Chapter 170: Completely Suppressed
Following Tsunade’s support troops, Kiiroinu Battalion entered the front line.
After leaving the front line camp, Yoru made a plan to arrive at the same place on the Land of Whirlpools coastline at the same time and location.
With the plot advantage, this time, there would absolutely be no fifty-fifty split with Hozuki Ringo.
Standing on the seaside reef, Yoru said to his squad:
“Mist Ninja excel at Water Style. I plan to form a specialty squad to deal with Mist Ninja.
The squad’s 3 Lightning Release ninjas and 2 Fire Release ninjas, all follow me.
You five will be temporarily commanded by Ling, and the others should not stay too far from me, maintaining positions where you can support me at any time.
Intelligence shows that nearby there may be Hidden Mist Village’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Our mission is to seize one of the Seven Ninja Swords.
The Seven Ninja Swords hold prominent status in Hidden Mist Village and are the focal point of contention between Hidden Mist Village and their foremost clan, the Hozuki Clan.
As long as we obtain one Seven Ninja Sword, we can take the initiative and ignite internal conflict in Hidden Mist Village.”
Yoru said he had intelligence, and he did have intelligence. Where the intelligence came from was something the team members didn’t need to know.
If asked, it was secret intelligence obtained by Yoru as an Anbu jonin from Anbu.
At a certain spot on the coastline, Special Jonin Shirakumo Hayama was pondering why all 11 Special Jonin recommended by Lord Sakumo had come to the Land of Whirlpools Battlefield.
Suddenly, the squad encountered a surprise attack.
Long Sword Needle-Blade Sewing Needle pierced one team member. Shirakumo Hayama hurriedly used the Vacuum Sword ninjutsu granted by Hatake Sakumo to sever the steel wire.
Shirakumo Hayama saw that it was Hidden Mist Village Elite Jonin Kusarinotsurumaru and immediately gave the order:
“Retreat! I’ll cover the rear!”
Shirakumo Hayama wielded the ninja sword. Vacuum Sword wind blades sliced through the sea wind and waves, but they were shattered by the chakra light blades of Twin Blades Flounder.
There was actually another Elite Jonin!
Hozuki Ringo!
Kusarinotsurumaru circled to the rear, attacking his own team members.
Shirakumo Hayama’s eyes instantly filled with blood. Whether it was him covering the rear or the attacked team members, they were all in extreme disadvantage.
Perhaps in a dozen seconds, his squad would be completely annihilated and die.
In front of two Elite Jonin, his squad had only death as an outcome.
Could it be that the 11 Special Jonin recommended by Lord Sakumo being conscripted into the Land of Whirlpools War was really some deliberate conspiracy?
No, it was an open scheme.
No ninja could refuse the village’s conscription; the village’s orders superseded everything.
At the moment of Shirakumo Hayama’s despair, a figure appeared with Body Flicker.
An Anbu wearing a fox mask blocked the chakra light blades of Twin Blades Flounder with both hands.
Yoru turned to Shirakumo Hayama and said:
“I am Anbu jonin Fox. My subordinates will arrive soon. I give you a mission: seize Needle-Blade Sewing Needle.”
Shirakumo Hayama felt a sense of relief. It was actually Anbu Copper Fox, that rising star who first showed his edge on the Land of Rivers Battlefield.
If it was Copper Fox, then he and his squad wouldn’t die at the hands of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Yoru stared at Hozuki Ringo on the beach and quickly made his move.
Physical attacks were ineffective against Hozuki Ringo. Hozuki Ringo had Water Transformation Technique, turning his body into liquid to evade all physical attacks.
Yoru’s specialty ninjutsu, Earth Release and Water Style, were mainly physical strikes. Even if Hozuki Ringo was shredded, Hozuki Ringo’s body could still recover.
This time, Yoru wanted to create a close-range opportunity.
With Absolute Defense Copper Light, he hard-countered two chakra light blades from Twin Blades Flounder and arrived in front of Hozuki Ringo.
Under chakra stimulation, Twin Blades Flounder suddenly expanded, from one meter long to larger than Hozuki Ringo himself.
Hozuki Ringo swung the twin blades, slashing toward Yoru.
Yoru pretended to fear Twin Blades Flounder, continuously dodging beside Hozuki Ringo.
Until a certain instant, when Hozuki Ringo was fully committed and unable to change the blades’ trajectory, Yoru used his shoulder to tank the slash from the twin blades and pulled open a hidden scroll with both hands.
Lightning Release sealed scroll activated instantly.
“Ah!”
The squad’s Lightning Release ninjas wanted to hit Hozuki Ringo, but it was almost impossible due to the vast strength gap. Only this method could succeed in a sneak attack.
Hozuki Ringo let out a scream of agony. Both the twin blades and he himself were enveloped in lightning, unable to move.
Ling and the other two, hidden in the distance, rushed out immediately.
They released Lightning Release from three directions.
“Lightning Release: Ground Walk!”
Continuous Lightning Release swam across the sea surface, rushing toward Hozuki Ringo’s feet and then climbing up his body from there.
Amid crackling sounds, Hozuki Ringo was already immobilized.
He watched helplessly as Konoha’s Fox Anbu kicked away Twin Blades Flounder with one foot.
The three team members continued using Lightning Release ninjutsu to restrict Hozuki Ringo.
He was completely suppressed!
Hozuki Ringo even thought that the village had sold his intelligence to Konoha in order to seize Twin Blades Flounder.
Only this could explain why he was so passive, as if every move was precisely anticipated by the enemy.
Even under Lightning Release ninjutsu, Hozuki Ringo desperately used Water Transformation Technique despite severe injury.
His body surface melted like a candle. As long as he escaped the Lightning Release ninjutsu’s control and entered the seawater, he could escape.
Yoru shouted: “Prepare Fire Release!”
The two team members’ Fire Dragon Flame Bullets rushed straight at Hozuki Ringo.
Hozuki Ringo had just begun to liquefy when he was scorched by the Fire Release impact, his entire body instantly charred black.
Yoru took out a pre-prepared obsidian kunai, circled behind Hozuki Ringo, and forcefully stabbed it into his cervical vertebra.
Obsidian didn’t conduct electricity, avoiding Yoru getting hit by Lightning Release himself.
With this stab, Hozuki Ringo was paralyzed from a high spinal injury.
Not entirely reassured, Yoru added the Karma Seal of Retribution.
Yoru threw the charred black Hozuki Ringo onto the seaside reef and said to Ling:
“Ling, you three Lightning Release ninjas guard him. Alternate giving him Lightning Release to ensure he has no ability to resist.
Once I finish dealing with Kusarinotsurumaru, I’ll come back to interrogate this Hozuki ninja.”
“I understand, Captain.”
Yoru hurriedly went to chase Kusarinotsurumaru.
Shirakumo Hayama was a Special Jonin, and his two squads had decent strength, but they still weren’t quite enough against Kusarinotsurumaru.
Kusarinotsurumaru was undoubtedly an Elite Jonin, and Yoru was very worried.
When he rounded a bay, he first heard Kusarinotsurumaru’s cruel screech, then saw the horrific scene in the bay.
On the Konoha side, already 5 people had been pierced by the steel wires of Needle-Blade Sewing Needle, not daring to move, fearing the wires would lacerate more internal organs.
Kusarinotsurumaru stood under the reef, continuously throwing Needle-Blade Sewing Needle. Between the reefs were densely packed steel wires.
As long as he completed the setup, he could sever everyone’s legs.
Kusarinotsurumaru turned his head and suddenly saw the Fox Anbu carrying twin blades, his heart jolting.
Twin blades?
Hozuki Ringo was defeated? Even Twin Blades Flounder was lost?
That Fox Anbu was the Konoha Anbu with absolute defense capability from intelligence, Copper Fox?
Before the Fox Anbu could rush at him, Kusarinotsurumaru quickly severed the steel wires behind Needle-Blade Sewing Needle, turned, and jumped into the seawater without hesitation.
Yoru’s speed was very fast, but he couldn’t catch up to Kusarinotsurumaru who had jumped first.
Kusarinotsurumaru, this taijutsu-type Seven Ninja Swordsman, had astonishing speed.
Yoru hurriedly looked toward the Konoha side people. 5 were pierced by Needle-Blade Sewing Needle, but none were fatal wounds.
Kusarinotsurumaru had extremely severe psychological issues. When encountering enemies, his first thought wasn’t to kill but to torment them.
According to intelligence, when missions weren’t urgent, Kusarinotsurumaru particularly loved stringing enemies up with steel wires, then stroking the wires to enjoy the transmitted trembling of the enemies and listening to their wails.
When it came to perverts, Hidden Mist Village had plenty.
Yoru said: “Quickly rescue them. Be careful not to let the steel wires cause secondary harm to the wounded.”
