Naruto Bloodline Theory? Just Trash

And in the hallway outside the living room... beside the door.

Guren and Hinata's battle was also underway.

"Naruko... Naruko... Naruko...!"

Hinata watched the fight inside through the crack in the door.

At the same time, she had to passively endure Guren's attacks.

Unable to focus on two things at once, Hinata was quickly overwhelmed.

Meanwhile, Guren, equipped with the latest-model weapons, relentlessly pressed her assault, beating Hinata back step by step.

Drip...

Drip...

Blood flowed from Hinata's wounds and fell to the floor.

If it had been before.

Naruko in the living room would definitely have noticed the commotion outside.

But right now.

Naruko was wholly focused on dealing with the Emperor and had no spare attention for anything else.

Therefore.

Naruko in the living room had no idea that Hinata was fighting outside.

"Naruko, Naruko, Naruko..."

Tears poured from Hinata's eyes.

She could only watch helplessly as Naruko was driven back, utterly defeated, until... her Water Release Defense Jutsu was smashed apart by the Emperor.

To Hinata.

Everything was wrong.

It should not have been like this.

Things should not have turned out this way.

Naruko...

Naruko...

Naruko...

Unable to accept reality, Hinata began to retreat into denial.

In her mind, she imagined that she should have been the one fighting Naruko.

"Hmph..."

Guren snorted coldly, grabbed Hinata by the hair, and rapidly intensified her assault...

Bang, bang, bang...

Aerial Fortress.

The battle before the floor-to-ceiling windows.

And the battle in the hallway.

The two sparring matches between ninjas continued unnoticed.

The final outcome held no surprises whatsoever.

Naruko was completely defeated, her heart gradually submitting to the Emperor's overwhelming might...

Something had already begun to awaken within Naruko's heart.

One day, it would fully mature.

"Utopia... Gensokyo... Ōtsutsuki..."

Mingren attacked Naruko while contemplating these matters.

Bang!

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