The Hyuga Clan's Young Lady, Byakugan!

"Jackpot! Jackpot!"

"Hahaha! Faster, faster, go!"

"Who would've thought a century-old clan could be so careless!"

By the Naka River, in the restricted outskirts of Konoha.

A scarface bearing the Cloud Village insignia raced under the moonlight.

He glanced down from time to time at the small, blue-haired girl tucked under his arm.

His face was a mess of agitation and excitement.

"Hahaha! The Hyuga Clan's Young Lady!"

"If I can successfully analyze her, the Byakugan on the battlefield will be nothing to worry about!"

Thinking of this girl's impact on the front lines, the Cloud ninja grew even more excited.

A weird, gleeful grin spread across his face.

He could already picture the Byakugan clan getting humiliated on the battlefield.

But in the midst of his wild laughter, a dark figure suddenly appeared in his peripheral vision!

"Who!"

His expression shifted, and he quickly adjusted his stance to face the shadow.

Zzzzzt!

Threads of lightning chakra spread across his body in an instant.

His heart tensed.

The Hyuga Clan's Young Lady he'd snatched was of extraordinary strategic value!

He absolutely couldn't let her go!

But when he saw that the figure was just a child, his tension instantly faded:

"Phew, you scared me!"

"Just a kid—huh? No way! That Uchiha Clan Crest is—!!"

"An Uchiha Clan Child?!"

When his gaze landed on the Uchiha Clan Crest, the scarface's eyes blazed with brilliant light!

It was the unexpected joy of a hunter spotting prey!

More like the wild frenzy of a fisherman who'd just hooked a ten-pound fish.

"Hahahaha!"

"HAHAHAHA!"

"What luck today! Both of Konoha's great clan bloodlines, handed to me on a silver platter!"

"Hahaha! As expected, Cloud Village is the true King!"

Unable to contain his excitement, he threw his head back and roared with laughter!

His manic voice even carried faint crackles of lightning.

The Hyuga Byakugan bloodline, and now an Uchiha Sharingan delivered right to his door!

He couldn't figure out what kind of protagonist script this was.

As for resistance?

The kid looked only a bit older than the girl in his arms—what could he possibly do?

So from the start, he'd already claimed the Uchiha Jin across from him as his own.

As he passed by, he casually reached out with his other arm to grab him.

Whoosh!

His arm swept through the air—but caught nothing.

"Huh? Body Flicker Technique?"

The scarface's expression shifted slightly as he stopped in his tracks.

He squinted, then said in surprise, "Unbelievable, a kid your age already has talent for the Body Flicker!"

"The Uchiha clan really are the darlings of the Body Flicker!"

His mind flashed to that one Body Flicker ninja on the battlefield!

The elusive, deceptive Body Flicker Shisui!

Young, yet already making a name for himself on the front lines.

Some in the village even predicted that if he kept developing, he might become the second Yellow Flash!

The Konoha White Fang!

Yellow Flash!

Body Flicker Shisui!

Thinking of this, Scarface couldn't help but sigh:

"Whenever Leaf is at a disadvantage, there's always some gifted ninja who stands out!"

"Leaf... what a enviable place."

"But thankfully, the more gifted they are in Leaf, the shorter they live!"

By the end, he couldn't even hold back a laugh.

As a ninja on a special mission, he usually didn't laugh.

Unless—he really couldn't help it!

If those geniuses of Leaf had managed to survive, how would Cloud dare to threaten them so casually?

Let alone come to their doorstep to kidnap?

"Tch, see? I told you Leaf was full of idiots. Of course they got caught."

Of course, Uchiha Jin completely agreed with the man's view.

He even nodded.

A tiny kid, a whole lot of agreement.

After his loud laugh, Scarface scanned left and right.

Sure no one was chasing, he waved a large hand: "Alright, since we ran into each other, you're in luck. I'll take you somewhere else to live!"

Crackle!

The next second, he turned into lightning and shot straight forward!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

His speed was several times faster than before!

But—he still grabbed nothing.

Jin merely hopped back half a step and dodged the grab.

Whoosh~

A gentle breeze blew.

Moonlight fell.

It dyed the Forest of Death a silvery gray.

Uchiha Jin rubbed the tree trunk beside him, marked with a Flying Thunder God cursed mark, and shook his head softly:

"Old man, a bit too eager, huh?"

"How about we chat for ten minutes?"

Cloud Envoy: ...

He took a deep breath, and when he looked at Jin again, the frivolity in his eyes slowly faded.

All that was left was excitement!

"Looks like a little genius too. My luck really is amazing!"

"Lightning Style: Lightning Snake!"

He suddenly set down Hinata and formed hand seals!

Inside his body, Chakra flowed rapidly.

Zzzz!

In an instant, a purple Lightning Serpent appeared out of nowhere, lunging at Uchiha Jin without any warning.

This strike was fast, precise, and ruthless!

"Oh? Lightning Style?"

Jin's eyes shifted. He suppressed the urge to activate his Golden Body of Light.

Instead, he quietly began to spin his Sharingan.

After years since his arrival in this world, this was the first real fight against an enemy.

Nervous?

Maybe a little.

But not much.

The enemy ninja was, at best, a Special Jonin.

And he had his undying golden body as a safety net!

In other words, since he couldn't die anyway, he could go wild!

Whoosh!

The next moment, his figure flickered and leaped between the treetops, dodging the lightning snake that spat toward him.

At first glance, it looked like the Body Flicker Technique, but if anyone versed in space-time ninjutsu were here, they'd notice the spatial nodes shifting slightly with each teleport.

Flying Thunder God Technique!

With over a million Chakra Ton at his disposal, he could even weave chakra into spiderwebs midair.

"So fast!"

Scarface's expression turned grim.

He realized he couldn't keep up with Jin's movements!

A sense of unease began to creep into his heart.

He couldn't drag this out—there were pursuers behind him!

Taking a deep breath, he formed the Boar Seal with both hands: "Lightning Style: Lightning Clone!"

Crackle!

The next moment, an identical figure appeared beside him.

Then the two of them made hand signs in unison.

"Lightning Style: Lightning Snake!"

Two lightning serpents emerged simultaneously, moving even faster!

Like bolts of lightning, crackling and hissing.

"Bring it on!"

Jin halted his Flying Thunder God, his small face brimming with anticipation.

The Flying Thunder God was too broken—time to try something else!

Soon, his pupils began to shift from black to a deep crimson.

Sharingan, Three-Tomoe spinning!

With Dynamic Vision layered on, he could clearly track the lightning snake's trajectory!

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

Zap!

Amid the lightning, the snake's path was broken down into slow-motion frames on his retina.

Left side!

The instant it closed in, Jin sidestepped to the right.

Sizzle!

Smack!

The lightning snake missed, slamming into the rock behind him.

"A Three-Tomoe Sharingan? When did Konoha produce another genius like this?!"

Seeing the Three-Tomoe in Jin's eyes, Scarface's face turned ashen.

A Three-Tomoe on the battlefield was at least a squad leader level!

In other words, this kid, who looked no older than six or seven, was already on par with a Special Jonin?

No!

He couldn't let this slide!

He took a deep breath, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

The next moment, chakra surged within him!

Crackle!

Purple lightning spread like a spiderweb, blanketing the area.

If he was fast, then fill the surroundings with lightning!

In other words, he could afford countless mistakes, but Jin only needed one slip-up to get caught.

"Eh? They're already catching up?"

Jin glanced behind him and stopped toying around.

He didn't want to truly expose himself under the noses of the Konoha F4 just yet.

With a flick of his hand, he hurled twelve shuriken!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Each one flew from an odd angle, and just as Scarface moved to dodge, he felt a sharp gust of wind from behind!

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"

Four years of "hard training" had paid off—this move, stumbled upon by chance, now came in handy!