Boom!
Otsutsuki Toneri's body slammed into a palace like a cannonball.
In the distance, Kakashi and the others, who had landed on the island, broke out in cold sweat. Looking around, he sighed softly. "Young people these days are really hot-tempered."
"Hinata..." Naruto hurried over to Hinata and called out to her.
But Hinata wore no expression at all. Even her Byakugan was unfocused, as though she did not recognize Naruto in the slightest.
In the distance, rubble fell as Toneri crawled out of the ruins. Looking at Hinata, he said, "Take him down, Hinata!"
The Tenseigan activated, stirring the Spiritual Power chakra within Hinata's body. Hinata immediately moved.
"Hinata... what are you doing?" Naruto shouted as he dodged Hinata's unrelenting palm strikes.
Otsutsuki Toneri took the opportunity to rise. His gaze sharpened as a green chakra cloak wrapped around him, and Truth-Seeking Orbs emerged behind his back.
Tenseigan Mode.
Has she been controlled? Naruto thought as Hinata failed to react no matter how he called to her.
He fully unleashed the sensory abilities of Yang Style and immediately sensed something abnormal within Hinata's body—a mass of icy chakra that definitely did not belong to her.
"Here!" He struck like lightning. Hinata had no ability to resist at all. Carefully controlling his strength, he punched her in the chest, knocking the green chakra glow out of her body. Hinata went limp and fell into Naruto's arms.
A moment later, she let out a soft murmur, and light gradually returned to her eyes. "Naruto-kun..."
Seeing Hinata like this filled Naruto's heart with tenderness. He pulled her into his arms. "It's okay, Hinata. It's okay now."
Caught in Naruto's embrace so suddenly, Hinata's heart leaped with joy, and two crimson blushes appeared on her cheeks. But then she remembered something else and