167. Battle Between Teammates

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Somewhere in the forest, on the branch of a thick tree, a man was leaning against the trunk, closing his eyes and resting.

This man was Hyūga Iroha, who had left Konoha.

He had been traveling since leaving Konoha.

Although he was not particularly anxious, his speed was not slow.

He also used the Flying Thunder God Technique from time to time to eliminate traces.

In the past two or three days, he had traveled half of the way.

As for why he didn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique directly to go to the Fire City, it was not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't, as he didn't leave the Flying Thunder God mark in Fire City.

At this time, his expression was calm, but his brows were slightly wrinkled, as if he had had a bad dream.

There was a black cloth covering his eyes, covering his sight.

At a certain moment, Hyūga Iroha suddenly woke up from his sleep, stood up, and looked in one direction.

Although he didn't open his eyes, he could sense someone approaching.

The familiar chakra fluctuations made his frowning brows relax slightly. "Is it coming?"

Without hesitation, Hyūga Iroha jumped down from the tree, sensed it a little, and then flashed to the northeast. The three chakra fluctuations were not particularly clear in his perception, but they could not be hidden.

Or rather, the three people didn't think of hiding, and just showed it so clearly that he could sense it.

He was the same.

At this moment, he had an inexplicable tacit understanding with the three people.

The two sides chased and fled, and finally, they were caught up by the three people more than ten miles away.

Swoosh!

Swoosh! S

woosh!

Three sounds of breaking through the air sounded almost at the same time.

Hyūga Iroha paused, feeling the three people trapped in three directions, his face was still calm. "Hyūga Iroha!!"

The first one to speak was Uchiha Inahiro, who spoke in a low voice, as if he was suppressing something.

"Teacher Shikazan, Inahiro-kun, and Asuka-san."

Hyūga Iroha spoke: "I didn't expect you to come after me. Are you here to kill me?"

Uchiha Shikazan spoke in a heavy voice: "Iroha-kun, why do you do this?"

Hyūga Iroha just smiled and didn't answer.

At this time, Ishigami Asuka said: "You have really done something big. This time you are famous in the whole ninja world."

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment, Asuka."

Ishigami Asuka snorted coldly: "Do you really think I'm complimenting you?"

Uchiha Inahiro spoke coldly again: "Answer me, why do you do this, and what do you think of our team?"

Hyūga Iroha was silent for a while, and then sighed: "I'm sorry, I have reasons to do this. As for the team… From the day I left, it was destined to be disbanded. After all, we don't get along very well. You should be happy that the team is disbanded at the cost of my leaving the team."

As he said this, he "looked" at Uchiha Inahiro and smiled slightly: "Isn't that what you said?"

Uchiha Inahiro's face sank, and his eyes had turned into Three Tomoe Sharingan, staring at Hyūga Iroha.

"…"

He slowly drew out his ninja sword, staring at Hyūga Iroha, with murderous intent building up.

On the other side, Ishigami Asuka did the same, with his Byakugan and Sharingan activated, staring closely at Hyūga Iroha.

"a**hole, what do you think of the team?" Ishigami Asuka's face also sank.

Hyūga Iroha shook his head: "There has never been a bond between us, and the team does not need me. My departure is nothing to you. Just regard me as a traitor. In fact, you don't have to chase me."

Clang!

The two drew their ninja swords at the same time and stared at Hyūga Iroha. The latter seemed to be unaware and just waited quietly for the situation to change.

"Hyūga Iroha, since you don't want to go back, then die here."

As soon as the voice fell, the two attacked Hyūga Iroha at the same time.

To be honest, the relationship between the three was actually quite complicated.

The three members of the eye technique ninja clans formed a small team, with Uchiha's pride, Hyūga's indifference, and Ishigami's peculiarity. No one would be convinced by anyone on weekdays. From the first meeting, there was an inexplicable hostility between them.

After the first strong bell, this gap was enlarged, and because of the strong crushing of Uchiha Shikazan, the three people who didn't get along well were forcibly bonded into a whole.

This kind of bonding naturally had hidden dangers.

But as time went by, the three of them also saw each other's strong potential.

In the subsequent interactions, although the hidden dangers were never eliminated, the inexplicable sense of identity had increased.

It's like Uchiha Inahiro's recognition of Ishigami Asuka.

Although he couldn't stand Ishigami Asuka having his own Sharingan, his strength was unquestionable.

With Uchiha's personality of advocating the strong, it's not surprising that Uchiha Inahiro recognized Ishigami Asuka.

In addition, Hyūga Iroha, although he still couldn't stand it, had a similar feeling toward Ishigami Asuka.

This is a basic operation for the Uchiha clan.

On the other hand, Ishigami Asuka, who was trained by Ishigami Hara, had excellent talent and had opened the bloodline of the double pupil technique.

She was naturally prouder than the other two.

She originally looked down on Uchiha Inahiro and Hyūga Iroha, but as time went by, she gradually came to understand them, and understanding led to a mutual respect.

Hidden dangers had always existed, but if things had developed in a normal state, the hidden dangers would have disappeared over time, and the relationship between the three members of the team would have gradually normalized.

But all this disappeared with Hyūga Iroha's actions, which was something difficult to accept for proud people, hence the current situation of the two chasing Hyūga Iroha.

"Sure enough, are you still going to do it?"

Hyūga Iroha tilted his head slightly, also drawing out the Short Sword at his waist, and waited quietly.

Seeing this scene, Uchiha Shikazan sighed softly, knowing that he could not dissuade them, so he simply stood aside and did not disturb the three people.

This battle was essential, or to be more precise, it was inevitable. Uchiha Shikazan saw this and temporarily put aside the idea of intervening.

A leaf fell, and in the dim environment, the three people moved at the same time.

Dang!

Dang!

Dang!

Sparks burst out continuously, and the three went from extremely quiet to extremely active in just a moment, appearing like three shadows fighting in the woods.

In the confrontation of physical skills and the competition of swordsmanship, Ishigami Asuka and Uchiha Inahiro joined forces to attack Hyūga Iroha, but the latter's performance was quite relaxed. Even if he couldn't see anything, he could still deal with them easily.

"You've been a little slack these days."

With this sigh, Hyūga Iroha exerted force on his hands and easily forced the two back.