"The gate!?"
"The gate..."
"The gate!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna looked at the gate in wild delight.
He knew it. He knew Uzumaki Naruto did not dare kill anyone.
He had won the gamble!!!
As long as he gave this brat a little face, Naruto would not dare kill him. Even under the interference of Nine-Tails Chakra, he would not dare kill anyone.
Hyuga Setsuna nearly burst out laughing in his heart.
A brat was still a brat. Not only was he weak-willed, but he hesitated over everything. He must have been afraid of Konoha's judgment.
Despite the ecstasy in his heart, Hyuga Setsuna still nodded at Uzumaki Naruto with a face full of gratitude.
"Thank you, Lord Naruto, thank you, Lord Naruto. I'll leave right away. I'll get out of here right away. I'll definitely give Lady Hinata a proper apology..."
As he spoke, Hyuga Setsuna used both hands and feet to drag his pierced sole across the ground, inching miserably toward the gate.
Watching the miserable Hyuga Setsuna, Hyuga Hiashi was so ashamed he wished he could die on the spot.
How could the Hyuga Clan have such a spineless coward?
You were a jonin!!!
How could you be so shameless?
Even if you resented the Main Family, you should not disgrace yourself like this.
His disappointment in Hyuga Setsuna even made Hyuga Hiashi deeply disappointed in Uzumaki Naruto.
Because of your anger, Adamantine Chains had broken four or five of my ribs, shattered my hands and feet, and left me severely injured.
And yet!!!
You were just going to let the culprit go so easily!?
Wasn't that far too cowardly!?
At the very least, break his hands and feet!!!
Uzumaki Naruto neither knew nor cared what Hyuga Hiashi was thinking. He merely watched Hyuga Setsuna crawl forward bit by bit with scarlet eyes.
The moment Hyuga Setsuna crawled one meter.
A cold smile curled at Uzumaki Naruto's lips.
"Adamantine Chains!"
"Whoosh!!!"
The sound of something tearing through the air rang out.
"Splat!!!"
A Golden Chain pierced brutally through Hyuga Setsuna's left sole like a spear.
"Ahhh!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna, whose face had still been filled with joy, suddenly felt searing agony. His pupils dilated as he screamed his heart out.
"My foot!!! My foot!!! Ahhh..."
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much I'm dying! Damn it, it hurts so badly!!! My foot has been pierced through, ahhh..."
"Uzumaki Naruto!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna's face twisted hideously from the pain. Turning around, he roared at Uzumaki Naruto, "You still dare attack me? Didn't you promise that as long as I left..."
Before he could finish, Hyuga Setsuna remembered something. Whether from pain or terror, cold sweat instantly soaked his back.
He remembered...
Hyuga Setsuna stiffly turned his head, his eyes filled with terror as he looked at the gate still nine meters away.
Leave through the gate...
Spare him...
"Ahhh!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna's expression twisted viciously. Grabbing at the grass with both hands, he crawled forward desperately.
Eight meters!
Uzumaki Naruto spoke coldly:
"Adamantine Chains!"
The Golden Chain shot out again like a spear, piercing through Hyuga Setsuna's left palm.
"Ahhh!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna screamed again in agony, but he could not afford to stop. His face contorted as he crawled toward the distant gate.
Seven meters!
"Adamantine Chains!"
This time, the Golden Chain pierced through Hyuga Setsuna's right palm.
Six meters!
"Adamantine Chains!"
The Golden Chain blasted through Hyuga Setsuna's left calf.
Five meters!
"Adamantine Chains!"
The Golden Chain blasted through Hyuga Setsuna's right calf.
Four meters!
"Adamantine Chains!"
The Golden Chain blasted through Hyuga Setsuna's left arm.
Three meters!
"Adamantine Chains!"
The Golden Chain blasted through Hyuga Setsuna's right arm.
Over those seven meters, all four of Hyuga Setsuna's limbs had been shattered into comminuted fractures. There was no possibility of recovery left.
Blood flowed from his limbs, leaving a trail of crimson across the ground.
Hyuga Hiashi, hanging upside down in the air, went pale.
"This is... killing the heart before killing the body..."
"First give him despair, then give him hope, then give him despair again... This is simply... punishment from hell..."
Hyuga Hiashi's voice was exceptionally dry.
He took back his earlier thoughts.
Uzumaki Naruto was not a coward. He was a complete demon.
He had never intended to let Hyuga Setsuna go. He clearly intended to inflict a punishment dozens of times harsher than the one Hyuga Hiashi had received.
First hope, then despair.
Letting someone sink into endless darkness amid despair.
There was no punishment in the world more terrifying than this.
Without even looking at Hyuga Setsuna, Hyuga Hiashi could feel his despair.
It was clearly only ten meters.
A distance an ordinary person could walk in eight seconds, yet at this moment, it was like the ends of the earth.
"Three meters, three meters left, only three meters left..."
Hyuga Setsuna stared viciously at the gate before him, burying his head into the dirt and inching forward with his chin.
He had to escape!!!
He definitely had to escape!!!
He would take brutal revenge on Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Hinata. He would not let those two damned brats go.
He would repay every bit of humiliation and torture he had suffered tenfold, a hundredfold.
Two meters!
A Golden Chain pierced through Hyuga Setsuna's thigh, brutally shattering his femur as blood splashed across the ground.
"Ahhh!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna roared in agony, yet still desperately dragged himself forward.
One meter!
The Golden Chain shot out again, piercing Hyuga Setsuna's left thigh and pulverizing the bone.
"Ahhh!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna let out a heart-rending roar and slammed his chin violently against the ground again.
"I made it!!!"
"I made it over!!!"
Hyuga Setsuna looked wildly at the scene before him.
It was clearly just ordinary grass, yet it felt like heaven to Hyuga Setsuna. He wanted nothing more than to kiss the ground before him.
"I'm out!!!"
"I escaped! I crawled ten meters, hahaha..."
Tears of excitement streamed down Hyuga Setsuna's face as he laughed loudly and reached out to touch the ground beyond the ten-meter mark as though he had been reborn.
Hyuga Hiashi also let out a sigh of relief at that moment.
"Thankfully, Hyuga Setsuna is strong-willed. Otherwise, he never would have escaped..."
Hyuga Hiashi's voice abruptly stopped. His Byakugan eyes widened as he stared at what was happening below in disbelief.
A Golden Chain wrapped around Hyuga Setsuna's right foot.
The clattering Golden Chain ignored Hyuga Setsuna's desperate attempt to bite into the ground and mercilessly dragged him back to the starting point.
Uzumaki Naruto spoke coldly:
"Your form wasn't standard enough. Do it again!"
Before you continue