The Shadow of Konoha

"I have one last question, why did you become a ninja?"

The opponent's attitude was really a bit too calm. Even though Hanyu was ready to launch a fatal blow, he was still able to speak about unimportant things in a leisurely tone.

Hanyu had asked others this question before, but he didn't get any clear answers at that time. However, now that it is his turn to face this question, he can at least clearly explain the reason for his career... just like facing HR's career choice inquiries.

After all, it was just a very simple reason:

"It's just to survive."

Yes, just to survive in such a world, Hanyu chose to become a ninja...at least for the time being.

To be honest, this answer is very realistic and disappointing, because it is not a reason worth explaining.

"As an ordinary person like me, becoming an ordinary ninja, could I have any great ideas? World peace? Dominating the ninja world? It's not impossible to imagine it, but having ideas without the ability is just a fantasy."

"An ordinary... ninja?" The Rain Hidden Ninja named Ryu didn't quite understand what Hanyu said. Can a ninja like Hanyu who has such strength at such a young age be called just an ordinary ninja? If this wasn't self-deprecation, then this should be the vision of a ninja from a so-called great ninja village, right?

However, Hanyu is a worthless ninja from a big ninja village. He just has a deeper understanding of the nature of this world... The strength ceiling of ordinary ninjas is clearly visible, and it is even impossible to break through.

Those who can change this world are determined by the bloodline left by those who created this world long ago.

Turning over the short history of Konoha since its founding, every crooked page was filled with words like Will of Fire, Teamwork, and Hard Training. However, even someone like Hanyu who didn't know much about the real Konoha could see other words between the lines on each page - the whole book was filled with one word:

Cheating.

The leader of the village said he was called Hokage, but it was clear that the first generation was the Wood Kage, the second generation was the Sea Kage, and the current Sandaime... Well, the Sandaime was not bad, he was still a human being.

But precisely because the Third Hokage is still a human being, no matter how powerful he is, he can only be as powerful as a human. He can only solve various problems in a human way, not in a divine way.

"Well, if that's what you think, why don't you turn around and run away now? If you try your best to escape, I may not be able to do anything to you." Ryu said this. He had some doubts. After all, what Hanyu said was somewhat contrary to what he was doing now.

If you become a ninja just to survive, then why would you now bare your fangs at an enemy you have no confidence in defeating?

"Is this hard to understand? Living towards death, isn't that clear enough?" Hanyu became a ninja in order to survive, but after becoming a ninja, he could not take action just to survive.

Hanyu took a step forward, and after a few jogs, he instantly turned into a stream of light, breaking through the heavy rain in an instant.

The rainstorm howled and rushed towards him. Ryu frowned and immediately noticed the water jutsu trapped in the rain... As expected, he knew that the chaotic chakra in Hanyu's body was not just for the sake of chaos - lightning jutsu and water jutsu were activated at the same time. This is what Hanyu called himself an "ordinary ninja", which is a bit funny.

Water Style: Water Continuous Bomb!

Countless water balls fell from the sky with potential energy far exceeding their own weight, completely covering the enemy's foothold.

Then, there was a sound like a shot put falling into the mud, mixed with the sound of rain and the noise of Hanyu's lightning release (he couldn't maintain the quietness of his lightning release in the overloaded state), and a chaotic sound field was created.

Regardless of whether the opponent can see with his eyes or not, since the enemy relies on hearing and chakra perception to judge the battlefield, Hanyu must use these two aspects to interfere with him when attacking.

However, within the coverage of Hanyu's attack ninjutsu, the enemy did not dodge outwards as he expected.

Ryu just took a step, twisted his body, and moved flexibly in a very small range, so that he could stand firmly in the gap between Hanyu's range ninjutsu attacks.

This person is indeed not a simple person.

The water-style ninjutsu was about to end, and Hanyu, who was running at full speed, had already appeared in front of his opponent. His heavy feet stepped on the muddy ground. He first bent his knees and then exerted force with his legs. The explosive force immediately lifted his body high up. Then, his extremely coordinated waist and abdominal strength burst out - Hanyu raised one leg, rotated his body and swept towards the opponent's neck.

The water drops thrown out by his rotating body driven by huge force were completely cold, and his single leg sweeping across was like a thick rope saw. There was no doubt that this kick could easily kick a person's head off.

The premise is that he can kick it.

The enemy's body suddenly leaned back within this limited time, and his chin just passed by Hanyu's toes.

The "style" of the Rain Hidden Ninja is obviously inferior to that of Hanyu, both in terms of movement speed and body movement speed. However, his perception ability is by no means simple. It is as if he can predict Hanyu's movements in advance, and he can make the most appropriate reaction in advance.

But Hanyu's attack was not over yet. After sweeping with one leg, he followed with a twisted upper body!

A ten-meter-long lightning blade extended from Hanyu's tilted and stretched arm, and as his body spun rapidly, the lightning blade immediately created a fan-like blade light in mid-air, and this sharp blade of light seemed to be able to cut the enemy in half in an instant.

But at this moment, the opponent had suddenly bent down and curled up, and before Hanyu's second attack hit him, he had shrunk his entire body below the trajectory of the light blade.

Hanyu's speed is great, but speed is the most meaningless thing for a ninja like Ryu.

Ryu pressed one hand lightly on the ground and bent the other hand at the elbow. At the same time, he raised his palm with his five fingers curled up like a tiger's claw. Then in the next moment, he was like ignited gunpowder. His body suddenly unfolded, his arms stretched out, and his palm was as powerful as a meteor piercing the clouds, instantly piercing Hanyu's throat.

Ryu lives up to his name, his body is like flowing water, his limbs are well coordinated, he can switch from defense to offense smoothly without any obstruction, his movements are soft when necessary, and tough and explosive when necessary.

Although Hanyu's attack just now was swift and powerful, the problem was that his movements were too large and he had no way to dodge flexibly when he flew into the air.

The fierce attack and the piercing murderous intent made Hanyu grit his teeth in an instant. The fierce confrontation between life and death stimulated his nerves, and even in such a critical moment, his muscle reaction even surpassed his nerve reflex.

Hanyu turned his head sharply, and then saw the enemy's palm brushing against his collarbone and hitting his ear.

But before he could rejoice in having dodged the fatal blow, the opponent's next attack came... or rather, the opponent didn't even care about attacking again and again, all of his movements were smoothly connected together.

I saw Ryu's arm thrust forward with his elbow, and then his entire forearm was placed diagonally across Hanyu's chest. Then he exerted force around his shoulder and swung his arm violently. Hanyu in the air was like a wet rag draped over the opponent's forearm. He was thrown out in an instant and swept into the mud with a snap.

The rain and mud were instantly lifted up, and Hanyu rolled violently on the ground until there was a loud "bang" and his back hit a big tree, causing him to stop.

After struggling for a while, Hanyu half-sat up with his hands on the ground, then he inhaled deeply through his nostrils, held his breath in his mouth, and then suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"It's... a bit too strong."

He placed one hand on his ribs, raised his head and looked at the other person with a look of horror in his eyes.

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