Chapter 81: Uchiha's Retaliation

In just the blink of an eye, the blade of Samui's short sword had already reached right in front of Hinata's eyes.

"Hinata…", Lying on the ground, Kurenai Yuhi couldn't bear to watch. Even she had difficulty reacting to the opponent's speed, let alone Hinata, whose taijutsu was only at the Genin level.

'At this rate…'

But unexpectedly, the scene she had imagined. Hinata being pierced, did not happen. Instead—

'Lightning Release: Ground Walk!'

Having been prepared, Hinata firmly remembered Uchiha Kage's teachings and had already completed her hand seals for the jutsu the moment before the Kumo kunoichi launched her attack.

Zzzt! Powerful electric light crackled like wild blue serpents wildly writhing across the ground, quickly coiling around Samui's body.

"What…"

'This little girl with the Byakugan actually knows Lightning Release too?'

Although this level of attack wasn't fatal to her, the numbing sensation over her body and the electricity wrapping around her legs still momentarily restrained her in place.

And right after, the opponent's Gentle Fist came striking at her.

"It worked!"

It was her first time using this combination technique in real combat, but Hinata was lucky to succeed on her first attempt.

Seeing the female ninja bound in place by the Lightning Release: Ground Walk, she wasted no time and lunged forward.

'Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!'

'This time, I absolutely can't fail!'

"Hmph, good thing I'm also a Lightning Release user…"

The binding effect of Lightning Release: Ground Walk didn't last long on Samui.

After years of training in the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, she had already developed a certain degree of immunity to Lightning Release techniques.

Moreover, even though her legs were temporarily immobile, she could still use her arms and body to counterattack and defend.

'However… the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist is truly fierce…'

Although she used her arms and short sword to block part of the attacks, the relentless flurry of strikes still forced her to retreat step by step.

Until—

"Ah!!!"

Another piercing scream echoed from outside the forest.

And this time, Samui's face drastically changed.

"Atsui?"

'What happened? Why did Atsui suddenly scream like that?'

'Ugh!'

In that brief moment of distraction, Hinata, who was determined not to be a burden to Uchiha Kage, finally found an opportunity to break through Samui's defense. Then, with a firm Gentle Fist strike, she landed a powerful palm strike—right on the opponent's ample chest.

"Damn it…"

Struck by the Gentle Fist, Samui immediately clutched her chest and distanced herself from Hinata.

"I finally executed it perfectly this time!", Hinata joyfully looked at her own palm. Her days of hard training had not been in vain.

'I managed to injure her, that's great!'

Seeing Hinata successfully repel the enemy, even Kurenai's eyes shone with surprise.

'Such an overwhelming Gentle Fist…'

With just a single hit, Samui felt her chakra stagnate for a moment, and even her internal organs suffered some damage.

"But… you won't be able to land another hit on me," Pulling out a new short sword from her back, Samui gripped the dual blades, channeling Lightning Release chakra along their edges, creating a faint blue piercing glow.

Worried about her brother's situation, Samui decided to end this battle quickly with her strongest move.

And this time, her attack direction was—

The sky!

Not giving Hinata any chance, Samui leaped directly from the ground, her figure rapidly darting across the treetops. Only at the moment she closed in on her opponent did she descend from the canopy.

Her extreme speed even left behind afterimages under the moonlight.

"No… No way, I can't keep up at all…"

Though the Byakugan could see through chakra within the body, its dynamic vision was nowhere near the level of the Sharingan.

Hinata frantically looked around but failed to capture the opponent's movements.

"Hinata! She's above you!"

Barely managing to catch Samui's movements, Kurenai immediately called out a warning.

But it was too late.

Hinata, completely unable to react, could only watch in a daze as the two pale blue ninja blades above her head slowly approached her back.

'If only I could use Neji nii-san's Rotation…'

'Then I could protect sensei for just a little longer…'

'But I still wasn't diligent enough…'

Hinata regretted in her heart.

She never expected that she would end up being a burden to Kage-kun and everyone else…

At this final moment, what worried the Byakugan girl the most was whether Uchiha Kage would dislike her for this.

Crack!

Instead of the expected sound of blades piercing flesh and blood splattering, a different sound echoed from behind Hinata—the sound of a blade shattering.

And along with it, a male figure enveloped in surging blue lightning, as if clad in heavy lightning armor, stood behind her.

"Ka-Kage kun!"

That surprising and reassuring figure appeared right before her eyes, shielding her from the attack.

Hinata's heart melted.

"You sure took your sweet time, damn bastard…", Holding on with sheer willpower, Kurenai finally relaxed upon seeing Uchiha Kage appear. Unable to hold on any longer, she closed her eyes and fainted.

"No… Impossible? How could someone block my Lightning Blade Thrust with just their body?"

'And even shatter both of my ninja blades?'

Samui couldn't believe her eyes.

Especially seeing the lightning-covered figure before her…

It looked exactly like the Raikage when he was enraged in the village.

'Why are they Kumo ninjas?', Upon sensing Kurenai and Hinata's crisis, Uchiha Kage immediately activated his fastest Lightning Release Chakra Mode and rushed over.

He had managed to arrive just in time to prevent Hinata from being injured.

At the same time, he noticed that their enemy was a kunoichi from Kumo.

"Sensei, how are you?"

Temporarily ignoring the blonde kunoichi, Uchiha Kage quickly used the Byakugan and Mystical Palm Technique to examine Kurenai.

'Her injuries are severe…'

'Damn it, if she was losing, couldn't she have just run away?'

Seeing his teacher unconscious due to excessive blood loss and chakra depletion, Uchiha Kage felt both angry and heartbroken.

'Damn it, the woman I always have to be careful not to be too rough with at night… and now someone else stabbed her with a blade…'

'If only I could control the time flow inside the dimension…'

Ever since he brought Kisame into the dreamscape, the time inside and outside the space had become synchronized.

This indirectly caused a gap in his presence in reality.

He needed to pay attention to this next time.

Or perhaps, he could find a way to adjust the time flow in the dreamscape in the future.

"No… Impossible! How can a Konoha ninja be so skilled in Lightning Release and even the Lightning Armor?"

'That Raikage-level speed and defense similar to the Third Raikage…'

Seeing the Uchiha boy before her, his body radiating Lightning Release Chakra and eyes filled with fury, Samui felt both shock and fear.

But upon closer thought, she found it utterly unbelievable.

'How could an outsider master Kumo's top-secret techniques?'

"Who… Who the hell are you?"

'Is this guy an Uchiha?'

'Could it all be genjutsu?'

Samui saw the Uchiha crest on his clothing.

She stabbed her broken blade into her arm, but it didn't work.

The electrified Uchiha boy before her was still standing there, ready to explode at any moment.

'Not an illusion…'

'He really knows our Kumo techniques…'

To verify further, Samui grabbed another ninja blade and stabbed toward Uchiha Kage's body.

"Had enough?"

Boom!

The solidified Lightning Armor effortlessly shattered her blade once more.

"You call this playing around?"

Feeling the numbness in her arm, Samui's usually calm expression finally cracked.

'He thought my attack was just play-fighting?'

"Let me show you the brutality of my Lightning Release."

Uchiha Kage grabbed the blonde kunoichi's throat, lifting her high into the air like a helpless kitten.

"You… You… Let me go…"

Samui struggled, kicking desperately.

But all it did was make her chest bounce even more enticingly…

"Die."

'Lightning Release: Thunder Claw!'

Gathering immense chakra into his palm, Uchiha Kage slammed the blonde kunoichi into the ground.

Boom!

The entire grassy field cracked apart from the impact.

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