Devouring Souls! Isn't the Byakugan Perfect for Underhanded Tactics? Prepare to Scheme Against the Younger Raikage!

"Hm?"

Su Nuo was slightly taken aback.

Just then.

The soul of the Cloud Village Chunin killed by Hyuga Shin suddenly appeared in Su Nuo's perception as an invisible presence.

Su Nuo reacted extremely quickly.

Black patterns surfaced on Hyuga Shin's palm, and then he suddenly devoured the soul into his body.

"Just as I thought!"

"My true form definitely isn't Sukuna. I'm something else, similar to a Soul Devourer!"

"Heh heh..."

A ferocious grin appeared on Su Nuo's face.

Before him, the shattered soul of the Cloud Village Ninja was pulled over by Su Nuo.

Then Su Nuo opened his mouth, revealing a maw dripping with blood, and swallowed the entire mass of soul!

A huge amount of information appeared in Su Nuo's mind.

Su Nuo already possessed an extremely powerful learning ability, and now he had directly obtained the soul's memories.

"Hyuga Shin's Chakra attributes are Water and Lightning."

"Perfect."

"The Younger Raikage? Interesting... I have a trap perfect for you. Since you're determined to become the next Raikage, will you really sit back and watch me, having mastered Lightning Release, leave?"

"As for Uchiha Miya, I wish him luck."

"The Uchiha Clan has suffered many deaths, while the Hyuga Clan has suffered few. This is the most faithful adaptation of the original."

The Hyuga Family followed the Doctrine of the Mean. Extreme powerhouses rarely appeared among them. They maintained a mediocre level of combat power through the Byakugan and Nintaijutsu Gentle Fist, then relied on the Byakugan's utility to make Byakugan users standard members of every elite unit.

This army led by Commander Sarutobi had a full two Hyuga Byakugan users. It also included a great clan like the Uchiha Clan, along with other minor Kekkei Genkai users and a large number of outstanding Civilian Ninjas. It was an absolutely elite force.

To be fair, the Hyuga Family's strategy had nothing wrong with it. They formed a stark contrast with a certain Uchiha Clan that relied purely on passion and eventually played itself to death.

The Hyuga Family understood perfectly well that the tallest tree caught the most wind. Just look at the neighboring Uchiha Clan. They were very strong, weren't they? Yet Konoha targeted and isolated them.

The Hyuga Family did not show off like that. They kept their heads down and behaved honestly. If they learned other elemental techniques alongside the Byakugan...

Actually, pairing it with Earth Release would be practically invincible.

With Earth Release and the Byakugan's ability to see through things, they could launch relentless surprise attacks from underground without ever appearing, directly slaughtering their enemies...

The Byakugan was actually an incredible assassination tool that paired perfectly with other elemental attributes!

If they put on a mask to conceal the Byakugan as well—

They could disguise themselves as an Earth Release Ninja, wearing a mask that hid their eyes. The moment they encountered an enemy, they would clap their hands and secretly unleash a jutsu. Their enemy would not even know who was attacking them...

Wasn't the Byakugan perfect for underhanded tactics?

As an assassin, a Byakugan user could massacre anyone.

But just look at the image the Hyuga Clan had cultivated?

Hyuga clansmen were humble and gentle, filling every team's functional needs. They stood watch and detected enemies, while rarely producing Kage Level powerhouses. They had always devoted themselves to the village and posed no threat to it whatsoever.

Hyuga Clan: "Hokage-sama, I, the Hyuga, am a perfectly law-abiding citizen!"

Now compare them to that bunch of lunatics from the Red Eye Clan, who were incredibly radical and could even commit the kind of atrocity that wiped out their own clan.

And as it happened, the village needed to strike some groups while winning over others. That meant the Hyuga Family had it even easier.

However, what surprised Su Nuo was this.

Just as he was planning to ambush and kill the Younger Raikage, the Younger Raikage had somehow taken defensive action.

This left Su Nuo very puzzled.

As expected, he could not underestimate the powerhouses of this world.

Even if the Younger Raikage had not yet reached his peak!

Afterward.

Su Nuo released some negative emotions.

This Hyuga Shin really was pathetic.

All of Hyuga Shin's negative emotions from childhood onward had been absorbed by the sleeping Su Nuo. That was how the good-natured Hyuga Shin had come to be—the Branch Family Member who fawned over the Main Family the most.

Now that Su Nuo released a little of those negative emotions, Hyuga Shin could no longer endure it.

Earlier, Su Nuo had absorbed Hyuga Shin's negative emotions, allowing him to calmly and narrowly avoid the Younger Raikage's attack. Now, Su Nuo released the negative emotions, indirectly controlling Hyuga Shin and making him flee.

At that moment, Su Nuo made another subtle adjustment.

He used the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of Nintaijutsu.

Whoosh!

Electric light burst from the soles of Hyuga Shin's feet, and he shot forward, sprinting away at high speed!

At the very first moment.

Both the Konoha side and the Kumogakure side were somewhat dumbfounded.

"After him!" the Younger Raikage roared angrily.

He had not known what was happening himself. Just now, he had suddenly sensed an enormous threat and instinctively dodged.

But... nothing had happened!

What exactly was going on?

Why had he just felt that he was about to be suddenly killed by that Hyuga Ninja?

The pressure that Hyuga clan youth had given him was far inferior to that of the young Uchiha with the Two Tomoe!

No, no! He could not let this unknown factor escape!

Among the many Ninjas, the Younger Raikage belonged to the passionate type. He relied on instinct in battle, and even his command decisions were based on instinct!

At this moment, the Younger Raikage's instincts told him that he could not let Su Nuo escape. Otherwise, Su Nuo would inevitably become a major threat to him!

"Lord A?! What about this side..."

"I've already defeated that Konoha Jonin and the Uchiha Chunin. Can't you handle the rest yourselves?!"

The Younger Raikage rudely cut off his subordinate.

He leaped up on his own and fiercely pursued Hyuga Shin!

"Lightning Release... It isn't strange for Lightning Release to exist in Konoha, after all, it's the greatest village." The Younger Raikage rapidly analyzed the situation as he gave chase.

"As for the battlefield earlier, with me there, we could achieve a complete victory... Without me, there should be casualties on both sides and a draw. But the Cloud Village side would still have the advantage, six to four. No problem. What matters now is this Hyuga youth! I need to figure out why he gave me that instinctive feeling that he could kill me!!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Younger Raikage accelerated madly!

His Lightning Release Nintaijutsu was far more practiced than Hyuga Shin's!

He gradually caught up!

The Younger Raikage's attention was fully focused, his mind intensely concentrated!

On the other side, Hyuga Shin felt his negative emotions receding like flowing water. He realized that he would not be able to escape.

But he had also created enough distance.

Hyuga Shin nimbly flipped through the air, smoothly changing direction and facing the Younger Raikage head-on!

The pressure...

Had exploded!

Hyuga Shin did not even know how he was supposed to win.

His opponent was the Younger Raikage, someone who could fight Namikaze Minato.

Hyuga Shin was a standard Konoha villager born in Year 30. Those born afterward, five or six years younger than him—people like Asuma Sarutobi, Might Guy, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi—had all admired the man named Namikaze Minato.

Namikaze Minato was the disciple of Jiraiya, one of Konoha's Sannin.

His speed was as fast as lightning, making him difficult to react to.

And the youth before him was someone capable of fighting a figure like that!

I'm fighting the Younger Raikage? Seriously?

Can I win?

Hyuga Shin asked himself this question while sweating profusely!

Because of the excessive pressure, the Younger Raikage's figure even began to blur in Hyuga Shin's eyes.

Blur...

Blur?

Huh?

Large amounts of black patterns surfaced across Hyuga Shin's body...