The Six Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist

"Sure."

Fuguki did not refuse. In his view, it didn't matter who stayed behind.

So, six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist split off from the main force and took a detour into the interior of the Land of Fire.

Juzo took out the thick, wide, and long Kubikiribocho from his back and led his men to attack all the way.

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In the camp, Shintaro's team, who were resting, saw the flare signal on the front line.

"Enemy attack, the enemy's strength is significant."

Shintaro stood up calmly.

Fugaku also noticed this, walked out of the tent, and asked, "How many troops are nearby?"

Uchiha Yashiro responded from the side, "A hundred men can be gathered within five minutes. It might take more time to gather the rest."

"Lead these hundred men to fight first, then go and gather the others." Fugaku commanded firmly.

There was no other way. The five hundred front-line troops directly under the jurisdiction of the Uchiha Clan on the eastern front were dispersed in a long and narrow area to build defenses.

"At the same time, let the garrison troops in the rear contract their defensive line and send reinforcements." Fugaku said, frowning.

"However, that will create a gap in the rear garrison." Yashiro said cautiously.

Fugaku replied, "We can't control that much now. Even if there is a gap, we can only lose at most a few ninjas, which won't affect the overall situation. The top priority is to confront the main enemy force in front of us."

Shintaro shook his head and thought, "If the real enemy elites are missed, it will still hinder the overall situation."

However, he also knew that this was only a temporary measure. After all, the flare signal sent by the front-line scout ninjas was a red flare that would only appear when the main enemy force attacked.

Shintaro looked at the three people around him and said, "After staying here for three months, we finally get to face the big one."

Asuma flexed his muscles and said, "Yeah, I haven't done anything serious for a long time."

Tetsuo and Hamasu also expressed their desire to fight.

The front line quickly set off to fight.

Everyone clashed with the incoming Kirigakure ninjas.

Although the enemy's attack was fierce, the number did not seem as large as imagined.

Juzo jumped down from the tree and slashed his sword directly at Shintaro's head.

In close range, the Silent Killing technique from behind and the decapitation of the enemy's main target were Juzo's best skills. "Kid! You'll die sooner if you're too handsome. I recognized you at a glance, but don't blame me. My sword is very sharp and won't hurt you."

Juzo thought he had succeeded, but something strange happened. The sword stopped in mid-air, no matter how hard he pressed, it was useless.

Shintaro calmly turned around and asked, "Which one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are you?"

He was somewhat confident in the other party's strength. If he didn't have the Six Eyes now, he might not have detected the other party's silent attack.

This was the silent killing technique of the Kirigakure Village, and only elites like Juzo could master it perfectly.

Juzo quickly retreated a few steps while lifting the Kubikiribocho and stared at Shintaro warily.

"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the wielder of Kubikiribocho, Biwa Juzo."

Juzo's self-introduction was quite detailed, so Shintaro introduced himself: "Konoha Jonin, Uchiha Shintaro."

As they both introduced themselves martial-artist style, Asuma rushed over with his Chakra Blades in hand.

Asuma's fierce attack came towards him, and Juzo blocked it with his sword. He quickly found an opening and slashed at Asuma with his sword.

Asuma quickly retracted his Chakra Blades and barely blocked the attack, but was still thrown back a certain distance.

Juzo planned to capitalize on his victory to kill Asuma.

At this moment, Tetsuo and Hamasu came from the side, Tetsuo using an earth flow wall to block Asuma. Hamasu spewed a large fireball, forcing Juzo to retreat.

Shintaro looked at the three with relief. They had all made great progress and were able to jointly contend with one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

However, Juzo did not intend to play around with these Chunin for too long.

He retreated a few meters, inserted the Kubikiribocho into the ground, formed seals with both hands, pointed to the sky with one hand, and placed the other on his chest.

"[Kirigakure no Jutsu]."

Shintaro clearly saw the entire process of the [Kirigakure no Jutsu] with his Six Eyes.

Juzo released a large amount of water attribute chakra, causing the water vapor in the surrounding air to rapidly condense into chakra mist.

This was different from Terumi Mei's direct water mist spitting, but the effect was the same.

Juzo then formed seals again, drew his sword, and used the Silent Killing technique again.

During the use of the Silent Killing technique, his movements had to be slowed, which was a weakness of the Silent Killing technique.

Seeing their vision blocked, Asuma, Tetsuo, and Hamasu immediately formed a successive formation, leaving their teammates behind them.

Asuma wanted to use Wind Element, but he only used Gale Fist to disperse the thick fog, and the fog filled back up in an instant.

At the same time, a figure approached Shintaro.

"[Suiro no Jutsu]."

Juzo didn't know when he appeared behind Shintaro, releasing a large amount of water to form a water prison ball, and reached inside to control the water prison's shape.

"Surrender, no matter how strong you are, soaked in my chakra-filled water..."

Before Juzo finished speaking, the water prison exploded. Shintaro's [Infinity] isolated the water prison. At the same time, he used [Blue] to tear the water prison apart and attack Juzo, who also turned into a puddle of water and dispersed.

"A physical clone with water attributes is somewhat interesting, but unfortunately far less sophisticated than a shadow clone."

Shintaro evaluated the water clone while increasing the output of [Blue] in his hand. Then he waved his hand, and [Blue] rose into the sky, sucking up all the thick fog around him.

No matter how much Juzo stopped and refilled, he couldn't keep up with such a strong suction.

Juzo, who used the Silent Killing technique to approach the three, was directly exposed and could only retreat.

Both sides completed their seals almost simultaneously.

"[Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu]."

"[Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu]."

"[Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu]." ×2

Juzo's water dragon bullet suppressed Asuma's strong fire technique and Tetsuo and Hamasu's fireballs, knocking all three of them back to the ground simultaneously.

Just when Juzo was about to lift the Kubikiribocho and rush forward to kill Asuma and the others, Shintaro appeared in front of the three and pointed two fingers at Juzo.

Juzo suddenly felt something bad and lifted the Kubikiribocho in front of him to block.

*WHOOSH*

A dark red light burst and hit the broad blade of the Kubikiribocho. The huge impact directly sent Juzo flying, knocking down several big trees and raising a cloud of dust.

When the dust settled, they saw the Kubikiribocho in Juzo's hand was broken.

Half of the broad blade pinned Juzo's whole body to the tree behind him, almost splitting him in half. Losing a lot of blood announced his death sentence.

Juzo firmly bit his tongue and committed suicide to avoid being captured by Konoha.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist lost one member and became the Six Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

The Kubikiribocho blade greedily absorbed its owner's blood, and a new blade began to grow at the break.

Shintaro looked at Juzo's body and thought.