As Garaga charged toward her, Hinata remained calm, simply raising her hand in response. With just a thought, a repelling force stopped Garaga in his tracks.
The massive snake's body arched, clearly straining with all its strength to lunge at her. However, the imnse repelling force blocked its advance, preventing it from getting closer. Hinata's palm then shifted, and the repelling force beca a pulling force. With a simple move, she redirected Garaga's charge, sending him flying off to the side in a smooth arc.
As the heiress of the Hyuga Clan, Hinata had grown up with the philosophy of Gentle Fist, and naturally, she understood the concept of "using four ounces to move a thousand pounds"-a technique that relied on redirecting an opponent's force.
Watching this play out, Akira silently nodded in approval of her smooth, taijutsu-inspired moves.
Garaga, however, grew even more furious. Letting out another enraged roar, he lunged at her again.
Hinata continued using the combination of pulling and pushing forces, similar to the techniques used by Pain's Deva Path. Each ti Garaga charged at her, Hinata skillfully redirected him, causing him to crash into the ground over and over.
One ti. Two tis. Three tis...
Each ti, Garaga missed his target and found himself sent crashing elsewhere. At first, Garaga had been furious, but after being thrown a dozen tis, even his stubbornness couldn't hide the truth-he was no match for Hinata.
The invisible force that deflected him ti after ti was impossible for him to counter.
After being thrown a dozen tis, Garaga began circling Hinata, searching for an opening or a weakness. However, he no longer dared to recklessly charge at her again.
"Hinata, if you pluck Garaga's reverse scale, he'll beco much more docile," Takitsuhi called out from the sidelines.
At these words, Garaga's entire body tensed up in alarm.
Hinata glanced toward Akira, her expression questioning.
"It's up to you," Akira replied with a smile, offering no further guidance.
"I think pulling out his reverse scale would hurt him. If it's part of him, it should stay that way," Hinata said softly, her kind nature showing through.
"I told you-it's your choice," Akira responded with a smile, showing support for Hinata's decision.
He then glanced at Garaga's reverse scale, feeling a sense of curiosity.
Snakes didn't typically have reverse scales-only dragons did. Yet here was Garaga, a snake with a reverse scale, and the only one in Ryuchi Cave at that.
That was strange, to say the least.
Akira didn't care much about how Boruto tied into the original Naruto story, but since Garaga was the summon of Boruto, he supposed that the snake must have so unique traits.
Garaga, anwhile, had been thoroughly humbled by Hinata's demonstration of power. Seeing that she had no intention of pulling out his reverse scale, Garaga let out a quiet sigh of relief and even felt a glimr of gratitude toward her.
"Well? Are you willing to beco Hinata's summoning beast?" Akira asked once Garaga had cald down.
After a brief pause, Garaga nodded. "I am."
"Good. It seems you've gained yourself a powerful ally," Akira said, nodding in approval. With that, Akira deactivated his Mangekyō Sharingan, and the bestowed Sage Mode faded from Hinata. As her Sage Mode disappeared, the Tenseigan also receded, and her eyes returned to their normal Byakugan state.
With her chakra now synced with Garaga's, Hinata had accomplished her goal of coming to Ryūchi Cave.
"Hinata, if you ever need help, you can summon as well," Takitsuhi suddenly offered, stepping forward.
"Really? Thank you so much!" Hinata responded, astonished by the generous offer.
The three priestesses were the second-highest-ranking beings in Ryuchi Cave, just below the White Snake Sage, and each one had Kage-level strength. Having Takitsuhi as a potential summon was an incredible boon for Hinata.
"Well, well, it seems Takitsuhi is quite accommodating," Akira remarked, sowhat surprised by her offer.
Of course, Akira was pleased with this developnt.
Now, Hinata had two powerful summoning options-Garaga and Takitsuhi.
Afterward, the three priestesses inquired about the White Snake Sage, and upon hearing that the sage was currently contemplating the path of transformation into a dragon, they
expressed their delight.
As the sage's loyal priestesses, the transformation of the White Snake Sage would benefit them greatly as well.
With that settled, Akira and Hinata continued to stroll through Ryuchi Cave.
The three priestesses, sensing the couple wanted so alone ti, wisely excused
themselves.
"Why did you offer to be Hinata's summoning beast?" Ichikishima Hi asked Takitsuhi after they had walked away.
"Yeah, I thought we agreed that we all wanted to be Akira's summons?" Ichikishima added,
puzzled.
"I simply liked Hinata's strength and her kind nature," Takitsuhi answered casually.
"That's it? Well, I guess that makes sense," Ichikishima Hi responded, nodding in
understanding.
However, Tanshin Hi remained suspicious, eyeing Takitsuhi warily.
Was she really helping Hinata just because she found her likeable?
Snakes weren't known for their kindness, so the idea of liking a gentle person didn't quite fit.
Of course, Ichikishima was quick to accept the explanation, but Tanshin Hi was more
skeptical.
Still, there was no solid evidence to prove Takitsuhi had ulterior motives, so Tanshin Hi kept her suspicions to herself.
"You two are so naive," Takitsuhi thought to herself with an inward smirk.
Though they hadn't spent much ti together, Takitsuhi had already noticed that Akira was quite loyal to those he loved.
If she wanted to have any chance of getting closer to him, she needed a different approach. Perhaps, through Hinata, she could gain favor.
If she could win Hinata over, her chances of getting what she wanted from Akira-including his powerful bloodline-would increase significantly.
At least, her odds would be better than those of Ichikishima Hi and Tanshin Hi, who
were both still direct competitors for Akira's attention.
As Takitsuhi kept her thoughts to herself, Akira and Hinata walked hand in hand, continuing their conversation about the Tenseigan.
"So, what other abilities do you have with the Tenseigan, besides controlling repelling and pulling forces?" Akira asked, his curiosity piqued.
"Other abilities? I don't think I have any others right now," Hinata replied, shaking her head.
"So, it seems the Tenseigan can only manipulate repulsion and attraction at the mont?" Akira mused to himself, piecing together what he had learned.
"Could it be a chakra limitation?"
He suspected that Hinata's current chakra reserves were too low to fully unleash the
Tenseigan's true power.
It was also possible that she had only just awakened the Tenseigan and still needed ti to unlock all of its abilities.
However, Akira leaned more toward the idea that her chakra levels were simply too low,
limiting the Tenseigan's potential.
For example, the creation of Truth-Seeking Balls-a hallmark of Six Paths-level power- wasn't sothing she could accomplish yet.
In the original story, Toneri Ōtsutsuki quickly mastered powerful Tenseigan techniques after awakening the eye, without needing years of training.
"Akira, is the Tenseigan really that powerful? Does it have many different abilities?" Hinata
asked, intrigued.
"Yes, the Tenseigan is incredibly powerful. In fact, its abilities surpass even the Mangekyō Sharingan," Akira confird with a nod.
In his opinion, the Tenseigan was on par with the Rinnegan in terms of overall power.
"It's stronger than the Mangekyō sharingan?" Hinata gasped in shock.
She knew how powerful the Mangekyō was-every wielder of that eye had Kage-level
strength at the very least.
In fact, the current Uchiha Clan only had a handful of Mangekyō users, which was considered a
rare and remarkable occurrence in the clan's history.
Yet here Akira was, telling her that her Tenseigan was even stronger than the Mangekyō?
"Once your chakra reserves grow large enough, you'll understand the full extent of the
Tenseigan's abilities," Akira reassured her with a smile.
"You're right. My chakra isn't even enough to fully maintain the Tenseigan, so it's too soon to think about all of this," Hinata agreed, nodding obediently.
And so, the two of them continued chatting as they wandered through Ryuchi Cave. Suddenly, Akira sensed a strange, irregular fluctuation in the natural energy around them...
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