Naruto Bloodline Theory? It's Just Trash

Gekko Clan pondered.

If there were only two opponents, there should be no problem.

"Once we get information on Hanzo's Granddaughter, we'll rendezvous with the ANBU comrades who arrive and carry out the final arrest..."

"Agreed."

Shinya Senju nodded, fully approving of the arrangement.

More importantly, he could no longer wait to drag out the murderer who had killed his younger brother.

"Besides..."

Gekko Clan smiled.

"When it comes to Taijutsu, who could be stronger than the Hyuga Clan?"

Hokuto Hyuga had not only mastered the Gentle Fist, which countered most Taijutsu styles.

His perception was also astonishing.

From two hundred meters away, he could blow someone's head off with a Kunai.

With the Byakugan paired with the Gentle Fist, no matter how skilled the opponent was at Taijutsu, they would not be his match.

"All right."

Hokuto Hyuga hesitated for a moment.

Born into the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family, he had been used to obeying orders since childhood.

Lacking much initiative of his own, he agreed to his two companions' suggestion.

Besides.

Gekko Clan was old enough to be their uncle or elder.

With an experienced senior leading them, there definitely would not be a problem.

The three locked onto their target, disposed of the corpses, and left the alley while discussing their plan...

On the outskirts of the town.

Kakashi was approaching in ANBU attire.

He wore an ANBU mask and uniform.

Waterproof paint markings on his arms displayed his identity as Konoha ANBU.

Dressed as an ANBU, he was considered a newly appointed recruit.

According to his teacher, Minato Namikaze, ANBU work could help him change his state of mind.

Kakashi looked up at the gloomy sky, where rain fell without end, and could not brighten his spirits no matter what.

But there was one thing he knew clearly.

As long as they captured Hanzo's Granddaughter and made Hanzo form an alliance with Konoha, peace would come...

At the same time.

Asuka placed her slender fingers into a puddle on the ground.

Ripples spread across the water.

The watery environment of the Land of Rain was naturally suited for Water Style sensory Ninjutsu.

The ever-present Water Flow became the perfect medium for her reconnaissance.

After Mingren left the inn.

She had been observing him, intentionally or otherwise.

Afterward, she had directly monitored his movements through sensory Ninjutsu.

When she "saw" Mingren swiftly kill four Konoha ninja, her breath caught slightly.

It was not merely because of his clean, decisive methods.

Nor was it only because he had displayed even greater strength than before.

It was because Mingren's combat style was cold, emotionless, and cruel, as though he were a killing machine born for murder.

Anyone who had never interacted with him would certainly misunderstand him that way.

But after watching him twice in a row.

Asuka knew that not only was he filled with emotion, those emotions were even more intense than most people's.

Afterward, she saw Mingren display his formidable mental fortitude once more, passing three arriving Konoha ninja with a blank expression.

Yet after examining the corpses, they immediately realized who the real culprit was.

Just as Asuka was planning to go over and warn him...

In the distance, a source of Chakra that was not particularly massive, yet exceptionally resilient and refined, appeared within her senses.

Through that familiar Chakra frequency.

Asuka spoke the name: "Sharingan... Kakashi Hatake."

Beside her, Ryu and the other two grew serious upon hearing the name. "Asuka Young Lady, what should we do next?"

Asuka rose to her feet and thought for a moment.

Kakashi Hatake had arrived too late last time and missed the chance to save his companions.

This time, she would make him repeat the same mistake.

"We... will intercept Sharingan Kakashi Hatake."

Asuka made her decision.

The three of them would be left to Amakawa Mingren and Shennong.

The four of them would stop Kakashi Hatake.

17. Ambushed, Transparent Release Instantly Killed

Within the curtain of rain...

Asuka, Ryu, and the other two went to intercept Kakashi.

Unlike her previous bedraggled state, she was in excellent condition.

This time, she was confident she could clash head-on with Sharingan Kakashi Hatake.

On Mingren's side, he continued walking leisurely down the street.

From the very beginning, Mingren had been keeping an eye on those people's movements.

He walked while observing behind him.

"Did we shake them?" Shennong pondered as he walked alongside his disciple.

The two stopped and turned to look back toward the town.

At that moment.

Over a hundred meters away, Hokuto Hyuga stood atop a building.

Maintaining a half-kneeling posture, he fixed his activated Byakugan tightly on the target.

Besides its abilities of x-ray vision and far sight, the Byakugan also possessed exceptional dynamic vision.

That meant.

He could almost catch the trajectory of every raindrop falling from the sky.

The rapidly falling rain seemed to slow down in his eyes, becoming a scene in slow motion.

Relying on his innate bloodline.

When bored, Hokuto Hyuga had devised a method for long-range assassinations.

Going in and using the Gentle Fist in close combat was certainly the pride of the Hyuga Clan.

But if he could simply snipe enemies from afar, would that not be far more convenient?

He silently raised his Kunai and aimed at Mingren, who had stopped walking.

He paid no attention to Shennong beside him.

Because according to the information reported by Ibiki Morino.

The culprit was this cold-faced youth.

He publicly claimed to have blown an enemy's head off from two hundred meters away.

But in reality... his sniping range was around three hundred meters.

Hokuto Hyuga smiled faintly.

At the current distance of one hundred meters, it was practically within arm's reach. He would absolutely hit the target with one hundred percent certainty.

At the same time.

Gekko Clan had already turned invisible, silently stepping through puddles as he approached the target.

Shinya Senju, hiding behind a wall, had also followed them all the way here.

The moment Hokuto Hyuga made his move, he would charge out.

"Hoo..."

He took a deep breath.

All sound vanished from Hokuto Hyuga's ears...

His mind concentrated to the utmost, and he suddenly hurled the weapon in his hand!

"Now...!"

Swoosh!!

A black shadow tore through the rain curtain.

The rain rendered scent-tracking methods useless.

But it also provided cover.

In less than a second.

The flying Kunai had pierced countless raindrops... and arrived before Mingren.

Then...

Swoosh!

It hit.

The Kunai plunged into Mingren's Left Eye, instantly throwing his body backward as he fell.

Splash!

The puddle erupted, rainwater mixing with mud as ripples spread and droplets leaped.

"Hm?"

Shennong instinctively shifted aside and glanced at his fallen disciple, a faintly surprised expression on his face.

"Interesting..."

The next moment.

Shinya Senju charged out from the shadows.

Seeing Hokuto Hyuga's strike succeed.

He ran while forming hand seals.

"Wind Release..."