Chapter 159: Escape
While Renjiro and the rogue leader were fighting, Renjiro's shadow clone and Takeshita were also battling their opponents.
Takeshita's opponent was a Hidden Mist jonin. They stood face to face on the sea.
The jonin taunted, "Takeshita, we've heard of you. You're a powerful Earth Release user. But..."
He continued with a sneer, "But we're on the sea. How are you going to fight me here?"
Takeshita was not affected by his opponent's provocation. He said calmly, "Ninja from your Five Great Nations shouldn't underestimate us anymore."
He formed hand seals and said, "Since I dared to chase you, it means there's only one outcome for this battle: your death!"
Takeshita opened his mouth wide. He spat out stones and mud. Soon, a small island with a five-meter radius formed in the middle of the sea.
The jonin was very surprised by Takeshita's skill! He thought, "He is indeed very powerful. No wonder our leader told us not to fight him on land!"
Takeshita formed a few more hand seals and performed Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet.
He spat out a twenty-meter-long rock dragon!
The jonin was once again shocked. He quickly stepped back, formed a few hand seals, and performed Water Release: Water Bullet Jutsu!
He sprayed dozens of water bullets at Takeshita and the rock dragon. But the rock dragon moved, blocking in front of Takeshita.
All the water bullets hit the rock dragon. But other than a few scratches, no damage was done.
The jonin swallowed, muttering, "Such strong defense!"
Seeing the jonin's reaction, Takeshita smiled. He controlled the rock dragon to move toward him.
The jonin immediately dove underwater. Takeshita jumped onto the rock dragon, following him.
In the water, Takeshita formed a few more hand seals. The rock dragon opened its gaping maw and sprayed multiple mud bullets at the jonin.
The jonin was startled, but he still dodged all the attacks.
While running, the jonin formed a few hand seals and performed Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu.
A water dragon formed and attacked Takeshita. The rock dragon collided with the water dragon. The rock dragon passed directly through the water dragon, completely crushing it.
The jonin was dumbfounded! He screamed inwardly, "What on earth is this thing made of?"
This duel was very unfair to the jonin. Earth Release counters Water Release. Of course, the jonin's own strength was also insufficient.
Unlike Renjiro and the rogue leader, he couldn't make his water dragon explode on contact. So his jutsu damage output was very low.
The jonin was very frustrated by the battle so far. He immediately formed a few hand seals and performed Water Release: Water Clone Jutsu.
Four Water Clones appeared around him. They immediately dispersed, surrounding Takeshita.
The jonin formed more hand seals and performed Water Release: Great Waterfall Jutsu.
A current of water formed in front of him. It engulfed Takeshita and his rock dragon. They began to be dragged backward by the current.
Takeshita applied more chakra to the rock dragon to break free from the current.
This provided an opportunity for the jonin's Water Clones. They immediately used Water Bullet Jutsu on Takeshita. Each Water Clone fired twelve water bullets.
Despite the strong current around Takeshita, every water bullet hit its target!
Seeing the incoming attacks, Takeshita formed hand seals and performed Earth Release: Earth Spear.
All 48 water bullets hit him. However, he didn't suffer any damage! The jonin and his Water Clones were speechless!
The jonin's eyes turned red with anger. He screamed inwardly, "What on earth is going on!"
He exchanged glances with his Water Clones. His Water Clones began to move and form hand seals, continuing to perform Water Release: Great Waterfall Jutsu.
All four Water Clones poured all their chakra into the jutsu. They created four more water currents.
These currents all converged with the current created by the jonin, like tributaries flowing into a main river.
As a result, the power of the current increased exponentially! Takeshita tried his best to break free from the current, but it was in vain.
Both Takeshita and his rock dragon were swept away for several kilometers!
The jonin watched Takeshita being swept away, thinking, "This isn't enough to kill him. But screw it! I don't want to fight that monster!"
He created four Water Clones. One clone ran toward Takeshita, one stayed put. The jonin and the remaining two clones scattered in different directions.
Takeshita was furious at being swept away like this. The powerful current also caused some damage to his rock dragon.
Its rock scales were crushed, and cracks appeared all over its body. Takeshita decided to abandon it and move forward at full speed.
Several kilometers from where Takeshita and the jonin were fighting, another battle was also underway.
Renjiro's shadow clone had caught up with the sensor ninja. Renjiro had invested about twenty-five percent of his chakra into this shadow clone.
There was no conversation between them; they attacked each other directly.
Knowing that his opponent was just a clone, the sensor ninja began to attack with less powerful but wider-ranging Water Release jutsu.
Renjiro's shadow clone knew that it was almost impossible to defeat a jonin with just one shadow clone.
He continued to defend. After all, he only needed to hold off his opponent until the real body finished its battle.
Unfortunately for Renjiro's shadow clone, he didn't have enough information about the sensor ninja.
Renjiro's shadow clone kept his distance from the sensor, and the sensor also didn't try to close the distance between them, observing from afar.
During this time, he only used a combination of Water Bullet Jutsu, Exploding Water Shockwave, Water Dragon Jutsu, and various other techniques. Renjiro's shadow clone perfectly blocked all attacks with Water Wall and Water Prison Jutsu.
After four minutes of intense fighting, the sensor formed hand seals and performed Hidden Mist Jutsu.
As the mist began to form, Renjiro's shadow clone frowned. This jutsu was perfect for escape.
He immediately formed a few hand seals and performed Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
This jutsu immediately dispersed all the mist. However, the sensor sneered inwardly.
Just as the wind dispersed by the Great Breakthrough left Renjiro's clone, a small gust of wind flowed against the current, passing through Renjiro's shadow clone.
Renjiro's shadow clone felt something was wrong, but he didn't understand what it was.
He concentrated chakra into his eyes, and his eyes began to glow. He was very surprised. A Wind Clone, disguised as wind itself, was attacking him.
Seeing that he had been noticed, the sensor's Wind Clone appeared in front of him. He was only ten meters away from Renjiro's shadow clone.
Immediately, a water wall appeared in front of Renjiro's shadow clone. However, it was too late.
The sensor's Wind Clone exploded. The strong wind from the explosion pierced through the thin water wall.
Renjiro's shadow clone used Body Flicker to dodge, but he was still hit. A small wound appeared on his face.
He looked at the sensor and said, "I underestimated you..."
Then he vanished into smoke.
The sensor looked at the spot where Renjiro's shadow clone had been, thinking, "It's well known that shadow clones can transmit memories. If he defeats our leader, he'll definitely come after me."
So the sensor created several Water Clones, and they all dispersed in different directions. As he left, the sensor thought, "Coming here was a mistake. I advised our leader not to cause trouble. But he loves killing and torturing as much as he loves cursing."
"Even if he survives, I shouldn't go back with him. He'll only invite more disaster. But without him, where can I go? If I stay near the Hidden Mist, it will attract the Mizukage's forces. I also can't join the rebels because I've killed many of them."
He thought for a moment. "The best place to go is a country that doesn't border the Five Great Nations. But such a country doesn't exist... Hmm, I should move to the distant Land of Snow. Perhaps there I can find clues on how to develop Ice Release."
With no one chasing him, the sensor quickly fled the battlefield. Since he was running on water, he left no traces.
Renjiro, with his summon and Water Clones, attacked the rogue leader. After receiving the memories of the defeated shadow clone, he was surprised.
"I've heard of him, but I have no information about his Wind Release abilities. He's very secretive!"
However, he didn't dwell on it and focused his attention on the leader.
Both Renjiro and the leader had returned to the surface of the sea.
The leader was in a bad state! His Water Clones had all been defeated. He had many small wounds on his body, and nine huge claw marks. His left arm was gone from the elbow down!
Knowing that his life was in danger, he shouted, "Renjiro! Spare me! Otherwise, I'll haunt you even if I turn into a ghost!"
Renjiro was surprised by this threat. He thought, "Hmm, this must be desperation."
The leader's expression was full of anger. However, he was thinking inwardly, "Damn it! How can I distract him and get a chance to escape? Even a threat like that doesn't make him flinch! Am I really going to die here?"
The leader was at his last gasp. Renjiro's Water Clones launched a new attack.
The leader dodged desperately. However, after fighting for so long, he finally gave Renjiro an opening.
Renjiro immediately used Body Flicker behind him and swung a sword at his neck.
The leader sensed it and quickly crouched down. The sword didn't hit him, only cut off his hair.
Renjiro immediately followed with a kick.
The leader also noticed this and tried to move forward to avoid being kicked.
However, this resulted in him being kicked in the rear, and he was sent flying into the air.
Unfortunately for the leader, Renjiro's kick was part of the Senju Taijutsu Style.
He had infused a large amount of chakra into this kick.
The leader's entire skeleton was rattled by this kick! Many organs began to bleed internally, and his tailbone was fractured.
Seeing him in the air, Renjiro's Water Clones immediately attacked him with Water Bullet Jutsu.
Surprisingly, even in such a difficult situation, the leader still managed to form hand seals with his remaining hand.
Water walls rose around him. But the water walls were too weak to block the water bullets.
However, they still managed to slightly alter the direction of the water bullets, resulting in not a single water bullet hitting him!
Renjiro watched, his eyes full of respect. He thought, "This is a true jonin! It's a pity that this is his end."
Renjiro didn't attack again. The leader began to fall. He fell directly to where the sloth was!
The sloth swung its huge claws at the leader. The leader sensed it, but he had no way to dodge.
He grabbed a kunai and raised it to block the beast.
However, the sloth didn't even feel the presence of the kunai. Its claws struck the leader's head, splitting it open!
He became the fourth Hidden Mist jonin to fall at the hands of Renjiro and his students within four days!