Chapter 66: Sudden Death

Buzz buzz buzz~ With Akabane's death, the surrounding bee swarm lost control, and the formation suddenly became scattered, and they instinctively flew outwards. Seeing this, Seimei didn't waste any energy chasing them. Without Akabane's control, these bees couldn't pose much of a threat. On the other hand, the surrounding Iwa-nin had gained the upper hand in just a short while. Although the number of Iwa-nin was smaller than theirs, and they had just experienced a rapid march, their condition was not at its peak, but whose condition was worse than theirs? Not to mention the wounded, even the others had just come from another battlefield. How good could their condition be? Therefore, as soon as they clashed, their weaknesses were exposed. The Iwa-nin were eager to support the front line and naturally wouldn't waste time with them here, so their attacks were very ruthless. In this way, the result was conceivable. In just this short period of time, more than twenty people on their side had died, and they had completely fallen into a passive situation. If it weren't for the occasional reinforcements from the river valley battlefield, the situation on their side might have already collapsed. After roughly figuring out the situation on the field, Seimei's eyes wandered, looking for Mizutani Shizuko's trace. Before being surrounded by the bee swarm, he remembered that she was fighting with an Iwa-nin Chunin. Some time had passed, and he didn't know how she was doing now. "Hmm, here!" Seimei's eyes focused, locking onto Mizutani Shizuko not far away. At this time, her condition was not good. Not only were her footsteps unsteady, but there were also several more injuries on her body, especially on one side of her waist, where blood was continuously flowing out. Seeing this, Seimei didn't delay any longer. He immediately used the 'Body Flicker Technique' and approached her at an extremely fast speed. On the way, three shurikens flew out and attacked the vital points on the Iwa-nin Chunin's back while he was launching an attack. Unfortunately, like others on the battlefield, the opponent was very alert and even reserved some strength in his attacks. Therefore, after sensing the danger, the Iwa-nin Chunin immediately stopped his attack and dodged Seimei's sneak attack with a sideways movement. Taking this opportunity, Seimei flashed and came between the two, protecting Mizutani Shizuko behind him. "Seimei..." Seeing Seimei appear, Mizutani Shizuko's eyes reddened, and she felt a long-lost sense of security. At the same time, she was also happy that Seimei had escaped. Just now, she saw the scene of Seimei being surrounded by the bee swarm and was very worried about him for a while. Now seeing that he was fine, she finally felt relieved. Seimei heard Mizutani Shizuko's murmur, but didn't say much. He just said, "Hurry up and recover. I'll take care of that guy first." After saying that, regardless of Mizutani Shizuko's reaction, he kicked off the ground and rushed towards the Iwa-nin Chunin in front. Although Seimei was only a Genin, Ishimotsu didn't dare to be careless at all because he also discovered that Seimei was the one who had been targeted by Akabane Jonin just now. Now that Seimei had appeared here, Akabane's life and death were self-evident. No matter how the other party did it, the fact was right in front of him, and he couldn't help but take it seriously. In just an instant, Ishimotsu raised his vigilance to the highest level. Clang~ A cold light flashed, and Seimei's short sword was blocked by a kunai. Both sides exerted force at the same time, and a harsh rubbing sound rang out, with sparks迸射ing between the blades. After a stalemate for a moment, confirming that he couldn't overwhelm the opponent with strength alone, Seimei immediately changed his moves and skillfully used the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu'. However, Ishimotsu, who could go on expeditions with Huang Tu, was not weak among Chunin. Therefore, he was not immediately overwhelmed by Seimei. For a time, the sound of "clanging" was endless in the field. Seimei's sword moves were fast and accurate, forcing Ishimotsu to only passively defend. As for ninjutsu or something, he didn't even need to think about it. Under this intensity of attack, if he dared to use ninjutsu, Seimei could kill him with one sword. Time passed by. Seimei's sword was like the drizzle in the sky, continuous. Ishimotsu only held on for less than three minutes before revealing a flaw. Seimei seized the opportunity, and with one sword strike, he sliced off a large chunk of flesh from the opponent's left shoulder. The severe pain caused beads of sweat to appear on Ishimotsu's forehead. Seimei was relentless and continued to attack. Finally, after another two minutes, Seimei pierced the opponent's heart with one sword. Ishimotsu's face was full of unwillingness, but he was powerless. Seimei pulled out the short sword, shook off the blood on it, and walked towards Mizutani Shizuko without looking back. "Seimei." Seeing Seimei approaching, Mizutani Shizuko asked with concern, "Are you okay?" Seimei shook his head and said, "I'm fine." After saying that, he looked at the side of her waist. There, blood was still continuously flowing out, obviously seriously injured. Seimei glanced around and saw that there was no danger for the time being, so he said, "Shizuko, come here, let me heal you first." After saying that, he walked towards a big tree. Mizutani Shizuko responded softly and followed him, then leaned against the big tree. Seimei quickly completed the hand seals and used the 'Healing Jutsu' that he had just learned not long ago. A ball of green light appeared in his palm. Then, Seimei placed his palm lightly on Mizutani Shizuko's wound. A warm feeling came, making Mizutani Shizuko couldn't help but let out a comfortable hum, then blushed and didn't dare to look at Seimei. However, Seimei's expression didn't change at all. He was still experiencing the process of the 'Healing Jutsu' taking effect. This was the first time he had used this technique on a person after learning it. He used to practice on small animals. It didn't matter whether it was cured well or not, as long as the proficiency increased. Now it was different. It didn't matter whether the proficiency increased or not. The important thing was not to cause any problems for the person. Medical ninjutsu was not like other ninjutsu. After it was successfully performed, it was done after throwing it out. There was a process for medical ninjutsu to heal injuries. During this period, it was necessary to constantly pay attention to the changes in the injured person's injuries, and according to the actual situation, guide the cell division of various parts of the injured person, so as to achieve the goal of rapid healing. It could be said that this was delicate work. It was precisely because of this that Seimei didn't notice that a figure suddenly appeared behind him. It wasn't until Mizutani Shizuko showed a terrified expression and pulled him aside violently that he noticed something unusual. A burning sensation came from his cheek. Seimei saw from the corner of his eye that a kunai was being held by someone, scratching his right cheek, and directly piercing into Mizutani Shizuko's throat. At this moment, Seimei didn't know what to feel. Everything happened too suddenly. He never expected that Mizutani Shizuko would die like this, which made his brain freeze for a moment. After the freeze, there was extreme anger. When Ryosuke and Furukawa sacrificed, he was not at the scene, so when he got the news later, he only felt a little regret. But Mizutani Shizuko died right in front of his eyes, and to some extent, she died to save him. How could he possibly remain calm? From the speed of the person's attack just now, it could be seen that if Mizutani Shizuko hadn't pulled him, he would probably be the one dead now. Although the other party was able to launch a successful sneak attack because he was a little relaxed while healing Mizutani Shizuko, he had to repay this life-saving grace. (End of this chapter)