Chapter 73

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Chapter 73: Kind Father and Filial Son

The Hyuga clan is well-protected because of their system.

Although they  go to the battlefield, it would only happen under extremely special circumstances. As a ninja, Hyuga Hiashi had of course been to the battlefield when he was young. His overall contribution to the war earned him the status of a Jonin.

But from the middle of the Third Ninja World War until now, he hasn't really been to the battlefield for a long time and has not even left the village a few times, being burdened by various government affairs.

A weapon that is not regularly sharpened will rust, and the same is true for ninjas.

Gradually focusing on his family, Hiashi gave up personal advancement and focused on coordinating the family's rights, interests, and status in the village. These responsibilities consumed his energy and strength. Although Ryosuke is still young, he has become strong and healthy after two transformations and is still improving. In contrast, Hiashi, older and more experienced, is constantly reducing his strength. Comparatively, the age gap is narrowing.

Ryosuke understands this, and so does Hiashi.

"Have you made up your mind to challenge me?"

In the courtyard, sitting on the porch, Hiashi drank tea while watching the red glow brought by the sunset. Because of the incident in the Land of Waves, as soon as Ryosuke returned home, he explained to Hiashi his intention to challenge him.

Without hesitation, Ryosuke replied seriously, "Because I will most likely go to the Land of Waves, I need to have the qualifications to leave the village."

"I guessed that you wouldn't settle down, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

Hiashi seemed to have expected this and placed the cup on the plate beside him. "Okay, but you need to wait for me for a while."

He shifted his gaze from the sunset to Ryosuke. Honestly, being challenged so soon made him feel belittled.

Stunned for a moment, Ryosuke didn't understand what he meant. "You mean... we still need to make an appointment?"

"Of course, I need to spend some time preparing."

Hiashi nodded, a stiff smile appearing on his serious face. "I haven't really done anything for a long time. My body is almost rusty. Now that I'm telling you, I will only allow you to leave the village if you defeat me."

"Of course, you have to defeat me as a Jonin, not as the head of the Hyuga clan."

Although the job titles were different, Ryosuke now understood what he meant.

"How long will it take you...?"

He asked after a moment's hesitation. Because he was not sure when the clansmen sent to the Land of Waves would be able to come back with clear information, he hoped to make his father feel completely at ease about him as soon as possible.

"One week."

Hiashi held up a finger and said, "Ever since I told you about this, I have been adjusting my body, and it is almost done now. Although I can't perform to my full potential like I did on the battlefield, from the perspective of the ninja position, I have been able to perform at the level of a Jonin."

"I look forward to fighting you."

Facing the serious Hiashi, Ryosuke also smiled. "Let's not tell Hinata and the others about our battle, so as not to make them worry."

He could only try his best to cooperate with this father who was too concerned about his reputation.

"okay."

Hiashi nodded pretentiously. The father and son smiled at each other, seeing the excitement in each other's eyes...

Although the Land of Waves is a small vassal state of the Fire Nation, it is still on the border of the Land of Fire. If one wants to reach the border from Konoha Village at full speed, it will take a long time.

It's just a week, so Ryosuke can afford to wait. But it's not really waiting. Seeing Hiashi's serious attitude, he couldn't help but feel pressured. He had come into contact with the strength of a Jonin in previous battles.

In Konoha Village, ninjas are divided into three levels: Genin, Chunin, and Jonin. The distinction between these three levels is not based on pure strength, but on overall comprehensive quality.

Most of the Genin are newly graduated ninjas, similar to so-called interns. They have neither strength nor rich combat experience, nor a relatively perfect state of mind, and are easily affected by many unexpected events. Therefore, at this stage, ninjas mostly performed missions in groups of three, led by a veteran Jonin.

A Chunin is a formal ninja who has left the trainee stage. At this stage, every ninja has acquired a certain level of strength and combat experience, and most importantly, has the ability to make independent judgments when performing tasks.

As for the village, apart from the position of Kage, the highest ninja level, Jonin, needs to have the ability to complete tasks independently. Most of the time, Jonin accepts and completes missions independently. They can face most emergencies without companions.

Rich combat experience and perfect combat awareness allow the Jonin to have extremely sharp minds in battle. They can have a combat intuition similar to a sixth sense, avoiding a lot of trouble and harm.

It was just like when Ryosuke faced that Uchiha Jonin. Whether it was a surprise attack or a subsequent joint attack with Hoshicai and the others, the Jonin always responded to the enemy with extremely quick reactions. If he hadn't been held back by his two companions, affecting his state of mind time, it would have been difficult for Ryosuke and the others to catch him if he were alone, and he would most likely have escaped.

At that time, Ryosuke had two ninja helpers, Hoshisai and Souji, who were close to the level of Jonin but remained at the Chunin level due to the assessment. But this time, he will face a Jonin alone. Although this Jonin had not seen blood for a long time and was rusty, from what his father had said, he had already begun to train and get back into shape

But he still has a chance. After all, the current Ryosuke is completely different from the Ryosuke back then in terms of overall strength.

The inner chakra began to surge, and the bluish-white eyes on his face became brighter and brighter. The thought of having to go head to head with a Jonin made him happy. Ryosuke couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't suppress his excitement.

Boom!

Along with the surging emotions, the pressure that had already been practiced was compressed to the extreme, and the ground within a meter around Ryosuke formed a circular gully amid a huge roar. Standing on a thin rock pillar, Ryosuke glanced at the deep ravine under his feet, "It can be used immediately. If there is enough chakra, it can almost replace the skill revolving heaven and become the new absolute defense."

The ravine was probably several meters deep, and the pressure had compressed the range to the extreme. This was the maximum power he could exert at the moment.

(End of this chapter)

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