"No... impossible..."
"It's a lie, how could Captain Shima..."
Witnessing this scene, the three Hidden Stone ninjas, already somewhat terrified, looked on with expressions of near-incredulity, their hearts filled with disbelief.
That was a trusted and powerful Jonin in the village!
How could he die at the hands of a mere brat?!
"Looks like I was overly worried."
Might Duy was also looking in Shin's direction. After seeing the enemy Jonin killed by Shin, he breathed a sigh of relief, while also marveling at Shin's talent and strength.
Shin was in the same class as his son, Might Guy. He was at most ten years old, yet he already possessed the strength to defeat a Jonin!
Was this what they called a genius?!
"Guy... it seems you'll have to work even harder to catch up with him and Kakashi..."
Might Duy muttered to himself, then turned to look at the remaining three Hidden Stone ninjas.
Noticing Might Duy looking over, the bodies of the three Hidden Stone ninjas almost simultaneously stiffened, cold sweat pouring from their foreheads, dripping continuously.
That damn traitor who gave the intel!
What do you mean "only two very ordinary Hidden Leaf ninjas escorting"?!
These were simply two monsters!
"Run!"
Almost at the same time, all three fled along the riverbank towards the distance, without even a shred of will to continue fighting.
But in front of Might Duy, who had opened the Sixth Gate, escaping was simply impossible.
Before the three could get far, their footsteps all halted. Might Duy, like an afterimage, swept past them from behind and landed directly in front of them.
Then.
They heard some incomprehensible words like 'feel the burning youth', and then they felt a heavy blow to their bodies, sending them flying backward. Their vision instantly plunged into darkness, and their consciousness disappeared.
"Phew... phew..."
After eliminating the last three Hidden Stone ninjas, Might Duy exited the Sixth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates state and collapsed onto the riverbank, gasping for breath.
Shin searched the Stone Hidden Jonin Shima's body but found nothing of value. He walked towards Might Duy and asked, "Senpai, how are you? Are you alright?"
"Phew... phew... I'm fine..."
"But... for a while... I might not be of much use..."
Might Duy still appeared exhausted and gasping for breath.
Even for him, who could now open the Eighth Gate, the side effects of opening just the Sixth Gate were still significant, leading to prolonged fatigue and muscle soreness.
"It's alright, Senpai, you rest first. I'll take care of things from now on."
Shin nodded slightly.
As long as it didn't require medical treatment, it was fine. Might Duy could now open the Eighth Gate, so the side effects of just opening the Sixth Gate apparently weren't severe enough to cause injury.
Then Shin looked at Urabe Daisuke and the others on the other side of the river.
At this moment, Urabe Daisuke and the others still appeared somewhat dazed. For them, the battle between Shin and Might Duy and the enemy Jonin had gone a bit beyond the limits of their understanding.
On one hand, a Jonin from one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages was far more powerful than the Jonin from their Hidden Grass Village. On the other hand, Shin and Might Duy, whom they initially thought were ordinary, displayed strength that could only be described as shocking!
"This is what a ninja from a great ninja village is like..."
Urabe Daisuke murmured in shock.
As Shin's gaze fell upon him, he finally snapped out of his shock, his mind racing. He immediately turned to look at his companions behind him.
And almost at that very moment, one of his companions suddenly stepped forward, placing a blade directly against the neck of the young lord he was supposed to protect.
"Don't come any closer!!"
Kunikata looked at Urabe Daisuke, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, his eyes still showing fear.
When he transmitted information to the Land of Grass, he never imagined that a ninja squad from Hidden Leaf, consisting of a bizarre character and a mere brat, would possess such terrifying strength!
Even an elite Stone Hidden ninja squad had been defeated!
He knew that a thorough investigation of traitors would surely follow. He was already incredibly panicked, knowing that he probably couldn't hide it, so he could only hope to coerce with a hostage to escape.
"So it was you! Why?!"
Urabe Daisuke stared at Kunikata, his eyes filled with anger.
Kunikata gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Daimyo already gave up on this branch. How could he still gain the approval of those families? Your thinking is too naive!"
"You!!"
Urabe Daisuke stared fixedly at him.
Just then, a hand silently rested on Kunikata's wrist, easily prying open his knife-wielding hand and throwing him several meters away, where he fell to the ground.
Having done that, Shin looked at Urabe Daisuke and calmly said:
"I won't interfere with your family matters."
"Thank you very much!"
Urabe Daisuke knelt there, immediately bowing his head to Shin, expressing his gratitude. Then, he picked up the knife Shin had disarmed him of and walked towards Kunikata with a cold expression.
Shin had no interest in the struggle for the leadership of a small town in the Land of Grass or their internal conflicts. He didn't bother to listen to the subsequent conversation and instead recalled the battle he had just fought.
"That guy was probably an ordinary Jonin from the Hidden Stone Village... My strength is about what I judged it to be before. After cultivating Chidori, it's not difficult to kill a Jonin."
By merely opening the First Gate of the Eight Inner Gates and using Chidori once, he easily cut through Shima's A-rank Earth Release ninjutsu and even killed Shima himself on the spot.
If he went all out, even against an elite Jonin, he should be able to easily gain the upper hand, or even eliminate them in a very short amount of time.
This battle also confirmed one of his views.
That is, human wave tactics had little meaning against him.
Being able to instantly kill a Jonin meant that even if multiple Jonin teamed up, as long as they couldn't keep up with his speed, they would all be defeated one by one and individually killed in front of his speed!
If there were even more, he could also rely on his speed to retreat calmly.
"Unless it's an elite Jonin with a special dojutsu like the Three Tomoe Sharingan that can perceive my movements, others, even if they possess some forbidden or Hiden jutsus, are meaningless in front of me if they don't have time to use them."
After making this judgment, Shin let out a light breath.
This meant.
With his current strength and abilities, as long as he didn't encounter a Kage-level existence or was surrounded by an extremely large number of ninjas, even if he encountered a squad of Jonin, he could rely on his speed to advance and retreat freely.
Such strength in the current ninja world was considered to have some self-preservation ability. After all, Kage-level existences were not so easy to encounter; very few in each village could reach that level, and they were the highest ruling stratum of the village.
Just then.
Minato Namikaze's figure suddenly flashed in Shin's mind.
Thinking of the record where he instantly killed fifty Jonin in the upcoming Great Ninja War, shaking all the great ninja villages, he revealed a slight smile.
"Instantly killing fifty Jonin, huh..."
Perhaps he could try it too.
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