"He dodged my attack with his eyes closed?!" Hyuga Seika was somewhat surprised. His teammates also sensed something was off.
*Ting-ting-ting!*
Hyuga's teammates threw several kunai and shuriken. Satoru dodged again, and this time he returned to Hyuga Seika.
"I told you not to help me?!" Hyuga Seika was a ninja who was very particular about principles.
Then Hyuga Seika shouted:
"Satoru! You've entered my formation! You can't escape!"
But Satoru still stood with his eyes closed, concentrating.
"Hmph! Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms!" Hyuga Seika had already activated his Byakugan; veins bulged around his eyes.
"One palm!" Satoru's body swayed like noodles from side to side, dodging the first palm.
"Two palms!"
"Four palms..."
"Eight palms..."
"Sixteen palms..."
Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms grew faster and faster. Satoru's Shadow Clone finally took a hit, but it didn't disappear immediately because Armament Haki and the Sage's Cloak greatly reduced the damage Satoru received.
"Thirty-two palms!"
"Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms!" When all sixty-four palms landed, Satoru's Shadow Clone had taken quite a few hits.
"Not bad. Indeed, the Hyuga Clan is number one in taijutsu. If those sixty-four palms hit an ordinary person, their chakra would probably be sealed, and they'd suffer severe injuries, right?" Satoru's Shadow Clone asked.
Satoru admired the power of Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms, but Hyuga Seika was shocked that Satoru was unharmed—and that it was just a Shadow Clone!
"How is that possible?!"
"Why didn't your Shadow Clone disappear?!" Hyuga Seika could hardly believe his eyes. He'd never encountered such a situation before.
"Because your attacks were too weak, so the Shadow Clone hasn't reached the vanishing point yet. Do you get it?" Satoru said.
"Impossible! Even if you didn't take all sixty-four palms, the chakra in your Shadow Clone's body should be in disarray! It couldn't possibly continue existing!" Hyuga Seika could hardly believe his eyes. He'd never seen anyone's Shadow Clone so strong.
"So, that means your tenketsu sealing didn't work? How do you plan to attack now?" Satoru's Shadow Clone stared intently at the Hyuga Seika before him.
"I... I won't give up!" Hyuga Seika charged at Satoru. Though he didn't continue Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms, he immediately switched to Gentle Fist.
Satoru's Shadow Clone naturally used ghostly movements, dodging Hyuga Seika's attacks one after another.
"Ha-ha-ha..." Soon Hyuga Seika was breathing heavily; his stamina was running out. It wasn't surprising—he'd been aggressively attacking Satoru the whole time.
"Looks like your strength is waning too. I'll finish you!" Satoru's Shadow Clone said.
Just as Satoru was about to use ninjutsu to quickly defeat Hyuga Seika, he noticed the two teammates exchanging glances and immediately forming seals, preparing ninjutsu.
It seemed they planned to finish off this youth named Hyuga Seika too.
"Bad! These two will kill both Hyuga Seika and me! If a Hyuga Clan member dies here, I won't be able to explain!" Satoru immediately used Super Body Flicker Technique to shove Hyuga Seika aside, taking all the ninjutsu attacks himself.
"What?! What's happening?!" Hyuga Seika was stunned too. He hadn't expected his own teammates to attack him.
And his opponent, Satoru, had protected him.
Boom!
Satoru's Shadow Clone was ultimately destroyed.
Satoru frowned, opened his eyes, and stopped comprehending Observation Haki.
"Hyuga Seika, don't blame us. Blame yourself for not having the ability to finish off this stinking brat."
"Since it's come to this, we won't pretend anymore! In truth! We're not your teammates—your real teammates are already dead by our hands!"
"We're ninjas from Hidden Waterfall Village. Before entering here, someone ordered us to kill a ninja named Satoru. We were also told we could use the Hyuga Clan. So we found you, took advantage of your separation, and killed your teammates. All to kill this brat named Satoru at the critical moment."
"But the Hyuga Clan's eyes seem like a great prize too. So we decided, once you're both injured, to finish you both off!"
"Ha-ha-ha! You must be out of strength to fight now, right?"
"Brat Satoru! Blame yourself for abandoning your teammates and coming alone! Otherwise, you wouldn't die so quickly!"
"Remember our names! Two Waterfall Demons! Farewell!" The two from the Waterfall immediately threw kunai. One was about to pierce Hyuga Seika, the other Satoru.
They really intended to kill both Hyuga Seika and Satoru.
Satoru wanted to dodge, but who would've thought Hyuga Seika would suddenly step in front of him and shove him away.
"Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Spin!" Hyuga Seika spun rapidly, creating a chakra shield around himself. This technique could deflect physical attacks.
In a way, Hyuga Seika had become Satoru's savior.
"This guy saved me—what a surprise!" Satoru had thought all Hyuga Clan members were unreasonable. Now, seeing this, his view of the Hyuga Clan changed greatly.
"You dared kill my teammates!" Hyuga Seika was furious. He looked at Satoru and said, "We'll postpone our fight!"
"First, let's team up and finish these two bastards!" Hyuga Seika suggested.
"Ha-ha! Of course!" Satoru was ready to fight too. After all, these two were already on his hit list.
Not for any other reason, but because Satoru really hated sneaky types who attacked from behind.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha! You still have the strength to fight us?" The two Waterfall ninjas canceled their Transformation Technique, revealing their true faces.
"That guy! They look exactly the same?!" Hyuga Seika was shocked. He apparently hadn't encountered this before.
"Twins?" Satoru had also met twins for the first time in the "Naruto" world.
"We two studied one secret technique, so our minds are synchronized. In other words, our thoughts can communicate, allowing us to unleash power several times our normal abilities!" the Two Waterfall Demons said simultaneously.
"I don't care about that! Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Palm!" Hyuga Seika struck with his palm without further ado. Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Palm was another long-range Eight Trigrams technique.
But the Two Waterfall Demons easily dodged Hyuga Seika's technique.
"Hm? These Two Waterfall Demons do have some combat prowess," Satoru noticed their movements were surprisingly synchronized. Was it twin telepathy?