Chapter 61: One Wave Has Not Subsided, Another Rises

Withdrawing his thoughts and shaking the blood off his sword, Seimei turned his gaze to Mizutani Shizuko and the Iwa-nin Chunin she was fighting. It could be seen that after more than twenty minutes of hard fighting, Mizutani Shizuko had completely fallen into a disadvantage, and there were some minor injuries on her body. Originally, female ninjas were not at an advantage in terms of physical strength, let alone Mizutani Shizuko who was still underage. Therefore, as the battle progressed, her disadvantage became greater and greater, and now she was on the verge of defeat, urgently needing his help. It was precisely because of this that he chose to kill Nishimura Shihei, otherwise he could have continued to conserve his energy and drag the fight out with the opponent. Whoosh~ A kunai was thrown by Seimei, shooting straight at the Iwa-nin Chunin. ... On the other side. Hirai Ichiro, holding a kunai, was about to take down Mizutani Shizuko in one go, but unexpectedly, a kunai suddenly flew from the side. Sensing the danger, Hirai Ichiro hurriedly dodged. After confirming his safety, he looked in the direction from which the kunai had flown. He was shocked by what he saw. He had noticed the battle between Seimei and Nishimura Shihei for a long time. It's just that... Just now, these two were still fighting back and forth, but in the blink of an eye, Nishimura Shihei was already dead. Although he and Nishimura Shihei were not very familiar, they had met a few times, and he had a certain understanding of his strength. The other party was not the best among Chunin, but at least much stronger than him. But now, the other party was killed, and it was killed by a little kid. Doesn't that mean that this little kid's strength is far superior to his? Looking at Seimei's neat clothes, Hirai Ichiro became more and more certain of his guess, but there was nothing to be happy about. The stronger the enemy, the more dangerous his situation. 'What to do?' Hirai Ichiro glanced around, trying to find a helper. But unfortunately, the number of Iwa-nin was not dominant, and after more than 20 minutes of melee, there were even fewer survivors. Now, all the slightly stronger Iwa-nin around were being besieged by two or three Konoha ninjas, and they couldn't spare any time to help him. 'So, I can only rely on myself.' Thinking this in his heart, Hirai Ichiro quickly threw the kunai in his hand, then formed seals with both hands, as if to perform some ninjutsu. Seeing this, Seimei dodged the incoming kunai, and at the same time quickly formed the six seals of 'Zi-Yin-Xu-Chou-Mao-Yin'. Immediately afterwards, he took a deep breath, gathered the Fire Release Chakra in his throat, and then spit it out continuously like a machine gun. The next moment, flames like balsam seeds appeared continuously, densely packed, and flew towards Hirai Ichiro. Seeing this scene, Hirai Ichiro's hands that were forming seals unconsciously stopped. At this time, there was only one thought in his mind, and that was why it was so fast. Yes, why so fast? The answer is simple. Ever since Seimei focused on improving the 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique' among the three Fire Release ninjutsu, his proficiency has grown rapidly. Although only about a quarter of his chakra is used on this technique every day, its level has also soared to lv3 (226/1000). With this level of proficiency, when facing an average Chunin, it's not about dimensionality reduction, but it's not a problem to achieve a latecomer advantage. Just like now, although Seimei performed ninjutsu a little later than the opponent, he was the first to perform it in the end. This caused Hirai Ichiro to be stuck in a dilemma. If he continued to perform ninjutsu, he would inevitably be attacked by Seimei's ninjutsu. If he gave up performing it, the time he had previously gained would be wasted. But for the sake of his own life, he could only give up temporarily. After all, he still couldn't dodge attacks while performing ninjutsu. So I saw that after Hirai Ichiro was stunned for a while, he immediately retreated, trying to avoid Seimei's ninjutsu attack. But he wanted to retreat, but someone didn't want him to leave like this. On the side, Mizutani Shizuko seized the opportunity and decisively took action. Whoosh whoosh whoosh~ Several shurikens flew out, aiming directly at Hirai Ichiro's vital points all over his body. Sensing the danger, Hirai Ichiro hurriedly dodged. But his strength was indeed very average. Although he dodged the shuriken thrown by Mizutani Shizuko, his arm was grazed by a fireball spit out by Seimei. Immediately, a burning sensation came from his left arm, causing Hirai Ichiro to frown. Seimei keenly captured this detail, so he used the 'Body Flicker Technique' to close the distance and launched an attack on the opponent from the right. Hirai Ichiro dodged left and right, not daring to confront him head-on. But the more this happened, the more Seimei wanted to force the opponent to fight head-on. His left arm was already injured, and as long as he focused on attacking this half of the opponent's body, he would soon make progress. Finally, after dodging several swords in a row, Hirai Ichiro had to fight Seimei head-on. But just as Seimei expected, not long after the fight, the opponent was severely injured, and his entire left arm was almost cut off by him. ... Tick tock~ Scarlet blood flowed down his arm, through his palm, and finally dripped from his fingertips. Hirai Ichiro felt the pain from his left arm, but he didn't dare to take his eyes away from Seimei's sword. Although it was only a brief fight, he already understood how strong Seimei's swordsmanship was. No wonder Nishimura Shihei fell into his hands. With this kind of swordsmanship, let alone Chunin, even Jonin, he might be able to fight a few moves. Therefore, he didn't dare to look away, for fear that Seimei would suddenly launch an attack. But in the current situation, there was no need for Seimei to launch any surprise attacks. Normal combat was enough to deal with the opponent. With this in mind, Seimei jumped up, followed by the clanging sound of short swords and kunai clashing. Two minutes later, accompanied by the sound of a blade piercing flesh, Seimei seized an opportunity and stabbed the short sword into Hirai Ichiro's lower abdomen. Puff~ A mouthful of blood spurted from Hirai Ichiro's mouth. At the last moment of his life, Hirai Ichiro activated an explosive tag, trying to grab Seimei's arm and die with him. Unfortunately, the opponent was already at the end of his rope, and his movements were slow. Before he could make a move, Seimei had already distanced himself. The next moment, a violent explosion sounded, and a crimson flame rose, instantly engulfing Hirai Ichiro. It wasn't until this moment that Mizutani Shizuko came over. In the previous battle, the pace was too fast, and Mizutani Shizuko couldn't intervene at all, so she simply recovered her strength on the side. The ninja's endurance was far superior to ordinary people, and in just a short while, Mizutani Shizuko had recovered a lot of strength. Seeing the other party coming over, Seimei was about to say something when another person suddenly appeared beside him. Mizutani Shizuko still had some stress reactions and immediately raised the kunai in her hand, while Seimei didn't make any movements. It wasn't that his reaction was slower than Mizutani Shizuko's. On the contrary, it was precisely because he saw the person's face clearly that he didn't act rashly. The person who came was none other than the captain of their small teams, named Haruki Sei, who was a special Jonin. Haruki Sei ignored Mizutani Shizuko's overreaction and directly ordered: "You guys go to E3 area immediately and obey the orders of the second squad captain." After saying that, without any hesitation, he immediately ran in another direction. Seimei followed the opponent's footsteps and saw that there were two Konoha Chunin who had just dealt with the enemy and were taking a short rest. He immediately understood that the opponent was gathering people. But... 'E3 area?' 'Isn't this another route from the Iwa-nin headquarters to that logistics base?' 'Could it be that Iwagakure Village has sent people again?' The more he thought about it, the more Seimei felt it was possible, and he couldn't help but curse