Konoha: Archers of the Hyuga family

"Are you going to use a knife...and you don't even want to let me see the soft fist?"

Loquat Juzo raised his head, put the sword on his shoulder, and smiled at Aburame Ryoma who suddenly appeared in the distance.

Hinata Kumokawa ignored his trash talk, opened his eyes, and took a deep breath.

Although he knew he was no match for him, Hinata Kumokawa still wanted to try his swordsmanship. After all... he had no chance to use it. He couldn't use a real sword in school, and he hadn't touched a sword after graduation. He almost forgot that he had done it unless he practiced it. Learned.

"If that's the case, then I'll beat you until you use new tricks~"

Loquat Juzo clenched the handle of the knife and suddenly struck hard from top to bottom.

Hinata Kumikawa narrowly dodged with a side step, and at the same time bullied himself, the short knife was pointed directly at Loquat Juzo's heart like a poisonous snake, but not surprisingly, the opponent easily dodged it, and at the same time, he slapped Hinata Kumikawa with the side of the blade. back.

boom--

The blade was bounced off, Hinata Kumokawa rolled forward in an awkward manner to remove the impact, and threw the short sword like a kunai, with an imperceptible filament connecting the wrist and the handle.

The blade was inexplicably bounced away. Loquat Juuzang was slightly stunned. He saw the flying blade and wanted to block it with the blade, but he noticed the thin thread connecting the back of the short knife, and a smirk suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Slightly turning sideways to avoid the short knife, slightly turning the beheading knife in his hand, cutting off the filament with a simple movement, allowing the short knife to fly to nature without any worries...

Loquat Juuzang was about to taunt, but he saw a sword over one meter tall in Hinata Kumikawa's hand, which was sweeping towards his knees, and he immediately waved his long sword to block it.

The sword collided with the blade, and there was a crisp sound...

The blade was completely embedded into the blade by more than three centimeters, cutting a deep notch in the beheading sword.

Almost at the same time, Loquat Juuzang felt a faint sting of needles on his knees. He immediately turned the long knife and swung it hard, sending Hinata Kumikawa and his sword flying seven or eight meters away...

After pulling away, Loquat Juzo also put away his playful expression.

Although the swordsmanship of the kid in front of me was completely inferior to mine, he still guided himself to fight according to his rhythm every time. He also made special use of his playful mentality of underestimating the enemy to distract himself.

Moreover, attacks from the blind spot are easily neutralized... Is this the Byakugan? There is no blind spot at all.

It's a pity that Konoha looks too hard, otherwise Gao Lu would get a pair of supercilious looks...

After Hinata Kumikawa landed safely, he took a deep breath.

Although he was clever and took advantage of the sharpness and low-consumption chakra transmission characteristics of the imitation Kusanagi sword, he still didn't take advantage of it. His swordsmanship alone was more than inferior, and his physical strength was more than a little inferior in all aspects.

At least, at this stage, it was very difficult to deal with ninjas like the Ninja Swordsmen, and there was almost no chance of winning in a one-on-one duel.

Soft fist...

To be honest, flesh palms compete with weapons.

You can only use agility to dodge weapons, or like Hinata Kumikawa just used his acupuncture points to spray a large amount of chakra to deflect the blade. However, the angle and agility requirements are still very high. Hinata Kumikawa's success in deflecting the blade is completely due to Loquat Juzo. cooperation.

When it comes to fighting, who would hit someone with the blade of the knife?

When Soft Fist faces ninjas of the same level, especially when the weapons of both parties are short weapons such as kunai daggers, Soft Fist will cause real damage to the opponent. Every palm can reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness or even directly scrap it.

But if you encounter many ninjas who use long weapons, long-distance ninja tools, and have higher agility than you... Soft Fist will be at a disadvantage. After all, basic Soft Fist does not have such defensive moves as Kaitian.

Most of the branch families have never even seen Huitian, and there are very few who can be awarded Baguazhang.

Imagine that Hyuga Neji doesn’t know how to use the 64 Bagua Palms, nor can he return to heaven, and encounters the cursed Seal Kidomaru... he should be reunited with his old father soon~

This is also the reason why Hinata Kumikawa made up his mind to switch to the profession of archer from the very beginning...

……

"Not bad, it really scared me. Have you ever considered leaving Konoha and coming to our Kirigakure Village? With your talent, you might be able to replace that pervert~"

(Dead pervert: Kuritsumi Kushimaru)

Loquat Juuzang didn't show any anger, and didn't seem to care at all that he was almost humiliated by a Konoha brat.

Hinata Kumokawa picked up the scabbard that had just been thrown away and took back the blade.

Aburame Ryoma also came over.

"That's it for now, Loquat Juuzang. Your job is only to provide security for the cargo ship. Don't cross the line too much."

"Okay, okay~ We are just competing, but let's talk about it. This kid's swordsmanship talent is really good. Do you want to consider making a deal with us..."

"Do you think that's possible?"

"...If you don't want to, forget it. Then, see you later, little one. I'm optimistic about you~"

Loquat Juzo showed off his iconic fangs again, put the two-meter long beheading knife on his shoulder with a playful smile and walked away, not forgetting to wink when he passed by Hinata Kumikawa.

Hinata Kumokawa also didn't expect that this member of the Akatsuki organization with one of the most played roles would be so talkative when he was young. He was simply a replica of Suigetsu.

"Yunchuan, are you okay?"

"It's okay, senior, but this guy is really strong..."

"Each of Kirigakure's seven Ninja Swordsmen is an elite Jōnin, and the Ninja Swords themselves also increase their strength. With your current ability, you are too overbearing to deal with this kind of ninja..."

"Ah."

"Don't be discouraged. Age matters. When you reach his age, you will definitely be able to surpass his strength."

"Understood, thank you senior."

……

This is just a small episode.

At least for Hinata Kumikawa, yes.

The main reason is that Loquat Juzo underestimated the enemy and did not show any real skills. Hinata Kumikawa learned nothing. It was only the first time to use the lossless chakra transmission of Kusanagi Sword and False in actual combat, and he did not take any advantage. What results were achieved.

This fight was completely pointless.

After taking a day off to read Orochimaru's scroll, he was ready to select experimental subjects and come to the dungeon.

The dungeon has three floors. The bottom floor is for incarceration. The penultimate floor is a "fighting arena", which is where the viciousness of the pre-selected root organization ninjas is stimulated. There are many small cubicles around. It can be said that this floor is the one where the poison is raised. jar.

Only those who are selected and pass this level can go to Root's ant nest to receive formal ninja training. Some managers of the Root organization will develop a training plan for each person.

As for those who have not been selected, some will be given to Kirigakure.

Kirigakure's population is the poorest compared to the other four gangsters, so they need to be supplemented by outsiders, although most of the children brought here cannot become ninjas.

But as long as the base is large, the number of ninjas trained through abducted children is still considerable.

As for loyalty...

Wouldn't a great ninja village have no means for people to stay loyal?