A Hair's Breadth from Disaster, Eight-Part Wind Wheel

If Hyuga Hiashi weren't the head of the Hyūga Clan, and if he didn't have so much experience, he might actually have been fooled by Morui's sweet talk.

After all, if she thought about it carefully, following his line of thinking, she realized that if she cooperated with him and let him leave, her daughter could save her life, only losing her eyes.

Even if you lose a pair of eyes, you can eventually get them back. If you're lucky, you can get a pair of Byakugan in return; if you're unlucky, at the very least, you can get a pair of ordinary eyes.

If it were someone else, they might actually be tempted.

Unfortunately, Hyuga Hiashi was still Hyuga Hiashi. He was not fooled by Morui's sweet talk. He knew that such an enemy was absolutely untrustworthy, and cooperating with such an enemy was like asking a tiger for its skin!

Rather than actually sending him out of the barrier and letting him escape with his daughter to who-knows-where, it's better to gamble on this slim chance, kill him here, and save his daughter!

Hyuga Hiashi knew that he could no longer save his daughter through negotiation; he had to resort to the most direct and violent method!

Although the Kumogakure ninja opposite me is quite strong, he should be weaker than me. If I go all out and use the Gentle Fist of the Hyūga Clan, I should be able to paralyze and control his body before he kills Hinata.

It's extremely difficult to achieve this; you have to go all out for even the slightest chance. But there's no other way now; we can only give it a try.

Hyuga Hiashi tensed up, preparing to strike at the right moment, while feigning interest to deceive Morui.

What about Morui? This guy wasn't fooled by Hyuga Hiashi either. The cautious man remained tense, and even more agitated than before due to the urgency of the situation.

Sensing a change in Hyuga Hiashi's emotions, Morui panicked and actually grabbed Hinata Hyuga the neck, causing the child extreme pain.

With just a little more force, Morui could have snapped Hinata Hyuga's delicate neck and killed her.

This guy has gone mad again, and is threatening Hyuga Hiashi without any scruples:

"Hyuga clan Chief Hyuga, the situation is critical. Please make a decision immediately. I don't have much time left."

I'll count to three. If you still can't make a decision by then, I'm sorry, but your daughter will have to die in front of you, even if you kill me afterwards!

Upon hearing this, Hyuga Hiashi became anxious:

"Wait! Don't be so agitated. I'm considering cooperating with you. What you just said is possible, but please, don't hurt my daughter!"

"Too late! You don't have time to think it over. I'm going to start shouting now! Hyuga clan leader, listen up!"

One! Two!

Just when the situation reached its most critical juncture, just when Hyuga Hiashi truly didn't know how to react, just when Hinata Hyuga's neck was about to be snapped...

With a whoosh, a bright blue Eight-Part Wind Wheel suddenly flew out from the depths of the dark forest!

This Eight-Part Wind Wheel was extremely fast and powerful. Before Hyuga Hiashi and Morui could react, it swiftly and smoothly sliced through Morui's neck from behind.

The sudden turn of events left both Hyuga Hiashi and Morui completely bewildered. Their hearts nearly stopped, and they stared at each other, unsure of how to react.

Ah, to be precise, Hyuga Hiashi's heart was almost stopping, and Morui's heart was about to stop, or rather, it had already stopped.

After all, the Eight Winds Wheel had already severed his neck; his fate was sealed—death was inevitable.

Even if someone is beheaded, their brain remains conscious until the very end, retaining consciousness for a final five, six, seven, or eight seconds.

However, those five, six, seven, or eight seconds of consciousness were not enough for the brain to control the body to take the final action, and therefore not enough for Morui to control his hand to strangle Hinata Hyuga.

The reason is simple: his head and neck were separated, his spinal nerves were completely severed, and the signals from his brain could no longer reach his body.

So Hyuga Hiashi could clearly see that Morui was standing stiffly in place, his hands trembling and spasming but unable to strangle, let alone break his daughter's neck.

Finally, with an expression of extreme resentment on his Morui, the last glimmer of light vanished from his eyes, and his head fell off with a thud from the severed neck.

Immediately afterwards, Morui's headless corpse collapsed to the ground with a thud, Hinata Hyuga, whom he was holding hostage, also fell to the ground, temporarily safe.

The situation changed so suddenly; it was extremely bad just now, and now the enemy is dead. The huge contrast and the drastic change in circumstances left Hyuga Hiashi momentarily stunned.

Who just helped me? I've never seen that wind-style Wind Release Ninjutsu before. Who used it?

As he thought this, Hyuga Hiashi looked at the Eight-Part Wind Wheel that were still spinning around in the air.

The Eight-Part Wind Wheel emitted a buzzing sound in the air, its flight speed slowing down, but it still flew steadily in another direction.

Finally, the Eight-Part Wind Wheel returned to Yun Yan's hand with a click.

Yun Yan stood there, holding the Eight Winds Wind Wheel, which was spinning rapidly and was incredibly sharp. Under the influence of his Chakra, the Eight-Part Wind Wheel gradually dissipated and stopped, returning to his body as pure Chakra.

That's right. Yun Yan usually tries to recycle the Chakra he uses, such as the Eight-Part Wind Wheel this time.

After retrieving his Eight-Part Wind Wheel, Yun Yan stood there, and under the bewildered gaze of Hyuga Hiashi, he began to slap his forehead hard.

Hyuga Hiashi saw this person, who had appeared out of nowhere but had helped him, slapping his forehead while lamenting his fate, seemingly still blaming himself:

"I told you to take action! I told you to take action! I told you to take action! Why can't you control yourself from meddling in other people's business? Why do you love meddling so much? It's better to mind your own business!"

While slapping his forehead, Yun Yan was filled with remorse and began to reflect on himself:

"Why can't you stand this kind of thing? You clearly have no sense of belonging to Konoha! What about the people who saved Konoha at the crucial moment!?"

Don't tell me you've softened your heart and developed feelings for Konoha. Getting involved with Konoha like this won't end well! Damn it!

After slapping his head and throwing a tantrum, Yun Yan seemed to have calmed down and sobered up.

He lowered his hand and looked at Hinata Hyuga lying beside the headless corpse of the Kumogakure. Yun Yan suddenly realized why he liked to meddle in other people's business:

"Oh... I see. It's not that I feel a sense of belonging or affection for Konoha; it's just that I simply don't want to see this little girl suffer."

That's true, after all, she's an innocent little girl. Why should she be harmed by the ninjas of Kumogakure?

Moreover, I'm afraid I only acted decisively because I couldn't stand the ninjas of Kumogakure.

"Indeed, a ninja from the dignified Kumogakure, coveting the bloodline limit of another village and even attacking it, and to make matters worse, using such a despicable method, is utterly shameless! They truly deserve to die!"

After figuring this out, Yun Yan visibly breathed a sigh of relief and wasn't so conflicted anymore. He decided to just treat it as if he had just killed a dog or a pig, and not consider these damned Kumogakure as human beings.

Hyuga Hiashi, watching this scene, couldn't help but fall silent.

The situation changed so suddenly. His daughter was just in danger, and then she was saved in an instant. Even though he was the head of the Hyūga Clan, he was a little taken aback.

Especially when he looked at the person who had intervened, the person who had saved his daughter, he looked at his benefactor.

Yes, he's a very young ninja.

He was wearing a loose bathrobe, as if he had just come from home.

With classic black hair and black eyes, could he be a ninja from the Uchiha Clan?

But aren't the Uchiha Clan and the Hyūga Clan at odds? Why would this Uchiha clan ninja help him, and even save his daughter at a crucial moment?

Furthermore, as the head of the Hyūga Clan, I've never heard of any Uchiha clan member being skilled in Wind Release.

That extremely sharp and fast wind wheel just now was clearly a powerful Wind Release Ninjutsu; one couldn't use it without sufficient mastery of Wind Release techniques.

Moreover, I've never seen Wind Release Ninjutsu like this before. It's possible that the wind wheel technique was created by this person himself.

So powerful, so dazzling, with such distinctive features, and even seemingly an Uchiha —how come I've never seen him before? I don't recognize him at all?