Hanare's Pledge of Allegiance

Hinata formed hand seals and activated her Byakugan, scanning the surroundings.

Ino's body merged into the water, and now this pond was her, and she was this pond. No matter how powerful the Byakugan was, it could only see an immense amount of Chakra in the water, a vast expanse of sky blue, but nothing else.

Hinata's little mind was filled with questions. Why was there Chakra in the water here? If it were someone else, they would surely be very surprised, thinking they had encountered a ghost. Hinata thought seriously and felt she had found the answer.

After all, the Hyuga clan was a prestigious Ninja Clan that had continued since the era of the Otsutsuki. They knew some knowledge that outsiders could never access.

Natural energy! This pond contained a large amount of natural energy. Hinata could only think of this answer.

Seeing no abnormalities around, she wanted to use the abundant Chakra in the pond to practice her punches.

Under the water, Hinata began to perform the Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Spin.

Without the Byakugan, this technique couldn't be practiced at all. Forcing oneself to learn it might result in something like the Tai Chi practiced by elderly people in parks in her previous life.

Ino watched from a distance without any pressure.

Admittedly, watching a beauty practice punches in the water was quite pleasing to the eye.

Hinata's Chakra reserves were too small, and the Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Spin required continuously releasing Chakra to form a defensive barrier. With little Chakra, she was out of breath after practicing twice.

Ino then replenished her Chakra.

Naruto could transfer his Chakra to Granny Chiyo to complete the "Life Reincarnation," so naturally, she could do the same.

In Ino's view, her own Chakra was still not much, far from a Chakra Ton, but this amount of Chakra was already enormous for Hinata.

The Chakra in the water was endless, and her training progress with the Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Spin improved rapidly, and she became slightly more confident.

An hour later, Ino grew increasingly sleepy, worried that she might be directly discovered if she deactivated the Hydrification Technique while asleep. She quietly left and returned to the tent to sleep.

Hinata soon noticed that the "natural energy" in the water had disappeared. She thought she had consumed it all and felt very regretful. Standing on the shore, she bowed and expressed her gratitude to nature for its gift.

She practiced a bit more on the shore, and her stamina and Chakra began to deplete quickly. Considering they were on a mission, she took a short rest and also returned to the tent.

The four Kunoichi had been secretly following Hanare. Meanwhile, far away in the Rain Ninja Village, Uchiha Obito stood under the eaves, looking at the continuous drizzle outside through his mask.

Zetsu emerged from the soil and teased with a smile, "Your most valued Kakashi has a new love interest recently. Any thoughts? It seems that in his heart, Rin—"

He drew out his words while observing Obito's reaction, but unfortunately, he saw no abnormality.

"In Kakashi's heart, Rin is already a very distant person. Hehe, nowadays, the only one who still remembers Rin is probably you."

Obito's voice was cold, even gloomier than the drizzle outside: "Is this the intelligence you gathered from the Hidden Leaf Village?"

Zetsu said in a coaxing tone, "That Kunoichi has left the Hidden Leaf Village. Don't you want to go and see her? To see the woman who could move Kakashi's heart?"

Obito remained silent.

Zetsu sighed helplessly, "Alright, alright, have it your way. In a couple of years, when Kakashi's child is born, don't say I didn't warn you."

Obito gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words, "Don't complicate things. Right now, the Land of Fire is trying to improve relations with the Land of Water. Our mission is to sow discord between the Land of Fire and the surrounding small nations. I don't need to teach you that, do I?"

Zetsu chuckled coldly, "Got it. I'll have Sasori and Deidara go play around in that country. If that kunoichi happens to come there, wouldn't you want to take a look? According to your taste, she is indeed a beauty."

Obito waved his hand, signaling that Zetsu could leave. Zetsu then disappeared into the ground in a bizarre manner.

Obito's right hand gripped the threshold tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, clearly indicating his inner turmoil.

Meanwhile, Hanare finally met her contact, an old man from Jomae Village.

The old man was dressed as a wandering monk, wearing a bamboo hat and holding a staff.

The two exchanged only a few words before they started fighting.

In Ino's eyes, Hanare's skills were typical of a ninja from a small village.

These ninjas underwent extremely rigorous training, but they lacked effective means in combat, relying solely on body techniques. They were more like warriors using kunai and chakra rather than ninjas.

In Ino's opinion, Hanare might not even be a match for Haku, let alone elite jonin like Zabuza or Kakashi.

Hanare's abilities were average, and the old man from Jomae Village wasn't particularly strong either. The two fought over thirty rounds without a clear winner.

The four observers in the shadows decided it was time to lend a hand.

The four were there to monitor, a task that was easier said than done.

Hanare knew they were watching her, and they knew that Hanare knew they were watching her. Hanare also knew that they knew she knew they were watching her. It was an open secret, but they still needed to maintain some pretense. After all, according to the Third Hokage's theory, everyone in the Hidden Leaf Village was family. Yuhi Kurenai appeared mature, but in her previous life, she was just a 27-year-old girl.

Over the past couple of days, she had been brainstorming and, combining the abilities of the group, managed to come up with a combination technique.

She first looked at Hinata.

"Byakugan!"

The young Hinata immediately activated her Byakugan.

Ino genuinely felt it was unnecessary to go through all this trouble, but she still formed hand seals.

Using the "Sensing Transmission" ability.

This technique was an advanced application of sensing abilities. For the original Ino, it would have been difficult to use even three years later, but for the current her, it was no challenge at all.

In just one second, she connected her sensing ability to the other three and transmitted the information Hinata's Byakugan saw to Tenten and Kurenai.

The distance between them wasn't as exaggerated as eight hundred miles, but it was still not easy to throw a kunai that far. Tenten stood on high ground, swung her arm twice, and then hurled a specially made kunai into the distance.

This wasn't the Flying Thunder God Technique; the kunai was only briefly infused with a bit of Yuhi Kurenai's chakra, serving as a guide for a genjutsu.

The kunai suddenly entered the battlefield, and both the old man and Hanare looked towards it.

The two of them suddenly found themselves surrounded by a large group of scantily clad beauties. Hanare, who had no interest in women, quickly broke free from the Genjutsu. The old man hesitated for a second, but by the time he regained his senses, Hanare's kunai had already pierced his throat.

In truth, she could have spared his life, but thinking of her long-forgotten relatives, Hanare chose to kill the old man.

She submitted the Certificate of Allegiance to the Hidden Leaf Village, and the old man's body was sent to the Analysis Squad for research. Ino and the others secretly followed them back to the village. Each of them was credited with a C-rank mission and was instructed to keep the mission details confidential. And just like that, the matter was over.