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Rokuro hadn't ran far.
He stayed nearby, watching the battle between the two.
The Root ninja shadowing him was just a standard Jōnin, while their opponent was a powerful elite among the Cloud Village's Jōnin.
As a result, the Root ninja was struggling to hold his ground.
However!
It didn't matter!
In less than half a minute, someone from the Hyūga clan arrived at high speed.
Rokuro looked closely and recognized Hiashi Hyūga, the clan leader.
He was sprinting toward them; it appeared he had been chasing the intruder from the start.
However!
Hiashi's speed wasn't exactly top-tier. Compared to the masked ninja, he was at least a third slower.
Seeing Hiashi arrive, the Root ninja breathed a massive sigh of relief.
He engaged the masked ninja even more aggressively, entangling him and denying him any chance to escape.
Hiashi seized this opportunity to reach the battlefield.
Once in position, he relaxed slightly.
As long as the enemy was within the range of his Eight Trigrams, there was no escape.
At this moment.
The Root ninja immediately fell back to the second line, letting Hiashi take the lead.
Hiashi would show no mercy to the scumbag who kidnapped his daughter.
As for negotiating or asking him to release the hostage? That was out of the question. If the enemy had been willing to surrender, he would have done so the moment he was intercepted.
Besides!
Anyone daring enough to do this wasn't afraid of death.
So Hiashi attacked directly, without hesitation.
Kage-level strength.
It was leagues above that of a Jōnin.
Once entangled by Hiashi, the masked ninja was forced on the defensive.
His Ninjutsu and attacks were deflected back at him; he was being completely toyed with within the palm of Hiashi's hand.
Realizing escape was impossible.
The ninja immediately tried to kill Hinata on his back.
However.
Before he could act.
His entire body suddenly froze. He couldn't move a muscle.
Let alone kill someone.
He couldn't even twist his body.
Was his Tenketsu (Chakra Point) struck?
When?!
The masked ninja's expression turned ugly.
Since he had come to the Hyūga clan to snatch someone, he naturally understood their techniques well.
He knew about the Gentle Fist and blocking Chakra points.
To prevent getting hit, he had specifically avoided getting close to Hiashi.
Yet, somehow, he had still been hit.
After a moment of thought, the masked ninja looked at Hiashi.
"The Hyūga clan is indeed formidable!"
Hiashi remained calm and said to the Root ninja,
"Capture him. Hand him over to Lord Hokage!"
The Root ninja nodded.
"You want to capture me? No way!"
The masked ninja roared. He erupted with Chakra, forcibly breaking through the sealed Tenketsu in his body.
With this burst!
Blood sprayed from his body; he was clearly critically injured.
But disregarding his own life, he lunged straight at Kanda Rokuro.
Holy crap!
I'm just watching the show!
Why come after me?!
Terrified, Rokuro turned and ran.
"Brat! You ruined my good thing! Die with me!" the blood-soaked ninja roared.
"Eight Trigrams: Heavenly Spin!" (Hakkeshō Kaiten)
Just as the masked ninja roared, Hiashi moved again.
The rotating sphere of Chakra energy launched the masked ninja into the air before smashing him viciously into the ground.
BOOM!
The impact created a massive crater.
He lay in the pit, completely motionless.
Hiashi retracted his stance and went to pick up Hinata, who had fallen during the clash, holding her close.
The Root ninja went to apprehend the masked ninja.
From the moment Hiashi appeared until now, two minutes had passed. Anbu ninjas and other Hyūga clan members were arriving one after another.
With more people, it was safe.
Rokuro ran back to the battlefield and called out to the Root ninja inspecting the body in the pit.
"Hey, how is he? Does he have any good loot on him?"
The Root ninja was speechless.
He glanced at Rokuro, ignored him, and called out to Hiashi,
"Lord Hiashi, we have a problem. This guy committed suicide by poison!"
Hiashi frowned.
"A suicide soldier, as expected?"
The Root ninja sighed.
"It appears so. He must have prepared before setting out. He wasn't going to give us any evidence to use against the Cloud Village."
Hiashi remained silent for a moment, watching the increasing number of Anbu arriving.
"Let Lord Hokage handle this."
The Root ninja nodded, jumped out of the pit, and waved at Rokuro.
"You brat, get over here. Stop meddling in this situation!"
Rokuro was quite dissatisfied.
"Why? I performed a great service here! I want to wait for Lord Danzo to come and promote me to Chūnin. I fought a Jōnin for that long—doesn't that prove my strength?"
The Root ninja was speechless.
To be fair, Rokuro was indeed impressive.
To survive for a minute against a powerful Jōnin and even make a fool of him!
With that kind of ability, a promotion to Chūnin would be absolutely justified.
However!
At a time like this, Danzo and the Hokage probably had no time to care about the promotion of a single Chūnin.
The Root ninja grumbled internally, then said,
"Suit yourself. But when Lord Hokage and Lord Danzo arrive, they won't have time to deal with your business!"
Rokuro pouted.
"I'll ask them mys elf!"
The Root ninja shook his head, too lazy to bother with Rokuro anymore.