Seeing Hijin shush, that Branch Family Ninja also realized he nearly slipped up, he looked around and saw nobody noticed, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"You two, don't be too formal with me, just be casual."
Hijin's face showed a gentle smile.
"Yes."
Although Hijin of the Main Family said so, the two Branch Family Ninjas still dared not cross their boundaries.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, their instilled thought remained loyal to the Main Family.
Even if risking their lives, they must ensure the Main Family Ninja's safety.
This will has been deeply rooted in their genes, many times unconsciously making them act to protect the Main Family.
Seeing the two's restraint, Hijin sighed, which instead aroused more suspicion.
But even if an accident happened, with the strength of the three of them…
Boom!
A sound suddenly exploded, the massive cruise ship body shuddered fiercely, rocking violently on the boundless sea.
Hijin and the two Branch Family Ninjas quickly gathered Chakra in their soles, then grabbed the railing beside them, firmly stabilizing their body on the deck.
Due to the earlier shock, the tourists on deck screamed in panic, the atmosphere of fear and chaos spread across the cruise ship.
On the azure sea, enormous waves surged overwhelmingly, threatening the cruise ship.
The cruise ship wobbled endlessly on the sea, several times nearly capsizing the giant hull.
"Wha- what happened!?"
"Seems the road back to Konoha won't be smooth sailing."
Hijin calmly stood on the deck, Byakugan activated, his gaze piercing through layers of rushing waves, saw dozens of enemies rapidly approaching the cruise ship.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bomb Jutsu!"
A roaring sound echoed in the air, behind the waves, a visually impactful water dragon formed by enormous volumes of water rushed towards the cruise ship.
Hijin glanced at the terrified tourists on the deck, frowned, then leapt forcefully into the air, Chakra expelled from the body's acupoints, his body spinning like a top.
"Revolving Heaven!"
Boom!
The water dragon collided with the massive Chakra sphere spun out by Hijin.
The water dragon shattered into torrents of water, washing over the cruise ship's deck, several tourists accidentally were swept into the sea, crying for help.
Hijin descended from the air, although he successfully blocked the water dragon's collision with Revolving Heaven, preventing the cruise ship from being smashed and sunk, the raging force struck his body simultaneously, even with Revolving Heaven buffering most force, it made him pale.
"Follow me, don't fight here!"
Hijin knew these enemies cared nothing for the ship's hundreds of lives, fighting here would make their situation precarious.
He jumped off the deck, immediately ran on the water surface.
"Yes!"
The two Branch Family Ninjas promptly followed Hijin's running lead, watching their distance from the cruise increase, even if they fought it shouldn't affect there anymore.
"Lord Hijin, what on earth are these…"
"The power of Water Style is formidable, yet their attire doesn't resemble Hidden Mist Ninja."
These people's attire bore no difference from ordinary civilians, wearing coarse linen clothes, not standard ninja outfits.
"They are disguised?"
"Can't rule out that possibility."
As Hijin finished speaking, the sea suddenly unpredictably raised white mist.
An area of one kilometer surrounded the sea, enveloped in this unforeseen white mist.
In the white mist contained immensely powerful Chakra, Byakugan's insight remained, in exchange for penetrating the fog, expending more Chakra than usual, yet for the three Hyuga ninjas, such Chakra amount was nothing.
"Hidden Mist Jutsu, such strong technique can almost seal off Sharingan. But our Hyuga's Byakugan, unparalleled in insight."
Hijin showed no fear facing this potent Hidden Mist Jutsu, within the Byakugan's observed area, number of enemies, attack directions, Chakra flow type preparing for jutsu release, could all be pre-judged.
In Ninja Realm, senseless slaughter was commonplace, yet dozens of anonymous ninja charged with dreadful killing intent, attacking the three of them, clearly targeting the trio.
Or rather the Hyuga Main Family's Kekkeigenkai — pure untethered Byakugan.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bomb Jutsu!"
The same jutsu this time cast by a total of six individuals.
Six water dragons crashed head-on, with a crushing wave turning human bodies into pulp, making the three Hyuga ninja's expressions extremely solemn.
Such intense impact, relying on a single Revolving Heaven is useless.
If only those two Branch could use Revolving Heaven, Hijin sighed inwardly.
If all three could use Revolving Heaven, they might not emerge utterly unharmed, but surely could defend, at most suffering some injuries.
Regrettably, Revolving Heaven's absolute defense form's secret technique, only available for qualified Main Family and select Branch Family Ninjas to learn.
Many Branch Jonins lacked qualification to learn it, including the two Special Jonin guards beside him.
Being hit directly by the six water dragon's concentrated waves, the lightest consequence would be severe injury.
Thus, the three kept running back, once the water dragon's force weakened from distance, solve them.