Ring

Hinata slapped both hands onto the ground again, and countless runes appeared once more. This time, however, the runes enveloped the entire space.

A sealed space sounded somewhat fantastical.

But with the unfathomably vast True Qi within Hinata's body, combined with the Sealing Jutsu she had already placed on the Idle System through the System Panel—even though she had only just started idling it, every moment gave Hinata a little more understanding of Sealing Jutsu.

Before long, her Sealing Jutsu had already risen to Lv3.

Aside from the Idle System's miraculous nature, its rapid growth was also inseparable from Hinata's clever mind.

Finally, Hinata herself, possessing an Immortal Body, served as the container.

"I refuse to believe I still can't seal you this way!"

There was excitement in Hinata's childish, milky voice—excitement even she had not noticed...

With an endless, immeasurable output of True Qi, runes imbued with sealing power covered the entire subspace in less than a moment, including the sky.

Then, the space around Hinata began to warp like a sea eye.

This distortion was not disorderly. Rather, like a sea eye, Hinata devoured everything around her!

Hyuga Clan Compound, Hinata's bedroom.

The space above Hinata's bed warped.

Then a small figure fell from it. Fortunately, the bedding cushioned the fall, and the petite figure was not harmed. Though even if she had landed on rocks, she would not have been injured.

"I'm out..."

Hinata sat up, lifted her shirt, and exposed her fair, tender belly.

On what had once been a fair and adorable belly was an... tattoo? It resembled a rope woven from hemp, ruining that nearly perfect skin.

More terrifyingly, the rope seemed to be alive!

The rope slithered upward across her fair belly like a venomous snake.

"Tch... This thing really is still determined to kill me..."

She touched a lock of hair hanging in front of her, plucked out a strand, and wrapped it around her finger. Then the rope on Hinata's belly slithered toward the hair wrapped around her finger until the entire rope disappeared.

She then took off her outer garment and looked at the somewhat blackened Blood Corpse on it. Tilting her head, she plucked another strand of hair to seal the Blood Corpse.

"I wonder if Father can come back tonight..."

A Bizarre Creature had appeared in the Hidden Leaf Village. Though it had appeared on the outskirts and had not caused too much damage, its bizarre abilities had struck fear deep into the hearts of everyone in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Fortunately, it had appeared on the outskirts. If it had appeared within the Hidden Leaf Village, it would not have been as simple as a few ninja dying.

One mistake could cause the ordinary residents living in the Hidden Leaf Village to lose faith in it.

The Nine-Tails disaster had only recently passed. If large-scale civilian deaths occurred in the Hidden Leaf Village for several consecutive years, the ordinary people living there would probably all move away before long, right?

Although the bizarre rope that had appeared on the outskirts had been dealt with, there was still a huge pile of aftermath to handle.

Let the adults worry about those matters. As a child, she ought to go to bed early. Staying up late was bad for her health.

Early the next morning, Hinata saw Hyuga Hiashi, who had a trace of fatigue between his brows.

"Good morning, Father!"

Hinata said sweetly.

"Mm."

After absorbing enough daughter energy, Hyuga Hiashi smiled. Even his fatigue seemed to have eased considerably.

"The hair wrapped around your hand is...?"

With Hyuga Hiashi's eyesight, he naturally noticed the hair wrapped around Hinata's finger.

"I just wrapped this hair around for fun."

Hinata naturally lied. She could not exactly tell her father: These two strands of hair are sealing the rope and Blood Corpse you encountered last night. What you encountered was only a small portion; I sealed the vast majority of it.

Who would believe that?

Even though the Hyuga Clan had now confirmed that Hinata's bloodline had reverted to that of their ancestors, and she was now the hope of the entire Hyuga Clan.

In the Hyuga Clan's records, they had found a portrait—a portrait of their Hyuga ancestor. Though the portrait was already extremely blurred, the horn on his forehead was still very clear.

There was no doubt that Hinata's bloodline was extremely close to that ancestor's. There was hope that she could recreate the ancestor's power.

Though they did not know exactly how powerful that ancestor had been, the fragmented records indicated that his strength had been immense, perhaps even beyond their comprehension.

But no matter how powerful their ancestor had been, Hinata was only three years old. She could not possibly possess overly powerful abilities.

This also caused the Hyuga Clan's protection of Hinata to seem somewhat excessive.

Not to mention the defenses of the Hyuga Clan Compound, even when Hinata finally managed to leave the compound, several squads of ninja followed her in secret.

The most outrageous part was that Hyuga Hiashi, that old man, actually kept his Byakugan activated to watch Hinata the entire time.

It made Hinata uncomfortable all over, and she no longer had any desire to properly look around.

For the next several days, Hinata did not give her father a pleasant expression.

"Mm."

Hyuga Hiashi nodded without speaking.

But he remembered it.

Wrapped around for fun? Hyuga Hiashi looked at his daughter's little hand.

Wrapping hair around her finger did not look very nice. He would buy Hinata a ring later.

"Father, what did you do yesterday?" Hinata asked despite knowing the answer.

"It was nothing much. Hokage-sama summoned the heads of the major clans for a meeting. Although an unexpected situation arose, it was ultimately still under control."

Hinata gave her father a flat look. If that bizarre rope hadn't spent most of its strength dealing with me, you probably would have been finished long ago.

If the rope's power had not been divided, just one subspace would have left the Third Hokage and the others helpless.

Perhaps the Black Shadow Jinchuriki could use the shadow space to pull people out of the subspace, but once it had set its sights on someone, how could they escape so easily?

"Hinata, starting today, do not leave the clan compound lightly."

I wasn't planning to leave the clan compound lightly to begin with. "Then when can I go out?"

Hyuga Hiashi recalled the thing he had encountered the previous night and closed his eyes. "I don't know, but there will be an answer soon."

Judging from the information currently available, these ghostly things all appeared at random. In other words, even staying in the Hyuga Clan Compound was not safe. But at the very least, if those things truly appeared, the Hyuga Clan would fight to the death to protect Hinata.

Comparatively speaking, the Hyuga Clan Compound was the safest place at this stage.

And in order to deal with these things that could appear at any time, the Barrier Squad and Sealing Squad had urgently modified the great barrier surrounding the Hidden Leaf Village.

Though they did not know whether it would work, aside from capturing these things, this was the most reliable measure they could take at present.

After all, it had already been proven that Sealing Jutsu could seal these things.