Naruto: Hyuga Warlord

"Quick! Interrogate him! I can't wait any longer!"

After the battle, Hyuga Soushu impatiently said to Yechame Hamako.

Not far away, behind a grove of stone pillars, came piercing screams of extreme agony. That was the sole surviving Sand Chunin currently undergoing interrogation.

In this Sand Hidden Unit, five Chunin were directly killed by Hyuga Soushu; besides that, after Yechame Hamako led the offensive, one Jonin barely survived and was finished off by him for an easy kill. Additionally, of the two remaining Sand Hidden Unit ninjas on the left flank, Hyuga Soushu personally eliminated one, and only because Yechame Hamako wanted a prisoner to extract information from would that unfortunate fellow now being tortured still be alive—the Hyuga had originally planned to crush his skull with a torch pole!

Even so, after sparing one, Hyuga Soushu effortlessly executed the other Sand Chunin—who had already been critically injured and unconscious from the start!

In total, he earned 447 coins for killing seven Chunin and one Jonin. Obviously, this Sand Hidden Unit must have just infiltrated without having yet attacked Konoha's Advancing Unit!

Adding the 127 coins he already had, his total stood at just 574—nowhere near the 1000 coins needed for [Radiance]. Although [Tiamat]'s lane clearing ability hadn't disappointed him, people always wanted more once they got something (like wanting the west after getting the east). Hyuga Soushu felt that if he could afford [Radiance], then defeating two Jonin shouldn't be a problem!

Thinking about it, Hyuga Soushu couldn't help harboring some complaints toward Yechame Hamako, who'd turned one of the Sand Jonin into trash. So he spoke in a slightly harsher tone.

After all, 300 coins had already vanished into thin air—he absolutely couldn't let go of the final 21 coins from that last surviving Chunin!

"Just wait a moment. Even applying interrogation techniques takes time when working on someone."

Yechame Hamako wiped away the cold sweat from his brow, replying somewhat hesitantly.

Truthfully, Yechame Hamako himself belonged to Konoha's veteran Jonin elite group, but this was the first time encountering a ninja like Hyuga Soushu—who normally seemed reasonably sane aside from his sharp tongue—but immediately transformed into a battle-crazed berserker once combat started!

Actually, more accurately speaking, aside from the Uchiha Clan, this was the first time he'd seen such a battle-mad Konoha ninja!

The problem was, Soushu was definitely a member of the Hyuga clan!

Thinking this, Yechame couldn't resist glancing upward at Soushu's pale eyes, which contained faint grayish-blue tones.

Unlike other Hyuga ninja he knew, right now Soushu's eyes were filled with distinctly fierce and bloodshot veins. Of course, he didn't realize it was a side effect from using the [Vampire's Scepter] to drain blood.

Yechame only glanced briefly before shifting his gaze away again, noticing once more those wounds covering Soushu's body that exuded red bloody mist—in truth, the consumed [Life Potion] was taking effect!

In fact, this wasn't particularly rare. Konoha also had Secret Jutsu capable of repairing the body, though their side effects were tremendous and the pain they caused was unbearable to the point of making people wish for death. That's why very few people chose to master these Secret Jutsu. Yet witnessing how composed Hyuga Soushu was while using Chakra to repair his own body through Secret Jutsu, Yechame Hamako could clearly sense just how ironclad his willpower must be.

Of course, even if Hyuga Soushu knew her thoughts, he had no interest in dispelling such a charming misunderstanding.

Yechame Hamako kept scanning downward and now noticed a smear of red, white, and black matter clinging to the Torch Pole swinging from Hyuga Soushu's grip.

"Ughh!"

Even Yechame Hamako, who had seen the worst horrors imaginable, couldn't help but feel her stomach twist violently enough to nearly vomit.

Actually, murderous ninjas weren't exactly rare within Konoha. But someone like Hyuga Soushu...

Covering her mouth, Yechame Hamako thought carefully for a moment and realized that Konoha indeed had quite a few of those killers too!

Most of them usually belonged to the Martial Faction, though.

And he was part of the Martial Faction too!

Yechame Hamako's heartbeat suddenly quickened!

Moreover, those other dangerous ninjas had already been confined within Konoha's prison facilities!

But he hadn't been imprisoned!

Her heart pounded even faster now!

Hyuga Soushu, ignoring the unusual expression on Yechame Hamako's face, simply focused on browsing through the System Shop with his consciousness.

Having played from Season 1 to Season 9 in a past life, he always followed one rule: never hoard Coins just to save up for a big purchase!

It's better to advance steadily with small purchases than pin everything on a single big item! Otherwise, one moment of carelessness—just one death—and all your hard-earned progress would disappear!

After hesitating briefly, Hyuga Soushu decided to buy an Anti-Magic Cloak, gaining an additional 25 magic resistance points.

This decision came from a comprehensive consideration of the ever-changing battlefield environment and skill cooldown times.

The reason Hyuga Soushu usually felt confident charging alone into enemy lines was due to his E ability [Counter Storm], which offered both evasion and a 25% reduction in area damage.

However, the issue lay in the skill's cooldown time—Hyuga Soushu couldn't maintain [Counter Storm] throughout the entire battle. Often, a slight moment of carelessness left him vulnerable to powerful Ninjutsu from experienced Jonin. Those wounds already nearly healed served as clear proof.

Against ordinary physical attacks, Hyuga Soushu wouldn't worry about his safety unless surrounded, since his Byakugan granted him a full 360-degree field of vision. After all, even if he couldn't win, he could still escape. However, facing unpredictable, diverse ninja techniques—especially Wind Release techniques, which were invisible, colorless, and could only be detected by sound or shifts in chakra density—he'd be completely at their mercy!

Therefore, increasing his magic resistance was necessary.

Furthermore, this Anti-Magic Cloak could later be used as a component to craft versatile items like Mercury Treads or Hextech Gunblade, so it wasn't considered wasted resources.

As for the remaining 124 Coins, after a brief hesitation, Hyuga Soushu still decided to spend an extra 50 Coins on another [Life Potion] just in case of emergencies.

"Hasn't the interrogation been completed yet?"

"Finished dealing with your personal matters already?" Hyuga Soushu couldn't wait any longer and urged again.

The torch pole in his hand unconsciously struck the rocky ground, causing radial cracks to spread outward.

"It hasn't even been five minutes since the interrogation started," Hamako Yechame helplessly quipped.

"Got it!"

A couple of minutes later, the Yamanaka Jonin in charge of the interrogation flashed over using Body Flicker and reported, "This time, those despicable Sunagakure ninja sent out..."

But Hyuga Soushu had no interest in listening. Instead, he immediately Body Flickered to this Sunagakure Chunin who had been tortured into confusion by the Yamanaka clan's Secret Jutsu. With a single hammer strike, he claimed another 21 coins!

Unfortunately, despite killing many Sunagakure ninja in this battle, Hyuga Soushu's experience bar still needed just a little more to reach level eight!

And this only made Hyuga Soushu even more impatient.

"Did you finish arranging everything? If we don't send reinforcements soon, the advancing unit might get completely wiped out!"

Once again, Hyuga Soushu Body Flickered back in front of Hamako Yechame, urging impatiently.

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