Mitarashi Zixiao and Hyuga Hiashi were both stunned by the sight:
What was going on?
According to the Anbu's intelligence from Kakashi, hadn't the Hidden Cloud Ninja peace negotiation team attempted to kidnap Hinata?
Why did they all look grievously wounded and on the verge of death?!
Even the Forest of Death had been drastically reshaped?
Even Makai, the Jonin captain of the negotiation team, had had his head blown apart?!
Mitarashi Zixiao asked, "Who can tell me what happened here? How did Kumogakure's envoys end up in such a miserable state?"
Hyuga Hiashi anxiously questioned the Anbu ninjas present as well. "And what about my daughter, Hinata Hyuga? How is she right now?"
Whoosh!
In an instant, a figure appeared. It was Uzuki Yanxi, who had used the Body Flicker Technique and wore an Anbu mask.
She reported everything that had happened to the Anbu Captain, Mitarashi Zixiao. Her report made Mitarashi Zixiao's eyes widen in utter shock, while the pupils of Hyuga Hiashi's Byakugan contracted sharply:
Someone had used an unknown S-rank ninjutsu in the Forest of Death, crippling the Hidden Cloud Ninja team with a single strike and even killing their captain!
More importantly, the entire terrain of the Forest of Death had been altered!
Just who was the caster?
Was it an expert from another ninja village who had infiltrated Konoha? Or had some powerful figure from Konoha developed a new ninjutsu and come to this sparsely populated Forest of Death to test it?
After his initial shock, Mitarashi Zixiao seriously considered the matter inwardly.
After recovering from his shock, Hyuga Hiashi was instead overwhelmed by deep concern:
Someone had unleashed an S-rank ninjutsu in the Forest of Death and blown apart the entire Hidden Cloud negotiation team with one strike. There was no doubt that person was powerful.
Could that person's target also be Hinata's Byakugan?!
Had Hinata already been ruthlessly kidnapped by the person who unleashed that S-rank ninjutsu?!
Tap, tap.
At that thought, Hyuga Hiashi wanted to enter the now utterly devastated Forest of Death.
Mitarashi Zixiao hurriedly stopped him. "Wait... The Forest of Death is too dangerous right now. I've already contacted more Anbu personnel through covert methods, as well as Hokage-sama... They'll be here soon. Once they arrive, we'll enter the Forest of Death together and investigate what happened."
Hyuga Hiashi grew even more anxious. "But my daughter is inside that forest right now."
Mitarashi Zixiao gave Hyuga Hiashi a deep look. "Wait. Wait for the others... Given the current state of the Forest of Death, even you, the head of the Hyuga Clan, could be in mortal danger if you enter.
"You don't want the Hyuga Clan to lose two pairs of Byakugan, do you?"
"..."
Hyuga Hiashi fell silent upon hearing that. After a moment of hesitation, the foot he had stepped toward the forest stopped.
Yet the veins bulging at the corners of his eyes grew increasingly ferocious as he tried to locate Hinata's Chakra within the Forest of Death... Then, he truly saw traces of his daughter Hinata's Chakra.
There was also another mass of Chakra beside Hinata. The amount of Chakra within it was at least several times that of an ordinary Jonin:
Damn it!
That person who used an unknown S-rank ninjutsu, turned the Forest of Death into such a wreck, and wiped out the Hidden Cloud Ninja team really was after my Hyuga Clan's Byakugan!
Third Hokage-sama, hurry and get here!
If you don't come soon, my daughter will be taken away.
The Byakugan of the Hyuga Main Family will once again spread from Konoha to the outside world!!
Watching the two masses of Chakra slowly draw closer in the Forest of Death, Hyuga Hiashi became increasingly anxious and agitated.
He began pacing back and forth, sweat beading across his forehead.
Meanwhile, in the heart of the Forest of Death.
Roman slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. Lowering his hand, he looked at the enormous artificial canyon that had appeared before him after being blasted by the Vacuum Attack, smiling as he said:
"Derived from the Hyuga Clan... More precisely, a simplified version of the Sage of Six Paths and the Otsutsuki Clan's Bloodline Web—Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack. The power of the Vacuum Attack truly is formidable!
"In terms of sheer spectacle, it already doesn't lose to a Tailed Beast Bomb fired by the Nine-Tails in the Naruto anime!"
After speaking, Roman turned and walked over to Hinata, gazing at her gently.
"This is all thanks to you, Hinata. If it weren't for you, I'd still be a commoner in Konoha, selling straw sandals and handicrafts!
"Of course, there's nothing wrong with selling straw sandals and handicrafts.
"But for me, clinging to the thigh of a rich little girl and becoming a ninja offers a far broader future!"
The moment his words fell, Roman pulled her into his arms and burst into laughter.
Hinata was smiling brightly as well. The reason was simple... After watching just now, she had completely learned the Vacuum Attack too. She simply lacked enough Chakra and could not use it for the time being.
More importantly, she had used her Byakugan to observe that everyone closest to the Forest of Death had been blown apart by Roman's single Vacuum Attack!
Naturally, that made Hinata feel delighted inside. Unable to resist herself, she planted a kiss on Roman's cheek.
She kissed me?!
Roman did not hesitate either and immediately counterattacked.
Just as both their cheeks became damp and flushed, the corner of Roman's Byakugan vision noticed that someone with a familiar Chakra presence seemed to have arrived outside the Forest of Death?
Old Man Hiashi!
Roman raised a finger and wiped away the moisture on his face. Without changing expression, he put that finger into his mouth and tasted it. Only after finding that it did not smell bad at all did he reveal a satisfied expression. Then he said to Hinata Hyuga, whose face was crimson and who wore a strange expression:
"Your father seems to be here!
"According to the original Naruto plot, you were supposed to be kidnapped by the Hidden Cloud Ninja, and then your father would come save you... Then your uncle, Hizashi Hyuga, the head of the Hyuga Branch Family, would take the blame and be forced to commit suicide!
"But that original plot won't happen anymore. My Vacuum Attack changed everything.
"Your father is probably looking at the miserable state of those Hidden Cloud Ninja right now, gloating with delight and feeling deeply grateful to me for blowing apart their team and saving his daughter."
Upon hearing that, Hinata still wore that strange expression. Then, copying what Roman had done earlier, she ran a finger across her own cheek and put it into her mouth.
Luckily, it didn't smell strange either.
Hinata thought this, only to notice Roman's gaze becoming even more heated. He gave her cheek another kiss.
How could Hinata admit defeat? She puckered her lips and kissed him back.
The two engaged in a battle of lips and tongues.—The scene was exceptionally beautiful and happy!
Meanwhile, at the edge of the Forest of Death, Hyuga Hiashi watched that enormous mass of Chakra draw ever closer to his daughter through his Byakugan. He immediately imagined:
A ninja from another village who coveted the Byakugan was gouging out his daughter Hinata's eyes, perhaps even harboring special thoughts about a little girl and beginning to lay hands on Hinata...
His heart grew increasingly anxious.
His pace quickened as well, and he continuously cried out in his heart:
Third Hokage-sama!
Third Hokage Yuan Fei Rizhan-sama!
Yuan! Fei! Rizhan!
Why the fuck aren't you here yet? If you don't come soon, my daughter will be ruined by some blond ninja from another village.
She'll have to live a dark, tragic, miserable life for the rest of her days!!!
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