The Death God Brushes Past! - Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World

With Might Guy wrapped in the Insect Sphere, the battlefield became a two-on-one situation. But Shisui showed no sign of tension or panic when facing both Shibi Aburame and Hyūga Shinichi.

He glanced at the Insect Sphere containing Might Guy, then returned his gaze to Hyūga Shinichi. Seeing that the latter's eyes had regained clarity, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes as he held his short sword horizontally across his chest, adopting a stance.

"Hmm?" The aura around Shisui clearly changed. Unlike the gentle warmth he exuded before, Shisui now resembled a sheathed, famous sword, radiating a sharp, keen feeling.

In an instant, Hyūga Shinichi didn't notice Shisui performing any hand signs, but seven identical figures of Shisui suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Every figure made the same movement, standing calmly with their short swords held horizontally across their chests.

"Shadow Clones?" Shinichi used the Byakugan to observe. He found that chakra flowed within the body of every Shisui who appeared on the battlefield, confirming that these clones were all solid entities. "No... this feeling... It's not a Shadow Clone." Shinichi had practiced the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and understood it well. He was sure that the technique Shisui was using was entirely different from the one he knew.

While he was pondering, Uchiha Shisui had already launched his attack on Hyūga Shinichi. The seven figures moved in unison, encircling and attacking Shinichi.

The opponent used the Body Flicker Technique (Shunshin), moving incredibly fast. In just the blink of an eye, Hyūga Shinichi was trapped within Shisui's encirclement. "Did he put the target on me first?" In ninja combat, it's common sense to eliminate the weakest viable force first. Shisui, already a Chūnin despite his youth, was undoubtedly a mature ninja.

His grasp of the battle situation was clearly excellent. Despite the two-on-one disadvantage, Shisui didn't give up. Deep down, he didn't feel he would lose. "I can only say... your choice was a mistake!"

The Byakugan completely captured the movements of all seven attacking figures. Facing Shisui's offense, Shinichi showed no intention of using Flying Thunder God to dodge. Instead, he immediately adopted a stance, and a potent chakra burst forth from every chakra point around his body.

As Hyūga Shinichi spun, a dome-shaped wall of chakra formed around him, firmly protecting him. Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation! The force of the Rotation immediately impacted all seven of Shisui's figures, throwing them up into the air. At that moment, both the original body and the clones were flung away by the Rotation; even Shisui himself couldn't resist the powerful force.

"Is this the Absolute Defense of the Hyūga Main Family, the Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation?" "It's truly formidable!" Even as his body was blasted away, Shisui kept his eyes locked on Hyūga Shinichi, who was slowly coming to a stop.

Unlike the experienced Shibi Aburame, the young Shisui was experiencing the Hyūga's Rotation firsthand for the first time. This power... he currently had no way to break through it.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang—" As Shisui's figures successively crashed down, a series of dull thuds echoed across the clearing.

Under Hyūga Shinichi's gaze, none of the "Uchiha Shisui" figures that were sent flying and smashed onto the ground disappeared. Instead, after sustaining a heavy impact, they slowly got back up after only a momentary delay.

However, one of the figures clearly lay on the ground a few seconds longer, and after standing up, the expression on the face showed a slight change, presumably from the pain of impact. "Indeed... It's not a Shadow Clone!" "But I've found your main body!"

Shinichi rushed forward. After running a few meters, he bent down to scoop up a previously scattered Flying Thunder God kunai from the ground, then threw it toward the figure with the unusual expression.

As Shinichi made his move, several other figures surrounded him. These Shisui clones' actions were completely independent of the main body, seemingly possessing individual intelligence and attack patterns.

However, as the kunai was thrown, Shinichi's figure instantly flashed, using the Flying Thunder God to disappear from the clones' encirclement. The next moment, Hyūga Shinichi appeared directly above the kunai, right in front of Uchiha Shisui. Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation! Shinichi, while still in mid-air, used the Rotation again as he approached Shisui.

From a distance, Shibi Aburame only saw a ball of chakra quickly envelop Shinichi and then crush down upon Shisui. Unlike the ground-based Rotation, which merely repelled the enemy, Shinichi's mid-air Rotation now resembled a gigantic Rasengan, using his own body as a weapon of attack. "BOOM!!!!!" This was a sudden, spur-of-the-moment idea by Shinichi during the battle, but the result of the Rotation surprised even him.

Following a terrifying explosion, dust and stones flew everywhere in the training ground. The raging windstorm even forced Shibi Aburame to duck down.

At this point in the battle, Shibi Aburame no longer cared about whether this was just a sparring match. He quickly dissolved the Insect Sphere and shouted out of concern, "Shisui!!!" He couldn't imagine the consequences of the young Shisui being caught in such an attack. He secretly blamed himself, realizing he should have anticipated that the young Shinichi would not have the self-control of a mature ninja.

The child likely didn't have a clear grasp of the strength of the Jutsu he had mastered.

"What? What happened???" Might Guy, who had just emerged from the Insect Sphere, was confused. He was immediately thrown off his feet by the gust of wind, only stopping after tumbling several times. A short distance away, one of the Shisui figures—which Shinichi had mistakenly identified as a clone—saw Shinichi's wild attack and involuntarily twitched its eye, cold sweat breaking out on its forehead.

"If I had been hit by that attack..."

"I would definitely have died..."

Shisui was filled with relief at that moment. Luckily, he had deliberately misled his opponent, causing him to misidentify the main body. Otherwise... he probably would have died right here... If you're mistakenly killed by a teammate, do you still count as a martyr? Shisui couldn't help but let his mind wander for a moment. As he released the technique, Shisui's gaze settled on his young teammate, who was slowly emerging from the center of the storm.

Chapter 51 - The Death God Brushes Past!