Smoke and fire filled the air across the front lines as the deafening blasts of Explosive Tags shook the battlefield.
Ninja corpses lay scattered across the ground, some from Konoha, some from Kumogakure.
An intense battle had erupted between the two sides...
"Damn it, where's the support?!"
"Hold them off! Don't let them get close!"
At this moment, the Konoha shinobi were being suppressed by Kumogakure. A breach had already opened in their defensive line.
The Kumogakure raiding force surged in. Lightning Release jutsu exploded in the midst of the chaos, and screams of agony echoed through the battlefield.
Faced with the perfectly coordinated Kumogakure forces, Konoha's formation was collapsing fast.
"Squad Three is wiped out! Requesting reinforcements!"
"Why aren't they here yet?! We can't hold out much longer!"
The Konoha shinobi fought desperately against the relentless assault.
Cries of despair rang out across the war-torn field.
Suddenly, three figures appeared on the battlefield—it was Renya's team, finally arriving.
"Whoosh—!"
A flash of a blade.
A Kumogakure chunin charging forward suddenly froze in place as blood gushed from his throat, and he crumpled to the ground.
Renya appeared like a ghost in the center of the battlefield, his blade completely unstained by blood.
His three-tomoe Sharingan spun slowly, eyes locking onto two Kumogakure jonin.
"These two are mine."
"Danzo, suppress the enemies on the right. Koharu, go treat the wounded."
Shimura Danzo quickly formed hand seals.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
Dozens of high-pressure wind blades howled through the air, forcing several Kumogakure chunin trying to attack from the right to retreat.
Turning Koharu darted toward the cluster of wounded, beginning medical treatment under the protection of Konoha ninja.
The arrival of Renya and his team halted the momentum of Kumogakure's assault.
"Reinforcements from Konoha!"
"Be alert, those are Konoha jonin!"
"Wait, that's an Uchiha—watch out for his Sharingan!"
Without wasting a word, Renya charged at the two Kumogakure jonin on the left.
"Arrogant brat!" one of the jonin roared and formed seals.
A bolt of lightning took the form of a violet-blue leopard and lunged at Renya. His three-tomoe Sharingan spun as he effortlessly traced the trajectory of the attack.
"Whoosh!"
Renya's figure suddenly vanished, reappearing at the jonin's side, his katana slicing down from above.
"What?!"
The Kumogakure jonin hadn't expected Renya to be so fast. He couldn't dodge in time.
On instinct, he channeled Lightning Chakra into his arm and raised it in defense.
"Clang—"
A shocking sight—the jonin had forcefully blocked the katana's strike.
The sharp blade only left a faint wound on his arm.
Seeing his attack fail, Renya immediately withdrew to create distance.
"Kid, your attacks are laughably weak against me," the jonin sneered smugly.
His physical strength was among the top in the village.
He could almost rival the Raikage-sama...
Combined with Lightning Chakra's natural defense, he could easily shrug off most attacks.
It was this overwhelming physical resilience that allowed him to rampage across the battlefield.
But Renya didn't look disappointed at all. Instead, he smirked mockingly at the man.
"Your body's tough, I'll give you that. But..."
Before he could finish, the Kumogakure jonin felt something was wrong.
He instinctively glanced at his wounded arm—only to see it rapidly turning black, blood vessels bulging and pulsing as the darkening spread like wildfire.
"Poison...?!" Horror overtook his face as he looked at Renya. The arrogance from moments before was completely gone.
His comrade, seeing what was happening, quickly pulled out an antidote from his ninja pouch.
"Quick, take this!"
The jonin's panic eased the moment he saw the antidote.
This was the antidote Raikage-sama had purchased at great cost from the Kazekage.
Said to be the creation of a genius poison master from the Land of Wind, it could neutralize most known toxins.
Each pill cost a staggering 100,000 ryō.
After buying them, Raikage-sama had distributed the entire batch to the jonin of the village.
He himself had once been poisoned and was saved thanks to this very antidote.
He knew better than anyone how effective it was.
Thinking of this, the jonin swallowed the pill immediately, confidence returning to his face.
"Hmph. Kid, I admit you gave me a scare, but..."
He never finished his sentence. The jonin suddenly collapsed, body convulsing, frothing at the mouth—dead.
"And where did you get the confidence to think you could neutralize my poison?" Renya looked at the corpse with a strange expression.
Watching the man take the antidote so confidently had almost fooled even him.
But even Sunagakure's so-called genius poison master was helpless against the toxins Renya created.
So what chance did Kumogakure's antidotes stand?
"Bastard!" The remaining jonin looked on in horror and dread.
Since when did Konoha develop such terrifying poisons?
Even the antidote developed in Sunagakure was completely ineffective…
Renya didn't give him time to think. He brought his left hand behind his back and began forming hand seals.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
With a low shout, a massive fireball several meters in diameter shot through the air.
The Kumogakure jonin hastily leapt away to avoid the incoming flames.
Just as he landed, he realized—Renya had vanished.
A wave of dread surged through his chest. He instinctively looked behind him—only to meet a pair of blood-red eyes.
No!
A flash of steel, and his head hit the ground.
The surrounding ninja were stunned.
Kumogakure or Konoha, both sides halted momentarily in shock.
That speed—was he even human?!
Before anyone could react, Renya had vanished again.
No one could tell where he would strike from next.
The Konoha ninja, upon seeing the forehead protector on Renya's head, all let out a breath of relief.
Thank goodness this terrifying guy was on their side.
The Kumogakure ninja, however, looked grim.
With speed like that, he was practically impossible to defend against.
After a brief pause, the ninja returned to fighting once more.
Seeing Renya's overwhelming strength, the morale of the Konoha forces soared.
This section of the battlefield was only one part of the front line.
The total number of shinobi on both sides wasn't many—just a couple dozen.
Originally over twenty; now, just a little more than ten remained.
...
With the addition of Renya's team, the tide turned swiftly.
As the fighting continued, Kumogakure's casualties began to mount.
"Retreat! Everyone fall back!"
"Don't touch that Uchiha's poisoned blade!"
After Renya cut down two more jonin, the Kumogakure commander finally ordered a retreat.
The remaining enemy forces fled like a receding tide.
Renya didn't pursue. He only stood there, coldly watching their retreat.
"We won… We actually won!"
The remaining Konoha shinobi cheered, faces lit with the joy of victory.
Renya sheathed his blade and said softly:
"This is just the beginning."
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