The moment Hyūga Akira stepped through the clan gates—
A figure charged straight at him.
Blue chakra wrapped around both hands, forming two lion heads.
"Gentle Step: Twin Lion Fists!!"
A high-level Gentle Fist technique passed down within the main house—
Chakra transformed in nature, forming lion-shaped constructs to expand both range and power.
But—
The attacker passed straight through Akira's body.
Landing behind him.
His pupils shrank.
Transformation Jutsu.
Akira tilted his head, glancing back.
Black-blue flames surged, filling in the "gap" in his body.
Transformation Jutsu could mimic anything—
Even his flames.
Effectively granting him a pseudo-elemental body.
The attacker had already been touched by the black-blue fire.
"Rotation!"
He spun rapidly, using centrifugal force to fling the flames away.
Akira flipped back, avoiding the expanding barrier.
"Sharp reaction…"
If those flames weren't removed immediately—
They wouldn't extinguish.
They would only spread.
And eventually—
Explode.
Akira looked around.
Hyūga clan members surrounded him on all sides.
But—
Only three from the main house.
The one who attacked him stood at the front, his Rotation slowly coming to a halt, staring at Akira with a grave expression.
No forehead protector.
A clean forehead.
Main house—no doubt.
Akira smirked.
"A main house member not registered as a ninja?"
Only one branch of the main family officially served as shinobi.
The other branches had refused—
But still trained in secret.
If that were exposed—
The Hyūga clan would face serious consequences.
Private military force.
Even the Uchiha, despite their tensions with the Hokage—
Had never hidden their shinobi.
Akira's gaze shifted to the elder.
Hyūga Hō.
"So… you chose to move against me while the Hokage is away?"
Akira smiled faintly.
Hiruzen wasn't here—
Which made this the perfect opportunity.
After all—
The village wouldn't abandon someone like Akira easily.
Not now.
Especially with the Hyūga already weakened.
Hō's face darkened.
"Hyūga Hiashi… you killed him, didn't you?"
Akira let out a short laugh.
"I did."
"So what are you going to do about it?"
Hō froze.
He had prepared a speech—
But this completely threw him off.
Everyone knew—
Hiashi was "killed by Cloud ninja."
That was the official conclusion.
Hō's goal was simple—
Frame Akira.
Capture him.
And deal with him internally.
Even the Hokage couldn't interfere.
But—
Akira admitted it.
Without hesitation.
Completely unrestrained.
"Your admission is enough," Hō said coldly.
"Hyūga Akira. For your crimes—"
"If you surrender now, we may spare your life."
Akira looked at him with amusement.
"And then imprison me?"
Hō didn't deny it.
"This is your best outcome."
"If you hand over the method to create your new bloodline limit…"
"You won't be imprisoned forever."
They already knew.
Akira possessed a second bloodline limit.
They had investigated everything—
His lineage.
His heritage.
Nothing unusual.
If anything—
His blood was purer than theirs.
Which meant only one thing.
He created it.
If he handed it over—
They might show mercy.
If not—
They would imprison him.
Turn him into breeding stock.
Until one of his descendants awakened the same ability.
And as a criminal—
His bloodline would rank even below the branch family.
Everything—
Had already been planned.
"Hahahahahaha—!"
Akira burst into laughter.
He bent over, clutching his stomach.
Even tears formed at the corners of his eyes.
"You want to imprison me…"
"And take my bloodline?"
His laughter stopped abruptly.
"On what basis?"
"Because of you useless trash?"
He raised his head—
Killing intent erupted.
It pressed down on everyone.
Some couldn't even move.
Even the attacker behind him trembled.
Strength alone wasn't enough.
These people—
Had never bathed in blood.
And Akira—
Had killed more than anyone in this war.
His killing intent—
Was overwhelming.
"Because you are branch family," Hō said coldly.
"Your existence is to serve the main house."
Unshaken.
This elder was no weakling.
The current main house elders—
All came from the Warring States era.
The ones truly restrained—
Were their descendants.
Akira raised his hand.
Black-blue flames ignited across his palm.
"You want it?"
"Come take it."
"Main house?"
"You people aren't worthy."
Hō's expression darkened.
"Stubborn fool."
His hands formed seals.
Caged Bird—
Activated.
"AHHH—! It hurts! It hurts!"
Akira suddenly clutched his face, screaming in agony.
Then—
He stopped.
Lowered his hands.
And smiled brightly.
"Just kidding."
Hō's pupils shrank.
The Caged Bird…
Didn't work.
"Without the Caged Bird…"
Black-blue flames surged, wrapping around Akira's body like a cloak.
To others—
A death sentence.
"Let me see."
"What exactly gives you the right—"
"To take my bloodline?"
"Your lives?"
The flames roared upward, illuminating the entire compound.
An Eight Trigrams pattern formed beneath his feet.
Behind him—
The two main house members attacked again.
Lion heads formed over their fists.
Even as their bodies trembled—
They charged.
"Gentle Fist: Twin Lion Fists!!"
Fear was evident.
Akira's killing intent wasn't something they could endure.
No matter how strong they were—
Without bloodshed—
They were incomplete.
Akira assumed a Gentle Fist stance—
Then leapt into the air.
Spinning rapidly.
"Gentle Fist Art—Rotation: Firestar!!!"
A sphere of blue chakra enveloped him—
Burning with intense flames—
Crashing downward.
The two main house members had just leapt upward—
"BOOM!!!"
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