Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

"Shut up!"

Another Jonin shouted coldly, his hands forming soft fists into palms, feinting an attack to conceal the flow of chakra within his body, thus deceiving the clone's sudden thrust.

A sudden palm strike from the side, imbued with the power to shatter mountains, was forcefully poured into the bone armor.

The bone armor immediately cracked and shattered, destroying one of the skeletal shadow clones, leaving only a bare skeleton.

"What is this!?"

The branch family Jonin was shocked, his Byakugan eyes fixed on the chakra spreading throughout the skeleton, seemingly due to the power of his Byakugan.

The skeleton, unaffected by the exploding shadow clone shell, was a physical entity and was directly used by Izumikawa as a puppet.

That [optimized] Byakugan power, combined with the [Sage's Talent] condensed from Yin attribute chakra, and the combination of the Shikotsumyaku itself and the Byakugan.

This produced some strange reactions, forming an alternative form of puppet control that subtly matched the Tenseigan's power to control puppets.

However, it obviously cannot achieve the level of autonomy of a puppet like the Tenseigan, which can even fire chakra bullets.

However, it can attach the physical chakra condensed from the talents of the Immortal Clan to it.

This precise eye power, combined with a 360-degree field of vision, is like controlling a game character from a god's-eye view, without needing chakra threads to control the puppet.

"you guess!"

Izumi had no interest in explaining, since there was no need to disclose information about the spell to enhance its power here.

With the skeleton under control, there was no longer any worry about it being destroyed by the shadow clones. The original defensive stance began to turn into an offensive one.

Pure bone, as hard as steel, and enhanced with the chakra of a sage.

Even a Jonin's Gentle Fist cannot instantly destroy it; it can only create cracks that continuously deplete the chakra within.

The skeletal puppets couldn't deal with the Hyuga branch family Jonin, and the opponent couldn't deal with the puppets for a while either. It can only be said that they were indeed special attacks by the Hyuga God.

As long as it is a taijutsu ninja, unless the numerical difference is overwhelming, it will be countered by the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse), and other ninjutsu also require a certain degree to break through.

"However, it seems that the head of the Hizashi family has already realized that the Byakugan power is present in this power."

Izumi's gaze fell on Hizashi, whose bulging veins in his eyes were a sign that he was watching everything closely.

However, the other party still did not take any action, merely observing, seemingly believing that these branch family ninjas were enough to take him down.

"Using the Byakugan's control over chakra, I can control the power of the Shikotsumyaku. It seems that there is a layer of unfamiliar chakra on the surface of those skeletons to resist the chakra that the Gentle Fist has injected into them."

"You... are very talented. It seems that Kirigakure misjudged you and lost a genius."

Hizashi sighed with emotion. The ninja world was teeming with geniuses, but their Hyuga clan was suffering from a talent shortage, lacking any true geniuses.

In the Hyuga clan, the last two people who could be called geniuses were him and Hiashi.

"Genius? Hahaha, I just remembered, does your Hyuga clan have any geniuses?"

"Even a genius can be rendered mediocre by the constraints and flaws of the 'Caged Bird' technique, as well as the secret techniques hidden by the main family."

"Hizashi, if your child is a genius, are you willing to have him branded as a 'Caged Bird,' to have him become the main family's dog?"

These words from Izumi were like a sharp blade, piercing deeply into Hizashi's heart and stirring things up.

Now, not only were the veins in his eyes bulging, but veins were also starting to pop out on his forehead, and his calm mood was no longer present.

"You've said too much!" Hizashi said in a deep voice.

He made his move; his greyish-white figure swiftly swept across the two battlefields, heading towards Izumi River.

Several puppet shadow clones tried to intercept them, but were blocked by the Hyuga branch family ninjas.

"Master, we must capture that sharp-tongued brat!"

"Um!"

Hizashi gave a soft "hmm" and struck out with his soft fist. His Byakugan scanned the situation but saw no sign of resistance from his opponent.

At this moment, the entity they recognized suddenly burst into smoke, transforming into a skeleton that directly wrapped around the arm that Hizashi had slapped down.

The bones were like living things; the sudden change startled even the most discerning person.

However, having anticipated this, he immediately used the [Gentle Fist Technique: One-Body Strike], unleashing chakra from the pressure points on his arm and flinging the entangled skeleton toward the ground.

The puppet, now a mass of bones, had tried to entwine itself, but was slammed into the ground with a sharp cracking sound.

At the same time, Hizashi raised his other arm high and slammed it down hard on the skeleton that was still trying to wrap around his arm.

As shattered bones flew everywhere, he broke free from the entanglement and looked at the white skeleton on the ground, where numerous black lines began to spread. His pupils shrank instantly, and he retreated rapidly.

"Gentle Fist Technique: Bagua Empty Palm!"

Hizashi's expression was solemn as he swung his Gentle Fist, unleashing chakra mixed with compressed air forward.

boom!

A massive explosion erupted, sending Hiizashi flying backward. He adjusted his position in mid-air before landing and sliding for over ten meters on the ground.

Similarly, the other Hyuga branch family ninjas who were fighting the skeleton shadow clone also landed next to Hizashi, one of whom quickly stepped forward to help him up.

"Master, are you alright?"

"It's alright!"

The shrew raised his hand to indicate that he didn't need it, then slowly stood up, his brows furrowed.

Unexpectedly, those fighting them here are all clones; no wonder they are so calm.

The other party knew the Hyuga clan too well; they even knew so much about them that he felt a little scared.

and……

Hijiri lowered his head slightly, and in his palm, which had just been entangled, he tightly gripped a piece of bone and silently tucked it into his sleeve.

The bones that had just wrapped around him weren't an attack at all; rather, they transmitted sound to his ears via bone conduction at the moment of contact.

The other person's words led him to choose to hide the skeleton.

Because he was wavering. As a man with children, a father, he had long since resigned himself to his fate, but now he had another hope.

Hyuga Neji!

This is the name he gave to his child. If Neji had no talent and was just an ordinary person, he would have no complaints about becoming a member of the branch family.

But... if Neji were a genius, Hizashi's hand trembled slightly, but he quickly suppressed it, calmed his emotions, and kept his expression deadpan.

Perhaps we will need to rely on some external forces.

In a moment, the smoke and dust from the explosion dissipated, revealing nothing but a large number of shattered bones left behind from the battle.

Hiashi paused for a moment, then slowly said, "We've been tricked. From the very beginning, there was only their clone here. Their true body should have left when they used that mist concealment technique at the beginning."

"The mission failed. The other party is very familiar with the Byakugan and our Hyuga clan. Moreover, their strength has increased rapidly, or perhaps their strength is inherently that high. We need to report to the main family and reassess the difficulty of the pursuit."

"Yes, Master!"