Grind is My Ninja Way

"They're finally here!"

Seeing the figures on the distant waves, unlike Seimei's surprise, Yukikaze let out a long sigh of relief.

As early as when he set off, his superiors who had given him the mission told him that if he couldn't defeat Seimei, he must pull the battlefield as far away as possible.

Before, he didn't understand what it meant, but now he finally understood. It turned out that there was a backup plan, but they were just worried about being blocked by Seimei.

Now...

Even if Seimei rushed over immediately, it would be impossible to stop such an attack.

In this way, the two Konoha passenger ships would definitely not be saved.

In this way, the troops attacking Konoha's northern defense line would not have to worry about being outflanked for the time being.

As Yukikaze thought this, he saw Seimei turn his head again and look at him with cold eyes.

Seeing this, Yukikaze's face stiffened slightly, then he endured the pain in his chest and arms, and his right foot stomped on the ice.

Crack~

The next moment, the ice layer shattered, a big hole appeared, Yukikaze fell directly into the sea along the ice hole, and then his breath quickly dissipated.

Whoosh~

Seimei flashed to the ice hole, looking at the disappearing Yukikaze, he immediately knew that it was impossible for him to kill the opponent today.

Maybe he could wait for him to come out by staying nearby.

But the key question was, could he stay here?

Seimei looked back at the waves that were about to submerge the entire battlefield.

The answer was obvious, wasn't it?

A flash of cyan light flashed, and the 'Instant Sword Technique' was cast. Seimei's whole body turned into an afterimage and went straight to the main battlefield.

No, to be more precise, he went straight to the Kirigakure Anbu.

Passing through the panicked crowd, Seimei stepped on the waves and rushed up, quickly approaching the Kirigakure Anbu.

However, the other party still did not stop casting the spell even after seeing him coming.

Finally, the huge wave submerged the entire battlefield.

Those ninjas all ran away because they had been warned in advance, but the ships that remained in place, whether it was Konoha's two passenger ships or Kirigakure's warship, were all submerged.

If it was just like this, it would be fine. At worst, they could be salvaged again, and after cleaning up the accumulated water inside, they could continue to be used.

But the problem was that there was a rotating force contained in the wave. After the ships were submerged, they were quickly attracted by the force inside, and were soon torn to pieces by the water flow inside.

From this, it could also be seen that the other party's main purpose in making such a big scene was not to kill Konoha ninjas at all, but to destroy their ships.

Even, in order to once and for all, he also destroyed Kirigakure's warship together.

And this, undoubtedly, cut off the retreat of the Kirigakure ninjas on the field.

After all, without the ships, Seimei and the others would definitely not rush to the battlefield immediately, so the most likely thing to do was to find trouble with the Kirigakure ninjas on the field.

And the Kirigakure ninjas who also lost their ships had no way to escape and could only be forced to fight.

In this way, it was very likely that it would eventually turn into a deadly battle.

However, with Seimei's strength, if it was a deadly battle, the Kirigakure ninjas would definitely be the ones to suffer in the end.

In other words, this Kirigakure Anbu who suddenly appeared, in order to complete the mission, almost sacrificed his own people on the field by default.

Such a style of conduct, and such a spectacular ninjutsu, made Seimei can't help but think of someone.

"Tailless Tailed Beast, is that you?"

Seimei looked at the Kirigakure Anbu who was close at hand and thought to himself.

That's right, the person Seimei thought of was the elite Jonin of Kirigakure Village, Kisame Hoshigaki, who was known as the 'Tailless Tailed Beast'.

He did things like this, he could do whatever it took to complete the mission.

At the same time, also because of the huge Chakra, the ninjutsu he cast was usually very exaggerated, which was very consistent with the situation of the person in front of him.

However, even if the other party was Kisame Hoshigaki, it was impossible for him to hesitate.

Whoosh~

A flash of saber light flashed.

Seimei swung the long saber in his hand, aiming directly at the opponent's neck.

Until this time, this person finally had a little reaction.

He saw him duck down and narrowly avoid Seimei's attack.

Immediately afterwards, before Seimei could swing his saber again, he kicked his abdomen.

Seeing this, Seimei immediately jumped back and avoided his kick.

The next moment, a flash of cyan light flashed, and Seimei, who had just retreated, used the 'Instant Sword Technique' and came to his side again.

The long saber in his hand swung out again.

Clang~

A crisp metal collision sounded.

The Kirigakure Anbu had taken off the long sword behind his back at some point and blocked it in front of him, blocking his long saber.

Through the hole in the mask, Seimei could see that the other party had a pair of golden pupils.

However, in those pupils, there was no emotion, only full of indifference, as if nothing in the outside world could affect his emotions.

This state almost made Seimei think that he saw the ninja of the Root organization again, completely treating himself as a mission tool.

However, if the other party was really Kisame Hoshigaki, it would be about the same.

He was also a person who could do whatever it took to complete the mission. In a sense, he was no different from the mission tools of the Root organization.

However, the ninjas of the Root organization became mission tools through cursed seals and brainwashing, coupled with the training of 'eliminating the self'.

And Kisame Hoshigaki was a real ninja. He forcibly suppressed his emotions with his own will, making himself an emotionless mission tool.

Which was better, it was self-evident.

Zizi~

A harsh rubbing sound rang out.

Sparks splashed.

Seimei and the Kirigakure Anbu in front of him exerted force at the same time, the long saber and the long sword rubbed against each other, in a stalemate.

Suddenly, Seimei's pupils shrank slightly, and he used the 'Genjutsu: Sharingan'.

In front of him, the Kirigakure Anbu who was looking at him just now immediately closed his eyes, and at the same time, the long sword retracted its force, and his feet kicked the water surface, and his whole body retreated rapidly.

Having lost the opposing force, the long saber in Seimei's hand naturally lifted forward, instantly splitting the opponent's mask.

Then, he saw a face that looked like a shark.

If it wasn't Kisame Hoshigaki, who else could it be?

"Kisame Hoshigaki?"

Seimei suddenly said.

Hearing this, Kisame Hoshigaki, who had just stabilized his body in front of him, was obviously stunned. This was a normal reaction when his name was suddenly called out by a stranger.

However, this was very fatal in battle.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the other party was stunned, Seimei stepped forward, and the long saber in his hand stabbed straight out. The blade was shining with cold light, carrying a sharp aura, and stabbed straight at the opponent's heart.

Kisame Hoshigaki was indeed an elite Jonin, his reaction was swift, almost at the moment when Seimei moved, he realized that he had fallen for it.

It was too late to block at this time. At the critical moment, he took half a step back, then slightly raised his arm, and blocked Seimei's saber with his flesh and blood.

Puchi~

The tip of the saber pierced into the opponent's arm and was stuck by the bone.

A look of pain flashed across Kisame Hoshigaki's face, then he quickly suppressed it, and then jumped back, instantly opening a distance of several meters from Seimei.

(End of this chapter)