stonecrandall Chapter 137 Three Essences
Chapter 137 Three Essences
Chapter 137 Samadhi (Please Subscribe)
The branch family residence of the Hyuga clan.
Neji stood before Hyuga Natsu's cold corpse, motionless like a statue.
His gaze was fixed on the body covered by a piece of white cloth, as if he could not accept this sudden and cruel reality for a long time.
The faint candlelight flickered gently in the room, highlighting the pale and stiff expression on his face.
The surrounding branch family members remained silent, their expressions complex, their eyes revealing a hint of fear and vigilance. They all looked at Neji, seemingly implying that he should not act rashly.
But Neji seemed not to hear these silent warnings. He took a step forward and gently lifted the white cloth covering Xia Jie's face.
When Neji saw Xiang Xia's pale and cold face, he froze as if struck by lightning.
That once gentle and kind face...
Instead, a horrifying scene unfolded before my eyes...:
His body trembled violently, and intense pain and uncontrollable grief quickly welled up in his eyes.
"Sister Xia."
Neji whispered in a trembling voice, as if he were being torn apart by a powerful emotion, feeling pained and helpless.
Just as he was about to lose control of his emotions, several elders from the branch family quickly stepped forward and pulled him back firmly.
With a wary expression, he whispered a warning: "Neji, don't meddle, and don't ask any more questions... You know, you'd better just let this go, otherwise..."
Although the elders' tone was low and cautious, it was filled with deep fear and helplessness.
Although they were from a branch family, they were well aware that any act that violated the main family's rules would be absolutely intolerable in the face of the Hyuga clan's ironclad regulations.
Even though Neji is an outstanding young master of the branch family, if he really angers the main family, his fate will only be like Hyuga Natsu's—to die quietly.
Even after death, they cannot get a reasonable explanation.
Neji remained silent, no longer struggling, but Jiraiya kept staring at Hyuga Natsu's cold body, the words of encouragement from Natsu yesterday constantly replaying in his mind:
Neji, your Gentle Fist is far superior to the main branch's. Perhaps... you have a chance to change all of this.
However, Xia Jie, who had been encouraging him, left him forever in such a tragic and inexplicable way.
Just then, Neji's gaze swept towards Hinata, who was hiding in the corner of the room.
Hinata stood there, pale-faced, her eyes filled with terror and helplessness.
With his head bowed and his shoulders trembling slightly, he was enduring some kind of immense fear and pain.
Noticing the mocking gaze Neji cast her, Hinata was startled and hurriedly turned to run away, as if she didn't dare to look Neji in the eye for even a second.
For Hinata, the image of her father slapping Natsume's forehead that day was like a lingering shadow, deeply imprinted in her mind.
Soon after, Hyuga Natsu's body was quietly sent to the Hokage's office.
Without any further explanation or words, a cold body was simply placed directly in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen stood in front of his desk, looking down at Hyuga Natsumi on the floor, completely overwhelmed with shock and grief.
He crouched down, his eyes revealing an undisguised sadness and confusion.
"What exactly happened...?"
The members of the nearby secret service exchanged glances, then spoke hesitantly...:
"Lord Hiashi only sent one message... He said that only you, Hokage, can explain the matter of Natsu..."
Hiruzen gave a slight slap, and then his expression became even more gloomy and unpleasant.
He naturally understood the hidden meaning behind Hiashi Hyuga's actions.
Hiashi Hyuga endured so much for so many years...
This time he was finally enraged. He hadn't reacted this strongly when the Hidden Cloud Village kidnapped Hinata, causing his brother to take the blame.
It seems that my interference in the Hyuga clan's bloodline...
This provoked a strong backlash from the Hyuga family.
In fact, Hiruzen Sarutobi's actions that day were purely random.
Try to gauge the Hyuga family's reaction.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese national football team reacted strongly, responding in this way.
Hiruzen naturally understood all of this.
He waved his hand, signaling the few secret agents to leave.
Silence returned to the room, leaving him alone to face Hinata Natsu's cold corpse.
The candlelight in the room flickered slightly, making soft popping sounds.
An indescribable heaviness and oppression permeated the entire Hokage's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Hyuga Natsu's corpse lying on the ground for a long time, his expression complex and gloomy, with traces of guilt and anxiety flashing in his eyes.
The silence lasted for a long time; the air seemed to freeze, making it suffocating.
At that moment, a cold yet familiar voice suddenly and quietly rang out from behind Hiruzen, clear yet ethereal, exuding an indescribable eeriness:
"Father...why won't you even spare Xia?"
The familiar yet unfamiliar voice made him freeze, his pupils contracted, and he turned around abruptly, where he saw Shinnosuke standing in the shadows.
Shinnosuke's face was cold and stiff, with a hint of icy resentment and ruthlessness in his eyes.
He stood silently in the shadows, staring intently at Hiruzen, his gaze seemingly questioning his father's deepest sins and conspiracies. "Shinnosuke..."
Without the slightest hesitation, he decisively raised the massive black club in his hand and suddenly swept it horizontally towards Shinnosuke, attempting to quickly end this bizarre situation.
However, Hiruzen's attack only hit an illusion.
The Shinnosuke in front of him shattered in an instant, turning into countless earth clones that collapsed in the air and scattered in all directions as dirt.
"Boom!"
Amidst the deafening explosion, the entire room was covered in flying dirt, forming a black mudflow that rushed towards Hiruzen. Hiruzen's eyes flashed, and with a cold snort, he swiftly swung his massive black club, sweeping it out in a perfect arc!
The powerful chakra surge instantly shattered the black soil that was rushing in from all directions.
However, amidst the dust kicked up by the mud explosion, the eerie figure of Shinnosuke reappeared.
His figure flashed past swiftly, and without hesitation, he picked up Hyuga Natsu's corpse from the ground and quickly unfurled a Flying Thunder God teleportation scroll that he had prepared beforehand!
"Don't even think about running away!"
His Hokage office was already equipped with a special barrier crystal ball compass, which allowed him to quickly and accurately pinpoint the location of any Flying Thunder God Technique-style teleportation.
With a flash of sharp light, Hiruzen also activated the Flying Thunder God Technique in an instant, quickly following the traces of the opponent's chakra, and appeared in the dense forest on the outskirts of the village.
At this moment, Shinnosuke was still holding Hyuga Natsu's body, quickly moving through the forest, as if trying to completely escape Hiruzen's control.
Hiruzen's face was cold and gloomy. Without hesitation, he swung the black staff in his hand and thrust it forward fiercely, aiming straight for his opponent's back.
However, just as Hiruzen's attack was about to hit, Shinnosuke slowly turned around, revealing a strange and chilling smile on his face.
"Father, do you really want me to die so badly?"
In that instant, the sorrow and anger in Shinnosuke's eyes startled Hiruzen, and he even trembled involuntarily.
"Stop playing tricks! Who are you?!"
Before he could finish speaking, Hiruzen no longer hesitated, and his black giant club swept out again, aiming straight for Shinnosuke's head.
At that very moment, a strange and sharp black shadow suddenly attacked from the side, blocking Hiruzen's black giant club with lightning speed!
"Boom!"
The two powerful forces collided, instantly unleashing a violent energy fluctuation and creating an astonishing shockwave.
The entire forest was instantly swept away by a violent chakra storm, trees were uprooted, and dust filled the air, obscuring everything around them.
As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, Hiruzen finally looked up and saw the person in front of him clearly.
The mysterious figure wearing a Konoha Anbu mask exuded an aura that was both familiar and strange.
In that instant, the mysterious man threw dozens of kunai towards Hiruzen without hesitation. Each kunai was clearly marked with the mark of the Flying Thunder God Technique!
Then, the masked man slowly spoke, his voice low and cold, carrying a chilling familiarity:
"Monkey, you've really made something of yourself... You've even forced me back to my sanctuary."
"Second generation...?"
He instinctively muttered something, but then quickly dismissed the thought.
No, this absolutely cannot be the real Second Hokage.
The Shinnosuke and the second-generation person in front of me must have been deliberately impersonated by someone to distract me.
Hiruzen swung his massive black club again without hesitation!
A domineering and vast Sage Chakra condensed on the black staff, forming a violent shockwave capable of shattering everything, which swept directly toward the man.
The mysterious man remained extremely calm and composed, his figure flashing and shifting rapidly as he skillfully evaded Hiruzen's fierce attacks using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
In an instant, the figure appeared behind Hiruzen like a ghost...
With a light tap of his toe, he actually activated the multiplicative detonating tags!
As countless explosive tags rapidly detonated, a terrifying explosion instantly engulfed the entire area.
Hiruzen, however, had already prepared a countermeasure. He suddenly opened his eyes and surprisingly unleashed two different Mangekyou Sharingan at the same time!
One came from Fugaku Uchiha, and the other from Shisui Uchiha!
Immortal Techniques - Spirit Communication - Samadhi Fire!
With the power of the two kaleidoscopes amplified, a raging inferno of sage art erupted around Hiruzen, instantly engulfing the incoming explosive flames.
Samadhi Fire...
It's a special type of fire jutsu...
The infernal fire, which neither strong winds nor torrential rains could extinguish.
With a swing of his massive black staff, flames raged out, sweeping towards the man's location like a raging fire dragon!
The powerful killing intent, accompanied by rolling flames, demonstrated Hiruzen's true strength at this moment, without holding back!
"How dare you deliberately imitate the teacher's voice and ninjutsu!"
"Who exactly are you?!"
As for the masked person, that was also a celestial technique that Yi Ri Zhan currently possessed...:
This fire-style technique...
Upon hearing Hiruzen's words, the man gently removed his mask, revealing a face that surprised Hiruzen: it was Tobirama Senju!
The difference is that Tobirama's state this time is not Edo Tensei, but a normal living person's appearance, as if he had never died!
"impossible!"
The man before them, who resembled Tobirama, smiled calmly, his tone tinged with sarcasm and indifference:
"Monkey, don't you really recognize me? Look at yourself now! How many people have you sacrificed for?"
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen's expression twisted violently, and a savage killing intent surged forth from his body!
"Who you are...it doesn't matter anymore."
The surrounding air trembled violently from this terrifying force, and the entire forest seemed on the verge of collapse.
However, Tobirama's smile became even more sinister and cold. He stared coldly at the enraged Hiruzen and slowly said:
"What a pity, monkey. It seems you've truly lost all your former rationality... You've even revealed your trump cards in order to kill me."
Before he finished speaking, Tobirama's figure flickered again, constantly changing positions with the Flying Thunder God Technique, causing Hiruzen's attacks to miss time and time again.
Who exactly is imitating Tobirama...?
And who is that Shinnosuke...?
Thinking of this, Hiruzen's anger and killing intent intensified, and even stronger Sage Art: Fire Release gathered around him.