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

Chapter 236 On the Elder's orders, capture Hyuga Takashi!

Inside a single ward at Konoha Hospital.

The soft afternoon sunlight flowed in, seeping quietly through the gaps in the curtains and slanting across the white hospital bed, illuminating Hinata Takashi's constantly furrowed brows and eyes.

His eyelids twitched slightly a few times before he slowly opened them, his consciousness seemingly rising from a deep sea.

Feeling a tingling and numb discomfort in his right leg, Hyuga Takashi looked down.

There, Neji Hyuga was lying beside him, his black hair gleaming softly in the sunlight, his body rising and falling gently with his even breathing, fast asleep.

Clearly, Hyuga Neji stayed by his side all night.

A warm feeling mixed with guilt welled up in his heart instantly.

"woke up?"

A deep sound came from the window. Hyuga Takashi's heart tightened immediately, and he subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

Backlit, a tall figure stood quietly by the window, his back to the viewer, his gaze fixed on the scenery outside.

Upon recognizing the person as Hyuga Iroha, Hyuga Takashi's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

"We've already fought, why are we still afraid of those guys retaliating?"

Hyuga Iroha turned around, a helpless yet amused expression on her face, looking at Hyuga Takashi, who was still in shock on the hospital bed.

Without a doubt, Hinata Takashi's reaction clearly indicated that he had a nightmare.

After all, having endured the "Caged Bird Seal" and the shadow of the main family for more than a decade, it is not so easy to eliminate the fear of the main family in a short period of time.

"..."

Hinata Takashi pursed his chapped lips and did not answer. He used his still-functioning left hand to support himself on the bed and tried to sit up.

As he moved, he subconsciously tried to raise his right hand, which he usually used, to rub his slightly throbbing temples.

However, as soon as he moved his right hand, a piercing pain instantly surged from his arm, which was fixed in place by heavy bandages and splints, and rushed wildly throughout his body along the damaged meridians.

"hiss!"

Hyuga Takashi gasped, his face instantly turning deathly pale. The veins on his forehead throbbed violently with pain, and large beads of cold sweat seeped from his forehead and temples.

The noise immediately woke Neji, who was lying by the bedside.

"Brother Xiao?"

He suddenly looked up and saw Hyuga Takashi trying to sit up. He was so startled that he jumped up and the lingering sleepiness on his face vanished instantly.

"Don't move, just lie still!"

Neji quickly reached out, carefully but with an irresistible force, and gently pressed Hyuga Takashi back onto the hospital bed.

"The doctor said your arm injury is very serious!" he said urgently. "Multiple meridians are damaged, and the bone is cracked. You will need a long period of rest to regain your mobility."

The Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan is a technique specifically designed to inflict damage on the meridians and internal organs.

Furthermore, considering that Hyuga Haruto didn't hold back at all back then, it's already a stroke of luck that Hyuga Takashi managed to keep this arm and not completely lose it!

"call……"

Hinata Takashi was breathing heavily, feeling the excruciating pain as if he were being pierced by countless steel needles. Without struggling, he obediently lay back down, closed his eyes, and tried to calm his breathing.

He didn't want to be crippled.

He also wanted to become a powerful ninja like Lord Yunchuan.

only……

“Brother Iroha.”

He reopened his eyes, his gaze falling on Hyuga Iroha by the window, his voice hoarse and filled with guilt as he asked, "Have I caused you any trouble?"

Hyuga Iroha did not turn around; her gaze remained fixed on the view outside the window.

"That guy, Hinata Haruto, went too far."

He was silent for a moment, then gently shook his head: "You've done very well. You had many opportunities to cripple him, but you chose to stop there and didn't burn bridges."

Even so, the vague unease in Hyuga Iroha's heart could not be dispelled.

Hinata Haruto's final, venomous threat, and the crazed, resentful look in his eyes as he left, gave Iroha a strong sense of foreboding.

Things won't end so easily; Hinata Hiuto might not give up so easily.

"Don't worry."

Despite her unease, Iroha's tone remained calm: "You saved face for the main family. It was Hinata Haruto who couldn't accept defeat and lost face himself."

"Although Lord Yunchuan is not here, Lord Hiashi is still here, so the main family cannot find a way to deal with you."

"Hmph, I was too lenient!" Hyuga Takashi said stubbornly and hoarsely. "That bastard actually dared to use the Caged Bird Seal on me. If he dares to come again... cough cough!"

His excited words aggravated his injuries, triggering another bout of violent coughing.

"Don't be stubborn!"

Hyuga Neji poured a glass of warm water and held it to Hyuga Takashi's lips: "What you need now is rest. No matter what the matter or the grudges, we'll talk about it after your injuries have healed."

"Cough cough!" Hyuga Takashi drank a few sips of water from Neji's hand, and his cough subsided slightly.

Just as he was about to say something more, a loud commotion broke through the soundproof walls of the ward and came in clearly.

"You can't go in!" "The patient needs rest!"

"Please leave!"

"Step aside!"

The nurse's anxious and persuasive voice was interspersed with harsh rebukes.

Hyuga Iroha's eyes narrowed instantly, her body tensed, and she turned around abruptly, striding towards the ward door, wanting to open it and see what was going on.

But just as his hand was about to touch the doorknob
boom! !

The door to the ward was violently pushed open from the outside!

The immense force even caused the door to slam heavily against the wall with a deafening roar!

Several Hyuga clan guards, dressed in their traditional attire and with stern expressions, stood outside the door, making the once spacious hospital corridors and wards feel crowded.

The person in the lead was none other than Hyuga Himon.

"Hyuga Himon! What are you doing..." Hyuga Iroha's face darkened, and he questioned sharply.

However, he was not given a chance to finish speaking.

In an instant, Hyuga Himon closed in on Hyuga Iroha, gathering chakra in his right palm and delivering a ruthless blow to Iroha's abdomen!

Chakra invaded the body like a venomous snake, causing excruciating pain. The chakra that was originally flowing smoothly within the body instantly became chaotic!

"cough!"

Hyuga Iroha's legs buckled, and he staggered backward uncontrollably, collapsing heavily to his knees. His forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat, and his face turned deathly pale.

For a moment, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

"Brother Iroha!"

Neji Hyuga and Takashi Hyuga's expressions changed drastically at the same time.

Hyuga Neji looked at Hyuga Himon and suddenly stood up, blocking the bed and shouting angrily at Hyuga Himon, "What are you doing?!"

Hyuga Himon's gaze swept over the three people in the ward, finally landing on Hyuga Takashi, who was lying on the hospital bed, his face pale and his eyes filled with panic and anger.

"Hyuga Takashi!"

His tone was icy as he read out each word clearly: "Yesterday at the third training ground, you blatantly violated clan rules by secretly learning, using, and modifying the clan's secret Soft Fist technique!"

"Furthermore, late last night, they infiltrated the main family's residence and attacked and killed Hyuga Haruto, a member of the main family, using extremely cruel methods!"

"The assassination attempt was thwarted because the perpetrators noticed in time. As they fled, they gouged out his eyes, a method consistent with the previous deaths of members of the main family!"

"We now suspect that you are the murderer!"

Hyuga Himon abruptly waved his hand and said coldly, "By order of the main family elders! Take him down!"

what?
Hinata Haruto was attacked and killed?!

Hyuga Takashi, Hyuga Neji, and Hyuga Iroha, who was kneeling on the ground, all had their pupils shrink.

How could this be? How could it be such a coincidence??

Swish!Swish!Swish!
Several guards from the main family, who were ready to pounce, instantly spread out and surrounded the sickbed. Two of them even jumped onto Hyuga Takashi without hesitation!

"stop!"

Hyuga Neji let out a loud shout, the veins around his forehead bulging, and he assumed the starting stance of Gentle Fist.

The moment the two rushing guards touched the hospital bed, he extended both hands at the same time, his index and middle fingers, which were filled with chakra, joined together!
puff!puff!
Two soft sounds, like bubbles being popped, were heard as Hyuga Neji's hands precisely struck the chests and abdomens of the two guards, at two crucial chakra points.

The two guards groaned and collapsed onto the floor like two puddles of mud, all their strength drained away.

Clean and efficient! A single strike to defeat the enemy!
After being trained by Hyuga Kumokawa, and with the increased purity of Hyuga Neji's Byakugan, his perception was greatly enhanced, allowing him to fully utilize his talent.

This sudden turn of events caused the remaining guards to freeze in their tracks, instinctively stopping in their tracks and turning their heads with hesitation and apprehension toward Hyuga Himon, who was in the lead.

Clearly, they were wary of Hyuga Neji's status; after all, he was the son of Hyuga Hizashi, the former head of the branch family, and his strength...

Hyuga Himon stared intently at Hyuga Neji, a chill growing wildly in his heart like weeds.

This kid is so young, yet he has already mastered the Byakugan and Gentle Fist techniques to such an extent, and his attacks are so ruthless and precise.

These ambitious branch family rebels are indeed a major threat to the Hyuga clan and must be eliminated as soon as possible!

"Hyuga Neji!" Hyuga Himon suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Are you trying to protect the murderer and disobey the main family's orders?!"

"You are making a false accusation!"

Neji met Hyuga Himon's cold gaze without flinching and retorted angrily, "Takashi has been in the hospital the whole time, with doctors and nurses as witnesses. How could he possibly have attacked Hyuga Hito?"

"Hmph! With his abilities, bypassing the doctors' and nurses' eyes and ears would be a piece of cake!"

Hyuga Himon said coldly, "The person who attacked Lord Yangdou used Wind Release ninjutsu! Besides him, who else in the entire Hyuga clan knows how to use it?"

"Besides, do you think we haven't done anything since last night when we came to find Hyuga Takashi?"

"We found this thing in the basement of the Hyuga family's house!"

Before Hyuga Neji and the other two could even process the shock and disbelief brought about by those words, Hyuga Himon reached into his robes and carefully took out a transparent glass jar.

The jar wasn't large, but it was filled with green nutrient solution, and in that liquid, a pair of lifeless, white eyes were clearly visible!

(End of this chapter)