"He actually ran away?"
Pakura quickly came to her senses, the curve of her lips slowly widening until it finally turned into a soft laugh.
"But can you actually escape?"
The words had barely left her lips when an orange afterimage streaked through the air, racing after the bolt of lightning!
Behind them, three hundred elite Sunagakure ninjas followed closely, sweeping past like a black tide!
Those three pairs of eerie Red Eyes remained fixed on the fleeing figure, ensuring that this area remained a blind spot for Konoha while locking onto the target.
In the distance, the battle on Kikyo Pass continues.
Fierce shouts, screams of agony, and the clang of metal mingled together.
No one noticed that on the other side of the battlefield, behind a relatively hidden pile of rocks, a Shadow Clone of Shinichi, who was tending to the wounds of a ninja, suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction that Pakura's team had gone.
Go after them, keep chasing them! You're hunting down Isshin. What does that have to do with me, Shinichi Higashino?
Shinichi withdrew his gaze and continued tending the wounds, his movements still steady, as if nothing had happened.
It turns out that the Shinichi that Hizashi Hyuga had been following was actually the clone, Isshin, in disguise from the very beginning.
He himself mingled among the ten Shadow Clones, dispersing throughout the battlefield as the Shadow Clone of Shinichi Higashino, treating the wounded and moving back and forth.
Anyway, the Shadow Clones are all in his appearance, and the battlefield is so chaotic, who would notice which one is real and which one is fake?
The Shinichi protected by Hizashi Hyuga is Isshin.
The Shinichi who fought fiercely with Pakura was also Isshin.
The real Shinichi Higashino was never exposed to anyone's sight from the very beginning.
As for Fire Style?
In the two months since his clone left Konoha and returned to the Land of Iron, he hasn't been idle.
He has been constantly changing the nature of his chakra so that one day he can better impersonate the main body.
Although the clone doesn't have the same advantages as the main body's talent bonus, its training and learning efficiency are indeed much lower.
But Shinichi's mastery and foundation in Fire Style were undeniable.
Looking at the entire Shinobi World, in terms of understanding fire nature chakra and insight into the essence of Fire Style Ninjutsu, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Shinichi is the strongest ninja in the world today.
So, after more than two months, he successfully developed the Fire Nature Chakra and mastered the core Fire Style Nintaijutsu techniques, such as the Dark Sweep and Wild Bite.
However, without the various ninja talent bonuses, especially the [Master of Fire Style (Blue)] talent, Isshin's Fire Style, in terms of power and flexibility, is far inferior to the effortless and captivating execution of the main body.
Otherwise, Pakura's first Scorch Style attack earlier could have been completely blocked by the original Shinichi using Dark Sweep, rather than requiring Hizashi Hyuga to supplement with the Eight Trigrams Air Palm to fully neutralize it.
...
"However, this is a good opportunity..."
Shinichi's eyes flickered slightly, and a thought flashed through his mind.
He treated the wounded ninja's wounds, whispered a few instructions, and then his whole body turned into a blur and disappeared from the spot.
...
Hizashi Hyuga, who was protecting several Medical Ninjas behind him, fixed his gaze on the battlefield ahead.
In his eyes, Shinichi was gaining an absolute advantage in his battle with Pakura as lightning and wind blades clashed constantly.
Shinichi's sword strikes were as sharp as lightning, and Pakura was finding it increasingly difficult to cope. On several occasions, she was in grave danger and could only retreat.
He had originally planned to find an opportunity to provide support, but seeing that the situation was already settled, he gave up the idea.
After all, even a cornered beast will fight.
Pakura is a renowned strongman from the Village Hidden in the Sand, and her speed is extremely fast. If she were to launch a surprise attack on the Medical Ninja and the wounded ninjas behind him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The most important thing is to fulfill the mission entrusted to him by Shinichi.
Shinichi should be able to handle this…
Hizashi Hyuga thought to himself, his gaze never leaving the two intersecting figures.
However, the next second, Hizashi Hyuga suddenly sensed something was wrong. His eyes widened abruptly, and the veins around them became even more fierce.
The scene before him shattered like glass, and layers of Genjutsu were peeled away, revealing an empty pile of rubble.
There was no battle; it was all a Genjutsu!
'Oh no! Shinichi-kun has disappeared!'
Hizashi Hyuga's heart sank. He rushed forward to investigate, scanning the chaotic scene around him and looking at the dense footprints. With his Byakugan's perception, he quickly pieced together the truth.
Shortly after Shinichi clashed with Pakura, a force of several hundred elite ninjas from the Village Hidden in the Sand arrived.
Shinichi noticed the concealment and realized that the area was isolated from the outside world. So he lured away the Village Hidden in the Sand ninjas to protect them.
"Where is Captain Shinichi?"
"What about Shinichi?"
"Jonin Hizashi!"
The Medical Ninjas behind him finally reacted, and their expressions changed as they looked at the empty battlefield.
A moment later, Hizashi Hyuga slowly turned around, looked at the Medical Ninjas and the wounded behind them who were also looking in this direction, and gave a bitter smile: "Shortly after the battle with Pakura, a large number of elites from the Village Hidden in the Sand arrived. The user of the Red Eyes blinded this area, preventing me from detecting what's happening here, preventing us from giving timely reinforcements."
"So...."
At this point, Hizashi Hyuga's expression became even more complicated: "In order to protect us and the wounded in this area, Shinichi volunteered to act as bait and lure away the people from the Village Hidden in the Sand."
"What!?"
"What are you waiting for! Go save Captain Shinichi!"
"Yes! Go quickly!"
"Shinichi did it to save us..."
"I can die! But Captain Shinichi absolutely cannot!"
"Let me go! He saved my life!"
"I can still fight! Take me with you!"
"I'm going too! I'll risk it all!"
The moment the words were spoken, the crowd erupted in chaos. The Medical Ninjas, their faces flushed, almost simultaneously took steps to rush out, while the wounded behind them struggled to their feet, completely disregarding their injuries.
"Stop right there!"
Hizashi Hyuga let out a low shout, his figure flashed, and he blocked the way in front of everyone, then took a deep breath.
"You all stay here and protect the wounded. I'm heading out to find Shinichi immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, chakra surged beneath his feet, and he was about to move when a calm voice came from behind them.
"No need, Senior Hizashi."
Hizashi Hyuga was jolted and turned around abruptly.
The Medical Ninjas and the wounded all turned to look in the direction of the sound and saw a figure slowly walking out from behind a boulder.
It's Shinichi Higashino.
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