"What!"
Namikaze Minato's pupils widened.
Hyuga Shin?
How was that possible...
But Namikaze Minato had also heard that there was conflict between the Main Family and Branch Family of the Hyuga Clan...
But still.
It shouldn't have escalated, should it?
"Where's Hyuga Shin?"
"He... disappeared!"
Namikaze Minato quickly changed clothes, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished from the spot!
The night was enchanting.
"Whew..."
Hyuga Shin bit his fingertip until it bled.
"Summoning Technique!"
An ugly worm was summoned onto the ground.
Hyuga Shin's expression was utterly calm.
He had formed a "contract" with the Evil God inside him.
Afterward, the Evil God would help him recover from his wounds. In return, Hyuga Shin had to investigate a place called Root for him.
Actually.
Hyuga Shin had vaguely guessed that his thoughts had already been controlled by the Evil God.
But knowing that was useless.
Hyuga Shin allowed the worm to crawl onto him. It then completed its invisibility, making it seem as though it didn't exist.
Afterward, Hyuga Shin carefully dressed himself in front of the mirror.
The handsome young man in a kimono stared back from the mirror, his expression indifferent and calm.
Hyuga Shin slowly walked out of the house.
One step after another...
With his Byakugan activated, he easily avoided everyone's eyes.
Hyuga Shin thus arrived at the Hyuga Clan's Main Family district.
"I thought I had already forgotten..."
Born as a child of the Branch Family.
His parents had died fighting for the Main Family... yet it was regarded as only natural.
His life until now had been little different from that of an orphan.
At the same time, the Main Family had used him as a slave.
In the past.
Memories that he would never recall came flooding back at this moment.
Those scenes of bullying felt as if they had happened only yesterday.
Finally.
All the scenes froze on the moment he returned in triumph as a War Hero.
Namikaze Minato's friends, comrades, teachers, lover, and disciples had all cheered for him sincerely.
Before Hyuga Shin stood the Hyuga Branch Family, who regarded him with pride, and the Hyuga Main Family, whose eyes held complicated emotions—wariness, alienation, surprise, and more...
Countless scenes flashed back once again.
In the end.
They transformed into a single thought—
"The only people who love me, and whom I love, have always been the Branch Family..."
Hyuga Shin slowly extended his hand.
The worm's form faintly emerged, spitting out a Kumogakure Chakra Blade.
"Swish—!"
Hyuga Shin circled behind one of the Hyuga Main Family shinobi guarding the gate and killed him with a single slash.
Liger Bomb!
Then he smashed another guard's neck apart with an elbow.
The two Hyuga clansmen fell to the ground, thoroughly dead, but Hyuga Shin's mood remained utterly calm.
They were only Chunin.
Now that Hyuga Shin had mastered Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Lightning Release Armor, and Liger Bomb, combined with physical abilities that had somehow grown several times stronger, killing Chunin was extremely easy.
After killing the two men.
Hyuga Shin held the Chakra Blade and slowly entered the building.
He activated his Byakugan.
He charged forward at incredible speed.
His killing intent grew increasingly intense!
Bang!
He suddenly kicked open a door.
The sleeping Hyuga clan elder widened his eyes, but before he could form hand seals, Hyuga Shin threw the Chakra Blade. In an instant, it severed his head!
"..."
Hyuga Shin remained silent.
At this moment, no one could connect the Hyuga Shin before them with the Hyuga Shin who had made great contributions on the battlefield, and who had once even been "the most devoted and kind Branch Family member to the Main Family."
Cold and brutal.
Hyuga Shin killed the Hyuga clan elders one after another.
"Bang!"
"Gentle Fist Style: Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation!"
Hyuga Shin was sent flying by the Hyuga Clan Patriarch before him.
"Hyuga Shin... you're courting death!"
The Hyuga Clan Patriarch looked at the blood dripping from the Chakra Blade in Hyuga Shin's hand and formed hand seals without hesitation!
Caged Bird!
Pfft!
Hyuga Shin's opened eyes suddenly burst apart!
His brain was destroyed along with them.
"Pfft..." Hyuga Shin spat out a large mouthful of blood.
"Unbelievable. While everyone in Konoha is immersed in the excitement of our great victory... you actually..." The Hyuga Clan Patriarch walked over and looked hatefully at Hyuga Shin's bowed head.
But the next moment.
A cold flash streaked past!
The Hyuga Clan Patriarch's words were abruptly cut off!
"Guh..." The Hyuga Clan Patriarch stared at his chest in disbelief. It had already been pierced by a blade.
Hyuga Shin raised his head again. His face was covered in blood, but his eyes had already recovered!
Swish!
Hyuga Shin struck backward and killed the Hyuga Clan Patriarch.
Then he flicked his blade, shaking the blood onto the ground.
Not only had his Byakugan been restored, but his brain had also been repaired.
The Evil God's power far exceeded his imagination...
"Whew... I'm exhausted."
After killing his way through the place, Hyuga Shin silently walked toward his final target.
Hyuga Hiashi.
However, he changed his mind at the last moment.
The commotion from his battle with the Hyuga Clan Patriarch had already awakened some of the servants. Those servants were merely Branch Family Members, and Hyuga Shin didn't want to kill them.
Afterward, Hyuga Shin silently walked toward the Hyuga Family's Ninjutsu Secret Room.
He directly set it ablaze, burning all the scrolls inside.
Then he sat where he was and panted, recovering his Chakra.
The first to arrive were members of the Hyuga Branch Family.
However.
When the Hyuga Branch Family members saw Hyuga Shin standing there with blood covering his pure-white kimono and his blade drenched in blood, they all froze in place!
"Hyuga... Shin... why?"
More and more Hyuga Branch Family shinobi arrived.
They saw the Hyuga clan members being carried out. Every one of them belonged to the Main Family.
All the clan elders had been killed...
Some of them were even jonin.
Hyuga Shin did not answer.
Instead, he stood up.
He threw off the bloodstained kimono.
A tight-fitting Black Combat Suit was revealed, outlining his well-defined muscles.
"Whew..."
Hyuga Shin exhaled a breath of white vapor.
"Hyuga Hiashi... I killed the Hyuga Clan Patriarch and the other clan elders."
Over there, Hyuga Hiashi widened his eyes and stared at Hyuga Shin with fear and hatred. He had already used the Caged Bird, yet he had discovered that it was ineffective!
"And you... you're next."
"All Branch Family Members, fall back!"
"After today, the 'Hyuga Family with the Main Family as its absolute core' will cease to exist!"
Hyuga Shin casually tossed the Chakra Blade from hand to hand, then his figure suddenly flashed!
Whoosh!
Moving at incredible speed, he charged straight at Hyuga Hiashi to kill him!
Hyuga Hiashi gritted his teeth and endured his grief.
He used the Gentle Fist Style and engaged Hyuga Shin in battle!
The surrounding Branch Family shinobi watched the scene. Some trembled all over, some cried, while others laughed...
On the battlefield.
Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
Lightning Release Armor!
Liger Bomb!
Crunch!
After dozens of exchanges.
Although Hyuga Hiashi was also a jonin, he was easily defeated by Hyuga Shin.
A major reason was that Hyuga Shin did not defend at all, using a reckless fighting style that traded wounds for wounds!
"Hyuga Shin... wait!"
The Branch Family Head, Hizashi Hyuga, raised his hand.
That...
Was his own elder brother.
"No waiting! If the Branch Family wants to stop me... then I'll kill him as well."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Hyuga Shin directly killed Hyuga Hiashi!
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