Just as Watanabe Mousse and his group were about to be surrounded, on a large tree ten li away, a figure stood quietly at the top.
Zuo Xun looked indifferently at the large fire in the distant forest. That condescending appearance was completely devoid of the affability he showed in the Hidden Hot Water Village. His entire body exuded a temperature even colder than this cold night. A corner of his mouth lifted slightly, as if he were watching a farce.
"Not bad, Watanabe... With your sword skills and Lightning Style, even I have no confidence of winning against you. Plus that brat with the bizarre summoned beast... I could only request support from Lord Danzo. Although this made me lose some trust in Lord Danzo's eyes, this net... it's finally time to close it."
His eyes suddenly became deep. "I... am called Zuo Xun. I am a ninja with a name, with emotions. Not a Root ninja who has no past and no future, who only knows how to follow orders."
For the past two years, he had been arranged by Danzo Shimura to lurk in the Hidden Hot Water. Gradually, his humanity, which had been suppressed for a long time, had finally recovered somewhat. As long as he carefully concealed his identity, he could live very safely. This was much easier than the assassination and escort missions he had often performed before. Gradually, he had come to like such easy and simple days. He could chat, shop, and go on missions like a normal person, instead of being a Root ninja who was more like a rat in a sewer.
Raised in a蛊 (gǔ) -style (like raising poisonous insects in a jar to fight each other until only one remains) environment since he was a child, after continuous struggle and slaughter, he had finally survived, became a Root ninja, and a winner in the eyes of others. Thinking of the position of the leader of the Hidden Hot Water, which was now within his grasp, the smile on his lips grew wider and wider. It was as if... freedom was right before his eyes.
...
On the other side, watching the Root ninja surround them one by one, Watanabe Sheren and Tianfeng were both somewhat nervous. Even Mousse was not calm in his heart, but as an experienced jonin, he quickly controlled his emotions.
Since things had come to this, there was no worse possibility. So what was there to be afraid of? It was better to forget all fear and try to break through. It was just that a doubt always lingered in his mind. The legendary Root had always been elusive. Why this time would they target a few mere Yugakure ninja like them? This... he couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.
"Eleven!" he said to himself. The Root ninja opposite them were more than three times their number, almost four times. In other words, Sheren and Tianfeng each had to face four Root ninja of chunin level or higher. And he, naturally, had to face the leader and the others.
Tianfeng's chakra was almost exhausted. He and Sheren still had their combat power intact, but faced with the Root ninja who crushed them in numbers, it was a certain-death situation no matter how you looked at it.
Mousse turned his head to look at his son and Tianfeng. The fear of death in their eyes had already disappeared. At this critical moment of life and death, the hot-bloodedness in their hearts had instead been aroused.
Nodding with relief, Mousse said in an extremely low voice, "Next, try your best to protect yourselves. I will do my best to create an opportunity for you to break through. You are the most outstanding young people in the village, and also the pillars of the next generation. If you die here, the Hidden Hot Water... will really collapse..."
The two of them did not speak. The scene became silent for a moment. They knew in their hearts that to break through, with Mousse's strength as a single jonin, was simply impossible.
...
Faced with the three Yugakure ninja surrounded by them, these Root ninja did not show any contempt. They directly launched a round of shuriken at them as a probing attack.
Ding, ding, ding...
Mousse drew the ninja sword from his back and deflected all the shuriken in front of him. Then he engaged with the few Root ninja who had surrounded him. As a former wandering samurai, his taijutsu was extremely strong. After just a few clashes, the arms of those Root ninja all went numb. They felt that they could barely even hold the kunai in their hands.
"This guy... what great strength!"
After being shocked, these Root ninja retreated while忍痛 (rěntòng) - enduring the pain - and began to form hand seals.
"Wind Style · Wind Blade Technique!"
"Fire Style · Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Lightning Style · Lightning Current!"
Violent ninjutsu came at Mousse from all directions. The chakra of different attributes lit up the sky. The various colors looked distinct, yet they were all rapidly heading towards the same landing point.
"Body Flicker Technique!" Faced with this kind of all-directional attack, Mousse, who didn't know any defensive ninjutsu, had no other choice but to use the Body Flicker to dodge.
The ninjutsu exploded on the ground. The violent shockwave formed by the different attribute chakra literally scraped off a layer of the surrounding ground, revealing the fresh soil below.
"Showing off one's meager skills before an expert!"
Not far from the center of the explosion, Mousse's figure appeared there. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he was about to form hand seals to launch a ninjutsu in retaliation.
But the next moment!
CLANG!
He quickly held his ninja sword horizontally in front of his chest, blocking a sudden attack. Then a powerful force sent him back several steps, his expression also becoming a little ugly.
"A jonin!" Looking at the suddenly appearing Root captain, the killing intent in his heart slowly rose, but he still asked in a deep voice, "Ninja of Konoha, why are you attacking us? I don't remember the Hidden Hot Water Village ever having any enmity with Konoha."
With Yugakure's size, let alone enmity, compared to Konoha, it was simply the difference between an elephant and an ant. It could be said to be insignificant. So what he was curious about was why Konoha would want to step on an ant that was just passing by like him.
The Root jonin's eyes were indifferent. He looked at Mousse as if he were looking at a dead man, without the slightest intention of answering his question. The next moment, he slapped his hands on the ground.
"Earth Style · Rending Land Turning Palm!"
The earth suddenly began to shake violently. Starting from under this Root jonin, the earth suddenly split into two halves, rapidly extending towards Mousse. The nearby Root ninja and Tianfeng and the others only felt that they couldn't stand steadily. They could only stop their attacks and dodge further away.
With this Earth Style jutsu from the Root jonin that directly changed the terrain, Mousse could only fly up to dodge. But the next round of ninjutsu instantly put him in a predicament.
"Wind Style · Wind Blade Technique!"
This Root jonin wearing a wolf-shaped mask gathered his chakra as if it were free. Then, one wind blade after another howled towards Mousse in a fan shape. Whether it was the ninjutsu's power or the casting interval, it was not something the previous ordinary Root ninja could compare to.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ground was blasted with one dark hole after another. The trees that were cut down by the wind blades along the way fell slowly but with great force, smashing heavily on the ground and making Mousse's dodging space even smaller. And at this time, the other three Root ninja who were besieging him also entered the field again and began to cast their own long-range ninjutsu attacks.
Just at the beginning of this battle, Watanabe Mousse had already fallen into an extremely dire situation.
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