This is a Trap

Hyuga Kagami swept a glance over the scene and roughly understood the situation: "Another damn cliché story of a simp chasing a goddess and getting nowhere."

"This guy in front of us isn't weak, but it's a pity."

He shook his head: "Mei Terumi is a face-con, so there's no possibility of this guy succeeding."

For a face-con, appearance is the primary criterion for evaluation!

"A face-con?"

Mei Terumi was stunned; the term... vaguely touched her heart: "What does that mean?"

"To be a face-con means to have extremely high standards for looks and appearance; it's someone who loves beautiful things."

Hyuga Kagami explained indifferently.

This was also the reason why Mei Terumi showed mercy when facing Uchiha Sasuke during the Five Kage Summit.

Nothing else.

He was just too damn handsome!

And the other person Mei Terumi had a favorable impression of was Uchiha Madara.

Both of these guys were devastatingly handsome and possessed immense charisma.

Thus, it was easy to see how high Mei Terumi's standards were!

"That's right, I am exactly that kind of person!"

Mei Terumi's beautiful eyes brightened: "As a man, of course, you have to be good-looking!"

She couldn't help but look at Hyuga Kagami; his wild, domineering aura and his refined, peerless appearance were like those of a deity!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sound of breaking air rang out.

Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi arrived at Hyuga Kagami's side.

"What happened?"

Hatake Kakashi was completely bewildered, his eyes cold: "How did something like this happen right after we checked in?"

"Is this how the Mist Village treats its guests?"

Hyuga Kagami said calmly: "Just some trash looking for trouble."

His expression was indifferent.

It was as if he didn't put Koto Kenichi in his eyes at all.

A flicker of light passed through his eyes, and... if it weren't for Elder Gen's tacit approval, this guy in front of them wouldn't have been able to come here. So... this was Elder Gen testing their strength!

If they couldn't pass the assessment, then... they naturally wouldn't be worthy of becoming an asset to the Mist Village!

"Koto Kenichi, back down at once!"

Mei Terumi shouted sharply: "These are the honored guests of our Mist Village; don't make me say it a second time!"

But this not only failed to make Koto Kenichi back down.

Instead, his expression became even uglier!

"For the sake of this pretty boy, are you going to fall out with me, your friend?"

He roared: "Hyuga Kagami, if you have the guts, come out yourself and fight me fair and square like a man!"

He had been in love with Mei Terumi for thirteen years!

When he met her at the age of four, he had already fallen for this exquisite, beautiful, and slightly domineering girl.

Yet, for all these years, he had never been able to enter her heart.

"What kind of thing are you?"

Hyuga Kagami stepped forward. Mei Terumi tried to stop him, but he wrapped his large hand around her shoulder, pulled her back, and domineeringly placed her behind him!

His wild brows carried a sense of condescending disdain!

"Are you even worthy of making me strike?"

Arrogant!

Too arrogant!

Who could have imagined that Hyuga Kagami would be this arrogant while inside the Mist Village?

It was simply overbearing!

He didn't put the Mist Village in his eyes at all!

"Kagami, this isn't our Konoha. If we really offend the Mist Village, we might end up being kept here."

Cold sweat streamed down Hatake Kakashi's forehead.

The number of Mist Village ninjas surrounding them grew, all of them glaring at the three of them with indignation.

Those were... hostile gazes!

"Hatake Kakashi, do you really think this idiot could have appeared before us without permission?"

Hyuga Kagami's eyes were filled with disdain, his clear gaze seemingly piercing through everything.

What a clever old man.

To think he would use them as chess pieces, hoping to use this farce to lure out the Fourth Mizukage?

An old man who refuses to die is nothing but a thief!

Elder Gen was indeed a thief!

A clever thief at that!

The benefit of this move was to shift the disaster onto others; by having them start this farce to draw out the Mizukage, even if they eventually discovered the Mizukage wasn't under a genjutsu, they could still wash their hands of the whole affair!

However...

This played right into his hands!

He just happened to need to go to the Mizukage to sign in!

This old thief was essentially handing him a pillow just as he was getting sleepy.

He would play along with the scheme!

"Kagami, you mean..."

Hatake Kakashi was stunned, only half-understanding.

The guy in front of them... was meant to test their strength?

Hyuga Kagami shook his head; Hatake Kakashi didn't get it...

He had only understood the first layer.

Koto Kenichi's eyes were bloodshot, nearly driven mad, and he roared, "Then today, it's a fight to the death!"

"Sign the death pact!"

"If I die today, no one in the Mist Village will trouble you, but if you die, you have to accept your fate—that is the death pact of our Mist Village!"

The crowd erupted in an uproar!

"A death pact?"

Hyuga Kagami's lips curled upward. The Mist Village was different from Konoha.

In Konoha, the way of competition allowed ninjas from the same village to spar, but they could not threaten each other's lives, and they were required to perform the Seal of Reconciliation at the end.

But the Mist Village was different.

The Mist Village... was raised like a jar of venomous insects!

If you died, you died; no one cared. Only the ninja who survived to the end was the strongest, and only they had the right to live!

"Don't!"

Mei Terumi's pretty face was filled with anxiety: "A death pact ends only when one side is dead; it can only conclude with the death of one party!"

"Kagami-kun, don't agree to it!"

Hyuga Kagami's lips curled upward as he turned his head, his White Eyes radiating a soul-capturing power.

"When men are handling business, women should stay quietly in the back!"

He grinned, and his right hand suddenly reached out!

The terrifying Black Spiked Hammer appeared, crashing onto the ground with a boom.

Hyuga Kagami stared coldly at Koto Kenichi: "Juzo Biwa's strength satisfied me earlier; I hope your strength is even greater than his."

"Don't let me down!"

He licked his lips.

Among the enemies he had encountered so far, not a single one had been able to force him to unleash his full power.

Hearing this, the crowd was dumbfounded!

Their faces were filled with disbelief.

"What? What did he say? Does he mean... he defeated Juzo Biwa? That's an elite jonin who wields a ninja sword!"

"Impossible, he must be lying!"

"How old is he? How could he possibly defeat Juzo Biwa? That guy... is the strongest and most cruel of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen!"

The crowd didn't believe it.

They simply assumed Hyuga Kagami was lying to bolster his own momentum.

Hyuga Kagami couldn't be bothered to explain.

At this moment, Koto Kenichi could no longer contain his bloodlust. He licked his lips and looked excitedly at Mei Terumi, saying, "Mei Terumi, I will definitely let you know who the true genius is!"

"Only I, Koto Kenichi, am worthy of you!"

His expression was fanatical.

It was as if defeating Hyuga Kagami would be enough to prove his worth.

It was as if that would allow him to be with Mei Terumi.

"Go, Koto Kenichi! Teach that guy a lesson!"

"That's right, Mei Terumi belongs to our Mist Village!"

"He doesn't know his place; Koto Kenichi is a jonin, after all!"

The crowd cheered excitedly for Koto Kenichi.

"Idiots, why all the chatter?"

Hyuga Kagami sneered, swinging his Great Hammer down with brutal force!

A man shouldn't act like a pathetic sycophant.

If you're going to be a man, be a War Wolf!

Men like Koto Kenichi were the reason the standards for men had dropped so low!

BOOM!

A massive crater appeared in the ground!

Koto Kenichi was sent flying from the heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood!

The entire arena fell into instant silence.

Everyone stood there, dumbfounded!