Danger! Danger! Danger!
The pale moon hung in the sky, its clear light sending shivers down the spines of Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru as they stood precariously on the water's surface.
However, Veigar Koshima had no intention of instantly killing the two at this moment. Instead, he planned to use them to thoroughly refine his Flying Raijin Technique.
After all, two Jōnin, like turtles in a jar, weren't easy to find.
Facing the two Shadow Clones of Veigar that had yet to appear, Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru's breathing grew increasingly frantic.
To counter Veigar's ghost-like attacks, the two instantly stood back-to-back, their four eyes constantly darting around, filled with tension, trying to locate Veigar's Shadow Clones.
But they found nothing.
"Come out! Don't hide!" Furuyama Yūki shrieked.
Cold sweat dripped from both their foreheads.
"Heh~"
Veigar, holding his ninjatō, chuckled disdainfully at Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru.
Cloud Ninja Jōnin, with this kind of mental fortitude?
Suddenly, two ripples appeared on the water's surface. Two Shadow Clones of Veigar appeared separately in front of Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru.
Swish, swish.
Cold blades struck straight for their vitals.
Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru, on high alert, simultaneously swung their kunai as the two Shadow Clones appeared.
The two weren't afraid of a direct confrontation; they feared these ubiquitous, ghostly assaults. One misstep, and their lives could be forfeit here.
Ninjatō, kunai.
In the fleeting moment before collision...
Like a reflection in water, everything was an illusion.
The Shadow Clones of Veigar in front of Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru vanished again.
Thud, thud.
Before Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru could react, they felt a sharp pain in their abdomens.
The Shadow Clones of Veigar, who had vanished from their sight, had actually appeared at their sides and stabbed them in the abdomen.
"Get lost!"
Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru swept their kunai in a reverse grip, and the two Shadow Clones of Veigar retreated.
"Argh!"
Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru both let out fierce cries simultaneously. Veigar and his two Shadow Clones stood in three separate positions, tightly encircling them.
At this moment, the hearts of Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru were filled with a sense of humiliation that superseded their tension and fear.
Just now, Veigar could have killed them with a single strike, yet he only stabbed them once.
Moreover, it wasn't even a vital spot.
This was... toying with them!
Toying with them?
Veigar just wanted to say that Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru were overthinking it. This wasn't toying; it was training.
Treating a life-or-death battle as a form of training, in this world, besides Veigar, probably few others would do such a thing.
"Yūki!"
"Tōru!"
Trapped within Veigar's encirclement, Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru both spoke at the same time, their faces devoid of the will to survive.
At this moment, they understood that Veigar was simply beyond their capabilities.
So, only one path remained.
Fight to the death.
Kill Veigar at all costs.
Veigar watched Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru, who were clearly preparing for a desperate struggle, standing motionless. His gaze was as calm as stagnant water.
He said nothing.
"Kill!"
Rather than waiting for death, it was better to take the initiative.
Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru, shouting in unison, charged towards Veigar at the same time.
One in front, the other close behind, they cooperated tacitly.
Furuyama Yūki led the charge, with Furuyama Tōru right behind him.
Soon, Furuyama Yūki appeared next to Veigar, savagely thrusting his kunai towards Veigar's neck.
The attack was incredibly fierce, tearing the surrounding air with a sharp sound.
Using Furuyama Yūki as a screen, Furuyama Tōru lightly pushed off with his toes and leaped into the air.
"Left side, watch out!"
In mid-air, Furuyama Tōru had already completed the hand signs for his ninjutsu, letting out a startled cry as he saw Veigar suddenly appear at Furuyama Yūki's side.
Swish.
Amidst Furuyama Tōru's startled cry, he watched helplessly as Furuyama Yūki was decapitated with a single stroke.
The Veigar in front of Furuyama Yūki had vanished, and the decapitated Furuyama Yūki dissolved into a puddle of water.
Water Release: Water Clone Jutsu.
Lightning Release: Lightning Net.
At this moment, Furuyama Tōru unleashed his prepared ninjutsu, a net of lightning enveloping Veigar.
Simultaneously, a pair of hands emerged from beneath Veigar's feet, gripping him tightly.
Water Release: Submergence Technique.
Furuyama Yūki's true body had submerged in the water, and after his Water Clone was destroyed, he had been waiting for this very moment.
This time, it absolutely had to be Veigar's main body.
After his feet were seized, Veigar's expression remained unchanged, and he offered no resistance. The lightning net instantly engulfed him.
Bang.
"This is impossible..."
Watching the Veigar he had attacked with the Lightning Net jutsu simply turn into a Shadow Clone, Furuyama Tōru couldn't accept this reality.
Had their analysis been wrong?
No, it hadn't. When they launched their attack, the target they chose was indeed Veigar's main body.
However, as Furuyama Yūki's kunai swung towards him, Veigar had used the Flying Raijin Technique to swap places with a Shadow Clone.
"Argh!"
After Veigar's Shadow Clone dispersed, the person who bore the brunt of Furuyama Tōru's Lightning Net jutsu was Furuyama Yūki.
Furuyama Yūki, having been shocked by the lightning while in the water, let out a scream of agony, then collapsed onto the water's surface, barely clinging to life.
Watching Furuyama Yūki's miserable state, Furuyama Tōru felt no guilt, as this was part of the plan they had prepared beforehand.
They had simply miscalculated, failing to inflict any damage on Veigar's main body.
"Yūki, are you alright?" Furuyama Tōru landed beside Furuyama Yūki's body, his voice laced with grief.
"Run..." A whisper, as faint as a mosquito's buzz, escaped Furuyama Yūki's lips, reaching Furuyama Tōru's ears.
But Furuyama Yūki was clearly overthinking things.
At this point, Veigar was no longer in the mood to continue playing with the two. The Flying Raijin Technique had already been demonstrated in battle and had improved significantly since before.
Thud, thud.
One vertical stab, one horizontal slash.
Veigar and his Shadow Clone simultaneously appeared at the sides of Furuyama Yūki and Furuyama Tōru, delivering instant fatal blows.
Bang.
After dispelling his Shadow Clone, Veigar looked at the two corpses at his feet and the clan emblem on Furuyama Tōru's clothes. He finally remembered which clan this was.
"Kumogakure's Furuyama clan?"
"Hehe~~"
With a cold chuckle, Veigar recalled the young Furuyama clan member he had killed during the Chūnin Exams.
It was then that Veigar realized these three Jōnin from the Furuyama clan hadn't come for the bounty on his head, but purely for revenge.
But three Jōnin to deal with Veigar?
It simply wasn't enough.
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