Ren Uchiha pivoted, slamming his foot into the ground as he swung his water blade. With a single strike of the Uchiha Style: Halo Dance, the three water whips were instantly severed. Without missing a beat, he lunged forward and hurled the Water Fang Blade directly at his enemies.
The three Hunter-nin didn't expect Ren to treat a high-level ninjutsu like a common projectile. A regular kunai had suddenly become an "enchanted" weapon, screeching with high-speed water currents. Fearing for their lives, they scrambled in different directions, not daring to block it.
Seeing this, Ren's eyes lit up. New world unlocked! Combining his brute-force throwing style with the ability to create elemental blades on the fly... "Honestly," he muttered, "this is actually meta as hell."
He quickly wove signs for another Water Fang Blade and gave chase. The Hunter-nin were cursing internally. This kid either throws shuriken or turns his ninjutsu into shuriken! Fight us like a real ninja, you bastard!
As they tried to weave signs for a counterattack, Ren suddenly appeared right in front of them, surfing on a patch of water while pulling a black wire for stability.
Water Style: Water Surface Slice!
With the battlefield already flooded by Mei, Ren's mobility was through the roof. He spun in mid-air, delivering a kick enhanced by the leg techniques he'd copied from Kakuzu, followed by a circular slash with his water-enchanted blade. A brilliant blue crescent moon flared, cutting down two of them instantly.
The last one narrowly avoided the strike and tried to weave signs for a Water Prison. But Ren's two-tomoe Sharingan spun wildly, memorizing the flow of chakra and the hand seals.
Snake - Ram - Horse - Rabbit - Ram - Horse - Rabbit!
"Die, brat! Water Style: Water Pri—"
"Water Style: Water Prison Technique!" Ren roared, finishing the seals half a second faster. A massive bubble of water expanded from his palm, trapping the Hunter-nin inside.
Gurgle, gurgle! The ninja's eyes widened in shock as he swallowed a mouthful of water. You're an Uchiha! Why is your Water Style better than ours?! Where are your Fire Style techniques?!
Ren took a breath, his heart hammering. He didn't waste time; he stabbed his water blade into the bubble to finish the job. If that guy hadn't talked so much, I wouldn't have outpaced him. That was way too close!
Now that the Kirisame (Cutting Rain) had stopped with the death of the maintainers, Ren's Earth Spear was back at full power. He saw the final Hunter-nin cowering in the mist, terrified. Ren didn't even speak; he just vanished back into the fog, his footsteps echoing like a monster stalking its prey.
"Mangetsu, save me!" the ninja screamed.
On the other side of the hall, Mei Terumī was a literal turret, firing off Lava Style and Boil Style to keep Mangetsu at bay. She was exhausted, but she had held the line. When the rain stopped, both she and Mangetsu looked toward the other battlefield in shock.
Five Hunter-nin... gone in less than two minutes?
Mangetsu growled and vanished into the water.
Ren saw an opening and threw his water blade, but a high-speed water bullet—a Water Pistol—tore through the air and knocked his weapon away. A white-haired figure erupted from the water behind him, thrusting a blade toward his heart.
Ren felt the hair on his neck stand up. Using a sword-defense move he remembered from his past life, he blocked the strike behind his back.
CLANG!
"His reflexes are this good?" Mangetsu mused. He immediately used Great Hydrification to put his full weight into the thrust. But the split-second buffer was all Ren needed.
Without the Cutting Rain weakening him, Ren's Earth Spear was like a mountain.
CRACK!
Mangetsu's blade snapped like a toothpick against Ren's hardened back. Ren slowly turned around, looking at the stunned "Prodigy" with a cold sneer.
"So you're the 'Prodigy' of the Mist? What's the matter? Didn't eat breakfast today?"