Naruto: The Strongest Training System

Chapter 37: The Death of Hyuga Zephyr

"Am I... am I going to die? I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die now! I've only lived in this world for a few years, there are still so many good days waiting for me, I don't want to die!"

Hyuga Zephyr knelt on the ground with his head down, his thoughts constantly changing. But overall, he just didn't want to die. He didn't want to be killed by order of the clan head, Hyuga Helios, right now.

I have to escape. I must escape. Hyuga Zephyr swallowed hard. His palms were sweating profusely from extreme nervousness, soaking his entire hand. He couldn't even feel the pain from the hand Orion had crushed anymore.

When I came in just now, I didn't see anyone guarding this room. It seems even the heavens are helping me, Hyuga Zephyr thought to himself.

Kneeling on the ground, Hyuga Zephyr adjusted his body's posture. This was a posture more conducive to escape. When he made his break for it, he could run out at his fastest speed without wasting any extra energy.

And Hyuga Helios, sitting on the chair, noticed this movement. But he didn't react at all, because he knew that in the Hyuga clan compound, it was impossible for this Hyuga Zephyr to escape. So, he showed no reaction.

He just watched coldly as Hyuga Zephyr before him, to see what else he could possibly do.

Hyuga Zephyr was adjusting his body's condition, recovering his physical stamina. To do this, Hyuga Zephyr chose to plead with Hyuga Helios, stalling for time to let his body recover. Although Hyuga Helios had long seen through it, he didn't point it out, just quietly watched him.

Hyuga Zephyr didn't delay for long, because he himself was also afraid, afraid that the patriarch would suddenly strike and kill him. So, when his stamina had mostly recovered, he began to act.

The legs that had been kneeling on the ground suddenly stood up. After standing up, he ran towards the outside at his fastest speed. At this moment, Hyuga Helios didn't make a single move, not stopping him from escaping.

And Hyuga Zephyr saw this scene and was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that Hyuga Helios hadn't reacted in time, which was why he didn't stop him from escaping.

"Great! That old fool Helios isn't chasing me. I'll take this chance to run away quickly. After I escape, I'll find a hidden place and live in anonymity so the Hyuga clan can't find me. This way, I won't have to die."

That's what Hyuga Zephyr thought in his heart, but he had no idea how cruel reality was. The head of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Helios, didn't react? Don't be ridiculous. If Hyuga Helios couldn't even react to this, then he wouldn't be the one serving as the Hyuga clan's patriarch.

Hyuga Zephyr's speed got faster and faster, using the fastest speed he had ever mustered in his life. The gate was right in front of him. As long as he crossed that gate and escaped the Hyuga clan compound, then even if Hyuga Helios wanted him dead, it wouldn't be so easy.

Not long after, in just a matter of a second, Hyuga Zephyr ran to the front of that gate and took a step out. Just as he was about to be overjoyed, the unexpected happened.

From a nearby corner, a Hyuga clan ninja appeared. That ninja's speed was extremely fast, countless times faster than Hyuga Zephyr, who wasn't even a Genin.

That Hyuga clan ninja took out a kunai, moved in front of Hyuga Zephyr, and with a light slash, a mark appeared on his neck.

"Pfft."

Bright red blood spurted from Hyuga Zephyr's neck. He only felt a sudden sharp pain at his neck, and without even making a sound, he fell directly to the ground, never to stand up again.

Lying on the ground, already dead, Hyuga Zephyr even had a smile on his face at the moment of death, because even at that moment, he didn't know what had happened to him. He had died in a daze.

The ninja who had killed Hyuga Zephyr walked step by step into the room where Hyuga Helios was. Seeing him, he lowered his head. "Lord Patriarch, Hyuga Zephyr is dead. How should his body be handled?"

Hyuga Helios put down the teacup he had just been holding, looked up at the ninja who had killed Hyuga Zephyr, and said, "Do I still need to teach you? Clean up Hyuga Zephyr's body, don't leave a single trace. Then, instruct people to treat his parents well. Just say that Hyuga Zephyr sacrificed himself for the Hyuga clan."

"Yes, Lord Patriarch." The ninja cupped his hands in a salute towards Hyuga Helios, then left the room directly. He walked to the side of Hyuga Zephyr's body, formed a few hand seals, and spat a ball of fire from his mouth, shooting it towards the corpse.

The temperature of that ball of fire was extremely high. In an instant, Hyuga Zephyr's body was burned to ashes by the flame. The ninja extended his hand and struck with his palm. A powerful gust of wind blew, and the ashes on the ground gradually drifted away, until nothing was left.

In his room, Orion took out a few kunai and some shuriken from the two boxes full of ninja tools. Then he took out some of the training weights from the box and strapped them to his body. At this time, the weights on my body were about twenty jin (approx. 10 kg).

After strapping all these weights onto his body, the feeling was completely different. Originally, his body had felt very light, but after strapping on these twenty jin, even walking was a bit difficult. He felt a bit wobbly, and in short, he felt a little off-balance.

Right now, there was no one in the house. His father, Minato Namikaze, was probably at the Hokage's office doing what a Hokage should do. And his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, should be on a mission.

And I feel that if I'm going to train, training outside should be more effective. So, with the weights on my body and some shuriken and kunai in my pockets, I prepared to go out.

Returning to the streets of Konoha again, this time I didn't want to walk slowly anymore. I wanted to run to a place where I could train my body and my ninjutsu proficiency. Running to the outskirts of the village should be a good place to train.

But before that, I first needed to shake off the two tails behind me. Otherwise, the thought of being spied on while I was training was a bit uncomfortable.

Due to the weights on his body, my running speed was much slower than before, but this speed should be enough. Soon, I ran to a very crowded street in Konoha.

To shake off the two ninjas following behind, I had to go to a crowded place. Right now, running to this kind of place was probably the only way to lose them.

I squeezed into the crowd. Soon, I was running among the people. On this street, people were coming and going. Before long, the two Konoha Anbu could no longer find Namikaze Orion's figure.

(End of this chapter)