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I'm sorry... Boruto, this may burden you with a weight that you shouldn't have to bear at your age, but it's the only way I can protect Himawari right now!
As for me?
"Snap." A ferocious blue vein bulged on her temple... Her delicate and pretty face was filled with a murderous aura more violent than ever before!
"Even if I'm reduced to dust... I'll make you, you scum who destroyed my home and my family's happiness, pay the price in blood!!!"
Hinata Hanabi, fearlessly charging towards Jigen...
Chapter 157 Cruelty and Hope [Exclusively Sponsored by the Great God Yi Jiu sama]
Jigen looked at the blood-stained orange figure advancing and said indifferently, "Byakugan, a descendant of Hamura Otsutsuki, from the Hyuga clan?"
Without discrimination, just like killing those sheep, they restored the 'peg' buried in her path to its original size, leaving her to bring about her own destruction!
But then, as she charged forward, she suddenly turned her head to the side. "Clang!" The peg grazed her headband, knocking off the bow that held her hair back and freeing her long black hair!
Cixian asked with slight surprise, "A coincidence?"
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Two more shots followed, and she narrowly avoided them both while sprinting at high speed.
(The principles of Shona Biguna and Daikokuten are different. Shona restores shrunken objects to their original size, while Daikokuten launches them at supersonic speed. Hanabi dodged Shona, not Daikokuten. Also, the power of the same technique, Jigen and Isshiki, is different. Currently, only Naruto in Heavy Particle Mode can withstand Isshiki's true form, Daikokuten.)
At this point, Cixian came to a startling conclusion.
"Her eye roll was able to catch the 'sign' of the stake being restored to its original state."
That's right, Hinata Hanabi's Byakugan was the same Byakugan that was taken by Otsutsuki Toneri and awakened the Tenseigan. Even though the power of the Tenseigan has long since dissipated, it has already undergone a qualitative change.
The qualitative change, in the form of 'potential,' lay dormant in her white eyes.
If it were just a regular fireworks display, it probably wouldn't be able to awaken this potential.
But she rushed towards Cixian with the belief that they would perish together!
Cixian: "Interesting, but dodging one shot is already a struggle. What can you do if it's a whole barrage?"
He raised his palm forward.
"Whoosh!" Fireworks's dashing steps seemed to seal off the surroundings, creating a swirling airflow. Her arms, beneath her orange-red sleeves, moved in unison with her rotating waist, whipping out a whirlwind with wide, sweeping movements!
——Baguazhang Advanced Techniques: Chasing the Wind and Returning to Heaven!
"Clang clang clang!" The vortex that returned to the sky expanded to a diameter of ten meters, and as she moved forward, it surged forward like a tornado, shaking away all the approaching stakes.
"Oh?" Cixian finally showed a hint of emotion: "To be able to use 'Return to Heaven' while sprinting at high speed, that makes one look at you in a different light."
"Whoosh!" The vortex scattered, and the sparks came within five meters. The five fingers of the right palm were curled inward. After gathering power, it converged with Cixian from a distance with a full killing intent!
"The Eight Trigrams are empty..."
"Snap!" The stake suddenly pierced through her right palm!
"Ugh!" The excruciating pain made her arm stiffen and her facial features contort.
Cixian felt no pressure: "When you're attacking, you're powerless to evade, aren't you?"
"Slap!!!" As the word "slap" escaped her lips, Hanabi bit her lower lip until it bled, using the intense pain to overwhelm her senses... and then forcefully pushed her right palm out!
A surge of anger and grief, along with an unstoppable momentum, erupted from his chakra channels... forcefully pushing the stake deeply embedded in his palm out!
"Whoosh!" The stake was propelled by the palm wind and shot straight toward Cixian's face, which felt no pain!
But Cixian simply lifted two fingers and caught the stake that Hanabi had almost fought with all her might to knock back!
The palm strike that came along with the stake was like a gentle breeze, only causing a ripple at the corner of Cixian's mouth. "That's all you've got!"
"Boom!" Taking advantage of the brief moment gained by the missed attack, Hanabi took a powerful step forward, closing the distance to within one meter of Jigen!
Her 'left hand', poised to strike, reached out and, with a 'finger' gesture, aimed straight at Cixian's right eye socket!
Hmm? Although the [Black Eye] did not manifest on Jigen's body, she actually saw that the source of the young Bikuna was my 'right eye'.
Ha, just like Kakashi Hatake, you have a good idea, but you're ultimately too weak.
He raised his palm, ready to bestow upon Hanabi the same fate as Kakashi.
"Crack!" Just then, the tear on the abdominal cover deepened suddenly, and a sharp pain made Cixian almost unable to move at that moment!
"The lament of a weapon! Of all times, at this time... Damn it!"
He swung his neck with all his might, using the white of his left eye to take the hit of Hanabi's finger instead of his right eye!
"Pfft!" It felt like a flexible conjunctiva had been punctured, followed by a warm, moist liquid soaking into my finger!
"!?!" Hanabi was stunned!
The moment she saw Cixian raise his hand, she knew she was in grave danger, but she didn't expect his movements to pause for a moment due to his imposing aura.
And then... she actually succeeded in destroying one of Jigen's eyes!
"Ah!" She thrust her left finger in with all her might, trying to destroy Cixian's 'brain' behind his left eye!
"Crack!" Ci Xian's iron-like hand gripped her palm tightly and pulled it away from her eye socket.
Blood trickled down his closed eyelids and onto his left cheek, merging with the black wedge-shaped markings, creating a cruel yet beautiful effect.
"Don't push your luck, you eye-rolling woman."
"Crack!" Cixian exerted force with his five fingers and the base of his thumb at the same time, crushing Huahuo's metacarpal bones and immediately twisting and dislocating his five fingers.
"Ugh!" Hanabi's pupils instantly went unfocused in pain, cold sweat soaked through her orange kimono, and she knelt shakily on the ground.
But she gritted her teeth and endured it, not letting herself make a sound.
Having one of his eyes destroyed by an opponent who was not even in the same league, Cixian was truly enraged.
More importantly... the woman's sneak attack awakened his humiliating ancient memories.
Kaguya Otsutsuki... the woman who ruined half of his body and made him live a wretched life.
He decided to torture Hanabi, to make her wish she were dead.
"Your hand is ruined. But as the one who destroyed my left eye, I won't let you die so easily."
"Snap!" "Snap!" "Snap!" "Snap!" "Snap!" "Snap!"
The stakes flew in from behind Hanabi! Until her orange-red kimono was completely soaked in blood, and the ground beneath her feet became a pool of blood.
Cixian grabbed Hanabi by the throat, lifted her into the air, and said in a low voice, "I can let you die a quick death, as long as you can tell me the whereabouts of 'Kawaki'."
Fireworks-like pupils, a fleeting instinct.
Cixian's eyes lit up: "Oh? It seems you know."
Yes, Hanabi knew. She had scouted the camp with her eyes out last night and had seen Kawaki leave.
Based on the direction the other party left in and the senses from the 'pendant,' she had already connected it to where Kawaki was going.
"Speak, speak quickly!" Cixian was impatient. The increasingly intense cries of the body made Cixian lose more and more patience.
Hanabi smiled sadly.
She wouldn't mind revealing it and leading Jigen to Uchiha Chen's territory, but... not now.
That's where the sunflowers are headed.
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll have to resort to illusion.” Cixian raised his hand.
"Crack." A strange sound came from the mouth.
"Hmm!?" Cixian's expression changed, and he tapped Hanabi's jawbone with his fingers, prying open her mouth.
He frowned: "He actually... bit off his own tongue."
"It's a pity that I can only take you back and have someone reattach your tongue so you can speak again. However, if your body, with its ruptured intestines, wants to survive, the only option is for Amado to transform you into a half-human, half-ghost experimental animal."
"Whoosh!" Cixian's wedge-shaped markings radiated black light as he prepared to open a spatial gate and forcibly take Hanabi away.
"Wait... Cixian." Just then, a deep, resonant voice came from behind.
Cixian's gaze slowly turned behind her, and the person who had come was...
Chapter 158 The One Who Ends the Slaughter [Exclusively Sponsored by the Great God Yi Jiu sama]
The person who appeared behind Cixian was none other than Guoxin Jushi.
He stood on the back of a bizarre, ugly steam toad wearing scientific ninja armor.
Cixian glanced at him out of the corner of her right eye and said in a deep voice, "Layman, you've come at just the right time."
"Ah, I've come all this way, covered in dust." Guoxin Jushi jumped off the back of the steam toad, took off his hood, and revealed his face, which was covered by a half-silver fox mask.
"Because this is of utmost importance, I dare not delay for even a moment to report this important news to you."
Cixian had already guessed that the only thing that could make Guoxin Jushi appear at this critical juncture and stop him from taking action was the whereabouts of the vessel.
But he still turned around and asked calmly, "What important news?"
Koshin said, "We have found the vessel. It is approaching the southwestern border of the ninja world and is almost crossing the border of the Bird Country."
Cixian frowned: "What is he going to do in a place like that?"
Kashin Koji cautiously said, "What follows is my conjecture, without any substantial proof yet. I suspect that the place Kawaki is planning to go is the territory of Uchiha Chen, the location of the Hidden Ninja Village, which the organization has been searching for without success!"
"Click!" Cixian's right eye suddenly shrank.
Because Master Guoxin's predictions are always very accurate.
The 'guesses' that he could solemnly utter were all later proven to be true.
Moreover, Kakashi Hatake had previously mentioned that Kawaki and Chen had had brief physical contact.
In that case, it seems Uchiha Chen... tampered with Kawaki's 'Karma'!?
A fleeting, chilling killing intent caused sweat to bead up beneath Guoxin Jushi's mask.
Koshin Koji harbored ulterior motives towards Isshiki. He and Amado actually wanted to isolate Isshiki and Kawaki from the world, so as to lay the groundwork for a future falling out.
But... he had to show himself at this critical juncture, otherwise, Konoha, which he wanted to rely on in the future, would be completely wiped out.
Perhaps because he felt a little guilty, Cixian was unsure who the fleeting killing intent was directed at.
He remained calm and said, "Don't worry, Dipa and Boro have already gone with the device! If things don't go well, they will handle it flexibly under Amado's command! They won't let anything happen to the device!"
"There is only one thing that is certain right now! That is, we can no longer waste time in this place, and we cannot afford to waste any more time on the limited lifespan of your vessel, Cixian!"
After listening to Guoxin Jushi's words, Cixian quickly regained his calm and composed demeanor.
"Heh...you've got it wrong, layman. Do you think I was angry just now? I wasn't angry at all, because the vessel was destined to be in my palm."
Cixian slowly turned his gaze back to the dying firework.
"Consider yourself lucky. If you had fallen into Amado's hands, you would have suffered more than if you had died."
"The man who personally delivered his wife's baby during a difficult labor, and who even made her into a specimen as a memento after she died from postpartum hemorrhage, wouldn't care about your privacy as a woman. He would only crudely stuff all sorts of artificial organs and weapons into your body."
"However... in your current state, there's no difference between being alive and dead, so let me send you on your way."
Cixian threw the fireworks forward, and with the swing of his hand, the protruding peaks on the side were shattered into rocks, burying the fireworks' bloodied body among them...
"Boom!" The weight of the falling boulder caused a large section of the mountain near the cliff to collapse... Fireworks fell into the valley along with the rolling rocks.
Without a doubt... the moment it hits the ground, the firework will be crushed into a pile of minced meat.
*Sizzle!* At that moment, no one knew that a flash of bright blue light appeared deep within Hanabi's white eyes.
That's the color of the 'Tensekai'.
On her right wrist, the 'bracelet' that Jinghua had given her, which she regarded as an ornament, emitted a strong light. "Buzz!" A protective shield of chakra formed on the surface of her skin...
"Boom!" The rocks tumbled down the cliff, echoing through the valley.
At this point, even Hanabi's 'death' could no longer stir any emotion in the hearts of the people of Konoha.
The death toll was 12,000, and they died as worthlessly as ants.
The eight thousand survivors of Konoha were also completely devastated... They slumped down beside the mass grave, their eyes vacant and numb as they stared ahead.
Some people are dead, yet still live on; others are alive, yet already dead.
Having lost the will to resist and the thought of fleeing, they awaited the arrangement of life and death.
Cixian ignored these people who were practically dead, and turned his gaze to the end of the camp.