Stinger of Hidden Rain.
At first glance, it sounds like someone remarkable. However, in the Ninja World, titles are not really worth much.
At least Uehara Naraku knows, there's a Genin in The Hidden Sand Village who gave themselves the titles of Red Sandstorm and Kaze no Daimaru.
Their abilities aren't much, but their titles sound quite intimidating.
The leading Hidden Rain Ninja before him wasn't just talk; he was an Official Jonin of The Hidden Rain Village named Hattori Heikawa.
Hattori Heikawa felt he had some prowess, combined with a slightly immature personality, he gave himself the title Stinger of Hidden Rain.
Uehara Naraku raised his head, looking at Hattori Heikawa, muffling his voice within the gas mask, "Stinger of Hidden Rain, huh? Sounds like a big shot?"
"Hmph, you'd better know it!"
Hattori Heikawa was feeling a bit smug.
Uehara Naraku adjusted his gas mask, and seriously said, "Alright, stop teasing you, I was joking earlier... Because the name Stinger of Hidden Rain sounds like a loser!"
"You bastard!"
Upon hearing the little brat's disdainful remark, the smirk on the Rain Village captain's face vanished in an instant. He quickly drew his Ninja Blade, charging towards Uehara Naraku.
At the same time, he called to his subordinates, "Hey, let me handle this brat, you guys go chase down the enemy that drew away the Salamander!"
"Yes, Captain Hattori!"
A group of Hidden Rain Ninjas pressed the ground with their toes, turning and speeding in the direction where Konan and the Salamander had moved.
"Lighting Release: Heavenly Thunder Prison Jutsu!"
Uehara Naraku symbolically formed a Hand Seal, stretching his palm towards the sky, with a storm of thunderclouds swirling above his head.
As Uehara Naraku channeled his Chakra to amplify his Ninjutsu, circles of lightning swiftly radiated outward from his body, and the area of the thunderstorm rapidly expanded.
When the thunderstorm enveloped the Hidden Rain Ninjas, a bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the skies, striking directly at Hattori Heikawa!
Hattori Heikawa instantly split into a Water Clone to take the hit, and spoke with a lingering fear, "That little brat, he released such a powerful Lighting Release Ninjutsu with just a single Hand Seal?"
If he hadn't produced a Water Clone, he felt he couldn't have dodged that strike of lightning. Even though the bolt seemed minuscule, his respect for natural lightning refrained him from testing it with his own body!
Yet this was only the beginning.
As the thunderstorm fully covered the area, lightning bolts occasionally fell, with every Rain Ninja unable to determine whether they were the target.
Some could only use the Substitution Jutsu to dodge the lightning, while others hid in shelters to lead the lightning's attack... But no one could be sure when this Ninjutsu would end.
The next bolt of lightning, on whose head would it fall!
Inside, Uehara Naraku was stealthily counting, "The duration of the Heavenly Thunder Prison Jutsu is 3 seconds, with a lightning strike every 0.5 seconds. The minimum is 100 points of Chakra, but used 1000 Chakra points now, the range increased tenfold, the duration increased tenfold, in half a minute, each of their heads will be struck by sixty bolts of lightning..."
It didn't even take half a minute.
Shortly thereafter, the first ninja who couldn't hold on appeared. With a lightning bolt every 0.5 seconds, he finally couldn't withstand any longer, hit by a bolt from above, and collapsed to the ground!
Perhaps because that ninja was still alive, the lightning continued its barrage until he completely turned into a piece of charcoal.
Following that, the second, the third, the fourth... In merely a few seconds, over half of the dozen Rain Ninjas were already casualty!
"The interval of lightning strikes is roughly 0.5 seconds!"
Hattori Heikawa frantically dodged the lightning strikes, loudly instructing, "Quick, everybody gather together, cover for me to use Earth Release Ninjutsu for defense!"
His idea wasn't wrong.
No ninja, with 0.5 seconds, is insufficient to form even one Hand Seal, and even in a full second, a defensive Ninjutsu Hand Seal couldn't be made.
If they gathered together, as long as someone could use Water Encampment Wall to block an attack for everyone, then they could take turns using defensive Ninjutsu!
Three Rain Ninjas, knowingly heading towards certain death, chose to sacrifice themselves, each one helping Hattori Heikawa fend off the lightning to give him enough time to create a Hand Seal!
"Earth Release: Earth Dome Prison!"
Hattori Heikawa shouted, as chunks of rock swiftly flew towards him, encircling him and the remaining subordinates, forming a safe house constructed of rock.
This Earth Release Ninjutsu was originally used to imprison enemies, but now it was only used to protect themselves and his teammates.
Four or five bolts of lightning struck down!
The rock cabin sparked and scattered!
Each fragment of rock was sliced into pieces by the lightning!
Hattori Heikawa hurriedly released his Chakra, restoring the thickness of the rock cabin, and his subordinates also swarmed, infusing their Earth Attribute Chakra into the rock cabin.
However, this wouldn't allow them to hold out for much longer.
Given the intensity of the lightning strikes, even if they had substantial Chakra reserves, they couldn't rely on the thickness of the rock cabin to withstand the lightning assault!
Sooner or later, it would be breached...
Hattori Heikawa turned his head, a forlorn expression crossing his face as he glanced at his remaining subordinates. Earlier, four complete ninja squads were there, but now only five of them remained...
"Captain Hattori..."
"Captain Hattori..."
A few pairs of trusting eyes looked towards Hattori Heikawa, one of the Rain Ninjas softly said, "Captain Hattori, we'll cover for you to escape!"
"There is no escape."
The man known as Stinger of Hidden Rain shook his head, explaining in a deep tone, "Just now, I observed, every streak of lightning originated from the thunderclouds above. To survive this Ninjutsu, there are only two options..."
The first option is, naturally, to try every means to escape the covered zone of the thunderstorm, which spans at least several hundred meters, making it highly difficult.
The second option, is to muster all strength and charge at the boy casting the Ninjutsu, only a few dozen meters away from them.
There was no time left for the Hidden Rain Ninjas to waste.
Hattori Heikawa swiftly devised his strategy, quickly saying, "We're rushing out, kill that brat!"
Just as his words fell, the entire safe house collapsed under the lightning assault!
The five Hidden Rain Ninjas swiftly leapt towards Uehara Naraku, each ninja continuously hurling stones of various sizes, each using Substitution Jutsu to repel the lightning strikes, while shortening the distance with the enemy.
"Hm?"
Uehara Naraku curiously observed the charging Hidden Rain Ninjas; did they want to kill him out of sheer fury?
Truly pitiful...
If only they had held on for just a second more, the skill Heavenly Thunder Prison Jutsu would have ended; if they had dispersed and fled, there was a high probability of escaping with their lives.
However, they made the wrong choice.
The thunderstorm in the sky gradually dispersed. In Uehara Naraku's hand, a Puppet Ball formed from Chakra, as an expression hidden behind the mask, in a deep and muffled voice said, "You have met your doom!"