Chapter 19 It's time to unleash the Spiral Flash Super Rumble Roar 3!
Although the Land of Rivers is not as chaotic as the Land of Rain, it is said that Sunagakure sent the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Shukaku there, making it a formidable opponent.
Furthermore, given that Konoha's forces are at a disadvantage, the current situation is likely quite difficult.
"I hope everything goes well for Souji-nii... It seems I need to step up my efforts and resolve this conflict here as soon as possible, then head over to the Land of Rivers to provide support!"
Minato, thinking this, said earnestly to Jiraiya:
"Teacher, although the enemy is indeed very strong, please rest assured, I still have a trump card up my sleeve!"
"Ultimate move?"
"This difficult situation presents the perfect opportunity to unleash the Spiral Flash Super Wheel Dance Roar III!"
"...good."
Jiraiya responded calmly.
His disciple was truly a genius at naming his disciple, but his strength was undeniable; he might have even surpassed his master.
So let's just ignore the minor flaw of the move's cheesy name...
...
"It's a kunai master from Konoha!"
"Use illusion magic to control them! Everyone, focus your attacks on the kunai masters of Konoha!"
"Quickly, go and fetch a Jonin!"
As always, once Souji appeared, Sunagakure descended into chaos, with all sorts of ninjutsu and ninja tools raining down on him.
Although the attack was still very powerful, the Souji squad had seen this kind of scene many times recently and was used to it. They still had to run, but they were no longer nervous about this level of offensive.
This kind of hit-and-run tactic has recently become almost a daily occurrence.
Out of fear of Mochizuki Souji, the "Kunai Master of Konoha," most of the Sunagakure ninjas dared not launch a strong attack, and simply threw out some ninja tools and ninjutsu as a token gesture.
As for pursuing them, that's absolutely impossible.
Now, while escaping, Souji even has the leisure to check system messages.
[Killed a special Jonin, reputation +500]
[Injured a Jonin, reputation +50]
The ten-shot attack just now had a rare mishap: one of the kunai targets was a Jonin, resulting in only nine people being killed in this ten-shot attack.
However, killing an ordinary Chunin only grants 20 reputation points, while merely injuring a Jonin grants 50 reputation points, so it's not a bad deal.
Just now, I killed 7 Chunin and 1 Genin, gaining a total of 700 reputation points in one ten-hit kill.
Ten days have passed now. Including this time, Souji has made five moves in total, and each time he has consistently killed 10 people with his 10-hit combo.
Although almost all of them were Chunin and Genin, the gains were not great. However, there was one special Jonin among them, and killing him earned 500 reputation points.
Unfortunately, Special Jonin are much rarer than Chunin, and they are something you can only come across once in a while. I was also just unlucky. I threw fifty kunai and only got two Special Jonin, which is not even a ten-to-one ratio with Chunin.
However, in any case, his reputation has now reached 4800.
[Reaching a reputation of 3000 grants a simplified hand seal reward]
[Rewards will be rapidly restored once your reputation reaches 4000]
The simplified hand seals and faster recovery are both great rewards.
Although I use kunai for my attacks and don't need to form hand seals, I still need techniques like the Three Body Technique and the Body Flicker Technique. In a battle, things change in an instant, and the number of hand seals and the speed of the process can be simplified or increased by even a fraction of an second.
Furthermore, he plans to learn the Kunai Shadow Clone Technique in the future, which is an A-rank ninjutsu that requires a lot of hand seals and may even have requirements on the speed of hand seal formation.
My current hand seal speed is barely two seals per second, so simplifying the number of hand seals and the process is a great help.
Needless to say, a rapid recovery is also possible.
Souji looked at his arm, which had been grazed by the Sand Village shuriken. The wound was healing at a visible speed and was now almost completely healed.
This speed is almost equivalent to receiving medical ninjutsu treatment, but for him, it is a normal recovery ability.
"As long as the opponent doesn't have explosive techniques like the Eight Gates or Chidori, even an ordinary Jonin could potentially outlast me in a one-on-one fight using my regenerative abilities," Souji secretly analyzed to himself.
It's so awesome to have a cheat code! Not long ago, I was just an ordinary Chunin with no job, but now I'm capable of taking on Jonin one-on-one. I can't believe I've gotten so much stronger in this short period of time!
On the earthen wall of the Sunagakure camp.
Bowser gripped the kunai in one hand, blood dripping from his palm, but he seemed oblivious, merely watching the Souji squad depart with a cold gaze.
"That's the kunai master from Konoha, the one who killed my brother?"
"This kunai technique is indeed very strange. There are no threads, and it's not a blade... The kunai itself is nothing special, just the most ordinary kunai. Although it has chakra attached to it, the chakra is completely detached from the user, making it impossible to make any precise control... What kind of technique is this?" Bowser muttered to himself.
Most chakra that has separated from the body, such as various ball and bullet techniques, are almost all straightforward and cannot be controlled further.
Just like the puppetry techniques unique to Sunagakure, one must condense chakra into threads to maintain a constant connection between the user and the puppet in order to achieve precise control.
However, as I just saw, the kunai only had chakra used to enhance its destructive power, and there were no other forms of connection.
How exactly do the kunai masters of Konoha control those kunai?
"This person... is far too dangerous!"
Just now, a kunai master from Konoha appeared here. He happened to be defending this area and took one of the opponent's attacks.
Out of fear, he did not go out to pursue them and could only let them leave.
Kuba put down his kunai and had his subordinates bandage his wounds. At the same time, he summoned a Sand Village ninja and questioned him in a deep voice:
"You must have used genjutsu on the kunai master from Konoha just now, right? Why didn't you manage to subdue him?"
The Sand Villager, looking somewhat apprehensive, replied:
"That person's chakra is too strong. As soon as I saw him appear, I immediately used genjutsu on him, but it had no effect at all! His chakra level should be at the Jonin level!"
"Even a Jonin wouldn't be completely ineffective, with not even a momentary effect, right?"
"This... I don't understand either. Perhaps the kunai masters of Konoha are skilled at breaking genjutsu on their own. I felt that the jutsu I used was broken in an instant!"
"Is that so... Never mind, you may leave."
Kuba dismissed Sunagakure, then turned his gaze back to the direction where Souji's team had left, his eyes filled with grave seriousness.
His chakra and taijutsu are both at the Jonin level, he excels at breaking genjutsu, and seems to have no obvious weaknesses...
These are all fine; it's just that Konoha has gained another Jonin, and it won't have much impact on the overall situation.
The most crucial element is his mysterious and unpredictable kunai technique.
Just now, I personally experienced it, and it is indeed as rumored. No matter what method is used, it is impossible to dodge or stop!
Even though he had used a variety of methods in an instant, they were all ineffective. The kunai still came to him unreasonably, forcing him to finally grab it with his bare hands in a panic.
It's absolutely bizarre!
Strangely enough, the kunai that could overcome all his methods was ultimately stopped by such a simple method, at the cost of nothing more than a minor injury.
There seems to be some secret hidden within this kunai technique, but the truth has not yet been uncovered.
"Even without the grudge against my brother Zhuoyan, this person is far too dangerous... We must find a way to eliminate him!"
End of this chapter...