"I never imagined Hinata Hyuga was this strong!"
Seeing that the defeat of the Stone Ninja was inevitable, Fugai felt extremely desolate. He couldn't even understand why the Lord Tsuchikage would suddenly change his orders.
Initially, Fugai received the same order as Kakashi: to enter the Land of Water and probe the attitude of Kirigakure.
Fugai's team was small, only four people including him.
However, just before arriving in the Land of Water, Fugai suddenly received Ninja Hawk sent from Iwagakure.
The letter on the Ninja Hawk was written by Ōnoki himself and also bore the Tsuchikage's personal seal.
In his letter, Ōnoki instructed Fugai to change his mission from testing Kirigakure's attitude to killing Kakashi Hatake in front of Hinata Hyuga.
The letter contained a lot of information and also mentioned that Fugai and his group should act together with the ninjas of Kumogakure.
Only half a day after Fugai received the Ninja Hawk, six or seven Stone Ninja squads came to join him.
Fugai did not question Ōnoki's orders at first, after all, Hinata's identity was special, and it was understandable that Ōnoki would plan an operation against Hinata.
However, the mission only mentioned killing Kakashi, but didn't say what would happen to Hinata. This was the first question that Fugai had.
However, since the order was personally issued by Ōnoki, Fugai immediately formulated a corresponding battle plan after receiving the order.
If the goal is to kill Kakashi in front of Hinata, then Kakashi's stamina and chakra must be weakened before Hinata arrives in the Land of Water.
Fugai led the Stone Ninja in a battle against Kakashi and his group for several days. Three people from Konoha died in the battle, and five people from Iwagakure also died.
What truly made Fugai begin to question Ōnoki was Hinata's astonishing strength.
Hinata is so powerful that even Fugai isn't confident he can exchange a few blows with Hinata.
Ōnoki issue such an order because he misjudged Hinata's strength, or did Ōnoki have other plans and simply send them to test Hinata's true strength?
Fugai had met Hinata not long ago, but Hinata had borrowed the Nine-Tails' chakra that time, so Fugai couldn't judge Hinata's true strength.
However, it seems that Hinata's strength has increased considerably since their last meeting.
Moreover, the Cloud Village Cloud Ninja promised to join forces have not yet appeared. Fugai doesn't know whether the Kumogakure broke the agreement or encountered some trouble that caused them to be delayed.
However, there is no time for Fugai to think about these things right now.
"Withdraw!"
"You guys go first, I'll cover you!"
Fugai made a 'retreat' gesture and personally held Kakashi back, buying time for the other Stone Ninja to retreat.
Kakashi and Asuma seemed to have no intention of intercepting the Stone Ninja. Many members of the Konoha team were seriously injured, and Kakashi was almost exhausted, with very little chakra left.
Asuma, the Wind God, and the Thunder God are in slightly better condition, but they still have to stay behind to protect the injured ninjas.
Hinata's eyes flickered slightly.
Fugai did not expect Wenya and the others to Hinata. If they couldn't win, why didn't they run away? Did they want to stay and wait to die?
However, within Hinata's Byakugan vision, she discovered that she and her companions were already surrounded by a large number of Mist Ninja.
The leader of the Kirigakure ninja was the Mizukage Mei Terumi, who could never get married, and she was accompanied by more than a hundred Jonin and Anbu.
Hinata couldn't yet figure out whether Mei Terumi's purpose in coming was to mediate the fight or to keep the Konoha Ninja and Stone Ninja there.
Regardless of Kirigakure's true intentions, Hinata had no intention of letting these Stone Ninja go.
Peace in the Shinobi World cannot be achieved simply by giving in. Without sufficient strength, others will not care about your thoughts at all.
Hinata moved her feet and quickly chased after the retreating Iwa Stone Ninja.
Seeing this, Kakashi quickly shouted, "Hinata, stop chasing! We need to rest..."
"I didn't chase after him!"
Hinata replied to Kakashi, but her feet didn't stop for a second.
Fugai and the others hadn't actually run very far; they had just retreated when Hinata caught up with them.
Furthermore, to avoid affecting Kakashi and the others, Hinata specifically made the Stone Ninja run thirty-nine meters ahead of her...
"Hinata!"
Asuma shouted and quickly chased after Hinata.
Hinata trunk as leverage to leap into the air, and during the brief moment of airtime, she continuously swung her two large fists.
With each punch Hinata threw, a Senjutsu Chakra fist hurtled towards the Stone Ninja like a cannonball.
'Immortal Technique - Fist as big as a sandbag - Continuous Punch'
Because she still had to face the Mist Ninja, Hinata didn't dare use up all her chakra. However, even half of her chakra was enough for Hinata to throw more than twenty punches.
'Boom boom boom boom boom—'
The deafening explosions continued, and swathes of trees were uprooted and pulverized along with boulders.
The fleeing Stone Ninja were relentlessly bombarded by Hinata, and before they could even utter a scream, they were swallowed and buried by endless explosions.
The earth trembled, mountains and rivers shook, and the shockwave from the explosion swept in all directions. Asuma hadn't even gotten close to Hinata when he was pushed back by the shockwave.
Hinata roared, "Pegasus Meteor Fist!"
'Boom—'
When the last explosion subsided, the earth was completely wrecked by Hinata's attack. More than twenty deep craters were blasted out within a radius of several hundred meters, and the shockwave from the explosion had even sheared off nearly three meters of the ground.
Konoha Ninja: Completely dumbfounded!
What happened to your promise not to pursue it?
'Tread!'
Hinata landed on the ground, blew on her little fist, and was extremely satisfied with the effect she had achieved this time.
Having learned this lesson, if Ōnoki doesn't want to go to war with Konoha, he probably won't take any further actions against him.
Given the current strength of Iwagakure, unless Ōnoki or Jinchuriki personally intervenes, they really can't defeat Hinata.
As for the war between the two villages...
Until Hinata's ability to share the Nine-Tails Chakra, Ōnoki probably won't dare to start a war lightly!
Most importantly, Ōnoki may not admit that he sent ninjas to infiltrate the Land of Water.
The friendship between ninja villages cannot be built on compromise. After all, there are decades of hatred between the ninja villages, and they won't let you off the hook just because you play the victim.
Only by demonstrating overwhelming strength to intimidate opponents can we prevent them from making any rash moves.
Kakashi walked over to Hinata, looked at the mess in front of her, and said with a sigh, "Hinata, you've gone too far!"
Hinata hummed softly, "It's Iwagakure that's causing trouble, isn't it!"
Asuma walked over, looked at Kakashi, and asked, "Kakashi, during your time in the Land of Water, have you noticed anything unusual about the Stone Ninja?"
Kakashi looked up at the sky, pondered for a moment, and then said weakly, "How should I put it... it seems that Iwagakure does indeed have many problems..."
Kakashi had already guessed some things, but with Hinata standing by, Kakashi couldn't say much.
Hinata had to warn them, "Teacher Kakashi, Teacher Asuma! We're surrounded by Mist Ninja! There are over a hundred of them, and the Mizukage is there too!"