Chapter 147: Kyosuke's Abnormality
"Whew... I'm exhausted." Hyuga Saori slit a genin's throat with a kunai, then secretly leaned against a nearby tree trunk, silently recovering her over-expended stamina.
As she rested, she turned to look at the frenzied Uchiha Kyosuke.
"Tsk, does he have such a deep hatred for the Sand ninja?" Hyuga Saori thought to herself strangely.
In fact, besides the incident where Uchiha Nagisa was kidnapped, Kyosuke had not really held much hatred for the Sand ninja.
But war was like that. It was not easy to use it to resolve conflicts, but when it came to breeding hatred, there was no easier way.
By now, not to mention the other Konoha ninja, more than half of the Uchiha clansmen had already died at the hands of the Sand ninja. How could Kyosuke not hate them?
Not to mention, at this time, these relatively "weak" ninjutsu units would also provide him with a large amount of experience points. Under these circumstances, it was not surprising that Kyosuke would slaughter the enemy like a mad dog.
"Sigh." Hyuga Saori felt her breathing slow down slightly. After a sigh, she charged forward again, following beside Kyosuke, and began another round of slaughter.
Swish!
The black and purple blade of the Kusanagi sword suddenly slashed through the "40 experience points" in front of him. Then, Kyosuke directly threw another shuriken with a backhand, ending the enemy's life before anyone else could.
"Uh, thanks," the Uchiha clansman said with a strange expression, thanking Kyosuke.
Although he could have killed the Sand ninja just now, Kyosuke had still saved him some effort. So, although he felt a bit strange in his heart, he still opened his mouth to thank him.
To his surprise, Kyosuke didn't even acknowledge him and charged straight at another enemy.
With a flash of his sword, another head rolled on the ground.
"31 experience points, too little..." Kyosuke muttered to himself, then charged at another place.
At this time, in order to save stamina and chakra, he didn't even bother to use the Body Flicker Technique, let alone ninjutsu. He was completely relying on his swordsmanship and shuriken to kill enemies and reap experience.
He stabbed a rather young-looking boy in the back with his sword, then reached out and snatched the enemy's ninja pouch.
Swish!
He tore open the ninja pouch, ignoring a small trap inside, and directly caught the flying shuriken and kunai in the air, throwing them at the distant enemy.
By now, Kyosuke's ninja tools had long been depleted, so he could only "borrow" the enemy's ninja tools to fight.
"Two dead, three seriously injured, four perfectly dodged. Is it a mistake due to a decline in stamina?" Kyosuke looked at his recent achievements with an expressionless face, then prepared to charge again.
But just then, an arm suddenly reached out from behind him and grabbed him firmly.
Kyosuke looked back in a daze and found that the person who had grabbed him was Hyuga Saori, who had been following him closely.
He glanced at the enemy who had already been killed by his other comrades, subconsciously frowned, and then, with a forceful tug, he broke free from Saori's grip.
"Chakra is less than thirty percent. I can still fight for another ten minutes. Maybe I can use the last of my time to forcibly activate the cursed seal. That way, the killing efficiency will increase a bit." Kyosuke numbly calculated his remaining strength in his mind, then lifted his foot and prepared to leave.
But then Saori grabbed him again.
Turning his head, Kyosuke looked at her with his crimson eyes and said in a cold voice, "Let go."
"I won't," Saori said, taking a step forward, her face almost touching his.
Instantly, an astonishing killing intent emanated from Kyosuke's body.
But Hyuga Saori maintained her posture, completely ignoring his killing intent. The hand that was firmly holding his right hand did not relax for a moment.
Beside them, Thirteen and Seven also noticed that something was wrong. They carefully guarded their surroundings while also glancing at the two of them.
But when they saw Kyosuke's eyes, their bodies subconsciously trembled.
The reason they did so was not because they were intimidated by Kyosuke's killing intent, but because they saw a kind of indifferent expression in those eyes.
It was as if... the three people in front of him were not living beings, but a pile of branches that could be easily crushed.
Seeing this scene, the two of them knew that Kyosuke's state was indeed a bit off.
For this, the three of them directly joined forces to take Kyosuke to a quiet place to check his condition.
Perhaps because they were temporarily away from the slaughter, after a short while, Kyosuke's body suddenly trembled, and then he began to breathe heavily.
"I... I just..." Kyosuke said, his words intermittent.
Having calmed down, he couldn't help but think back to his state just now, and a sense of fear quietly rose in his heart.
"I actually had the urge to kill Saori just because she stopped me?" Kyosuke secretly blamed himself, while also thinking about what had caused this.
After much thought, he could only attribute it to the influence of this cruel battlefield. In addition, he was eager to gain more experience points, which was what had ultimately led to this situation.
"If Saori hadn't decisively controlled me just now, if this had continued..." Kyosuke, just thinking about it now, knew the terrifying consequences.
It wasn't that he would become a monster or anything. He would still be the same person, but if he had remained in that state until the end of the war, his personality would have likely changed completely.
Bloodthirsty, eager to kill, and with no regard for human life—that would probably be the best description of him at that time.
He took a light breath, and the now-calm Kyosuke looked up at Saori. Just as he was about to say something to thank her, he was directly interrupted by the disgusted-looking Saori.
"Don't thank me, and don't apologize. I was just afraid that you'd get yourself killed by a Sand ninja, and I'd have to go to the trouble of avenging you," Saori said, ignoring the two glaring clan shinobi beside her, her expression calm as she spoke these terrifying words.
"Hahaha," Kyosuke laughed loudly. At the same time, he secretly assessed his body's condition, then asked the still-disheveled but beautiful Saori, "Another round?"
"Let's go," Saori said nonchalantly.
"Alright, then we'll..."
Before Kyosuke could finish, a loud roar came from the main battlefield in the distance, which also interrupted their actions.
Before Saori could use her Byakugan to check the situation, a series of loud cheers reached the ears of the four of them.
"Long live Lord Hokage!!!"
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