Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 8 Blockade
The gate to Wuyin Village.

Horses and carts carrying goods formed a long procession, and crowds gathered at the entrance, making a ruckus.

The well-dressed businessman leading the group was arguing incessantly with several ANBU ninjas who were blocking the way at the door.

"Why can't we leave the village? We're just here to do business, not to be from your Hidden Mist Village."

"Yes."

"How can a village be sealed off just like that?"

People had various opinions and accents.

Most of the people speaking were merchants from the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire who came to Kirigakure to do business.

Kirigakure is located in the Land of Water, an island nation at sea.

Apart from the fish, most other supplies have to be imported from abroad.

The Land of Water is bordered by the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, so most of the merchants who frequently travel to Kirigakure come from these two countries.

"Everyone, please calm down..."

The ANBU member wearing a crow's mask raised his hand, trying to calm the angry crowd.

You must give us an explanation!

Seeing that the Hidden Mist operatives were showing weakness, the leader raised his voice even louder.

The people in line behind them stepped forward to offer their support, and the crowd became agitated. Some of the more emotional individuals even tried to push and shove the ninjas who were trying to stop them.

Seeing this, the tall, imposing operative wearing a dog-face mask stepped forward, his massive body shoving through the surging crowd. He grabbed the ringleader by the neck with one hand and lifted him into the air.

At the same time, a terrifying killing intent emanated.

A crimson mist filled the space. Although it was an intangible mist, it exuded a foul stench and a sticky, damp feel when it lingered around the shadowy figures. It seemed as if it might fall from the air at any moment. The crimson color filled the sky, and the already not-so-intense sunlight dimmed even further.

The scene before me was horrifying.

The excited crowd was so frightened that they all retreated, and many of the more timid people even urinated. The strange stench caused the crowd to involuntarily move away.

boom!
The leader slammed to the ground and bounced up, letting out cries of pain.

Bloodhound stepped forward, looking down at the crowd who were trembling like quails, and said condescendingly, "Kirigakure is temporarily under martial law. Entry is permitted, but exit is not. Violators will be executed on the spot."

The sound was a deep, rumbling boom, like the muffled roar of a ship's engine.

The crowd, which had been boiling with excitement, fell silent as they stared at the murderous-looking members of the Hidden Mist Division.

"Hey, let's talk this out, everyone, don't get agitated..."

Mist Raven slowly released the handprint hidden in his sleeve, smiling as he reassured the crowd. 'Bloodhound' retreated in coordination, and the tense atmosphere seemed to ease for a moment. However, no one dared to mention the word 'village' again.

Behind the crowd.

The silver-haired blind woman, draped in a white cloak and wearing a hood, silently left, leaning on her cane.

Beneath the large blindfold, a faint deathly gray hue shone from the center of the strange white eyes, completely dispelling the blood-red hue in the air.

'Immune to Illusion'.

One of the special abilities of the Byakugan.

The essence of all ninjutsu is chakra. The Byakugan can see through invisible chakra with the naked eye, so genjutsu is naturally difficult to confuse users of the Byakugan.

Of course, 'illusion immunity' also has its limits.

Even the Byakugan can hardly withstand overpowered illusions like Kotoamatsukami and Tsukuyomi.

Walking against the flow of people.

The white cane thumped against the ground, and people who heard the sound stepped aside to make way for him.

Today is the second day that Hui Li is pretending to be blind, and also the third day that she has traveled to Wuyin.

Yesterday, she spent the entire day at the inn waiting for notification from Wuyin about the mission, while also experimenting with her newly acquired abilities.

Just as she thought, the Corpse Bone Pulse and the Byakugan did indeed belong to the same system.

The abilities of the Corpse Bone Vein are divided into two parts: [Corpse] and [Bone].

The abilities of [Bone] are well-known. The ability of [Corpse] is to give living bodies a certain 'death' characteristic in order to support the operation of [Bone].

Again.

The flesh, bones, and skin of the human body do not exist in isolation. Variations in any part of the body can cause a chain reaction in related parts, eventually leading to the collapse of the entire system.

Now, under the influence of the Corpse Bone Vein, Gray Glass's original monolithic system seems to have split into multiple independent subsystems.

Skin, flesh, bones, blood, and organs can all be disassembled at will.

Each system operates independently, each with its own function, and there is a flexible system of integration and separation. Any abnormality in one part will not affect the normal operation of other systems.

Therefore, Gray Glass can freely manipulate the body and bones without having to worry about other unknown effects.

The Byakugan itself is part of the physical body, and the 'death' state of the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) also affects the Byakugan.

Previously, activating the Byakugan required hand seals, but now it only requires a thought to automatically activate it.

At the same time, the White Eye's vision becomes more free; she can even make the White Eye's X-ray vision only penetrate the blindfold and not other objects.

In this situation, the chakra consumed by maintaining her Byakugan is negligible, and it wouldn't be a burden even if she did it all day.

The Byakugan, which originally could only enhance chakra manipulation, can now also finely manipulate flesh, bones, and even hair.

She can concentrate all the strength of her muscles into a single point with the slightest thought, and even a light flick of her finger can unleash an explosive force like a full-force punch.

However, tests have shown that explosive muscle power also has many drawbacks.

For example, it is impossible to gather all strength multiple times in a short period of time, which consumes a lot of physical strength, and blood vessels and bones are under pressure every time strength is gathered.

Each time you unleash your full power, you have to wait for a cooldown period of three to six seconds.

However, there are many areas where this ability can be developed.

Muscle strength is just one aspect of it.

Hair, body hair, skin, hormones, nerve signals, heartbeat, and even the synthesis of chakra are all more fluid.

how to say.

Hui Li's body seemed to have turned into clay, which could be molded however one pleased.

She even felt that the Byakugan originally had the power to control the body, but the accompanying Shikotsumyaku was removed by Taketori, so ordinary people's fragile bodies simply couldn't control it at will. That's why the Hyuga clan took the path of specializing in chakra manipulation.

Hui Li calls the new ability that appeared in the Byakugan: Body Domination.

This ability has great potential and can be developed to achieve a wide range of effects.

It took Hui Li a whole day to familiarize herself with the operation rules of 'body control'. During this time, she did not receive any news of Kirigakure ninjas accepting missions.

She only found out this morning when she went to the Water Shadow Building to ask.

Kirigakure has been under a curfew since yesterday, prohibiting entry and exit. Her mission has to be temporarily put on hold until the curfew is lifted before she can be assigned ninjas.

It's not like a few secret agents died; surely it's not worth such a huge fuss!
Hui Li was filled with doubt.

Kirigakure is one of the five great ninja villages in the ninja world.

The number of people coming and going every day is considerable. The blockade of the village prevents outside merchants from entering and inside ninjas from carrying out missions, completely cutting off their source of income.

The fact that the village was sealed off under such immense pressure could not possibly be as simple as the deaths of a few members of the secret service.

Is it just to roll your eyes?

Not right either.

Hui Li shook her head, rejecting the guess.

The preciousness of the Byakugan is known to all. The secret of her possessing the Byakugan was known only to her parents, the head of the Kaguya clan, and a few elders, all of whom died on the battlefield last night.

There's no way Kirigakure could have known that she possessed the Byakugan.

There must be a deeper reason behind this.

A strong sense of crisis welled up in Hui Li's heart.

She didn't know where this crisis came from, but the unusual behavior of Kirigakure set off alarm bells in her heart. The joy of her further awakening of her abilities gradually faded, and the fear and tension of her life being ruthlessly taken away at any moment once again took hold of her heart.

We must find a way to escape as soon as possible!
fast!
Must be quick!
(End of this chapter)