Jin moved, cutting off his escape from behind.
Then he gathered the Chakra within him and brought his palm down!
Pfft!
Chakra burst from his palm!
Thwack!
The Cloud Village envoy couldn't dodge in time and could only turn his head with all his might.
But.
In front of Jin's Sharingan and kinetic vision, his movements seemed as slow as a tortoise.
The palm strike shot straight for the back of his head!
Thud!
The light in the Cloud Shinobi's eyes gradually faded.
"Phew..."
Jin let out a breath.
He wasn't tired. It was just that—having killed someone for the first time, his adrenaline was pumping like crazy!
His heart was racing, too!
He felt almost no fear. It was nearly all wild excitement!
He even couldn't help wanting to laugh out loud!
A Special Jonin from Cloud Village didn't seem like such a big deal after all!
Fortunately, the system's bubbling prompt arrived right on cue.
[Defeated Cloud Envoy. Attempting to copy trait.] [Currently copyable traits: Kumogakure Technique (Green), Lightning Release Mastery (Blue), Lightning Release Chakra Activation (Blue), Cloud Style Body Technique (Purple)...] [Copy successful. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the elite trait Cloud Style Body Technique (Purple): By using Lightning Release Chakra to wrap lightning around the body, the user can increase their reaction speed and strength.] [Contact target: Cloud Envoy.] [After 30 seconds of contact, plundered the elite trait Lightning Release Mastery (Blue).]
Defeat them, then loot the body!
Two traits at once!
Now that was satisfying.
His late-night dash here hadn't been for nothing—not after he'd caught the scent of a body to loot back at the courtyard.
Both traits were excellent!
Especially the Cloud Village-style Lightning Release Chakra Cloak!
"If I remember right, the Fourth Raikage dodged Amaterasu by activating his Lightning Style Cloak, right?"
"And the Third Raikage relied on the same technique to pierce countless enemies, didn't he?"
Jin murmured, then swung his hand back and brought down another Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The sound of him beating the corpse continued to ring through the forest.
When the moonlight once again illuminated the clearing, Scarface had finally breathed his last.
His left chest, right chest, neck, and forehead had all been smashed to pieces by the Eight Trigrams Palm.
"Since I did save the Hyuga Clan's Young Lady, the Hyuga Clan can take the blame for this."
He hesitated, then went over to the side and crouched down to examine the unconscious Hinata.
He discovered that the girl's forehead was frighteningly hot.
"Seriously? They put that kind of seal on even the Main Family?"
Jin frowned.
He could clearly sense that it was a restriction related to the Byakugan.
It was meant to prevent others from investigating.
But—Hinata was only a little over three years old, and she was the noble young lady of the Hyuga Main Family. They still treated her this way?
No wonder they were a whole clan of Byakugan users!
He shook his head as three golden chains slowly emerged from within him.
They spread over the turbulent chakra inside Hinata.
Strange runes flickered faintly along the chains.
As the three chains wrapped around her, Hinata's body slowly returned to a normal temperature.
Adamantine Sealing Chains!
A powerful Fuinjutsu of the Uzumaki Clan!
It seemed almost effortless to use it to suppress the Hyuga Clan's power.
He shook his head. At the same time, a prompt appeared before his eyes.
[Defeated Hyuga Hinata. Attempting to copy trait.] [Currently copyable traits: Ninja Forbidden Zone (Black), Gentle Fist (Green), Eight Trigrams Palm (Green), Byakugan (Purple).]
"Ninja Forbidden Zone? What does that mean? Does it mean Hinata's off-limits?"
Jin's attention was drawn almost immediately to the trait, black as pitch.
It was so dark that it was hard not to notice.
As he focused on it, the details of the Ninja Forbidden Zone trait gradually appeared.
[Special trait Ninja Forbidden Zone (Black): A ninja must not harm her. Anyone who does will die.]
A brief, direct description.
But it reminded him of a meme from his previous life: anyone who laid a hand on the Protagonist's wife met a miserable end.
Even Pain, whose entrance had been so imposing!
After he hurt the Protagonist's wife, he got beaten until his character model changed shape...
In a fantasy world, wasn't that what you called heaven's favored child?
You could only worship her, never bully her, or you'd be in for a terrible time!
[Copy successful. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the epic trait Byakugan (Purple): When activated, it allows the user to see through things, perceive the flow of Chakra through the chakra pathways, see the points through which Chakra is released, and predict an enemy's movements.]
"Byakugan?"
Uchiha Jin blinked.
With a thought, his entire left eye quickly turned a pale blue-white!
Veins bulged around the eye, making it look a little twisted.
But!
His vision of the surroundings was growing clearer!
Perhaps because Hinata belonged to the Main Family, her Byakugan gave her a full 360-degree field of vision!
He could see the movement all around him with greater clarity.
He grinned and laughed silently.
After laughing for a while, he suddenly asked:
"But... why is the Byakugan an epic trait? The awakened Sharingan only counts as an elite trait."
No matter the time or place, people couldn't shake their competitive streak.
[Beep. The Byakugan is indeed a higher-level bloodline trait than the ordinary Sharingan, and it can awaken the Tenseigan.]
"Tenseigan? Don't try to pass fanfiction off as Naruto lore!"
Jin curled his lip. After settling Hinata down and dealing with the scene, he turned and left.
The pursuers behind him were already close.
Three minutes later.
Step!
Hyuga Hiashi came to an abrupt stop.
When he saw the blue-haired girl unconscious in the distance, his heart clenched. "Hinata!"
Only after picking her up did he realize his daughter had merely fainted.
The Byakugan's restriction hadn't been triggered, either. He let out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness.
But when he saw the unconscious Cloud Shinobi nearby, his heart lurched.
"What is this?"
"The Cloud Envoy? He's... he's... dead?"
He walked over and looked. The anxiety gripping his heart turned to dread.
A Cloud Shinobi had died outside Konoha!
This was serious!
Even though he'd come after them, he'd never once considered killing the other man!
"Eight Trigrams Palm? Could it have been Hizashi?!"
Especially after seeing the marks of the Eight Trigrams Palm on the Cloud Shinobi, Hiashi's heart began to race.
Seizing the chance while no one was around, he hesitated, then picked up the corpse and left.
Whoever had killed the man, the Hyuga Clan was certainly involved somehow!
So all he wanted now was to find a pit and bury the body...
Tap, tap, tap.
Not long after he left,
Anbu and the Third Hokage arrived as well.
"He's dead?"
Seeing the traces of battle and the bloodstains on the ground, the Third Hokage felt a growing sense of unease.
Of everyone in Konoha, who could have killed the Cloud Envoy silently outside the village...? It seemed there was only one person.
"Danzo! You've gone too far!"
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