Chapter 274 Team 7 Reassembles
Because he was visiting Neji's house, Sasuke didn't bring his Purple Lightning sword with him. Therefore, he could only use the Chidori Spear to fight. The moment the purple Chidori Spear touched the newcomer, a layer of black lightning appeared.
The Chidori Spear pierced the opponent's body, but the feeling it transmitted made Sasuke realize something was very wrong.
After the lightning, imbued with annihilation power, devoured most of the opponent's body, the newcomer's body instantly disintegrated.
"A puppet?" Sasuke and Neji were both shocked. The special chakra covering the puppet's surface prevented them from realizing, even after fighting for a long time with their Byakugan and Sharingan respectively, that the opponent was just a puppet.
"Hanabi!" Hinata's exclamation rang out. A figure carrying Hanabi burst through the window of the living room and appeared beside her in the next instant. A flash of blue light passed through her hand, and Hinata's body immediately collapsed.
The other party reached out and took Hinata's body, then glanced provocatively at Sasuke and Neji before taking to the air.
"Put them down!" Sasuke roared, tears of blood streaming from his eyes. A blue skeleton formed around him, adorned with silver Sage Chakra runes, and carrying Neji, he soared into the air in pursuit.
However, Toneri, carrying Hinata and Hanabi, saw the aggressive Sasuke and his eyes closed and then opened again. Neji was momentarily stunned by the pure white eyes: "Byakugan?"
But the next instant, a faint blue light flashed in those pure white eyes, and the other party slowly spoke:
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
A golden light flashed, and Sasuke, carrying Neji in his Susanoo, suddenly felt a tremendous force come from nowhere. Caught off guard, the two were slammed heavily to the ground, crashing into several Hyuga clan houses.
At that moment, in the Hokage's office, Uchiha Touko, who was discussing the deployment details of the troops stationed on the border of the Land of Lightning with Senju Tobirama, suddenly looked up and gazed towards the southeast of the office.
"That direction... the Hyuga clan? How can there be such a large chakra fluctuation?" Uchiha Touko exclaimed in surprise.
The next instant, the sound of an explosion rang out, and Senju Tobirama's expression also hardened. "Enemy attack?"
Uchiha Touko rose, picked up his Lightning Bolt sword, and went to the window, intending to rush towards the Hyuga clan. However, when he looked up, he saw a huge meteorite hurtling towards Konoha.
At that moment, the meteorite was discovered throughout the village, and the entire village quickly descended into chaos.
Seeing this, Uchiha Touko returned to his office, picked up his communicator, and connected to the security department: "Kakashi! Have all the security team members go out into the streets to maintain order! Tell the villagers to calm down and not cause chaos! As for that meteorite, leave it to me!"
After instructing Kakashi, Uchiha Touko turned to Senju Tobirama and said, "Second Hokage, go to the First Hokage and tell him not to make a move. Leave the meteorite to me."
"Are you sure you're okay alone?" Senju Tobirama frowned. This hurtling meteorite was clearly a natural disaster, but Uchiha Touko wanted to deal with it alone.
"Not a big problem," Uchiha Touko said. "It's just that this isn't enough to make Konoha use its full strength right now."
After saying this, Uchiha Touko leaped out of the window. The next instant, in the eyes of all the Konoha residents, a jet-black martial god wreathed in lightning soared into the air.
"It's the Fifth Hokage! The Fifth Hokage has made his move!" someone in the village shouted in surprise. The moment Uchiha Touko's Susanoo appeared, the atmosphere in the village changed instantly. The ninjas on the streets began to spontaneously cooperate with the street guards to maintain order. In less than a minute, Konoha had returned to order from the chaos. The civilians on the streets, led by the ninjas, began to evacuate to safe places in an orderly manner.
After stopping Senju Hashirama, who had just planned to attack, Tobirama Senju took him back to the Hokage's office. Using his telescope technique to observe what was happening in every corner of the village, he couldn't help but sigh. He never imagined that Susanoo, which had always been regarded as a source of fear in the Warring States period, could become a source of security for people decades later.
"It seems that Touko's strength has surpassed Madara's back then," Hashirama Senju said with satisfaction, watching the giant Susanoo hurtling towards the meteorite from the window.
Once in a suitable position, Touko stopped. Inside the giant Susanoo, Touko began forming hand seals. Thunderclouds
rapidly gathered, and azure plasma condensed in the sky above Konoha. The Susanoo slowly raised its hands, and surging lightning gathered between them.
"Sage Art: Lightning Release: Azure Dragon!"
A dragon's roar echoed through the night sky. A giant azure lightning dragon roared out from the Susanoo's hands, instantly engulfing the massive meteorite that had fallen from the sky. The terrifyingly powerful meteorite was almost instantly disintegrated and pulverized by the terrifying lightning. Even the occasional tiny fragments that fell didn't have time to reach the ground before being blasted into dust by the lightning dragon's surrounding energy.
"Fifth Hokage! Fifth Hokage!"
The villagers cheered in unison at the sight.
With the meteorite crisis averted, Susanoo dissipated in the air, and Uchiha Touko slowly landed above the Hokage Rock. He glanced towards the Hyuga clan's direction before looking up at the bright moon.
The immense chakra fluctuations he had sensed from the Hyuga clan, combined with the meteorite's movement, made it clear who had attacked the village.
Soon, Kakashi, Shisui, Akimichi Choza, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, Hyuga Hiashi, Might Guy, and other powerful figures remaining in the village arrived at Uchiha Touko's location.
"Clan Chief Hiashi, the enemy's target is your Hyuga clan," Uchiha Touko said, turning to Hiashi. "The rest of you, maintain order in the village. Shisui, Kakashi, Hiashi, you're coming with me to support the Hyuga clan."
"Targeting our Hyuga?" Hiashi asked incredulously. "Could it be..."
"It has nothing to do with your clan's affairs," Uchiha Touko said. "The enemy comes from beyond the heavens."
"From beyond the heavens?" Hiashi was taken aback, but Uchiha Touko was already heading towards the Hyuga clan's territory. Hiashi could only suppress his confusion and follow.
Upon arriving at the Hyuga clan's territory, the first thing they saw was a vast expanse of collapsed houses.
Then, from one of the ruins, Neji and Sasuke, covered in dust and dirt, helped each other out.
"Sasuke?"
"Neji?"
Shisui and Hiashi rushed forward upon seeing them.
"Shisui-nii," Sasuke said with a wry smile upon seeing them.
"Who beat you up like this?" Shisui asked in disbelief. He knew that even he was barely a match for Sasuke after his training two days ago, yet now, with Sasuke's well-coordinated teammates, Sasuke had managed to get himself into such a sorry state.
"Neji... what happened? Where are Hinata and Hanabi?" Hiashi Hyuga also asked.
Neji glanced at the Hyuga clan members clearing the rubble around them, lowered his voice, and said to Hiashi Hyuga, "Uncle, we'll talk later."
"Let's go. First, come with me to the Hokage Building. Kakashi, have the security force send a company to assist the Hyuga with disaster relief." Seeing the situation, Touko Uchiha had roughly guessed what had happened; he estimated that Hinata and Hanabi had been taken away by people from the moon.
After the group returned to the Hokage's office, Touko Uchiha looked at his two disciples: "Tell me, what kind of enemy did you encounter?"
"That guy's ability was very strange, and… I saw it, his eyes had Byakugan." Neji said through gritted teeth, "That guy was clearly after Hinata and Hanabi. Sasuke and I couldn't stop him."
"What?" Hiashi Hyuga exclaimed in shock. Whether it was his two daughters being kidnapped or the appearance of an unknown enemy with Byakugan outside the village, these were things that he, the head of the Hyuga clan, found hard to accept.
"Uncle, have any clan members been living elsewhere all these years?" Neji asked.
"Don't ask. Strictly speaking, this enemy comes from beyond the heavens," Uchiha Touko said.
"From beyond the heavens?" Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Neji both looked at Uchiha Touko.
"That's right," Uchiha Touko nodded, then told them what he knew about the origins of the Hyuga clan and about the descendants of the Otsutsuki Hamura on the moon.
"Since they are distant relatives of our Hyuga, why did they attack Hinata and Hanabi?" Neji asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Probably for the Tenseigan, the evolved eye technique above the Byakugan of your Hyuga clan," Uchiha Touko said.
"Tenseigan? What's that?" Hyuga Hiashi asked, confused.
"Your Hyuga clan, like our Uchiha and the former Senju, are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths. Our Uchiha Sharingan has evolved into the Mangekyou Sharingan, and your Hyuga clan's potential is far greater. And as far as I know, there's an evolution called the Tenseigan before the Byakugan," Uchiha Touko said.
"Why is there absolutely no record of this in our clan's history?" Hyuga Hiashi asked incredulously.
"I don't know," Uchiha Touko shook his head.
"In the chaotic Warring States period, it's already remarkable that the clan has survived to this day. It's normal for some of our heritage to be lost in the war," Neji said calmly. "Sensei, if that guy achieves his goal, what will happen to Hinata and Hanabi?"
"I don't know," Uchiha Touko shook his head. "However, their Byakugan will likely be difficult to preserve."
Hearing this, the expressions on everyone's faces darkened simultaneously.
"Don't worry, I'll figure out a way to deal with that guy," Uchiha Touko said. However, as soon as he finished speaking, a whooshing sound echoed through the night sky, and another huge meteorite hurtled towards Konoha.
"Damn it, is this never going to end?" Uchiha Touko couldn't help but curse when he saw this.
But at this moment, he had no choice but to summon Susanoo again to face the huge meteorite. After all, he was the only one in Konoha who could deal with this kind of attack from G=mg at any time.
After dealing with the meteorite, Uchiha Touko returned to the Hokage's office with an extremely ugly expression. He looked at his two disciples and said with some regret, "I'm afraid this rescue mission will have to be done by you two."
It has to be said that Otsutsuki Toneri's move on the moon was really disgusting. If it were just a one-on-one fight, Uchiha Touko was confident that he could twist the head off this guy who hadn't yet completed the true evolution of the Tenseigan. But his method of throwing meteorites at Konoha had really hit Uchiha Touko's weak spot.
After all, Uchiha Touko's current attack range couldn't cover the moon, so even if he wanted to trade places with the opponent, he couldn't.
Sasuke and Neji exchanged a glance, then each took a deep breath. Neji spoke first: "That guy took my clansmen right under my nose, right under the nose of the young Hyuga clan leader. If I can't bring them back safely, what kind of clan leader am I?"
"That guy's abilities are just a bit strange. If it happened again, I wouldn't lose to him," Sasuke said coldly.
"Sensei, let us go," Neji said.
"Alright." Uchiha Touko nodded, then looked at Shisui, "I remember your reconnaissance squad all carry life-tracking devices from the Scientific Ninja Tool Research Institute, right?"
"Yes." Shisui nodded, "I made sure they carried those devices with them at all times."
"Good. Have the Ninja Tool Research Institute cooperate with you to track Hinata's movements. You two recover for one night, then set off tomorrow."
"Yes!" Sasuke and Neji nodded vigorously at the same time.
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After returning home, Sasuke silently entered Itachi's former room. The room hadn't shown any signs of life for a long time, but Mikoto always cleaned it thoroughly.
Sasuke went to the table and looked at the photos of Itachi and his younger self. Then, he took out a test tube containing two Sharingan eyes from a sealing scroll he always carried.
This was given to him by Touko Uchiha after he awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Brother, now, I might need your help," Sasuke said softly, looking at the photo of Itachi gazing tenderly at his younger self.
Although he had told Touko that he would definitely defeat the enemy if given another chance, their brief encounter had made it clear that this enemy was stronger than him now.
Therefore, to help Neji rescue his sister, Sasuke decided to use the eyes his brother had left him.
After leaving Uchiha Touko's office, Neji went straight to the police station to find Kakashi.
" Kakashi-senpai, is there any way to contact Naruto?"
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