Madam, Hold Me Tight

"Madam, pardon me."

The supporting Kusagakure ninja were rushing towards them, leaving Neji with little time.

He quickly walked in front of the beautiful woman, roughly pulled open her collar, revealing her snow-white, smooth, fragrant shoulder, and bit down hard.

"Nnngh!!"

A tall Kusagakure ninja was running ahead, followed by dozens of Kusagakure ninja, rapidly closing in on the small wooden house where Neji was.

"Spread out, surround them."

Ryurin waved his hand and ordered. The dozens of Kusagakure ninja immediately split into four squads.

One squad charged from the front, while the other three circled around to flank them.

Just as the Kusagakure ninja were about to form a pincer movement, a muffled thud came from the small wooden house. Neji burst through the wall and flew away at full speed.

"Squad one, three, and four, follow me in pursuit. Squad two, stay behind and inspect the scene."

Watching the black shadow flying away, Ryurin shouted loudly, leading three squads in pursuit.

The surrounding Kusagakure ninja heard the commotion and rushed over from all directions, joining the pursuit.

The entire Kusagakure village was in chaos.

Meanwhile.

The six Kusagakure ninja of squad two cautiously approached the small wooden house.

The Special Jonin in the lead pricked up his ears to listen for a moment.

It was quiet inside, with only the sound of a woman sobbing.

The Special Jonin snapped his fingers.

Two Kusagakure ninja jumped onto the roof.

Two Kusagakure ninja circled around to flank the hole Neji had broken.

The Special Jonin and another Kusagakure ninja gently pushed open the door.

The small wooden house was very simple, with only a bed and a table inside.

Katsushiro lay motionless in a pool of blood, unconscious.

The beautiful woman looked as if she had been assaulted, her clothes disheveled, her shoulder half-exposed, tears streaming down her face.

No enemies!

The Special Jonin let out a long sigh, then glanced at Katsushiro lying in the pool of blood, his expression changing drastically.

"You two, go find a medical ninja."

Upon receiving the order, the two Kusagakure ninja hidden on the roof quickly used the Body Flicker Technique and left.

The Special Jonin walked in front of the beautiful woman and asked with a frown, "How many enemies were there?"

"Just one, he already ran off."

There was a subtle hint of resentment in the beautiful woman's voice.

He said he'd protect us, but after biting me, he ran off faster than anyone.

"One?!"

The Special Jonin's brow furrowed tightly.

Screeeech!!!

Just then, a sharp screeching sound rang out. Two hands entwined with lightning emerged from underground without warning, tightly gripping the Special Jonin's ankles.

The Special Jonin's hair stood on end. With such a close-range sneak attack, he didn't even have time to dodge before his legs were disabled.

He gripped his kunai and stabbed downwards forcefully.

Whoosh!

Neji's palm erupted with azure lightning several meters long, piercing fiercely into the Special Jonin's chin and emerging from the top of his skull, extending all the way to the ceiling.

The Chidori Spear quickly retracted, condensing in his palm, emitting sounds like thousands of raptors crying out.

With a wave of Neji's large hand, the violent azure lightning transformed into slender senbon, flying towards the three Kusagakure ninja inside.

Lightning Release: Chidori Senbon!

This technique, used in conjunction with the Byakugan, attacks the enemy's pressure points and has astonishing lethality.

The three Kusagakure ninja were hit by the senbon and fell to the ground one after another, dying on the spot.

The sudden turn of events made the beautiful woman's eyes widen: "You, you didn't leave?"

"There's no time to explain."

"Give me your daughter. I'll carry you, and we'll leave quickly."

After biting Karin's mother and recovering my chakra, I was already surrounded by Kusagakure ninja outside.

Neji would have some difficulty breaking out alone, let alone bringing Madam Karin and her daughter.

The one who ran out earlier was a Lightning Release Clone, its purpose to draw fire.

The main body, however, used the Earth Release: Fish in Water Technique to burrow underground.

He planned to kill the Kusagakure ninja left guarding the wooden house by surprise, then escape with Madam Karin and her daughter.

"Madam, hold on tight!"

He didn't know how long the Lightning Release Clone could last, so he had to get Madam Karin and her daughter away before the Kusagakure ninja reacted.

With a "swish," Neji shot out of the wooden house like an arrow released from a bow.

Meanwhile.

Seeing the Lightning Release Clone about to be caught.

Neji, while running, spotted a dango shop on the road and broke through the window to get inside.

"Release a barrier, don't let him escape."

In the blink of an eye, the dango shop was surrounded by dozens of Kusagakure ninja.

The ninja in the squad specializing in Sealing Barriers immediately used a Barrier Technique to prevent Neji from escaping with Earth Style ninjutsu.

Ryurin stared at the dango shop, his face grim and his heart filled with unease.

He had overestimated the intruder's strength as much as possible, but the sight of the ground littered with corpses he had seen at the Kusagakure branch earlier was chilling.

At least thirty men had been lost.

A ninja with such skill would either be a notorious top-tier rogue ninja or an elite ninja from one of the Five Great Nations.

Either possibility was not something he wanted to see.

Yugito, who was sprinting, felt more and more chakra reactions gathering ahead, her heart burning with urgency.

A moment later, the black cat that Yugito had transformed into arrived near the dango shop.

However, she didn't approach rashly. Instead, she hid far away in the treetops, observing cautiously.

"It seems Neji is surrounded."

"After all, he's just a kid, still too green."

Yugito muttered incessantly, masking her inner anxiety.

She climbed to the top of a large tree, first carefully surveyed the dango shop, and planned an escape route.

Then she resumed her true form, formed a Fire Release hand seal, and aimed her cherry lips at the Kusagakure ninja surrounding the dango shop.

Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!

BOOM!

In an instant, a wave of fire far larger than a Great Fireball poured out.

"Third and Fourth squads, maintain external alert. First squad, follow me inside..."

Ryurin was preparing to lead a squad of Kusagakure ninja into the dango shop to injure or kill Neji.

No one expected the sea of fire to descend from the sky.

Ryurin's expression changed slightly. He channeled forty percent of his chakra and used the "Great Waterfall Technique" against the surging flames.

The giant flames and the raging waves collided fiercely. With a muffled steaming sound, thick mist immediately spread out, covering a hundred-meter radius.

The evenly matched Fire Release and Water Release techniques interacted, instantly creating a large area of mist.

And in this thick mist, vision was lost, and the advantage in numbers vanished.

Ryurin naturally knew these common sense principles.

But he had no other choice.

The attack came too suddenly, and the Kusagakure ninja were completely unprepared.

If he hadn't used the "Great Waterfall Technique" to counter the "Great Fire Destruction," the Kusagakure ninja would have suffered heavy casualties.

In the thick mist, a Kusagakure ninja shouted loudly, "Captain, where are you?"

The experienced Ryurin said with a grim face, "Everyone stay put and don't move!"

The Kusagakure ninja surrounding the dango shop were elites from Kusagakure. They knew that moving around randomly when their vision was obscured could lead to surprise attacks from the enemy.

Therefore, upon hearing Ryurin's order, they all stood their ground and remained vigilant.

Ryurin, while guarding against the vast mist, quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A powerful gust of wind sprayed from Ryurin's mouth, and before long, it dispersed the surrounding mist.