Chapter-17: Clan hunt and Summons!

The commission for clan hunting was already ready and Junichiro had sent out the letter of approval with a seal on it.

It's been 9 days already and the news of sufferings were already here.

Around 30% of the clan was wiped out in this short period of time, claiming lives of a huge chunk of low level ninjas as well as some civilians.

Yotsuki clan was not having a good time at all.

They even tried inviting some other clans for the war but the difference was just too big.

The poisonous beetles and non traditional way of fighting of Amagiri clan was already overwhelming them.

The skirmishes along with Hyugas were lessening day by day, automatically making the troops deployed at front line cheer on Junichiro Hyuga yet they did not receive any returned response other than a 'Thank you for your service' announcement.

The absence of Junichiro on the scene as well as the one sided beatdown of Yotsuki clan was already driving the masses crazy.

During this, several jounin drill sergeants were commissioned out to give compulsory training to all the lower level ninjas at the borders while leading more essential skirmishes, capturing one of the hotspot locations.

The Hill of Dreams.

A forest of summoning animals.

It wasn't summoning realm as per se like Mount Myoboku but it was a very essential area for ninjas under jounins level.

They could acquire very exotic summoning animals here for a cheap price.

This was actually one of the side businesses of Yotsuki clan and they earnt money through it but now it was under Hyuga control.

The moment territory was under Junichiro, he immediately sent several ninjas to secure the zone and immediately visit the area while carefully laying some traps around.

He needed a good summon, after all. He couldn't afford to delay it any further.

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(MC POV)

As I entered the Hill of Dreams, I saw the surrounding changing quite rapidly as I went deeper inside the mountainous forest.

There were many animals hanging out here and there, talking with each other but I didn't find any of them interesting or useful enough.

Sure they looked strong but at this point of time, my priority was more towards utility than anything.

Stronger does not equal better in my current situation. With my position and skills, I can easily acquire better summons but then again...

What if the summoning clan doesn't accept my way of doing things?

There were a lot of ifs and buts here.

So, I decided finally on the best way of raising summons.

The animals I had in my mind?

"Come on. Come on. It's fine..." I said as I closed the distance between us, offering a few seeds to it and appearing harmless.

It was birds.

Well mainly this exotic breed.

They were called White Swifts around here.

These little birds looked like regular pigeons but white...

Yet had incomparable endurance and insane explosive speed. Most of them liked interaction.

They also liked seeds and worm. For the adults, rats were a staple.

My main plan was to find a few pairs and train them according to myself while also experimenting on them. I liked my control to be on them as much as I could.

Any shortcoming won't be fulfilled by them and I would get the chance to grow from my interactions.

"You liked those seeds, didn't you? How about you it? Want a little bit more?" I said as I enticed it but just when it was about it eat them, I pulled away my hand.

"But I need the contract of yours. Only then I can give it to you." I said as I petted it's little head with my finger.

After a solid minute of petting, it finally agreed and ate the seeds out of my hands as I grabbed the scroll of summoning from my hands.

It was an expensive scroll I had bought from the Uzumaki clan and it allowed me to create a connection an intelligent animal, should we both consent and sign it.

It didn't work on humans for some reason. Of course I wanted to know why but I wasn't able to find out now.

Neither I had an Uzumaki friend to explain it to me nor I had any information on such complicated Sealing arts at all.

After the bird as done eating, I put it down in front of me and started to try and communicate with it properly.

As I got to know the bird more properly, I discovered that it was more or less neutral when it came to anything good or bad.

Not that benefit oriented but had a very strong sense for loyalty.

The bird also was a father of 5 more birds, whom I fed a few worms from the forest.

After much consideration, I decided I want to have them as my summons.

I tried to explain it clearly about everything and it was very confused all the time about my little plans for it but nonetheless agreed.

It was smart enough to distinguish intent and words but not enough to possess a strong personality of it's own. At least that is how it appeared to be.

After doing everything, I quickly released some chakra out of my finger and converted it into weak wind chakra and snapped my finger, drawing small amount of blood from it, which I used to sign the summoning contract.

After the contract was signed, I took it's nest with me that had his wife and his children inside and took it outside of the forest and sent in the plant experts and farmers inside to get a closer look to mimic the environment.

My plan was to imitate the Hill of dreams' environment and design a rear-your-own summons system in Hyuga clan. It would definitely benefit us on and off the battlefield.

The summons were literally labor with cost of some food outside the battlefield and strong allies to have on the battlefield. Why would I not want them?

The amount of chaos it would cause? None at all!

I would just use the bird seal on those pathetic civilians as well as silly excuses of a ninja and they will either stop causing mayhem or literally become too dumb to cause it at all.

Either way, it stops.

Just as I was exiting the forest, I saw a sight I didn't want to see now.

Yotsuki ninjas, running towards the Hills of Dreams.

I thought they wouldn't be this dumb to rush us here but I didn't factor in their stupidity...

It was fighting time.

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(3rd POV)

As the Hyuga forces and Yotsuki forces were about to collide, Junichiro rushed ahead of the Hyugas and as he prepared a water ninjutsu and chopped off 2 ninjas right off the bat, jumping in the battlefield like a madman.

Instantly activating his Byakugan, he went in more aggressively than ever.

He instantly closed off tenketsu of a ninja he was fighting, threw a couple of shuriken towards the ninjas attacking him from both the sides as he prepared for hiding like a mole jutsu, digging through the ground and popping on the back of a ninja, instantly sharpening his strike with some wind chakra, piercing the ninja's heart.

After dodging a couple of ninjas, using a few clones to disorient the rest, he quickly grabbed a tanto in the battlefield, throwing it towards the squad leader and closing in the gap between them quickly.

After closing in the gap, he immediately used Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms to quickly disable the man but because of his expertise, he was able to dodge the essential strikes, allowing his to retreat and dish out a Lightning ninjutsu.

"Lightning Release: Thunderclap!" He said as he charged his body with lightning and quickly closed in the distance in a blink of any eye, punching towards Junichiro who used gentle fist once again.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!" He said as he swiftly tapped the ninjas' shoulder, pushing him away by 10s of metres, blowing it off, not letting the Thunderclap connect.

"Lightning Release: Limelight!" said four ninjas simultaneously, in a formation around Junichiro Hyuga who was caught off guard by it.

Instantly, lightning rushed off from all the four members towards each other and diagonally as it created a giant explosion of lightning in between the area, where Junichiro Hyuga was standing.

"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven." He said calmly as he rotated, negating the effects of ninjutsu, completely.

"Was it supposed to achieve anything?" He said as he disappeared from plain sight.

'Clone!' Everyone's senses screamed as they guarded their backs against each other, not letting him attack.

While they were wondering about it, they saw why they weren't killed or attacked yet.

They were completely surrounded off by Hyugas and their friends and allies were already slaughtered.

"A total loss. No less. Isn't that right clan leader, Ay Yotsuki?" He said as he looked into the direction where a young man was running as fast as possible for him.

Junichiro had expected more from the terrorizing clan but the current situation was just insulting to his skills and strategy.

"I will see you later, White-eyed freak! I won't forget it!" Ay said as he charged his body rapidly as he quickly ran away.

"Losers." Junichiro said with a displeased look.

He knew this would probably happen and hence, had already prepared a very good gift for him, just in case.

"Everyone. Stay alert and back to work." He said as he went in the direction of Hills again, picked up the nest and left the grounds to quickly go home.

He was already very exhausted from the fight.

He wasn't out of chakra but the physical exhaustion was already a lot for his current self and the techniques he used, they required a lot of stamina as well, pushing him to the brink already.

He was still more or less a child by body.

As he was travelling home, he thought about the battle on his way, pointing out flaws and thinking about how he could better address the situation. Lately, his combat addiction and bloodthirstiness have been a bit harder to control.

It was understandable, after all.

There was nothing there which would exhaust him everyday, sapping his extra energy off like videogames, mangas or anything fun to do.

Just fighting in this era.

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(A/N: Another chapter.

my upload sched have been going off hard these days. Too many ideas, too little time to execute.

Man I am tired.

Anyway.

Gib powerstones and reviews.

They are my pre-workout source.

Thanks for reading!)