Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!
Several Sunagakure ninjas simultaneously formed hand signs.
The battle had officially begun. Violent hurricanes swept across the battlefield. Various ninjutsu intertwined. Earth-shattering roars echoed.
The Sunagakure ninjas and Amegakure ninjas simultaneously charged at each other.
Blades clashed. The sound of metal colliding echoed overhead.
Haruki knelt on the spot.
The Cursed Energy in his hand quickly healed the ninja's wounds.
The Sunagakure ninjas' objective was very clear. They desperately suppressed the Amegakure ninjas, continuously closing in on Haruki in the very center.
Yuma, in front of Haruki, roared and swung his black iron umbrella. He simultaneously faced two ninjas, already bleeding profusely from his lips, but he seemed oblivious to the pain, mechanically fending off the attacks of the two Sunagakure ninjas, using his body and black umbrella to separate them from Haruki.
Kurogaya's twin blades unsheathed, and with a flash of black light, two large wounds appeared on the Sunagakure ninja's chest.
Yushi's kunai violently collided with a Sunagakure ninja's magnet-covered arm.
Sparks flew.
Yushi heard a crisp cracking sound. His expression changed, and his gaze shifted to the kunai. A crack had appeared on the kunai.
The Sunagakure ninja let out a sneer. Another Sunagakure ninja silently slid in from the side, a sharp blade slashing across Yushi's ankle before he could defend.
Blood splattered, and Yushi's body stumbled, falling awkwardly to the ground. His achilles tendon was severed.
Seeing Yushi fallen on the ground, the Sunagakure ninjas immediately converged on him like sharks smelling blood.
Yushi gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
The pain didn't come.
Yushi opened his eyes, and saw that Rika's massive body blocked him.
Before the kunai and shuriken could strike, she crushed them into twisted scrap metal. Blood mist continuously exploded before Yushi's eyes.
Yushi suddenly felt the pain gradually fading. He turned and saw Haruki. The wound on his ankle instantly healed.
Haruki smiled at him. A surge of strength immediately welled up from within him, and Yushi stood up, rejoining the battle, swinging the twin blades in his hands.
Haruki's gaze swept over the Amegakure ninjas blocking him.
The Amegakures ninjas were already somewhat exhausted.
Yuma was still struggling to resist the Sunagakure ninjas. But his movements in swinging the umbrella became slower each time.
The originally impenetrable umbrella surface was covered with deep scratches left by various weapons and spots of poison corrosion.
The senbon within the umbrella's rim were already depleted.
Every Amegakure ninja was covered in all sorts of wounds. Though not fatal, they still affected their strength.
The number of Sunagakure ninjas was already greater than that of the Amegakure ninjas.
If this continued, there would only be one outcome. The defeat of the Amegakure ninjas was inevitable.
Wind blades grazed Kurogaya's arms, and streaks of blood immediately burst open on them. Blood continuously dripped onto the ground, and his twin blades fell with it. His hands trembled, no longer able to lift the blades from the ground.
Muteki's lips turned purple, his movements could no longer keep up with his mind. His sore and weak hands showed an imperceptible hesitation, and in that single second, he was immediately caught off guard by a Sunagakure ninja. Steel wires tightly bound his hands.
Yushi gasped heavily. With each breath, a stinging pain like needles pricking came from his lungs. He formed hand signs again, however, his Chakra was almost depleted.
Overuse of Chakra made his vision black out in waves, and his legs felt as if their bones had been removed, unable to stand.
Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!
High-pressure air bullets tore through the air, piercing Yushi's body in the blink of an eye.
Several bloody holes burst open on Yushi's body.
His expression was dazed. Only when his body heavily hit the ground did he feel the onset of pain.
Blood rapidly drained from his body. He felt his life draining away with it. No Amegakure ninja could stand up anymore to carry his body to Haruki.
All the Amegakure ninjas were already preoccupied with their own struggles. They might have wanted to move, but their bodies had lost control.
"Haruki..."
Kurogaya crawled up, only to fall back into the mud the next second. The little Chakra left in his body could only keep him from fainting, escaping with Haruki was simply impossible. But he refused to give up, continuously getting up and falling down.
The Sunagakure ninjas formed a circle, the fear in their eyes gone, looking at them mockingly.
Haruki held his hand.
Kurogaya gripped his wrist tightly and said, "Run! Run!..."
Haruki looked at the increasingly battered Amegakure ninjas, as cold rain mixed with blood slid down their faces. Their eyes all looked at him, conveying the same signal as Kurogaya.
"Run!"
Would Haruki run?
Of course not.
He came to the battlefield to earn emotional points.
It's not over yet. He hasn't even started harvesting the next wave of emotional points.
How could he run? Wouldn't that be foolishly giving up an easy gain?
"I won't run. I told you, I will protect you."
Haruki held Kurogaya's hand, his resolute gaze sweeping over each Amegakure ninja looking at him.
[Ding!]
[System detected Kurogaya's affection value +1000]
[Ding!]
[System detected Yuma's affection value +1000]
[Ding!]
[System detected Yushi's affection value +1000]
[Ding!]
...
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way~
Haruki hummed in his mind.
[...]
[Ding!]
[A total of 83,000 affection points have been collected, and your companion Cursed Spirit, Rika's rank has increased to 58.6%]
"Hmph!"
"Protect?"
The Sunagakure ninjas scoffed.
"Forget protecting them. You're going to die yourself."
A Sunagakure ninja glanced at Rika above Haruki's head, his eyes darkening. "This monster will die with you too."
"Of course..."
Their tone shifted.
"If you're willing to serve Sunagakure, we might spare your life."
A Sunagakure ninja stared at Haruki and said, "Your Medical Ninjutsu is somewhat useful."
"Live or die, you choose."
The Sunagakure ninja raised the long blade in his hand, wiping away the bloodstains bit by bit.
"I will live on as a ninja of Amegakure."
Haruki looked at the Sunagakure ninja before him and said, "And you will die."
"Hahahahahahaha..."
The Sunagakure ninja couldn't help but burst into laughter.
A child not yet ten years old, spouting such big words to nearly a hundred ninjas.
How could that not be amusing?
Even if he had a monster helping him, he was no match for them.
Suddenly, their laughter abruptly stopped. The world seemed to have been muted.
Utter silence.
Only the intertwining sounds of breathing and heartbeats remained.
A powerful killing intent, like viscous cement, instantly sealed the mouths and noses of all Sunagakure ninjas, and intense fear seized their minds.
(End of Chapter)
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