Chapter 214: Hunting Uchiha Ryota

Chapter 214: Chapter 214: Hunting Uchiha Ryota

Everything that had taken place inside Konoha’s maximum-security prison facility was naturally unknown to Hyuga Kagami and Shisui.

At this moment, the two of them were outside a dilapidated village somewhere within the Land of Fire.

Perched atop a large tree—

Hyuga Kagami, now dressed as ’Yama,’ silently activated his Tenseigan and carefully observed the distant village.

According to the latest intelligence, hidden within this seemingly abandoned and rundown village was a secret corpse-storage facility belonging to the black market.

Because of this, the Konoha shinobi participating in the operation to hunt down ’Kamigami’ were currently searching the entire village.

Beside him, Shisui—likewise dressed as ’Homura’—asked in a low voice, "Senpai, the information I received should be accurate, right?"

Hyuga Kagami gave a slight nod. "Yeah. Uchiha Ryota is among this group."

After receiving Kagami’s confirmation, Shisui said, "Then let’s make our move."

Hyuga Kagami raised a hand and stopped him.

"Wait."

Shisui looked puzzled.

"What’s wrong?"

"The entire area around the village is covered with the Aburame Clan’s kikaichū. The moment we make a move, we’ll be exposed." After explaining, Hyuga Kagami continued, "It’d be best to wait until Uchiha Ryota separates from the others before we act."

Uchiha Ryota’s previous attack on Hyuga Hizashi had caused an extremely serious incident.

As the head of the Uchiha Clan, Fugaku had gone to great lengths to suppress the matter. He had even personally visited the Hyuga Main Family’s residence before he was barely able to smooth things over.

However, after Hyuga Hizashi was attacked, none of the Hyuga Clan members were willing to travel alongside Uchiha Ryota anymore.

As a result, the only Konoha shinobi currently accompanying Ryota were several members of the Uchiha Clan, a few members of the Aburame Clan, and several Root shinobi.

Furthermore, because Uchiha Ryota already had a history of indiscriminately slaughtering innocent people, Asuma and Chiriku of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, who served directly under the Land of Fire’s Daimyō, had also joined the group this time to monitor Uchiha Ryota’s every move.

Suddenly—

A raging fire erupted within the village once again!

Seeing the flames soaring into the sky and the thick smoke billowing upward, Hyuga Kagami and Shisui, who had been discussing how to separate Uchiha Ryota from the main group of Konoha shinobi, both fell silent.

As the villagers’ cries and screams echoed from the distance, Shisui’s expression immediately darkened.

There was no doubt about it.

Uchiha Ryota had once again failed to suppress his killing intent and had begun slaughtering people inside the village.

Hyuga Kagami merely said coldly, "Hmph. Looks like we won’t have to bother coming up with a plan after all!"

Sure enough, the moment those words left Kagami’s mouth, sounds of fighting erupted from within the village.

Before long, Uchiha Ryota knocked down several of his companions, broke away from the main group, and left the village alone.

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui exchanged a glance.

Then, without a word, they quietly followed after him.

It seemed that Uchiha Ryota had obtained some information from the village just now, because rather than wandering around aimlessly, he was sprinting at full speed in a specific direction.

After tailing him for a while, Shisui asked, "Senpai, can we make our move now?"

Hyuga Kagami swept his Tenseigan across the surroundings before nodding.

"Yeah. There aren’t any shinobi from the village nearby. We can do it!"

Having reached an agreement, the two immediately used the Body Flicker Technique and caught up with Uchiha Ryota ahead.

The moment Ryota saw Hyuga Kagami and Shisui dressed as members of ’Kamigami,’ he flew into a rage and shouted, "You damn bastards! What did you do with my brother?!"

In Hyuga Kagami’s eyes, Uchiha Ryota—who had indiscriminately slaughtered innocent people—was already nothing more than experimental material.

So Kagami couldn’t even be bothered to waste words on him.

He simply gave Shisui a look.

Understanding immediately, Shisui nodded.

Uchiha Ryota was different from his elder brother, Uchiha Hideki.

Whether it was the ocular power of his Sharingan or his overall combat strength, Ryota far surpassed his elder brother. In fact, among the Uchiha Clan at present, his combat strength could be said to rank just below Fugaku and Shisui.

Therefore, to prevent any unexpected complications, Hyuga Kagami and Shisui had already agreed to attack together and take down Uchiha Ryota in one decisive strike, as quickly as possible.

Kagami and Shisui’s silence immediately made Uchiha Ryota realize that this time, their target was probably him.

As one of the Uchiha Clan members specifically responsible for handling the clan’s dirty work, Uchiha Ryota possessed an enormous amount of combat experience—perhaps even more than Clan Head Fugaku himself.

Thus, he didn’t hesitate for even a moment.

He decisively chose to strike first!

His hands rapidly formed seals.

"Fire Style: Fireball Technique!"

Almost at the exact same moment, Shisui completed his own hand seals.

"Fire Style: Fireball Technique!"

Boom!

The two enormous masses of flame collided head-on, erupting with a thunderous roar.

Taking advantage of the flames that temporarily obscured everyone’s vision, Hyuga Kagami’s figure flickered as he appeared beside Uchiha Ryota.

At that moment, having just released his Fire Style technique, Uchiha Ryota reached into the ninja tool pouch at his waist and pulled out a signal flare, preparing to fire it into the sky.

Hyuga Kagami reacted instantly.

One palm came chopping down toward the top of Uchiha Ryota’s head as a feint, while his other hand struck toward Ryota’s right hand—the one holding the signal flare.

"Hm...?"

Just as Kagami was about to strike Ryota’s right hand and seize the signal flare, he suddenly caught something from the corner of his eye.

The corner of Uchiha Ryota’s mouth had curled into a strange smile.

Thud!

Thud!

In the span of a single breath, two muffled impacts rang out almost simultaneously.

One came from Hyuga Kagami striking Uchiha Ryota’s right hand and knocking the signal flare from his grasp.

The other—

came from Uchiha Ryota’s left hand striking Hyuga Kagami squarely in the chest.

Immediately afterward, Uchiha Ryota shouted in a low voice—

"Summoning Technique: Prison Cage!"

In an instant, a series of summoning formulas spread outward from Uchiha Ryota’s left hand, which was still pressed against Hyuga Kagami’s chest.

Poof!

Amid a burst of white smoke, an iron cage covered in sealing formulas suddenly appeared.

The iron cage seemed almost alive as countless iron bars shot outward, wrapping themselves around Hyuga Kagami’s body and tightly binding all four of his limbs!

"This guy saw through the palm strike I aimed at the top of his head and realized it was only a feint. Then he deliberately used the signal flare in his right hand as bait to draw my attention, before finally using his left hand to perform the Summoning Technique..."

Realizing what had happened, Hyuga Kagami inwardly clicked his tongue.

"Tch. He got me..."

Regardless of what kind of person Uchiha Ryota was, this level of combat intelligence alone was worthy of praise.

Even Hyuga Kagami had to admit that he was impressed.

"Hmph. So this is the leader of Kamigami? You’re nothing special!"

Casting a disdainful glance at Hyuga Kagami, who was trapped inside the iron cage, Uchiha Ryota slowly shifted his gaze toward Shisui and said contemptuously,

"You’re next!"

The moment those words left Uchiha Ryota’s mouth—

Creak! Crack! Creak!

A series of metallic groans suddenly rang out.

When Ryota turned his head, he was stunned to discover that the iron cage he had summoned was being twisted and deformed by some mysterious force.

And from within it—

’Yama’ leisurely stepped out.

With a faint chuckle, he said,

"You Uchiha really do have quite a lot of strange tricks up your sleeves..."