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After the newly formed teams disembarked the regiment ship, Ryu Yuki shunshin away from the ship and then started following Kisame's team.
When Fuguki saw this, he narrowed his eyes and stood up from his seating position.
Fuguki was about to shunshen away, but Juzo stopped him and said to him, "Fuguki senpai, wait, I will come with you."
Fuguki raised his eyebrows in surprise upon hearing this and then asked Juzo, "Why do you want to come?"
Juzo chuckled, rubbed his head in embarrassment and started explaining his reasoning to Fuguki: "Well, that little girl used to be my student, and I still consider her as one."
Fuguki smiled when he heard this and Juzo continued, "Also, I need to keep an eye on that brat Zabuza's performance so I can train him better in the future."
Fuguki nodded his head after hearing Juzo's answer and said to him, "Alright, Juzo, let's go."
Juzo nodded to Fuguki, then both of them shunshened away and disembarked the ship.
Mei watched everything unfold in front of her; she was giving a sweet smile without interfering with anyone.
She then thought to herself, "I wonder who is going to live and who is going to die in this mission. Things are getting interesting."
"Especially with that little girl Yukina, she had enemies hiding in the shadows waiting for the right time to strike her down. I don't think she will live past this mission."
Mei then sighed in regret after coming up with this conclusion then she said to herself, "I wish you luck Yukina I really don't want you to die. I want to get to know you."
"Furthermore, I can't help you out right now because this mission takes priority. Good luck."
Mei then turned and gave the crew the order to sail ahead at full speed.
The third regiment's ship then started sailing forward at full speed.
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Three days later
A muscular middle-aged man wearing dark blue shinobi attire rushed inside a big tent and he started reporting in an anxious tone, "Captain, our scout teams spotted three six-man teams from the hidden Mist Village; they are charging towards our village location."
When the captain heard this, he stood up anxiously and yelled, "What did you say? Are you sure that this information is accurate?"
The captain looked like a man in his forties. He was wearing the same attire as the muscular man. He had short brown hair, an average face, fair skin, and a lean, muscular body.
The muscular man nodded his head and said, "Yes, but each of the three teams consists of genins and one chunin as a leader."
The captain's face darkened after hearing this and he cursed loudly, "Damn those hidden mist lunatics! They are looking down on us by sending genins. They are going to pay."
He then looked at the muscular man and said, "I want you to go to the village and report everything to the village head. In the meantime, I will summon all the shinobi here and kill every last one of those Hidden Mist lunatics. They will regret looking down on us."
With a respectful nod, the muscular man swiftly left the tent to carry out the given order.
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With Kisame's team
While Kisame's team continued charging toward the Sea Spirit Village, Yukina sensed eleven chakra presences charging towards them at high speed.
Yukina could sense that one of the foes charging toward them had as much chakra as Kisame.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Suddenly, Yukina and the others faced a barrage of kunais and shurikens.
Explosive tags were wrapped around the kunais and shurikens that were flying towards her and the rest of her team.
Yukina gave a wide smile full of excitement when she saw how precisely those kunais and shurikens were aimed at her and at her teammates.
She quickly concentrated her chakra on the bottom of her feet and dashed to the side, dodging the kunais and shurikens that were aimed at her.
"BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM."
When the kunais and shurikens hit the seawater, the explosive tags ignited and exploded, creating many explosions throughout the sea, forcing Kisame and the rest of his team to scatter.
Kisame then saw a man in his late twenties appear in front of him, blocking his path.
When Kisame saw the man, he smirked at him in a bloodthirsty manner.
The man was wearing dark blue shinobi attire and a blue bandana that served as a forehead protector.
He was a tall and muscular man with an average face, brown eyes, tanned skin, and sharp eyebrows.
The man was carrying a giant axe over his shoulder, and he was looking menacingly at Kisame.
Kisame chuckled when he saw the man and said, "To think I will be fighting one of the three spirits of the Sea Spirit Village so soon—this is really exciting."
The man snorted when he heard this and said, "It's time for you to die, Mist Scum."
Before they started clashing, Kisame said to the man, "Before we begin fighting, I would like to propose something to you."
The man raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard this and asked, "What is this proposition of yours?"
Kisame shook his head and replied to the man, "This is not my proposition; it is Mizukage-sama's proposition: an invitation to join the Hidden Mist Village. If you refuse, you will die along with your subordinates."
The man gave an enraged laugh; it was so loud that it resounded to the sky.
He looked at Kisame like an enraged wild beast and declared, "I refuse your Mizukage proposition, and I will kill each one of you using the most painful method possible."
Kisame shrugged his shoulders after hearing this. He unsheathed his katana from his waist and said to the man, "Well, I tried. Your death is not my responsibility anymore."
The man snorted when he heard this, then charged at Kisame with his axe and swung it downward in an attempt to cut him in two.
Kisame swung his katana upward in retaliation and blocked the axe strike with his katana.
"CLANK."
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With Yukina
A young man and a young woman blocked Yukina's path. The woman stood in front of Yukina, and the man stood behind her.
The woman appeared to be 16 years old, with long crimson hair that she was tying into a ponytail, an elegant face, well-defined eyebrows, an exquisite nose, cherry-like lips, green eyes, and a curvaceous body.
The young man was quite handsome He had a lean, muscular physique, a handsome face, sharp eyebrows, and green eyes.
Both individuals were wearing blue shinobi attire that included a forehead protector featuring an X insignia.
"Don't take it personally, girl, but we have orders to kill you and your comrades." The young man said this to Yukina.
Yukina just smiled in excitement when she heard what the young man said.
She then saw the young man and the young woman start doing a sequence of hand seals. They created whips out of water, and they started swinging them at Yukina.
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."
Yukina smiled widely and elegantly dodged the water whip strikes. She then unsheathed her katana and began diverting the whips away with it's tip.
Yukina was stunned for a second when she discovered how hard the water whips were; they were as hard as steel.
Both the young man and the young woman were shocked after seeing Yukina's performance just now.
Yukina put some distance between herself and her foes; she smiled widely in excitement, then she thought to herself, "I don't know why I am able to sense their attack trajectories and the method they use to mold their chakra. I have never been able to do this before."
"I will think about it later. It is time I try the silent killing technique that Juzo sensei taught me. I have never tried it in an actual fight, only when I sparred against Zabuza."
After making up her mind, Yukina made a ram hand seal and murmured.
"Hidden Mist Jutsu."
A thick white mist then covered Yukina and her two foes, preventing the enemy shinobi from seeing her location.
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With Fuguki
Fuguki and Juzo were watching Yukina's battle with enormous interest while they were hiding their presence by using a genjutsu.
When Juzo saw how Yukina diverted the water whips with the tip of her katana, he loudly remarked to Fuguki, "Her Kenjutsu skills have improved significantly in just a few days. This pace of improvement is so ridiculous! How can someone improve this much so quickly?"
Fuguki didn't reply to Juzo's inquiry; he kept watching her battle intently. He then thought to himself, "She is only one step away from reaching the peak of one with the sword realm."
When Fuguki saw Yukina executing the hidden mist jutsu, he looked at Juzo and asked, "Did you teach her the silent killing technique?"
Juzo nodded his head and answered Fuguki's question, saying, "Yes, but I only taught her the basics of the technique. She has a good grasp of those basics. This will be the first time she uses this technique in actual battle."
Fuguki nodded his head in understanding while he continued watching the battle intently.
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With Yukina
The young man and the young woman stood back to back, feeling very nervous because the mist created by Yukina was too thick for them to see anything ahead.
The young woman then asked the young man, "Did she retreat?"
The young man shook his head and replied to the woman's question, "No idea, sister."
Just after the young man uttered these words, Yukina thrust out her katana and stabbed the young man in the throat.
"PU."
The young man widened his eyes in disbelief when he saw Yukina's katana stabbing into his throat, and the last words that flashed through his mind were, "How could this be? I didn't hear anything at all. I am sure of it."
"SPLASH."
After Yukina removed her katana from the young man's throat, she let his corpse fall into the seawater.
When the young woman heard the splash, she began to call out anxiously.
"Sora, what happened? Did you finish that girl? Answer me, damn it."
Yukina appeared behind the young woman silently without making any sound and thrust her katana again.
"PU."
The young woman couldn't believe it when she saw that Yukina's katana was protruding from the other side of her own body.
She now understood what had happened to Sora. Overcome with rage, she yelled loudly in hatred, "I am going to slaughter you, you bitch."
Suddenly Yukina could sense a huge amount of chakra was molding in the young woman's back. She quickly pulled her katana out of the young woman's body to retreat.
However, multiple golden chains burst out from the young woman's back, which stunned Yukina and the golden chains flew towards Yukina at an impressive speed
Yukina smiled in excitement as she saw the golden chains flying toward her from multiple directions like missiles, making it impossible for her to dodge them all.
She quickly activated her hydrofication bloodline, transforming her body into water to successfully dodge the golden chains.
Yukina's water body dissolved into the seawater, successfully dodging the golden chains.
After Yukina dodged the golden chains, the mist she created started to disappear slowly.
Yukina hid herself in the seawater and kept observing the young woman with a smile on her face. "This woman is very intriguing. What are these golden chains? Could I replicate those chains with my ice release?" Yukina thought to herself.
The young woman saw the mist that Yukina created disappear, and Yukina was nowhere to be seen.
She then started yelling madly at Yukina, "Come out and fight me, you slut."
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With Fuguki and Juzo
Fuguki and Juzo had clearly seen Yukina's battle from the beginning.
Thanks to their mastery of silent killing technique it was no problem for them to watch the battle because Yukina's mist is not as thick as the mist they create when using the hidden mist jutsu.
When Juzo saw the golden chains of the young woman, he remarked in astonishment , "A survivor of the Uzamaki clan—we should capture her."
Fuguki nodded his head in agreement. They then suddenly appeared behind the young woman.
Fuguki knocked the young woman in the back of her neck, sending her to unconsciousness
Juzo grabbed the young woman and dispelled the genjutsu that was concealing their presence.
When Yukina saw Fuguki and Juzo, she was stunned at their presence at first. She then frowned and reformed her body again.
Yukina then asked Fuguki and Juzo, "Fuguki sensei, Juzo sensei, why did you interfere in my fight? It was getting fun."
Fuguki smiled at Yukina and then began explaining, "This woman is from the Uzumaki clan; she is very valuable to our village if she is alive."
Yukina shrugged her shoulders and thought, "Sigh, it was getting fun. Whatever, I might find another intriguing foe to fight here."
Yukina then turned around and left to fight other foes.
Fuguki then said to Juzo, "take this girl back to the village Juzo I will look after both my apprentice and your apprentice.
Juzo nodded in understanding; he then started leaving the battlefield while carrying the young woman on his back, heading towards the Hidden Mist Village.