"Are you serious?"
Kazeka's trash talk afterward did not interest Huangshi. At that moment, all his attention was fixed on the villagers who had been rescued.
"You rescued those villagers?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Before anyone else could react, Zhenyou could not help but speak up.
"To keep the hostages, we made thorough preparations.
"The formation was an Advanced Stealth Formation. To be safe, we not only used special Sealing Jutsu, but also used my Ninja Needles to seal their vital points.
"We even forced them to drink Weakening Potion that harmed their bodies, all to prevent them from being detected.
"Even detection abilities like the Byakugan could be concealed by the formation!"
"If only the Inuzuka Clan and the Hyuga Clan had come, you might indeed have managed to fool them.
"But unfortunately, I happen to be a researcher who is also skilled in formations and Sealing Jutsu.
"The peculiar energy fluctuations emitted by your formation were as conspicuous to me as Fire Fly in the night..."
Kazeka grabbed a handful of steel needles from his robes and tossed them before Zhenyou.
He looked at him as though he were a slow-witted gorilla.
"Right now, you have only one option: surrender and tell us your entire plan.
"Don't worry. If you cooperate, I'll reduce the number of times you get vivisected alive on the operating table!
"I'm a kind person. Although I think experiments are wonderful, you people don't seem to like them, so cooperate obediently..."
"Kazeka, don't talk nonsense. You'll scare them..."
Kurenai Yuhi rubbed her brow with a headache, then turned to the three of them and spoke.
"Give up resisting. We of Konoha will not conduct human experiments on you.
"Although your actions have been vile, the villagers have not yet suffered the worst consequences.
"If you truly cooperate honestly, Konoha will show you leniency!"
Confess and get leniency; resist and get severity!
Though the three Rogue Ninja brothers had never heard that saying, they all thought the same way.
They each had one head resting on two shoulders, so why should they obediently surrender?
Moreover, although the other side had a Jonin, they were unlike the formally trained ninja from a great village like Konoha.
Rogue Ninja might lack resources, but they never lacked all sorts of strange methods. If they wanted to escape, they might actually have a chance!
"Kazeka, Hinata, Kiba, go. I'll cover you. Consider this a test for your first real mission!"
The three Rogue Ninja brothers were confident, but as a Jonin, Kurenai Yuhi was even more confident. She even treated this as part of training her subordinates.
"Sensei, leave it to me!"
"Kurenai, I... I'll do my best!"
Kiba and Hinata at least answered Kurenai, but Kazeka, who could no longer hold himself back, did not waste any breath.
He charged out at once and launched an attack on Huangshi.
Hinata had initially targeted Huangshi, the Chunin. She had planned to restrain him first.
With Kazeka and Kiba's abilities, they would surely end the battle quickly. Then, the three of them could join forces against the enemy.
But given the current situation, she could only face that slightly plump man with the gloomy eyes!
"What a fair-skinned little girl. Judging by your appearance, after I kill you, your skin would be perfect for making into a needle case..."
Zhenqi made no effort to conceal the cruel desire in his eyes as he reached for Hinata's heart.
Under the sunlight, cold gleams flashed from his palm. On closer inspection, they were clearly several shining silver needles!
"Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!"
As a member of the Hyuga Clan, Hinata excelled most at close combat. Though her opponent's attack seemed to have more tricks behind it, she was still unafraid.
She twisted aside to evade the incoming attack, then formed her fingers into blades and struck at vital points all over his body!
"Heh heh..."
Watching Hinata foolishly attack him head-on, a gleam of triumph flashed deep in Zhenyou's eyes.
What he was most proud of was his eyesight, which surpassed that of ordinary people and allowed him to rapidly judge the direction of an opponent's attacks.
Another advantage was the vast number of poisoned needles hidden within his body.
Under his control, these poisoned needles could emerge and shoot out from any part of his body. Once an opponent engaged him in close combat, they would immediately suffer a huge loss!
Even if they discovered this afterward, they would still find him difficult to deal with!
His proudest achievement had been using poisoned needles, while still a Genin, to slowly wear a Chunin to death.
"So you have the Byakugan, which can see through things? I've heard of Konoha's famous Hyuga Clan.
"But seeing my ability doesn't mean you have a way to deal with it..."
Watching Hinata only dodge without fighting back, Zhenyou could not help but burst into laughter.
"I was originally considering how to break out, but now it seems directly capturing you would be the better decision!
"In my opinion, you're usually the weak and timid sort. Someone like you should obediently become my hostage... Pfft!"
"What a noisy bastard!"
Before Zhenyou could finish, Hinata had already slapped him across the face.
The ferocious strike, infused with Chakra, carried considerable force and directly sent four or five of Zhenyou's teeth flying.
Watching her opponent stagger back four or five steps and stare at her in shock, Hinata shed her previous timid demeanor and looked at him with disdain.
"I originally wanted to use you to train my hand-to-hand combat skills, but you're just too noisy.
"Is it because you're so weak that you usually can't find anyone to talk to, so you ended up like this?
"Also, do you really think your technique of hiding needles in your body is impressive?
"This technique was already obsolete in Konoha, yet you're still boasting about it. Aren't you ashamed?"
"Bastard!"
Hinata had dismissed his proud ability as worthless, completely shattering Zhenyou's composure. He glared at Hinata viciously.
"Did one lucky counterattack make you this full of yourself? It seems I should give up on the idea of preserving your skin intact..."
Zhenyou's body shuddered, and dozens of Senbon as thin as cow hairs swarmed toward Hinata!
"What a stubborn idiot!"
Facing the attack, Hinata's Chakra-coated hands moved rapidly, sweeping every needle aside.
Taking advantage of Zhenyou's stunned moment, she lunged directly before him and slammed him violently to the ground with a punch.
"You can feel your body slowing down, can't you? When I attacked you earlier, I used Chakra to directly activate the poison on the needles inside your body, making it erupt within you!
"Arrogant, murderous, willing to do anything for your own benefit. As punishment for trash like you..."
Hinata raised her foot. Under Zhenyou's horrified gaze, she stomped down hard on his crotch as though crushing an egg!
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