Be careful, these aren't ordinary brats!"
The smoke began to slowly dissipate, revealing Ruri's Sharingan and Ayane's Byakugan.
As the only two bloodline ninja clans in Konoha, the Uchiha and Hyuga had caused considerable trouble for ninjas from various villages during previous ninja wars.
The Sharingan, in particular, had earned the fearsome reputation of 'one-on-one, always flee.'
When fighting a Sharingan ninja alone, the chances of victory were virtually zero.
After Ruri and Ayane revealed their bloodlines, the surrounding ninjas felt a chill in their hearts.
The ninja who first attacked Ayane was merely a Chunin from the Sand Village, yet he was easily dealt with by Ayane, who possessed the Byakugan, amidst the smoke.
Even if carelessness played a part, it would be impossible to make any small moves under the watchful gaze of those eyes.
Moreover, Ruri's Sharingan was also glaring menacingly nearby.
As for Shiraishi, the inconspicuous medical ninja, they actively ignored him.
He was just a medical ninja; once the main enemy force was defeated, Shiraishi, in their eyes, was no different from a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"In that case, we just need to separate the three of them!"
A ninja wearing a Sand Village forehead protector had a solemn expression, as a large amount of visible chakra gathered in his hands, which he then slammed to the ground.
"Earth Style: Fissure!"
Boom!
Shiraishi and the other two immediately changed their expressions.
The ground began to crack inch by inch as if an earthquake had struck, and the area was vast.
Unable to think of a countermeasure in time, the surrounding earth and rocks continuously caved in and shattered.
The three of them had no choice but to channel chakra to their feet to avoid being thrown off by the immense tremors caused by the earthquake.
Seeing Shiraishi and the others' formation become chaotic due to the cracking ground, the remaining ninjas leaped forward again, their eyes filled with intense killing intent.
"This guy…"
Ruri's gaze locked onto the Sand ninja using Earth Style.
That incredibly skilled Earth Style ninjutsu, its immense power, and its perfect ability to segment the battlefield, made him seem more like a Stone ninja than a Sand ninja.
Her crimson two-tomoe Sharingan began to spin.
The moment the enemy moved, she did not retreat or evade, choosing to meet them head-on.
"With the Sharingan, as long as you avoid their eyes…"
The Sand ninja who engaged Ruri, let's assume they are Sand ninjas for now, as they indeed wore Sand ninja forehead protectors.
Although Ruri had already begun to doubt the identity of this Sand unit.
Of course, it's not to say that the Sand unit was wrong, but there must have been unidentified ninjas mixed in.
This Sand ninja, who was fighting Ruri, was very confident.
When participating in this ninja war, experienced ninjas from the village had warned them that if they encountered an Uchiha ninja with an activated Sharingan, they needed to avoid direct eye contact, otherwise, they would be defeated by genjutsu.
Even if avoiding their eyes made it easy for the enemy to gain an advantage, as a Special Jonin, he only needed to intercept the opponent once, allowing the others to come in for a pincer attack, which would guarantee victory.
As he thought this, he blocked Ruri's kunai with his own.
However, the fierce force that surged into his arm instantly turned his face pale.
He even had the auditory hallucination of bones cracking.
His body stiffened for a moment, and he instinctively looked up, meeting a pair of crimson eyes.
In an instant, his consciousness fell into chaos, and his gaze became vacant.
Ruri slashed his neck with her kunai, and the moment blood splattered, she disappeared with a Body Flicker Jutsu, rushing towards the next target, her movements fluid and graceful.
Shiraishi, watching Ruri and Ayane unleash their power from the very back, showed no surprise.
Although the enemy's strength was formidable, two bloodline ninjas were gathered here, both the renowned Sharingan and Byakugan, so they wouldn't suffer a defeat in the short term, at least.
After all, the strongest ninjas in this unit were currently attacking Sakumo, or rather, restraining him.
The opponent's strategy was likely to primarily restrain Sakumo, while the remaining combat forces quickly dealt with Shiraishi and the others, then together siege Sakumo to kill the renowned White Fang of Konoha.
This would be a significant blow to Konoha's morale.
But they underestimated Sakumo's strength, and their more serious mistake was not anticipating the powerful combat abilities of Ruri and Ayane.
Ayane, for now, is still a bit short of being a Jonin, but Ruri's overall ability has completely reached Jonin level.
Combined with the deterrent power of the Sharingan, it would require two Jonin to suppress her.
Just as Shiraishi was thinking behind a large tree, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked, and something was about to burst out of the earth.
"Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu—"
Pfft!
He interrupted the enemy's ninjutsu release.
The kunai pierced into the hard, muddy ground.
Shiraishi remained in a squatting position, his gaze calm.
"Don't suddenly pop out and scare me…"
The ninja hidden in the ground lost his life forever.
He lightly pulled out the kunai, poked at the mud, and plugged the blood-stained hole where the kunai had been, slowly smoothing out the cracks, unhurriedly, as if nothing had happened here.
Afterward, Shiraishi continued to take out smoke bombs from his ninja tool pouch.
He threw them towards Ayane.
The smoke bombs exploded, producing a large amount of white smoke that enveloped the area.
Seeing themselves in a vision-obstructing smoke screen, the enemies all wanted to retreat.
Another smoke bomb was thrown, continuously expanding the smoke's range.
For Ayane, this was an excellent battlefield.
The enemy could use Earth Style to segment the battlefield, so Shiraishi could also use smoke bombs to create an exclusive battleground convenient for the Byakugan.
Not only that, Ruri's area was also affected by the smoke.
However, Ruri, who often played fighting games with Shiraishi with her eyes closed, merely lost the genjutsu doujutsu of her Sharingan; her movements were not hindered.
So, she only needed to make herself believe she was fighting with her eyes closed, and regain the rhythm she had when playing those closed-eye fighting games.
As a result, those Sand ninjas must have been furious at Shiraishi, the weak medical ninja who constantly threw smoke bombs while cowering in the back.
Shiraishi saw how such small smoke bombs could have such a huge effect, and he pondered thoughtfully.
It seems he needed to create special smoke bombs that would make the smoke condense for longer and spread over a wider area.
During battles, he would only be responsible for healing and throwing smoke bombs.
If this tactic worked, it would be a unique new tactic developed by their Sakumo squad.
"Damn it! Take out that brat who's throwing smoke bombs first!"
Unable to bear the blinding environment any longer, a Sand Jonin roared in anger, almost spitting blood.
They were not used to fighting in smoke, and fighting with their eyes closed against an enemy was practically suicidal.
But if they kept their eyes open, the visible range was very small, yet the enemy knew their every move.
This fighting style was incredibly frustrating.
Their lineup was clearly stronger than the opponent's, and they could have quickly formed an absolute suppressive force, but after Shiraishi occasionally threw a smoke bomb, the tide of the battle was turned.
And if they wanted to deal with Shiraishi, they had to get past the combination of Ruri and Ayane.
They also wondered, wasn't there a ninja skilled in Earth Style stealth who went after him? Why hadn't there been any action yet?
Does it really take this long to deal with a medical ninja who only has Genin-level strength?
(PS: I just got my computer back this afternoon and wrote one chapter; the second chapter will be posted tonight…)