Byakugan's Natural Enemy

Like playing an old-school MMORPG, standing from a God's perspective rather than a third-person view to control one's character. In the gray and white, narrow bird's-eye view, he was the controlled game character!

Hyuga Yu leaped and glided between the treetops, advancing rapidly in one direction with steady and resolute steps. Relying on the map laid out in his mind, which was constantly being refined with collected intel, he was approaching the middle of the Kirigakure encirclement from behind the enemy lines.

Hyuga Genko was in the main detachment, and Hyuga Natsu, as a member of his escort team, should also be in the main detachment at this time. Under normal circumstances, facing this situation, Konoha should have quickly gathered the strength of three escort teams and rapidly chosen a breakout direction.

Hyuga Yu and the Kirigakure side both made this judgment. His plan was to take advantage of the chaos when Kirigakure captured Hyuga Genko to open up the encirclement for the others. But this plan soon encountered an unexpected deviation--

Using his Byakugan, he quickly spotted a Kirigakure squad about 3 kilometers away, and the Konoha group that had been stopped by the squad. Completely different from the expected twelve-person team, this team now only had 3 people: Hyuga Genko, Yamazaki Touko, and the Jonin of this team, Hyuga Hideki. Hyuga Natsu, who should have been in this team, was nowhere to be seen.

And as Hyuga Yu looked closely at these three people, his eyebrows immediately shot up, and a strange expression appeared on his face. Blocking this team was a squad led by Ao of the Mist and another Kirigakure Chunin squad. Not far in front of Hyuga Yu, another Kirigakure Chunin squad was rapidly heading this way.

At this moment, on the field, "Hyuga Genko," disguised by Hyuga Tetsu, was forcing himself to remain calm; Hyuga Hideki, beside him, watched the Kirigakure group with a calm gaze; while Yamazaki Touko, a civilian Chunin merely responsible for odd jobs in this team, was already starting to tremble.

Looking at the three people opposite him with their varied expressions, Ao frowned deeply. Beside him, Kurenai, whose eyes were covered with black cloth, shook his head at Ao. The Red Eye could see Chakra's state more clearly than the Byakugan, and the disguises of the people before them were naturally no match for him. "They're fake." "This Hyuga Jonin is a shadow clone, and the one who looks like he's from the Main Family is disguised using a transformation jutsu."

Ao immediately turned to the sensory ninja Kensuke beside him and asked, "Where did they go?" Kensuke immediately reported, "I apologize, Lord Ao, the shadow clone left by this Jonin interfered with my Chakra perception." "Based on the traces left at the scene, the person seems to have gone east, likely to rendezvous with the escort team ahead."

Ao's face immediately showed a strange expression. This situation was clearly beyond his expectations, yet not entirely out of his control. What made him feel strange and difficult to understand was mainly-- this Hyuga Main Family member was clearly quite intelligent. He had not only predicted the danger in advance but also made targeted arrangements. However, these arrangements revealed a clear foolishness unique to an outsider. Like a politician, like a strategist, like a well-read intellectual, but not at all like a ninja.

Ao couldn't help but let out a scoff, his gaze indifferently sweeping over the three Konoha members before him. He lingered on the shadow clone of Jonin Hyuga Hideki for a moment, then instructed the five people beside him: "Seventh Squad, you stay and deal with them." "Kurenai, you stay here and cooperate with Seventh Squad. Get some practice in too."

Kurenai immediately looked up and asked, "Lord Ao, the front team has at least two Hyuga Jonin. Don't you need my eyes anymore?" Hearing this, Ao immediately snorted, rubbed Kurenai's messy head, and put on a senior's demeanor. "Kid, I brought you out to broaden your horizons. The current ninja world isn't your stage yet." "You will cooperate with Seventh Squad, and the Tenth Squad, who will arrive shortly, to eliminate this Jonin's shadow clone here. Don't give him a chance to reclaim his Chakra."

Ao slightly turned his head and looked towards the east, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes, as if something terrifying lay in that direction. He sighed with emotion, "I never expected the Hyuga Main Family member to be such a foolish person." "Alright." Ao put away his expression and surveyed the scene with authority, saying sternly, "Then I'll leave this place to you all." "Although the mission no longer has any unexpected twists, to be safe, Kensuke and I will still head forward to intercept the rear of the Hyuga Main Family's group."

Kensuke immediately responded respectfully, "Yes!" And at this moment, watching Ao openly discuss his plan in front of the Konoha group, Hyuga Hideki, the guarding Jonin among the Konoha group, immediately had a grim expression. "Do you regard me as air?"

"As long as I'm here, I absolutely won't let you hurt Young Master Genko!"

However, Ao merely scoffed and immediately used Body Flicker to leave with Kensuke.

"Stop!"

Hyuga Hideki was furious and waved his hand, about to unleash an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to stop the departing duo!

But at that moment, A sharp, childish voice suddenly sounded right by his ear, "Where are you aiming?"

Hyuga Hideki spun around abruptly, only to find that in the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by a dense fog so thick he couldn't see his own hand.

When he activated his Byakugan, attempting to pierce the fog and find the enemy's form, he discovered that

his Byakugan, which usually saw everything, was now as if broken. All he could see were figures with chakra points, numbering no less than a hundred, tightly surrounding him!

His expression instantly changed drastically as he recognized this technique that restricted his Byakugan, "Is it the Red Eye?!"

The Red Eye could interfere with the Byakugan's vision. However, every technique has its flaws. Against this specific eye, the Hyuga Clan had developed an effective countermeasure: temporarily shutting off their senses and, with the cooperation of teammates, attacking using taijutsu ingrained in muscle memory.

Although the Red Eye Kekkei Genkai was powerful, most individuals possessing it were physically frail.

When Hyuga Hideki closed his Byakugan, attempting to fight using his Jonin-level taijutsu, he found that without his Byakugan, he couldn't locate the enemy within this Hidden Mist Technique.

This time, he was trapped from both sides.

Hyuga Hideki felt a slight tingling sensation on his scalp.

He tried to charge out of the dense fog, However, three Kirigakure Chunin, skilled in fighting in mist, attacked from the fog, assaulting Hyuga Hideki from different angles.

For a moment, even though Hyuga Hideki's taijutsu was far superior to the Kirigakure ninja, unable to use his Byakugan, unable to use the Gentle Fist Style to strike pressure points, and only able to passively surround himself with Byakugan chakra for defense, he was battered by the three Kirigakure Chunin, crying out in distress and unable to break free.

Within the dense fog, Kurenai, with his bright red eyes, watched the scene with great interest. He was just waiting for another Kirigakure squad to arrive as support, and then they could completely deplete the chakra of Hyuga Hideki's shadow clone and defeat it here.

And further in the distance, Hyuga Yu watched all of this unfold, a thoughtful expression on his face.

The Hyuga Hideki present here was merely a shadow clone, but he was still a Jonin-level combatant. Yet, a Jonin with the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai was being overwhelmed by a Genin and three Chunin working in concert.

So, how could he, a Genin, fight?

After a moment of thought, a flicker of understanding flashed in Hyuga Yu's eyes.

Immediately after, he drew an arrow from the quiver at his waist and nocked it onto his bow.