The Hyuga Clan Arrives Late

Chapter Forty-Nine: The Hyuga Clan Arrives Late

Tobirama Senju fled frantically across the battlefield, alternating constantly between the Shadow Clone Technique and the Substitution Technique, terrified that the enormous python behind him would bite down.

A giant snake over fifty meters long could instantly crush even rock and steel in its jaws.

Tobirama Senju was only flesh and blood. Even if he was not bitten to death in one bite, a mere brush from Garaga's massive body would instantly crush him into pulp.

With a body of Garaga's size, he could practically be called invincible on the battlefield.

Without strength beyond Kage Level, like Senju Hashirama's or Uchiha Madara's, dealing with a giant snake like Garaga was no easier than a Chunin challenging Konoha's Hokage.

Uchiha Jobu's face darkened. "You can't even catch a single human ninja. You're truly useless."

He was talking about Garaga. He felt that aside from his enormous size, Garaga had no advantages at all. Though he was an unbeatable existence to ordinary ninjas, against truly powerful ninjas, he was nothing special.

The joy Uchiha Jobu had felt when he first obtained Ryūchi Cave's summoning scroll had completely vanished after watching Garaga get toyed with by Tobirama Senju time and again. A huge body clearly did not mean strength equal to that size.

Garaga roared, "Brat, do you want to die? That little loach down there running around has already irritated me enough. If you're looking for death, I'll grant it to you right now."

Uchiha Jobu's eyes trembled as he looked into the distance. He saw a group of ninjas suddenly entering the battlefield, and after his expression changed several times, he said, "I'm releasing the Summoning Technique. You can go back to Ryūchi Cave."

"You little bastard! I won't let you off!"

As soon as Garaga finished speaking, the Summoning Technique sent him back to Ryūchi Cave.

The ninjas who had suddenly entered the battlefield all wore identical outfits. Gray-white cloth bands were wrapped around their foreheads, concealing the ugly seal that deprived them of freedom.

The one leading them was the head of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family. She was so beautiful that even Uchiha Jobu, who had seen countless beauties in the information age, felt his heart pound fiercely the instant he looked at her.

She was too beautiful.

Her movements as she attacked were like a graceful dance, displaying the beauty of the Gentle Fist to the fullest.

But the Gentle Fist was not merely beautiful. This thousand-year-old martial art possessed power that made countless ninjas in the Warring States Ninja World fear it. The instant it struck an enemy's body, it could seal the chakra flowing within them.

"The Hyuga Clan has arrived!"

After saying that, Hyuga Tensei launched a fierce, merciless assault against the Senju Clan. More than a hundred Hyuga Clan Branch Family ninjas at her side moved with Hyuga Tensei as their core. As they attacked the Senju ninjas, many of them used the Gentle Fist to help the Uchiha Clan's ninjas, who specialized in ninjutsu, stop enemies trying to approach.

With the Hyuga Clan joining the battle, the Uchiha Clan's strength surged dramatically, completely surpassing the Senju Clan.

"The Hyuga Clan! Why are they here? Have those people sided with the Uchiha?"

"Did we choose wrong? The Senju Clan is clearly the Clan of Love. Why would the Hyuga Clan choose to help the Uchiha? Or is there some secret we don't understand?"

"The Senju Clan's leader is currently tied up by the Uchiha Clan leader, Uchiha Madara. He can't help us deal with the Hyuga Clan!"

"Should we retreat? If we keep fighting, defeat is certain. With the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan together, the Ninja World's two strongest dojutsu Kekkei Genkai clans have joined forces. The Senju Clan and us are no longer enough to contend with them."

Even the Uchiha Clan had not expected the Hyuga Clan, which had merely shown an intention to cooperate, to appear on the battlefield so early and launch a merciless attack against the Senju Clan.

It seemed the Hyuga Clan had completely made up its mind. So that a ninja possessing both the Shikotsumyaku and the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai could be born within their clan, they had decided to align themselves with the Uchiha.

The Senju Clan was utterly shocked. The Senju Clan clearly had the better reputation, and other ninja clans were also more willing to trust them, so why could they not understand why the Hyuga Clan had chosen to stand with the Uchiha Clan?

Could it be that dojutsu clans shared a common language? Was that why the Hyuga Clan would rather align with the Uchiha than trust the Senju Clan?

Uchiha Madara laughed wildly. "Hashirama! It seems the dream you spoke of is destined to remain unrealized. Take your naivety and die beneath my attacks. Go to the Pure Land and think about peace there!"

The Hyuga Clan's aid to the Uchiha threw Senju Hashirama's state of mind into disarray. His mindset shifted in an instant, and his fighting spirit fell. He was immediately suppressed by Susanoo, and one of the Wood Golem's arms was sliced off.

The Wood Dragon clamped down tightly on Susanoo's right arm, preventing Susanoo from raising it to continue swinging its blade.

With only one arm left, the Wood Golem landed a heavy punch on Susanoo's face, making Susanoo creak and crack.

"Failure is only temporary. As long as I keep moving forward without wavering, I will definitely achieve my dream and create a village where everyone can truly coexist in peace!"

"A village? I have to admit, the dream you speak of astonished me. I once wanted to fight alongside you as well. But, Hashirama, you must understand that my name is Uchiha. You must protect your clan and your brother, and I too must fight endlessly for my clansmen and my brother!"

"Then come, Madara! I won't admit defeat!"

"If you admitted defeat, I would look down on you instead. Just like this—bring out all your strength and fight me to the death. Kill me! Otherwise, I will kill you!"

Deliberately avoiding the area where Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were fighting, Uchiha Jobu came before Hyuga Tensei, the head of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family, and asked, "Has your brother made up his mind?"

Hyuga Tensei nodded. "Yes. Although it does not fulfill what my brother originally wanted, a Hyuga ninja with the Shikotsumyaku is still someone the clan can place its hopes in."

Uchiha Jobu smiled confidently. "That's more like it. The Hyuga Clan lacks truly powerful experts. If you can have a Hyuga ninja with the Shikotsumyaku, the Hyuga Clan's reputation and strength in the Ninja World will rise to another level."

Of course, Hyuga Tensei knew Uchiha Jobu was right. The Hyuga Clan was neither outstanding among the strongest nor weak among the lesser clans. That was why they had a reputation in the Ninja World but lacked strength to match it. To protect the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai, they had no choice but to use the Caged Bird seal to imprison the freedom of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family.

It looked as though it was for the clan, and in truth, it was for the clan. But how many people in the Hyuga Branch Family were truly willing? Did they not secretly harbor hatred in their hearts, wishing they could kill every member of the Hyuga Main Family?

But if one day the Hyuga Clan became powerful, like the Uchiha Clan, and no longer had to fear other ninja clans coveting their Kekkei Genkai, would the Hyuga Clan still place the Caged Bird seal on the Branch Family?