Grind is My Ninja Way

Swish~

With a flash, a figure appeared in front of the Kiri-nin Jonin who was almost killed by Seimei.

Dressed in navy blue attire, with one eye and two sealing talismans hanging from his earlobes, it was none other than Ao, who had clashed with Seimei before.

However, it wasn't him who threw these shuriken, but someone else.

Seimei's gaze shifted to the right.

There, Terumi Mei had just retracted her hands.

Obviously, the attack just now was launched by her.

And the sudden appearance of these two here, Seimei couldn't think of any other purpose besides intercepting him.

It wasn't just the two of them. Seimei shifted his gaze to the left.

There was another person there.

He had a tall stature, long limbs, spiky yellow hair, and wore the black and white mask unique to Kirigakure's Anbu. There were also dozens of bandages wrapped around his neck.

This image immediately reminded Seimei of someone - Kushimaru Kuriarare, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Seimei looked at his hands and saw that he was holding a long needle-shaped ninja tool in his right hand, with a wire attached to its tail.

At this moment, he was supporting it with his left hand.

With such a distinctive ninja tool, Seimei was almost certain that this was one of the Seven Swords of Kirigakure - the Longsword: Nuibari!

This further confirmed Kushimaru Kuriarare's identity.

"One of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, a dual Kekkei Genkai user, and a Byakugan killer, huh... They really think highly of me!"

Seimei muttered to himself, but his expression didn't show any abnormality.

Instead, it was Kushimaru Kuriarare who looked at him and spoke first: "You're the brat who killed Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki?"

Kushimaru Kuriarare sized Seimei up and down, feigning disdain: "Doesn't seem like anything special..."

However, Seimei wasn't affected by his provocation at all. Since he had already confirmed the enemy's identity, there was no need for talk.

With this in mind, he quickly formed hand seals with both hands, intending to perform the ninjutsu - Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

However, at this moment, a subtle Chakra fluctuation suddenly came from beneath his feet, and a sense of crisis arose in his heart.

"There's someone else!?"

Seimei was startled and hurriedly stopped the ninjutsu he was about to perform. He pushed off the ground with his feet, leaping into the air and instantly distancing himself from the ground.

And just as his feet left the ground, a short sword thrust out from the ground, narrowly missing his body.

Seeing this, Kushimaru Kuriarare was somewhat disappointed, but he quickly regained his composure, exerted force in his right hand, and threw the 'Longsword: Nuibari' in his hand.

Whoosh~

A faint sound of something cutting through the air.

Seimei's Sharingan scanned and saw the incoming long needle. He swung his long katana and easily deflected the needle.

However, Kushimaru Kuriarare wasn't annoyed at all.

He pulled his left hand forcefully, and the wire instantly tightened.

Then, he flicked his right hand, and in mid-air, the long needle changed direction and stabbed towards Seimei again, this time from behind, making it even harder to defend against.

However, Seimei's perception was extremely sharp, and he immediately detected the anomaly.

So, he exerted force in his waist and abdomen, bending his body in mid-air to almost a ninety-degree angle, ultimately narrowly avoiding the attack.

"Hehehe~"

Seeing Seimei's performance, Kushimaru Kuriarare chuckled and praised: "Ghost Sword Seimei, you have some skills!"

During this brief delay, the figure who had sneak attacked Seimei earlier emerged from the ground.

It could be seen that this was also a Kiri-nin Jonin.

No, to be more precise, it should be a Tokubetsu Jonin.

But it was a Tokubetsu Jonin who specialized in lurking and assassination.

He wore a Kirigakure Anbu mask similar to Kushimaru Kuriarare's, clearly also a member of the Anbu.

Obviously, Seimei had miscalculated earlier. Kirigakure hadn't just sent Terumi Mei, Ao, and Kushimaru Kuriarare to deal with him this time. There was also an Anbu elite hiding.

If they included the Kiri-nin Jonin he almost killed just now, that made five people.

However, facing the potential siege of five people, Seimei wasn't too afraid.

At this moment, he was thinking: "If I can hold off these five people, then my mission should be considered complete... right?"

One should know that this wasn't just a one-sided reduction of five Jonin main forces for the Kiri-nin, but also the simultaneous liberation of almost equivalent combat power for Konoha.

With such a gain and loss, if they still couldn't defend, then Seimei was helpless.

As for using the Mangekyo Sharingan to completely turn the tide of the battle?

Not to mention that he had never considered this, even if he had such an intention before, after seeing Kushimaru Kuriarare and the Kiri-nin Anbu who just sneak attacked him, he wouldn't do it now.

The reason was that at this stage, a large part of Kirigakure's Anbu was secretly controlled by Uchiha Madara, preparing the stage for Obito Uchiha.

Theoretically, there shouldn't be anyone on his side.

But it was better to be safe than sorry.

If one of the two people in front of him was truly a pawn of Uchiha Madara, then as long as he dared to use the Mangekyo Sharingan's abilities, he would definitely be discovered.

Others might not notice anything, but Uchiha Madara, who also had experience using the Mangekyo Sharingan, would definitely recognize it.

That would be troublesome.

Seimei didn't want to get entangled with a dying person at this point.

Moreover, beside Uchiha Madara, there was also Black Zetsu, the devoted son. He didn't want to enter their sight too early.

After these two years passed and his Mangekyo Sharingan evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, eliminating the risk of blindness, then it wouldn't matter if he played with them.

As for the current stage...

Let him and Uchiha Madara engage in a battle of wits!

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Seimei immediately became highly focused, preparing to face the siege of the five Kiri-nin.

These five people didn't make him wait long. Almost the moment his feet touched the ground, Terumi Mei took the lead and launched an attack.

She swiftly formed hand seals, and a water dragon instantly appeared, roaring and lunging towards him.

The others weren't far behind, quickly following up, either performing ninjutsu, throwing kunai, or setting traps.

In short, everyone was attacking him.

However, their coordination was clearly not very good, especially Kushimaru Kuriarare, who was a cold-blooded and murderous person, not caring about the lives of others at all.

And this gave Seimei an opportunity.

Relying on the Sharingan's powerful insight, he specifically stepped on the traps set by Kushimaru Kuriarare to defend and counterattack, making the other few people quite uncomfortable.

The key was that the others couldn't say anything and could only be more careful themselves.

Time passed by.

The battle between them became increasingly intense.

Soon, the first casualty appeared.

It was none other than the Kiri-nin Jonin who had already been severely injured by him.

However, he didn't die at Seimei's hands but in the trap set by Kushimaru Kuriarare using the 'Longsword: Nuibari'.

Of course, Seimei's genjutsu also played a part in this.

(End of Chapter)