Chapter 17: Chapter 017 Body Flicker
~Next day~
The Leaf team leader informed the other leaf shinobi members of the secret cloud-based group in their border area. The Battle commander of that border looked unhappy, even though they couldn't see his face.
So today they attacked with sufficient force. Menma was also included in the team as he is mentally prepared according to them.
They were divided into many groups to surround them. Menma was with five other Chunins and one Jonin.
One of them said, "We have to deal with all the Chuunin and Genin teams by attacking and blocking their escape routes."
Another one said, "I heard they have a lot of chuunin and genin this time. They wanted the Land of Fire; they should know the consequences of provoking us."
They are trying to kill every Cloud ninja. Menma remained silent as he also thought that they were just a group of thieves from another village. Konoha had never attacked any other village for their territory, but they have always been attacked by others. Maybe the Land of Fire has a large amount of land and being surrounded by a geographical advantage area could also be a big reason.
Menma didn't care about it.
Their group waited in ambush. After five minutes, the fight started. Menma sensed a few Cloud shinobi approaching. They fought against another group of Konoha chunin.
Menma appeared behind one of the cloud ninjas and with one short swing, he decapitated him. The others on his team also managed to kill the remaining Cloud ninja in an ambush fight.
It was never a fair fight. Menma had healed one of their injured Chunins and returned to the same tactics.
Menma went on another ambush, but soon he spotted a few Cloud genins running towards his position. The other Konoha group was engaged with chunin and genins. Menma waited for these genins to get closer.
As soon as they got closer, Menma attacked again. The two Cloud Genin immediately lost their heads. Menma looked at them and then looked at himself. He sighed and thought, "I am taking lives like a reaper now. Life has lost its true meaning in my own life. Sometimes, I even forget to feel my own emotions."
A signal flare lit up in the sky. It was a regrouping signal for the group fight. Menma and the others immediately headed over to that location.
While going to that place, Menma had killed two Cloud Chūnin who met him on his way.
Menma noticed that the Cloud Ninja and Konoha Ninja were engaged in battle here. Both sides were comprised of elite fighters.
Menma immediately attacked one of the cloud chunins who tried to react, but the sword had already sliced through his neck.
He blocked a kunai attack immediately; he saw many Cloud Jonin staring at him.
A Cloud jonin immediately appeared near Menma. But he immediately blocked him with his sword and maintained a distance. Another jonin tried to attack him at that time, but Menma became a wooden block and appeared behind him.
Menma was enraged by the fact that many of them were staring at him with killing intent as if they wanted to kill him. He immediately inserted his sword through the chest of the jonin, giving no time for any of his opponents to substitute.
The first Cloud Ninja that attacked was also unable to escape his eyes. After killing the first one, he came towards Menma, only to see him performing extremely fast hand signs.
"Hell viewing technique. "
The Cloud Ninja was caught in the illusion for just one second and undid it immediately, but this one second was enough for Menma's sword to come out again and slice through his neck.
He looked around him and he saw that every Cloud Shinobi saw that Menma was not an easy target, even though he was a low-ranking Chunin.
A cloud Chunin finished his hand signs and said, "Lightning Style: Fall Above Head."
Menma heard and felt a lot of chakra above his head. He had heard this technique for so long. It was not like Kirin Jutsu, which could be avoided. Even Kirin Jutsu could be avoided and defended against.
Lightning struck Menma but he again turned into wood. He appeared behind the cloud ninja and his sword pierced through his heart. The opponent fell lifeless.
A sword was used to attack Menma from the other side, but he quickly blocked it.
The attacker said, "You're dead, kid."
Menma parried swords with his attacker. The opponent looked very experienced with the sword. While they were parrying, another sword user attacked Menma's side. Menma again used the substitution jutsu.
Above another Cloud ninja who was fighting, he appeared. He slashed and opened his back. Before he could attack someone else, the two Cloud ninja shinobi attacked him again.
Menma's goal is not to get distracted but to kill more Cloud Shinobi. He is killing a few Cloud Shinobi while getting chased by these two people.
The battlefield commander appeared and killed two of them immediately. Menma saw that they had won the battle, but also lost a few Konoha ninjas.
The battlefield commander said, "We have won the battle. Now it's time for the cleanup. Those who ran away don't need to be chased; they've already crossed the border."
The cleanup began, and leaf shinobi collected their comrades as well as the enemy shinobi corpses.
All of them returned to their base camp. Menma had already treated many injured shinobi before returning; he went to his tent for a well-deserved rest.
~Another day~
Menma meets Jonin Kaite, his team leader.
Jonin Kaite looked at Menma and smiled. He said, "Hello, Menma. Do you know Body Flicker Jutsu, or are you using that kind of amazing speed with pure raw power?"
The team leader Kaite was very surprised by the speed displayed by Menma during the battle; it was like he had performed Body Flicker Jutsu.
Menma looked expressionless but was still surprised by this question. He replied, "No, I don't know Body Flicker Jutsu. It's just the result of high-speed taijutsu training."
Kaite nodded and didn't show his surprised expression. He thought for a moment and said, "You are already a chunin. So I can teach you Body Flicker. It will make you even faster. Maybe not as fast as Yellow Flash, but still you can compete with the best body flicker users."
Kaite then began to explain the theory behind Body Flicker. He demonstrated this technique. Menma scanned it, and his main computer showed the true potential of this technique. Minor adjustments could change its straight explosive speed into all-around speed, as well as improve various aspects of it.
Menma said at that time, "I'll try it."
Menma tried the normal one first, but he couldn't control it. He almost couldn't dodge the front tree and he crashed into it. His nose got bruised from it.
Kaite couldn't help wanting to laugh, but he stopped himself in time.
Menma read some advice on the Mind Computer about how to avoid accidentally bumping into someone while using the Body Flicker Jutsu.
On his second attempt, he succeeded. Kaite congratulated him but told him to practice it for a week before moving on to the next technique. He spent a week perfecting the normal body flicker.
~Today~
The team returned to the village with the logistical data and the secret scroll. Menma was happy to be returning to his home after many months away.
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