She was completely exposed in the misty warmth of the spring.
Her wheat-colored skin was smooth and firm.
The muscular lines formed by long-term training were fluid and explosive, yet without losing the soft curves of a woman.
The swirling steam wrapped around her like a thin veil.
Its semi-transparent quality made it even more alluring than complete nudity.
But at this moment,
the owner of this beautiful body was trembling slightly.
It wasn't from cold, but from immense humiliation, fear, and an irresistible fate.
She instinctively wrapped her arms around her chest,
trying to cover herself, which only made her appear more helpless and fragile.
Di Yan's gaze swept over every inch of her skin as if it were tangible,
filled with undisguised possession and appreciation.
"Come down."
He spoke, his voice carrying an unquestionable command,
breaking the suffocating silence.
Inuzuka Hana's body trembled.
She closed her eyes,
took a deep breath, as if preparing for death.
Finally, she shakily lifted her foot
and stepped into the warm, yet abyss-like, pool.
Water rippled, mist swirled.
The hound-like girl had, after all, fallen into the hunter's trap,
beginning her unforeseen, submissive fate.
And a satisfied, conquering smile finally appeared on Di Yan's lips... 35 Taming Inuzuka Hana; Master!
The warm pool water enveloped her body, which should have been relaxing and pleasant.
But for Inuzuka Hana,
it was like a scalding oil pot, every second an agony.
She stood stiffly in the water.
The swirling mist blurred the hateful smile on Di Yan's face,
but it couldn't blur the naked contempt in his eyes, as if he were looking at a plaything.
Di Yan watched her hesitate, unmoving.
A more malicious curve appeared on his lips.
He even let out a frivolous, dog-calling "tsk tsk" sound from his throat.
At the same time, he reached out
and very casually hooked Inuzuka Hana's chin with his finger.
His movement was as light as if he were teasing a disobedient pet.
"What are you spacing out for?"
His tone was mocking.
"You..."
Inuzuka Hana was filled with shame and indignation.
What did he take her for?
A tremendous sense of humiliation erupted like a volcano in Inuzuka Hana's chest.
Never in her life, from childhood, had she suffered such humiliation.
The young lady of the clan, an excellent Ninja of Konoha,
was being treated like a dog.
Rage instantly burned away her reason!
All fear and apprehension were, at this moment, overridden by intense shame and anger.
She suddenly raised her head,
a resolute ferocity bursting from her eyes.
Using almost all her strength,
she threw a punch fiercely at Di Yan's handsome but detestable face.
This punch was fueled by anger.
It carried the unique powerful force of the Inuzuka Clan.
It even created a whooshing sound!
However, Di Yan's reaction was faster than imagined.
He didn't even get up.
He merely lazily lifted one leg.
He struck later but arrived first,
kicking Inuzuka Hana's unguarded abdomen with pinpoint accuracy!
"Bang!"
"Ugh ah..."
Inuzuka Hana felt an irresistible immense force.
It was as if her internal organs had shifted.
The sharp pain instantly sapped her strength.
She was kicked flying backward,
crashing heavily into the warm pool, splashing a large amount of water!
"Cough! Cough, cough, cough!"
She was caught off guard and choked on several mouthfuls of hot water.
The violent coughing made her lungs ache and constrict.
Tears flowed uncontrollably, and she thrashed helplessly in the water.
Di Yan's laughter came from above, full of undisguised mockery:
"With your pathetic skills, you can't even get close to me."
"Still want to resist? Truly... overestimating yourself."
Inuzuka Hana lay in the warm pool water,
trembling all over from coughing.
The intense pain in her abdomen and the agony of choking on water intertwined.
But none of it compared to the icy coldness brought by her utterly crushed pride and despair.
The disparity in strength was like an unbridgeable chasm,
making all her resistance a joke.
She struggled to get up,
but then heard Di Yan's voice, like a devil's whisper, sound again, this time with a cold command:
"Crawl over."
Inuzuka Hana's body stiffened.
Di Yan's voice was unhurried, yet every word was a stab to the heart:
"Don't your Inuzuka Clan love raising dogs the most?"
"I'm sure you know very well how a dog pleases its Master, don't you?"
He paused, every word like a poisonous needle piercing Inuzuka Hana's soul:
"Now, crawl over like a dog."
"Crawl to my feet, rub against my legs, and call me Master."
He even added with a touch of malicious amusement:
"Oh, right, you also have to wag your tail."
"Too bad you don't have a tail, so... twist your waist instead."
"You bastard!"
Inuzuka Hana suddenly raised her head, her face flushed crimson with extreme anger and shame.
Her head buzzed, almost exploding.
This kind of insult
had exceeded her bottom line of endurance.
She would rather die!
"Unwilling?"
Di Yan seemed to have anticipated her reaction.
His tone showed no surprise; instead, it became even colder and crueler:
"Fine. Then I shall now order your useless younger brother to be chopped into pieces and fed to dogs."
"As for the Inuzuka Clan... after I flatten Konoha, I will send them down to accompany you."
These light words, however, were like the heaviest shackles.
They instantly shattered Inuzuka Hana's newly ignited will to die.
Brother... clan... these two words were like a huge mountain,
crushing her, making her unable to breathe.
She could disregard her own life, death, and dignity.
But she couldn't stand by and watch Kiba be tortured to death.
She couldn't watch her clan be destroyed because of her!
Di Yan seemed to see through her weakness and delivered the final blow:
"Of course, you can also choose to commit suicide now and end it all."
"But the result will be the same... your brother will die, and the Inuzuka Clan will be buried with him because of your cowardice."
He completely blocked all her escape routes.