Run Away, and I'll Let You Go

"Nine-Tails..."

"Nine-Tailed Fox..."

Hyuga Setsuna fell to the ground, staring at Uzumaki Naruto, who looked like a demon, in terror. His guts churned with regret.

He recognized it.

That blood-red, violent chakra was exactly the same as the Nine-Tails Chakra from the Nine-Tails Attack.

He had thought Uzumaki Naruto had not gone berserk, but now it was clear that Naruto had deliberately suppressed the Nine-Tails Chakra.

He had done so to keep the Nine-Tails Chakra from frightening the weakened Hyuga Hinata.

The moment Hyuga Setsuna realized this, every hair on his body stood on end...

Now... Hyuga Hinata had been sent into the house...

Only he remained...

"Gulp!"

Cold sweat beaded on Hyuga Setsuna's forehead. He swallowed, scrambled to his feet in a miserable state, and ran outside on all fours with every ounce of strength he had.

"Whoosh!!!"

Uzumaki Naruto watched Hyuga Setsuna coldly. With a thought, a golden chain shot out from behind him like a spear.

"Pssh!!!"

The Golden Chain pierced through Hyuga Setsuna's foot like a spear, nailing him firmly to the ground as blood poured out.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"

Hyuga Setsuna's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets. Clutching his right foot, he screamed without pause.

Uzumaki Naruto walked coldly up to Hyuga Setsuna, crouched slightly, and placed his right hand on his shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going!?"

"Don't tell me you're trying to run away after going this far."

Hyuga Setsuna shuddered violently and turned around in terror, only to meet Uzumaki Naruto's scarlet, emotionless eyes.

"Uzumaki... Naruto..."

At that moment, Hyuga Setsuna truly felt fear.

It was not the Nine-Tails Chakra that frightened him, but Uzumaki Naruto himself. There was not a trace of emotion in those scarlet eyes.

Hyuga Setsuna cautiously moved the foot pierced by the golden chain, and bone-deep pain flooded his brain.

He could not move, nor could he mobilize even the slightest bit of chakra. Adamantine Chains had suppressed it all.

"Y-you're insane!! You can't hurt me!!! I'm a ninja of the Hyuga Clan!!! If you hurt me, the clan head won't let you get away with it!!!"

Hyuga Setsuna roared with a twisted expression.

He was like a pig or sheep awaiting slaughter, able only to hope that the clan head's name would intimidate this boy.

Uzumaki Naruto tilted his head and looked toward the entrance of the courtyard with his scarlet eyes.

"Adamantine Chains!"

He uttered the words coldly. Golden chains shot out like golden dragons, clattering as they wrapped around a Hyuga Clan ninja.

"Thud!"

The Hyuga Clan ninja fell miserably in front of Hyuga Setsuna.

Hyuga Setsuna's pupils trembled as he stared at the middle-aged ninja before him in disbelief.

"Clan Head!!!"

That was right.

The middle-aged ninja bound by the golden chains like a dead pig was none other than Hyuga Hiashi.

Hyuga Hiashi's face was flushed red as he desperately tried to break free from the golden chains. It was useless, and only made him wriggle like a worm.

"Uzumaki Naruto, release me at once."

Hyuga Hiashi roared loudly in humiliation and fury.

He should not have been defeated so easily, but Uzumaki Naruto's Adamantine Chains were far too effective against taijutsu ninjas.

The instant one was touched by an Adamantine Chains link, the chakra within their body would immediately be suppressed, turning them into an ordinary person with no ability to fight back.

"Shut up!"

Uzumaki Naruto stared at Hyuga Hiashi coldly.

"You're Hinata's father, so I won't seriously injure you. But you've been far too unfit as a father, and I'll punish you."

Hyuga Hiashi nearly coughed up blood from anger.

You won't seriously injure me!?

Four or five of my ribs are broken, and both my leg and arm bones are fractured. Do you have to kill me before it counts as a serious injury?

Wait...

Punish me!?

Hyuga Hiashi looked at Uzumaki Naruto in terror.

The golden chains clattered as they instantly extended into the sky with Hyuga Hiashi, wrapping around his legs and hanging him upside down.

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!"

"Uzumaki Naruto!!!"

Hyuga Hiashi felt blood rush to his head. Fury nearly drove him mad as he let out a heart-wrenching roar.

He was the head of the Hyuga Clan. How could he be hung in the air in such a humiliating manner!?

"So noisy!"

Uzumaki Naruto extended his right hand coldly. The golden chain seemed to turn into a tentacle and stabbed directly into Hyuga Hiashi's mouth.

"Mmmph..."

Hyuga Hiashi whimpered through clenched lips. The overwhelming shame made him wish he could faint on the spot.

Regret!!!

Utter regret!!!

Hyuga Hiashi did not merely regret it to the point his guts turned green—he wished he could go back to yesterday and kill his past self in the Hokage's office.

Why had he tried to stop Uzumaki Naruto from being with Hinata!?

Not only had he failed to protect Hyuga Hinata, he had also caused more than a hundred Hyuga Clan ninjas to suffer serious injuries, and now he himself had been hung in midair.

He had lost both the woman and the army.

Damn it, damn it!!!

Hyuga Hiashi wanted to slap himself twice.

"..."

Hyuga Setsuna stared blankly at the clan head hanging in midair.

So,

Uzumaki Naruto had fought his way in by force...

With his final bargaining chip gone, Hyuga Setsuna's mental defenses collapsed. Tears and snot streamed down his face as he begged, "Uzumaki Naruto, that really was only normal training just now. Please spare me. I know I was wrong..."

Uzumaki Naruto revealed a cold smile.

"Continue."

Hyuga Setsuna froze for a moment.

Uzumaki Naruto said coldly, "I told you to keep begging. Slap yourself hard. Maybe I'll let you go."

Hyuga Setsuna was overjoyed. Without another word, he began slapping his own face and pleaded even more desperately.

"Slap! I really was wrong! Slap! I shouldn't have bullied the young lady of the Main Family like that, and I never should have offended you. Please, let me go..."

"Slap! Really, I truly know I was wrong. I'll never dare do it again..."

"I'll apologize to the young lady! Slap! I'll kneel and apologize to her. I'll never dare punish the young lady again..."

Watching Hyuga Setsuna repeatedly slap his own face, Hyuga Hiashi, hanging upside down in the sky, was filled with fury.

Now he understood why Uzumaki Naruto had been so angry.

It turned out this bastard had been secretly punishing Hinata.

And he... had only learned through Uzumaki Naruto that Little Hinata had been punished behind his back...

Hyuga Hiashi gritted his teeth in rage. He knew that because of the system between the Branch Family and the Main Family, the Branch Family had always been dissatisfied with the Main Family and even harbored resentment.

But he had never expected those bastards to lack the courage to target him and instead vent their anger on seven-year-old Hinata.

"Once I get down, I'm going to teach you bastard a proper lesson..."

Hyuga Hiashi glared furiously at Hyuga Setsuna when Uzumaki Naruto's cold voice reached him.

"Run!"

Hyuga Setsuna looked up at Uzumaki Naruto with delighted surprise.

Uzumaki Naruto pointed at the gate, only ten meters away, and revealed a cold smile.

"Run. Run out, and I'll spare you."