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Chapter 72 The Hyuga clan also wants to have their own "great-grandmother"!

Snapped!

Uchiha Hikaru landed, maintaining his Susanoo form, and stood looking around where Obito had just stood.

About ten meters behind.

The two halves of the Hozuki clan member's body fell heavily to the ground.

Despite possessing the water-transformation technique, Uchiha Hikaru's slash clearly exceeded his limits. As his body crashed to the ground, large amounts of blood and internal organs were spilled everywhere.

In front of Uchiha Hikaru's line of sight, the "Crimson Flame Slash" that Obito had dodged continued to advance. Wherever the sword energy passed, all the trees it touched were cut in half. It was not until it was dozens of meters away that it gradually lost its power, leaving a deep chisel mark on the trunk of the last row of big trees before dissipating into nothingness.

One after another, the large trees crashed down in front of Uchiha Hikaru, kicking up huge clouds of dust.

Not far away, a Hidden Mist ninja, clutching a kunai and attempting to sneak up and ambush her, saw this scene, but turned around and slipped back without making a sound.

After waiting a while and confirming that Obito would not be coming back,

Uchiha Hikaru turned around, glanced at the figures still fighting in the thick fog, and formed hand seals.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

As several sharp, weasel-like breaths swept past and exploded in mid-air, the dense fog surrounding them was dispelled somewhat, revealing the figures around them.

"Thunder Breathing - First Form - Thunderclap Flash... Six-hit combo!"

Accompanied by a thunderous roar that tore through the air.

Uchiha Hikaru unleashed an incredible speed that was imperceptible to the naked eye. His figure seemed to transform into lightning in that instant, drawing a giant "Z" shape in the field. Wherever he passed, sword light carrying lightning appeared, slaying one Kirigakure ninja after another.

When only a few people remained, Uchiha Hikaru sheathed his sword and struck them on the neck with a hand chop, causing them to fall into a sound sleep like infants before they could even react.

After doing all this.

Uchiha Mitsunaga let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a strong soreness in his left leg, but it quickly disappeared under the effect of his recovery.

"...The technique that Zenitsu Gasai developed is quite useful."

—More importantly, he's very handsome.

If the nature transformation of Lightning Release could be added, there would probably be room for further improvement.

Uchiha Hikaru planned to go back and explore it a bit.

At this time.

A burst of barking dogs came from nearby.

But it was Uchiha Fugaku, Izumi, Inuzuka Hana, and others who finally arrived late.

"Great-Grandma, inside..."

"You're too slow; the battle is already over."

Uchiha Hikaru stretched and said in a casual tone, "But there are still some clean-up matters to handle yourselves. Oh, and... check if any of the Kirigakure ninja have explosive tags stuck inside their clothes."

"……good."

Fugaku and his men quickly rushed into the battlefield and began to tally the casualties on both sides.

As the fog dissipated, the horrific battlefield was revealed in the woods.

There were more than a dozen corpses in total, roughly half from Konoha ninjas and half from Kirigakure ninjas.

Moreover, just as Uchiha Hikaru said, several of the Kirigakure ninjas who were killed or knocked unconscious had explosive tags stuck to their bodies, and some had poison hidden under their tongues—in order to commit suicide by poison as soon as the mission failed—were all eliminated by Fugaku and the others.

Next.

Fugaku began directing the guards to evacuate the wounded and prisoners.

Inuzuka Tsurugi, supported by his daughter, walked to the side to sit down and rest. When he saw Uchiha Hikari, the head of the Inuzuka clan hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked over to her, bowing respectfully to express his gratitude.

"You're welcome. I just happened to be passing by and stopped by."

Uchiha Hikaru casually replied with a few words and then turned his gaze to the ninja dog beside him.

At this moment, Inuzuka Hana's gray puppies surrounded her, their tails wagging like propellers. One of them even nudged her pant leg with its nose, sniffing and making gurgling sounds in its throat.

"Haimaru, come back here! Don't you dare disrespect Hikaru-senpai!"

Inuzuka Hana whispered a rebuke.

Inuzuka Tsurugi, who was standing next to him, quickly spoke up to explain, "Senior Hikaru, these ninja dogs are all very gentle. They are just expressing their goodwill towards you and have no intention of offending you."

Uchiha Hikaru, of course, wouldn't mind.

But at that moment, a thought suddenly struck her.

"By the way, ladies Inuzuka, is it permissible to gift the ninja dogs kept by your clan to outsiders?"

"Um?"

The Inuzuka mother and daughter hesitated for a moment, then immediately nodded: "Sure! If you like them, Hikaru-senpai, we'll go back today and pick out some of the best ninja dogs for you and send them over!"

There's no need to be in such a hurry.

Uchiha Hikaru smiled and said calmly, "If there are any newborn cubs with docile personalities, just pick a couple. In return, I can..."

"No, you are Captain Fugaku's elder, how could we dare to accept your things! Besides, we have many ninja dogs in our clan, two cubs are nothing!"

Inuzuka Tsuru quickly waved his hand, his tone very firm.

The news of Root's destruction had already spread throughout Konoha a month earlier.

Ordinary civilians knew little about the incident, only that a minor high-ranking elder had been beaten up and hospitalized. However, the various ninja clans gradually learned the details of the event, including the story of a Uchiha girl from the Warring States period who emerged from a coffin.

Honestly...

Everyone was very jealous.

Why is it that the Uchiha clan gets to pick up a powerful "great-grandmother" while their own family doesn't?

Does our ancestor not deserve to be sealed?

There are rumors that the Hyuga clan has begun sending people with the Byakugan to patrol their ancestral graves, observing whether there are any clansmen inside the coffins that can be dug out and repurposed.

Nara and Yamanaka are also frantically searching through ancient texts, trying to find their family's "great-grandmother" in historical documents...

The Inuzuka clan, however, had a different idea.

Compared to other ninja clans in Konoha, the Inuzuka clan's overall strength is at the bottom. They don't have any bloodline limits or family secret techniques, and their only notable skill is raising ninja dogs. Even if they were to dig up an ancestor, it wouldn't be of much use. It would be better to try to get closer to the Uchiha clan, whose status has clearly risen recently. And if they could gain the friendship of Uchiha Hikaru himself...

That's an incredible profit! What's a few ninja dogs compared to that?

"……All right."

Uchiha Hikaru was unaware of the inner thoughts of these ninja clans, or rather, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

"Then I'll have to trouble Clan Chief Inuzuka."

"Not at all, it's our pleasure to serve you..."

(End of this chapter)