A nauseating smell of scorching filled the air.
It was the smell of the Gelel Life Pill exploding in his stomach, forcibly burning through his internal organs.
Hyuga Hiashi felt his blood boil.
No, it was not boiling. It was burning.
Every inch of his chakra pathways screamed, as though countless red-hot steel needles were racing through his blood vessels.
His skin shriveled at a visible rate, and his hair instantly turned gray and withered like dead grass.
Yet his Byakugan shone with terrifying brightness.
Its perception had surpassed the limits of human physiology.
"ROAR!!"
Across from him, Yugito stopped dead after being kicked away and let out an inhuman roar.
Eerie blue flames shot skyward. The chakra of Matatabi, the Two-Tails, instantly enveloped her body like boiling magma.
A black-and-blue Tailed Beast Cloak churned around her. Her claws tore through the air, and her strikes shattered the rocks beneath her amid the searing heat.
This was not a Perfect Jinchuriki form, but through her own ability and willpower, Yugito could already use Tailed Beast Transformation.
This was what gave Kumogakure its confidence. This was Kumogakure's strength.
Yugito had good reason to be confident enough to lead a team out. In the original storyline, Hidan and Kakuzu had been sent to capture her. Had their abilities not been so bizarre, Yugito would never have lost.
And now, facing Hyuga Hiashi, Yugito did not believe she would lose either.
"Kill him! He's almost dead! Everyone, attack!"
Seeing Yugito enter combat mode, the Kumogakure ninja roared, drew their swords, and charged.
In their eyes, this shriveled old man was already on his last legs. They could drown him if each of them spat once.
He was merely a member of the humiliated Hyuga Clan, a worthless fool his own village looked down