Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 10 Assassination
boom! !

The door slammed shut with a loud bang, and Xiaochun, who was turning around, shuddered.

Seeing this, Mitokado Homura sighed, feeling a pang of regret that Danzo was still in Hiruzen's hands.

Hopefully, Danzo will learn his lesson this time and behave himself...

"Oh, right, Hiruzen."

Mitokado Homura seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly frowned as he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, lowering his voice to ask, "The village's strength is already weak, is it really okay to let Jiraiya go outside?"

Upon hearing this, and thinking of Jiraiya who had left the village under the pretext of "chasing Orochimaru," Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed inwardly and said calmly, "He will come back when it's time."

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu exchanged a glance, realizing that Sarutobi Hiruzen was unwilling to say more, so they could only shake their heads helplessly and get up to take their leave.

Click.

Staring at the closed door, Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a long time; only his breathing could be heard in the room.

After a while, he stood up stiffly and walked to the office window, his cloudy eyes obscured by the smoke rising from his pipe.

After the rain, the leaves always look very clean. Dewdrops adorn the eaves, and mottled watermarks are like scattered mirrors embedded everywhere. The leaves, streetlights, and wall tiles all reflect the prosperity of the leaves.

Looking at the scenery outside, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about many things.

Thinking of Konoha's hard-won peace, the internal and external troubles beneath that peace, Orochimaru and Jiraiya who left the village, Tsunade who spent her days in casinos to numb herself, the orphan left behind by Minato and Kushina, and the longing look in the eyes of that Hyuga clan child when he looked at me...

"hiss……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his chest high, inhaling the bittersweet air into his lungs, and finally exhaling slowly. A spark ignited in his pipe, and he suppressed all his emotions deep inside.

"It's alright." After a moment of silence, he murmured in a slightly hoarse voice, as if speaking to himself, "No matter what it takes, we must protect everything that Konoha has achieved so hard."

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Meanwhile, at the 44th training ground on the edge of Konoha, in the Forest of Death, sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, casting dappled golden spots on the shoulders of two figures.

"Senior, strength originates from the ground, power flows from the spine, combining both softness and strength..."

"Ah da!"

The wooden stakes in front of Hyuga Kumokawa and Might Guy were both broken, but the former's stake clearly showed that it had burst open from the inside, while the latter's stake looked like it had been brutally smashed.

Watching Might Guy's almost completely chaotic and powerful brick-flying attacks, Hinata Kumokawa, who had been teaching him all morning, could no longer maintain his smile.

"Huff." Might Guy, who could run around Konoha all day without getting tired, was now covered in sweat and panting heavily. He couldn't help but touch his head and laugh helplessly, "Yun Chuan, your modified Gentle Fist is really hard to learn."

“After all, you’ve been studying Steel Fist for over a decade. Adjusting your body’s instincts will definitely require some effort.” Hinata Yunchuan shook his head. “Let’s stop here for today.”

During the second Chunin Exams match between Neji and Hinata, Might Guy and Rock Lee discussed the classification of taijutsu (body techniques).
Taijutsu that focuses on surface damage, causing fractures or other external injuries, is called "Gangquan" (or "Hard Fist"). Taijutsu that injures the enemy's meridian system and internal organs is called "Gentle Fist" (or "Gentle Fist"). As for those like Tsunade and the Fourth Raikage who combine ninjutsu and taijutsu, they are called "Nintaijutsu" (or "Ninjutsu Taijutsu").

What Hyuga Kumokawa is trying to do now is to combine the advantages of steel fist and soft fist, and in the future, based on the Eight Gates, develop a taijutsu system that is most suitable for him.

"Okay, then..."

As Might Guy was speaking, Hinata Kumokawa suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, and a deep chill rose up.

It was incredibly abrupt and terrifying.

All the muscles in his body tensed up in an instant, and the veins around his white eyes bulged out.

No exception.

There was nothing unusual. "No, something's not right!" Hinata Kumokawa's expression changed drastically. "It's a blind spot!"

The Byakugan grants the Hyuga clan a 360° field of vision, but branch family members, due to the Caged Bird Seal, have a 1° blind spot extending backward from their spine!
If the enemy is at close range, a 1° blind spot is not a big deal, but if they are at a very long distance...

This 1° will become a sector with an angular radius of 1°, and as the radius of the sector expands, it will become an extremely large dead zone area!

呲! !

Sure enough, almost the instant Hinata Kumokawa reacted, a barely audible whooshing sound entered his ears.

This is an assassination attempt, an assassination targeting him, an extremely deadly attack.

Given the sound and the distance, it's too late to search for it or dodge.

Realizing this, Hinata Kumokawa's originally gloomy eyes suddenly calmed down, and driven by his body's instinct, he slowly closed his eyes.

"Since I can't see it," he thought to himself, "then I won't go look."

The next moment, an invisible wave spread out from his body, and Hyuga Kumokawa seemed to have stepped into another world.

All bodily senses are shut down, leaving only mental "perception".

There was no howling wind, no chirping insects, no breathing, no heartbeat...

The world was as still as if it were dead.

It was as if time had stopped for him.

So, he "saw" it.

Hinata Kumokawa "saw" the kunai behind him, surrounded by a sharp aura.

Wind Release: Vacuum Blade is a wind-style ninjutsu that combines shape and nature transformation, infusing wind-attribute chakra into an external object to transform it into an incredibly sharp and swift sword.

The assassin had mastered this technique to its fullest extent, so fast that Might Guy couldn't even react in time.

However, according to Hinata Kumokawa's intuition, the kunai, which should have been too fast to see clearly, seemed to be pulling on an endless line, sliding towards him at an extremely slow speed.

Hinata Kumokawa didn't turn around. He raised his hand and spread his five fingers, like crane wings waiting to be spread. His knuckles gleamed with the pale yellow calluses from years of boxing practice in the sunlight.

He held the handle of the kunai in his hand, and the swirling wind blades pierced his palm, but seemed to have hit an invisible iron wall, suddenly stopping in mid-air.

Hinata Kumokawa opened his eyes, his calm, snow-white pupils reflecting Might Guy's tense face beside him, and the fragmented depths of the forest broken up by fallen leaves.

It is impolite not to reciprocate, no matter who it is.

"Then, I'll give it back to you."

He turned and threw out a kunai, his movements as fast as leaves scattered by the wind. As his clothes fluttered, his lean waist was revealed, and his spine rose and fell like a taut bowstring, unleashing all his strength.

The next moment, the kunai was released from his hand.

hum!
A piercing whistle that tore through the air exploded in Matt Kai's ears. Falling leaves were crushed by the strong wind in the blink of an eye, and the yellowed leaves on the ground were swept up and swirled into the air by the airflow.

Almost simultaneously, the sound of a blade piercing flesh came from afar.

puff!

(End of this chapter)