Chapter 39

Kenshin calmly entered the flower shop and talked with the saleswoman for about five minutes, having difficulty convincing her to sell him ten blue sage seeds. Having spent 5,000 ryo on them, he, satisfied with his purchase, ordered his sons to leave, deciding to quickly get out of this village.

As soon as they reached the end of the street, and the edge of the village was visible 200 meters away, Kenshin heard a scream behind him.

- Hey, stop!

Ichiro turned around first, and then everyone else. Kenshin saw an unfamiliar Konoha shinobi twenty meters away, and an old acquaintance Kaito another fifty meters away. He instantly looked at this shinobi, and activated the "status"

Name: Kimura Iori

Age: 30 years

Talent Level: 14

Chakra quality: 2

Chakra amount: 4100

Chakra control: 51%

"Ichiro, be on your guard. Before us is a Konoha genin. If anything goes wrong, this battle is yours. Don't be nervous, his characteristics are about the same as yours!" - Kenshin said mentally.

- Mister Shinobi, did something happen? – Kenshin asked politely.

- All of you are detained until the reasons are clarified, follow me. – Iori said unceremoniously.

- Detained? On what basis? What did we violate? – Kenshin asked.

-You have no right to ask questions. Either come with me voluntarily, or I will be forced to use force! – Iori minted every word.

- Mister, perhaps you came because my old friend Kaito said something stupid about me. In fact, we once quarreled, and apparently he decided to deal with me with your hands. "Kenshin said with a smile, not wanting to get involved in the conflict.

Iori turned his gaze to the approaching and gasping Kaito, and he instantly turned pale and replied: "Iori-san, that's not true!" Yes, we quarreled, but only because he stole my fiancée Aya! You know, we looked for her all over the area for a week, but we never found her! Surely this scoundrel did something bad to her, and...

Hearing their mother's name and the way Kaito called her his "bride," Ichiro and the Fourth instantly stared at him with glances filled with murderous intent.

- Would you like to know the grounds for detention? Okay, you are all accused of kidnapping a resident of this village, and you are obliged to go to prison until the circumstances are clarified! – Iori said decisively.

- Sir, this is nonsense! Aya is alive and well, she decided to move to the city of Shukuba, away from this abnormal Kaito, who was trying to rape her! – Said Kenshin, still not wanting to start a conflict.

- Enough! "Iori said sharply and threw a shuriken at Kenshin's throat, wanting to deal with this group as quickly as possible.

The Third and Fourth noticed the flying shuriken, and wanted to repel it, but did not have time, and at the last moment Ichiro repelled it with his kunai, and then instantly made hand seals and shouted:

- Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu! – Releasing an almost meter-long fireball that rushed towards Iori and Kaito.

- Suiton: Suijinheki! – Iori shouted, releasing a stream of water from his mouth, which grew to a small wall, into which a fireball crashed at full speed, and hissed, evaporating the water.

While the entire area was covered in a huge amount of steam, Kenshin quickly ordered: "Ichiro, take care of the Genin. If possible, do not show your sharingan. Third and Fourth, stay close to me!"

As soon as the fireball hit the wall of water, Kaito instantly jumped to the side and got out of the middle of the street, pressing himself into the wall of the house. After half a minute, the steam dissipated, but Iori was not there, but three shuriken flew from the roof of a nearby building towards Ichiro.

Iori was quite surprised that there were shinobi among this group, and planned to have a proper "talk" with Kaito when the battle was over. He would have preferred not to get involved in a fight with shinobi, but there was no turning back, so all he could do was fight.

Ichiro fought off all three kunai without any problems, and threw two of his own, simultaneously rushing towards the enemy, wanting to engage him in close combat. Iori, in a few movements, repelled the shuriken thrown at him, and got involved in hand-to-hand combat with Ichiro.

While Ichiro was fighting above, Kenshin ran towards Kaito, who, distraught, tried to escape, but after a few seconds of flight, one shuriken was pierced into his left calf and right thigh, and falling to the ground, Kaito screamed wildly.

- Aaah! Please don't kill me! Dont kill! "He shouted, turning over on his back after an unsuccessful attempt to get up.

Without talking, Kenshin sped up and took out a kunai. Iori, seeing that the grandson of the village elder was about to be killed, was distracted from the battle and threw one shuriken at Kenshin, paying for it with a deep cut on his chest, which Ichiro inflicted on him.

The third, realizing that he did not have enough skills to block a flying shuriken, shielded his father with his body, but the shuriken crashed into an invisible barrier and fell to the ground.

Kenshin didn't even stop, and with all his might he thrust a kunai into the throat of Kaito, who had somehow risen and was trying to escape. He looked at Kenshin and tried to say something, but couldn't. His larynx was pierced, and only an unintelligible hiss came out of his throat.

Meanwhile, the battle on the roof was coming to an end. Thanks to his spatial ability, Ichiro wounded the enemy several times, and after another exchange of blows, he kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying into the window of a neighboring house, and instantly made hand seals, shouting:

- Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu! – Releasing a half-meter-long fireball, which followed the enemy into the window of the second floor.

Iori was not taken aback, and despite the pain in his chest and back, while half-lying, he managed to form hand seals and release a small water barrier onto the remaining chakra.

- Suiton: Sujinheki! – A shout was heard from the second floor, and two technicians met.

Ten seconds later, Iori jumped out of a nearby window and fell to the ground, receiving severe burns from the filling of the small room with a huge amount of hot steam, which arose from the mutual destruction of Cato and Suiton's techniques.

His entire face and neck were burned, and having received a painful shock, he was unable to fight, so the two kunai thrown by Ichiro hit the mark. The first kunai pierced Iori's spine, and the second kunai was embedded up to the hilt in his head.

"Great job, Ichiro. Third and Fourth, take your things, we need to leave quickly!" - Kenshin commanded, and all four quickly left the village, running about eight kilometers to the forest.