From Danmachi to God of Ninja

Chapter 78: Chapter 78

Kiriya activated his unique healing magic.

A warm current immediately flowed into the Hyūga shinobi’s body, and his face, which had been so dark and blue it was almost black, quickly improved.

Before long, he looked no different from a normal person.

"What an incredible ninjutsu! It can even heal the poison inside my body."

The Hyūga shinobi clenched his fist, feeling strength gradually return to his body, and a deep sense of relief rose inside him.

He had just opened his mouth to thank Kiriya when something he glimpsed from the corner of his eye made him change his words instantly.

Not far behind Kiriya, a Sunagakure shinobi who had already been burned beyond recognition suddenly twitched his finger.

Beside him, a puppet hand scattered on the ground silently opened its fingers, and a dense spray of thin needles shot out!

From the eerie blue sheen coating those needles, it was obvious they had been smeared with poison.

"Look out!"

He shouted in alarm and instinctively reached out to push Kiriya away.

But Kiriya reacted even faster.

A wooden wall suddenly rose behind him.

With Kiriya’s energy strengthening it, the wall’s defense was extremely high, not inferior to iron or stone.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!

The dense rain of steel needles struck the wooden wall, but they only left faint marks on the surface and could not push any deeper.

"This is... Wood Release? How is that possible?"

Hizashi froze in shock, almost unable to believe his eyes.

When had someone in the village awakened Wood Release?

Why didn’t he know about it?

"Wood Release? That’s actually Wood Release!"

Compared with Hizashi’s shock slowly settling into calm, the Sunagakure shinobi’s mentality nearly exploded on the spot.

A mysterious movement technique, powerful Fire Release, exceptional swordsmanship—having all of those advantages concentrated in a teenage boy was already ridiculous enough.

But now this boy had awakened Wood Release too?

"Just how much does the gods favor Konoha, to let them produce a genius like this?"

That jōnin had already been badly wounded by Kiriya’s Fire Release and was only hanging on through his obsession with revenge.

In the end, however, he discovered that his final desperate attack had not even brushed Kiriya’s clothes.

Instead, Kiriya had shown him something even more outrageous!

Under that heavy blow, he failed to catch his breath and his eyes rolled back, he died on the spot.

"Uh..."

Kiriya had originally planned to beat up this dishonorable bastard, but the man died before he could even do anything.

For a moment, Kiriya was speechless.

"You all saw that, right? That guy died from anger.... i hadn’t even made a move yet."

Kiriya explained to the Konoha shinobi with a perfectly serious expression.

Aside from Hyūga Hizashi, however, no one else had the energy to care about that detail.

The poison had already overwhelmed them, and they had fallen unconscious.

Seeing this, Kiriya stopped wasting time and quickly began casting Yang Power: Everflowing Vitality on the poisoned shinobi.

Thanks to his earlier experience working as a medical officer under Jiraiya, his use of Yang Power: Everflowing Vitality had become more and more refined.

In just a few minutes, he finished treating the injured shinobi and forcefully dragged them back from the edge of death.

"Thank you very much."

Hyūga Hizashi bowed solemnly to Kiriya.

"My name is Hyūga Hizashi. May I know the name of the person who saved us?"

Although Kiriya’s face still looked young, the strength he had just displayed, along with that incredibly effective medical ninjutsu, was more than enough to earn Hizashi’s respect.

"You’re Hyūga Hizashi?"

Kiriya’s eyes widened.

He looked the serious-faced young man up and down, and his heart filled with emotion.

The reason was naturally because of what happened to Hyūga Hizashi and his precious son in the original story.

Near the end of the Third Shinobi World War, both the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning had suffered enormous losses from the war and were already leaning toward peace talks.

Kumogakure came to Konoha under the name of negotiation, but secretly sent someone to abduct the eldest daughter of the Hyūga main family, Hyūga Hinata.

Their purpose was obvious.

They were after the kekkei genkai they had coveted for so long.

The Byakugan.

On the battlefield, that thing was basically a human-shaped mobile radar. Its influence on local battlefields was immeasurable, and Kumogakure had envied it for ages.

Now that they had a legal chance to enter Konoha, of course they wanted to make a move.

The idea was beautiful.

But reality was cruel.

The Kumo-nin sent to abduct Hinata was discovered, and the clan head, Hyūga Hiashi, caught him red-handed.

Worried for his beloved daughter, Hiashi naturally showed no mercy. He struck hard and killed the man outright.

Afterward, Kumogakure turned around and blamed Konoha instead, demanding that the "murderer" be handed over.

They even threatened to start a full-scale war if Konoha refused.

That greed, all for the sake of the Byakugan, infuriated Konoha.

Many people wanted to fight those Kumogakure bandits head-on.

But at that time, Konoha had already been badly weakened by the Third Shinobi World War.

Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure were also watching from the side like hungry wolves.

The village simply could not endure the losses of another total war, so it had no choice but to settle the matter.

Hyūga Hiashi, as the head of the main family, naturally could not be handed over.

If he were, the Byakugan bloodline would definitely leak out.

That left only one solution.

Have Hyūga Hizashi of the branch family take the blame.

After all, as twin brothers, Hizashi and Hiashi looked almost identical.

And the branch family’s Caged Bird Seal would automatically seal the Byakugan after death, eliminating the risk of the bloodline being stolen.

In the end, Kumogakure worked for nothing.

The Byakugan they wanted so badly slipped through their fingers, while Konoha’s reputation suffered greatly, and the Hyūga clan lost one of its experts.

Of course, the most tragic ones were still Hizashi and his family.

Hizashi had been sitting at home minding his own business, only for disaster to fall from the sky and take his life.

His son, Hyūga Neji, brooded over it for more than ten years. If not for Naruto’s Talk no Jutsu, he probably would have twisted further and further under all that frustration and anger.

Unfortunately, even after Naruto talked him through it and he became more open-hearted, Neji still failed to survive the later Fourth Shinobi World War.

He became the only one among the Konoha Twelve to be eliminated.

Neji really did die miserably!

"Fate really does mess with people."

Thinking of this, Kiriya looked at Hyūga Hizashi with eyes full of pity, which made Hizashi feel a little uneasy.

"Yes. Is... is something wrong?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to ask... um, are you married? Do you have children?"

"Uh... I’m married. No children yet, though."

Hizashi was completely stunned by Kiriya’s question.

What’s that supposed to mean?

Was this powerful young man planning to introduce him to someone?

Or did this boy have some unknown hobby?

Thinking of that possibility, Hizashi could not help clenching his glutes.

"Achoo!"

Kiriya sneezed loudly and looked around suspiciously.

"Is... is something wrong?"

"I feel like someone’s badmouthing me behind my back," Kiriya said, then continued asking.

"Haha, it must be those Suna-nin."

Hizashi laughed dryly and quietly took one step back, quickly changing the subject.

"I still don’t know your name, benefactor."

"My name is Kiriya."

Kiriya touched his own face with some confusion.

Had his previous self really had that little presence?

Why did so many people fail to recognize his face?

What he did not know was that because of the Hashirama cell transplant experiment, his facial features had undergone slight adjustments, and his overall appearance had changed quite a lot.

The confidence and sharp presence he had built through battle after battle were also completely different from the loser aura he used to have.

So when many people saw him now, the influence of their first impression made it impossible for them to connect him to that former dead last.

"Ah, so you’re that... cough, cough."

Hizashi almost said the words "loser" out loud, but barely managed to stop himself at the last second.

His expression turned a little awkward.

Kiriya naturally knew what he had nearly said, but he did not mind. He simply directed Guy and the others to clean up the battlefield.

’Unmoved by honor or disgrace, firm-willed, and incredibly powerful. Is he really that Kiriya?’

While secretly admiring him, Hizashi could not help wondering.

’Or did something happen to him that made both his strength and mentality advance by leaps and bounds?’

That thought left Hizashi deeply curious.

At the same time, he also knew one thing.

This young man’s arrival would inevitably stir up enormous waves on this battlefield.

"The weather is about to change."