The Fire of Vengeance

Observation Haki could perceive an enemy's form and emotions, making it easy to distinguish friend from foe and discern the other party's intentions.

"In the Mist Village, the person with such hostility toward me is... Koto Kenichi?"

Hyuga Kagami raised an eyebrow.

One after another—they really didn't intend to let him sleep, did they?

His eyes were cold, like a freezing spring!

Outside the room.

Koto Kenichi's eyes were bloodshot, staring fixedly at the graceful figure of Mei Terumi as she departed: "Damn it! Mei Terumi, you've only known this guy for less than two days!"

"And it's already reached the point of a late-night tryst? Then what does my affection of so many years count for!"

"Damn it, damn it! I'm going to kill you, Hyuga Kagami!"

"And 'Elder Gen', you're no good either!"

His eyes were filled with resentment, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably!

Although he was no match for Hyuga Kagami during the day, in a sneak attack... even a Kage-level powerhouse wouldn't be able to react in time!

Even Kage-level powerhouses were still made of flesh and blood; they couldn't withstand weapons!

Koto Kenichi held a kunai, its blade glinting with a biting, cold light.

He carefully pushed open the door and crept toward Hyuga Kagami's bedside, his eyes cold, filled with excitement and madness!

"As long as I kill you... Mei Terumi will belong to me!"

Hum!

But at that very moment, a pair of White Eyes suddenly snapped open in the darkness!

Hyuga Kagami's White Eyes were mocking as he stared at Koto Kenichi, looking at him as if he were a clown: "What are you doing? Planning to finish me off while I sleep?"

"You... how could you..."

Koto Kenichi's face turned ghastly, and he stammered, but the next moment, his expression twisted, and he hissed in a low, angry voice: "Go to hell!"

"It's all because of you that Mei Terumi has turned away from me!"

He thrust the kunai down fiercely!

He intended to kill Hyuga Kagami before he could even react!

Yet Hyuga Kagami's expression remained mocking; he didn't dodge at all.

Koto Kenichi was overjoyed, but the next moment...

Clang!

The kunai struck the chest with a sound like metal clashing, sparks flying everywhere!

With the two of them inches apart, Hyuga Kagami sneered and gripped Koto Kenichi's arm with a hand that felt like an iron vice!

"Ho, how is this possible! The kunai couldn't even pierce your body!"

Koto Kenichi screamed in pain!

Beads of sweat the size of peas cascaded down.

This wasn't realistic; that was a kunai made of refined steel!

Ninjas were only flesh and blood; how could they possibly withstand a kunai attack?

He suddenly realized something and roared: "Since you possess such immense power, why hide your strength during our fight? Wouldn't it have been better to just kill me directly!"

Koto Kenichi was in despair.

He had never imagined that Hyuga Kagami's strength was so formidable; the gap between them was... like heaven and earth!

"Fool, you think coming to provoke me was your own idea?"

Hyuga Kagami sneered: "If someone hadn't told you, how would you have known?"

"Your role was nothing more than to stir up trouble, a mere pawn to make me alert the Mizukage."

An old man who refuses to die is a menace.

I have to say, that old bastard 'Elder Gen' is truly damn clever.

He looks three steps ahead for every one he takes.

He treats everyone like a chess piece to achieve his own ends.

"What? I... was used as a pawn?"

Koto Kenichi was stunned. His mind raced, and he suddenly recalled something: "The news about Mei Terumi being with you... it was leaked to me 'accidentally' by one of 'Elder Gen's' subordinates!"

He understood now.

He hadn't overheard it at all.

It was clearly the other party telling him on purpose!

The goal was simply to goad him into provoking Hyuga Kagami!

Hyuga Kagami understood what Elder Gen meant in an instant. He alone had been like a fool, treated as a pawn, completely unaware of the cause and effect behind it all.

How could it be like this? How could I be so stupid!

He gritted his teeth, feeling a sense of despair.

From beginning to end, he had been kept in the dark!

"In your next life, don't be so stupid. Or if you are that stupid in your next life, don't be a reckless brute."

Hyuga Kagami spoke indifferently, his White Eyes cold.

With a backhanded motion, he snatched the kunai and plunged it into Koto Kenichi's chest!

It all happened with incredible speed!

He didn't give Koto Kenichi a single moment to react.

"No... don't... I beg you, spare me. I swear that from now on, I will absolutely never..."

His face was full of pleading.

It was the exact opposite of his previous arrogant and domineering demeanor.

But Hyuga Kagami's White Eyes remained cold, devoid of any warmth, as he pushed the kunai forward once more!

The future?

Do you even deserve one?

Koto Kenichi died completely, his breath fading away entirely.

His body gradually turned illusory, falling into the Kamui dimension.

"Obito-bro's Kamui is truly damn useful; it's simply the ultimate tool for killing and looting."

"But... now it's time to get down to business!"

Hyuga Kagami stood up, his Observation Haki radiating wildly as he sensed everything within the Mist Village!

"Oh? Being this cautious, are we?"

"Around where I live... there are actually... one hundred and eight Anbu ninjas?"

He concealed his presence, merging into the surrounding grass, trees, and buildings.

He vanished!

"The reason I chose to go head-to-head with the Mizukage isn't because I have nothing better to do!"

The currently depressed Mizukage.

He is in need of a reason to keep living.

"Isn't now the best time to subdue the Mizukage?"

Hyuga Kagami grinned, filled with excitement.

Using the Mist Village as the base for the Fourth Shinobi World War... just thinking about it was thrilling!

The Karatachi Clan.

The Karatachi Clan were nobles of the Mist Village, producing geniuses one after another, rising to fame for their mastery of excellent Water Release and chakra control.

At this moment.

Karatachi Yagura was in despair, his expression ashen, his entire body twitching and trembling!

"It's me... it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, the Mist Village would never have turned into this!"

Two lines of tears streamed down his cheeks.

"Why... why did I do such things! Slaughtering fellow villagers, turning a perfectly good Mist Village into the 'Village of the Bloody Mist'—I am a sinner of the Mist Village!"

When a person's faith and everything they hold dear are shattered by their own hands.

Even if unintentional.

It destroys that person's conviction!

Karatachi Yagura... was already in despair!

Those ashen, lifeless eyes, filled with the intent of death, were the best proof of that!

But at this moment, a magnetic voice suddenly echoed, and Hyuga Kagami slowly stepped out from the darkness: "So, you choose to wallow in misery and eventually die an unnatural death, rather than wanting to know the identity of the person behind all this?"

Hyuga Kagami walked up to Karatachi Yagura, squatted down, and looked at the disheveled Karatachi Yagura, who looked as if he hadn't closed his eyes for days and nights, his expression haggard.

"Death is the simplest thing of all, but it is the living who possess the most courage!"

"Because they bear the sins and hatred of those who have died!"

"As the Mizukage, do you want revenge, or... do you choose death?"

His expression was calm, his voice like a sharp blade!

Piercing Karatachi Yagura's heart!

"You are... the Konoha ninja who fought me during the day. I can feel it; you were hiding your true strength."

Karatachi Yagura instinctively parted his parched lips.

Revenge?!

A glimmer of hope surfaced in the depths of his eyes!

Like a spark... bursting forth in the dead of night!