Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 136 Water Sand Cutting!

With the Byakugan's keen observation, they quickly located the Cloud Village's trail.

"The marks are very fresh."

Kakashi squatted on a rock, his finger tracing a charred mark.

Those were the burning marks left after the lightning chakra erupted.

"The soil here shows signs of being disturbed, and—" Kakashi sniffed, "there's a smell of blood."

Hyuga Katsu stood on high ground, the veins around his eyes bulging, and his grayish-white, bony eye sockets made his face appear exceptionally cold and hard.

My gaze pierced through layers of rain and trees.

"Found it."

Hyuga Masaru's voice was deep.

"Two kilometers ahead, an abandoned shrine. Four people. Chakra reaction—very strong."

"One Jonin, three Chunin."

"They are resting, as if waiting for something."

Sousuke nodded.

Let's devise a strategy.

Sosuke looked at the two of them.

"The opponent is from Kumogakure, and their speed and strength are top-notch. Moreover, they are skilled in Lightning Release, so they won't be easy to deal with."

"I'll hold that Jonin back head-on."

Hyuga Katsu volunteered.

He clenched his fist, and his knuckles cracked.

"I'm in charge of those three Chunin."

Kakashi drew the White Fang short sword from behind him.

"I'll take care of them quickly. But it'll take a little time."

"Then I'll take care of controlling the battlefield and finishing off enemies."

Sousuke took out several specially made scrolls from his ninja tool bag.

He didn't intend to use steel wire.

Metal ninja tools are conductive. To wrap a Cloud Village ninja, whose entire body is electrified, with steel wire is tantamount to suicide. The current will be instantly conducted to the user along the wire.

He prepared "insulating bullets"—filled with high-viscosity resin.

The three exchanged a glance.

"action."

Abandoned shrine.

Amidst the broken walls and ruins, a bonfire burned.

Four Cloud Village ninjas sat around a campfire, eating roasted meat. Their headbands were prominently displayed, and their skin was dark with bulging muscles.

"Captain, when are we supposed to wait?"

A Cloud Village ninja gnawed on a bone and complained.

"The intelligence said that Konoha's supply convoy would pass through here, but we've been waiting for two days."

The leader, a bald, burly man, had a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his left eye.

"What's the rush?"

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The bald man let out a cold laugh.

"Lord A and Lord Killer Bee are drawing Konoha's main force forward. Our mission is to cut off their supply lines."

"Unless this batch of supplies arrives, the Konoha ninjas on the front lines won't even be able to throw out their explosive tags."

"I heard the person escorting the supplies this time is a businessman?"

Another Chunin scoffed.

"Konoha really has no one left; they actually sent a businessman to his death."

"Don't be careless."

The bald man frowned.

"That merchant is no ordinary person. I heard that the hunters of Iwagakure were killed by him."

"Hunter? That Explosion Release user?"

"Hmph, that's because Karita underestimated us. If it were us from Kumogakure—"

Before he could finish speaking...

Boom! The roof of the shrine suddenly exploded. A huge beam crashed into the fire.

"Enemy attack!"

The bald ninja reacted extremely quickly.

*Zzzzt!* Blue lightning instantly covered his entire body.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Cruelty Level!"

With a swift chop, his hand, covered in intense lightning chakra, cleaved the roof beam in two like a sharp axe.

Wood chips flew everywhere.

Amidst the swirling sawdust, a burly figure descended from the sky.

Hyuga Katsumi.

Using gravity as leverage, he delivered a powerful punch.

Steel-Soft Fist!

"The Hyuga clan?"

The bald ninja reacted quickly and increased the force.

boom! ! !

Hyuga Masaru's fist collided with the bald ninja's hand chop.

With a muffled thud, the stone slab beneath their feet cracked instantly.

The bald ninja felt as if he had struck a solid iron ingot. The recoil made his wrist go numb.

"So hard!"

"Get out of here!"

The bald ninja roared, his entire body crackling with lightning as his chakra was activated to its maximum.

He dared not have too much contact with Hyuga, who was known for his pressure point techniques, and wanted to use his strength to shake Hyuga away.

But Hyuga Katsu remained unmoved. A surge of chakra flowed through his fist and forcefully entered the bald ninja's meridians.

Oh no!

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The bald ninja's expression changed drastically; his Lightning Release Armor was severely disrupted and almost broken.

"Damn it! How can Hyuga be so hard?!"

The bald ninja quickly retreated.

Just then, three other Chunin from Kumogakure wanted to come to their captain's aid.

"Lightning Release: Gratitude Wave!"

The three of them simultaneously formed hand seals, intending to unleash lightning.

brush.

A silvery-white light flashed through the rain.

Kakashi appeared. He had taken advantage of the chaos created by Hyuga Katsu to sneak up behind the enemy.

The short sword was swung out.

Hatake-ryu Sword Technique: Flash.

A Chunin's throat was cut open before he could even finish his hand seals.

Sold out instantly.

"There he is! Kill him!"

The remaining two Chunin were shocked and immediately abandoned their hand seals, drew their kunai, and turned to attack Kakashi.

Kakashi moved nimbly, leaping among the ruins and using the terrain to his advantage. At his age and with his current stamina, it would be difficult for him to directly confront two adult Kumogakure Chunin. He was using hit-and-run tactics.

Just then, Sosuke, who had been hiding in the shadows, made his move.

He stood atop the shrine's torii gate, his left eye, a snake-like pupil, fixed on the battlefield.

"The speed of the Hidden Cloud is indeed fast."

Zongsuke analyzed calmly.

"The Lightning Release Chakra Mode has increased their nerve reaction speed by more than one level."

"To hit them, you must anticipate their movements, or—limit their movement."

Sosuke raised his hand and threw out four black spheres.

Insulating bullet.

Bang!Bang!

A large clump of grayish-white, extremely viscous gel-like substance exploded onto the ground.

The two Cloud Village Chunin who were chasing Kakashi stepped right into the glue.

"What is that?!"

They tried to lift their feet, but found that their feet were stuck to the ground as if they had taken root.

"Lightning Release! Shatter it!"

A Chunin unleashed his chakra.

Zizi!

Lightning bolts traveled across the surface of the adhesive, but couldn't conduct into it at all. This is a specially formulated insulating resin; the lightning not only failed to burn it, but actually accelerated its curing.

"Chance!"

Kakashi's eyes lit up.

He seized the opportunity in that instant. He twisted his body and reversed his grip on the short sword.

brush!brush!

Two heads fell to the ground.

This is teamwork. Sousuke doesn't need to personally engage in hand-to-hand combat; he only needs to put shackles on the enemy at crucial moments.

On the battlefield, only the bald ninja remained. He was being overwhelmed by Hyuga Katsuya's pressure and could hardly breathe.

"Damn it!" the bald ninja roared.

His Lightning Release chakra was pushed to its limit; the blue lightning resembled a materialized suit of armor, emitting a piercing bird-like cry.

"Heavy Storm!"

He concentrated all his strength in his elbow and slammed it into Hyuga Katsumi.

This is the ninjutsu that Kumogakure is proud of, a perfect combination of speed and power. Even if Might Guy were here, he could only temporarily avoid the attack.

But Hyuga Katsu did not retreat. He crossed his arms.

boom!!!

The immense impact propelled Hyuga Masaru backward several meters, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.

But he blocked it.

Although both arms were fractured, they recovered in an instant.

The bald ninja's eyes were filled with horror.

"Is this still a physical body?! Is this still the Hyuga clan?!"

He couldn't understand it.

Fear. The fear of the unknown instantly gripped his heart. Coupled with the fact that all his men had been wiped out, he was isolated and helpless.

"withdraw!"

The bald ninja made the most rational decision.

Intelligence is more important than combat. He must bring this strange intelligence back.

He turned and ran! Lightning Release: Body Flicker Technique!

His speed was so fast that he transformed into a blue lightning bolt and rushed towards the woods behind the shrine.

Once inside the forest, no one could catch him thanks to Cloud Shadow's speed.

"Trying to run away?"

Above the torii gate, Sousuke raised his right hand.

A water sphere the size of an egg floated in his palm.

The water sphere has an eerie silver color. Inside the sphere, violent physical changes are taking place.

Hundreds of millions of nano-sized silver powders were injected into it.

Driven by the high pressure of chakra, the water carried the silver powder and spun at a high speed of thousands of times per second.

This is a liquid grinding wheel, a flowing chainsaw.

"Although Lightning Release is very fast—"

Sousuke's left eye was locked onto the blue lightning bolt.

Snake Eyes predicted the opponent's landing point.

"But your approach is too straightforward."

"Water Release: Water Sand Cut!"

Sizzle!!

A sharp whistling sound.

A silver streak of water shot out.

Because of the high-speed rotation of the internal silver powder, it creates visible shock waves in the atmosphere.

Extremely fast. Almost instantaneous.

The bald ninja had just leaped into the air, his body still suspended in mid-air, when he sensed danger approaching from the side.

"Lightning Armor! Defense!"

He subconsciously concentrated his chakra on his left side, intending to withstand the attack head-on.

However, the moment that line of water touched the lightning armor...

There was no obstruction, no bounce.

The rapidly spinning silver powder, combined with the high-pressure water flow, instantly pierced through the Lightning Release chakra's defensive layer.

This is a perfect application of the laws of physics. Given enough pressure and hardness, even water can cut a diamond.

puff.

The bald ninja's body stiffened in mid-air for a moment.

Then, his upper body continued to fly forward due to inertia. But his lower body remained in place and fell.

Cut in half at the waist.

The incision was as smooth as a mirror, and even the intestines and spine were neatly severed. Because the speed was so fast, even the blood did not spurt out immediately.

Thump. Two pieces of the body fell to the ground.

The water line, still carrying momentum, continued forward, cutting down a large tree behind it before finally dissipating.

Boom! The big tree collapsed.

Kakashi stared at the corpse that had been cut in half at the waist, his eyes filled with shock.

"That technique—"

As a descendant of the Hatake clan, he has an innate sensitivity to cutting power.

The sharpness of that strike even surpassed his swordsmanship. It was pure, ultimate destructive power.

"call----"

Sosuke lowered his hand.

His hands were trembling slightly, red and swollen from the immense pressure.

Chakra was used up by a full 30%.

"Not bad."

Sosuke jumped down from the torii gate and landed next to the corpse.

"However, the range is a bit short; it loses its power due to scattering beyond ten meters."

He calmly summarized the advantages and disadvantages of ninjutsu.

Hyuga Katsu walked over.

"Mr. Sosuke, your move was too ruthless."

Looking at the smooth cut, Hyuga Katsuya couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. If he were facing this attack, could his bones withstand it?

I'm afraid it's unlikely.

Sousuke took out a huge sealing scroll, preparing to collect the corpses. This might be useful for him to break the Lightning Release secret technique later.

Hyuga Masaru and Kakashi began cleaning up the battlefield.

Just then, a cold wind blew by.

A figure rose from the ground like a ghost.

Orochimaru. He's always been there.

He looked at the corpse on the ground, his golden pupils gleaming with undisguised admiration.

"By adding tiny solid particles into the water jet, a grinding effect is created using high-pressure jetting."

"Sosuke-kun, your imagination always surprises me."

"This has gone beyond the scope of traditional ninjutsu."

Sousuke turned around and bowed slightly to Orochimaru.

"Please excuse my poor performance. It was just a matter of using some basic physics principles."

Orochimaru smiled.

"In this closed-off ninja world, being able to apply common sense to killing techniques is a talent in itself."

"I'm very interested in the principles behind this technique. When you get back, please give me a copy of the development data for this technique."

"No problem," Sosuke readily agreed.

In any case, the core of this technique lies in the production of "nano silver powder".

As long as Orochimaru cannot create that special structure of silver powder, even if he knows the principle, he cannot perfectly replicate it.

Or rather, the cost of replicating is too high.

"alright."

Sousuke carried the sealing scroll on his back.

"The obstacles have been cleared, and it's time for us to start afresh."

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"The AB combination is still waiting for us ahead."

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