Naruto: Reincarnated as a Demon King

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If words don't work, there's no need to say more.

Ten suddenly lunged forward, his chakra-infused fingers stabbing toward Raiden's back aiming directly for his heart!

As expected of the brothers, both were ruthless in their attacks.

A move meant to kill in one strike!

Raiden might have seemed completely unguarded, his back turned to Ten, but in reality, he had been prepared for both defence and counterattack.

Close-quarters combat?

That was his favourite!

Nothing was more exhilarating than the feeling of fist meeting flesh!

A real man fights with his body!

Raiden's left hand clenched tightly, his knuckles instantly engulfed in pure black flames.

So what if the opponent was a Genin?

So what if he was six years older?

If this guy dared to challenge him in hand-to-hand combat, he'd turn the Hyūga's Gentle Fist into Soft Fist!

A cold glint flashed in Raiden's eyes. Without a second thought, he swung his left fist straight at Hyūga Ten's incoming hand—

A punch to meet his strike head-on!

BOOM!

Fist met fingertip.

The Gentle Fist's power lay in bypassing an opponent's physical defences, directly sending chakra into their tenketsu to block their chakra network.

Sealing chakra was just the basic level of damage. At its strongest, Gentle Fist targeted vital points, capable of killing in a single hit!

It lacked the flashy destruction of a Strong Fist attack but could silently cripple opponents with near-irreversible internal injuries!

Black and white chakra clashed violently!

CRACK!

The sound of bones breaking echoed in the air. Ten's face instantly turned pale. The pain from his fingers shattering shot through his nerves like lightning.

One second…

Two seconds…

He couldn't hold back. His body jerked backwards, and he collapsed onto the ground, clutching his hand, screaming in agony.

"AAAAAHHHH!!"

That sharp bone-cracking noise hadn't been an illusion. Raiden's punch had snapped Ten's fingers like twigs!

Raiden's Heavy Metal Flames were as hard as diamonds and as dense as steel.

Ten's attack didn't even scratch him, and his chakra was completely blocked from penetrating Raiden's defence!

Bypassing physical defences to damage internal organs?

Sorry, not happening.

"Ten! Are you okay?!"

"Ten?! This has to be a joke, right?"

"Impossible! There's no way Ten could've lost!"

The surrounding Hyūga boys were stunned. They stared in shock at what had just happened.

They couldn't believe their own eyes.

What had they just witnessed?

Ten, who had always been strong, was now writhing on the ground, screaming in pain?!

Raiden's punches were so powerful that even wooden training posts would eventually break under them.

At one point, he had been forced to train with solid stone instead. His Zoan Devil Fruit had pushed his physical abilities to terrifying levels.

Raiden had trained so hard that his hands bled, healed, then bled again, over and over until he finally developed calluses tough enough to withstand his own training.

Now, with Black Flames coating his fists, they were like indestructible gauntlets.

Meanwhile, Ten was just a Genin, using chakra only at his fingertips.

If his chakra couldn't penetrate Black Flames, what could those two skinny little fingers possibly do?

Could they pierce diamonds?

Could they shatter steel?

When Raiden fully activated Black Flames, he could punch straight through solid rock without a scratch.

And Hyūga Ten?

He thought he could fight him with just two fingers?!

Not every Konoha ninja is Might Guy, damn it!

With the help of his fellow Hyūga, Ten slowly stood up, drenched in cold sweat from the pain.

The sharpest of the pain had faded, but waves of dull throbbing still ran through his nerves.

Ten's index and middle fingers had taken the full force of the hit.

Now, his fingers bent backwards at unnatural angles, swaying limply as if they had no bones at all.

But Raiden wasn't satisfied.

He had intended to break Ten's entire right hand!

"Tch. Well, I guess even weaklings can develop a little muscle after years of training."

Raiden sneered. If his opponent had been Shuu, that punch would have completely shattered his arm.

His voice wasn't quiet.

It was loud and clear, for everyone to hear. The Hyūga boys visibly flinched, their faces turning dark with rage.

As for Ten?

His face twisted in fury, his eyes filled with venom.

"Black flames… So this is your power?"

"I underestimated you."

Ten took a deep breath.

He had only lost two fingers this fight wasn't over yet.

"If you think you can defeat me with such small tricks… You're DEAD WRONG."

"Today, I'll show you the TRUE strength of the Hyūga Clan!"

The pain had cleared his mind.

The surrounding crowd murmured among themselves.

Why were fully trained Hyūga Genin being bullied by a six-year-old Academy student?

Yes. Bullied.

That was the only word that came to mind.

"Hyūga Clan? So Scary!~" Raiden mocked

Ten's face darkened.

If he didn't regain control of the situation, he wouldn't just lose face he'd disgrace the entire Hyūga Clan.

If the Hyūga Clan found out…

Just thinking about the punishment sent a shiver down his spine.

A Hyūga prodigy, a fully trained Genin, was beaten by a first-year Academy student.

And not just any student—

A widely recognized dead last.

What a humiliation!

The murmurs of the crowd grew louder.

"Isn't that Ten? He's supposed to be a prodigy, right?"

"His hand looks broken… Did that bull-headed kid do it?"

"Damn… That kid's a monster."

Voices of doubt, and the disbelieving gazes of his own clan members.

All of it…

It felt like an invisible hand was crushing his throat, suffocating him.

Humiliation boiled into pure rage.

At first, he only planned to cripple Raiden.

But now?

Now, he had only one goal—

Kill him.

Ten was ruthless.

He shook off his fellow Hyūga's support. Then, gripping his injured fingers, he took a deep breath and SNAPPED THEM BACK INTO PLACE.

CRACK!

A sickening sound echoed.

The crowd flinched.

Even just watching it sent shivers down their spines. Ten's face turned pale, nearly fainting from the pain But now, his hand was functional again.

If he only had to use it once, it would still work.

"The Hyūga Clan isn't something a Monster like you can challenge!"

A sharp hum rang through the air.

Hyūga Ten took a step forward, his hands forming an Eight Trigrams stance.

"Gentle Fist—Eight Trigrams, Eight Palms!"

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