Chapter 42: Hyuga Yizhen's Pursuit
"Hyuga Yizu?"
Li Jie xuan raised an eyebrow, looking somewhat puzzled.
The one blocking his path was none other than the old acquaintance Hyuga Yizu, the very same person who had gifted him two beginner treasure chests. Ever since Li Jie xuan had earned Hyuga Yizu's heartfelt fear, Yizu had never dared to show his face in front of him again.
So why stop him today?
"Li Jie xuan, you need to run—now!"
What surprised Li Jie xuan was that the very first thing Hyuga Yizu said upon seeing him was telling him to flee.
"Why?"
Li Jie xuan froze for a moment, then said in shock, "Don't tell me Senju Tobirama, that old bastard, is coming after me?"
After all, having messed with someone's granddaughter who wasn't even four yet, Li Jie xuan still felt a bit guilty.
Although he looked like a three-year-old—actually even a bit younger than Tsunade—his soul had long been that of an adult. What he had with Tsunade was, in all honesty, genuine [raising-a-young-girl] affection…
Sinful! "No, it's my brother!"
"Your brother?"
Li Jie xuan was completely confused. He'd never heard of any relationship between Kato Dan and the Hyuga clan. Could it be that idiot Jiraiya? "My brother's name is Hyuga Yizhen. He wants to kill you!"
Hyuga Yizu shoved Li Jie xuan in panic. "You need to run right now! He's already a genin and has awakened the Byakugan. He's countless times stronger than me!"
Hearing this, Li Jie xuan finally felt at ease.
Since it wasn't Tsunade's guardian and not the man she was originally fated to love either, what was there to be afraid of?
Hyuga Yizhen—a genin? Li Jie xuan smiled and shook his head. He really had been far too low-key.
Not to mention his current self—even the version of him from over a month ago, back when he fought Orochimaru, could defeat an ordinary genin…
"That sounds a bit exaggerated…"
Li Jie xuan waved his hand with a smile. "I have no grudges with your brother. Why would he want to kill me?"
"It's true…"
Hyuga Yizu swallowed and explained everything from beginning to end.
Five minutes later…
"Because you couldn't beat me, your father is going to send you to the Land of Fire?"
Li Jie xuan stared at Hyuga Yizu in disbelief. He never imagined things would develop like this. Was something wrong with Hyuga Yizu's father's brain…?
"I lost fair and square. I don't really resent you…"
Hyuga Yizu sighed dejectedly. "But my brother has protected me since we were little. He's never been willing to let me suffer even the slightest grievance."
"Then why today?"
Li Jie xuan scratched his head, feeling a bit strange. If Hyuga Yizhen had thrown caution to the wind and tried to assassinate him a month ago—
Caught off guard, Li Jie xuan might actually have been in some danger…
But now? Li Jie xuan treated it as nothing more than a joke.
"Because in a few days, my brother will be heading to the battlefield!"
Hyuga Yizu swallowed hard. "He wants to kill you during these few days before he leaves…"
Clearly, Hyuga Yizhen planned to kill Li Jie xuan and then go to war. If he survived, he could claim merit from the battlefield, and with the Hyuga clan's influence, it might not be impossible to save his life.
If he died on the battlefield, then killing Li Jie xuan beforehand would still be no loss at all.
No matter how you calculated it, he came out ahead…
"So I've really been underestimated…"
Li Jie xuan shook his head helplessly. No matter which path Hyuga Yizhen chose, he clearly believed he had Li Jie xuan completely pinned down.
"You should still run…"
Hyuga Yizu swallowed nervously. "I've already been out too long. If I don't go back soon, my brother will start to get suspicious!"
After parting ways with the terrified Hyuga Yizu, Li Jie xuan couldn't help but frown.
He wasn't worried about Hyuga Yizhen. What concerned him was that this ninja world war seemed to be growing more and more brutal…
So much so that even children barely in their teens were being sent to the battlefield!
All the way home, Li Jie xuan kept thinking about this. If Might Guy were sent to the battlefield, what could he possibly do to keep him alive! Unlike Might Duy, Might Guy didn't even appear in the Naruto story…
Li Jie xuan didn't even know how he died, or who killed him.
What a headache…
Just as Li Jie xuan scratched his head in frustration, the paper sliding door of a shop by the street suddenly exploded outward.
"Gentle Fist—Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
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