Observation Haki could sense an enemy's movements and emotions, making it easy to tell friend from foe and guess what they were thinking.
"In Kirigakure, the only person who'd be this hostile toward me is... Koto Kenichi?"
Hyuga Kagami raised an eyebrow.
One after another—were they really not going to let him get any sleep?
His eyes were as cold as an icy spring!
Outside.
Koto Kenichi's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fixedly at Mei Terumi's retreating figure. "Damn it! Mei Terumi, you've known that guy for less than two days!"
"And you're already meeting him secretly in the middle of the night? What about all these years of feelings I've had for you?"
"Damn it, damn it! I'm going to kill you, Hyuga Kagami!"
"And you, Genji—you're no good either!"
His eyes brimmed with resentment, and both his hands were trembling uncontrollably!
He hadn't been a match for Hyuga Kagami during the day, but in a sneak attack... even a Kage Level powerhouse wouldn't have time to react!
Even Kage Level powerhouses were still only flesh and blood. They couldn't withstand weapons!
Koto Kenichi held a Kunai that gleamed with a sharp, chilling light.
He carefully pushed open the door and crept over to Hyuga Kagami's bed, his eyes cold, excitement and madness in them!
"Once I kill you... Mei Terumi will be mine!"
Buzz!
But just then, a pair of White Eyes snapped open in the darkness!
Hyuga Kagami's White Eyes held a mocking glint as he stared at Koto Kenichi, as if looking at a clown. "What are you doing? Planning to kill me while I'm asleep?"
"You... how could you..."
Koto Kenichi's expression turned ugly, and he stammered. But the next moment, his face twisted as he lowered his voice and snarled, "Die!"
"You're the reason Mei Terumi left me!"
He viciously plunged his Kunai down!
He would kill Hyuga Kagami before he could react!
But Hyuga Kagami looked at him mockingly and didn't even try to dodge.
Koto Kenichi was overjoyed, but the next moment...
Bang!
The Kunai struck his chest with a metallic clang, sending sparks flying!
They were only inches apart. Hyuga Kagami snorted and clamped a hand around Koto Kenichi's arm like an iron vice!
"H-how is this possible? The Kunai can't pierce your body!"
Koto Kenichi cried out in pain!
Beads of sweat poured down his face.
It made no sense. That Kunai was made of fine steel!
Ninja were only flesh and blood. How could anyone withstand a Kunai?
Suddenly, he realized something and roared, "If you're that powerful, why hide your strength in battle? Wouldn't it have been easier to just kill me?"
Koto Kenichi was in despair.
He'd never imagined Hyuga Kagami was this powerful. The gap between them... was like the distance between heaven and earth!
"Idiot. You think provoking me was your own idea?"
Hyuga Kagami sneered. "If someone hadn't told you, how would you have known?"
"All you were meant to do was pick a fight—a pawn to make me draw the Mizukage's attention."
The old lived long because they were crafty.
He had to admit, that old bastard Genji was damn clever.
He took one step while planning three ahead.
He treated everyone as pawns to achieve his own goals.
"What? I... was being used as a pawn?"
Koto Kenichi was stunned. His mind raced, and suddenly he remembered something. "The news that Mei Terumi was with you... one of Genji's men let it slip to me by accident!"
Now he understood.
He hadn't overheard anything.
The other side had deliberately told him!
The whole point was to make him provoke Hyuga Kagami!
And Hyuga Kagami had immediately understood Genji's intentions. Only he had been stupid enough to be used as a pawn, completely unaware of what was going on.
"How could this happen? How could I be so stupid?"
He gritted his teeth, overcome with despair.
He'd been kept in the dark the whole time!
"Next time, don't be so stupid. Or, if you're going to be stupid, don't be a hothead."
Hyuga Kagami spoke calmly, his White Eyes cold.
He snatched the Kunai back and plunged it into Koto Kenichi's chest!
It all happened in an instant!
Koto Kenichi didn't have even a moment to react.
"No... please... spare me. I swear I'll never again..."
His face was full of desperation.
He was the complete opposite of his arrogant, overbearing self from before.
But Hyuga Kagami's White Eyes remained cold, devoid of warmth. He shoved the Kunai in deeper!
From now on?
As if you deserved one.
Koto Kenichi died, his body completely still.
Then his body gradually faded away, dropping into the Kamui dimension.
"Obito-bro's Kamui is damn useful. It's absolutely perfect for killing and looting."
"But... now it's time to get down to business!"
Hyuga Kagami stood up and sent his Observation Haki sweeping out, sensing everything in Kirigakure!
"Wow, they're that cautious?"
"There are... a hundred and eight Anbu Ninja stationed around where I'm staying?"
He concealed himself, blending into the surrounding trees and buildings.
Then he vanished without a trace!
"I didn't choose to go head-to-head with the Mizukage just because I had nothing better to do!"
The Mizukage was in despair right now.
He needed a reason to keep living.
"And isn't now the perfect time to win the Mizukage over?"
Hyuga Kagami grinned, brimming with excitement.
Just imagine—using Kirigakure as the headquarters for the Fourth Shinobi World War!
The Karatachi Clan.
The Karatachi Clan was a noble clan in Kirigakure, renowned for producing talented shinobi and for their mastery of Water Release and chakra control.
At that moment.
Karatachi Yagura was in despair, his expression ashen, his whole body twitching and trembling faintly!
"It was me... it was all my fault. If it weren't for me, Kirigakure would never have become like this!"
Two streams of tears ran down his cheeks.
"Why... why would I do something like this? I slaughtered my fellow villagers and turned Kirigakure into the Village of the Bloody Mist. I'm a sinner in the eyes of Kirigakure!"
When someone's faith, everything they'd held onto, was shattered by their own hands—
Even if it had been unintentional—
Their faith would be destroyed!
Karatachi Yagura... had already fallen into despair!
His ashen, vacant eyes, filled with the will to die, were proof enough!
But then a magnetic voice suddenly rang out, and Hyuga Kagami slowly emerged from the darkness. "So you've chosen to waste away in sorrow and die in the end, rather than learn who was behind it all?"
Hyuga Kagami walked up to Karatachi Yagura and crouched down, looking at the wretched man, who seemed not to have slept in days. His face was haggard.
"Dying is the easiest thing in the world. It's the living who have the real courage!"
"Because they have to bear the sins and hatred of the dead!"
"As Mizukage, do you want revenge, or... would you rather die?"
His expression was calm, his voice like a sharp sword!
It pierced Karatachi Yagura's heart!
"You're... the Konoha Ninja I fought during the day. I could tell you were holding back."
Karatachi Yagura instinctively parted his parched lips.
Revenge?!
A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes!
Like a spark flaring to life... in the darkness!
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