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Chapter 163: Hinata's Assault, "You Don't Want Konoha to Get Hurt, Right?"
Alex floated in front of Konan. "How was it? Did you clearly notice the changes in your body?"
"The change is indeed significant," Konan nodded, smiling faintly. "I can almost feel every cell in my body cheering. Fusing the Senju bloodline has greatly enhanced cellular activity and vitality."
"Especially the Chakra..." Her eyes lit up. "It feels inexhaustible."
Inexhaustible was an exaggeration, but it showed that Konan's current Chakra volume was countless times greater. The Senjutsu Chakra she could synthesize in the future would also skyrocket. Storing it in Alex's body after refining meant they no longer had to worry about running out of Senjutsu Chakra.
Konan stood up and moved around, quickly adapting to the changes in her body. Then, with a click, she opened the bedroom door.
Hinata was standing blankly in the living room, her body wrapped in white paper. Konan walked forward, red light flashing in her eyes as she released the Sharingan genjutsu and retracted the paper.
Alex also moved forward, temporarily lifting Hinata's Five Elements Seal.
Hinata's unfocused white pupils began to regain their light. First confusion, a pause, and then consciousness returned in a flash. Seeing Konan standing in front of her dressed in the Akatsuki robe, her pupils constricted violently, and she cried out, "Akatsuki's White Tiger!!"
Veins instantly bulged around her temples as the Byakugan activated. She raised both hands, assuming the Gentle Fist stance, staring dead at Konan, and shouted coldly, "What did you capture me for? Don't think you can make me betray Konoha!"
Hinata knew she couldn't possibly be a match for the Akatsuki's White Tiger. But having dared to face the Deva Path Pain alone in the past, she never lacked courage. Without another word, she channeled her Gentle Fist to attack.
"Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!!"
Aided by the Byakugan, Chakra gathered in her hands, forming two blue lion heads. The momentum looked fierce, but it was impossible to hit Konan.
Konan's expression remained calm. She stood in place, leisurely dodging the incoming fists without even moving her feet.
"Is this the extent of it? Let me see your Hyuga clan's Eight Trigrams Palm."
As a clan capable of awakening the Tenseigan, she had some curiosity about the Hyuga. Logically, they shouldn't be only at this level.
"Damn it!" Hinata jumped back, creating distance. She looked at Konan with a solemn gaze, breathing slightly heavily. Her rapid flurry of attacks just now hadn't even touched the opponent's sleeve.
Was the enemy too strong, or was she too weak...? But she would absolutely never give up and sit waiting for death!
Exhale...
Hinata took a deep breath. Since the Twin Lion Fists couldn't hit the enemy, she would use the faster Eight Trigrams Palm. She spread her arms, stimulating her Chakra. In the Byakugan's vision, a faint Eight Trigrams phantom appeared on the wide living room floor, enveloping the White Tiger not far away.
"Hah!" Hinata's small face was tense as she shouted low, "Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!!"
Charging like an angry kitten, viewing death as a return home, her palm strikes were extremely fast, each aiming for the body's meridians and acupuncture points.
But it was futile.
Konan still stood in place, calmly avoiding every palm. The living room echoed with Hinata's rapid shouts and the slap-slap sound of thirty-two palms hitting nothing but air.
"This is your Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Palm?"
Konan shook her head slightly, a flash of disappointment in her eyes. She saw nothing outstanding in this Taijutsu style. No wonder this clan was always famous for the Byakugan's reconnaissance and insight, while their own combat strength was truly lackluster. Even the Hyuga clan leader was only an Elite Jonin, failing to reach Kage level. When the Uchiha clan still existed, the Hyuga were always suppressed by them, unable to surpass.
"That's enough," Alex's voice rang in Konan's mind.
He was also somewhat curious about the Hyuga's Gentle Fist, but seeing it now, it seemed somewhat useless. He saw absolutely no shadow of Kaguya Otsutsuki's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
Hearing the disappointment in Konan's tone, a flush of shame rose on Hinata's angry face. It was all because her talent was average and she couldn't learn the clan's higher Gentle Fist secret arts. That was why outsiders looked down on her family's Gentle Fist, bringing shame to the clan.
But no matter what, she would never sit and wait for death. Even if she died, she would die fighting!
Hinata gave a low shout, preparing to launch another charge at Konan. Suddenly, she found she couldn't move her body. Her legs wouldn't listen to her commands at all.
Looking down, she saw a shadow connected to her own shadow. The other end was a small patch of shadow belonging to... a piece of white paper flying towards her.
"Shadow Imitation Technique!" Hinata's pupils trembled in disbelief. "How can you use the Nara clan's secret jutsu??!"
How?
Learned it, of course.
Alex chuckled internally, flying to Hinata's abdomen level.
"You... What do you want to do..."
Under her anxious, fearful gaze, he activated the Five Elements Seal again.
"My... My Chakra... You sealed my Chakra..."
With her Chakra sealed again, Hinata couldn't use Gentle Fist anymore. Knowing the situation was hopeless and she couldn't resist, Hinata calmed down, looking at Konan. "Give up on getting intelligence about Konoha from my mouth! I will never betray the village, and I will never let you harm the village or my comrades."
This scene made both Konan and Alex recall Samui's behavior back then. She had also said she wouldn't leak intelligence, wouldn't betray the village or the Raikage. But what was the result? After some 'guidance', didn't she submit obediently and end up very satisfied with her current life, immersed in it?
Konan walked up to Hinata. "I don't need you to spit out intelligence."
She had raided the Konoha Root Headquarters; was there any intelligence she didn't know that she needed from Hinata?
"Don't need intelligence?" Hinata paused, then asked confusedly, "Then what did you capture me for!"
"I cannot do anything that harms the village or my comrades."
"Heh." Konan chuckled lightly. "With your weak strength, you couldn't do those things anyway."
Hinata choked on the spot, speechless. She knew the other party spoke the truth. Even if she wanted to do something harmful to Konoha with her strength, she would be suppressed by her comrades immediately.
Alex interjected, his voice—very similar to Konan's tone—ringing in Hinata's mind.
"Don't you Hyuga waste effort hitting so many times with Gentle Fist? Isn't it redundant? You can hit 32 palms; if you just hung a nail or some other weapon on your hand, you'd have turned the enemy into a sieve long ago. Don't you think striking 32, 64, or 128 times is superfluous?"
As his strength increased, Alex no longer had many scruples and spoke directly to others.
Hinata was stunned, subconsciously looking at Konan. "Are you speaking in my head?"
The voice was very similar; she almost couldn't tell the difference.
Konan remained silent, offering no explanation, letting her guess.
Alex's question also rang in Konan's mind. Not getting an answer, Hinata didn't obsess over it, whispering, "Gentle Fist has been passed down in the Hyuga clan since ancient times. Every move and style must be exactly the same as practiced before; there can be no deviation."
"As for the problem you mentioned, I haven't thought about it, and no one in the clan has ever tried it. We have always trained this way."
Alright then...
The rigid face of Hiashi Hyuga flashed through Alex's mind. Such an ancient family with traditions naturally had many rules. They would only think their own training was insufficient regarding the jutsu passed down from ancestors. They wouldn't modify it.
Alex had just asked in passing and didn't care much. Looking at Hinata, he said in a mysterious tone, "Hinata, you don't want Konoha, or your comrades, to get hurt, right?"
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