Chapter 115: The Enemy The Byakugan Can’t Look Straight At!
When the first signal flare exploded inside the Hyuga Clan Territory, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately led the main force to depart.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, dressed in his combat suit, shuttled between the rooftops of the village, followed by Anbu third squad ninjas, as well as elite jonin like Hizashi Hyuga, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka.
It could be said that most of the jonin inside Konohagakure had mobilized, forming a powerful team!
But Hiruzen Sarutobi did not underestimate the enemy either, still retaining a portion of ninjas as reserves, so that if other places were attacked, there would be support forces available.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Signal flares rose into the sky one after another, exploding into crimson fireworks in the night sky.
“So many signal flares?” The old face under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s helmet grew solemn.
“Hokage-sama!” An Anbu ninja wearing an animal mask hurried over from the direction of the Hyuga Clan Territory and knelt on one knee on a building in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi also stopped and asked, “How is the battle situation in the Hyuga Clan Territory? Has Shura appeared?”
From the time the signal flares had risen just now until now, it had only been a few minutes, but there were no explosions or traces of ninjutsu being used, which made Hiruzen Sarutobi somewhat puzzled.
“Mist has risen inside the Hyuga Clan Territory!” The Anbu ninja quickly reported: “There are hundreds or thousands of enemies in the mist launching an attack on the Hyuga Clan Territory! The head captain has already led people to provide support!”
“Mist has risen?” The Anbu ninja’s first words made Hiruzen Sarutobi and the nearby Shikaku Nara, Hiashi Hyuga, and others feel a heaviness in their hearts.
At this time and weather, it was impossible for mist to form naturally, so this mist could only have been released by the enemy.
And the large-scale mist made everyone involuntarily think of Kirigakure’s Hiding in Mist Technique!
Shura actually knew the Hiding in Mist Technique?!
Moreover…
“Are there many enemies?” Shikaku Nara spoke up to ask, while glancing toward the Hyuga Clan Territory.
Did Shura bring a lot of manpower? Or did he use shadow clones or some kind of clone technique?
“The top priority is to hurry over as soon as possible!” Hiashi Hyuga was anxious and urged.
“Go!” Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted in a deep voice and charged ahead first.
The other ninjas followed one after another.
At this time, inside the Hyuga Main Family’s clan territory.
The mist had already spread to the assembly hall, where the four Main Family elders and their families were being guarded by branch family ninjas led by Hizashi Hyuga.
The four Hyuga Main Family elders also activated their Byakugan, seeing dozens of figures in the mist approaching them.
“How is this possible!” These elders were full of disbelief; so many enemies had actually breached the Hyuga Clan Territory?!
How did they pass through Konoha’s village protection barrier?
How did they evade so many patrol ninja squads in Konoha?
What about the patrol squads of those branch family ninjas inside the Hyuga Clan Territory? Why didn’t they stop them?!
One question after another emerged in the minds of the Main Family elders.
“Hizashi!” One Main Family elder shouted angrily at Hizashi Hyuga: “What are you waiting for! Hurry up and stop them! Protecting the Main Family is the branch family’s duty!”
Even as the branch family head, in front of the Main Family elders, he was nothing more than a lowly person.
Hizashi had long grown accustomed to the arrogant tone of the branch family elders.
He merely frowned and led the branch family ninjas forward to meet the enemy.
“Byakugan!” Hizashi Hyuga fully activated his Byakugan, seeing the chakra meridians of these shadowy figures in the mist.
Then Hizashi concentrated chakra into his palms and advanced with Gentle Fist taijutsu.
But when the Gentle Fist struck the enemies’ bodies, there was no physical collision at all—not even shadow clones—they directly dispersed into a puff of smoke.
“What?!” Hizashi was shocked again, striking left and right, quickly clearing the surrounding figures.
“Damn it! These guys aren’t human at all!”
“They’re not shadow clones either!”
“What the hell are these?”
The other branch family guards also noticed the strangeness of these figures, just like Hizashi.
Their full-force Gentle Fist felt like hitting cotton, instead making their concentrated chakra and spirit feel somewhat off-balance as if falling into emptiness.
Step!
Step!
While Hizashi was still puzzled, a footstep sounded from the direction of the assembly hall’s main entrance.
Hizashi’s Byakugan focused and looked, but he only saw two fallen Hyuga clan members.
But he didn’t see any enemies—not even those kinds of figures from earlier!
Step!
Yet that footstep was slowly approaching.
Hizashi Hyuga, the branch family guards, and the Main Family elders’ Byakugan completely couldn’t see anyone else inside the assembly hall!
“Ah!” But one by one, the branch family guards fell down right in front of them!
The enemy seemed to be invisible, and Byakugan couldn’t detect them at all!
Boom!
The ceiling of the assembly hall was suddenly smashed open, and Hiruzen Sarutobi swung the Enma transformed into the Adamantine Staff, landing on the ground from the smoke and dust.
At the same time, Kakashi and Yamato also arrived at the assembly hall, charging in through the main entrance.
Hiashi Hyuga, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and other Konoha elite jonin landed one after another, gathering in the assembly hall.
Everyone drew their weapons, vigilantly facing one direction.
“Hizashi! Where are the enemies?!” After Hiashi Hyuga landed, he scanned with his Byakugan but found no enemies.
“Hiashi?” Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned for a moment, holding the Adamantine Staff and pointing toward the direction of the fallen Hyuga ninja from earlier, saying: “What are you talking about! Isn’t that guy Shura right here?!”
“What?!” Hiashi Hyuga’s hair stood on end, and his Byakugan looked in the direction pointed by Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Adamantine Staff, but found nothing.
Kakashi, Yamato, and other Anbu ninjas stepped forward one after another, surrounding Shura, their ninja swords pointed straight at Shura.
Hizashi and the Hyuga clan members were even more bewildered, watching the Anbu ninjas and Hokage lords face one direction as if facing a great enemy, cold sweat dripping from their foreheads.
Why?
Why could the Third Hokage and the others see, but the Hyuga clan members couldn’t?!
At this moment, Shikaku Nara seemed to realize something and said to Hiashi, “Hiashi clan head, try closing your Byakugan!”
Upon hearing this, Hiashi Hyuga immediately deactivated his Byakugan state.
After his vision returned to normal, Hiashi immediately saw the black-robed masked man surrounded in the middle by numerous Anbu ninjas!
“Shura!” Hiashi gritted his teeth, yet his whole body trembled.
This bizarre ability—was it a bloodline limit or?
Hizashi and the branch family guards, as well as the Main Family elders, also deactivated their Byakugan one after another.
Only to see, in the encirclement of numerous Anbu ninjas, Shura wearing a white three-eyed fox mask, dressed in a black robe, with a cape bearing mysterious patterns, casually standing with one foot stepping on a branch family ninja.
“Tsk tsk, calling so many people, huh? Planning to bully with numbers?” Menma lifted his foot and kicked the unconscious Hyuga ninja toward Hiashi Hyuga.
“Shura! You bastard!” As the clan head of the Hyuga Clan, Hiashi was furious!
“Then let’s play a bit.” With a light whisper under the mask, Shura clasped his hands together, forming the Ox seal.
“Nine-Face Sūvarṇa!”
