But… this person, if he was eavesdropping, why was he still secretly watching him even after he'd stopped moving?
Something was wrong!
Qingshui suddenly realized with a jolt.
Through the God's-eye view of the Transparent World, he saw the Rain Hidden guard hold up two fingers with the hand he'd hidden at his side.
Not good!
Qingshui wrapped an arm around Pakura, rapidly retreating, and instantly drew the Ninja Blade from his waist with his right hand.
The person standing at the front of the group also turned around at the same time, gripping a Kunai and lunging towards Qingshui.
This was an assassination, an assassination targeting him!
The enemy was incredibly bold, daring to assassinate him even with the Third Kazekage and Salamander Hanzo, two of the Ninja World's peak powerhouses, present.
"Separation Breathing, First Form: Ion Cut!"
The Ninja Blade carved a perfect arc in mid-air, knocking away the assassin's Kunai with a single strike.
At the same moment, the Rain Hidden ninja who had made the hand gesture quickly formed hand signs and slammed his hand onto the ground.
"Lightning Release: Four Pillars Binding Technique!"
Four slender stone pillars rose from the surrounding empty ground, emitting a fine lightning net that formed a barrier, enclosing him, Qingshui, Pakura, and the other assassin.
The others were startled as well, then quickly moved to attack the barrier.
"Oboro! Kyosui! What are you doing!"
Hanzo, hearing the commotion, instantly Body Flickered into appearance, exclaiming in shock.
The Third Kazekage's face was even colder. He formed hand signs, manipulating Iron Sand into conical shapes to attack the barrier.
The person who came to assassinate Qingshui was very strong in Taijutsu. After his Kunai was knocked away, he swiftly drew the Ninja Blade from his waist and engaged Qingshui in close combat, managing to last ten rounds against Qingshui.
Well, that was actually quite impressive. Neither Qingshui nor they had expected it.
The Transparent World combined with Breathing Style provided a significant boost in close combat, granting Qingshui a prescient predictive ability and incredible burst power.
Only top masters of the Ninja World, like White Fang or Hanzo, could possibly overpower Qingshui in close combat.
If another two or three years passed and Qingshui's body fully matured, he might even be able to overpower them.
The assassin was even more bewildered.
Qingshui and Pakura were the strongest and most famous of the Sand Village's new generation of ninjas.
Becoming a Jonin before the age of fifteen almost guaranteed Kage-level potential in the future.
But these two were still very young: one was a Puppet Master most afraid of close combat, and the other was a Ninjutsu-type ninja, a woman at that, with no special bloodline and no demonstrated Secret Techniques.
Therefore, their Taijutsu abilities should inevitably be limited by their physical development, at most just barely crossing the Jonin passing mark.
But how could Qingshui's Swordplay be so strong?!
Even if White Fang himself came to assassinate, he might not be able to take him down so quickly!
Moreover, this guy's Swordplay was completely different from the mainstream in the Ninja World; every move was aimed straight for his head!
"Separation Breathing, Seventh Form: Separation Mirror!"
The Ninja Blade drew a bright mirror from bottom to top, then shattered with a crash, transforming into countless blade lights that enveloped the assassin, finally lightly, gracefully, slicing across his neck.
At the same time, Pakura used Fire Release in conjunction with Wind Release to burn the other person to a crisp.
The crisis seemed to be resolved. The barrier, deprived of Chakra, also began to weaken gradually.
Once the Lightning Release Chakra contained within the stone pillars ran out, the barrier would naturally dissipate.
Qingshui's expression changed. He Body Flickered again, one arm wrapped around Pakura's slender waist, the other holding his Ninja Blade, his body rotating to gain momentum as he slashed at a certain spot on the barrier.
"Separation Breathing, Eighth Form: Separation Wheel!"
Sparse cracks appeared on the surface of the barrier.
This spot had just been heavily struck by the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release, making it weaker.
Meanwhile, black cursed markings appeared on the ninja Qingshui had decapitated, spewing black liquid outwards.
Another slash was delivered, but this time from outside the barrier.
Salamander Hanzo, holding his scythe, struck the same spot.
The barrier shattered with a roar, and the range of the black liquid spraying out rapidly expanded, about to engulf Qingshui and Pakura.
Hanzo had already used Water Body Flicker to retreat. Qingshui, holding Pakura with one hand, dropped his Ninja Blade with the other, and formed the hand signs for the Wind Rush Technique with a single hand, rapidly retreating.
Suddenly, Iron Sand dispersed, transforming into countless tentacles. On one side, it blocked the black liquid, and on the other, it bound Qingshui and Pakura, pulling them outwards.
With the Third Kazekage's intervention, Qingshui and Pakura finally escaped the range of the black liquid.
Finally, the black liquid transformed into black light, forming a massive sphere that swallowed everything around it.
Qingshui looked at the huge crater that had appeared before him, a lingering fear in his heart.
This was… the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique?!
This meant it was an assassination attempt by Konoha.
After the destruction of the Uzumaki clan, only Konoha had mastered Sealing Jutsu of this caliber.
Other ninja villages, let alone the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique, couldn't even perform its basic Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
A mass of gold dust hastily drifted down from the sky. Rasa leaped off it, landing and seeing the large crater before him, a few cold beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
It's over.
Not only did I not get any credit for this, but I'll probably be punished.
"Teacher Third, I..."
The Third Kazekage raised a hand, stopping Rasa mid-sentence. Several masses of Iron Sand floated out from behind him, retrieving the corpse lying in the center of the crater.
The Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique could seal everything in its vicinity into the user's body. While the user would die, it was because they served as the vessel for sealing everything around them; their corpse would still remain.
"His head was cut off by Qingshui and sealed away with the rest, so it couldn't be brought back. Take this back and have Elder Chiyo examine the seal on it."
The Third Kazekage tossed the corpse to an accompanying Anbu from the Sand Village, then looked at Rasa.
"Teacher Third, according to intel, the enemy should be from Konoha."
"With such a Sealing Jutsu, who else but Konoha could do it? Rasa, you failed to complete your assigned mission this time, and I am very disappointed."
"I apologize, Teacher Third. I've already investigated everything I could and even rooted out a few spies from other ninja villages. It's just that with the Rain Village, I don't have the authority..."
Rasa quickly lowered his head, explaining.
First, he showed that he had been working diligently and achieved some results, then he shifted the blame to the Rain Village.
"I am very sorry, Lord Third Kazekage."
Hanzo sighed.
"I didn't expect there to be Konoha spies among my own people."
Those two were young ninjas who had recently risen in the Rain Village over the past few years and were highly regarded by Hanzo. Now it seemed these two were originally Konoha operatives, and their rise was likely due to Konoha's backing.
"You shouldn't apologize to me, but to these two young men."
The Third Kazekage said to Hanzo.
At this moment, everyone's gaze turned to the two main figures of this assassination.
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