Encountering Konoha's Future F4

A cold glint flashed in Xingzhuo's eyes.

Just as he prepared to strike ahead of schedule.

To fulfill his earlier promise and slap that brat's face until it swelled up.

A figure suddenly appeared beside the child, blocking his path.

"Calm down, kid. That's no monster; that's the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan."

At that moment, three more figures appeared nearby, one of whom said with some dissatisfaction, "Hiruzen, why do you love showing off so much?"

"Hiruzen, Sarutobi Hiruzen?"

Xingzhuo's eyes narrowed.

Could the other three be Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura?

He took a quick glance; three boys and one girl, all around twelve years old—it matched.

Consequently, the look of annoyance on Xingzhuo's face gradually faded, replaced by seriousness and gravity.

The future F4 of Konoha, the four old immortals.

"Danzō, what are you spouting? If I hadn't stepped out, this brat would definitely have been taught a lesson by that Hyuga kid."

As he said this, he used his own knuckles to rap the brat's forehead hard.

He hit the swollen bump exactly.

The bump grew visibly larger.

The owner of the bump, the brat, went silent for a split second before he stopped struggling. Overcome by pain, he dropped the brick in his hand, clutched his head, and wailed instinctively as he ran back into the alleyway he had come from.

His few companions had long since vanished without a trace.

Xingzhuo committed the brat's appearance to memory, planning to exact revenge the next time he had the chance.

Only then did he meet Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes.

But before the other could speak first.

He spoke up ahead of him: "Did you just call me a kid?"

At this moment, Shimura Danzō walked to Sarutobi Hiruzen's side, a look of impatience flashing in his eyes as he said, "Let's go. We've been training all day and are exhausted. Don't bother with this Hyuga brat."

Sarutobi Hiruzen had no intention of explaining anything and turned to leave immediately.

Xingzhuo took a moment to check the duel mission, which remained unchanged, and realized that defeating an ordinary person likely wouldn't progress the mission.

So, in that instant, an idea formed.

He deliberately provoked them:

"Heh, meddling in other people's business, playing deaf and dumb, daring to insult but not daring to admit it—truly lacking in upbringing."

As soon as these words were spoken, the four who had already turned to leave stopped in their tracks.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, having been called ill-bred, felt a dangerous look flash in his eyes. He turned back and asked, word for word, "Who did you say was lacking in upbringing?"

Xingzhuo grabbed the shoulder of Yun Fei, who was blocking his front, and whispered instructions: "I intend to personally teach that ill-bred fellow a lesson. You just watch from the side. If they prepare to gang up on me, then you can step in."

Yun Fei hesitated, allowing his young master to push him aside.

But the four people over there had already changed their expressions.

Because Xingzhuo hadn't avoided anyone with his words, they had all heard him.

Not to mention the awkward expressions of the other three, Sarutobi Hiruzen was now staring fixedly at Xingzhuo, looking ready to teach him a lesson at any moment.

Xingzhuo walked forward, taking off his coat as he spoke and tossing it to Yun Fei.

"Come on, you one called Sarutobi, you go first."

"Oh, right, since you lack upbringing, should I call 'start' for you? Then, start."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was already quite angry.

Hearing this, the string of his reason snapped tight. He lunged forward in a flash, intending to beat this child who was only half his height to a pulp.

"You detestable brat!"

"Today, I'll discipline you on behalf of your elders in the Hyuga family!"

Xingzhuo assumed the starting stance of the Gentle Fist and lunged forward, initiating the attack to seize the rhythm of the battle.

"Discipline me on behalf of the Hyuga elders?"

"Who do you think you are? You have no upbringing yourself, so what are you going to use to discipline me? That ugly, prematurely aged face of yours?"

Xingzhuo cursed while attacking, appearing completely at ease.

And Sarutobi Hiruzen, standing opposite him, was practically driven mad with rage.

Not only were his punches, which he had originally held back, all countered by the kid in front of him.

But as those nasty words reached his ears, accompanied by the stifled laughter of his companions behind him, he lost his temper. He unleashed all his strength and taijutsu techniques, attacking the kid opposite him with everything he had.

Yet every punch he threw was easily blocked by his opponent, and every kick he launched was sent right back at him.

After a dozen rounds of exchanging blows, he hadn't managed to gain the slightest advantage!

It was frustrating to the point of suffocation!

At this moment, Xingzhuo still refused to hold his tongue:

"What, did I hit a nerve? Do you also think you have an ugly, prematurely aged face, so you're too ashamed to even refute me?"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's breathing grew heavy, and a flush of extreme rage appeared on his face.

"Oh, oh, could it be that you're too busy being beaten by someone much younger than you to even speak, forced to only parry? Tsk, tsk, tsk, with a skill level like this, you still have the nerve to meddle in other people's business."

Xingzhuo continued his verbal onslaught without mercy.

"If you're going to meddle, you should at least have some patience. Why are you so impatient just because you couldn't hold that child back, to the point of knocking on the bump on his head? That's exactly why I say you have no upbringing."

Unable to land a hit after such a long time and forced to listen to these insults that didn't even use profanity, Sarutobi Hiruzen was nearly driven mad with rage.

Heaven knows, he had only wanted to show off in front of his companions; how did he become such a heinous villain in the other's mouth?

"If you ask me, since your heart is so venomous and you're so hypocritical, you should just sell your blood and open a Poison Quenching Workshop. You could regularly drain some blood to specifically quench other people's weapons."

Xingzhuo's mouth kept flapping incessantly, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's face gradually turned beet red.

He wanted to retaliate in kind, but his mind was completely devoid of any aggressive retorts, so he could only shout in utter frustration:

"Enough, you bastard brat!"

As he spoke, he suddenly leaped backward and formed hand seals.

With a poof, a clone appeared and charged straight at Xingzhuo.

Xingzhuo stepped forward and shattered the clone with a single strike, but it was already too late to stop Sarutobi Hiruzen from unleashing his next ninjutsu.

Fire Style: Great Flame Technique!

A fierce blaze erupted from his mouth, rushing straight toward Xingzhuo, who was not far away.

Seeing this scene, Sarutobi Hiruzen's three companions all furrowed their brows.

Utatane Koharu, the only female among them, spoke bluntly: "Hiruzen is going too far. He's only supposed to be teaching a child a lesson, yet he's using the Sarutobi Clan's strongest fire ninjutsu. I will definitely tell our teacher about this tomorrow."

Mitokado Homura curled his lip, seemingly disdainful of her urge to tattle to the teacher.

As for Hyuga Yunfei, upon seeing the scale of that fire ninjutsu, he felt as if the blood in his entire body were flowing in reverse.

Facing a ninjutsu of this caliber, even he would be unable to defend against it.

Just as he prepared to risk his life to stand in front of his young master, Xingzhuo suddenly emitted chakra from his hands and began to spin.

"This is... Rotation?!"

Yunfei exclaimed in subconscious shock.

Rotation was originally developed to compensate for the blind spots in the vision of the Hyuga Branch Family.

However, for unknown reasons, it had always been controlled by the Main Family and was not easily taught.

Since his young master had not yet been confirmed as the next head of the Main Family, it remained to be seen whether he would become part of the Main Family or the Branch Family in six years.

So, had he mastered the secret technique of Rotation all on his own?