Chapter 275: Majestic Attire Susanoo (Part 2)
"Of course, I must still thank that little girl for her gift. The purity of you two's Byakugan, even in the history of our branch, it is difficult to find an existence more outstanding than you. I will use these eyes to destroy this ninja world full of sin," Toneri said, a fanatical look appearing on his face. "And you will be my bride, and together with me, create a brand new world."
Hinata frowned upon hearing this somewhat perverted speech. Subsequently, she also caught some information in the other party's words and hurriedly asked, "What did you do to Hanabi?"
"She is fine, it's just that her eyes will serve as the key to opening the new world," Toneri said, reaching up to touch his own eye sockets.
"How do you know what has happened in the ninja world?" Hearing that Hanabi had already fallen victim, Hinata gritted her teeth. But Hinata also knew very well that right now she could only feign compliance with the other party to get more information and then look for an opportunity to break the deadlock. Fortunately, the other party did not seem very smart.
"Heh heh, originally I didn't care about the situation in your ninja world. However, some time ago, a fellow clansman from the ninja world came to me. It was he who told me the current situation of the ninja world. That descendant of Hagoromo named Uchiha Douhuan intends to plunge the entire ninja world into the flames of war," Toneri said. "Therefore, I must reshuffle the ninja world. This is also the purpose for which our ancestor Hamura had our branch remain on the moon."
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Inside Toneri's palace, the trio, following the guidance of the instrument, dodged several waves of puppet patrols and gradually penetrated deeper into the palace.
"I never thought that such a place existed on the moon," Naruto said with emotion, looking at the magnificent decorations in this palace.
"This place is very suspicious," Sasuke said at this time.
"Yes, such a large palace is actually full of puppets. So far, we haven't seen a single living person," Neji said. "If the information Teacher gave is correct, then another branch of the Sage's descendants lives on the moon. In that case, it shouldn't be so quiet here."
"That's true. All we've encountered along the way are puppets," Naruto also nodded at this time. "By the way, what's the deal with the Sage's descendants?"
"Teacher told us that the origins of the former Senju, as well as the Uchiha and your Uzumaki clan's bloodlines, all come from the legendary Sage of Six Paths. And our Hyuga's bloodline comes from the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother," Neji explained to Naruto.
"Big Brother Kurama, is that so?" inside the seal space, Naruto raised his head and asked. Naruto remembered that Kurama seemed to have mentioned the Sage of Six Paths to him before.
"You and that Uchiha brat do indeed have the old man's blood flowing in you. However, I'm not clear about the matter of the old man's younger brother," the Nine-Tails said at this time. "However, I can indeed feel a bit of an aura here that is similar to the old man's back then."
"Is that so?" Naruto scratched his head.
As the three continued to go deeper, the puppet patrols they encountered also became more and more dense. Fortunately, Neji's Byakugan could warn of crises in advance, which allowed the three to avoid being discovered by the puppets.
"It should be very difficult to sneak past up ahead. The three of us are not professional infiltration and reconnaissance ninjas. With the patrol frequency up ahead, the probability of us passing safely is very low," Neji said.
"Then what should we do? Prepare to make a move?" Naruto asked.
"We still can't confirm the location of Hinata and Hanabi yet. If we act rashly, the two of them might be in danger," Sasuke said.
"Let's try this first," Neji said, taking out an exquisite small device from his sealing scroll. After carefully placing it on the ground, the device started up and rolled rapidly towards the depths of the palace.
Soon, this small device approached a squad of patrolling puppets. Neji held his breath, staring at the device that was moving at high speed towards the depths of the palace.
It wasn't until he saw this device slip past the feet of the patrolling puppets without them reacting that Neji breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems these puppets only react to chakra. An instrument driven purely by electricity can just bypass them," Neji said, taking out a screen. The image seen by the drone Neji had released appeared on the screen.
"Is this also something developed by the Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute in recent years? It looks so cool," Naruto said in admiration.
"Naturally. In the past, the village did not pay much attention to development in this area. But after Teacher took office, the Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute that was established spends nearly forty percent of the village's income every year. If they don't produce some results, the other departments would have had opinions long ago," Neji said.
Neji operated the drone, continuously searching in the depths of this palace. About ten minutes later, Neji found the room where Hinata was.
Toneri had already left at this point, leaving only two puppets to guard Hinata.
The slight noise of the drone entering the door quickly caught Hinata's attention. Hinata recognized that this was a drone produced by the Konoha Ninja Tool Research Institute. After a slight flicker in her eyes, she used her fingers behind her back to guide the drone to hide, and then began to transmit information to Neji using Konoha's exclusive sign language code.
"The enemy is called Ōtsutsuki Toneri. He has already taken Hanabi's eyes, and he intends to use Hanabi's eyes to evolve into a higher form of the Byakugan to destroy the ninja world?"
Neji translated the information sent by Hinata word for word. Subsequently, his face changed drastically. In just this short period of time, Hanabi had already suffered such a cruel fate!
"Hmph, Ōtsutsuki Toneri? It's time to let him know what the price is for attacking a child of Konoha," at this time, Naruto's expression also turned cold.
"Let's find Hanabi's position first, and then split up. Naruto, you go to Hinata's side, and Sasuke and I will go to Hanabi's side. How about it?" Neji said.
"Okay, let's do that," Naruto nodded.
Another ten minutes or so passed. The drone that had left Hinata's place finally found the room where Hanabi was. After the three of them sketched on a temporary map for a while, they determined the route for their break-in.
"Get ready," Naruto took a deep breath, and the chakra in his body instantly erupted. While entering Kurama Mode, he also transmitted chakra to Neji and Sasuke. A wave of chakra flames also ignited on their bodies at the same time.
"Let's go!" Naruto shouted loudly. The three of them shot out like arrows from a bow. The intense chakra reaction almost instantly triggered the puppet's alert mechanism in the palace. Alarms sounded one after another in the palace, and a large number of puppets also began to quickly gather towards the direction of the few of them.
"What?" In the depths of the palace, where the giant Tenseigan was, Toneri, who heard the alarm, turned his head abruptly, a trace of annoyance appearing on his face. "The people of the ninja world really are persistent ghosts. It seems that destroying them is indeed the right thing to do."
After speaking, Toneri turned around and rushed towards the place where the alert sounded.
Naruto transformed into a golden flash of lightning, dodging and weaving in the not-so-spacious corridors of this palace. The golden chakra fox claws flashed from time to time, and the puppets that appeared beside him were torn into pieces one by one.
Naruto directly broke into the room where Hinata was being held. A golden light flashed before Hinata's eyes, and the two puppets guarding her were torn into pieces by Naruto.
"Hinata, I'm here to save you!" After dealing with the puppets, Naruto turned back and showed a brilliant smile.
"Naruto-kun?" Hinata showed a few traces of astonishment on her face upon seeing Naruto's figure. After seeing the village's scientific ninja tool drone just now, she knew that the village had sent people to rescue her. But she had not expected that the person who came to save her would be Naruto, who had been missing for nearly a year since he left without saying goodbye that day.
"I came back as soon as I received Neji's message. How are you? Are you alright?" Naruto asked.
"I... I'm fine," Hinata said intermittently. Although she knew the occasion might not be very appropriate, at this moment, Hinata's face couldn't help but turn red again.
"Can you still move?" Naruto asked upon seeing this.
"I... can't mobilize my chakra," Hinata said with her head down.
"Can't mobilize your chakra?" Hearing this, Naruto probed Hinata's body with his own chakra and soon discovered that there seemed to be some kind of seal targeting chakra in Hinata's body.
"Damn it! Why are there sealing jutsus everywhere!" Naruto's head grew big upon seeing the sealing jutsu. After gritting his teeth, he directly picked Hinata up in a princess carry. "Hold on tight!"
"Eh? Naruto-kun..." Hinata wanted to say something, but after the scent from Naruto's body entered her nostrils, the little girl's brain directly shut down for a short while. She could only instinctively wrap her hands around Naruto's neck.
In the next moment, Naruto once again transformed into a streak of light. After smashing the puppets blocking the door with a Rasengan, he rushed out of the room to meet up with Sasuke and Neji.
At this time, Sasuke and Neji had also brought the unconscious Hanabi, who had lost her eyes, out of her room.
After the two groups, who had split up, completed their rendezvous and were just about to break out and leave, a rhythmic sound of footsteps echoed from the depths of the palace behind them.
The group all turned their heads and saw in the depths of this palace, a figure slowly walking out.
"Ōtsutsutsuki Toneri?" Neji said, frowning as he looked at the newcomer.
"Ninjas of the ninja world, to dare to break in here, then stay and atone for your sins!" Ōtsutsutsuki Toneri said, walking up to the group. When he saw Naruto holding Hinata, the expression on his face instantly became distorted.
"Who are you? What do you think you're doing to my chosen bride!" Ōtsutsutsuki Toneri roared at Naruto.
"Bride?" Neji was instantly enraged upon hearing this. Well now, not only did this guy steal one of his sister's eyes, it looks like he's planning to steal his other sister's body as well?
"With just you, you dare to covet a noble lady of the Hyuga clan?" Neji said coldly.
"Who Hinata wants to marry is not for you to decide," Naruto also said in a low voice.
"Noisy insects! Die!" Ōtsutsutsuki Toneri raised his hand in anger, and a trace of pale blue light flashed in the Byakugan in his eye sockets. "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
"Naruto!" Neji shouted loudly. Naruto stomped his foot hard, and the golden-red chakra flame instantly expanded, forming a huge shield that enveloped the few of them.
The repulsive force of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion slammed heavily on the chakra shield, causing the Nine-Tails' chakra shield to shake for a moment. However, the people inside the shield were unharmed.
"Is this your strength? You want to destroy the ninja world with just this little strength? Stop daydreaming," Neji shouted loudly, pulling open a string of scrolls. After a series of flashes of light, various long and short cannons instantly appeared, then aimed at the opponent and fired a full barrage!
A burst of blue-green light lit up. A barrier also opened up around Toneri, blocking this wave of attacks from Neji. However, within the barrier, Toneri suddenly covered his eyes and let out a miserable scream.
"Damn it! The dōjutsu that guy gave me is almost used up? And why, of all times, is the quickening of the Tenseigan happening now?" Toneri gritted his teeth, and taking advantage of the last bit of time the protective shield was still up, he turned and fled. "Just a moment, when these eyes complete their evolution, I will have you all die here!"
"Hmph, trying to escape? Neji!" Sasuke snorted coldly. The him with his arms crossed, arcs of electricity instantly appeared around him. Neji, seeing this, took out a handful of steel balls from his waist and threw them at Toneri. The moment the steel balls passed through the magnetic field formed by the arcs of electricity around Sasuke, their speed greatly increased, and they whistled towards Toneri.
However, at this time, the puppets that had gathered before, one after another, blocked Toneri's escape route and were blown to dust by these magnetically accelerated steel balls.
"Should we pursue?" Sasuke turned his head and asked.
"Let's retreat for now. Although we haven't gotten Hanabi's eyes back, the most stable plan now is to wait until we've reported the situation here to Teacher, and then come over with the village's main army to conquer them," Neji took a deep breath, then looked down at his sister's bandaged eyes in his arms and gritted his teeth.
But just at this moment, this palace began to shake violently. The ceiling of the palace also began to crumble. From the depths of the palace, a violent energy erupted.
"This aura... Byakugan? How can there be so many?" Neji's face changed drastically after sensing the energy coming towards them. However, in the next moment, his limbs suddenly stiffened, and he fell straight to the ground.
"Neji?" Naruto was greatly alarmed upon seeing this, and he and Sasuke respectively caught the falling Neji and Hanabi in his arms.
"What's the situation? A genjutsu?" Naruto suddenly thought of Neji's situation when they passed through that lake. He hurriedly looked at Sasuke, hoping to get an affirmative answer. But after all, his research on genjutsu was probably even worse than his teacher's.
"It doesn't look like a genjutsu. At least, messing up his chakra can't wake him up," Sasuke said after trying for a while and shaking his head.
However, in just this short while, this palace was already on the verge of collapse. Seeing this, Naruto could only shout loudly, "Big Brother Kurama!"
The chakra flame wave around Naruto suddenly expanded, instantly condensing into a giant golden nine-tailed fox, protecting everyone within while holding up the ceiling of this palace.
(End of chapter)
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