Chapter 24 Luckily, I was one step ahead!
However, the next moment.
With a bang, a cloud of white smoke exploded in the pillar of fire.
The pillar of fire consumed only a piece of wood.
The real Souji stood on a rooftop, calmly facing the Sand Village that had attacked him.
With his newly acquired sense of danger and mastery of the Three Body Technique, Souji sensed the danger and promptly used the Substitution Technique to take the injury in his place.
"You reacted so quickly, you actually managed to dodge my attack. Konoha's kunai masters are indeed not easy to deal with!"
The Sand Villager spoke in a deep voice, slowly waving his hand to condense two bright fireballs around him with chakra.
"My name is Kuba, a member of the Scorching Release clan, a kunai master of Konoha... I will kill you to avenge my brother Scorch Release technique and the Sand Village comrades who died at your hands!"
"..."
The commander remained silent for a long time before speaking:
"May I ask a question?"
"...What?"
"Could you change my title?
'Konoha's Kunai Master' is too ordinary.
I doesn't feel very powerful, like some generic stepping stone. You must be a big shot in Sunagakure, right?
Could you suggest a title that sounds more like a powerful one?"
Kuba squinted at Souji, and after a long pause, replied in a deep voice:
"Okay, after I kill you."
As soon as he finished speaking, two fireballs shot towards Souji!
"Scorching Escape - Over-Steam Kill!"
Souji dared not be careless about these two scorching fireballs.
According to the original work, this fireball is composed of chakra of both wind and fire natures.
It can raise the temperature inside a living being the moment it comes into contact with it, completely evaporating the moisture in the body.
A living person will instantly become a dried-up corpse, meaning that anyone who touches it will die!
Fortunately, the newly acquired sense of danger came in very handy at this time.
Souji was able to predict the trajectory of the Scorching Release fireball with his intuition, and even though the fireball was very fast, he was still able to dodge it easily.
Souji used the Body Flicker Technique to create distance, while simultaneously drawing kunai from the ninja tool pouches on both sides of his waist and throwing them out continuously!
Mochizuki-ryu has no throwing technique - Chain Throw!
Seeing the kunai flying towards him one after another, Kuba remained calm and composed.
Unlike the others, who tried to dodge or block them with various means, he took the initiative to meet them head-on.
Puff puff puff!
All ten kunai struck, but they only hit non-vital areas such as the hands, feet, and shoulders. Some even just grazed past Kuba, causing negligible damage.
The commander frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.
Kuba sneered, pulling out the kunai that were embedded in his body one by one, and said coldly:
"As expected, Konoha's kunai master. Although I still don't know the secret behind your kunai technique's perfect accuracy, I have indeed figured out its weakness!"
"..."
Souji remained silent, constantly dodging the scorching fireballs with his Body Flicker Technique while throwing kunai.
Kuba maintained a distance of several meters from Souji, ensuring that the kunai only grazed non-vital areas, and continued:
"Your technique is probably similar to my clan's Scorching Release: Fireball. As long as it's not too far from the user, it can still be controlled."
"While your technique is indeed more amazing, capable of hitting the target every time, its weakness is... it can only guarantee a hit, but not the location of the hit!"
"..."
"Even if it just brushes past me, it still counts as being hit by your kunai, and the wonder of your technique seems to end there.
So all I have to do is turn the tables and let your kunai hit me by brushing past me!"
"I only need to suffer minor injuries; even if I'm hit hundreds of times, it won't hurt me at all, but your technique will be rendered useless!"
At this point, Kuba's eyes widened, and he roared:
"Die with your bizarre techniques, Konoha's kunai master!"
"Magic Illusion: Hell's Appearance Technique!"
Kuba quickly formed hand seals and cast an illusion on Souji.
Although this illusion technique is only D-rank, Kuba has honed his skills in it for many years and is quite accomplished, making it completely different from the effects used by ordinary ninjas.
In Kuba's mind, although he knew that Konoha's kunai masters were good at breaking genjutsu, how could the genjutsu used by a Jonin be compared with the ordinary genjutsu used by a Chunin?
Besides, he didn't expect to completely control the other party; he just wanted to keep them in check.
The effect of Hell Sight is to make the opponent see the image they fear most, thus inflicting a mental blow.
Although it is not a very powerful illusion, it is indeed suitable for creating a momentary opening for the opponent.
Souji felt that the surroundings suddenly became slightly darker.
With A-rank genjutsu resistance, even if a Jonin uses genjutsu on Souji, it will still have some effect, but it will be greatly reduced.
From the commander's perspective, it was just some blurry, illusory figures that appeared, and it was hard to tell who they were, so it had no real impact.
With a confident smile, Kuba used his Body Flicker Technique to get even closer to Souji.
The closer the distance, the more precise his control over the Scorching Release fireball can be, and he can also mobilize more chakra to increase the speed of the Scorching Release fireball's flight.
"Prepare to die!"
"Are you done talking?"
"Um!?"
Souji, holding kunai in both hands, appeared before Kuba using the Body Flicker Technique and calmly said:
"Looking at the Moon, I have no battle tactics - Flowing Cloud Hundred Strike!"
A large amount of chakra instantly covered his hands and kunai.
With the stimulation and enhancement of a large amount of chakra, Souji's hands continuously thrust forward with lightning speed!
"Hmm!"
Kuba took more than twenty thrusts in an instant, and he did his best to dodge and block them in a way that would minimize the damage he took.
However, under such close and rapid attacks, even though he had tried his best, he was still stabbed in several places by kunai.
"hateful!"
Kuba's expression was ferocious as he gritted his teeth and endured the attack.
Although he wanted to control the Scorching Release fireball attack, he was so focused on dodging and blocking that he couldn't concentrate on controlling the fireball.
If you get distracted... you could be stabbed in a vital spot and die on the spot!
Having withstood forty thrusts, Kuba had multiple wounds on his body, and his limbs were beginning to lose their flexibility.
Having withstood sixty thrusts, Kuba was bleeding profusely and could no longer effectively defend himself.
Eighty blows... Actually, at this point, Kuba's heart had already been pierced, and he was already dead.
However, Souji's ability to unleash such a high-speed burst of attacks is due to the muscle reflexes he has developed over many years of practice with the moves.
The commander could not easily interrupt the skill, and it took a full hundred strikes to stop.
Kuba's body slowly fell to the ground.
"Phew... I almost got killed by this idiot's show-off skills, but luckily I'm a step ahead!"
The commander sighed, looking at Kuba, who died with his eyes wide open and an expression of extreme resentment, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
"I really don't know what you're thinking... Do you think you're some kind of immortal cultivator who refines your body?
In a ninja world where everyone is fragile, how could you possibly be hit hundreds of times and not feel a scratch?"
"Don't even mention hundreds, even dozens of times, you'd be dead by now!"
This battle was quite stressful.
This person is a Jonin of Sunagakure, and comes from a prestigious family with the bloodline limit of Scorching Release. He is probably a big shot in Sunagakure.
Perhaps out of confidence in his strength and the desire to avoid losing too many people, this person did not summon other Sand Village members to carry out a massacre, but instead faced himself alone in a one-on-one fight.
Furthermore, believing he had found the weakness of the kunai technique, and perhaps also eager to eliminate the formidable enemy, this person actually took the initiative to engage in close combat.
Without these factors, the problem couldn't have been solved so quickly.
If this person chooses to keep their distance, then I can only dodge the scorching fireballs while throwing kunai to slowly build up injuries to the opponent.
That will definitely develop into a protracted battle, and I don't know how long it will take to resolve.
However, there are no "what ifs" in life; one wrong move can lead to complete failure.
Regardless, this battle still delayed me quite a bit.
About 30 seconds.
Ninja battles are all high-speed battles, so 30 seconds is not a short time.
[Killed a Jonin, reputation +5000]
He killed a Jonin and gained a great deal of wealth, which instantly boosted his reputation, pushing it past the 10,000 mark!
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