Fear gripped her heart.
At this speed, no wonder it's called the most powerful secret technique in the ninja world.
Low consumption.
She had seen it clearly. He hadn't even used chakra to amplify his physical condition. A dagger thrown with just technique had such terrifying power.
This meant that as long as he had the strength, he could continue to throw daggers of this power.
And with a dagger of this level, even her father, no, even the clan head, could not possibly block it!
Unless the clan head used "Rotation" to protect himself at all times.
However, from the power of this single dagger, she didn't think her clan head's Rotation could defend against it.
What's more, this was just a dagger he had thrown casually in his normal state.
If he were to use the amplification of chakra, how terrifying would his secret technique be?
"Did you see it clearly?"
"Yes, I saw it clearly, Sensei Li."
Hearing his question, she nodded quickly.
Indeed, with his intentionally slow movements and the aid of her Byakugan's amazing insight, she had seen all the details of how he had thrown the dagger.
"Very good."
He nodded in satisfaction.
As expected of the Byakugan. I only demonstrated it once, and she has already seen my movements clearly.
Swish, swish, swish...
With a flick of his hand, ten daggers appeared in his palm.
"Then, Rin, let's begin your practice!"
"Yes."
She took the daggers from him, took a deep breath, and began to practice throwing them according to the movements she had just observed.
Swoosh—
Watching her movements, he nodded slightly.
The Byakugan is indeed the Byakugan.
Its insight is in no way inferior to the three-tomoe Sharingan.
The insight of the Sharingan allowed the Uchiha to "copy" the actions of their enemies. The insight of the Byakugan could naturally do the same.
It was just that the Uchiha also practiced various ninjutsu, so they could copy both the enemy's movements and their ninjutsu.
The Hyuga, because they only practiced their own secret techniques, even if they had insight into the enemy's actions, they could not copy them.