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Hyuga clan compound.
After the incident in the arena, Hiashi quickly brought Hinata and the others back to the family, ready to fight back.
As expected, a large number of Sand shinobis and Sound ninjas appeared and stormed the Hyuga clan compound.
At first, with the Hyuga family's strength, it was easy for them to handle the fighting.
However, sadly for them… Baki, after seeing Neji Hyuga's taijutsu in the exams, specifically asked Kabuto to target him.
A three-headed serpent was deliberately summoned nearby to kill off the Hyuga clan.
Against regular ninjas, the Hyuga's Byakugan had a unique advantage.
But they were helpless when faced with such large summoned beasts.
After all, you can't expect a group of people to strike the chakra points of such a large snake, can you?
In desperation, Hiashi could only organize his clan to use the [Eight Trigrams Air Palm], one of their few long-range attacks, to harass the three-headed serpent.
But the damage done was extremely limited.
Hinata and Hanabi hid in the room nervously, watching everything unfold with worry. Besides the fact that they were of direct line, they were still too young to engage in such large-scale fights.
Neij having shown his talents time and time again, had been called out to fight. And he naturally didn't refuse.
Looking at the feather in her hand, Hinata deliberated for a long time, and finally chose not to activate it.
She didn't want Colt to be in danger too.
Finally, the three-headed snake grew impatient.
The deal Orochimaru had negotiated with Ryūchi Cave was to let them out for a feast.
But it had been a long time, and except for breaking through Konoha's wall and eating a few people, the feast hadn't really begun.
"Roar!"
The big snakes took a wave of Hyuga's Air Palm, and all of its three heads flew backward under the strong thrust.
However, it used the momentum to sweep its tail around.
"Not good!"
Hiashi was shocked. They had just used the [Eight Trigrams Air Palm] and couldn't use it again for a short time.
Facing the increasingly fast snake tail, he gritted his teeth, ready to attempt using [Rotation] to deflect it!
Whoosh!
At that moment, a feather appeared right in front of him, and Colt's figure instantly appeared.
What's this?
Hiashi's eyes widened. He didn't feel Colt's movement at all, it was as if he had appeared out of thin air.
Hisashi was quite an experienced ninja.
'Could it be the jutsu that man used... The [Flying Thunder God] Jutsu?'
But at the moment, Colt didn't have time to explain, and his hands quickly formed a seal.
"[Earth Style: Earth Movement Core]!"
The terrain where the three-headed serpent stood on, suddenly rose to the sky, forming a gap with the surrounding area, even stopping its tail's attack as it swung in thin air.
Inside the house.
The two sisters, who were nervous at first, instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Hanabi immediately jumped into Hinata's arms: "Elder sister, Colt-san is amazing!"
Her words were full of admiration for Colt.
"Yeah." Hinata also smiled: "He is the best."
Meanwhile…
"Phew, finally made it!"
Colt wiped off non-existent sweat.
He had just been cleaning up the enemies around his house district and hadn't paid attention to Hinata and Ino's movements due to all that was going on.
When he finished, he saw three big snakes raging in the direction of the Hyuga compound, so he rushed over.
Hiashi's eyes were filled with complex emotions.
He had actually been saved by this kid.
Hiashi knew very well that even if he could block the blow, he would definitely get hurt while doing so.
The next battles would have been much harder if he had been injured.
"Roar!"
Seeing that someone had disturbed its rampage, the three-headed snake was furious and sprayed acid frantically.
These acid liquids were extremely corrosive, and when they fell on the ground, they formed large pits with a 'hissing' sound.
Fortunately, the members of the Hyuga family evaded the attacks in advance with their Byakugan.
Colt frowned, activated his Mangekyō in his right eye, and a line of blood trailed down his face.
"[Amaterasu]!"
Almost simultaneously, the three heads of the serpent burst into black flames, and no matter how this big snake thrashed, it couldn't extinguish them at all.
*Roar!*
Furthermore, the flames were not stationary, and expanded to its whole body.
It was eventually burned alive and turned into ashes.
Its death throes destroyed many buildings, however.
All those who survived couldn't help but cheer, looking at Colt with gratitude.
"Colt!"
There was an exclamation behind him. It was Hinata, who saw his bleeding eye and hurried out.
"Are you alright?" Hinata quickly wiped the blood from his face with a handkerchief, almost in tears.
"It's alright, it's just a side effect of the jutsu." Colt comforted her while feeling a bit sheepish.
This [Amaterasu] had its drawbacks. No matter how strong his eyes were, once activated, they would bleed.
Hinata was relieved to find no other problems after cleaning Colt's face.
"Elder brother, you're amazing!"
Hanabi also ran out and jumped into Colt's arms, nuzzling her head against him.
"Hanabi, behave yourself!" Hiashi put on a stern face while glancing at the surrounding clan elders.
Seeing that they didn't show any strange reactions, he relaxed a little.
Hanabi stuck out her tongue but didn't leave Colt's arms.
Colt let her stay, as she was quite scared of what was going on, which he could understand due to her young age.
Not everyone was a genius of childhood after all.
But he did look at Hinata with some reproach.
"Why didn't you activate the feather? What if I hadn't reached here in time?"
As he spoke, Hinata lowered her head.
"I... I was afraid of distracting you during a fight."
Hinata knew that Colt might have been fighting some enemies just now, and she would never forgive herself if he got hurt because she distracted him.
Colt gently patted Hinata's head: "Just trust me in the future. There's no one in the entire ninja world I'm afraid of."
When he said this, Colt was very confident.
Even if Pain showed up, he still dared to fight him. Worst case scenario, he'd spend points to unlock the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
At the moment…
'Let's see who's afraid of whom!'
Looking at Colt, who was suddenly exuding an aura of power, Hanabi's eyes were almost filled with stars.
At this moment, a hearty voice suddenly rang out.
"If I had known you were here, kid, I wouldn't have run around for nothing!"
When Hiashi looked back, he saw a middle-aged man with white hair running towards them. His forehead protector was engraved with the character for 'oil'.
He quickly greeted him respectfully: "Jiraiya-sama!"
Hearing that this was the legendary Sannin, the young clan members immediately looked at him with admiration.
This made Jiraiya quite pleased.
Colt rolled his eyes in annoyance: "If they waited for you, wouldn't they be in trouble by now?"
Rubbing his nose in embarrassment, Jiraiya smiled sheepishly: "The village is full of enemies, and I can't be everywhere at once."
Colt didn't say anything more, but handed Hanabi to Hinata and looked up in the direction of the barrier.
"Shall we go check it out together?"
Jiraiya's expression also turned serious, and he nodded silently.
Under the fiery gaze of the Hyuga clan, the two disappeared on the spot.