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Liu Chen's Kenbunshoku Haki was just like a human-shaped radar detector. Although he couldn't "see" particularly clearly, he had memorized the aura of those four rogue ninjas from Kusagakure. As long as he sensed even a trace of their aura, he could roughly determine their movements. Then, he would continue to probe along the general direction. Finally, he could gradually reduce the search area, eventually pinpointing the target within a very small range, never exceeding a one-kilometer radius.
Under these urgent circumstances... it was simply an easy task for Liu Chen to find those rogue ninjas. But the only thing that gave him a headache was... the Land of Water was composed of many islands, and sometimes they had to travel by boat. If he wasn't afraid that Hinata wouldn't be able to handle it, he would have directly used the speed of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit... and then quickly taken Hinata Hyuga to search the entire Land of Water. But the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had no way to carry people. Or rather, even if it could carry people, with Hinata's current physical fitness, moving at the speed of light would probably cause her body to break down. So, he could only slowly probe the Land of Water step by step.
In addition, Liu Chen wasn't worried about anything. Between him and Hinata, he could be said to be the most relaxed one. On the other hand, Hinata's small face was worried, and she had a frown on her face these days. Because they had been wandering in the Land of Water for half a month, but they hadn't found any trace of those rogue ninjas from Kusagakure. Could it be that they had already been taken care of by the Konoha Anbu?! Or... had they already left the Land of Water?! Or... were those four people unlucky and killed by someone else?!
Just as Hinata raised these doubts, she, carrying a bag weighing tons, suddenly heard Liu Chen's voice: "Little girl, wait a minute... don't go that way. Go to the right. Yes... go in this direction."
Hinata didn't doubt him at all and didn't raise any questions. After all, after three years of getting along, they trusted each other very much. Hinata even trusted Liu Chen... more than she trusted her father. Liu Chen didn't know exactly why this was. Perhaps only Hinata herself knew.
Following Liu Chen's guidance, Hinata walked to the right for a few minutes, and then suddenly froze. Because in the air... she smelled a faint scent of blood: "Guardian Spirit-sama, this smell... it seems like blood!"
Liu Chen, in her mind, nodded: "It is indeed the smell of blood... and it seems like many people have died. I can sense a strong death aura."
Hinata's small face turned slightly solemn. Veins popped out next to her watery eyes, and chakra gathered in her eyes. Byakugan... activate!!
With the activation of the Byakugan, Hinata quickly saw a very bloody scene. About seven or eight hundred meters away from here, a small village that seemed relatively prosperous was now plunged into a bloodbath! She could see the corpses on the ground, as well as the bloody scenes. She could even see a man stabbing a kunai into the throat of an old man. The old man had almost no power to resist and was killed by the other party.
Hinata's pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly. Her face showed a hint of anger.
Liu Chen's voice sounded in her mind: "It seems that after searching for a full half a month, those four little mice have been found. And they seem to have done something terrible. No wonder Konoha couldn't help but send Anbu ninjas to infiltrate the Land of Water and assassinate these people."
"If you are angry with their actions, then do what you want to do. Killing is not scary. What's scary is that you don't know why you're killing. What's scary is that you don't know why the other party must die."
"When you know why you want to kill, and know why the other party must die."
"Then you will have an answer in your heart."
"If this assessment is completed, we will return to Konoha Village. When you have practiced the elementary level of the Six Styles to the point where I think it's 100 points, I will teach you deeper things."
"....."
If Liu Chen was a big villain, then his words would indeed be very蛊惑人心 (gǔ huò rén xīn - deceptive), but Hinata was a girl who could distinguish right from wrong. She knew what was right and what was wrong. So Liu Chen didn't instigate her, nor did he bewitch this little girl. He just told her: do what you want to do.
Hinata stood there for a few seconds, pursed her pink lips, and nodded heavily: "I understand, Guardian Spirit-sama... they all deserve to die. What they did in Konoha already made them deserve to die."
"Now their actions are even worse. My heart tells me... they don't deserve to live in this world. If this kind of scum can live in this world, aren't those great and upright people too wronged to have sacrificed themselves?!"
Although Hinata had also seen blood and killed people before, it was, after all, more than a year ago. She hadn't really gotten used to the feeling of killing yet. So she needed to convince herself...
"Three Chunin... one Genin. I can't attack head-on. I need to eliminate at least one of them at the first moment of contact, otherwise I will fall into a passive position." Hinata put down the extremely heavy luggage, analyzed as she quickly moved forward. Although Guardian Spirit-sama said that in a one-on-one situation, it would be no problem for her to kill two or three ninjas who were not good at close combat, she still needed to have the necessary vigilance. She also needed to have a necessary plan before the battle.
.....
At the same time, hundreds of meters away from Hinata, inside a relatively prosperous small village in the Land of Water. Although this was a relatively prosperous village, there was only one ninja in the village. And he was only a Genin.
Under the siege of four rogue ninjas from Kusagakure... that Genin from the Land of Water couldn't even delay them for a minute before he was pierced through the heart by a shuriken.
"Tch... as expected of one of the Five Great Nations. Although it can't compare to Konoha, its overall strength is also very strong. A random village actually has a Genin." Wiping the blood off the shuriken, a rogue ninja from Kusa sneered. He wasn't wearing a Kusagakure forehead protector with a knife mark on it. Only rogue ninjas with strength dared to show their rogue ninja identity. Other rogue ninjas wanted to be as low-key as possible, so as not to be killed casually.