#120 - Chapter 120: Operation Fruit + Haki + Eight Gates = Open the Eight Gates without Injury

“ROOM!”

No sooner said than done.

Hyuga Tenko immediately deployed his ROOM, covering himself entirely.

As expected.

With the awakening of Haki, his willpower transforming into Armament Haki, he could not only see Haki with his Byakugan but also sense the Haki within his body using ROOM.

Coating and hardening.

“Perfect!”

Hyuga Tenko used his Byakugan to observe the Armament Haki coating his right hand, a hint of ecstasy unconsciously surfacing on his face.

Using consciousness to manipulate Haki flow and using his Devil Fruit ability to transfer Haki, both seemingly achieve the same result of coating his right hand with Armament Haki, but in reality, they are vastly different.

The biggest difference lies in the Haki's charging time.

For example.

Using mental consciousness to manipulate Haki, directing it to flow towards the fist, this process requires 1 second.

Using the Op-Op Fruit to transfer Haki is instantaneous.

Haki moves with the heart; with a single thought, Haki instantly transfers to the fist, immediately completing the coating and hardening.

If two opponents face off.

While your Haki is still charging, my fist coated with Armament Haki has already smashed into your face.

Besides the charging time, Hyuga Tenko discovered another advantage to using ROOM to control Haki.

That is control.

If his usual Haki control is 10, using ROOM to manipulate Haki gives him a control of 100.

No charging time and the ability to meticulously control every bit of Haki.

Especially the latter, in Hyuga Tenko's opinion, is extremely important.

Because the human body's meridians and acupoints are far too small.

Without Haki control that is refined to the micro-level, even the nano-level, how can one coat Armament Haki onto the meridians and acupoints?

Even the generals and emperors of the pirate world, because they lack the Byakugan and cannot see through the body, cannot coat Haki onto internal organs.

Let alone meridians.

If he didn't have the Op-Op Fruit and relied solely on willpower to manipulate Haki, even with the Byakugan's ability to see through, Hyuga Tenko had no doubt that it would take at least two or three years of training to achieve this.

But with the Op-Op Fruit, as long as the quality of Haki can keep up, he can completely give his entire body a Haki surgery.

From large muscles, skin, and bones,

To small internal organs, blood vessels, and meridians.

All of them can be coated and hardened with Armament Haki.

And then comes…

Injury-free Eight Gates.

These six words made Hyuga Tenko's heart race and his blood surge.

Injury-free Front Lotus.

Injury-free Reverse Lotus.

Injury-free Morning Peacock.

Injury-free Daytime Tiger.

Injury-free Evening Elephant.

And… injury-free Night Guy.

This is the growth path he tailored for himself, integrating Devil Fruit, Haki, and Chakra systems, to reach the Six Paths level.

No Sharingan needed.

No Rinnegan needed.

No Wood Release needed.

Not even a Chakra Fruit is needed.

With just Hyuga Tenko, a pair of Byakugan, an Op-Op Fruit, and a body of Haki and Chakra, he can stand at the pinnacle of both worlds.

…

Whether Orochimaru becomes the captain of the Anbu or Hiruzen is angered at the Hyuga clan because his son stepped down.

Hyuga Tenko neither worried about nor cared about the storms brewing in the Hidden Leaf Village.

As the young head of the Hyuga clan, he doesn't need to perform missions except during the Ninja World War.

Besides going to the pirate world once a day to dispel his shadow clones, retrieve memories to confirm whether Kalifa, Who's Who, and other CP9 members have escaped control, and understand the route conditions to the Rubnell Kingdom in the North Blue, he devoted all his time to training.

Armament Haki, Observation Haki, Six Styles, swordsmanship, and chakra refinement.

Each training was handled by a shadow clone, plus the main body developing the Op-Op Fruit.

Every day's schedule was packed.

Even so, Hyuga Tenko still felt that he didn't have enough shadow clones.

Unfortunately, he wasn't a Senju, a Uzumaki, or a Kaido or Charlotte Linlin.

Even with sea king meat nourishing his body, and his physique and spirit getting stronger day by day after practicing the Six Styles and swordsmanship, five shadow clones plus the main body, stacking the experience BUFF five times, was already his current limit.

To go further, he would have to be at least 9 years old.

However.

Just as Hyuga Tenko was steadily developing, traveling back and forth between the Naruto and pirate worlds, waiting for the ship to reach the Rubnell Kingdom in the North Blue, a sudden piece of news disrupted everything.

…

On this day.

Hyuga Tenko, as usual, brought five shadow clones and transformed into a grinding machine.

Grinding Haki.

Grinding Chakra.

Grinding the Op-Op Fruit.

Grinding swordsmanship.

Grinding the Six Styles.

But before he could grind for long, he was interrupted by Hyuga Hizashi, who rushed over in a hurry.

“What's wrong?”

“Hizashi-sensei.”

Seeing Hyuga Hizashi looking so flustered, Hyuga Tenko paused his training.

He knew his Hizashi-sensei's character very well.

If it was something the other party could handle, they would never disturb him.

“The news of White Fang's suicide can't be suppressed anymore.”

Hyuga Hizashi's expression was solemn, no, heavy.

“What did the Third Hokage say?”

Hyuga Tenko frowned upon hearing this.

Currently, his foundation is still in the Naruto world.

Whether it's him or the Hyuga clan, a stable rear area for him and his family to develop is crucial.

“An Anbu member just came.”

“The Third Hokage summoned all the major ninja clans to go to the Hokage Building for a meeting immediately.”

“If there are no accidents, the Second Ninja World War should be reigniting.”

Hyuga Hizashi looked worried.

The Sannin only shattered Hanzō's Rain Shadow dream.

And the Hidden Leaf Village's peace in recent years was carved out by Hatake Sakumo wielding a White Light Sabre.

Now that the news of White Fang's suicide has spread, the flames of war will surely reignite.

It just depends on which of the five great ninja villages can't hold back and starts to move.

“Let's go!”

Hyuga Tenko pondered for a moment and then dispelled all his shadow clones.

If he could develop peacefully for a few years, he would have the confidence to dominate the ninja world.

No.

If Hyuga Tenko really had a few years to develop, he wouldn't even need to take action. The Hyuga clan, armed with Six Styles, sea king meat, and Haki, could easily beat any of the five great ninja villages.

Unfortunately, the other ninja villages weren't willing.

In that case, he could only use his blade to make these ninja villages willing.

Hyuga Hizashi nodded and then rushed to the Hokage Building with his disciple.

Twenty minutes later.

The familiar conference room and familiar faces reappeared before their eyes.

However, compared to the last time, the positions were slightly different this time.

The main seat was still held by the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The first seat on the left was the Jonin Commander, Namikaze Minato.

The seat on the right should have been Sarutobi Shinnosuke, but now it has become Orochimaru.

Originally, with the efforts of those useless people in the main family, the Hyuga clan leader's position, if not ranked last, was also on par with the ostracized Uchiha clan, almost sitting at the small family table.

But after the Jonin Exam, the position changed.

Whether it was out of appeasement or considering that the Hyuga clan's fists were getting harder and harder, the position Hyuga Hizashi was sitting in for this meeting was only below the Sannin, side by side with the Third Hokage's loyal dogs, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

The change in seat order was a great stimulus to Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Kagami.