Ninja Pot Shadow

He drew his knife and stabbed at the last moment.

Ino quickly used Water Instant to twist her waist and dodge, but she was still a beat too slow, and the white spike left a bloody wound on her lower abdomen.

Ranmaru's red eye concealment effect completely disappeared. Both of them were of the type with low strength and poor physical skills, but very fast speed. They fought each other on the water with speed, and lasted for more than twenty moves.

Ino had a new wound on her right leg, and Shiro's left arm had completely lost sensation, hanging limply at her side.

Ignoring his own injuries, Haku reversed the hilt of his sword, intending to take Ino down with him, and stabbed her left eye with his katana.

Ino was also struck with fierce determination. She let the blade pierce her palm, and then forcefully pushed it outward.

"You only learned a couple of sword techniques temporarily? But you are still my defeated opponent!" Ino had already seen that only three of Haku's sword techniques were very sharp: downward slash, upward slash, and iaido. These must have been taught by Zabuza. The rest of his sword techniques were really just average.

Despite being injured, Ino raised her left foot and kicked Shiro hard in the chest. This kick directly aggravated the wound on Shiro's lower abdomen caused by the Vacuum Jade. Blood gushed out of the wound like arrows, and Shiro screamed in extreme pain.

This kick was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Bai was kicked seven or eight meters away, floating on the water, covered in blood. He tried twice but couldn't get up.

Ino was stabbed in the lower abdomen, stabbed in the right leg, and had her left hand pierced through from both the front and back.

In less than five minutes of fighting, she had rendered Bai unable to fight, but she herself was also seriously injured.

Clean the wound, apply medicine, wrap it with bandages, and use a shadow clone to protect the main body as it quickly retreats.

On the other side, Chojuro showed no intention of pursuing, but simply protected Shiro and widened the distance again.

Faced with a companion who was more like a woman than a woman herself, Chojuro was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

Should I help bandage the wound? Does that mean I have to tear open the clothes? Will I see something I shouldn't?

"I'm fine." Bai was stronger than he had expected, and seemed ready to draw his sword and fight again. How could Chojuro let him fight again? If he fought again with this injury, he might bleed to death.

Ranmaru emerged from the air, his face full of anxiety, but he didn't know how to treat his injuries.

Ino shouted into the air, "Hey, senpai, this Snow Clan member is no longer able to fight. Let him go."

The next second, Shiro's figure became blurry and quickly disappeared, leaving only Ino, Chojuro, and Ranmaru on the field.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Another Person Eliminated

Chojuro and Ranmaru stood side by side.

One of the two looked timid with shifty eyes, while the other was as innocent as a child. Opposite them was Ino, covered in blood and exuding the aura of a great demon king.

Chojuro did not believe that there was any need for his side to fight to the death with the Konoha ninja.

His side is fully equipped, while the opponent is injured. Isn't the outcome obvious?

He shouted to Ino from afar, "Hey...you, you, you're already injured, give up already, really, I'm just trying to advise you, you can't beat us!"

Ino glanced at him and realized that the future Sixth Mizukage was even less confident than she had imagined!

She sneered, "Can't beat me? I still have a lot of ninjutsu I haven't used yet! You three ganged up on me before, was that something to be proud of? Getting injured was indeed my fault, but I just didn't expect that Kirigakure would have a way to get all three of you through that genjutsu challenge together. Don't you think this is despicable? As one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, don't you feel ashamed to resort to such petty tricks!"

She secretly took medicine to recover from her injuries and prepare for another battle.

He kept talking, spitting it all out! Damn it, I got a hole in my palm, it hurts so much!

Her words had absolutely no effect on Ranmaru. Kirigakure? Just a month ago, Ranmaru was still working as a bandit, a very promising career. He had almost no recollection of Kirigakure.

Chojuro was no good; he was filled with shame.

This competition was indeed very unfair to Konoha. Kirigakure was full of scheming and plotting. They were outnumbered three to one, and one of them was seriously injured and had to leave. It was a disgrace.

The other party pointed at him and cursed him. He felt guilty and dared not refute. The man with the mustache felt even more ashamed.

The man with the mustache didn't show himself, but stood in the air and cursed, "That's right, that's right! Even I, an old man, am disgraced by you juniors! Did Kirigakure become one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages through scheming and trickery? You've completely disgraced our ancestors!"

Ino pointed at Chojuro: "You're the ones who should give up! Before, I had to face two opponents, but now I only need to deal with you!"

Chojuro was sweating profusely from the retort and instinctively took a step back. His own Mizukage was so gentle! The female ninjas of Konoha were truly terrifying! They were even more ferocious than tigers!

However, it's impossible to get him to admit defeat.

As the hope of the entire village, he absolutely cannot lose!

He whispered to Ranmaru about tactics.

Just like she told Shikamaru before, Ino really didn't have a good way to deal with Ranmaru's red eyes.

Using clairvoyance, perception, and chakra to create illusions and interfere with vision.

Red Eyes has many abilities, and combined with Haku's Ice Release and Chojuro's Water Release and close combat abilities, it can be said that this temporarily assembled trio is extremely powerful!

Ino traded her injury for another, eliminating Shiro, but the pressure remains immense as she faces the remaining two.

After a few words of verbal sparring, feeling quite pleased with herself, she launched the first attack.

Chakra is omnipotent; red eyes can obscure vision, but they cannot obscure chakra.

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

Ino and her two shadow clones unleashed three massive water blasts in succession.

The area was covered by an overwhelming wave of water! Water flowed everywhere – up, down, left, right, front, and back.

The space created by the "mirage" through illusion appears boundless, but in reality, it is still finite.

The three massive water blasts used up more than half of Ino's chakra! The waves submerged the entire area!

Ino moved with ease in the water, like a swimming fish, and Chojuro was almost the same, but Ranmaru couldn't.

He was a fake Hidden Mist Village ninja; he had never practiced Water Release.

A giant wave swept him into the sea.

What can an eight-year-old child do in this situation?

Chojuro tried to save him, but Ino manipulated a large amount of water to forcefully push Chojuro away. The two then used water-style ninjutsu to fight for control of the water.

Ranmaru drank several mouthfuls of water in succession, and his breathing became weaker and weaker. Seeing this, the mustachioed man who was watching the battle from the side also helped him out of the maze.

Another member of the Kirigakure trio has been eliminated.

"Clap clap clap," the mustachioed man still didn't reveal himself, but simply clapped his hands, expressing his appreciation for the powerful burst of water he had used by Ino.

The timing, scale, and purpose of this ninjutsu are all impeccable.

Ino was very calm and knew who posed the greatest threat to her, so she spared no expense in expending a lot of chakra to eliminate Ranmaru. In the eyes of the mustachioed man, this decisive action was already outstanding.

As the floodwaters receded, Ino stood on the water's surface, panting, and looked at Chojuro: "Hey, it's just the two of us left! Let's settle this once and for all!"

Ino didn't believe that three Great Exploding Water Waves could defeat the future Sixth Mizukage. She used the enemy village's signature ninjutsu to see how he would react.

Her ninjutsu, coupled with her mustache clapping for the enemy, provoked Chojuro.

The bespectacled boy, holding the flounder upside down and standing on the waves, roared as he charged forward.

The man with the mustache nodded in the shadows; this boy still had guts.

Whether you can win or not is another matter, but at least you can't back down!

Chojuro lost two teammates, and Ino's chakra was no longer sufficient to maintain the Shadow Clones, let alone allow them to use ninjutsu.

The two are now truly in a one-on-one battle.

When the distance was still ten meters, Ino spat out a stream of water.

It is the Water Release ninjutsu created by the Second Hokage, Water Release: Water Severing Wave!

The silvery-white water line was extremely fast and had a very large attack range. Chojuro knew he couldn't take it head-on, so he dodged left and right with his greatsword. Several times he entered the Hiramekarei's attack range, but he was forced back by the Water Severing Wave.

He lacked Bai's determination to disregard his own life and death and trade his life for the enemy's.

His talent was the highest among the generation of Kirigakure, but because the village was isolated, he had no way to communicate with the outside world, and unlike Ino, he did not study and improve his tactics every day. When he suddenly saw the water wave sweeping towards him, his lack of combat experience was exposed.

While dodging, he recalled the information he knew in his mind.

Water Severing Wave is a water-style ninjutsu of the Second Hokage. It is powerful and fast. Does it have any weaknesses?

As he was thinking, Ino suddenly threw a kunai with an explosive tag at him from within her water-style ninjutsu, and shouted.

"Eat my Multiplicative Explosive Talisman!"

Chojuro was startled.

The Mutual Explosion Tags technique was famous throughout the ninja world, having killed many Kirigakure Jonin back then. Even he had seen an introduction to it in a book, though he didn't know the specific principles, only that it was a ninjutsu with infinite explosions.

Ino's water-cutting waves and the full support Kirigakure gave him led him to misjudge the situation, believing that Ino received the same treatment in Konoha as he did in Kirigakure.

Since the opponent can use water-based wave-breaking abilities, they should also be able to use mutual detonation tags!

Without a second thought, he slashed down with his sword from afar!

Chapter Ninety-Four: A brutal beating of the Sixth Mizukage

The Third Hokage held onto the Scroll of Seals tightly, so where could Ino learn how to use the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags?

Taking advantage of Chojuro's lack of experience, she seized the initiative and, despite the excruciating pain in her left hand, formed hand seals once more.

"Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique!"

Chojuro swung his greatsword Hiramekarei, having just shattered the explosive tag, and was still pondering the weakness of this "multiplicative explosive tag" when he suddenly found himself surrounded by thick fog.

He thought it was fog on his glasses and instinctively wiped them, only to find that he was surrounded by thick fog.

Looking around, he immediately realized that he was speechless. This was the Hidden Mist Technique of our Hidden Mist Village!

Chojuro, being the future Sixth Mizukage, had flaws in his personality but was very intelligent and quickly realized Ino's purpose in using the Hidden Mist Technique at this moment.

"You're afraid of my ninja sword, and you're also seriously injured, so you don't dare to fight me in close combat, right! I absolutely cannot lose to you, I absolutely cannot lose to the ninjas of Konoha!" Chojuro gripped the ninja sword Hiramekarei tightly with both hands, his eyes scanning the surroundings. If any water-style ninjutsu flew over at this moment, he would strike it head-on.

The man with the mustache, watching from the shadows, was speechless. Using Kirigakure's signature ninjutsu at such a crucial moment in the battle—while it's understandable that he believed their ninjutsu was effective—doesn't he find it ironic? Shouldn't they have used Konoha's ninjutsu to decide the outcome at this point?

Chojuro knew the weakness of the Hidden Mist Technique; their Hidden Mist Village had studied this technique to death, so it was nothing new.

He closed his eyes and listened intently. All he could hear was the sound of rushing water, but if he listened carefully, he could still hear the faint sound of chakra stepping on the water.

"Found you!" Chojuro heard three footsteps at the same time. Judging from his own perspective, he felt that if he were in the other person's shoes, he would definitely use shadow clones to launch an attack while his main body retreated.

With a roar, he swung his sword in the direction of the retreating voice.