Sniping Konoha Ninjas from the Periphery

Neji landed after riding Thunder Roc a certain distance away from Konoha.

Although he didn't rescue anyone this time, Neji didn't plan to give up just like that. Konoha had so many affairs, it was impossible for so many Ninja to guard him around the clock.

He had high mobility, and the initiative was entirely in his own hands. He could decide when to strike and who to target. Capturing a few more Konoha Ninja and creating some public pressure on the higher-ups of Konoha would surely be able to exchange for Haku.

Having made up his mind, Neji began to wander around the area within a hundred kilometers of Konoha, searching for isolated Konoha squads, preparing to capture them as bargaining chips.

At the same time, Neji also wanted to practice his skills and become familiar with his current strength.

And so, Neji continued to ride Thunder Roc, flying at an altitude of about two thousand meters, overlooking the earth, searching for targets.

With the assistance of Byakugan's powerful reconnaissance capabilities, Neji only spent a quarter of an hour to find a more suitable target, which was a standard four-person squad, a Chunin leading three Genin, seemingly on some kind of mission.

Neji didn't rush to attack, but continued to carefully inspect the surrounding area. After confirming that it wasn't a bait, he drove Thunder Roc into a dive and landed in front of the squad!

With a wingspan of more than twenty meters, Thunder Roc's aura was so amazing that even ordinary Elite Jonin might not be able to withstand it, let alone an ordinary squad led by a Chunin.

Just as Neji had expected.

When the Chunin squad leader saw Thunder Roc suddenly landing in front of him, he felt utterly despair. He couldn't muster any resistance at all. It was already considered good mental fortitude that he didn't collapse.

And the three newly graduated Genin were so frightened that they collapsed directly to the ground, unable to even crawl.

What was more interesting was that these three Genin were actually his classmates!

Neji rubbed his forehead, jumped off Thunder Roc, and asked the four, "Didn't they say that newly graduated students should be performing D-rank missions in the village? Why are you here?"

At this moment, the four noticed Neji's figure. When they saw Neji's face clearly, they were even more surprised.

As the top student of that year, Neji was watched by countless people. These three Genin had also grown up under the shadow of Neji, the great demon. Neji might not recognize them, but they definitely recognized Neji.

What's more, the Hokage Building was bombed a few days ago, and the village simultaneously announced that Hyuga Neji had become an S-rank missing-nin, shocking almost everyone into disbelief.

They had just taken the graduation exam, and the top student of their year had become an S-rank missing-nin!

It was simply too demoralizing!

And the three of them had just graduated not long ago, and had begged their team Teacher for a long time not to accept D-rank missions in the village, but instead took on a C-rank delivery mission.

But now, before the mission was completed, they encountered such a great demon blocking their way.

What was slightly better was that it seemed Neji didn't intend to kill, so their little lives might be saved.

And Neji also opened his mouth in a timely manner: "That girl, leave the team and go back to Konoha to report that Hyuga Neji has captured the squad members. If the higher-ups want to save people, exchange them for Haku!"

Hearing Neji's words, the four breathed a sigh of relief. He just wanted them as hostages, that was good, they wouldn't die!

Neji didn't care what they were thinking. After speaking, he directly tapped the air, sealing all three people's Chakra, took them on Thunder Roc, and transported them to his temporary stronghold.

Leaving a Shadow Clone to guard the prisoners, Neji rode Thunder Roc to find the next target.

About half an hour later, Neji locked onto the second target, also a four-person squad, but judging from their attire, they seemed to be from Anbu or Root!

If he remembered correctly, these four were among the troops that had just besieged him.

Neji lowered his altitude and carefully observed, discovering that there was one Elite Jonin, one ordinary Jonin, and two Elite Chunin, which was considered a very good squad.

After thinking about it, he couldn't always bully children. Finding some stronger opponents would help him hone his skills.

And just as Neji was observing whether there were any ambushes nearby, the leader of the four had already noticed the abnormality and locked onto him flying in the sky. The other party did not hesitate at all and directly released a distress flare.

This wave of operations also stunned Neji. He was at least an Elite Jonin, and with a complete squad, was it necessary to be so careful?

Neji flew for a few minutes and found that there were no other personnel nearby. He was not afraid that the other party had already called for help. According to the distance, even if the nearest Konoha Ninja saw the distress signal, it would take at least half an hour to arrive.

With half an hour, Neji was confident that he and the other party would have already decided the outcome!

Without hesitation, Neji directly controlled Thunder Roc to swoop down, and at the same time, he cooperated with Thunder Roc to launch a large-scale combined Ninjutsu "Lightning Release - Thunderstorm" directly towards the four.

The four were not novices, so of course they wouldn't be so frightened that they couldn't move.

Seeing the Lightning Balls falling all over the sky, the four immediately acted separately in order to disperse the firepower and avoid the risk of being wiped out in one fell swoop.

However, this also gave Neji the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

Neji ordered Thunder Roc to contain the ordinary Jonin, while he jumped down towards the Elite Chunin.

The Elite Chunin was also experienced in combat. Knowing that he was no match for Neji alone, he no longer had any thoughts of running away, but directly burst out all the Chakra in his body and instantly released his strongest Ninjutsu "Water Release - Great Waterfall Technique".

At the cost of Chakra consumption, a single Great Waterfall Technique directly transformed the terrain from a depression into a small lake, and he also used Water Dragon Technique on himself, quickly rushing himself into the water, avoiding the few Empty Palms that Neji sent out from the air.

This Elite Chunin's series of operations also surprised Neji!

Was he so decisive? He hadn't even touched him yet, and the other party's Water Dragon Technique had probably already swept himself half to death.

However, the strategy was indeed effective. It was now difficult for Neji to injure that kind of Elite Chunin who had sunk into the water.

And the terrain had also been transformed into a water battle that Neji was not very familiar with.

As soon as Neji landed on the water surface, the surrounding water surface stirred, and several Water Dragon Bullets formed in an instant, opening their mouths and slapping towards Neji.

Neji frowned slightly, raised his palm, and sent out a few Gentle Fist - Great Air Palms, smashing the Water Dragons to pieces.

At this moment, another abnormality came from the water surface under his feet.

Neji didn't dare to be careless, and Chakra spurted out from his whole body, and he rotated his body, using his defensive Ninjutsu: "Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams: Lightning Great Rotation".

The twenty-meter-plus Lightning Giant Ball directly bounced the water surface away, Neji landed on the ground, fully urging Byakugan, searching for the enemy's location.

In mere moments, Neji locked onto the Elite Jonin 100 meters behind him, using the Eight Trigrams Formation to doubly secure his target.

Simultaneously, he rapidly formed hand seals, arcs of electricity crackling in his hand, preparing to end this Elite Jonin with Raikiri.

But to Neji's surprise, this Elite Jonin also rapidly formed hand seals, electricity crackling in his hand. This familiar scent, this familiar recipe, it was clearly Raikiri as well!

This was like Li Kui meeting a fake Li Kui, and embarrassingly, it seemed he was the fake!

Having fought to this point, Neji didn't care who was the real or fake anymore.

He directly channeled Sage Chakra into Raikiri, instantly causing the one-foot-long Lightning Blade to surge to four feet, the Lightning Blade changing from light blue to deep blue.

Now it was the opponent's turn to be dumbfounded. Kakashi's Sharingan eye contracted, and he cursed inwardly. Having his Ninjutsu copied was one thing—he'd done that himself plenty of times.

But to have someone copy his Ninjutsu and use it countless times better than the original, that was just unfair!

He was already locked on, so he couldn't run. A head-on clash was obviously out of the question. Watching Neji charge at him with a four-foot-long, deep blue "big health stick," he was conflicted.

Fortunately, he had backup. Two Chunin, having recovered, each released two defensive Ninjutsu, blocking Neji's path.

But how could Neji, already charging at full speed, be so easily stopped?

Neji directly swung the lengthened, enlarged version of Raikiri, easily breaking through the Water Wall Formation and Earth Wall Formation, and collided with Kakashi's bootleg Raikiri with undiminished momentum.

After an explosion, Kakashi coughed up blood and flew backward. Neji, slightly hindered, was stopped by a Water Dragon Bullet and an Earth Dragon Bullet, preventing him from finishing Kakashi off!

He activated Rotation again, blocking the two Ninjutsu.

Neji decided to deal with the two Chunin first.

Chakra gathered in his feet, and he instantly activated the Body Flicker Technique, rapidly approaching the Water Release Chunin, who was already seriously injured.

Seeing Neji charging at him, the Chunin knew his life was over!

He released an enlarged version of Water Release - Water Wall Formation as a last resort, then gave up resisting, waiting for death.

Seeing the Chunin's actions, Neji was amused. What a stand-up guy!

But Neji didn't slow down. A Gentle Fist - Air Explosion shattered the Water Wall Formation, and he wildly poked at all the visible acupoints on the Elite Chunin's body. No other reason, just to vent!

He raised his hand and fired off several Empty Palms, deflecting shuriken and an Earth Dragon Bullet aimed at him.

Neji activated the Body Flicker Technique again, this time targeting the one playing with Earth Dragons, who had been constantly firing Earth Dragon Bullets as if that was all he knew!

But before he could get close to the Earth-using Chunin, Kakashi, having gotten back on his feet, charged at him again with Raikiri at lightning speed.

He didn't have time to use Raikiri, which required hand seals, so he instantly condensed a Great Ball Rasengan in his right hand and smashed it towards the one-foot-long Raikiri!

At this moment, Kakashi's mentality was collapsing. A Raikiri over a meter long, he could tolerate that. But a Rasengan over a meter wide? How could Kakashi possibly tolerate that? But what could he do?

Unsurprisingly, Kakashi was sent flying by the Great Ball Rasengan, unable to get up for a long time!

Without Kakashi's restraint, the Elite Chunin couldn't escape Neji's clutches and was knocked to the ground.

Returning to Kakashi's vicinity and seeing him showing signs of waking up, Neji didn't hesitate to wildly poke at him, sealing all of Kakashi's acupoints.

Neji looked towards Thunder Roc's battlefield and found that the battle was almost over. Thunder Roc, relying on its abundant Chakra and the advantage of flight, didn't engage the Jonin in close combat, but constantly bombarded him with Lightning Balls from the sky.

The effect was significant. By the time Neji arrived, the Jonin was charred black and nearly blasted to death.

With that, the battle ended. All four were captured, including Hatake Five-Five, which was a pleasant surprise!

Neji had to think carefully about what to do with Obito's eye!

He wondered if Obito could still rise to prominence in the late game without one eye.

Kamui was a BUG-level Ninjutsu, and now it was in his hands!

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