socalfunplaces Chapter 57 The Pursuit by the Cloud Ninja
Chapter 57 The Pursuit by the Cloud Ninja
"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are nothing special!"
Ai pulled out her left hand, grasped the sewing needle, and removed it from her shoulder, looking at the seawater in front of her.
After being caught up by Ai, Kushimaru Kurihara fought for a few minutes. Seeing that he was about to be defeated, Kushimaru Kurihara decisively ignited the explosive tags on his body, attempting to take Ai down with him, but he did not succeed.
Of course, Kushimaru Kurihara's body was blown to pieces and eventually sank into the sea, so the Cloud Ninja could not obtain any more information from his corpse.
"However, having one kid is better than having none."
Holding the sewing needle, Ai joined up with her arriving subordinates and continued searching for Mi Shou.
Knowing that time was of the essence, Mi Shou could no longer afford to reveal his strength and used all his abilities.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Misato created three shadow clones to hold off the three Cloud Ninja Chunin, while he swung his sword in his right hand and charged directly at the Cloud Ninja Jonin.
"Good lad! You've got guts!"
Seeing that Mikami actually had the courage to face him, the Jonin praised him and went to meet him with two kunai in hand.
The short sword clashed with the kunai, resulting in a stalemate where neither side retreated.
"Damn it, this brat is so strong!"
The Jonin gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his arms, trying to force Misato back and gain the upper hand in the battle, but he failed miserably.
Yamori gripped his swords with both hands, holding firm and refusing to retreat, while simultaneously using the power of the One-Tailed Beast.
Hand of Sand!
Numerous grains of sand continuously coalesced, forming two ferocious giant claws made of sand on Mi Shou's shoulders, which then lunged at the enemy.
During this time, Chisuke and the One-Tail's teamwork improved more and more. Although they hadn't yet mastered the One-Tail's Magnet Release, they could use the One-Tail's ordinary abilities.
Therefore, Yamori possessed the abilities of a One-Tailed Jinchuriki.
"What kind of ninjutsu is this?!"
The Cloud Ninja was taken aback and could only retreat to avoid it. Mi Shou rushed forward, ready to kill the enemy, but saw the Cloud Ninja quickly forming hand seals.
Lightning Release: False Darkness!
The Cloud Ninja opened his mouth, lightning flashed, and a giant lightning spear appeared, instantly cracking the ground and sweeping across Mi Shou at an extremely fast speed.
Helpless, Mi Shou could only retreat and dodge, losing the advantage of the initiative. However, he also formed hand seals and spat out a huge fireball to attack the Cloud Ninja.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
The Cloud Ninja had just landed when they saw the huge fireball. They didn't dare to be careless and immediately formed hand seals.
"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"
A solid earthen wall appeared, blocking the fireball, and Mi Shou finished forming the hand seals once again.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Ten shadow clones rushed through the flames, their ten short swords falling towards the Cloud Ninja.
"Damn it, his chakra is so abundant, is he really just a Chunin?!"
After a brief but intense battle, the Cloud Ninja realized that Mi Shou was not easy to deal with and dared not underestimate him, instead regarding him as a formidable enemy.
"The opponent's attacks are relentless, and I can only defend passively. This won't do; I must turn this situation around!"
The Cloud Ninja were experienced in combat, and their minds were not on defending against the attacks of these shadow clones, but on how to defeat Misato.
"In that case, Lightning Release: Raging Thunder Torrent!"
The Cloud Ninja pressed their hands to the ground, consuming a large amount of chakra. In the blink of an eye, the ground began to collapse, and bolts of lightning shot out from the ground around the Cloud Ninja.
This ninjutsu has a wide attack range, not only defeating all the shadow clones, but also forcing back Mikami, who wanted to flank and launch a sneak attack, pushing him back dozens of meters and directly disrupting his offensive rhythm.
The two stood facing each other. Yunren gently exhaled and raised his hands slightly, ready to form hand seals at any moment.
"You're very strong. The stronger you are, the less we can let you leave alive, because you're a Kirigakure!"
Time was not on Mi Shou's side, so he didn't answer. Instead, he waved his hand, and three shadow clones came over and captured three Cloud Ninja Chunin.
Just now, during the battle, the shadow clone had already defeated the opponent.
"If they chase us any further, I'll kill them!"
Mi Shou turned and left. Just as the Cloud Ninja Captain was about to give chase, three shadow clones pressed a kunai against the prisoner's throat. The kunai instantly pierced the flesh, and blood flowed down the kunai.
"Damn it, you despicable bastard!"
The Cloud Ninja Jonin was filled with rage. He hesitated for a moment, and then saw that Misato's figure had already disappeared.
With a helpless sigh, the Cloud Ninja Jonin made his choice. After spending some time, he took action to eliminate Misaki's shadow clone and rescue his subordinate.
At that moment, the Raikage arrived and shouted, "Where's that brat?"
The Cloud Ninja Jonin immediately pointed out the direction: "Escape to the south."
"By the way, Lord Ai, the other party is not simple..."
Before the Cloud Ninja Captain could finish speaking, Ai's figure had already disappeared into the distance, leaving him only to shake his head helplessly.
"It doesn't matter. With Lord Ai's strength, there won't be any problems."
In fact, Mi Shou had a trick up his sleeve. He did flee south at first, but soon turned west, circled around, and finally headed straight north.
The north is the Land of Lightning, so logically, Mikami shouldn't be there.
"But I've studied military strategy. I understand the principles of surprise attack and catching the enemy off guard. Right now, those Cloud Ninjas must be foolishly searching south."
As it turns out, Mi Shou's understanding of military strategy was not very good; he only guessed half of it correctly.
Ai did indeed pursue them southward, but because all of the Cloud Ninja's strongholds in the Moon Kingdom were destroyed, some of the Cloud Ninja went south to prepare to establish new strongholds.
As the Cloud Ninja guarding the Land of the Moon, these people are not only strong, but also well-rounded.
There are sensory ninjas, sealing ninjas, and combat ninjas—it has them all.
The two sides, one to the north and one to the south, are heading towards each other.
Mi Shou was also quite unlucky; after only half a day of running, he ran into this group of Cloud Ninja.
"Captain, an unknown ninja has appeared ahead. How is this possible? The chakra within him is terrifying!"
The sensory ninjas discovered Mikami in advance and immediately reported it to the commander.
"They must be some escaped ninja from the Mist Village. They fled north to avoid being hunted down by A, but they just happened to run into us. Hahaha, this is a gift delivered right to our doorstep!"
The commander was overjoyed and immediately led his men to attack!
His team of ninjas, consisting of three Jonin, six Chunin, and nine Genin, was already quite strong and had no fear of a mere Kirigakure ninja.
A dozen seconds later, Mi Shou looked up and saw a flock of birds hovering and flying back and forth in the sky above the distant woods, but never landing in the forest. He immediately stopped.
Misato judged that there must be a large number of enemies ahead, so he turned around and fled again.
However, after running for more than ten minutes and changing directions several times, Mi Shou found that he could not shake off the pursuers at all. On the contrary, they were getting closer and closer, and he could already see the pursuers' figures.
"Damn it, the enemy must have a sensory ninja. I hope the Shadow Clone Technique can fool them!"
Mi Shou split into five clones, which fled in different directions.
However, the sensory ninja used some kind of ninjutsu and found Mikami's true form in just a few seconds.
"The enemy's main body is there!"
Seeing that he couldn't shake off the enemy, Misuke stopped wasting his chakra and stamina and stopped in a sparse grove of trees.
"Since they're so persistent, let's have a good fight and crush their courage!"