Naruto: Starting With Tenseigan C121 (Patreon)

Chapter 121: Incredible Reward

"I'm begging you, you must not die!"

Inside a cave on the edge of the ruins in the Land of Hot Springs, Jiraiya looked at the Fourth Raikage, who looked somewhat "dead," with a face full of pain.

Kakashi stood to the side with a numb expression on his face as well.

Shizune was helping Uchiha Izumi treat her wounds, but both of them couldn't help casting curious glances at Hyuga Makoto.

Tsunade, on the other hand, was losing her composure. She stood up and landed a punch right on Jiraiya's head!

"You idiot, the person isn't dead yet. If you keep roaring like that, he might really die."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Hyuga Makoto, who wore an entirely innocent expression, and completely lost her composure.

"And you, stop putting on that innocent expression. Wasn't this your doing, and besides, you almost wiped me out!"

"Sigh……"

Hyuga Makoto helplessly rubbed his white hair, sighed, and slowly began to speak.

"I didn't expect things to turn into this ghost of a mess either."

The battle with the Fourth Raikage and half of Kakuzu had ended smoothly as he squeezed out the very last bit of Yin-Yang Release power.

Only this ending came with somewhat of a surprise…

Even he hadn't expected that when he used the power of Yin-Yang Release combined with his understanding of the Gentle Fist, the power of his final strike could grow to such an extent!

He only felt that with that single palm strike, the air had been completely distorted and compressed, and the formless Chakra seemed to have frozen solid.

This realization suddenly made him aware that he might just blast the Fourth Raikage into slag!

"Although I had already decided to kill this bastard who ambushed me and attempted to seize the Byakugan, I didn't plan on doing it under the identity of Konoha……"

"Besides, if this fellow gets blasted into slag, how is he supposed to trade for the remains of Hyuga Hizashi, and how can he use this fellow's corpse to exchange for money on the black market?"

"Actually, you guys should still thank me……"

Thinking of this, Hyuga Makoto couldn't help curling his lips.

"If I hadn't suddenly felt something was wrong and adjusted the direction at the end, he wouldn't even have a corpse left now."

Hearing this, Kakashi couldn't help turning his head to look at the Fourth Raikage lying on the ground, and for a moment he fell even more silent.

The Raikage's robust body was already battered beyond recognition. Not to mention that one of his arms was gone, there were countless wounds all over his body.

Furthermore, his internal organs were shattered, and who knew how many bones were broken. If not for Tsunade keeping him alive…

He wouldn't just be "somewhat dead" right now—he would already be dead!

"Forget it, he brought this upon himself."

After a good while, Kakashi spoke up helplessly.

"Who would have thought that he would still try to seize the Byakugan at a time like this."

"Hmph, if not for worrying that a Ninja World War would break out, who would save him?"

Tsunade also let out a soft hough. She had seen the Fourth Raikage's sneak attack crystal clear.

Toward such a person, she didn't have a shred of sympathy at all!

"Then, should we send him to the black market?"

But right at this moment, Hyuga Makoto spoke up.

"The corpse of the Fourth Raikage should be worth quite a bit of money, right?"

"Hiss!"

This sentence instantly made everyone gasp in a cold breath.

Tsunade's eyes, however, lit up slightly. She was still up to her ears in debt!

"Makoto, don't talk nonsense. He truly brought this on himself, but we cannot act recklessly."

Jiraiya was startled; he knew just how money-grubbing this Disciple of his was!

"Spies from all nations are in this ghost of a place, and the Akatsuki Organization is watching us make a Move. If we act recklessly, it will only trigger a Ninja World War."

The identity of the Fourth Raikage was somewhat special.

Although Jiraiya didn't mean to blame Hyuga Makoto at all, he couldn't let this bastard die in Konoha's hands either!

Those bandits from Hidden Cloud Village were unreasonable. If a real fight broke out then, it wouldn't be a good thing for Konoha.

Besides, this broken place truly had "all the wise gathering to celebrate together," with all sorts of people watching.

Especially the Akatsuki Organization; if they spewed nonsense, even if everyone knew it was fake, the madmen of Hidden Cloud Village could genuinely use it as an excuse!

"Then what should we do, bring him back to Konoha, or send him back to Hidden Cloud Village?"

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya with displeasure, while Jiraiya rolled his eyes as an idea popped into his head.

"Why don't we jointly write a letter and tell the Old Man the truth?"

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya. Was this going to "make the Old Man suffer a bit"?

"Fine, you write it, and I'll sign my name!"

"No problem!"

Jiraiya readily agreed. He couldn't handle this kind of matter anymore and could only leave it to their teacher.

Who told them to genuinely have a Hokage teacher…

"But having said that, who were those guys fighting with you?"

Tsunade couldn't help feeling a bit curious at this moment. She had been busy saving people for half a day and hadn't had time to ask many questions.

"Also, why is this fellow Orochimaru together with them?"

"They are people from the Akatsuki Organization……"

Kakashi watched as Jiraiya was already writing furiously, and could only speak up helplessly.

"I don't know how they obtained our intelligence, so they ambushed us halfway, which is how things ended up like this."

"The Akatsuki Organization?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow; she really hadn't heard of this organization before.

"How inexplicable, and aren't there way too many Rogue Ninjas from Konoha inside?"

"Yeah, there really are a lot."

Hyuga Makoto couldn't help nodding. The Rogue Ninjas from Konoha made up fully half of the Akatsuki Organization!

"This is also the reason why we came to the Land of Hot Springs to find Lady Tsunade."

"Looking for me?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, suddenly feeling that the situation was a bit off. Jiraiya, on the other hand, spoke while writing his letter.

"Our mission this time indeed requires finding you, because Wood Release has appeared in both the Akatsuki Organization and the Nuclear Organization. This place might have been created by them."

"Wood Release……"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. She had run over this time precisely because she heard about Wood Release.

In the end, she hadn't expected that she would walk right into the line of fire…

But this time, she didn't directly refuse.

Looking at the Fourth Raikage sprawled out on the ground, she already understood that she couldn't run away.

Moreover, that unbelievable Yin Seal of this brat from the Hyuga Clan before her also made her quite curious.

"Alright, I get it."

After a long while, Tsunade sighed helplessly, though her gaze remained fixed on Hyuga Makoto.

"I will go back with you guys, but you brat are truly incredible. The Fourth Raikage was actually dealt with by you so easily?"

"That's right, and your battle also affected my side."

Kakashi was full of emotion at this moment. He rubbed his head of white hair and spoke.

"Although Obito's combat proficiency is quite average, his physical constitution is exaggerated. I wounded him several times, and he could recover every time, plus this eye of mine can barely hold out much longer. If not for the commotion you stirred up affecting him and forcing him to go save people, I'm afraid I would have been in trouble."

"Me too……"

Uchiha Izumi couldn't help speaking up either, her eyes filled entirely with Hyuga Makoto.

"Only after crossing hands with Itachi did I know how terrifying he is; I am completely no match for him. The moment his eyes turned into the Mangekyo, I felt completely unable to Move, and even unable to do anything. If not for your attack affecting him, I'm afraid I……"

Speaking up to here, she couldn't go on herself, and the way she looked at Hyuga Makoto had somewhat changed.

Only by truly facing Itachi could one feel the strength of this fellow.

Yet Hyuga Makoto beat Itachi with no power to fight back, treating him just like a sandbag!

Furthermore, this was already the second time Hyuga Makoto had saved her, and this time it was even just from the aftermath of the battle…

Such a gap truly made her feel completely out of reach!

"Are the kids nowadays all this terrifying?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, while Hyuga Makoto appeared rather modest.

"Actually, I also rely on the Yin Seal. The strength and malleability of this technique are truly unimaginable!"

"The Yin Seal……" Hearing this, Tsunade's expression was a bit odd. She had indeed sensed it was the Yin Seal long ago, but she had never been embarrassed enough to ask.

Because she herself wasn't sure whether that thing of Hyuga Makoto's was still the Yin Seal at all!

It was too exaggerated, too powerful, and the effects were too incredible!

Facing such power, even she felt suffocated.

Pondering for a moment, she couldn't help asking.

"How did you consider the direction of improvement for this technique? I feel that your Yin Seal has a huge difference from mine."

"I started from the aspect of Chakra while simultaneously modifying the structure of the Yin Seal."

Hyuga Makoto blinked. There was really no need for him to hide this matter.

After all, to modify it to his degree, apart from Jigen, probably no one else in the entire Ninja World could do it!

"After all, I've learned many sealing techniques, and I've applied them into it."

"Is that so……"

Tsunade nodded, then shook her head again.

"It seems the workload is not ordinary at all. Let's discuss it properly when we return to Konoha, but you brat are just too incredible!"

"Hearing words like that come out of your mouth is really rare."

Jiraiya couldn't help raising his head at this moment, looking at Tsunade with a grin.

"How is it, isn't this new Disciple of mine pretty good?"

"Your Disciple?"

Hearing this, Tsunade's expression turned somewhat weird.

She remained silent for a long time before asking in disbelief.

"He knows my grandmother's Yin Seal, he knows my grand-uncle's Flying Thunder God, what did he learn from you?"

Jiraiya opened his mouth, but Tsunade didn't give him the chance.

"The same white hair as you?"

"Nor have I seen him use any of your messy techniques, let alone summon any toads."

Jiraiya suddenly felt somewhat ashamed, because he himself discovered that apart from learning some of his combat experience and skills, Hyuga Makoto didn't seem to have learned anything else?

As for his hair secret technique and sealing techniques, this brat didn't seem to have used them much at all?

This made him, the master, seem somewhat humiliating?

"Actually, Pervy Sage isn't bad."

Fortunately, Hyuga Makoto spoke up, which made Jiraiya let out a slight sigh of relief.

But the next moment, Jiraiya regretted that Hyuga Makoto had spoken!

"Except that, just like Captain Kakashi, he's somewhat unlucky."

"Unlucky?"

Tsunade glanced at the numb Kakashi, bewildered for a moment, but Hyuga Makoto quickly explained it to her.

"After Pervy Sage came, the troubles we encountered became even bigger!"

"Before, we ran into Orochimaru and Sasori, and now the people we encounter are getting more and more terrifying."

"Before setting off, Pervy Sage even said he would block all bad luck, but……"

"All in all, everything is fine except for being unlucky."

After saying this, the cave fell into a dead silence.

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a weird expression, and Shizune also looked over with some disbelief.

Uchiha Izumi, the most constrained among everyone, also poked her head out, while Hyuga Makoto stared closely at him.

"No, you guys……"

Jiraiya was almost laughed to the point of anger, especially watching Kakashi cast subtle glances toward him.

At this moment, he felt he had a hundred mouths and could not clear himself of the blame!

And just at the height of Jiraiya's agony, Hyuga Makoto's System flashed.

【Complete Side Quest: We Are All Living Hard, Repel the Offensives of the Akatsuki Organization and Hidden Cloud Village】

【Obtain Reward: Knowledge and Insight of Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack】

Hyuga Makoto was stunned for a moment, then wore a baffled expression.

"Huh?"

Inside the Land of Rain, the heavy rain continued.

Amidst the torrential rain, accompanied by a distortion, Uchiha Obito walked out from the space with a gloomy expression, bringing everyone along.

"It seems you guys aren't dead yet."

He glanced at everyone present and asked with a slightly chilling voice.

His mood right now was extremely terrible!

Kakashi had used his eye right in front of him, and just as Black Zetsu said, firmly believed that he himself was the "murderer who killed Rin."

He even came out with a line: "I underestimated your capacity."

The hell if I am Itachi!

Obito roared silently in his heart, yet he truly couldn't explain it clearly…

"I'm fine. I still understand Jiraiya quite well."

Orochimaru licked his tongue indifferently, and even carried a smile on his face.

After all, his objective had been achieved!

"I'm alright too……"

Itachi lowered his head, his expression indiscernible amidst the heavy rain.

"It's just that final power, what on earth was going on?"

"That was Hyuga Makoto!"

Kakuzu spoke through gritted teeth, glaring fiercely at Zetsu.

"That fellow is simply terrifyingly strong, and the curse mark on his body is not as simple as you guys described!"

"What on earth happened on your side?"

Even though Obito's mood was filled with utmost resentment, he still needed to maintain his composure now.

"Who the hell said that the Hyuga would be restrained by Ninjutsu?"

Kakuzu, however, couldn't calm down; he spoke almost in a roar!

"That bastard isn't afraid of Ninjutsu at all. Under the empowerment of his curse mark, he even used Reversal to block the Fire Release!"

"?"

Everyone's expressions were somewhat odd. Although Kaiten had this effect, wasn't it best suited for facing physical attacks?

"And what's most terrifying is that his curse mark also has enhancements, and can even instantly absorb, or rather, Seal Ninjutsu!"

But at this moment, Kakuzu's fists were already clenched hard.

"Under this state, the Fourth Raikage's sneak attack was caught red-handed by him, and he even beat the Fourth Raikage like a sandbag!"

"Hiss……"

Everyone gasped a cold breath. What kind of strange curse mark was this instantly?

And beating someone like a sandbag…

Uchiha Obito and Itachi inexplicably raised their heads and exchanged a glance, then awkwardly looked away.

"That final Move was also a technique pulled off by Hyuga Makoto."

Kakuzu was truly filled with grief and indignation to the extreme at this moment; he was almost roaring.

"That Move is called something like Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack. With that exact Move, I destroyed three hearts—three of them!"

Listening to Kakuzu's grief-stricken and indignant roar, for some reason both Itachi and Uchiha Obito felt a little bit more comfortable inside.

Hyuga Makoto's victims seemed to have gained one more.

It was just that they were also extremely puzzled: what on earth was this Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack?

They involuntarily cast their gazes toward Zetsu, who had not spoken aside.

Only Black Zetsu at this moment appeared exceptionally silent.

Inside his brain, it was also entirely filled with matters concerning Hyuga Makoto…