My older sister is Kushina

On the second floor of the underground secret room of the Konoha Anbu annex building, Hyuga Himaru and Yakumo Ho were in charge of guarding Orochimaru. Originally, Uchiha Shisui and Yakumo Ho were supposed to carry out the mission together today, but Uchiha Shisui had some urgent business to attend to, so Hyuga Himaru took over the guard duty.

It's not uncommon for the first squad of the Dark Division to have their members replaced during missions.

Hyuga Mai is quite familiar with the mission of guarding Orochimaru. She usually handles the daily affairs of the first squad of the Anbu, and she also arranges temporary missions.

Of course, Hinata Hima will report to Captain Ryoga accordingly.

However, she hasn't had a chance to report yet today, because she hasn't seen Captain Wolf Fang yet.

Hyuga Hima was somewhat looking forward to Captain Wolf's shift change, as she had learned from Yakumo Ho that Captain Wolf would bring delicious late-night snacks during his shift changes these past two days.

There is still almost an hour until the midnight shift change.

Thinking about the captain's delicious late-night snack made her a little hungry.

Suddenly, Hyuga Hime's expression changed, and she stood up and looked towards the secret passage on the second basement level.

Soon, three figures appeared.

All three were dressed in ANBU uniforms and wore masks.

Seeing the three men's wary expressions, and noticing their unfamiliar ANBU masks, Hyuga Mai immediately asked, "Which team are you from?"

Yakumo Ho also became somewhat wary and blocked the group's path.

The masked man at the head glanced at Yakumo Hoshino, then spoke, "We are..."

He had only spoken halfway when he suddenly raised his right hand, and a burst of lightning erupted from it.

The next moment, the right hand crackling with lightning struck Yakumo Hoshino.

Yakumo was caught off guard. Although he was on guard, he did not expect his opponent to make a sudden move.

"Be careful!"

Hyuga Himai immediately realized something was wrong and alerted Yakumo Hoshi.

However, his reminder was a bit too late.

The masked man at the head of the group struck Yakumo Fan's body with his right hand, and the blinding lightning almost instantly enveloped Yakumo Fan.

Before Yakumo Hoshino could react, she had already been hit.

The lightning dissipated.

Yakumo Hoshino's chest was a bloody mess, and he was spitting out a lot of blood. He was on the verge of death.

Hyuga Mai was greatly shocked and immediately activated her Byakugan, entering a battle stance.

However, just as she activated her Byakugan, the ground beneath her feet suddenly turned into a muddy mess, and several kunai flew towards her at the same time.

As the masked man in the lead attacked Yakumo Ho, two other masked men who were with him also attacked Hyuga Hima almost simultaneously. One of them pressed his hands into the ground and launched an Earth Release technique, while the other immediately threw a kunai to attack.

Hyuga Mai used Gentle Fist to deflect the kunai that shot towards her, but her feet were already bound by the mud flow. At the same time, two streams of mud, like giant pythons, began to wrap around her body along her legs.

Soon, most of Hyuga Mai's body was bound by the mud.

At the same time, a masked man flashed in front of Hyuga Hima and drew a ninja sword to stab her.

The two masked men worked together very well.

However, Hyuga Hima didn't panic, and a large amount of chakra energy suddenly erupted from her body.

Baguazhang • Reversing Heaven!

Hyuga Mai unleashed the Hyuga clan's advanced taijutsu, Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation. A massive amount of chakra energy erupted from her body, spinning like a top and quickly forming a hemispherical chakra shield.

The Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation is a secret technique of the Hyuga clan. In the instant of being attacked, a large amount of Gentle Fist Chakra is released from the chakra points in the body to form a special defense. It can not only deflect physical attacks, but also, combined with the user's own rotation and the Byakugan's extremely strong observation ability, form an alternative "absolute defense".

The mudflow that had been binding Hyuga Hima was almost instantly dispelled. At the same time, the Eight Trigrams Rotation not only deflected the ninja sword of the masked man who was close by, but also knocked the masked man back directly.

The masked man was quite strong; he managed to retreat more than ten steps and regain his footing.

The two men's sneak attack had clearly failed.

However, just as Hyuga Hima's Eight Trigrams Return to Heaven dissipated, a figure flashed in front of him, and then a blinding burst of lightning erupted.

That figure was the masked man who was in charge.

Yakumo Hoshino had collapsed to the ground, her fate unknown.

The masked leader's attack was swift and fierce, with blinding lightning erupting from his fist as he slammed it directly towards Hyuga Hima.

Hyuga Mai had just used the Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation, which created a brief opening.

Faced with the powerful attack from the masked leader, Hyuga Hima immediately adopted a defensive stance.

When Hyuga Hima made contact with the masked leader's fist, which was imbued with lightning release, her heart sank. The powerful fist was not only extremely strong, but also carried a lightning attack.

The next moment, Hyuga Hima was knocked back more than ten meters away, and her hands were injured.

Before she could regain her footing, the attacks from the other two masked men suddenly came.

Hyuga Mai was somewhat overwhelmed. If she were facing one person, she could handle it, but at this moment she was facing a combined attack from three people, and the masked man in the lead was much stronger than her.

After several rounds of fighting, Hyuga Mai had already been defeated.

Finally, the masked man in the lead delivered a heavy blow to Hyuga Hima, sending her flying and crashing heavily into the wall.

Hyuga Himaru was almost completely embedded in the wall.

A mouthful of blood!

Hyuga Himai fainted immediately.

Seeing this, the three masked men did not continue to attack Hyuga Himaru, but instead quickly flashed towards a cell in the underground secret chamber.

Their target cell was the same one where Orochimaru was located.

The cell door opened quickly.

Orochimaru's face showed a hint of anticipation. Although he hadn't seen the specifics of what was happening outside the teacher's room, he had heard everything clearly, and it was obvious that a battle had taken place.

Currently, he is the only one being held in the second underground chamber, which clearly indicates that they came for him.

The masked man at the head of the group greeted Orochimaru respectfully, saying, "Lord Orochimaru!"

Orochimaru nodded slightly, his voice hoarse, "You're a little late, but it doesn't matter."

As he spoke, Orochimaru's lips curled into a slight smile.

The masked man at the head of the group quickly removed the shackles from Orochimaru's body, then led Orochimaru away from the cell and swiftly disappeared into the passage above.

Two other masked men followed closely behind.

Their operation today is precisely to rescue Orochimaru, and they have made extremely meticulous arrangements and plans beforehand.