Chapter 162

Hiruko felt his vision blur for a fraction of a second as the scenery before him shifted from Hinata to the sky. A fierce sensation of weightlessness overwhelmed his entire body. Only then did Hiruko realize that he had actually been grabbed and hoisted into the air by that young Hyuga girl. Clearly just a child whose height didn't even reach his chest, she was somehow able to lift him—someone who had undergone layer upon layer of intense bodily reinforcement. It felt as though he had reverted to being an ordinary ninja of the past, someone who could only gaze up in awe at geniuses and noble clans. All those years of unscrupulous growth suddenly seemed like an illusory dream, and the moment he was caught was the moment of waking.