Chapter 323: A New Deal
Fuen, who was skilled in genjutsu and sealing jutsu, was also quickly forming hand seals. The female ninja floated in mid-air as if she had no weight, her eyes filled with a cold light.
"You little brat, how dare you look down on us—"
She stared intently at Ino, and suddenly a chill ran down her spine. She turned around in astonishment, only to see another Ino piercing her heart with the short sword, Shūsui.
"You?" she subconsciously pointed downwards. Weren't you down there? When did you get behind me?
Ino's hand, gripping the sword, twisted clockwise, then was quickly pulled out.
She hadn't truly mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, but she had been practicing Shisui's Body Flicker Technique for some time.
Three seconds after she killed Fuen, the Ino on the ground, who was just an illusion, slowly disappeared.
Shisui's Illusory Body Flicker Technique could create dozens of indistinguishable figures at the same time. His speed was fast, and his genjutsu skills were high, which was how he earned the title "Shisui of the Body Flicker." Ino's speed was not that fast, and her genjutsu was average, but leaving a single illusion was no problem.
The earth-style ninja named Fudō saw his companion die. It was unknown if practicing Earth Release had turned his brain into muscle, but he actually used Earth Release: Hardening Technique on himself to increase his defense.
Ino, without a second word, served him a Giant Rasengan.
Fudō was smashed to pieces. Only two feet and two hands remained on the ground; his torso had been pulverized by the Giant Rasengan.
Only Kazuma was left on the field.
Ino drew her sword and charged.
Her swordsmanship was basically a combination of the Konoha-Style Sword Technique: Dance of the Crescent Moon and some of Kimimaro's taijutsu. It wasn't too sophisticated.
But ninja battles these days were all about "speed breaks all defenses." Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique emphasized speed above all else. Even when Might Guy fought the King of Dance, it was speed as power. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?
Might Guy didn't care how many ninjutsu you knew, how many yin-yang transformations you had mastered, or what Kekkei Genkai or Kekkei Tōta you possessed. He just charged forward and fought!
Ino hadn't reached that level, but in terms of a quick battle, a fighting style combining taijutsu and ninjutsu was faster.
She kicked at Kazuma's face. Her "Strength" stat of 6 was very average among ninjas, but her "Speed" stat of 8 made her movements extremely agile. Coupled with Shisui's Body Flicker, half a second ago, her figure was in the distance; half a second later, she was right in front of him.
As one of the Guardian Shinobi Twelve, Kazuma was not weak. He raised his pewter staff to parry, then switched from defense to offense, thrusting the staff at her heart.
Seeing a blue light shine in Ino's palm from the corner of his eye, he very alertly swung his staff horizontally.
The chakra Ino had gathered was not enough for a Giant Rasengan; she could only meet it with a normal Rasengan.
With a muffled "thump," it was unknown what material Kazuma's pewter staff was made of, but it was unusually heavy and sturdy. The Rasengan hit the head of the staff, only slightly deflecting it.
Kazuma's face was filled with mockery. "Fool, truly a fool. You want to compete with me in taijutsu?"
This guy was a bit like Asuma: primarily taijutsu, supplemented by some Earth and Wind Release ninjutsu, a standard Jounin.
He shouted, and the pewter staff thrust towards Ino's forehead. As she ducked to avoid it, the staff, which was as hard as refined steel, suddenly extended, wrapping around her neck like a nine-section whip.
"Genjutsu: Tree Binding Death." Ino seemed to have no intention of dodging at all, forming hand seals right in front of Kazuma. The moment the nine-section whip wrapped around her body, her figure also vanished.
Kazuma felt himself being tightly bound by a large tree that had appeared out of thin air.
"A child's trick!" He was familiar with Konoha's traditional genjutsu. With a shake of his arms, the chakra throughout his body circulated rapidly, and he broke the genjutsu by disrupting his chakra.
His combat experience was also rich. Hearing footsteps behind him, without looking, he swung the pewter staff horizontally behind him.
"Poof." An Ino was struck by him, turning into a puff of white smoke.
Shadow Clone Technique? This is bad!
He quickly retreated, spinning the pewter staff, creating an impenetrable defense.
"Compound Ninjutsu: Poison Pufferfish!" Ino used her original ninjutsu. Her main body spat out poisoned chakra, one shadow clone used Water Release to greatly enhance the poison, and another shadow clone used Wind Release to shoot the poison like fine needles at the enemy.
Kazuma's skills were indeed impressive. He swung his pewter staff so fast that not a drop of water could get through; the Poison Pufferfish was completely blocked.
"You little brat, let's see what else you—" He was halfway through his sentence when his expression changed drastically.
He had blocked the poison needles, but he hadn't blocked the poison.
Each time the Poison Pufferfish was blocked by the pewter staff, it left a little poison behind. This little bit was not fatal, but as it accumulated, after blocking thousands of them, the pewter staff became a poison staff. The right hand he used to hold the staff had turned completely blackish-purple, and the poison was rapidly rushing up his arm towards his heart.
Looking at the virulence of this poison, once it entered his heart, he was dead for sure.
Kazuma acted decisively, chopping off his right arm and then turning to run.
How could Ino possibly let him escape? Dealing with a one-armed ninja who couldn't form hand seals and had lost his weapon was simply easy and pleasant.
A Rasengan hit his back, followed by a slash across the neck with Shūsui. Kazuma's head flew into the air. His body stood for a few seconds before crashing to the ground.
"Hmph, you're far worse than Teacher Asuma, really. In terms of character, ideals, ninjutsu, taijutsu—you're no good in any of them." Ino remembered that a person still had about ten seconds of consciousness after their head was chopped off, so she crouched down with a dark and eerie air and chatted with Kazuma's head for a bit.
Only after Kazuma had completely lost all signs of life, and she had sensed him twice to confirm he had no other means of resurrection, did she turn and leave.
There was no need to clean up the battle traces. Without these ninjas' support, if the Land of Fire's Daimyo didn't want to die, he would definitely make the right choice.
Ino took all the Underworld Soil, went to a remote corner, and magnanimously summoned the Shinigami.
As Ino's silly friend, her true "death" mate, the Shinigami came quickly. Seeing the soil filled with the aura of the dead, It was also very happy.
Its house had servants and a gate, but the "house" itself was extremely damaged. Now, with this Underworld Soil, It could make bricks to repair the house.
Ino timely brought up the matter of trading for the Yin Nine-Tails.
The Shinigami thought for a moment, then slowly shook Its head.
Ino was furious. "You're not being a good friend at all! What kind of relationship do we have? You're not even willing to help me with such a small favor?!"
She rambled on for five minutes, expressing her dissatisfaction. The Shinigami was somewhat moved, wondering if It was being too harsh.
After thinking it over and over, It still couldn't part with the Yin Nine-Tails. As the most important part of the Ten-Tails, this thing was too valuable.
But Ino was indeed a good silly friend.
What to do?
The Shinigami felt that Its original "house" was too old and too broken. It was preparing to build a new "house" on the original site. It proposed a new additional condition: as long as Ino helped It with one more small favor, It would release the Yin Nine-Tails.
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