Naruto: Hyuga Warlord

Two thousand against three thousand—the advantage is ours!

Both the attacking Konoha ninja and the defending Sunagakure ninja believed exactly this.

From the perspective of the Konoha ninja executing the surprise attack, under the command of their capable Jonin leaders, they had marched forward like entering a land devoid of people, crossing the entire Land of Rivers and rushing straight into Sunagakure's military camp. This was a daring and innovative maneuver, unlike anything attempted before!

Therefore, even though the Sunagakure ninja within the camp held a certain numerical advantage, and their counterattacks were indeed fierce and brutal, under the leadership of veteran Jonin from the border forces, the mixed unit of experienced and newer Konoha ninja managed to execute a series of tactical maneuvers—including division and encirclement—with relatively disciplined precision, cutting down the resisting Sand ninja one by one.

On Sunagakure's side, their commanding Jonin continuously rallied morale during the battle, emphasizing their numerical superiority and repeatedly declaring that reinforcement troops led by the village's advisor elder Ebizō were about to arrive. The desert warriors needed only to hold on for a short while longer, and once reinforcements came, everything would naturally improve.

As for Chief Strategist Tegan, the reason he managed to assemble part of the ninja forces amidst the chaos for a counter-defensive strike was because these soldiers either genuinely or pretended to believe in those sincere yet deceitful words coming from the top leadership.

However, when Danzo disrupted the carefully gathered formation of three hundred Sunagakure Jonin with his enormous summoned beast Mobā, the final blow came with the arrival of Konoha's elite ninja—led by two powerful Jonin—who plunged directly into Sunagakure's ranks. At this point, the already fragile fighting spirit of the Sand ninja collapsed entirely!

Even if their commanding officers desperately tried to maintain combat readiness through persuasion or intimidation—going as far as personally executing Sunagakure military law on disobedient soldiers—none of it worked.

In fact, these demoralized Sand ninja would rather turn their blades on their own comrades trying to stop them from running than face the Konoha ninja head-on in a life-or-death clash!

After repeated blows, combined with the illusion created by shadow clones making Konoha's forces appear overwhelmingly massive, once the originally fierce Sand ninja lost their self-confidence completely, their courage level dropped to something close to that of a helpless rabbit.

"So many heads to collect!"

Hyuga Soushu, locked in fierce combat with Kai Sahiga Jonin—the Sunagakure Commander—also noticed the total collapse of the enemy formation through his Byakugan, and instantly became extremely excited!

His favorite thing was chasing down retreating enemies!

Especially hunting down these demoralized fleeing ninja—knock one down, easier than picking up loose change!

However, before joining the pursuit, the first priority remained eliminating this annoying commander. Particularly since he was a Jonin, worth a huge bounty of 300 coins upon kill—14.2 times more than a Chunin and 21.4 times more than a Genin!

Such rich rewards, naturally, Hyuga Soushu had no intention of letting escape!

But after battling for some time, Soushu still couldn't fully lock onto the exact location of this Sunagakure commander.

Just when it seemed the battle was about to end, Kai Sahiga Jonin managed to survive once again by employing creative uses of the Basic Three Techniques!

Although his mastery of the Basic Three Techniques was nothing short of miraculous, under the combined analysis of Hyuga Soushu's Byakugan and Mahiru Uchiha's Sharingan, Sahiga's ninjutsu techniques and movement patterns were gradually being deciphered by the two young shinobi. They were ready to put those findings into action immediately.

[Jumping Slash!]

Just as Sahiga dodged Mahiru Uchiha's Fire Release attack again, Hyuga Soushu instantly pinpointed a probable spot through pure instinct and activated his technique to teleport there!

Sure enough—

Wha—?!

The moment Sahiga arrived at his intended position using Shifting Body Technique, he felt chills and killing intent creeping up from behind his head again!

Damn it!

This time, however, since Soushu had already predicted Sahiga's actions, even Sahiga's extraordinary skill with the Basic Three Techniques and Earth Release secret techniques couldn't buy him enough time to prepare. He could only brace himself for impact.

Clang!

The Torch Pole swept downward through the air, knocking away the kunai that Sahiga quickly crossed to defend himself—and the blow didn't stop there, directly striking his right shoulder. He lost his weapon—but twisted just enough to barely dodge that skull-crushing blow!

With this powerful strike, the helpless Sahiga's right shoulder was broken in one fell swoop!

But it wasn't over yet—Hyuga Soushu had never been the kind to show mercy to an enemy.

[Shifting Body Technique!]

Sahiga attempted to use the same trick again, but this time he had decided to abandon further engagement with these two Konoha ninja!

To ordinary jonin, bloodline dojutsu clans were truly like living overpowered anomalies!

[Genjutsu: This is Not That Place Technique!]

Just as Sahiga thought he'd barely escaped Soushu's grasp, everything suddenly turned red before his eyes—the swirling black tadpoles within Mahiru Uchiha's eyes implanted themselves into his mind!

Something's wrong!

Sahiga realized something was terribly wrong!

It was fundamental knowledge all Sunagakure ninja had to remember: locking eyes with any Uchiha clan member who had awakened the Sharingan was incredibly dangerous—even if that Uchiha was just a young kunoichi!

The Genjutsu: This is Not That Place Technique worked by covering and overlaying the target's current vision and thoughts with illusory images via overflowing chakra, causing them to believe what they were seeing was actually something else.

In simple terms, this illusion blinded the senses and caused misjudgments.

And its most immediate effect was that the dazed Sahiga misjudged the direction from which Soushu's Torch Pole was swinging!

Crack!

With a crisp sound, although Sahiga successfully broke free from the genjutsu at the last moment, he could only slightly twist his body sideways—using his already injured right arm as weak cushioning, stomping down with his right foot while leaning forward—and flew outward propelled by the force of the strike!

[Crescent!]

Hyuga Soushu swung his Torch Pole at Sahiga's right arm, shattering his humerus just as he was about to land the blow. At the same time, he activated the innate skill of his equipment [Tiamat]!

A ripple of red energy spread outward. Sahiga felt as if struck by heavenly wrath, blood spilling from his mouth, his plan to escape instantly crushed into oblivion.

"Finished."

Facing this sudden turn, Sahiga gave up the fight and closed his eyes—resigned to his fate.

Bang!

Without a second thought, Hyuga Soushu swung his hammer—and Sahiga's head exploded into a shower of blood and brains.

"Perfect!"

He barely savored his 300 coin reward for three seconds before already hunting for the next high-value target.

If any ordinary chunin (village junior ninja) or genin (beginner ninja) crossed his path, he'd smash them with one hit. Otherwise, he wouldn't bother.

"Sunagakure Advisor Elder Chiyo"

After scanning his surroundings, Hyuga Soushu locked onto this famous figure who was currently locked in intense battle with Sakumo Hatake.

"Now that I think about it, a family should always stick together! Since both son and daughter-in-law have fallen in battle, I might as well send this old coot off to join them—reunited in death! Now that's heartwarming."

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