Walking down the street.
Hyuga Hiashi felt his mouth grow increasingly dry.
Hyuga Clan ninja lay sprawled across the ground, their blood nearly pooling into a lake.
Though none were dead, the least injured had three broken ribs, while the worst had both arms and hands shattered, so miserable they were barely recognizable as human.
"How did this happen!?"
Hyuga Hiashi could not make sense of it no matter how hard he thought.
Even if Uzumaki Naruto had truly gone berserk, with the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan and Gentle Fist, they should not have ended up in such a miserable state.
"Ahhh!!!"
"A monster, a monster..."
"Run! We're no match for him at all! This isn't the Nine-Tails' power—it's Uzumaki Naruto's power! He's too strong..."
"..."
Wails, shocked cries, and terrified voices came from ahead.
Hyuga Hiashi's pupils contracted. Without another word, he hurried forward and soon came upon Hyuga Clan ninja who were still fighting.
Yet Hyuga Hiashi paid no attention to his clansmen. Instead, he stared at Uzumaki Naruto in disbelief.
Three orange-red tails swayed behind Uzumaki Naruto. His body was shrouded in red Chakra, his eyes were scarlet, his fingers had become unnaturally sharp, and even his canine teeth had turned into fangs.
He was practically a humanoid Tailed Beast.
But that was not what shocked Hyuga Hiashi, because he had already prepared himself for that.
What truly shocked Hyuga Hiashi were the four golden chains stretching out from behind Uzumaki Naruto.
What kind of chains were those? They shone with dazzling golden light like a river of stars, spanning hundreds of meters through the sky and forming a massive golden net overhead.
Uzumaki Naruto, standing at the center of the chains, seemed like a god.
With a cold wave of his hand, he easily controlled the golden light filling the sky, launching frenzied attacks against the remaining Hyuga Clan ninja.
Any ninja struck by the golden chains had their bones shattered and was sent flying backward with a scream.
"Adamantine Chains!!!"
Hyuga Hiashi's expression changed drastically.
He finally understood why the Hyuga Clan ninja had suffered such devastating losses.
Adamantine Chains!!!
It was the strongest seal capable of suppressing Nine-Tails Chakra, hailed as the Ninja World's greatest sealing technique. Anyone bound or touched by the golden chains would have the Chakra within their body suppressed.
The Hyuga Clan ninja excelled at taijutsu, but before the Adamantine Chains, they were like pigs and sheep waiting for slaughter, utterly incapable of fighting back.
"Uzumaki Naruto actually awakened the Adamantine Chains. Could his identity be..."
Hyuga Hiashi's thoughts churned like raging waves.
According to the intelligence he knew, although Uzumaki Naruto bore the Uzumaki surname, he actually had no connection whatsoever to the Uzumaki Clan.
This was not uncommon in the Ninja World.
For example, many people in the Ninja World bore the Nara surname.
They were all Branch Family members who had split off many years ago and no longer possessed the ability to inherit their bloodline.
But Uzumaki Naruto... had actually awakened the Adamantine Chains, something only the direct line of the Uzumaki Clan could awaken.
A terrifying answer came to Hyuga Hiashi's mind.
He did not dare think any further. Using the Body Flicker Technique, he appeared beside Uzumaki Naruto. Before Uzumaki Naruto could react, Chakra covered his fingertips as he shouted:
"Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms!"
"Two Palms!"
"Four Palms!"
"Six Palms!"
"Eight Palms!"
"Twelve Palms!"
"Twenty-Four Palms!"
"..."
Hyuga Hiashi's ten fingertips struck frantically at the acupuncture points all over Uzumaki Naruto's body.
"One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms!!!"
After all one hundred twenty-eight palms landed, the Nine-Tails Chakra on Uzumaki Naruto's body gradually diminished.
Hyuga Hiashi let out a breath of relief. It seemed he had sealed the acupuncture points in Uzumaki Naruto's body.
Just then, Uzumaki Naruto slightly turned his head. His scarlet eyes looked toward Hyuga Hiashi as he said coldly, "Hinata's father, are you scratching an itch for me?"
Hyuga Hiashi's expression changed drastically.
"You can still move!?"
The Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms had even sealed away his movements.
Uzumaki Naruto rolled his neck and looked at Hyuga Hiashi with scarlet eyes. "That kind of thing... is completely useless!!!"
"Nine-Tails!!!"
Uzumaki Naruto roared within his heart.
The next second.
BOOM!!!
The previously sealed Nine-Tails Chakra boiled up again, surging out like a tsunami and instantly smashing through the Chakra Hyuga Hiashi had placed in Uzumaki Naruto's acupuncture points.
Dark-red Chakra burned around Uzumaki Naruto's body, nearly turning blood-red as it radiated evil and violent power.
Hyuga Hiashi was forced back two steps, staring in shock at Uzumaki Naruto's back.
"Four... four tails..."
There had originally been only three orange-red Chakra tails behind Uzumaki Naruto, yet now another tail had appeared, and all of them had turned blood-red.
"You're in the way!"
Uzumaki Naruto looked coldly at Hyuga Hiashi.
He extended his right hand.
Blood-red Chakra gathered into a palm, like the claw of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and viciously grabbed at Hyuga Hiashi.
At the same time.
The four golden chains in the sky clattered, shooting down like golden meteors and golden spears.
"Rotation!!!"
Hyuga Hiashi roared with a savage expression. His body suddenly began to spin as Chakra burst from every acupuncture point across his body.
A blue, rapidly rotating oval-shaped absolute defense shielded Hyuga Hiashi within it.
The scarlet, blood-red claw of Nine-Tails Chakra slammed down viciously.
BOOM!!!
A terrifying blast erupted, deafening as an earthquake. The rapidly spinning Rotation was instantly shattered.
Hyuga Hiashi's face turned deathly pale as he flew backward like a meteor, crashing into a distant rock garden with a thunderous bang.
RUMBLE!!!
The rock garden was instantly blasted into fragments. Hyuga Hiashi spat out blood and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"How could this be..."
Hyuga Hiashi weakly raised his head and stared at Uzumaki Naruto ahead in disbelief.
Could merely four tails... defeat him?
Uzumaki Naruto's expression was cold.
Four tails!?
So what if there were four tails? In the original story, one Tailed Beast Bomb from Uzumaki Naruto's four-tail state had nearly blasted Orochimaru to death.
Hyuga Hiashi!?
Though he was also an Elite Jonin, he was nowhere near Orochimaru's level.
Before Hyuga Hiashi could get back up.
A golden spear formed from Adamantine Chains struck his body viciously.
RUMBLE!!!
Hyuga Hiashi's body flew backward, crashing through several large trees in succession. Countless bones broke as blood continuously poured from his mouth.
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