An Unquiet Night

"Sign-in successful"

"Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Intermediate Spiritual Pressure, Intermediate Shunpo, Beginner Kaidō."

Looking at what he had obtained from signing in, Narak was ecstatic.

He opened the status panel, and his level had conspicuously changed to: Intermediate Spiritual Pressure (Chunin).

This proved that his previous guess had been correct. The upper, middle, and lower levels of spiritual pressure corresponded to Jonin, Chunin, and Genin. Now that his spiritual pressure had increased, it would be even more helpful when dealing with the shinobi from Kumogakure.

Moreover, he had also obtained Intermediate Shunpo and Beginner Kaidō from the sign-in. His mobility would become even stronger after Shunpo advanced to the intermediate level. As long as he was fast enough, his enemies probably would not even be able to touch him.

The Fourth Hokage had become famous throughout the shinobi world and earned the title of the "Yellow Flash" precisely because of the unpredictability of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Compared with a shinobi's Body Flicker Technique and similar techniques, Shunpo's advantage was that it required no hand seals. This made it even more mobile than a shinobi's Body Flicker Technique.

As for the newly obtained Beginner Kaidō, it could replace Medical Ninjutsu. As long as the injury did not involve a severed limb or threaten his life, it could be healed.

This greatly increased Narak's combat ability.

The rewards from this sign-in could be said to have come at exactly the right time.

The sounds on the roof disappeared without a trace, but immediately afterward came the faint sound of the wooden door being moved.

Narak's heart tightened. The enemy was preparing to enter the room.

Narak prepared to use an unchanted Kido to hinder the opponent, then escape with Flash Step!

But just then, Narak suddenly felt the world spinning around him!

"Damn... There's incense! Fuck, I've been drugged!"

And just like that, the little rookie of the shinobi world was knocked unconscious!

After a while, a shadow entered the room!

The newcomer wore black night clothes. He quietly crept to the side of Narak's bed, looked at the unconscious Narak, took out the sack he had brought with him, stuffed Narak inside, and turned to run out of the Hyuga Clan compound.

"Stop! Who are you?"

A loud shout rang out from the courtyard. It was Hyuga Hiashi. It seemed the Cloud shinobi had still been discovered.

Hyuga Hiashi had risen in the middle of the night and discovered a shadow carrying a sack out of his son's room. He instantly realized that his son had been kidnapped, and fury surged through him.

His precious son was a heaven-gifted genius, bestowed by the heavens to help him glorify the Hyuga Clan. These bastards actually wanted to kidnap him—how could he tolerate that?

Furious, Hyuga Hiashi chased after the shadow. But just as he reached the street, another shadow attacked him.

The other members of the Hyuga Clan who had come out after hearing the commotion were also intercepted one after another. Clearly, there was more than one enemy.

The figure intercepting Hyuga Hiashi shouted, "You go first! We'll hold them off!"

And so, the members of the Hyuga Clan were held back, forced to watch helplessly as Hyuga Naraku was carried away.

Burning with rage, Hyuga Hiashi attacked his opponent with all his strength. This was clearly the leader. As long as he captured him, he would learn where they had come from.

Narak was stuffed inside the sack and carried on someone's back as the man fled at full speed. As the Cloud shinobi leaped up and down, Narak bounced violently inside the sack.

"Mm."

Narak was jolted awake by the violent bouncing!

As soon as he woke up, Narak was about to make a sound, but he suddenly realized that he had been kidnapped!

He hurriedly stopped moving. Fortunately, the Cloud shinobi, anxious to hurry, did not notice!

But after regaining consciousness, Narak was extremely uncomfortable from being tossed around. He cursed inwardly, You bastard. You're making me suffer like this? Just wait. I won't let you die easily later.

No one knew how long they had run before the Cloud shinobi finally put down the sack containing Narak. Narak thought the man had simply grown tired, but then voices conversing came from outside the sack.

"How did it go? Did everything go smoothly?"

"Yeah. We finally got the Young Master of the Hyuga Clan out, but Captain and the others stayed behind to cover our retreat. I'm afraid their chances aren't good."

"Is that so? Forget it. Successfully capturing a member of the Hyuga Clan is already a huge gain. As for Captain and the others, I hope they can escape successfully. If they unfortunately die in battle, they'll still have made a great contribution to the village. The village will take care of their families."

"Right, that kid is in the sack, isn't he?"

"Yeah. I knocked him unconscious with incense. He probably won't wake up for a while."

"Good. As long as we take the Byakugan back, that'll be a great achievement!"

"Speaking of which, if we want the Byakugan, couldn't we just dig it out on the spot at the Hyuga Clan compound? Why bring the person back?"

"What do you know? Whether the Byakugan can be used depends on the person. If we simply dig out the Byakugan and bring it back, what if there's no compatible person in the village? If we bring the whole person back, then even if something goes wrong during the transplant, we can still analyze the reason for the failure using a member of the Hyuga Clan or carry out the appropriate remedy. All right, check this kid and make sure he doesn't die! If there's no problem, hurry up and leave before anything unexpected happens!"

As he spoke, the two Cloud shinobi walked toward Narak in the sack.

Narak's mind was tense. Although he had just reached Chunin strength and possessed a whole host of Kido abilities, he had never actually fought an enemy before. This left him more or less lacking in confidence.

As the two Cloud shinobi began undoing the sack, Narak struggled to steady his mind. He brought his fingers together, ready to release Hado at any moment and heavily injure the enemy by surprise.

As Narak waited with intense concentration, time seemed to stretch endlessly.

The sack was opened. Seeing the "sleeping" Narak, the two Cloud shinobi relaxed their guard and said, "No problem. Let's go back to the village!"

The instant they turned around, Narak, who was lying inside the sack, suddenly opened his eyes. He raised his right hand and aimed it at the Cloud shinobi closest to him. Lightning flashed around his fingers, and in the next moment, White Lightning shot out and struck the Cloud shinobi squarely in the chest.

"Urk... Aah..."

The Cloud shinobi was struck by White Lightning. Along with his scream, the powerful impact sent his entire body flying backward.

After crashing to the ground, his whole body convulsed incessantly. His chest was a bloody mess, accompanied by the charred smell of roasted meat.

The unfortunate Cloud shinobi had never imagined that a five-year-old child would ambush him. He had not even thought to dodge, and was killed instantly.

"What? How could this happen? You cunning brat..."

Seeing that things had gone badly, the other Cloud shinobi hurriedly retreated.

Narak slowly stood up and brushed the dust from his clothes. Staring at the remaining Cloud shinobi, he said, "I'm talking about you rats. You disturbed my sleep in the middle of the night. Don't you know I'm a child? Not getting enough sleep will affect my growth."

"Damn brat... As expected, I shouldn't have underestimated you. The people of Konoha are as cunning as ever."

"What do you mean, cunning? I just wanted to sleep properly. You were the ones with ulterior motives, you stinking rat. So... have you thought about how you want to die?"

"Brat, don't think you can guarantee victory just because you ambushed and seriously injured one of us. He's only a Chunin. I, however, am a battle-hardened Jonin. When I was going on missions, you hadn't even been born yet, you little five-year-old brat."

The remaining Cloud shinobi glared at Narak, gripping his Kunai tightly as he spoke viciously.

"Oh... A Jonin? How terrifying. I'm only a five-year-old child, after all... How about this? You go back to the Land of Lightning, and I'll return to Konoha and continue sleeping. How does that sound?"

"Stinking brat, are you joking with me? We paid such a price, and it was all for you. Go to hell!"

With that, he charged at Narak!