The Night of Death

Chapter 62 The Night of Death

Blood splattered as Hyuga Shinji's jaw, along with his entire tongue, was ripped out by Hyuga Yuto.

Because of the excessive force, the main family member's teeth sank into Hyuga Yuto's fingers, but the branch family boy did not feel any pain. His blood and chakra boiled together, roaring ferociously in his body.

Hyuga Yuto grinned silently. He gripped Shinji's bloodied jawbone tightly and, with brute force, slammed it into Shinji's face. Shinji's right cheek caved in, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Revive the crisis!"

Just then, Shinji Hyuga's assassin used the Resurrection Technique.

As elite guards dedicated to protecting the main family, these individuals were trained in defensive techniques such as Bagua Palm: Reversal of Heaven. Their coordinated movements were highly methodical, with two chakra shields rotating rapidly on the left and right, their intersection providing a perfect foothold for Hyuga Yuto.

boom!

Hyuga Yuto was thrown into the air, tumbling to dissipate the force before landing more than ten meters away.

The expressions of the several branch members' assassins simultaneously turned extremely ugly.

This enemy wearing the Prajna mask was so skilled at resisting the Return to Heaven technique that it seemed as if he knew it by heart.

And more importantly, he was really fast.

Just before the two Heavenly Reversals could unleash their power, she preemptively grabbed Shinji Hyuga by the collar, dragging him backward. In the process, she leisurely used Shinji as a shield, taking the brunt of the two Heavenly Reversals.

Hyuga Yuto landed steadily, tossed the unconscious Hyuga Shinji behind him, and sat down on him, calmly observing the assassins.

Without the speed to charge forward, the mere mask was naturally no match for the Byakugan's penetrating vision; the face beneath the demon mask was clearly visible to the branch family assassins.

With a black bandage on his right hand, handsome looks, and having been taken in as a disciple by Tsunade and promoted to Jonin at a young age, Hyuga Yuto is not only quite famous, but also has a very distinctive appearance.

"Hyuuga Yuuto..."

Among the branch family's assassins, the only Jonin, Hyuga Takumi, spoke, his tone filled with deep fear and confusion:

"What are you doing?"

Hyuga Yuto first tapped the rough horn of the Hannya mask, then let his left hand hang down naturally and rest it on Hyuga Shinji's shoulder, the movement as gentle as if meeting an old friend.

Kaba.

Shinji Hinata's collarbone was snapped by him with one hand.

The young head of the clan groaned, but still did not wake up.

"Hyuga Yuto, you've gone mad... Attacking the main clan, you will be executed by the entire clan..."

Kaba.

"Hyuga Yuto! Stop! I'm warning you, Commander Minato could return at any moment..."

Kaba.

No one dared to speak.

They looked at Hyuga Yuto, who sat silently on Shinji's lap, and a chill ran through them. As mature ninjas, they knew exactly what Hyuga Yuto was trying to say.

There is nothing to say between me and you.

A cold sweat broke out on Hyuga Takuya's back. As a suicide squad member, if Shinji got into trouble, none of his group would survive.

"Although we don't know his purpose, he's taken the main family hostage. To prevent us from informing them and exposing his attack on the main family, he must be trying to silence us... Yes, he's recovering his chakra and accumulating enough strength. Torturing Shinji is also to force us not to act rashly!"

In a flash, Takuya Hinata figured out the key.

He made a hand gesture, and a female subordinate understood immediately, sprinting backward without even looking back.

All the remaining assassins, including Hyuga Takuya, rushed towards Hyuga Yuto.

"Hyuga Yuto... since you're using Shinji as a shield, you can't kill him easily. We've surrounded you; you can't possibly kill us all in a short time. Even if you defeat a few, Rurina, who's on her way to report, will have plenty of time to expose your betrayal of the Hyuga clan! You're doomed to lose..."

Many thoughts flashed through Hyuga Takuya's mind. He moved with incredible speed, and in the blink of an eye, he was five meters in front of Hyuga Yuto.

However, the next moment, he stopped abruptly, like a hen being grabbed by the neck, making a "uh-uh" sound from his throat.

Hyuga Yuto snapped Shinji's neck.

Then, a green light from medical ninjutsu emanated from his hand, and with a slow, deliberate motion, he gouged out Hyuga Shinji's two unsealed Byakugan eyes.

Thump, thump.

Hyuga Yuto pulled two small bottles from a hidden pouch on his waist, tossed the Byakugan into the preservative solution, shook it twice, and chuckled with satisfaction.

A genuine sense of despair welled up in Takumi's heart. He knew he had made a fatal mistake: he had misjudged Hyuga Yuto's chakra recovery speed and his resolute and ruthless killing intent.

—It wasn't a "kidnapping"; Hyuga Yuto's initial goal was to kill Shinji and his group!

Takumi's mind was so deeply ingrained with the idea that "the branch family would never kill the main family" that he completely misunderstood Hyuga Yuto's thoughts.

In the ninja world, one wrong move means stepping into the abyss of death.

"Scatter! Split up and run!" Hyuga Takuya shouted, making the first correct judgment in this dense forest.

However, it was all too late.

Hyuga Yuto stood up, stretched his neck, and his right arm once again formed a lion's tooth-like armor.

He didn't say a word from beginning to end.

……

"Ha, ha..." Hinata Rurina clutched her abdomen, pressing hard on the wound. Even without using her Byakugan, she knew that her internal organs were already riddled with holes.

"Damn Cloud Village bastards..." she muttered through gritted teeth, her consciousness growing increasingly blurred.

As the main battle neared its end, both sides would gather into small combat units. It was extremely dangerous for one person to act alone. The moment she saw the Cloud Village ninja, she didn't have time to say anything before she started fighting them.

After several perilous battles, Hyuga Rurina finally escaped. Her physical condition was extremely poor, but the Hyuga female ninja still endured the pain and moved towards the temporary base of the Konoha advance force.

"Hyuga Yuto... we must inform the clan head of your atrocities..."

She murmured softly, her will for revenge driving her as she struggled through the dark forest.

Finally, upon seeing the huge Konoha symbol, her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground.

"Something's happening there! It's...it's the Hyuga clan!"

"Quick! A cot!"

"She's badly injured... Where's the medical unit?"

"We don't have enough manpower...there are too many wounded..."

Lying on the cot, surrounded by the strong smell of medicine, even though she couldn't move or utter a word, Hinata Rurina felt a sense of warmth and happiness.

She knew she had finally reached the safest place.

"Damn it! There are just too many wounded... Everyone in the medical team is busy, who else understands..."

"Think of something! Wait, is that... Lady Tsunade's disciple? Great!"

Hinata Rurina's lips trembled, and she opened her eyes wide in horror, only to find that she could hardly move her eyelids.

"That's right, I'm Hyuga Yuto. Medical ninjutsu, huh? Of course, I'm Lady Tsunade's disciple."

"Hmm... What a pitiful person. We're both from Hyuga and the same village. I'll save her."

"But she's too badly injured. Medical ninjutsu isn't a miracle. I'm not entirely confident. Okay... give me a room, and I'll perform surgery on her."

Hinata Rurina's body began to tremble slightly. A strong will to survive gave her some strength, and she tried to struggle to get up and shout out the fact that Hinata Yuto was a traitor.

However, a strong young man's hand pressed against her abdomen, exerting a subtle force that no outsider could see, suppressing all her movements and extinguishing her hope of survival.

"Don't worry, trust me, it's fate that we met here."

The boy named Hinata Yuto chuckled softly, his voice gentle, like a warm breeze brushing against one's cheek.

"It's okay...you'll get better."

These were the last words Hinata Rurina heard in her life.

(End of this chapter)