Hyuga Akira charged straight into the forest. His Byakugan's 360-degree vision had already spotted Taira pursuing him.
A lone Amegakure Jonin. As long as we quietly...
He couldn't beat him. Never mind, then.
Hyuga Akira picked up speed, even taking off his two Bandit Leg Guards and replacing them with Nen Shoes to move faster.
His speed, originally slower than Taira's, instantly matched his opponent's.
More precisely, he was still a fraction slower.
"Why is this guy sticking so close?" He raised a hand and placed an Explosive Tag on a tree he leaped onto, then kept moving at full speed.
Through his Byakugan, he saw his opponent moving steadily forward, landing right on the tree where he had placed the Explosive Tag.
Boom!! An explosion rang out.
His opponent actually used the Water Body Flicker Technique to dodge immediately, then continued chasing Hyuga Akira.
A Jonin's reactions were too fast. Explosive Tags with delayed detonations were completely ineffective.
Hyuga Akira gritted his teeth and could only keep running, his mind racing as he searched for a way to shake off his pursuer.
At their current speeds, it was only a matter of time before his opponent caught up.
He certainly couldn't win a head-on fight. Even his opponent's injury wouldn't make much difference.
"Hanzo, you'd better remember this!! I'll blow you apart sooner or later!!"
Chapter 99: Hyuga Akira under pursuit
Now Hyuga Akira understood why Hanzo had only made him an adviser, without letting him get involved in Amegakure's civil war.
All the suggestions had clearly come from him, but Hanzo had always carried them out himself.
Hanzo had already grown suspicious of him then and put up his guard against him.
Unfortunately, he hadn't noticed at the time.
But Hyuga Akira's ideas had indeed helped Hanzo, so