Chapter 243: Mist Assault! Silent Killing Technique
Night fell.
The Land of Water.
Izumi Uchiha and the others sprinted rapidly through the night, traversing one town and one forest after another. Upon seeing an ordinary village ahead, Jūzō Biwa was the first to stop.
Looking at the village not far ahead, Jūzō Biwa frowned.
Izumi Uchiha and the others behind also stopped.
"Meow, there's the smell of blood." Kijiro sniffed the gusts of night wind blowing towards them. He narrowed his eyes and said: "The smell of blood is very faint. Human senses wouldn't be able to detect it. This means the bloodstain ahead has been deliberately handled."
Jūzō Biwa said gravely: "Although I don't smell anything strange, my intuition tells me something is wrong ahead."
"This is the time when ordinary people cook. Although smoke is rising from all the chimneys in the village ahead, the feeling is a little too deliberate. After all, it's unlikely that ordinary people would all be cooking at the exact same time."
"There's always one or two households that have already finished dinner early. Or, there will always be one or two households that haven't started cooking yet."
Izumi Uchiha behind, upon hearing this, the look of confusion in her bright eyes immediately vanished, replaced by an expression of sudden realization.
She pulled out a small notebook and jotted down the experience of the elite Mist ninja, Jūzō Biwa.
The girl considered herself not to be an exceptionally gifted ninja.
Besides pursuing justice to receive its reward, she also had to constantly learn from the experiences of others. Only then could she become a little stronger. Jūzō Biwa was undecided. He turned to look at Izumi Uchiha, asking in a low voice: "We don't know yet whether the people hiding inside are targeting us or someone else. Should we charge straight in? Or avoid trouble and take a detour—huh?"
Jūzō Biwa was suddenly stunned, because he saw Ikeizumi Uchiha walking straight ahead without concealing his figure at all. Hey! Hey! Hey!
Didn't he just expose their location immediately?
"Meow, Izumi-sama's style is to be just." Kijiro followed behind Ikeizumi Uchiha, also walking out openly. He said: "Speaking of which, it's not the first time you've met Izumi-sama. What's there to be so shocked about?"
Jūzō Biwa: "..."
That's actually true.
Being "outdone" by this ninja cat once again made Jūzō Biwa feel a bit embarrassed, fortunately, his expression management was excellent.
"Hmph, then we'll just have to kill our way through." Jūzō Biwa kept a straight face, took the Kubikiribōchō (Decapitating Carving Knife) off his back, and followed suit.
Izumi Uchiha quickly put away the paper and pen in her hand and walked at the very end.
"They've arrived... the rogue ninja Jūzō Biwa has entered the range."
A Mist Anbu ninja hidden in the shadows of the night rapidly formed hand signs.
In an instant.
From all directions, an extremely dense fog began to permeate. The large amount of fog and the naturally poor visibility of the night instantly made the surroundings of Izumi Uchiha and the others pitch black.
It was so dark that their eyes couldn't even see objects more than a meter away.
"Damn it."
A hint of displeasure flashed across Jūzō Biwa's face. He couldn't help but tighten his grip on the hilt of his Kubikiribōchō and said: "It seems they are targeting us, or perhaps targeting me. This should be the Hidden Mist Village's Hiding in Mist Technique. It seems—the information from those three Mist ninjas on the boat has already reached the Hidden Mist Village."
Jūzō Biwa commanded in a low voice: "Be careful! This is the Hidden Mist Village ninjas' most favored Mist Silent Killing Technique! The enemies are all hidden in the fog. Do not overly trust your vision and hearing. The enemies' movements are silent!"
"They might even deliberately create false noises to interfere with our perception! What your eyes see and what your ears hear are not necessarily real. You can only trust your intuition!"
Jūzō Biwa's words were clearly not meant to remind Ikeizumi Uchiha, after all, he felt he wasn't qualified to remind this terrifying man.
He was reminding Izumi Uchiha (the girl), the Uchiha girl who looked like a novice rookie.
And that ninja cat that annoyed him a bit.
At the same time.
A Mist Anbu ninja hidden in the shadows looked confused and reminded Yagura Karatachi beside him: "Mizukage-sama, the rogue ninja Jūzō Biwa seems to have several companions. This is somewhat beyond our expectation and outside our intelligence."
A situation beyond intelligence was indeed enough to make all the Mist Anbu ninjas present become wary and vigilant.
"It doesn't matter."
Yagura Karatachi said coldly: "Since they are Jūzō Biwa's companions, they are enemies of the Hidden Mist Village! If they are not sensible, then kill them all!"
"Yes!" The Mist Anbu ninja vaguely felt that Mizukage-sama's tone was somewhat different from usual.
But he didn't dwell on it at this time.
Under Yagura Karatachi's command, over thirty long-ambushed Mist Anbu ninjas, holding various ninja tools, silently and rapidly closed in on Izumi Uchiha and the others.
"Meow, Izumi-sama, this fog has a strange smell that makes it hard for me to clearly distinguish their scent."
Kijiro sniffed and said.
Compared to Jūzō Biwa's grave expression, Ikeizumi Uchiha was as calm as ever. A faint smell of sulfur had begun to spread in all directions. Jūzō Biwa keenly noticed that the surrounding temperature had suddenly risen significantly.
As Jūzō Biwa's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, he subtly moved sideways, distancing himself slightly from Ikeizumi Uchiha.
Drip. A drop of crimson lava had fallen onto the ground.
Causing a small flame to ignite from the damp earth beneath his feet.
It was at this instant!
A sharp scythe tore through the rolling dense fog and slashed down towards Izumi Uchiha's head; two iron chains also flew through the air, respectively binding Izumi Uchiha's left and right feet; several kunai flew straight for Izumi Uchiha's vitals.
Izumi Uchiha and Jūzō Biwa were also attacked simultaneously.
Several ninja swords emerged from the dense fog, silently slashing towards Jūzō Biwa's back; a large number of sharp shuriken, like scattering raindrops, flew rapidly towards Jūzō Biwa's face.
Two ninja swords, one front and one back, stabbed towards Izumi's throat and heart respectively!
This group of Mist Anbu ninjas had, with this Mist Silent Killing Technique, killed countless enemies and managed to retreat unscathed.
"—"
When stabbed by the ninja swords, Izumi's body suddenly turned into a puff of white smoke, leaving a wood log in place.
Jūzō Biwa suddenly crouched low, dodging the shuriken flying towards his face; then he raised his Kubikiribōchō, using the blade, which was as large as a door panel, to block behind him.
Only the sound of metallic collision was heard. All the attacks from behind were blocked by him.
On the other side.
The huge scythe slashing down towards Ikeizumi Uchiha's head suddenly halted a few centimeters away from his skull.
The blade of the scythe trembled slightly. The user was clearly using all their strength, yet they still couldn't make the scythe chop down further.
This was because, at some unknown point, Ikeizumi Uchiha's right hand had gripped the edge of the scythe, holding it firmly in the air.
Puff puff puff puff puff—
The kunai flying straight for Izumi Uchiha's vitals missed his body but did not cause any ripple or splatter of blood. They passed directly out of his back.
However, these kunai hadn't flown far before they fell down as puddles of melted iron.
The iron chains binding Ikeizumi Uchiha's feet also visibly turned extremely red.
"Hiss—" A sudden gasp of pain echoed in the dense fog.
The moment the iron chains melted and snapped, the Mist ninja holding the chains tossed them away with a look of horror and retreated repeatedly.
His palms had been completely seared by the high temperature.
Ikeizumi Uchiha, completely unharmed, clapped his hands. The ground beneath their feet began to tremble violently, causing the expressions of the group of Mist ninjas hiding in the dense fog to change slightly. They didn't know what was happening.
The next moment.
Innumerable wooden thorns pierced out from the ground beneath their feet! The dense thorns instantly transformed into a small forest, piercing through the limbs of one unprepared Mist ninja after another.
Some had their arms pierced with a bloody hole; some had their feet nailed firmly to the ground; and the unluckiest one had a wooden thorn pierce through his anus and exit through the crown of his head.
Screams of agony rose and fell.
Exposing their positions,
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