Chapter 6: Mysterious Attacker Strikes The Village
Hizashi Hyuga, who was battling the mysterious masked person, felt that his proud Gentle Fist techniques were like a mud cow entering the sea, unable to cause any substantial damage to the opponent.
In just a dozen or so moves, Hizashi was already shocked, while the opponent strolled leisurely on the courtyard wall, catching his attacks with just one hand.
The bright moonlight shone on the white three-eyed fox mask, glistening with cold light, as the mysterious person seemed to scrutinize him thoughtfully.
Hizashi Hyuga activated his Byakugan, veins bulging around his temples, trying to see through the enemy’s true face.
But he discovered that beneath that white three-eyed fox mask was profound darkness, devouring all gazing eyes, making one shudder!
An indescribable sense of terror arose, causing Hizashi to lose focus.
Uzumaki Menma seized the opportunity, clenching his fist with one hand, the fist wind carrying a piercing whistle as it smashed into Hizashi’s face, knocking him off the courtyard wall.
Hizashi rolled in the air once, hurriedly adjusting his posture, staggering to the ground with cold sweat pouring down.
He looked up at the mysterious person still standing on the courtyard wall, where a pair of eyes behind the mask seemed to be calmly scrutinizing him.
Whoosh—
At the critical moment, Hiashi Hyuga streaked through the air like a white falcon, launching an attack directly at the masked person on the courtyard wall.
Hizashi Hyuga followed closely, the two brothers using the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist techniques, combined with their tacit coordination, continuously unleashing various combination moves.
Hiashi attacked from the front, gathering chakra in his palms, shouting loudly:
“Eight Trigrams! Sixty-Four Palms!”
At the same time, Hizashi quickly understood, adjusting his stance to form a pincer with his brother, gathering chakra in his palms and striking repeatedly: “Eight Trigrams! Thirty-Two Palms!”
The two wove a net of chakra with their exquisite Gentle Fist combination techniques, attacking the mysterious masked person from both sides.
In an instant, three shadows flickered and intertwined atop the courtyard wall, the clashes of chakra stirring up gusts of strong wind that forced the surrounding Hyuga ninjas to cover their faces with sleeves, struggling against the gale.
“Small Spiraling Ring!” Uzumaki Menma felt it was about time, his right hand forming a grip in the air, condensing a black Rasengan, which he launched at Hizashi Hyuga’s momentary blind spot.
In that instant, a sense of deathly crisis enveloped Hizashi Hyuga.
Without any hesitation, Hizashi Hyuga instinctively surged chakra from his acupoints, forming a deep blue chakra cyclone to protect himself.
“Eight Trigrams Palm! Rotation!”
Boom!
The Small Spiraling Ring smashed hard into Hizashi’s Rotation, the violent Dark Chakra tearing through the Rotation’s defense and sending Hizashi flying heavily.
Pfft—
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Hizashi’s mouth, his body flying several meters away!
“Hizashi!”
Hiashi’s eyes nearly split open in his shout, but before it ended, an icy voice suddenly came from beside his ear.
“Your turn.”
The mysterious masked person had somehow Body Flickered right in front of Hiashi.
At this moment, the mysterious masked person’s hands were condensing a large amount of chakra, vaguely forming ferocious lion heads.
“What! How could you—” Hiashi’s hairs stood on end, wanting to activate Rotation.
However, the mysterious person’s speed was even faster than before.
“Twin Lion Fists!” Uzumaki Menma swung both fists, slamming heavily into Hiashi Hyuga’s chest.
Hiashi Hyuga fell from the high wall like a kite with its string cut.
“Clan Head!” The other Hyuga Clan ninjas rushed forward, surrounding and protecting the fallen Hiashi.
A full moon rose high, as Uzumaki Menma, wearing the white three-eyed fox mask, stood imposingly atop the high wall at the Hyuga Clan’s main gate, icy eyes behind the mask scrutinizing the Hyuga Clan Territory.
“Who the hell are you!” Hiashi Hyuga stood up from the ground, his chest injury severe, blood trickling from his mouth, looking at the mysterious person on the high wall with shock and confusion.
‘Menma, many ninjas are rushing here quickly.’ Inside the fur collar, the little Nine-Tails lay on Menma’s shoulder, informing him of the sensed situation.
Whoosh—
Uzumaki Menma Body Flickered down from the high wall, appearing beside the dead Cloud Village Special Envoy’s corpse.
“All gifts of fate come with a price marked in secret.” Uzumaki Menma lifted his white three-eyed fox mask slightly, saying to Hiashi Hyuga.
He then turned to look at Hizashi Hyuga, who had smashed a large crater in the ground.
“I’ll be back.”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
At that moment, countless shadows arrived at the Hyuga Clan Territory from all directions.
“Hyuga Clan Head! Anbu here on orders to investigate!” An Anbu ninja wearing a cat face mask, with white short hair and a short sword on his back, landed on a utility pole beside the Hyuga brothers.
Yet the scene before him shocked even the battle-hardened Kakashi.
The Hyuga Clan Head appeared to be seriously injured, and Hizashi Hyuga lay in a large crater, unknown if alive or dead.
The several Hyuga Clan jonin guarding around him also stared warily at the mysterious person not far away.
“This guy’s bounty is quite high.” The mysterious person grabbed a corpse from the ground.
Kakashi focused his gaze and saw it was the Cloud Village Special Envoy!
“Impossible! Wasn’t the Cloud Village Special Envoy…” An Anbu ninja landed beside Kakashi, also exclaiming in shock.
The mysterious masked person grabbed the Cloud Village Special Envoy’s corpse and Body Flickered to the high wall.
“So fast!” Even as Anbu Captain, Kakashi felt this person’s difficulty.
But the opponent had no intention of continuing the fight, instead departing swiftly, vanishing into the night with a few Body Flickers.
“Chase!” Kakashi ordered, rushing out first, followed by the Anbu ninjas pursuing the mysterious person.
They absolutely could not let him take the Cloud Village Special Envoy’s corpse so easily—this was undoubtedly slapping Konohagakure in the face!
Slapping the Third Hokage-sama in the face!
After the mysterious enemy departed and the Anbu ninjas pursued, Hiashi Hyuga clutched his chest and walked to Hizashi’s side, where he was being treated.
“Brother…” Hizashi Hyuga gasped, his back torn by the Dark Chakra nature of the Small Spiraling Ring, the wound exposing bone and bleeding profusely.
Taking a Small Spiraling Ring head-on and surviving was already fortunate.
As an S-rank ninjutsu comparable to “Wind Release: Rasengan Shuriken,” the Small Spiraling Ring had tremendous single-target destructive power.
“Don’t speak! Homura, quickly take Hizashi to Konoha Hospital!” Hiashi ordered sternly.
“Yes!” Hyuga Homura bowed slightly, hoisted Hizashi Hyuga onto his back, and sped toward Konoha Hospital.
Looking at the Hyuga Clan Territory after the great battle, Hiashi Hyuga felt a lingering fear.
If not for that mysterious masked person’s appearance, killing the Cloud Village Special Envoy would have caused an incredibly serious diplomatic incident.
It might even prolong the war between Cloud Village and Konoha, leading to more deaths.
‘But… that guy… why does he know Twin Lion Fists!’ Hiashi Hyuga felt the lingering heat on his chest.
‘That Twin Lion Fists strike…’
“Ale?” A childish voice sounded nearby, interrupting Hiashi Hyuga’s thoughts.
He turned to look and saw his daughter Hinata had woken up at some point.
Looking at the messy surroundings, little Hinata’s baby-fat face showed maturity beyond her years.
“Tch~” Little Hinata put one hand on her hip, pouting disdainfully: “Old geezer, you dragging me out for a midnight street stroll?”
Pfft—
Hiashi Hyuga felt a stifling pain in his chest, nearly spitting another mouthful of blood.
‘Oh no! The young lady’s second personality has emerged again!’ A jonin beside Hiashi, Hyuga Ko, reacted as if facing a great enemy and silently stepped back half a pace.
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