Hyūga ninja being secretly executed...
Cold sweat appeared on Golden Eagle's face.
The sweat clung to his mask and skin, growing more profuse.
Had the ANBU discovered something? Why was he completely unaware?
The Hyūga clan's Byakugan had an astonishing reconnaissance range of up to 3 kilometers.
Within the village, Hyūga ninja could easily see many places.
Sitting within their clan compound, they could secretly observe the locations of many people, even ANBU movements.
Many of the village's secrets and dirty deeds were inadvertently seen by the Hyūga clan.
They cautiously hid this, never letting the village know exactly what they were aware of.
However, if the village elders discovered a secret might be exposed, or found traces of Hyūga clan ninja near a secret location, they would demand the Hyūga Main Family hand over the Hyūga ninja.
Some Hyūga ninja returned after being investigated; others, once taken for investigation, never returned.
Humiliation, resentment – these were the Hyūga clan's most deeply hidden emotions, never spoken of by anyone.
He never expected Squad Captain Fox to just say it out loud like that.
Could it be that because he knew some secret of the elders, they were coming to silence him?
That shouldn't be the case. He had served in the ANBU for so long; the elders trusted him greatly.
Just then, Fox raised his hand!
After a single hand seal, the curse markings of the Self-Cursing Body Binding Seal rapidly emerged from the ground, passed under the desk, and crawled up Golden Eagle's legs.
Golden Eagle was stunned. Were the elders really coming to silence him?
But what secret did he actually know?
Was it secretly participating in killing a Senju clan Tokubetsu Jōnin?
Or Orochimaru's human experiments?
The major events involving the Golden Eagle Squad recently were only these.
Golden Eagle was very strong. He raised his hand before the sealing curse patterns reached his shoulders.
"Eight Trigrams: Air Palm!"
As expected of an ANBU squad captain, his reaction was so fast.
Yōkō tilted his chair to the right, rolling to dodge the Air Palm.
The Air Palm struck the wall, directly punching a hole through it.
The nearby ANBU were dumbfounded. What was happening?
Why was there intense fighting in Squad Captain Golden Eagle's office?
Hearing the hurried footsteps outside, Yōkō knew he only had a few seconds.
His skin turned reddish-copper all over as he charged at Golden Eagle.
"Rotation!"
After forming a hand seal, Yōkō continuously created Earth-Style Rising Spears around him.
He gauged the strength of the Rotation; this was one piece of important intelligence on Golden Eagle.
The Earth-Style Rising Spears were superior, shattering the Rotation one after another.
As the hemispherical chakra was dispersed, Yōkō reached Golden Eagle.
Without a second thought, Golden Eagle struck at Fox's head with all his might.
"Halt!"
Battalion Commander Yellow Dog appeared behind them.
Yōkō withdrew the Copper Light from his forehead, taking Golden Eagle's full-force palm strike head-on.
Golden Eagle stared in shock as Fox's head deformed, killed by his own palm strike.
He looked in horror at Battalion Commander Yellow Dog, revealed after Fox's body fell.
What?
Huh?
I killed Squad Captain Fox?
Is this how you frame someone?
Will anyone listen to my explanation!
--
Yōkō's vision went black, then shifted, returning him to the full moon night from days ago.
Kyōi was still asleep beside him. Recently, Kyōi had resumed her ninja training, and her full, round buttocks were becoming perkier.
After shaking Kyōi awake and thoroughly investigating the results of her ninja training, Yōkō left her boudoir and quickly went to the dense forest above the Hokage Monument.
First, he used an Earth Vibration Barrier to scout, confirming no one was around, then began receiving the rewards from this death.
[Mochizuki's Arc activated!
The host has only one resurrection opportunity per month, reviving on the previous full moon night upon death.
Reward: One draw opportunity:
1- Eight Trigrams: Air Palm (Beginner);
2- Elite Jōnin-level Chakra Reserve (Stackable);
3- Hyūga Clan Bloodline (Standard, Can be Purified).]
The first option, Eight Trigrams Air Palm, wasn't very useful.
It was a secret technique that compressed air with chakra to form a powerful shockwave.
Chakra was compressed in the chakra pathways and released in an instant.
Yōkō didn't lack an offensive secret technique.
This technique could be replaced by Wind Release: Great Breakthrough. Finding a ninja skilled in Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and raising that technique's rating from 'Proficient' to 'Mastery' was more practical.
The Air Palm couldn't be shown to others, while Wind Release: Great Breakthrough could be used freely.
The second option, Elite Jōnin-level Chakra Reserve.
As Yōkō's physical talent slowly manifested, his chakra reserve had already grown to 1.1 times the Elite Jōnin level.
His chakra was still slowly increasing, not yet reaching his physical limit, so he didn't choose this either.
The third option, Hyūga Clan Bloodline (Standard).
This was what Yōkō needed.
A strange chakra appeared around his eyes.
After forming hand seals, Yōkō activated the Byakugan.
One of the areas where the Byakugan was inferior to the Sharingan was this complex activation method. The Sharingan required no hand seals and could be activated instantly.
"Byakugan!"
His vision changed. Everything became semi-transparent.
Above... in the sky over Konoha, there was a chakra barrier; that was Konoha's protective barrier.
The flow of chakra was crystal clear. The feeling was incredibly marvelous.
He looked into the distance and found his reconnaissance range was about 2 kilometers.
There was still a gap compared to the top Hyūga ninjas' 3 kilometers, but this could be improved through training.
Before moving against the Five Noble Clan Tokubetsu Jōnin next month, he absolutely had to train the Byakugan hard, striving to push its reconnaissance range to the limit.
He didn't have the Branch Family's Caged Bird Seal branded on him, so his Byakugan had no blind spot.
Wait!
The Byakugan from the Hyūga Main Family that Kirigakure obtained... could it be his?
Next time he encountered Kiri-nin, he had to be ruthless. They might actually try to pluck his eyes; that's just too much.
Yōkō took out a small mirror he had 'borrowed' from Kyōi from his tool pouch and looked at his eyes.
After deactivating the Byakugan, his eyes returned to normal pupils, with no aftereffects.
Good. The Byakugan ability could be hidden.
Yōkō checked his status panel.
[Host Status:
Chakra Reserve: 1.1x Elite Jōnin-level.
Chakra Natures: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Yang, Yin.
Bloodlines: Senju of the Forest (Medium-High), Uzumaki Bloodline (Medium-High), Uchiha Bloodline (Medium-High), Hyūga Bloodline (Standard).
Ninjutsu: Earth Release: Earth-Style Rising Spears (Mastery), Water Release: Water Cutting Wave (Proficient), Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique (Beginner), etc.
Taijutsu: Bone-Crushing Copper Light, Body Flicker Technique, etc.
Sealing Techniques: Self-Cursing Body Binding Seal (Mastery), Contract Seal, Summoning Technique (Spear Egret, Eight Ninja Hounds, Stone Pandas), Sealing Technique: Sealing Object Formula, Five Elements Seal, Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, Earth Vibration Damping Cursed Seal.
Secret Techniques: Absolute Defense: Copper Light, Semi-Absolute Defense: Coiling Snake, Hydrification Healing Technique, Shadow Imitation Technique.
Special Abilities: Stress Reflex (Second Breakthrough), Natural Chakra Growth, Self-Healing Recovery (Slow), Sealing Technique Aptitude, Two Tomoe Sharingan, Byakugan.]
Among the ninjutsu he had mastered, aside from the 'Mastery' rated ones, most had been raised to 'Proficient' through use. The recently acquired Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique was at 'Beginner' level, still lacking somewhat.
Yōkō looked at his status panel, contemplating how to execute the assassination plan against the Five Noble Clans next month.
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