Hyuga Kawa's punch was unremarkable, not even causing the slightest rush of air.
Yet, in En Oyashiro's perception, it was utterly unavoidable.
The moment the fist made contact with his chest, a terrifying, utterly indescribable power erupted!
En only managed to let out a short, stifled grunt. The fear of death drove him to summon all the blood in his body, frantically converging it on his chest in an attempt to defend himself...
Crack! Crunch, crunch!!
A sickening barrage of shattering sounds furiously rang out. En was completely unable to control himself, rocketing backward like a cannonball!
CRASH!!
Rubble and dust exploded!
En was embedded deep into the solid rock wall, having been slammed into it by that single, effortless punch!
"Cough!"
Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Relying on the Ketsuryūgan's control over his own blood, he had managed to survive the blow.
But...
This was Hyuga Kawa?
He was nothing like the "ordinary Jonin" described in the intelligence!
The instinct for survival drove En to struggle madly, pulling himself out of the deep indentation in the rock wall.
Landing on the ground, he didn't hesitate for a moment, raising his trembling hands and clasping them together in front of him.
Blood poured from his palms, but instead of dripping, it was being manipulated and compressed rapidly between his hands, aimed at the figure standing in the distance!
However, before he could fire the deadly blood line.
Snap!
A hand seemed to appear out of thin air, seizing his clasped hands.
En's body instantly froze. He raised his head in terror.
Hyuga Kawa, who had been far away just a moment ago, was now standing right in front of him, mere inches away.
The emergency light above flickered incessantly, casting Kawa's face in alternating light and shadow.
"Answer me," Kawa spoke again, his voice unsettlingly calm, without a ripple of emotion. "The objective and deployment of your operation."
Looking at those blue eyes that seemed capable of seeing through everything, and that expressionless but dangerously intense face, En's body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Crack... crack!
A bone-chilling force began to erupt from the grip on his hands. His bones began to let out a horrifying, splintering crunch, one by one, and muscle fibers were being torn by the power.
"You..." En opened his mouth, but only managed to utter a single word before the hand gripping his palms tightened violently!
CRACK! SQUELCH!!
A sharp snap of bone suddenly exploded, accompanied by the eerie sound of flesh being crushed, chilling everyone present to the core.
"Aaaargh!" En let out a gut-wrenching, inhuman scream, his expression twisted with agony as he collapsed to his knees before Kawa.
Kawa's long fingers were digging into his flesh. Crimson blood and pale fragments of bone splattered out between the fingers, his hands forcibly crushed and twisted beyond recognition.
Pale bones jutted out from the flesh like splinters, a visible scene of blood, agony, and distortion.
Just then...
The longbow that had previously been knocked from En's grasp and dropped to the ground seemed to gain a life of its own. It flew toward Kawa with a sharp whistling sound, aiming for his back!
The attack was silent and utterly malicious.
However...
Thwack!
Sasuke Uchiha suddenly stepped onto an operating table, using the leverage to jump into the air. With a neat spinning kick, his foot connected with the rapidly flying longbow!
The longbow was forcefully kicked away, embedding itself in the far rock wall, where it continued to vibrate.
"Still trying to sneak attack?" Sasuke's voice came, laced with contempt and sarcasm.
"You!" Seeing this, En's face flushed with rage. He shrieked, "Bastard! Look closely, who exactly is..."
His curse abruptly cut off.
Because Kawa moved again.
He leaned down slightly, grabbing En's hair with one hand and lifting him, bringing the kneeling man to face-to-face level.
Kawa looked down at the face twisted with pain.
"All along the way," Kawa was still calm, but his voice was chilling, "many people were killed, their bodies turned into bombs. You did that, didn't you?"
He met Kawa's deep, cold blue eyes, which held no fluctuation, and frantically channeled his Ketsuryūgan, attempting to invade the other's mind with genjutsu.
However, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, not raising the slightest ripple.
A grin that looked more painful than a sob stretched across En's face.
The next moment, Kawa released his grip on En's hair, and En's body dropped limply downward.
Just as he was falling, Kawa's other hand clenched into a fist and pulled back, preparing to strike.
BAM!!
Another incredibly heavy, muffled impact.
The punch slammed viciously into En's abdomen!
"Puh!"
En arched his body, his eyes bulging and bloodshot, looking like a boiled shrimp! A large mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments sprayed out!
The defense he had constructed from blood inside his body was utterly shattered by the punch. The terrifying force sent his body crashing into the already cracked rock wall!
RUMBLE!!
The rock wall could no longer withstand the continuous impacts. Large sections of rubble poured down, and the entire shelter shook and vibrated violently!
"..."
The entire shelter fell into a dead silence.
Everyone's eyes were wide, their mouths agape, frozen like statues as they watched the scene unfold.
"Un... Kawa-sama?"
One villager couldn't help but murmur the familiar title, their voice trembling, seemingly unsure if the man before them was truly Hyuga Kawa.
His reaction represented most of the people there. In their minds, Hyuga Kawa was a very gentle, friendly, and even easygoing ninja.
Even when pestered by rambunctious children, he would just smile and buy them candy, and he always responded politely to the villagers' greetings.
He only ever showed a slight seriousness when dealing with issues of principle.
They might have known that Hyuga Kawa was powerful, but they had no concept of the true extent of his strength.
Therefore, this was the first time they had seen such a fierce and brutal Hyuga Kawa.
That terrifying enemy, who had just held their lives in his hands, was beaten to the brink of death in such an overwhelming manner.
The effortless yet terrifying power, the expressionless yet chillingly cold eyes, the merciless methods that bordered on torture...
It created a massive, suffocating contrast with his usual gentle image.
This kind of raw, crushing power was the most direct and impactful, far exceeding the subtle, assassination-style methods used by most ninja with kunai or Ninjutsu.
It even temporarily suppressed the survivors' relief, leaving them staring blankly at the towering figure under the emergency lights.
The power brought not only shock but also a deep, instinctive sense of fear and distance.
However...
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