White Lightning!

"You should be careful too." Yei drew a kunai from his waist, locked onto Nakagawa with his Byakugan, and prepared for battle.

"Yeah!" Nami and Daisei both nodded, going on guard as well.

"Now this is getting interesting, you Konoha brats!" Nakagawa sneered, rapidly forming hand seals before slamming his palms onto the ground. "Lightning Release: Earth Run!"

The crackling of electricity rang out as bolts of lightning spread from his palms, racing along the ground like slithering snakes toward the three of them.

"Move back!" Yei warned. He pushed off the ground and left his spot, flinging a kunai forward at the same time.

Nami and Daisei were not slow either, both immediately moving away.

Boom!

The instant they left, a thunderous blast erupted where they had been standing. Lightning flashed, arcs exploded, black smoke rose, and a pit several meters wide appeared in the ground!

"Pretty quick on your feet." Nakagawa grinned, raising his right hand. The steel guard on the back of his hand blocked Yei's kunai with a sharp clang.

Over there, Nami threw several shuriken, sending them toward Nakagawa's vital points from different directions.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!" Daisei landed, leaned forward, rapidly formed hand seals, and spat out several small fireballs that scattered toward Nakagawa.

Nami and Daisei had worked together for a long time. Their attacks came one after another in perfect coordination, completely sealing off Nakagawa's avenues of escape!

Clang, clang, clang...

Nakagawa sneered. He first used his kunai to block Nami's shuriken, then leaped backward to evade the incoming Phoenix Sage Fire.

Although Nami and Daisei's attacks had linked together flawlessly, he was still a Jonin with extensive combat experience. Such attacks were not enough to hit him!

Yei's Byakugan locked onto Nakagawa, predicting where he would land. He reached into his ninja tool pouch and flung more than a dozen shuriken forward.

"Tricks." Nakagawa laughed disdainfully. After landing, he blocked the first shuriken to reach him, then shifted to the side and avoided the rest of their direct trajectories.

However, Nakagawa had not expected the shuriken he dodged to collide with one another behind him, producing crisp clangs. Their paths changed in the collisions, and several of them came at him again from tricky angles.

"Hm? What exquisite shuriken throwing!" Nakagawa looked slightly surprised, as though he had failed to react in time to the incoming shuriken.

The sound of blades striking dead wood rang out as the shuriken hit Nakagawa, followed by a soft poof.

White smoke rose, and a section of dead wood appeared before falling to the ground.

"Nami, watch out! He's on the left!" In Yei's field of vision, Nakagawa appeared elsewhere. Nakagawa rapidly formed hand seals and shouted, "Lightning Release: Earth Run!"

As his voice fell, raging lightning raced along the ground toward Nami!

"Oh, no!" Nami gasped and instinctively tried to dodge, but her movements were still half a beat slower than the Lightning Release. The spreading lightning struck her directly. Electricity surged through her body, turning her black as smoke poured from her mouth, and she collapsed limply to the ground...

"What a weakling!" Nakagawa sneered mockingly, infusing the kunai in his hand with Lightning Release Chakra before throwing it at Daisei.

Daisei reacted quickly, leaping backward to evade the kunai. However, he had not expected that after the kunai pierced the ground, lightning suddenly burst from it and shot toward him again at terrifying speed like a venomous snake!

"Argh!" Daisei screamed as lightning struck him. His hair stood on end under the raging current, black smoke streamed from his mouth, and like Nami, his body slowly crumpled...

"You're the only one left, little Hyuga Clan brat!" Nakagawa easily dealt with Nami and Daisei before turning toward Yei with a mocking curl of his lips.

Yei looked toward Daisei and Nami. Only after sensing that their lives were not in danger did he turn to Nakagawa, narrowing his eyes. "Who exactly are you? Every ninja village has already declared a ceasefire. Why are you still attacking us?"

Thanks to the Byakugan's all-around vision, Yei had also been keeping an eye on Tsurubami Ii's side.

Even among Jonin, there were differences in strength. Tsurubami Ii was not particularly strong among Konoha's Jonin. He was already panting heavily when Mitsu Chika seized an opening and struck him directly with a Lightning Release ninjutsu, leaving him sprawled on the ground with black smoke rising from his body...

Yei sighed inwardly. Just as expected, I can't count on them...

They haven't gone for the kill. Do they want to capture us alive?

That's fine too. It saves me a lot of trouble...

My condition isn't great, but a short burst shouldn't be a problem. It can't last too long. I need to let them get as close as possible... Yei mused inwardly. Pretending to be afraid, he backed away step by step while his gaze swept over everyone present.

"A ceasefire? If the war stops, how are we supposed to avenge our hatred? Those higher-ups have been scared witless by that Yellow Flash. What a bunch of cowards!" Nakagawa sneered. Watching Yei retreat step by step, his eyes were filled with mockery and hatred!

The others slowly closed in around Yei as well.

Even Mitsu Chika, who had defeated Tsurubami Ii, did the same. He grabbed Tsurubami Ii by the collar, tossed him aside, and looked at Yei mockingly. "What a pity you're from the Branch Family. It would've been even better if you were from the Main Family. The Hyuga Main Family has a huge bounty on them in the underground world! But the Branch Family will do too. The one who killed my little brother was from the Hyuga Clan! Don't worry, we won't kill you. Our 'hospitality' isn't over yet! Hahaha!"

By the end, Mitsu Chika was laughing wildly, his face displaying killing intent, delight, hatred, and all manner of emotions!

So that's how it is... pitiful wretches whose eyes have been blinded by hatred... Yei could not help shaking his head. Their purpose was indeed exactly as he had guessed.

There was nothing Yei could say about it. War was like that. A ceasefire did not mean hatred would disappear.

But as he watched several people gather around him, Yei clicked his tongue and cursed under his breath. "I really didn't want to fight, and now this happened. What a pain..."

After a certain accident, the meridians inside Yei's body had suffered severe damage. It was not enough to leave him completely crippled, but controlling Chakra had become far more difficult for him than for others...

Even ordinary Chakra was difficult for him to control, let alone the Lightning Release Chakra he often used...

The destructive power of Lightning Release Chakra was far greater than that of ordinary Chakra!

Moreover, with no sign of the war ending, he could only continue fighting while injured so no one would notice anything wrong inside his body. Even now, his injuries had still not fully healed...

He had thought the Third Shinobi World War was about to end, giving him a period of peace to recover properly. He had never expected this to happen...

But seeing that all his companions had been defeated, he had no choice but to act. Yei felt thoroughly unlucky about it!

Fortunately, if he went all out, dealing with everyone here... should not take too long!!

"Forget it. I'll deal with you all as soon as possible." Yei rolled his neck, his Byakugan fixed on Nakagawa. He formed a Ram hand seal with one hand, and a trace of lightning appeared between his fingers as his calm voice rang out:

"Lightning Release: White Lightning!"