The Shadow of Konoha

Hanyu was facing off against the enemy quietly. He was not in a hurry to take action at this moment. On the contrary, the opponent was the same. Instead of being aggressive, he seemed very interested... or one could say that he seemed to be at ease.

Soon, the sound of most people moving quickly reached Hanyu's ears. He turned around and found that the enemies behind him had caught up with him.

When Hanyu saw them, they also discovered Hanyu at the same time. However, the group of people did not attack Hanyu immediately, but stopped behind him instead.

Although the Rain Village ninjas were ready to make a move, they only surrounded Hanyu secretly and did not attack immediately... This was because their sight passed over Hanyu's shoulder and stayed on the ninja in front of them who had covered his eyes.

They did not take action not because they were afraid of Hanyu's strength, but because they were afraid of the ninja's identity.

"Yes... Lord Ryu."

The slight discussion reached Hanyu's ears, and then he roughly learned the name of the ninja in front... Compared to the name like Hanzo of the Salamander, he had never heard of any powerful ninja named "Ryu" in Amegakure.

However, the world is so vast that not every strong person can be famous. Relatively speaking, the ninja who is extremely powerful but unknown is more terrifying.

Then Hanyu heard that Ryu-sama say, "Southeast, Konoha's team fled in the southeast direction. If you want to chase them, go that way. As for the remaining enemy, leave it to me to deal with."

"But..."

A Hidden Rain Ninja behind wanted to question this order, but before he could say anything, he was stopped by another ninja next to him.

"We understand, Master Ryu."

He accepted the order without hesitation, and immediately stopped worrying about Hanyu's problem, and led the team to chase in the northeast direction. Soon, the many figures disappeared in the rain.

Hanyu looked at the departing Amegakure ninjas, and then frowned slightly. What was happening now proved at least two things: first, this ninja named Ryu had a relatively high status and prestige in Amegakure, at least high enough to allow a medium-sized Amegakure army to accept his temporary orders without hesitation; second, the strength of "Ryu" was once again indirectly confirmed, because the Amegakure ninjas looked at him as if they were looking at a corpse.

Even though he wasn't dead yet, he had already been sentenced to death by this group of people.

In other words, even though Hanyu had fought his way in and out of this group of ninjas several times without getting hurt, the other party believed that his strength was far inferior to that of the man in front of him, so they allowed Hanyu to stay here and went to chase the Konoha team instead.

Facing the enemy's pursuit, Hanyu was helpless. All he could do was to hold back the person who posed the greatest threat to him.

After everyone from Rain had chased out, Hanyu thought for a moment, then tried to ask, "Your eyes... really can't see anything?"

The other person replied: "Does my answer to this question make sense? After all, no matter whether my answer is yes or no, you won't believe it."

This is inevitable. On the battlefield, no one will easily believe what the enemy says.

"Then how about we discuss something? Since your group has already left, how about we abandon the meaningless disputes and bloody killings and go our separate ways? Why should ninjas embarrass ninjas? You know, love and peace are the eternal melody of the world."

"Among the trapped Konoha ninjas, you are the most valuable one. The escape or killing of other Konoha ninjas is a trivial matter for a large ninja village like Konoha. Only if you stay, will Konoha suffer real losses... Do you understand what I mean?"

Hanyu curled his lips . As expected, civilized conversation could not solve the dispute between the two parties. Sharp words only existed in legends after all. Come to think of it, how could the other party let him leave?

For Hanyu, he felt that the other party overestimated him a little bit; however, for the other party, he thought his judgment was extremely correct - if Hanyu was allowed to grow, he would become the backbone of the village, and if he died prematurely, it would be a matter of great regret even for a ninja village like Konoha.

Therefore, fighting is inevitable.

Then, the other party spoke again, "Do you want to try your best? But no matter how hard you try, I think you should be able to understand that you are not my opponent."

In the brief exchange, Hanyu did feel the strength of his opponent. In a sense, he felt that his opponent was even more difficult to deal with than Monzaemon before, otherwise he would not have given priority to his teammates to evacuate. However, even if he faced a powerful enemy, he would not surrender.

All I heard was Hanyu saying, "Flowing water has no shape, drifting wind has no trace, the strength of a ninja... depends on the heart."

Are you kidding? Would I, Hanyu, shrink back because of the enemy's breathtaking momentum?

After hearing what Hanyu said, the other party actually smiled. "I like this sentence, but... it is just a rhetoric. The only truly convincing way for ninjas to communicate is through 'jutsu'."

Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Sealing Technique, the so-called persuasiveness is nothing more than a matter of ability. The power of one ninja must be explained by the death of another ninja.

"Master Hanyu..."

The clothes on Hanyu's shoulders fluttered, and Katsuyu's tentacles were exposed, reminding Hanyu to evacuate here as soon as possible.

"I know, but it's not the right time yet." Hanyu said softly.

Whether he rushed at full speed or simply let Katsuyu use reverse psychic magic to send him into the Wet Bone Forest, Hanyu had the opportunity to evacuate directly at this time. However, for some reason, he wanted to try to fight the opponent.

It's not some meaningless self-esteem. Hanyu is not so childish as to prove that he is better than others just because they say "you are not as good as me" . It's just that the time has not come for him to withdraw yet.

As if sensing Hanyu's determination, the enemy slowly turned his neck and pointed half of his ear towards him... To be honest, for "Ryu", it has never encountered a ninja like Hanyu.

It's not a problem of Hanyu's strength, but in Ryu's perception at this moment, the chakra in Hanyu's body can be described as a mess. Chakras of various attributes are running around in his body, and the chaos is already to the point where it is enough to drive a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder to death... The more perceptive the ninja is, the more difficult it is to understand this incredible phenomenon.

But Hanyu had no reason to explain his characteristics to the other party, he lowered his body, and then as if to prove who was the best welder in Konoha, his Lightning Release became stronger, and arcs of electricity spread out in a wide range in the rain curtain with his body as the center - for the first time, Hanyu began to overload and overclock himself, and at this time he could even feel a slight numbness coming from every cell in his body.

Higher intensity lightning release would further increase his maximum speed, but it would also damage his body. Normally, Hanyu would definitely not do this, but now, there is no need for him to care about the negative impact of such minor details.

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