Midnight.
Shisui sat on the stone outside, keeping watch while playing with the Kusanagi sword he obtained from the third generation.
The thin body of the sword reflected cold rays under the moonlight. The blade was so sharp that it could be said to tear out hair. Shisui took a kunai and put it upright. Then, he raised his grass pheasant sword and struck it lightly. with a click, the kunai broke and the cut was smooth and flat.
Seeing this scene, Shisui smiled excitedly. The sharpness of this sword was far beyond that of ordinary ninja tools. Ordinary kunai and shurikens were unable to stop this sword. During the close combat, the local ninjas were unprepared. They can definitely pull off the surprise.
The third generation gave him a good gift!
But just to silence and bribe him, the price paid by The Sandaime was too high. It seems that this mission is not as simple as it seems. Shinnosuke definitely has something to hide. looking at him,
Takigakure... This village is not considered a big ninja village in the ninja world, but it is definitely the most special among the minor ninja villages, because Takigakure is the only minor ninja village with tailed beasts. one of the five great ninja villages. One of the Sunagakure villages only has one tailed beast.
Being assigned a tailed beast by the first Hokage and being accepted by other ninja villages is enough to show that Takigakure was a very powerful village back then.
The man who claimed to challenge the first Hokage with a shuriken, Kakuzu, came from Takigakure Village, but Takigakure Village has not produced a top-level strongman in recent years and has been gradually declining.
It is said that the secret technique of Takigakure Village is a good thing. He can steal the hearts of others, give them five lives, and have an almost immortal life. Not only that, it can also steal the nature of chakra. I wonder if he can steal the blood succession limit?
In addition, Takigakure Village also has a special treasure, Hero Water, which instantly increases chakra dozens of times and can play a very important role in critical moments.
If given the chance, Shisui would want to obtain both.
All in all, no matter what Shinnosuke is hiding, the soldiers will come tomorrow to cover the water and land.
The night passed quickly and as the first ray of sunlight pierced the Qingming sky, the four of them set off.
The life of a ninja is very hard!
At ten minutes past noon, the four of them crossed the border, arrived in the country of Takino, and headed to the village of Takigakure.
Just as they approached Takigakure Village, the four discovered a battlefield.
An ANBU stepped forward to inspect the body, and Shisui looked around: "The surrounding environment is not damaged at all. He can die with a single move and has no power to resist. Kumogakure ANBU is one step faster than us." ".
Hearing this, Shinnosuke's face was a little anxious behind the mask, but he was the ANBU captain after all, so he still had some determination and quickly calmed down.
"Speed up. The geographical location of Takigakure Village is unique. Outsiders don't know how to enter the road, so it is difficult to enter."
After saying that, Shinnosuke flashed and jumped, closely followed by Shisui and the others.
Not long after moving forward, Shisui heard a dull sound like a thunderous explosion. This was the sound of high-speed water hitting the surface of the water. The village of Takigakure was approaching.
Sure enough, through the forest in front of us, a huge waterfall appeared in front of us.
The height of the waterfall exceeds 100 meters. Under the acceleration of gravity, the rushing water hits the water surface with great force, producing a rumbling sound like muffled thunder.
The water vapor comes, cold and refreshing...
Before a few people had time to investigate the surrounding situation, they heard the roar of an explosion not far away and a wisp of black smoke floated up from the forest.
"Walk!"
Shinnosuke's eyes darkened, he shouted in a low voice, and immediately looked in the direction of the explosion, closely followed by Shisui and the other three.
In the dense forest, the billowing smoke dispersed, revealing the scene on the battlefield.
A large number of corpses were scattered among the rubble on the ground, including Takigakure ninjas who were wearing Takigakure forehead protectors and several Kumogakure Anbu who were wearing masks and whose identities were unknown.
At this time, the three remaining ninjas of Takigakure Village were surrounded by a large number of Kumogakure Anbu. They retreated in front of a fallen tree and could no longer retreat.
The leader of Takigakure Village, Shibukawa, looked at the leader of Kumogakure who was wearing a blue cat mask in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "Our Takigakure Village is a member country of Konoha, aren't you afraid of unleashing a war? by doing this?"
"war?"
An ANBU from Kumogakure sneered: "Without proof, Konoha would not dare to start a war with Kumogakure. At least your Takigakure village does not have this weight. As long as the hero Shisui is handed over, you will be alive."
Hearing this, Shisha, who was behind Shimu, immediately looked at the leader. His eyes burst with hope to live. I didn't want to die here.
"hateful…"
Shibuki gritted her teeth angrily. He looked around with his eyes. The news had passed to Konoha a long time ago. Why hasn't Konoha's support arrived yet? Could it be that Konoha has really abandoned them?
However, Hero Shisui is the treasure of Takigakure Village. If Hero Shisui surrenders like this, Takigakure Village will lose an important force that can protect the village for decades to come.
At the same time, not far away, Shisui and four others were already lurking nearby.
"There are nine enemies, all ANBU, and there are only four of us. There is only one way to rescue all three of them."
Shinnosuke looked at Shisui as he analyzed. Feeling Shinnosuke's gaze, Shisui knew it was his turn to take the field. After all, the third generation Kusanagi sword was not so easy to hold.
"I will do things that attract attention."
Shinnosuke had been waiting for a long time for Shisui to take the initiative to take over the task, so he naturally did not refuse.
At this moment, the ANBU captain spoke, it was a woman's voice, as clear as the clash of glass, revealing a touch of determination.
"Start and find a way to enter Takigakure Village. All you need is one person."
Hearing the captain's order, the surrounding Kumogakure ANBU decisively fired shurikens and kunai one after another.
Amidst the whistling that could pierce eardrums, Shenmu opened his mouth to surrender, but in this flash of lightning, a figure fell in front of Shenmu.
"Wind Demon Shuriken. Shadow Windmill!"
Shisui threw the huge shuriken in his hand, and the shuriken spun rapidly in the air, like a windmill, arcing in the air, knocking down all the kunai and shuriken.
Shisui's sudden intrusion surprised the Kumogakure and Takigakure ninja present.
"Konoha?"
The two Youmu raised their eyebrows slightly.
However, seeing that Shisui was the only ninja who appeared, all of the Kumogakure Anbu showed disdain.
"How dare a person run towards us? This guy doesn't even have basic common sense?"
"Or do you think he's the Third Hokage?"
Hearing the whispers of their teammates, the two Yukis frowned. Ever since Kumogakure forced the head of the Hyuga clan branch to die, most voices within Kumogakure despised Konoha, thinking that Konoha had been rejected for a long time. It is no longer what it was then, and now the strongest among the five great ninja villages should be Kumogakure.
However, as an Anbu, it is wrong to have such contempt. If the other party dares to break in alone, this kind of person is not crazy, but has absolute self-confidence.
When Shibuki saw the support coming, his face suddenly lit up with joy, however, when he realized that the support came from only one person, Shibukawa's smile suddenly stopped.
"Are you alone? Is Konoha really going to abandon us?"
Shisui did not answer Shikawa's question behind him. He tightened his grip on the cable in his hand and pulled it suddenly. The core mechanism of the Fuuma Shuriken activated, splitting into four pieces and flying towards a nearby Kumogakure ANBU.
This Kumogakure ANBU was very fast and quickly dodged backwards, with four sharp blades stuck upside down into the ground.
Seeing this, Shisui did not continue attacking the Kumogakure Anbu, but instead quickly formed seals with his hands. His body's chakra gathered in his throat and his nature transformed into fire escape chakra.
"Fire Escape. The Art of the Mighty Fire Dragon!"
With a low cry, the fire escape chakra condensed in the mouth poured out in one breath, and flames gushed out, turning into three fierce fire dragons. The fire dragons were lifelike and ran with their teeth and claws.
The orange light of the fire reflected in Yugito nii's eyes, and she couldn't help but marvel.
"What a powerful fire escape!"
However, what surprised the Yumu people was that the three fire dragons did not attack them, but fell to the surroundings. The fire dragons hit the ground and the flames exploded. Balls of flame flew in all directions and the raging fire ignited instantly. the surroundings.
The fire took advantage of the wind and was surrounded by trees that were very easy to burn. The fire spread quickly and flames shot into the sky. The flames extended their teeth and claws as if to devour everything. In the blink of an eye, everyone was engulfed in flames, and the temperature in the air quickly rose by ten degrees.
Taking advantage of the fire, Shinnosuke and the other three who were preparing to attack quickly rushed to the battlefield. A Kumogakure ANBU who was blocking the front was unprepared and was instantly killed by the three.
When Shibukawa saw the three Shinnosukes appear, he immediately understood that it was all a plan. Thinking of wrongly blaming the Konoha ninja in front of him, Shibukawa blushed and was about to say sorry.
But Shinnosuke interrupted: "Shisui, you come to break the rear."
After saying that, the three led Shibukawa and several others to evacuate from the gap created by Shisui's rejection of the Kumogakure ANBU.
Shisui looked at Shinnosuke and really felt the urge to kill Shinnosuke. This guy really treated himself like a bull and a horse, and he had to do all the terrible work.
Although Shisui and the others moved very quickly, Kumogakure Anbu was not a vegetarian either. Several Kumogakure Anbu who were not separated by the sea of fire quickly ran towards the gap, trying to stop Shinnosuke and the others.
"Multi-shadow cloning technique!"
At this moment, several shadow clones of Shisui ran out and stopped Kumogakure ANBU. Even though the shadow clones were eliminated in just a few seconds, they also gave enough time for Shinnosuke and others to retreat from the encirclement.
Shisui took a step back and landed firmly on a large rock. Looking at the Kumogakure Anbu in front of him, he lightly waved the grass pheasant sword in his hand and a wisp of sword energy fell down, cutting a ravine at the Kumogakure Anbu's feet.
"Your opponent is me!"