dmims Chapter 115 The Hidden Rock Cave
Chapter 115 The Hidden Rock Cave
Chapter 117 The Hidden Rock Cave
"The Ninja Code is utter nonsense!"
Hizashi:? ? ?
The daily check was also taken aback.
Is this guy really here to participate in the Chunin Exams?
"Alright, even if it counts as a mission, this is still taking on a mission privately. It's good enough that you weren't fined!" Akaishi said righteously.
"This—" Hizashi still hesitated.
However, Lan Wu stated directly, "Whether you go or not, Chi Shi and I are going!"
"Alright." Hizashi wavered this time, but still said sullenly, "With a Jonin as a witness, it's permissible to temporarily accept missions below Rank A. Since Jonin Hatake was present at the time, it can't be considered accepting a mission privately—"
Ignoring his rambling, Akaishi followed Hizashi and chased after the enemy in the direction where Hiashi and Shinnosuke had been pursuing them.
Akaishi originally intended to carry Lanwu on his back, but—
"No need for now. We'll approach slowly. I'll avoid any enemies I spot," Lan Wu said.
This is not about rushing forward; on the contrary, we must proceed with caution.
Moreover, with Hiyori's "byakugan," Lanwu wasn't too worried about being ambushed.
After chasing for a while, Hizashi suddenly said, "There's residual chakra over there!" As he spoke, he slightly adjusted the direction.
A moment later, the three arrived at a place that had clearly been the site of a battle, with signs everywhere that the ground had been turned upside down, trees had fallen, and trees had been broken.
But there was no sign of anyone!
"We've fallen into their trap." Hizashi's expression hardened.
My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.
Judging from the battle situation here, it's clear that the opponent is definitely not as simple as Hiashi initially thought. In other words, this is a conspiracy specifically targeting their team!
Hiashi and Shinnosuke weren't chasing after the enemy; rather, they were forced to retreat away from their support.
"Let's figure out the direction the battlefield is shifting—at least Shinnosuke and Hiashi haven't broken the scroll and surrendered yet," Akaishi reassured them.
Otherwise, even Hiyori, as a member of the squad, could feel it.
Ri nodded and looked ahead, seemingly trying to find the next obvious trace.
It looks like he's staring in one direction, but actually, because of the "white eye's" ultra-wide field of view, he can see in all directions.
Just then—
"Huh? Watch out!" Hizashi suddenly shouted, and at the same time, his shuriken was already out.
As soon as Hizashi's shuriken touched the ground, the light distorted, and two Iwagakure figures appeared!
And just as the light distorted—
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
Akaishi had already unleashed a massive fireball, which swept towards its target.
It's not just that his hand seals are fast, but that Akaishi is gradually adapting to the rhythm of the battle!
As soon as Hizashi made a move, Akaishi was already forming hand seals. When the kunai was thrown, Akaishi determined the general direction of the attack. When he saw the light distort, Akaishi adjusted the landing point, which resulted in this almost synchronized attack.
Upon seeing the fireball, which was eight or nine meters in diameter, the two Iwagakure members quickly dodged to the left and right!
However, taking advantage of the opponent being forced to move, Akaishi and Hizashi had already moved forward to meet them.
The two Iwagakure ninja were slightly startled to see Konoha ninja appear before them.
Boom—
Suddenly, Hizashi stopped an Iwa ninja wearing a felt hat, which was an unconventional way of making a ninja headband out of a felt hat.
The Hizashi appeared before him in an instant, thrusting a finger strike straight at his face. Iwagakure, wearing a felt hat, quickly dodged, but his hat was still torn.
On the other hand, Akaishi also intercepted another Iwagakure ninja with candy braids. This guy had a topknot on his head and another braid at the back of his head, making his head look like a brown-wrapped candy at first glance.
Akashi immediately pulled out a kunai and attacked. With a clang, his opponent drew his ninja sword and barely blocked the attack. Sparks flew everywhere, and both of them were sent flying back, creating distance between them.
However, after this collision, Akaishi gave a barely perceptible smirk – his external injuries hadn't fully healed, and he was at a disadvantage in a direct physical confrontation.
At the same time, the reason why Chishi immediately retreated was to stand in front of Lanwu.
"Hizashi," Akaishi called out to him.
Hizashi knew what that meant and said directly, "I didn't see anyone else."
Akashi breathed a slight sigh of relief—after all, a team consists of three people, and if he only saw two of them, Akashi wouldn't dare abandon Lanwu.
These two looked to be only a year or two older than Akaishi—it's one thing for a small, hidden village, but for Kirigakure and Iwagakure, they wouldn't send older genin to take the exam for the sake of face.
Once it was confirmed that he was indeed from Iwagakure, Akaishi breathed a sigh of relief.
I was a little scared by that crazy old man from before.
"As expected of the Byakugan, it can even see through camouflage concealment techniques." Candy-head exclaimed in admiration, then looked at Akaishi with sarcasm and said, "The Sharingan isn't all that great—shouldn't we have been more easily seen by the Sharingan just now?"
The Hidden Stone Village's "Secret Technique: Camouflage Invisibility Technique" combines optical invisibility with chakra wave concealment, making it somewhat effective against the Byakugan. However, with sufficient skill and attention, it can still be seen.
However, as he said, optical invisibility is more easily locked onto by the Sharingan's "subtle perception" when there is movement.
Just now, Akaishi was thinking about having Hizashi search the direction the battlefield had shifted, so he hadn't opened his Eyes of Truth at all. It wasn't until Hizashi warned him that Akaishi opened his Eyes of Truth and unleashed a powerful fireball attack in one swift motion.
Upon hearing this, Akaishi's face darkened, and he said, "Two people dare to block both of our teams?"
"Two teams? The other Byakugan, and that young master, are probably going to be eliminated soon. And you guys—you don't know yet, do you? Your blond teammate has already been taken down by us in the Valley of the End! Hahahaha—" the felt-hatted Iwa ninja said with a loud laugh.
Akaishi is now certain of two things: first, Shinnosuke and Hiashi were indeed lured away by their accomplices, and the situation might be somewhat dangerous; as for the second...
"Oh? So you guys had your points intercepted by Minato? Minato could take care of you two in a second!" Akaishi said calmly, completely disbelieving his boast.
"Damn it! You dead man, stop wasting your breath on him!" Candy-headed Iwa ninja was the first to get angry. Felt-hat Iwa ninja heard this and couldn't help but glare at him. "Aren't you just exposing my bragging?"
Upon hearing this, Akaishi calmly said to Candy Head, "Hehe, you're already crying."
Demon Leech: !!!
"Demon Leech, you take care of that guy. I'll deal with this Byakugan." The Eastern Dead Man, wearing a felt hat, stared at Hizashi with a heavy sense of death.
The candy-headed leech then sheathed its short sword and charged towards Red Stone.
Seeing him make a gesture of sheathing his sword, Akaishi knew that he was about to use ninjutsu, and most likely a short hand seal ninjutsu!
Upon noticing this detail, the six hand seals "巳、午、申、酉、亥、合十" flashed through Akaishi's mind. Even if he only used his little finger and ring finger to hold the ninja sword, freeing up three fingers of his right hand, he still couldn't form these six hand seals.
Without "clasping hands together", most simplified hand seals cannot be completed. Of course, even Chunin generally do not simplify hand seals.
Without forming the Si Seal and Wu Seal, there is no possibility of forming the Fire Escape Seal. Even with extremely high mastery of Fire Escape and the ability to omit some seals, these two fire-attribute seals are still essential for Fire Escape. Similarly, Wind Escape is completely impossible.
Water escape is almost impossible —
It should be either Earth Release or Lightning Release. Considering he's an Iwa ninja, it's most likely Earth Release!
If this were a couple of months ago, during Akaishi's graduation exam, he would have had to list it out and do the calculations to get the answer.
But now that the outcome is known at a glance, that's what makes it meaningful.
Of course, what you learn at ninja academy isn't useless. It's precisely because of this knowledge that it quickly translates into "experience" in actual combat. Irregular, wandering ninjas, no matter how much combat experience they have, never think about this aspect.
The demon leech formed an unconventional cross seal and used the Shadow Clone Technique.
Akaashi:! ! !
Damn it, it's that broken technique of Tobirama Senju that came all the way from afar, across time and space, to slap me in the face!
In his inner monologue, after a brief analysis only to be proven wrong, Akaishi, enraged and humiliated, used "Hozen Rindan Lianhua" —
Without using "Shadow Clone of the Hand" for a burst of power, this combination of ninjutsu actually consumes less energy than a normal large-scale ninjutsu, and—Akaishi doesn't want to test it any further right now!
At this moment, Akaishi was stronger than before, but also weaker.
The reason he is strong is that he has finally achieved balance in both eyes. Even though his chakra growth has not yet reached its peak, his eye power has greatly increased and the effects of all his eye techniques have greatly increased. However, Akaishi is still injured!
Especially in terms of physical injury, the mental and chakra recovery aspects are relatively good.
In other words, it's not enough to just unleash a few ninjutsu techniques; it won't work in a close taijutsu fight.
but----
As Akaishi's six clusters of "Crimson Purple" surged towards the opposite side, he realized that the opponent was using a manually activated Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
One becomes two, two become four—in the blink of an eye, it split into eight!
Eight figures, each wielding a ninja sword, now infused with chakra, their blades glowing a deep blue—
shhhhh--
Six figures were seen directly cleaving the crimson sword in Chi Shi's hand!
Confidence, Akaishi discovered—this guy is super confident!
The biggest weakness of Shadow Clone Jutsu is that "it requires an equal share of existing chakra to use" and "if it gets destroyed..."
"Its chakra doesn't return" and it's "not durable," so it's usually not used for direct combat.
However, where there is "usual", there is also "special"!
There are two situations in which shadow clones are used in direct combat. One is to use them only to "release ninjutsu," and then immediately cancel them out to prevent the enemy from getting close.
Secondly, using ninja tools like ninja swords can block damage and prevent the shadow clones from exploding!
The fact that the opponent dared to do this directly clearly shows that they were very confident in their swordsmanship.
Otherwise, if his six clones are destroyed, three-quarters of his chakra will be gone, and he can just surrender.
However, if parried properly, it is actually more durable than a regular earth clone—an earth clone, whether it is a weapon or a body, is made of the same earth chakra, so parrying and taking the hit head-on are the same.
As it turns out, the leech's confidence was not without merit.
Swish swish————
The six shadow clones directly broke through the "Phoenix Immortal Dragon Gallbladder Linked Flowers" technique, and the skill was so superb that not a single clone was destroyed!