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Chapter 37 Only the ship of the nation leaks from the top.

The ninja world itself is not very large, and Uzushio Village is located in the eastern part of the ninja world continent, facing the Land of Water across the sea. Starting from Kirigakure, with the speed of a ninja, it would take about two days to reach Uzushio Village if they were quick, and only five days if they were slow.

With the chakra levels of Hozuki Shingetsu and the other two, they could cross the ocean directly, but they weren't in a hurry. Hozuki Shingetsu also knew that someone might come to ambush them, so the three of them slowly sailed to the land of the Land of Whirlpools.

"Although I've been on a boat many times, I have to say that it's really not a good thing."

Yukina jumped off the boat, complaining with a grim expression.

Although ninjas, with their exceptional control over their bodies, wouldn't experience seasickness, the ships of that era, while capable of ocean voyages, were far from comfortable to ride on.

"New Moon, what are you looking at?"

Yagura noticed that Hozuki Shingetsu had been gazing at the ocean since disembarking, seemingly lost in thought, and approached him to ask.

"It's nothing, I was just wondering what's on the other side of the sea."

Hozuki Shingetsu withdrew his gaze and replied.

"The other side of the sea? I rarely hear news from there."

The ninja world continent, in its usual sense, refers to the continent where the five great nations are located. However, as can be seen from the ninja world map, there is another continent to the east of the Land of Water. However, due to the harsh ocean climate between the two continents, and the fact that there are no worthwhile interests to fight for on the other continent, there is very little communication between the two continents, and they only have a rough understanding of each other's existence.

In the original theatrical version, on their journey to find Grell ore, Naruto and his friends encountered a group of enemies from another continent, the Hyde Legion. They wore clothing similar to that of Western Europe, had no ninja profession, and seemed to not know how to utilize chakra.

Of course, these aren't the main points. The main point is that, seemingly because they didn't know how to utilize chakra, they developed a unique steam-powered mechanical civilization. The iron-framed warships, robots, and the mobile steel castles capable of smashing through small mountains in the original work all demonstrate the technological level of the opposite continent.

This mobile steel castle also reminded Hozuki Shingetsu of something else: the aerial castle built by the Sky Ninja Village in the original work—Ankel Bandian.

As someone determined to dominate the ninja world, he naturally wouldn't forget these two powerful weapons.

Although the mobile castle built by the Hyde Legion wasn't very useful to ninjas, it was very effective as a deterrent to ordinary people.

So we should still try to take action against that continent when we have time in the future!

Moreover, those technologies are still very important for Hozuki Shingetsu, who aspires to become the Mizukage and vigorously develop Kirigakure's industry and improve its economy.

Gathering her thoughts, Hozuki Shingetsu turned and stared at a dockworker loading and unloading cargo for a few moments, then smiled without saying anything more.

After reporting to the ninjas of Uzushio Village at the port, the three of them left the port and prepared to cross the forest to reach Uzushio Village.

Midway through their journey, following a signal from Hozuki Shingetsu, Yukinagi and Yagura Ryoumi, who had been working in perfect harmony, immediately began their operation.

"Water Release: Water Mirror Technique!"

As Yagura swung his staff, a water mirror appeared, revealing a clone of Hozuki Shingetsu and the other two. The clone continued charging forward, head down, while the three originals quietly followed behind.

BOOM!

Shortly after, accompanied by a loud bang, the three clones stepped straight into the explosive talisman trap set in advance at the base, turning into water and dissipating amidst a sky full of sparks.

"They noticed it beforehand..." Looking at the pools of liquid, Aburame Ryoma fell into deep thought. Although he knew it wasn't that easy to ambush them, he was still somewhat unwilling to be seen through so easily.

"However, according to intelligence, the other side only has three people, while I have three Root squads. Four against one, hmm, the advantage is on my side!" Just as Aburame Ryoma made up his mind, he heard a mocking voice behind him.

"Remember to take a shower next time you try these tricks. I can smell that bedbug odor on you from hundreds of meters away!" Hozuki Shingetsu's voice rang out from behind.

Ryoma Aburame's pupils shrank suddenly, and he instantly transformed into a swarm of insects, rushing towards Shingetsu Hozuki, while his true form used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the scene.

At the same time, three figures suddenly appeared beside him, unleashing various ninjutsu techniques at Hozuki Shingetsu.

"Let me see just how strong you lackeys of Danzo really are!"

Faced with a sudden attack of hordes of parasitic insects and various ninjutsu, Hozuki Shingetsu neither dodged nor evaded, bit his thumb, and slammed his hand on the ground.

"Spiritual communication!"

"A mirage!"

As a wisp of smoke rose, Hozuki Shingetsu became ethereal and dreamlike. A large number of parasitic insects seemed to pass through the phantom, their low intelligence failing to understand why they couldn't attack the target even though it was clearly there.

boom!

The ninjutsu bypassed Hozuki Shingetsu and slammed into the trees behind him, knocking down a cluster of trees.

Ah!

Ah!

At the same time, screams could be heard from the surrounding area. Aburame Ryoma knew that they were the voices of his Root ninjas.

When Ryoma Aburame realized that Hozuki Shingetsu had mastered "Mirage," a super-powerful ninjutsu beyond his expectations, he knew he was in danger.

As Hozuki Gengetsu's signature ninjutsu, Aburame Ryoma was naturally aware of its unsolvable nature.

He had originally hoped that the three Root squads would come to his aid after dealing with Hozuki Shingetsu's two henchmen, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that he and his men were going to be wiped out here!

The new moon of the Hozuki is right in front of him right now, which means that the other two people have taken on two Root squads by themselves.

He could understand if Hozuki Shingetsu had that kind of strength, but did the other two also have that kind of strength? When did Kirigakure become so full of geniuses?

"In that case..." Aburame Ryoma thought of the "Reverse Four Symbols Seal" engraved on his body, and he already had the will to die.

"Secret Technique: Insect Jade!"

After a large number of sensory insects were released, they quickly sensed the true form of the mirage through physical perception. Then, a cold glint flashed in Aburame Ryoma's sunglasses as he rushed towards the mirage's true form.

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"Hmm, these people's strength is just so-so." Yagura Karatachi dragged the corpses of several people to Hozuki Shingetsu's side.

"Indeed, I thought it would be a life-or-death battle, but I didn't expect it to be so lackluster." Yukinagi, who had also arrived, nodded in praise.

After the fierce battle, the two were basically unharmed, except for their clothes being somewhat disheveled.

It can only be said that these people were unlucky to encounter Hozuki Shingetsu, the future Fourth Mizukage, and the eldest daughter of the Yuki clan. If it had been a sudden sneak attack, they might have been engaged in a fierce battle, but once the Root ninjas lost the advantage of surprise attacks, the outcome of this battle was already decided.

This also proves a truth once again: ninjas cannot casually leak their battle information.

The biggest variable in this battle was that Konoha and Ren were unaware that Hozuki Shingetsu had mastered the ninjutsu "Mirage".

If they had known, they would either not have arranged this operation at all, or more than just Aburame Ryoma would have come; it should have been Hatake Sakumo at least.

In that case, Hozuki Shingetsu might actually be in danger.

"But speaking of which, how did the people of Konoha know we were here, and why did they specifically come here to ambush us?"

Yukinagi looked at the unconscious Ryoma Aburame in Hozuki Shingetsu's hands with some confusion.

"Hehe, Nagi, the only ship in this world that leaks from the top is the nation." Hozuki Shingetsu didn't answer directly, but instead said something that made Yukinagi think deeply.

They were completely oblivious to the fact that they were also one of the people who caused the country to leak from the roof.

(End of this chapter)