He would certainly bring destruction to Konoha.
At least, that was the side Hyuga Akira had shown him.
"Not just Konoha, Senior White Fang." Hyuga Akira wiped a hand across his face, revealing the Daimyo's features, and looked at him with the hint of a smile.
He spread his arms as though embracing something.
"The entire Land of Fire."
Hatake Sakumo spun around, his short blade blocking empty air, yet a clear clang rang out.
"Genjutsu!!"
Hyuga Akira held his sword in both hands, its transparent blade blocked by Hatake Sakumo at the last moment.
Hatake Sakumo instantly understood everything that had happened at the Daimyo Mansion. His expression abruptly changed. "You actually replaced the Daimyo!!"
"How perceptive." Hyuga Akira smiled faintly. "And that's not all."
Gale winds coiled around the transparent blade, and flames ignited within them.
And then came-
A violent explosion.
Boom!!
Amid the smoke thrown up by the explosion, Hatake Sakumo tumbled through the air with scorch marks on his body and landed on the ground.
The smoke slowly dispersed, revealing a frowning Hyuga Akira. He looked down at his chest. His clothes were torn, and a shallow sword wound marked his body.
In that fleeting instant, Hatake Sakumo had chosen to attack him. His Transformation Technique had been a step too slow, and he had been wounded instead.
"So fast," Hyuga Akira marveled. That swordsmanship was so fast that he had not even reacted.
"As expected of Konoha's dreaded White Fang, Hatake Sakumo."
Half-kneeling on the ground, Hatake Sakumo demanded in a low voice, "Were you also the person in the Land of Wind back then?"
"That's right," Hyuga Akira admitted openly. "Senior White Fang, everything you're going through now was my doing. But I was acting on someone else's orders, and I still haven't