Chapter 125: Constructing Illusions (Subscription Request)

"Hyuga Neji failed to apply for graduation. It seems that... the Uchiha clan is better. Neji is one year older than Uchiha Sasuke, but he failed."

"Look! Inuzuka Kiba is challenging Hyuga Hinata again. Everyone is very excited."

"I didn't expect that there would be such a grand occasion in the current peaceful times. I wonder if people would also compete to graduate early in the war era like now."

The news of the alliance brought back by the Third Hokage has spread throughout Konoha.

Nearly half of the forces in the ninja world have formed an alliance, including a big country like the Wind Country, which means that the era of peace has officially arrived.

It is no longer just a short and unstable truce period like before.

The whole village is happy for this hard-won peace.

But for these, the students in the ninja school who have not experienced the baptism of war do not know how valuable this is.

On the contrary, compared with the news of peace, they pay more attention to Uchiha Sasuke's graduation.

Originally, it was just some gossip. Because Uchiha Sasuke had been on leave, most people in the school didn't pay attention to his situation.

But with the return of Sarutobi Hiruzen, after Uchiha Sasuke was officially assigned to a team, the news that he became a Genin was confirmed.

Moreover, he was assigned to Uzumaki Naruto's team...

As autumn approaches, the sun hanging high in the sky emits a venomous light.

In the training ground of the ninja school, the elite class is undergoing a practical assessment.

"Eight trigrams, thirty-two palms!"

Under the attention of a crowd of onlookers, muffled sounds rang out one after another.

Standing in front of Hinata, a student who tried to challenge her first position in the grade fell down unwillingly.

The chakra in his body has been cut off, and his limbs seem weak, and there is no possibility of fighting again.

"This time, Hyuga Hinata wins."

The departure of Mizuki means that the practical course has a new teacher.

This new teacher is a jonin with rich mission experience. He has also served as a ninja instructor and led genin and chunin to carry out missions outside the village.

But for students who have not graduated yet, this kind of almost child-like teaching is his first time.

Announcing the results of this sparring assessment expressionlessly, this jonin with little teaching experience took out the list of students and checked them, "Then... let's announce the results."

"Hinata Hyuga, 93 points in actual sparring, 90 points in ninja tool assessment, 96 points in task drill, 93 points in actual combat comprehensive assessment, first place."

"Inuzuka Kiba, 93 points in actual sparring, 87 points in ninja tool assessment, 89 points in task drill, 89.7 points in actual combat comprehensive assessment, second place."

"Hinata Ryosuke, 85 points in actual sparring, 85 points in ninja tool assessment, 90 points in task drill, 86.7 points in actual combat comprehensive assessment, third place."

The former first in the grade and the former first in the grade have successfully graduated and left, and the throne of the first in the grade has finally come to Hinata.

Although her fighting style is still relatively immature, and she has not mastered all the secrets of the Hyuga clan, she is already better than the children of the same age because of the awakening of her bloodline and the influence of various abilities.

In Ryosuke's observation, the only one in the same grade who has a chance to fight her is Inuzuka Kiba.

In the student stage, everyone has not yet developed their own fighting methods and consciousness.

Most of the time, they rely on physical strength and various ninjutsu to win, so the family with superior bloodline can always stand out in actual combat.

"Damn, you guy, I will definitely beat you next time."

Before school was over, Inuzuka Kiba came to Hinata childishly and said harshly, "You are the coward who occupies the first place in the grade and dares not apply for graduation... guy, I will defeat you one day."

Originally, he wanted to say coward, but after thinking about it carefully, Hinata is a girl, so he didn't say it.

"Woof!"

Sitting on Inuzuka Kiba's hair, Akamaru also shouted imposingly.

But their attitude did not give people a fierce feeling, but made Ryosuke miss it a little, and reminded him of the way they were in school in their previous life.

This kind of fight-like thing is rarely seen in this ninja world where people mature early.

However, in front of outsiders, Hinata always looks very imposing.

She just nodded lightly, and seemed not to care about Inuzuka Kiba's provocation at all.

But her attitude made Inuzuka Kiba even more angry. Unfortunately, he knew very well that he could not beat this guy now.

"Humph!"

Inuzuka Kiba snorted coldly and turned away, and Akamaru above his head still cooperated with him and barked.

Looking at Inuzuka Kiba's back with amusement, Ryosuke heard Hinata next to him before he had time to say anything, "Childish, just the first in the grade, what's there to fight for."

Ryosuke:?

He turned his eyes to Hinata strangely, "Didn't someone... practice desperately for the first in this grade before?"

Ryosuke's words were meaningful.

Hinata, who was originally cold and proud, froze when she heard his words.

Then, she quickly turned her head away, "Let's go back quickly."

"Let's go."

Ryosuke shook his head and left the classroom without talking to her about this issue.

After returning from outside, he always went back to school to take a look, so that he could feel the transition back to daily life after fighting.

It can calm his heart and welcome the boredom of practice.

But he didn't expect that he would catch up with the actual combat assessment when he returned to school this time. After his strength improved, it became more and more difficult for him to suppress his ranking.

After all, many things in fighting rely on instinct.

Just after walking out of the classroom, Ryosuke found that Hinata didn't catch up.

Turning around, he found that she was still standing there, maintaining the state just now.

Her long hair was casually draped over her shoulders. Although Hinata turned her head away, her eyes secretly looked at him from time to time, and her fingers seemed to shake unconsciously.

Her eyes were a little confused, and Ryosuke didn't understand what happened.

He looked towards the classroom and found no one else worth noting.

Now there were only the two of them in the classroom. The others had already left the school or went to the training ground to fight in real combat.

But soon, when he turned his attention back to Hinata, he seemed to remember something and smiled helplessly.

Returning to her side, Ryosuke reached out and took her hand, which seemed to be shaking unconsciously, "Let's go?"

Although he was not sure, he felt that this might be the answer.

"... You can still be saved."

A soft muttering sounded in his ears, and Hinata finally took a step to follow him.

"What?"

Pretending that he could not hear, Ryosuke turned his head with a smile.

"Nothing!"

Hinata looked a little angry.

But as she walked, her steps seemed a little brisk, without the heavy look she saw when she just came back two days ago.

Is this... happy or unhappy?

Ryosuke was a little confused in his heart, but he was smart enough not to ask.

However, he was in a good mood.

The tense nerves and cold heart that had been in the battle some time ago finally relaxed at this moment.

Next... just practice peacefully and improve your strength.

"Liang... Master Liang Jie!"

But as soon as they left the school gate, they were stopped.

Panicked and with a self-blaming tone, Hyuga Neji rushed out of the school gate.

"Miss Hinata!"

Seeing Hinata next to Liang Jie, he shouted again.

Before Liang Jie asked anything, Neji bowed down in front of him and apologized, "I'm very sorry! Because of my self-confidence, I discredited the face of the Hyuga family!"

Guilt and fear of facing it made him dare not look up and see Liang Jie's face.

"Discredit... discredit?"

The sudden scene made Liang Jie a little confused, and he didn't understand what he meant at the first time.

But after thinking carefully about what happened today, he roughly understood his words.

Before, Hyuga Neji had come to the main house to apply for early graduation, in order to avoid losing to Uchiha Sasuke.

But from the rumors heard today, he should have failed the assessment and failed to successfully graduate from the ninja school early.

If... like before, he didn't apply, it would be fine, no one knows who is stronger and weaker, and after a year, they don't have time to make a comparison.

But now it's different, Uchiha Sasuke has graduated successfully, and their Hyuga clan's first talent has not passed the assessment, which clearly tells passers-by that Hyuga is not as good as Uchiha.

No wonder Hyuga Neji looks so flustered and at a loss.

In his short life, it's quite stressful to want to bear the blame of this family.

After understanding the cause and effect, Ryosuke turned around and looked at the school gate where people were coming and going, "Don't be like this, talk while walking?"

"Yes!"

Hyuga Neji seemed to have noticed that his behavior seemed a bit embarrassing, and he straightened his back quickly.

But when he looked up, Ryosuke noticed that there seemed to be some tears on his face.

It looked like... he had cried secretly.

He didn't point it out, and they walked towards the direction of the Hyuga clan.

"Although I didn't go to watch the battle, it seems that this battle was not easy."

Ryosuke glanced at Hyuga Neji. Not only were there a few torn places on his clothes, but there were also several injuries of varying degrees inside his body.

Although they were not serious, it can be seen that the Chunin who was taking the assessment deliberately held back and did not cause serious injuries.

This also shows that this Chunin acted very easily in the battle with Hyuga Neji and controlled the entire battle situation.

"I had almost no power to resist. That senior knew Hyuga very well. He pulled away from her the moment the fight started, and he was extremely proficient in the use of various ninjutsu."

Hyuga Neji replied in a muffled voice, "In terms of speed, I couldn't keep up with her. I had no chance to use my only soft fist that could win. After the overall assessment, my comprehensive evaluation was still far from passing."

"Indeed, long-range combat is what most of our clan lacks."

Ryosuke nodded, "You should have mastered... Bagua Kongzhang, right?"

" Yes, my father has taught me specifically. "

Hinata Neji nodded, "But the continuous use of Bagua Kongzhang requires a huge amount of chakra as a basis, and my chakra is not enough to support it."

"In the battle, I have never found a suitable opportunity to cut in. He seems to be very familiar with Hyuga, whether it is soft fist or Bagua Kongzhang. He deliberately avoided the range of my attack and used ninjutsu to win. He first..."

Silently narrating the entire battle process of the assessment, Hinata Neji remembered every attack of the enemy in his heart, including every reaction of his own.

In addition to these, he also talked about the post-battle summary of this battle.

Throughout the process, Hinata Neji was very serious, and he completely regarded Ryosuke as a senior who was much stronger than him.

For Ryosuke's strength, he only got some information from his father's words, but it was obvious.

The Miss Hinata that he thought before was not the future of Hyuga, but the Master Ryosuke in front of him was.

With a similar tender age to himself, he won the attention of his father, who was a senior ninja, and his father attached great importance to him.

A man who is so proud of his father would be willing to put aside his reluctance to be a branch family because of this. Master Ryosuke is definitely a powerful ninja who hides himself very deeply.

"What does that Chunin look like?"

While listening to his narration, Ryosuke unconsciously imagined a scene of Hyuga Neji fighting with a Chunin whose face he couldn't see clearly.

This is a scene constructed based on strong thinking ability and rich combat experience, and a little bit of illusion ability.

Hearing his question, Hyuga Neji was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "About... 1.73 meters tall, not very fat, but because of regular exercise, he looks very strong."

"Then where is your battle?"

Ryosuke asked again.

"The third training ground of the school."

Hyuga Neji replied quickly again.

"It's a very detailed battle record. I can see that you blame yourself and take your enemies very seriously. If that's the case, you don't have to feel guilty about it. After all, you've tried your best."

While talking, they had already stepped into the Hyuga clan land without knowing it.

Randomly found a training ground within the scope of the branch family.

Because it was close to dinner time, there were not many people in the training ground.

"Master Ryosuke, are you going to... guide me?"

Ningji was a little confused. He just thought that it was his mistake that embarrassed the Hyuga, so the main family wanted to guide him so that he could regain his face as soon as possible.

First, he tapped Hinata's eyelids lightly. Ryosuke glanced at him, "...I guess so."

Then, he reached out and tapped Neji's eyelids.

"This... what is this?"

When Hinata and Neji opened their eyes again, the training ground in front of them had already become different.

They... came to the school's No. 3 flat training ground.

On the field, Hyuga Neji, with a serious face, was ready to face the sturdy man whose face could not be seen clearly.

In front of them was the graduation test scene that Ryosuke had just constructed through Hyuga Neji's words.

At the beginning of the battle, the way the Chunin test teacher distanced himself and the possible speed.

Neji's reaction and the action of chasing him closely and trying to get close.

Everything was extremely real, as if it was recorded in advance with a video recorder and played in front of their eyes.

"It's just a simple illusion technique."

Ryosuke explained casually.

He didn't even open his Byakugan. This was an illusion technique he constructed based on his research on Yin-attribute chakra. There were only pictures, no substantial attacks.

The construction of this illusion test the thinking ability of the caster more.

Controlling the development of this illusion technique, Ryosuke looked at Hinata, "Although my father doesn't want us to graduate early, I think you should still get in touch with a relatively real battle, and... the psychological preparation you should make when facing enemies who are familiar with our Hyuga fighting style."