Becomes a Rebel Ninja After Annihilating the Hyuga Clan

The scene before her was a hellish carnage. Tsunade's mouth hung open slightly; no matter how she thought of it, she never expected to witness such devastation.

Without a doubt, Nara Suzaku had failed. Originally, she believed that even if they couldn’t take down Neiki, they could at least hold him off. After all, Suzaku was so clever. He knew how to fight and when not to fight, didn't he?

However, reality had given Tsunade a harsh slap in the face.

Nara Suzaku and his team hadn’t just failed to capture Neiki; they hadn't even put up a proper fight against him. They didn’t even have a chance to escape. Over a dozen highly skilled Konoha shinobi, at least Special Jonin, had been silently wiped out on this seemingly unremarkable island.

The air was heavy with silence, only disturbed by the sound of rain and wind rustling the leaves.

Neiki calmly stared in Tsunade’s direction. Their eyes didn't meet; Tsunade’s gaze was fixed behind him. Neiki turned to see Hayama Byakumo, who he had just stabbed in the chest, struggling to write something in the air with his bloody fingers.

“You’re loyal, I’ll give you that,” Neiki shook his head, slightly amused at Byakumo’s attempt to be useful even now.

Tsunade's face contorted in anger. She wanted to rush forward, but it was already too late.

Thud!

The long sword pierced Byakumo’s brain, and his hand fell lifelessly to the ground. At that moment, Byakumo was finally dead.

“Neiki!!” Tsunade roared.

Tsunade had wandered the world far from Konoha for a long time. This was her first time seeing the mastermind behind Konoha’s downfall. Undoubtedly, his entrance, stepping over the corpses of Suzaku and his team, left an indelible mark on her.

This was the biggest loss the eastern forces had faced so far.

Tsunade was both grief-stricken and furious, but she didn’t lose her composure. She glared at Neiki until the Konoha forces arrived behind her, then coldly issued her orders:

“Shizune, get someone to bring the ship to the nearest coast. Everyone else, follow me. If we can’t take down Neiki within ten minutes, we withdraw!”

“Yes!” Shizune accepted the order and left.

Kumo was planning to invade Konoha by taking a detour through other countries. No one knew how far they had already gotten. Konoha was in grave danger, and Tsunade had to return as soon as possible.

Tsunade’s original plan was to meet up with Suzaku and Byakumo and then use the main force to take out Neiki. But seeing so many corpses made her realize they had severely underestimated Neiki’s power, even misleading the highly intuitive Nara Suzaku.

Suzaku had thought that gathering Konoha shinobi who could cooperate well would be enough to capture Neiki or at least suppress him. Thus, even Tsunade hadn’t been too worried about their situation.

But no one could have anticipated that the situation would collapse at such a critical moment.

With the deaths of Suzaku and over ten other top Konoha shinobi, Hyuga Neiki had once again proven to Konoha that his danger did not solely stem from his ruthless schemes. His strength exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Given this, Tsunade had no great confidence in taking down Neiki within ten minutes. That was the maximum time limit for a retaliatory attempt, a line drawn to satisfy both the grief and fury of the Konoha shinobi and Tsunade’s own inner rage.

Just like her previous conversation with Mei Terumi.

Not being the Mizukage, Mei Terumi couldn’t make a truce agreement for Kirigakure.

As the commander of the Konoha eastern forces, Tsunade couldn’t make decisions that would harm Konoha’s overall interests just because of her own desires.

Killing Neiki to avenge her comrades would be satisfying, but it would be better to retreat if they couldn’t achieve it within ten minutes.

“Attack!” Without another word, Tsunade threw a kunai, which Neiki dodged, and then she charged at him with her fists raised.

Behind her, dozens of Konoha shinobi launched their attack on Neiki.

Rain soaked Neiki’s face, and the wet hair covered his eyes. The wet clothes clung tightly to his body, outlining the muscles of his tall figure.

Neiki stood quietly on the muddy ground as the Konoha shinobi, led by Tsunade, charged at him with swords and kunai. Their feet splashed in puddles, and their roaring voices and determined footsteps shaken the surrounding trees. As they advanced, branches shook, and rain droplets fell like a ceremonial send-off.

The narrow road couldn’t accommodate all the shinobi at once, so many were advancing on the branches.

From Neiki’s perspective, the overwhelming wave of shinobi and the swaying branches and leaves appeared incredibly formidable.

Unlike before, when Neiki had been darting between Kirigakure and Konoha, this time the Konoha shinobi had only one enemy to worry about—Neiki.

Their objective was clear, their methods ruthless—they aimed to cut off Neiki’s head to avenge their fallen comrades and those who would perish because of the Fourth Great Ninja War.

“Die!” A fist aimed at Neiki was dodged with a simple backflip.

Boom!

Although the punch missed, the ground cracking from the impact showed the terrifying power behind Tsunade’s furious strike.

Two Konoha shinobi darted past Tsunade, following up with attacks, their swords flashing as they aimed at Neiki.

Neiki’s feet hadn’t even touched the ground before their attacks arrived.

He remained calm, disappearing in a flash just as the blades were about to strike. He reappeared on a tree trunk nearby, where he plucked out a kunai marked with a special symbol.

“Flying Thunder God…” Tsunade’s expression darkened. With that technique, if Neiki wanted to escape, none of them could catch him within ten minutes.

Fortunately, Neiki didn’t seem intent on fleeing. His eyes, reflecting all the Konoha shinobi, clearly conveyed his message without a word.

Come on.

This guy… would eventually pay for his arrogance!

Tsunade silently memorized the positions of all the Flying Thunder God markings and charged at Neiki with her team.

“Watch out for that black sword!”

“He disappeared again…”

“He’s behind you!!”

“Damn it… does he only know how to run?!”

“Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!!”

“Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!!”

Wind fed the flames. The combined ninjutsu, released by two coordinated Konoha shinobi, seemed to predict Neiki’s landing spot.

The Konoha shinobi predicted Neiki’s Flying Thunder God teleportation point for the first time in all their battles. Although Neiki still managed to avoid it using the technique, he nodded slightly in satisfaction as he observed the incoming flames.

Raising his black sword high.

“Combined Sword Art: Water and Earth Shield!”

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