Live Capture

If it's just about being disgusting and messing with people's heads, Kawaki Aoba figured that compared to him, they were all just amateurs.

Facts proved that Kawaki Aoba was indeed much more talented when it came to offending people.

Provoked by his words, the two Hyuga ninja reacted as if their sore spots had been stepped on and old scars ripped open, their rage levels spiking by another two degrees.

"Damn you, you brat! I will definitely make you pay the price."

"Brat, I promise you'll regret coming into this world. Our orders were only to bring you back, but the orders didn't say we had to bring you back in one piece. Your chakra is already drained, isn't it? Then prepare yourself for hell."

The frequency of Kawaki Aoba's White Lightning had clearly dropped, which thrilled the two Hyuga ninja. Seeing a glimmer of hope, they accelerated their attacks.

At this moment, both of them were thinking about how they would torture this damn brat once they captured him.

As for Kawaki Aoba, although he could feel his chakra hitting rock bottom, he wasn't the least bit panicked. He continued to taunt them: "So you only threaten me, but don't refute it? It seems even you yourselves admit to your status as ninja dogs."

"Bastard."

"Damn it."

The hatred the two Hyuga chunin felt for Kawaki Aoba rose once more, but just as Kawaki Aoba had said, even under such mockery and ridicule, neither of them dared to deny it.

Just then, the Body Flicker Technique under Kawaki Aoba's feet suddenly accelerated, widening the gap between him and the two.

"Not good, stop him! The brat is trying to run!" Seeing Kawaki Aoba's move, one of the Hyuga chunin blurted out instinctively.

However, he soon realized he was wrong. Kawaki Aoba wasn't running at all; instead, he arrogantly pulled a tube of blue liquid from his ninja tool pouch and downed it in a flash.

It stood to reason that the brat had used such a fast Body Flicker to put distance between them just to drink that unknown liquid.

"Sorry, I've been fighting you for so long and got a bit thirsty. You don't mind if I have some special juice, do you?" He put the empty blue tube back into his pouch, though in reality, he had stashed it away into his cheat-system storage.

What Kawaki Aoba had just consumed was, of course, not juice, but a Blue Potion that helped him recover chakra.

Yes, that's right, it was exactly the blue potion from a game.

Kawaki Aoba figured that while he didn't have a "chakra-ton" physique, by relying on blue potions, he could still exhaust opponents with far more chakra than him to death.

For other ninja, high-intensity combat meant consuming physical energy and mental strength, but for Kawaki Aoba, he just had to pop a potion.

How did that saying go? I could do this all day.

After the brief interlude of Kawaki Aoba refilling his blue bar, the battle continued, and the two Hyuga chunin began to sense that something was wrong.

"How does this brat suddenly have so much chakra again? Something's not right. That stuff he drank earlier is suspicious; it must be something like a soldier pill."

"We can't let this go on. Who knows how much of that stuff this brat is carrying?"

Although they were only considered low-tier chunin within the Hyuga clan, they had lived long enough to have some insight into the flow of battle.

They had noticed something was off the moment Kawaki Aoba recovered his state, especially since they possessed the Byakugan; once activated, they could clearly see the overflowing chakra within Kawaki Aoba's body.

Having witnessed Kawaki Aoba's trump card for chakra recovery, the two Hyuga ninja changed their fighting style again, becoming much more fierce and aggressive. The cost, however, was a willingness to trade injury for injury to end the fight quickly.

Now, as long as they could take down this brat and complete the mission, they were willing to accept even if one of them ended up severely wounded.

However, Kawaki Aoba wouldn't let these two have their way.

"Ready to risk your lives? Then come on." Both Hyuga chunin had their own trump cards for a burst of power, so how could Kawaki Aoba not have his own?

In an instant, Kawaki Aoba's speed surged—it was a Body Flicker, one that far exceeded the standard version.

"What?"

"How is this possible? How is this brat so fast?"

It's martial arts movement techniques. I've integrated parts of them into the Body Flicker.

Of course, he only thought this to himself; Kawaki Aoba would never say it out loud.

Back then, he had suffered quite a bit to integrate movement techniques into his Body Flicker just to make himself faster.

Even now, the price for using this improved version of the Body Flicker was high.

Using chakra to fuel the improved technique increased his speed, but the cost was physical damage. If used long-term, it would definitely cause irreversible harm to his body.

As for why Kawaki Aoba dared to use such a flawed technique so recklessly, it was, of course, because he had Red Potions in addition to his Blue Potions.

With high-speed Body Flicker combined with the Way of Binding No. 4: White Lightning, Kawaki Aoba couldn't exactly say he had them in the palm of his hand, but he could certainly claim to have a precise grasp of the battle.

At the very least, he could proudly say, "This is my home turf."

Moving back and forth at high speeds with the Body Flicker and releasing White Lightning again and again, Kawaki Aoba eventually dragged them both to exhaustion, wasting another blue potion and a red one in the process.

After the battle ended, the two no longer looked human. Having been blasted by White Lightning repeatedly, they were charred through and through.

It couldn't be helped; as a low-level Kido, White Lightning's primary effect was paralysis rather than damage. However, due to the nature of ninja chakra, the paralysis effect of a White Lightning cast without incantation was negligible.

Therefore, this could only be called an accident; no one was to blame.

As for why the two didn't choose to run, but instead preferred to be reduced to this state just to carry out their mission?

Heh, they were just ninja dogs raised by the Hyuga clan; what else was there to say?

Looking at the two collapsed and unconscious figures, Kawaki Aoba activated his Byakugan. After confirming their chakra was truly depleted, he added one more layer of insurance.

"Way of Binding No. 4: Crawling Rope."

Chakra transformed into golden ropes, binding the two tightly. Afterward, Kawaki Aoba took a real rope from his ninja tool pouch and tied them up again, only then feeling at ease.

Being cautious while one's strength is still weak—that is never a mistake.

Kawaki Aoba looked down at the two he had captured alive; he had already made up his mind on how to deal with them.