Naruto Bloodline Theory? It's Just Trash

"?!" Shido Akimichi swung and missed, freezing for a moment.

"Damn it! He's not only incredibly strong, he's fast too!! Shido... be careful!"

Kaede Yamanaka shouted with her eyes closed.

His sharp mind immediately made him understand what kind of enemy they were facing.

A person with great strength might be terrifying, but as long as you avoided being hit or surpassed him, it would be fine.

But if that person was just as fast...

That would be truly terrifying.

"Ah~~~!"

Shido Akimichi attacked again. This time,

Mingren easily dodged between his palms with his speed and even circled behind him.

"You're too slow."

With his injuries mostly healed, Mingren tested how well his speed had synchronized and prepared to end the fight.

Shido Akimichi's strength was indeed formidable.

Even Mingren had to avoid facing it head-on.

But he was only strong; his speed had not kept pace.

In the Original Work, when sixteen-year-old Choji's strength reached 10, his speed was only 4.

The same phenomenon was reflected in Shido Akimichi.

Meanwhile, thanks to Dark Chakra, Mingren had developed comprehensively, placing equal emphasis on speed and strength. He had no blind spots in any aspect and no weaknesses at all!

Mingren leaped into the air and punched Shido Akimichi in the back of the head.

With a bang, the enormous body crashed to the ground.

The impact blasted a huge crater into the earth.

Amid the billowing dust, Shido Akimichi's head was split open and bleeding.

That was only because of the Akimichi Clan's physique.

If it had been anyone else, their head would have burst long ago.

"As expected, the head is a weakness too..."

The reason they used the Human Bullet Tank, tucking in their heads and limbs,

was not only to make rolling easier, but also because Yang Release Chakra reinforced different parts of the body differently.

The head had comparatively weak Defense Power.

Watching Shido Akimichi lie on the ground, his head buzzing as he still tried to get up,

Mingren charged forward again with his fist raised.

"Stop!!!"

Kaede Yamanaka began to take aim.

But now that Mingren was on guard, how could his speed possibly be something she could lock onto?

After a rapid series of flashes,

Mingren reappeared and struck the back of Shido Akimichi's head again.

Slaughter

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three consecutive punches.

Each punch was heavier than the last.

After three punches, Shido Akimichi's head had been driven deep into the dirt.

The continuous thunderous impacts changed Kaede Yamanaka's expression, along with everyone else's.

In the darkness, whether they had clearly seen the scene or not, everyone instinctively looked toward the source of the sound.

Listening to the crashes like falling boulders, they trembled with fear.

Crack!

Finally, after a crisp sound,

Shido Akimichi's skull caved in. The Expansion Jutsu was undone, and his body abruptly shrank back to normal.

With his brain destroyed, no matter how sturdy a person was, they could not survive.

Mingren shook his arm.

Flinging away the blood on it,

he rose from his bent-over posture.

With a casual flick, a door panel rose up, blocking the Yamanaka Clan's Mental Energy from penetrating through.

"Pfft..."

Kaede Yamanaka's Mental Energy missed its target, and she immediately suffered backlash from the Mental Secret Technique.

Blood instead flowed from the corner of her mouth.

For a while, not only would she be unable to use the Mental Secret Technique, but her body would also remain weakened.

"This guy..."

Kaede Yamanaka's eyes widened.

Not only had he defeated Shido,

he had immediately seen through the Yamanaka Clan's Mental Secret Technique weakness and countered it...

Who exactly was he?!

Hanzo's subordinate? Amegakure's ANBU? A Jonin? The holder of a Kekkei Genkai...?

That was right. Only someone with a bloodline could explain that bizarre self-healing ability...

All sorts of guesses and uncertainty flashed through her mind.

Negative Mental Energy surged from Shido Akimichi's corpse and was absorbed into Mingren's body.

A dark aura began to spread.

Combined with the Many People, thugs, and ninjas he had killed earlier,

Mingren's strength rose another level.

[Strength: 9.8!]

Amid the chaos,

Asuka watched the scene in astonishment.

An Akimichi Clan ninja had been dealt with that easily?

And he had even countered the Yamanaka Clan's Mental Secret Technique as though... he had known their methods in advance?

The next moment,

Mingren looked toward Kaede Yamanaka.

His feet pushed off, and he ran.

From stillness to motion.

In the blink of an eye, he became a blurry shadow.

In the Original Work's first manga series,

during the Chunin Exam, Rock Lee's speed stat was 8 after removing his weights without using the Eight Inner Gates, and that had already made Many People unable to see his movements.

Mingren estimated that his current speed was about the same.

Therefore,

with just a flash, Mingren arrived before Kaede Yamanaka.

The distance of ten meters took no more than an instant.

He swung his right hand. With a crack,

he twisted the neck of Kaede Yamanaka, who had no time to react.

Even until her death, she had not expected her opponent's speed to be so fast.

"Heh heh heh..."

Shennong chuckled.

He was pleased with the outcome.

The potential of Dark Chakra truly was limitless.

Even without relying on any bloodline,

as long as one continued to delve into the darkness within the human heart,

one's power would continue to grow.

Whoosh!

Negative Mental Energy, visible only to Mingren, surged from the Yamanaka Clan corpse in his hand and was absorbed again.

A full and brimming power instantly filled his entire body.

[Strength... 9.9!]

"Just a little more..."

Mingren casually tossed aside the corpse and glanced at the nobleman holding a corpse storage scroll, who had already wet himself in terror.

He was also the person Kaede Yamanaka and Shido Akimichi had just been fawning over.

The next moment,

Mingren kicked and broke his neck.

Then, Mingren charged into the crowd.

As the sounds grew fewer and fewer, the slaughter also drew to an end.

Until only one man remained.

The short man collapsed on the ground, his face full of despair as tears and snot streamed down his face. "They're dead... they're all dead..."

"Wait."

Shennong raised a hand, stopping his disciple from killing him.

"Gato is the only merchant who dared to trade with Amegakure and sell supplies through sea transport during the war..."

If he were killed,

Amegakure's logistical support would be completely cut off.

"..."

Mingren withdrew his fist, gave him a cold glance, and turned away.

[Strength... 10!]

By the time Minato Namikaze and Hanzo arrived,

the outcome of the Body Flicker Technique contest no longer mattered.

Because...

both of them smelled a thick scent of blood from deep within the underground entrance.