CH 518

The lamp above the head flickered and dimmed, making bursts of contact noises.

“Cough-cough” Hinata was like a cat, with a dusty face coughed slightly, then looked at the surroundings with a dazed expression.

“Please… someone save me.”

“It hurts!”

“I want Okasan… Uhwaaa… I want my Okasan!”

At this time, several strong and weak cries filled with intermittent moans, and painful wailing were coming from all corners of the refugee shelter, overlapping each other and causing the refugee to fall into a painful and sorrowful state.

Hinata looked around, and her eyes were dim, she doesn’t seem to be able to see or understand what exactly happened all of a sudden.

The long rows of tube lights on the dome of the refugee shelter had already been broken for some reason, and the few remaining lights were also flickering and dimming due to the damage in the power system.

Dust and rubble are constantly falling from the roof, so the entire refugee seems to be covered in smoke and dust making it very hard to see even three or four meters ahead.

While Hinata was unresponsive to the situation, suddenly a figure rushed towards her, and while shaking her shoulder, he asked, “Hey, are you hurt somewhere?”

Hearing the familiar voice, Hinata’s eyes gained focus, she was able to clearly see the figure in front of her, and replied, “Naruto-Kun? I… I am not injured! But I am unable to get up because of those rocks.”

“Oh… alright then. I will remove these rocks.” After nodding lightly, Naruto removed the rocks on the side and helped Hinata get up.

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As Hinata got up she noticed that her sister Hanabi is also next to her, although, Hanabi seems to have lost consciousness.

After making sure that Hanabi was not injured, Hinata discovered Shion, who was originally sitting beside her was buried in the rocks.

“Ah… Shion-chan!” With an exclaim, she with the help of Naruto removed the rocks.

It didn’t take long for the two little guys to clear up the rocks and found that Shion wasn’t the only one buried under the rocks. Apart from Shion, Taruho was also present, and it seemed as if Taruho had protected Shion with his own body.

After rescuing Shion and Taruho, Hinata asked with a concerned expression, “Are you alright?”

Taruho nodded weakly, to be honest, he was actually prepared to die, after all, Shion had actually foretold his death… but it seems that something has changed.

Anyhow, he is alive, and although he is injured, his injuries are not too severe and there doesn’t seem to be any immediate danger to his life.

On the other hand, Shion, who had also been rescued seems to be crying… She is very scared at this moment. The tragic scenes she saw in the prophecy seem to be fulfilling one after another.

Both Naruto and Hinata were at a loss for how to help Shion, even Taruho didn’t know what to do.

“Hinata-Sama… Hanabi-sama!” At this moment, Hyuga Natsu (Hanabi’s caretaker) also found them and checked their state.

Not far away, Sasuke’s mother carried the unconscious Kiyomi and looked at the socking scene, her face was heavy and painful, and she said to Sasuke standing beside her, “Sasuke, you go and help the others.”

Although Sasuke is only seven years old, in the Shinobi World, this age is already considered old enough to be on the battlefield fighting in the wars.

In the Third Great Shinobi War, many children under the age of eight participated in the war, not to mention her older son Itachi who witnessed the cruelty of war at the age of four, so in the eyes of Mikoto, Sasuke is not just her son, but also a Shinobi.

Looking at the bleeding leg of his mother, and unconscious Kiyomi carried by her mother, Sasuke hesitated, “But Okasan… your leg… and Kiyomi…”

“Kiyomi-chan is just unconscious and nothing more, as for me, such a small injury is not enough to hinder me, so you don’t have to worry about the two of us.” As she said, Mikoto activated her three-tomoe Sharingan and said while gently rubbing Sasuke’s head, “Don’t forget Sasuke, I am also a Jonin!”

Sasuke no longer hesitated, he stood up and shouted to Naruto who was not far away, “Naruto, come with me, let’s save the others!”

“Oh, got it Sasuke!” Naruto nodded hastily.

While Naruto was about to go with Sasuke, Hinata whispered in a low tone, “Naruto-Kun, can I also come with you? I… I have the Byakugan, it will be easier to find the others!”

Sasuke walked over, looked up and down at Hinata, and then said, “You can follow, but you have to act smartly, and not hinder us…”

Hinata nodded hastily, “Yes, thank you Sasuke-Kun.” – After saying so she turned towards Natsu, and said, “Natsu-san, please take care of Hanabi-chan and Shion-chan. I am going to help others with Naruto-Kun, and Sasuke-Kun.” Then immediately followed Sasuke and Naruto without waiting for Natsu’s reply.

“Huh…? wait, Hinata-sama!” Natsu wanted to stop Hinata, but by the time she had reacted, Hinata had already walked away with Sasuke and Naruto, “Oh… what am I going to do now? If something were to happen to Hinata-Sama…”

At the same time, Mikoto along with the other Shinobi present at the refugee shelter also started to carry out the search and rescue operation, while also reinforcing the walls of the refugee shelter in order to ensure the safety of the villagers.

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On the other side, three little guys walked through the refugee shelter, although the entire shelter was filled with dust and smoke, and rubble, finding and rescuing Konoha Villagers buried under rocks wasn’t very difficult because of Hinata’s Byakugan, coupled with Sasuke and Naruto’s combined efforts.

After a while, they came to a large cavernous boulder that seems to have blocked the passage.

Looking at the completely collapsed passage in front of her, Hinata can’t help but mutter in worry, “Why is this happening? Why did the refugee shelter collapse all of a sudden?”

Naturally, Naruto couldn’t answer. He doesn’t really have much of an understanding of what exactly is going on. So instead of thinking about this problem, he stepped forward, tried to push away the boulder blocking the passage, and found that he couldn’t move the boulder at all!

Of course, Sasuke is different from Naruto, he thought about it a little, and said casually, “This refugee shelter is tens of meters underground, even if there is a very big explosion on the surface, it should not affect here…”

Naruto said with a smirk, “Then why have so many places collapsed at this refugee shelter?”

Sasuke obviously didn’t have the answer, and said angrily, “How do I know? But… something very big must have happened on the surface for its impact to have even reached here…”

Hinata said with a worried tone, “I don’t know how my Otou-Sama and Sensei are now…”

Listening to Hinata, even Sasuke also became faintly worried, but he soon reassured himself, ‘Humph! My Otou-san is the Patriarch of the Uchiha Clan as well as the Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force… he must be fine!’

While Hinata and Sasuke were busy in their thoughts, there was suddenly a sound of hurried footsteps getting closer and closer.

The three little guys looked in the direction of the hurried footsteps, and soon recognized the identity of the person coming over.

Sasuke said, “it’s you… Hyuga Neji!”

Neji nodded at the few people in front of him, then immediately said to Hinata, “Hinata-sama, you shouldn’t run around at this place… it could be dangerous… Natsu-san is worried about you.”

Hinata bowed her head, and apologized, “I just wanted to help Naruto-Kun and Sasuke-Kun in rescuing the others, please forgive me, Neji-nii-san.”

Listening to the discussion between Neji and Hinata, Naruto frowned, “They are both quite weird… why do they refer to each other in this way?”

Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest, and explained to Naruto, “Hyuga Neji and Hinata are from the Hyuga Clan… although they are from the same clan, Hinata is from the main family, not to mention she is the eldest daughter of the Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan, which means that Hinata is going to be the next patriarch of the entire Hyuga Clan so her status is equivalent to my Nii-san in the Uchiha Clan.

On the other hand, Neji is just a member of the Branch family of the Hyuga Clan and is responsible for the protection of Hinata. Although the two of them are cousins, there is a stark difference in their status. Hinata is the master in the Hyuga Clan, while Hyuga Neji is just a retainer who is responsible for the protection of the main family.”

Naruto muttered in confusion, “I don’t understand… obviously both of them are relatives of similar age, so why are they divided into masters and retainers? It’s really confusing.”

Sasuke glanced at Naruto and said in a disdainful tone, “Idiot Naruto… in major Shinobi Clans like that of Uchiha and the Hyuga there are various rules and traditions… and we have to uphold those rules and traditions.”

Listening to Sasuke and Naruto discussing the status difference between the Main Family and the Branch Family of the Hyuga Clan, in front of them Neji was embarrassed.

As he grew older, Neji gradually understood the difference between the Main Family, and the Branch Family, and also understands his role as a member of the Branch Family. He is not disgusted with the idea of protecting Hinata, but what Neji truly hopes is to be able to protect Hinata as an older brother protecting his younger sister, rather than a member of the branch family protecting a member of the main family.

At this moment, Neji suddenly shouted, “Everyone, move aside!” and subconsciously pulled Hinata backwards.

With Neji’s warning, Sasuke and Naruto also reacted and moved away.

Boom!

Not long after the four children retreated, the huge boulder blocking the passage was blown up.

After dodging the rocks that came in their direction, the four children saw through the breach in the passage and found that on the other end of the passage, several Konoha Shinobi were fighting fiercely against a shinobi wearing the traditional Akatsuki Cloak.

Looking at them, Neji and Hinata quickly recognized the identity of one of the Konoha Shinobi, and exclaimed, “That’s Yui-sensei!” “Yui-san!”