Chapter 22 Kekkei Genkai Combination Art

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"What happened?"

Just as the shrill explosion rang out, Anko subconsciously covered her ears. Now all she could feel was her head buzzing, along with a sense of daze and helplessness.

She turned her head and saw that Uchiha Rin and Shibi Aburame were both looking in the direction the arrow had shot, their expressions shocked and their pupils trembling slightly.

"Satoru Hyūga, is this the ninjutsu you want to cultivate?"

Uchiha Rin remembered the first time she met Satoru Hyūga in the ninja tool shop. The helpless and unwilling look on his face when he couldn't afford the Bow & Arrow left her extremely shocked.

Shibi Aburame took a deep breath. Besides being shocked, there was a hint of profundity in his eyes. From the perspective of his bugs, he saw more.

No chakra fluctuation was detected on the arrow. Its speed exceeded the reaction limit of ordinary ninjas. With an ultra - long - range strike distance and combined with the vision of the Byakugan...

This was an ultimate ninjutsu designed for assassination, capable of changing the course of a war!

Was it a ninjutsu developed by combining two Kekkei Genkai?

The combination of two types of chakra was called Kekkei Genkai, and the combination of three types of chakra was called Kekkei Tota. But what was the combination of two Kekkei Genkai? (This was a mystery.)

"Teacher Shibi, you can put me down now."

"Oh!"

The voice of Satoru Hyūga from above snapped him back to reality. After answering, he controlled his bugs to let Satoru Hyūga land on the ground.

"Satoru Hyūga, are you okay?"

Seeing Satoru Hyūga looking pale and weak, Shibi Aburame asked, worried.

"I'm fine." Satoru Hyūga shook his head. "I just overused my chakra and I'm exhausted. I'll be fine after taking a short break."

"That's good." Shibi Aburame let out a sigh of relief. "Let's go and take a look at that Iwa ninja."

Satoru Hyūga's eyes flickered. In fact, in his current state, he could at most shoot three arrows with the same power as the previous one. However, this move was too astonishing, so it was better not to reveal his limit.

Killing that Iwa ninja was essential. Otherwise, if he returned to Iwagakure alive, Satoru Hyūga would probably face endless assassinations by the Iwa ninjas. And what he needed most right now was development time.

As a member of the branch family, it was impossible for him to turn against Konoha. Naturally, the greater his value to the Hokage, the better. Even if he couldn't join the Hokage's faction, he could at least use the Hokage's power to balance the main family.

With these thoughts in mind, the group had already reached the place where the Iwa ninja had died.

They saw that his body, along with the Scroll on his back, had been violently torn apart at the waist, creating a scarlet "flower" on the grass. Perhaps his death had been too quick, for his face still retained the look of horror from the moment before he died, looking extremely vivid.

"What a pity. If I could have aimed a little more accurately, I might have been able to kill him without destroying the Scroll."

Satoru Hyūga felt a pang of regret at the loss of the supplies in the Scroll. The Scroll was equivalent to the key to the storage space. Once the Scroll was damaged, unless the location of the storage space was found, there was no way to retrieve the supplies.

"Don't say that."

Shibi Aburame's mouth twitched, and he quickly persuaded Satoru Hyūga to stop showing off.

「The Bow & Arrow ninjutsu you developed, when combined with the power of the Byakugan, is quite terrifying. It's unheard of. Even if I were to encounter it from a distance, I'd probably be restricted in my movements.」

「Teacher Shibi, you're overpraising me. It's just a move that's not presentable.」 Satoru Hyūga shook his head.

Shibi Aburame praised twice in a row

「Alright.」Responding wearily, Shibi Aburame instructed, 「Clean up the battlefield. Once that's done, this mission will be considered successfully completed.」

After a moment of pondering, Shibi Aburame added another sentence.

「Regarding the Bow & Arrow ninjutsu developed by Satoru Hyūga, when we get back to the village, don't spread the word. Don't reveal it to anyone.」

Whether it was for the sake of keeping Satoru Hyūga's personal information confidential or out of caution due to his branch family status, the fewer people who knew about this unheard-of Bow & Arrow ninjutsu, the better.

「Yes.」

Uchiha Rin and Anko nodded seriously.

After returning to Konoha, Shibi Aburame gave Team 3 all a rest holiday and then rushed non-stop to the Hokage's Office.

「It's Shibi. So, how did it go? Have you completed the mission I assigned to you?」

After seeing who had entered, Hiruzen Sarutobi put down the work at hand and said with a smile.

「It has been completed perfectly.」

「Is that so?」 Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and praised with a word, 「It seems that under your leadership, this team has grown quite quickly.」

Shibi Aburame took a deep breath and said, 「Lord Hokage, apart from this matter, there's something I need to report to you.」

Then, Shibi Aburame reported one by one the things that had happened during the mission.

「Uchiha Rin awakened the Sharingan? Satoru Hyūga developed a strange Bow & Arrow ninjutsu and killed an Iwa ninja within a range of nearly one kilometer?」

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, a hint of solemnity showed in his eyes. The former was okay. A 9-year-old with the Sharingan, although a rare genius, was not unheard of.

But the latter's Bow & Arrow ninjutsu was truly unheard of.

A combination of double Kekkei Genkai? Could such a strange ninjutsu be developed?

「Does the main family know about this?」

Shibi Aburame shook his head: 「I had a brief chat with Satoru Hyūga on the way back. He said that he only gradually mastered this technique recently. The main family should be unaware of it.」

「I see.」 Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, 「Then there's no need to inform them. Let nature take its course.」

「Those people from the Hyūga clan are too stubborn, inflexible and stick to old conventions. If they find out that Satoru Hyūga is cultivating Bow & Arrow ninjutsu, there will probably be another wave of dissatisfaction.」

「Satoru Hyūga is a ninja of Konoha, there's no doubt about that. In the upcoming war, the ninjutsu he developed might have amazing effects.」

Hearing this, Shibi Aburame took a deep breath and tentatively asked, 「Lord Hokage, is war about to break out?」

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly and said, 「The Second Great Ninja War has been over for a long time. The strength of each village has been cultivated to its peak. Recently, the scouts have sent back information that those villages seem to be making quite a few moves. It's just a matter of who loses their patience first.」

「I see.」 Shibi Aburame nodded solemnly.

"Shibi, all you need to do is take good care of these students. They are the future hopes of the village."

"Yes, Lord Hokage!"

Uchiha Clan Grounds.

In a forest, Uchiha Rin was punching a training dummy with bare hands frantically. A tomoe of the Sharingan slowly spun in her scarlet pupils. The sound of flesh hitting the dummy echoed in the empty forest.

"You still like to cultivate alone?"

"Who!"

Uchiha Rin suddenly turned around and saw an old man wearing the Uchiha clan's clothing standing behind her. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, piercing through the air.

"Oh, it's Elder Setsuna Uchiha. What's the matter?"

The hostility on Uchiha Rin's face subsided a bit.

Seeing Uchiha Rin's Sharingan, a glint of covetousness flashed in Setsuna Uchiha's eyes.

"These eyes, awakened at the age of 9. Rin, you're a real genius."

"Although Shibi Aburame is not weak, he won't be able to unlock the true potential of these eyes of yours. Give up that squad. Withdraw on the grounds of injury. I'll teach you the real power of the Uchiha clan."

A flash of disgust shot through Uchiha Rin's eyes, and her brows knitted slightly.

"I appreciate your kindness, Elder Setsuna Uchiha, but I can reach my full potential the fastest there."

Setsuna Uchiha's gaze was sharp. "Is it because of the Hyūga brat named Satoru?"

"Elder, you don't need to meddle in my affairs!" The disgust in Uchiha Rin's eyes intensified. She stared at him with a hint of hostility.

"Although he awakened the double Kekkei Genkai, such a one - in - ten - thousand talent, he's just from the branch family. I didn't expect you'd take him so seriously."

Setsuna Uchiha shook his head slightly.

"Well, since you've made up your mind, I won't force you."

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving Uchiha Rin looking puzzled.

A sneering look emerged in those eagle - like eyes, I didn't expect your bond would be so deep. Well, the deeper the feelings, the more painful it will be when they're destroyed. Only in this way can the true power of the Uchiha clan be awakened...