The Power of One Punch

At this time, the sky was full of stars. Chiba, in *Controlled Life Gate mode*, was moving swiftly through the dense forest. After jumping from several branches, he could vaguely see a black figure ahead.

'Who was it? Was someone spying on me?'

It would make sense, after all, He was the son of a traitor. Even though He had stayed in the village calmly for a few years, they should have been watching him.

However, if it was surveillance, why reveal themselves and then run away?

Chiba felt that this person bore ill will.

While having that thought, two drops of liquid suddenly floated in front of him, hitting Chiba's face. He subconsciously wiped it away, noticing a bright red color on his finger.

That figure was wounded.

At this moment, Chiba could already see the Ninja in front of him and even spotted a girl under his armpit.

Chiba was certain that this person was not a friend, but an enemy; because the child they carrying was wearing the clothing of Konoha's prestigious *Hyuga* clan.

As one of Konoha's oldest clans, and with the Byakugan being one of the three great *Dojutsu*, the Hyuga have always been a target for other Ninja villages. There have been many instances where the Pure-blood successors of the Hyuga family were abducted.

In all likelihood, this person was a Ninja from an enemy country.

Chiba realized he was caught in a conflict over bloodline limits.

If he helped the Hyuga clan recover their abducted Pure-blood successor, then the Hyuga clan's favorability towards him would naturally rise. Regardless of the conflicts in the Ninja world, according to the original story, the Land of Fire and Konoha would ultimately prevail. There was no reason for him to leave the Hidden Leaf Village.

However, his current standing in the village was awkward. Being the son of a traitor, he was despised by everyone. If a Ninja War broke out, Chiba felt he would be the first to be sent to the front lines.

As a descendant of the ancient and noble Hyuga clan, the victim might hold some influence in the Hidden Leaf Village.

With their favor, Chiba's position in the village should improve. Even if he couldn't change the attitude of the common people, increasing favorability among Konoha's higher-ups would make his future much smoother.

Besides, the abductor was injured, and judging by his speed, the injury was not light. Perhaps it was indeed feasible to rescue the Pure-blood Hyuga.

With this in mind, Chiba made a quick decision: it was necessary to rescue this Pure-blood from the Hyuga family!

After making up his mind, Chiba pushed harder, his Chakra circulated faster, and his speed increased.

Iwagaki was breathing heavily, struggling to move through the dense forest. Four of his Chakra points had been sealed by the Hyuga clan's techniques, disrupting his Chakra flow and severely affecting his speed.

But this wasn't the most serious injury he had sustained. The bone-deep wound on his chest, running from the upper right to the lower left abdomen, had been hastily bandaged, but blood was still seeping out, forming droplets that flew through the air as he moved.

As a senior Shinobi, he knew this blood would leave a trail and could be tracked. But he couldn't stop.

He looked at the little girl he was holding. At this moment, she had passed out, her long hair cascading down, her face not visible.

However, he knew she was a Pure-blood child, his team had taken her from the Hyuga clan. His village had long awaited such a lineage.

If they could study the *Byakugan*, it might be possible to unlock the secrets of this ancient clan, a clan that traced back to the era of the Sage of Six Paths. This would surely bring them something extraordinary.

For this bloodline, all nine of his companions had died and he was also seriously injured.

"Damn it! That white-haired boy, if it weren't for his attack, how could I have been so badly hurt!"

And that short knife with the white Chakra light... Did that kid have anything to do with the White Fang of Konoha?

As he pondered, feeling dull from his serious injuries, he suddenly noticed someone rapidly approaching from behind.

Damn, is it that white-haired kid? If the kid is coming, that means Konoha's forces are coming!

He didn't look back. Looking back now would only slow him down.

Iwagaki reached into his Ninja bag and grabbed two round black bombs in his hands.

Just as he was about to exit the dense forest, with the starlight shining faintly ahead, and the pursuer almost upon him, he smirked, threw the two black bombs behind him, and then sped off with a sudden burst of speed.

"Go to hell, kid! Try our special gunpowder from the Village Hidden in the Rocks!"

The moonlight was like silver, sprinkling down, as Iwagaki rushed out of the dense forest, his eyes suddenly opened up to a river. On the opposite side of the river was a flat plain. Crossing this plain meant leaving the borders of the Hidden Leaf Village. The border was not far away.

"Boom!"

After rushing out of the dense forest, an explosion suddenly erupted behind him emitting flames and black smoke, curling up into the air. At the same time, pieces of wood fell one after another, and the trees on the outermost periphery of the dense forest were directly blown apart.

Iwagaki kept running, not stopping even after the explosion.

Suddenly, he saw a shadow, growing from small to large, projected onto his own shadow.

"Above!"

He quickly raised his head and saw a boy about seven years old, his fists clenched tight to his chest, rushing out of the smoke. It was Chiba.

"Huh, you are not that white-haired kid."

Iwagaki had only a moment for this thought. Chiba, whizzing down from mid-air with a bit of smoke trailing him slammed down with a punch.

It hit right in the center.

"Boom!"

On the flat ground outside the dense forest, rubble flew, and a large hole was blasted out, with smoke and dust everywhere.

When the smoke cleared, this Rock Shinobi, Iwagaki, lay at the center of the big hole, his face almost smashed into the ground.

Chiba, holding the girl steadily, flew back several meters, quickly moving away from the Ninja. Sweat was already pouring down his forehead.

'That was close.'

Just now, as Chiba was speeding up to chase this Jonin, two black bombs suddenly shot towards his chest, almost touching his body.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly at that time. His Chakra burst out suddenly, speeding up just enough to avoid the explosive center of the bomb. Then, using the blast of air, he stepped on the branches that were blown up to adjust his direction, falling from the sky to hit the bomb-laden Shinobi.

Chiba felt a burning pain in his back, which had been injured by the explosion. Focusing back on the Rock Shinobi, he was lying on the ground, and silent.

With Chiba's punch, almost all of his Chakra was concentrated in his right fist, thanks to his absolute fine control over Chakra. The punch just now had consumed more than half of the Chakra in his body, and its power was immense. A large pit with a diameter of one meter was blasted directly into the ground.

The enemy should be dead.

Chiba breathed a sigh of relief. This punch was a desperate move. Although he had learned the *Controlled Life Gate mode* and his Chakra volume had increased several times, he didn't know any Ninjutsu. The techniques of a Ninja who could break into Konoha and snatch an heir to the Hyuga clan were not simple, so he needed to be careful.

The only thing he could rely on was the physical skills he had been training. Also, his absolute fine control over Chakra.

At that moment, there was only one thought in his head: gather all the Chakra in his fists and burst out in an instant, with one punch to determine the outcome and not give his opponent any chance to attack or counterattack.

'Wait a minute!'

Chiba had a thought in his mind.

Is this strange method the basis of Tsunade's monstrous strength?

Chiba was excited, unexpectedly gaining a hint of the trick of that monstrous strength.

He quickly tried to recall and remember the feeling of the punch just now, planning to go back and practice.

At this moment, there was a movement in his arms, and the white-clothed girl in his arms woke up and opened her white eyes.

Chiba heard the sound and looked down subconsciously.

With this look, Chiba's pupils contracted, and a slender hand suddenly came out flying toward his face.