Double Kill

The Black Shadow escaped.

Vanishing without a trace under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Only Hizashi Hyuga, who possessed the Byakugan, could see the wisp of black mist left behind by the Black Shadow; nothing else remained.

Or rather, with the most elite ninjas of Konoha making a move, nothing could be left behind.

The last time they felt this powerless was during the Nine-Tails Rebellion several years ago.

Speaking of the Nine-Tails...

"Could it be that masked man?"

They couldn't forget the culprit from several years ago who unleashed the Nine-Tails, which even led to the death of the Fourth Hokage.

"No, absolutely not him!" Hizashi Hyuga's tone was incredibly certain. "I remember the masked man's chakra; it's completely different from this Black Shadow."

"I even suspect if this Black Shadow even has chakra, because I didn't see any chakra on the Black Shadow at all."

"Even... I suspect he isn't human!"

Never mind what Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking, Uchiha Fugaku breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan wasn't particularly good, at this moment, Uchiha Fugaku felt a bit more favorably towards Hizashi Hyuga.

After all, the masked man who appeared a few years ago had caused the relationship between the village and the Uchiha Clan to become very tense. If another "Black Shadow" connected to his Uchiha Clan appeared at this time, he would truly have no one to cry to.

Since the Hyuga Clan, with their Byakugan Kekkei Genkai, said so, it was as good as confirmed.

"The top priority now is to find out if anyone has been sacrificed," Sarutobi Hiruzen said after some thought.

Then, the entire village sprang into action.

A Black Shadow, inexplicably appeared in Konoha, and then inexplicably disappeared. This could be considered a provocation to Konoha.

Before long, before the Anbu could even investigate thoroughly.

A delegation from Kumogakure arrived at Konoha's Hokage's Office Building, their faces filled with anger, confronting the Third Hokage who had just sat down and hadn't even warmed the chair.

"Lord Hokage! What is the meaning of this? We came to Konoha with the intention of peace, but now our leader has died in your Konoha!"

"If you Konoha doesn't give us an explanation, this matter is not over!"

As soon as the Kumogakure people saw the Third Hokage, they immediately leveled a serious accusation.

The Third Hokage took a puff of his pipe, white smoke escaping his mouth.

"Please, everyone, don't be hasty. Just now, something happened in our Konoha. We are unaware of the matter concerning your leader. Could there be some misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstanding? Are you Konoha afraid to take responsibility for your actions? I think you might be trying to provoke another war between Konoha and Kumogakure!"

War?

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes instantly sharpened, and he took another puff of his pipe.

"Everyone, you mustn't speak carelessly. Konoha has no reason to kill your leader, and as for war, that is even more preposterous. Please, Kumogakure, don't joke around."

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen wore a smile, his tone turned cold.

"Hmph, I don't care! You Konoha must give us an explanation today!"

The Kumogakure people were being completely unreasonable.

Just then, an Anbu member appeared in the office and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Hokage, the investigation is complete. No ninjas or civilians are missing from the village."

"Of course, your Konoha people are fine; the one who died is one of our Kumogakure people."

Upon hearing the Anbu's words, the Kumogakure delegation became sarcastic.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took another puff of his pipe. He understood now; it seemed that Kumogakure had ill intentions for this peace treaty.

Meanwhile, Hinata, who had already returned to her room, watched the Black Shadow emerge from the shadows in the corner of the room.

Hinata's vision was currently... strange.

Her eyes had changed significantly over the past three years.

Although outwardly, there was no visible difference, just a pair of Byakugan like any ordinary Hyuga.

And their functions were almost identical.

However, in reality, the two were not on the same level at all.

Two years ago, Hinata could already clearly see the human body's meridians and the chakra within others.

Not long after, she could clearly see the Nature Energy that was present everywhere in this world.

Wind, fire, water, earth, lightning, wood – ever since she could see Nature Energy, Hinata saw it more clearly with each passing day.

Fortunately, this Nature Energy didn't suddenly appear in her vision, and her ability to see Nature Energy could be freely turned on and off, so it hadn't caused Hinata any trouble.

But, just now.

Ever since she saw the energy body that seemed to be the aggregation of all negative energies in the universe...

Her vision changed drastically!

An energy that seemed to devour everything and held malice towards all appeared in Hinata's sight.

As soon as these energies appeared, they occupied Hinata's entire field of vision!

Yes, her entire vision. All perspectives, 360 degrees!

At this moment, the whole world seemed to have been dyed with black ink.

The originally colorful world was enveloped in a layer of black.

And this black was not friendly.

Under Hinata's eyes, which could see thousands of miles, within this range of thousands of miles.

There were several places where large amounts of dark, bizarre energy gathered, as if they were breeding something.

Unfortunately, Konoha was one of these places.

And now, in Hinata's vision, a black, bizarre vortex was less than five meters away from her.

This vortex was only two meters high and wide, and it was constantly devouring the surrounding dark, bizarre energy, strengthening itself.

"This is going to be difficult..."

Since it was the first time she had encountered such a bizarre thing, Hinata didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.

Just then, the sound of footsteps on the floor echoed.

Perhaps the owner of the footsteps was extremely careful, able to hide from many people.

But Hinata was not among them!

"You've come at the perfect time."

The person who arrived was from the Cloud Village Delegation!

Originally, the Cloud Village Delegation wanted to check the situation upon hearing their leader's screams, but they remembered their mission. Moreover, the people of Konoha were all attracted by their leader's screams, so how could they give up such a great opportunity!

This person was sent by the Cloud Village Delegation, who still had wicked intentions, to abduct Hinata!

Clearly, his luck was not very good. He had come at the wrong time.

After he bypassed layers of guards and finally sneaked into Miss Hinata's room, he saw a black shadow. And...

Miss Hinata, staring with her Byakugan, as if she were waiting for him!

Seeing this bizarre scene, the person couldn't help but step back.

He was truly terrified.

"I'm very sorry, but you might have to die here."

Hinata apologized, as this was the first time someone had died because of her.

...Perhaps it was the second time; before him, his leader had already died.

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