Revolution in the Ninja World

Even if there was some exaggeration in her title, a "hero" was still a "hero." It wasn't likely she'd be instantly killed.

Fortunately, combat between ninjas in this era still followed some basic principles. Meaning, with Habara restraining one of Pakura's arms, she couldn't form hand seals.

After knocking Kisu away, Pakura turned to deal with Habara. But at that moment, another ANBU ninja had already rushed in front of her...

It was the division captain, the overall commander of this team.

The division captain rushed forward and struck a strange pose. He held his left hand open and flat, while his right hand formed a three-fingered pinch with his thumb, index, and middle fingers. Then, he thrust this hand-point at Pakura.

The posture this captain struck made Habara feel a sense of familiarity. Then he realized that his presence here might be a hindrance, so to avoid being caught in the attack, he quickly retreated.

A refined taijutsu unfolded in a small space. The division captain's attacks were like a violent storm, and Pakura, caught in the middle, could only passively endure. In the blink of an eye, she lost control of her body.

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The technique the division captain used was "Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms." After completing this combo, he retracted his arms, his hands curled like tiger claws, and then he thrust out a palm, finishing with another Gentle Fist technique, "Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm."

Pakura was instantly blown away. She seemed to have broken free of the division captain's control, but when she landed back on the water, she found that she couldn't even stand steadily.

Not only had her body's tissues suffered severe damage, but more importantly...

Pakura tried to form hand seals and found that she couldn't use jutsu at all.

This was the effect of the Hyuga's renowned Gentle Fist and pressure point strikes. Hyuga ninjas, through the insight of their Byakugan, could precisely inject their own chakra into the enemy's pressure points, thereby completely disrupting the opponent's chakra network and causing them to temporarily lose control of their chakra.

As for why, with such strong close-combat capabilities, they didn't just stab the enemy with a kunai instead of performing a set of rhythmic exercises... Come on, if they just stabbed the enemy to death, how would they show off the finesse of the Gentle Fist?

At the spot where Pakura fell into the water, two Konoha ANBU ninjas who had been lying in ambush underwater leaped out. They stood on either side, and two long swords were instantly thrust out, piercing directly through Pakura's chest... The blades were like autumn frost, chilling to the bone.

Habara watched this scene and felt a bit uneasy. This was probably because people naturally sympathize with the weak... In front of Konoha's precise ANBU killing machine, Sunagakure's hero was indeed weak.

He thought that in a one-on-one fight, dying because you were less skilled was one thing, but being ganged up on and killed felt different... Okay, Habara himself knew this was being overly sentimental. If I have the numbers, of course, I'm going to gang up on you. Are you expecting a duel? War, fundamentally, was about bullying the weak.

The reason Habara had such thoughts was probably because in the previous group battles he had participated in, his side, Konoha, had always been in an incredibly weak position. And now, for the first time, he saw Konoha's strong side. He hadn't even played much of a role, and the battle was already over, so naturally, he felt a bit unaccustomed... In the end, Konoha's actions in the war were no different from those of other ninja villages, let alone any question of justice or injustice.

Birds of a feather flock together; there's nothing more to say.

"With such a huge advantage, why didn't we capture her alive?" Habara couldn't help but ask when Captain Kazeri came to his side.

"Because the mission was to intercept and kill the messenger. We don't need to do anything unnecessary," Kazeri said.

"..."

ANBU's actions made Habara further understand why Orochimaru had so readily let him leave back then. Because many people in Konoha simply didn't care about these Kekkei Genkai and such... Your Kekkei Genkai might be advanced, but is it more advanced than the Sharingan? Or the Byakugan? Can it compare to the Senju? What about Wood Style?

Ultimately, Konoha was very wealthy in the past and was still quite wealthy now. They would have to wait a few more years, after they had squandered their family fortune, to realize that some small things could also be considered precious.

By now, Pakura had collapsed onto the surface of the sea. The entire battle had actually been very short; everything was under Konoha's control.

In this battle, Konoha ANBU, at the cost of three lightly injured and one seriously injured, easily took down Pakura, the "hero of Sunagakure."

The lightly injured ninjas need no further mention. The seriously injured one was accidentally "grazed" by Pakura's Scorch Release, causing one of his arms to be instantly drained of moisture. It was unknown if such an injury could be healed.

Confirming that Pakura was dead, the ANBU ninjas began to search her body, trying to find the letter from the Land of Wind that she was carrying. However, after searching for a while, they found nothing.

The messenger was dead, but where was the letter?

The moment Pakura encountered the Konoha ANBU, she understood that she had almost no chance of escaping. So, she immediately and discreetly dropped the most important document into the sea. If she was lucky enough to survive, she could retrieve it. If not, at least it wouldn't fall into Konoha's hands... This was how ninjas approached their missions.

Konoha soon realized this possibility, and they began to regret killing the enemy so decisively. What could they do now? Search, of course. Now it was truly like finding a needle in a haystack.

The difficulty of the mission had increased in this way.

Everyone understood the scope of a ninja battle; it was all about mobile warfare. So, finding out exactly where Pakura had thrown the secret letter wasn't easy... Okay, it wasn't that difficult.

It just strained the Byakugan a little.

From discovering Pakura to the end of the battle, the entire time didn't even exceed twenty minutes. And then, to find that secret letter, the ANBU searched for a full two days... Except for the injured and those assigned to escort them, everyone else had to stay at sea and live on the wind.

Fortunately, after two days, the secret letter that had sunk to the bottom of the sea was finally found. By this time, the division captain was almost blind; his fake cataracts were about to become real cataracts.

Habara looked at the division captain, who was now lying there like a corpse, and thought to himself, They're both from the Ninja Sect, both descendants of the Sage of Six Paths. Look at the Hyuga and then look at the Uchiha, and you can understand why the Hyuga can stand firm in Konoha while the Uchiha are everyone's enemy.

Okay, thinking like that might be a bit biased, but regardless, the Hyuga ninjas completely considered themselves Konoha ninjas... Habara felt that this was a bit of a pity because, to him, whether it was a "good ninja clan" or a "bad ninja clan," a ninja clan was a ninja clan.

The ANBU ninjas retrieved the well-sealed secret letter and, after receiving permission, opened it directly... There was a sealing formula on the outside of the secret letter, but this sealing formula was very easy to break, looking like it was just for show.

And when the ANBU ninjas opened the secret letter, they discovered that it was indeed just for show because... the paper inside the envelope was blank.

Sunagakure hadn't intended to send a letter to Kirigakure at all. The letter was just a pretext; Kirigakure wanted to kill the messenger, and Sunagakure was willing to cooperate with Kirigakure in doing so.

"Um, the letter is blank. There's nothing written on it..."

"..."

"?"

"Captain, Captain, what's wrong?"

"Oh no, the Captain has fainted."