Grind is My Ninja Way

Just as Konoha could monitor the movements of the Kiri-nin on the battlefield and knew that Terumi Mei and others had returned, the Kiri-nin naturally also had ways to understand Konoha's movements.

Therefore, they immediately discovered Seimei and others who were trying to support the eastern front.

Hence, the interception came.

Although the Kiri-nin who came weren't experts like Kaguya Kotaro, the leader was still a genuine Jonin.

Seimei estimated the time and, after some effort, finally defeated the opponent.

Afterward, he repelled several more waves of enemies before finally reaching the eastern battlefield on the other side of the base.

Indeed, as the main attack direction of Kirigakure, this side was truly chaotic.

As soon as he arrived, Seimei heard the fierce sounds of fighting.

At the same time, the explosions of detonating tags were also incessant, with occasional bursts of firelight illuminating the surrounding darkness.

It was fortunate that there were no mountains or forests near the base; otherwise, they would have already been set ablaze.

However, this was also good. Although the moon tonight was quite bright and didn't affect the battle much, it was still better than daytime.

Anyway, he had the Sharingan and could ignore these influences.

His gaze quickly swept across the entire battlefield.

He could see that although the number of Kiri-nin and Konoha ninjas on the field wasn't too different, the situation had become one-sided.

It was just that they hadn't reached their limit yet; otherwise, Konoha's casualties would definitely be very severe.

But looking at the current situation, they were almost at their limit.

"No wonder they were so eager to call me over. It turns out they can't hold on anymore..."

Seimei thought to himself, but he didn't slack off. Instead, he quickly found a Kiri-nin Jonin and rushed towards him directly.

Just as he had expected, the reason why the eastern battlefield was in critical condition was indeed because they had fewer high-end combatants than Kirigakure.

This led to many Tokubetsu Jonin, who should have been in charge of command, having to join forces to deal with the Kiri-nin Jonin.

And without this core strength, the remaining Konoha Chunin and Genin were like scattered sand, naturally unable to compete with the Kiri-nin, whose average combat power was even higher than theirs.

Therefore, what he needed to do was simple: hold off some of the Kiri-nin Jonin and free up those Konoha Tokubetsu Jonin, allowing them to return to their rightful positions.

This way, the situation would naturally stabilize.

That was also why the first opponent he chose was a Kiri-nin Jonin who was being jointly dealt with by two Konoha Tokubetsu Jonin.

Whoosh~

A flash of green light.

Seimei used the 'Instantaneous Sword Technique' and arrived in front of this Kiri-nin Jonin. He raised his long katana and, with a "clang," blocked the opponent's kunai attack.

"Jonin Seimei!" x2

Seeing Seimei appear, the two Konoha Tokubetsu Jonin's hearts relaxed, and they called out.

Seimei didn't even turn his head and said directly: "I'll handle this. You go to other places."

"Mm."

The two nodded, seemingly very confident in Seimei's strength. After responding, they left without looking back.

Seeing this, the Kiri-nin Jonin in front of him didn't try to stop them either. He looked at Seimei's still somewhat young face and said: "You are the Ghost Sword Seimei?"

Although he was asking, his tone was full of certainty.

However, hearing his words, Seimei didn't have any intention of answering.

Yes, his goal was indeed to stall for time, but it wasn't just to stall one person.

Therefore, appropriately displaying his strength was very necessary.

Because only in this way would other Kiri-nin Jonin be attracted to him.

With this in mind, Seimei smiled slightly at the Kiri-nin Jonin in front of him, and the 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' was instantly released.

Since this Kiri-nin Jonin knew Seimei's name, he naturally had some understanding of his information.

Therefore, the moment he cast the genjutsu, the Jonin closed his eyes and quickly retreated.

Unfortunately, Seimei was relentless. He continuously swung the long katana in his hand, slashing at the Kiri-nin Jonin.

Clang, clang, clang~

This Kiri-nin Jonin also had rich combat experience and was able to accurately block his series of attacks based on his senses and some external movements.

However, this was just the beginning.

Clang~

After another slash was blocked, Seimei suddenly retracted his katana, raised his left hand, instantly completed the hand seals, opened his mouth, and spat out a huge fireball - the 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique'!

The sudden change in rhythm caused the Kiri-nin Jonin to panic slightly, but in the end, he successfully dodged the fireball attack.

However, before he could regain his footing, countless fireballs flew out from Seimei's mouth, like phoenix flower seeds, smashing towards him.

Feeling the scorching heat from those fireballs, the Kiri-nin Jonin didn't dare to take them head-on and quickly dodged to the side.

However, at this moment, a sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

"What?"

The Kiri-nin Jonin was startled, and upon closer inspection, he saw several red-hot shuriken flying out from the fireballs, accurately shooting towards him.

Obviously, Seimei had hidden the shuriken within the fireballs created by the 'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique' and launched a sneak attack.

Slash~

The sound of flesh being torn rang out.

Followed by the smell of something burning.

The Kiri-nin Jonin clutched his left arm, his face looking very unsightly.

Just now, realizing something was wrong, although he tried his best to dodge, he still failed to avoid all the attacks because he lost the initiative, and Seimei had predicted his dodging direction. His arm was scratched by a shuriken.

"Damn brat!"

The Kiri-nin Jonin looked at Seimei from the corner of his eye, his heart filled with apprehension.

On the contrary, seeing the successful strike, Seimei instantly had a certain understanding of the Kiri-nin Jonin's strength.

So, without hesitation, he immediately launched the second wave of attacks.

There were no fancy moves, still starting with the 'Instantaneous Sword Technique', getting close, and then launching a series of 'Swordsmanship' combos.

Because it was a one-on-one fight, the Kiri-nin Jonin didn't dare to meet his gaze, so he was quickly forced to retreat.

This gave Seimei the opportunity to use ninjutsu. Whether it was Wind Release, Fire Release, or Water Release, they all put considerable pressure on the opponent.

At this time, when he attacked again, he could usually find an opening.

After repeating this a few times, the Kiri-nin Jonin already had several wounds on his body.

Some were left by the long katana, some by kunai and shuriken, and some by ninjutsu. His appearance was quite miserable.

During this time, the Kiri-nin Jonin naturally tried to counterattack, but they were either easily dodged by Seimei or blocked by his techniques.

In short, they didn't have much effect.

Finally, seeing that the opponent's condition was getting worse and worse, Seimei no longer held back.

He alternately used 'Swordsmanship', 'Instantaneous Sword Technique', and 'Illusionary Sword Technique', and in just a moment, he forced the opponent into a dangerous situation.

However, just as he was about to finish off the opponent in one go, several shuriken suddenly shot from the side.

Seimei glanced from the corner of his eye, gave up the attack, and dodged all the attacks with a series of flashes.

(End of Chapter)