190. The Anbu Came Too Late

Kazuma felt nervous because he wasn't used to this kind of situation. However, as those ninjas were about to attack…

*Swoosh*

Suddenly, those ninjas were blasted upward by the formless gale. Then, the atmosphere seemed to be compressed into a singular vacuum, pulling the enemies in the surroundings.

Understanding the situation, Kazuma immediately dragged Kuroneko away.

Before they could get that far, the vacuum exploded, creating invisible sharp needles and wind blades that shredded the enemies to pieces.

Everyone around it was blown away by the wind gale after it exploded, even Kazuma and Kuroneko were also thrown away.

The enemy ninjas still look safe and sound. They looked at their surroundings. But, before they could see the attacker's face, the air around them grew cold. Then came the snow that rained down on them even though it wasn't the season.

"What happened?"

One of the ninjas was confused, he looked around, but his vision was immediately blocked by the dense snow falling and the wind around him grew stronger. Only the screams of other ninjas he could hear. When he was about to perform hand seals…

*slash*

"Ahhh!!!"

The ninja screamed in pain with his finger suddenly cut off.

"Dude, no need to scream! You will be sleeping forever."

The one who said that immediately swung his sword onto the ninja's neck.

It took a few seconds before the silence occurred. No more screams could be heard anymore. The snow had already disappeared, and the person who was on top of the pile of corpses came into view. That person was none other than Izumi.

"Izumi."

"Miyamura."

Izumi turned to Kazuma and Kuroneko.

"I can see that you guys are already quite strong. But you, Kuroneko. You were too reckless to use three-quarters of your strength. You have to be sure that you can take them down at once if you are going to use all your strength. Leave some of your energy for escaping in case you meet a stronger enemy. And Kazuma, you should have a lot of shop coins, you better use them to buy martial arts or internal skills. You know, you're the weakest among us, at least buy some skills to protect your life. Well, I understand that both of you are not used to the situation that occurred earlier, which is why I'm warning you so that you can be better prepared next time."

But due to Izumi's words, Kuroneko complained.

"Ugghh, I'm a lady you know, I don't really like something about killing."

Izumi's brows twitched. He responded.

"Lady? You? Quite delusional aren't you, loli girl?"

"Pffft..." Kazuma covered his mouth while holding back a laugh.

"Do you need a beating, Kazuma?" For some reason, Kuroneko didn't dare to say that to Izumi. And since Kazuma was around, he became her target.

"Hey, why always me?"

"Because I feel like it." Kuroneko replied shortly.

"Damn!! Don't get so cocky because you're stronger than me!" Kazuma pointed his index finger at Kuroneko annoyingly.

Kuroneko snorted in response.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Let's make a bet then!"

"What is it?"

"Who will get the better reward after this mission."

Hearing Kazuma proposed a bet, Izumi turned his head to Kazuma.

"Hmmm, quite interesting. What are you gonna bet? Don't tell me, Chris panties? You pervy NEET!"

"W-w-what the hell are you talking about, of course not!!"

"Eh, did you just stutter? Did my guess correct? Or are you going to throw those members of your party at me? That's a big no for me!!"

"Ahh, fuck...Can you just listen to me first!!???"

"Then, what's the bet?"

"If I win, buy me a game console, some games, and some other things from the earth. If you win..."

"Nope nope... I know that you don't have anything worth with that bet, so nope..."

Izumi felt that the bet was unfair because he knew Kazuma didn't have anything that caught Izumi's attention. That was why Izumi didn't want to take Kazuma's bet.

"Are you scared?" Kazuma sneered. No one expected that Kazuma would provoke Izumi.

Izumi raised his index finger while saying nonchalantly.

"Fine. It's decided then. If I win, you should kiss Megumin in front of Aqua! Oh right, you should kiss her lips!"

"Wha…" Kazuma's mouth opened wide. But Izumi didn't care about that.

"Don't forget your promise, okay!"

"Wait, wait, wait!"

"What? Isn't my bet good enough? That actually benefits you, what are you dissatisfied with?"

Well, Izumi didn't take Kazuma's bet seriously since he would win anyway. It was quite entertaining when he would be labeled as LoliNEET by his friends.

"I'm not dissatisfied. It's just…"

"Don't tell me, are you scared? Where's your confidence earlier?"

It was a statement that Kazuma had thrown out before, and now it was brought back. Kazuma clenched his fists.

"Fine… I'll take your bet!"

After Kazuma declared that, Izumi saw Tabane coming with Warrod, Momo, and Karin while waving their hands. Tabane, who saw Izumi, immediately approached him and asked.

"Izumi-chan, how is it?"

Izumi raised his thumb.

"Big success. I robbed everything. By the way, I planned to bring those things to your world since you have a huge laboratory."

"Emmm…Sure."

Hearing that Izumi's loot would be taken to Tabane's laboratory, Tabane happily agreed.

Izumi scanned the surroundings. It seemed no more enemies could be sensed since they already fled. The only one Izumi could sense was Luffy who dragged one giant snake toward him.

"Izumi." Luffy waved his hand. He said further. "Izumi, I brought a lot of meat. Can you cook it now? Oh right, I also have some reserves. The other 2 snakes are in my storage. We can cook them later."

Izumi put his left hand on his hip. He pointed at Luffy.

"You fool. This is not the time to eat. Again, didn't you just eat a lot earlier?"

"But, I'm hungry."

"Just hold on! It'll be over soon."

After that, Izumi gestured for everyone to get back inside the village.

However, before they set foot inside the village, Izumi felt quite a tremor. His gaze immediately turned to the forest around Konohagakure. The tremor wasn't that strong because it came from quite a distance from their spot.

"I'm certain it was the two of them who did it." Izumi said inwardly. Then he turned his head to his group and said.

"I'm going to go see Naruto's fight. Anyone wants to come with me?"

They shook their heads, only one person slightly excited to hear Naruto was fighting. Who else but Luffy?

The ring Izumi was wearing glowed, metallic armor began to cover his limbs, shoulders, and chest. Light blue transparent wings formed on his back through the armor. Since Tabane had already shown her IS, there was nothing wrong if Izumi did the same. Besides, he didn't want to be late to watch the exciting fight between the one-tailed beast, Shukaku, and the toad boss, Gamabunta.

Seeing the appearance of Izumi's IS, Theomars, Luffy's eyes shone brightly.

"Woah, Amazing!!! Izumi, Izumi, you said you want to give me a robot, can you give me this robot instead?"

"It's not a robot. It's Infinite Stratos. Moreover, this was designed for me, so other people can't use it. Well, except for Tabane, I guess." Izumi explained shortly.

"I'm the most genius person in the world. Of course, hacking your IS is easy peasy lemon squeezy." Tabane put her hands on her hips as she performed an alpha pose. Although she put on a smug expression, what she said was real.

"Let's go, Luffy!"

Izumi immediately dragged Luffy with him. Then both of them disappear.

"Well, let's go find Rori-chan!" Tabane said that while looking at the others.

All of them walked together to the Konoha village. However, several ninjas from Konohagakure were blocking the way. No, they had no intention of blocking their way. They just felt gratitude for Tabane's group.

Just as the ninjas thanked Tabane and the others, the Anbu arrived.

Warrod said to them.

"As Konohagakure's special force, you all were too late."

They wanted to argue, but the person who said it also looked old. If they argued back, they will be lectured even more. Moreover, from the symbol on the forehead protector, it was clear that Warrod was from a new village that had been talked about a lot lately.

"Sorry sir, we just heard an emergency call. And it took some time to gather all the Anbu forces."

"What you have done is too inefficient. Better send the reinforcement that is there first, and have someone at the base waiting for the others. The reinforcement that left first held off the enemies and waited for other reinforcements to arrive. That way, the ordinary people of Konoha will not be the victims as they can evacuate immediately while you hold the enemies. If we didn't confront the enemies, what would happen to the common people while you're too late to come?"

The Anbu fell silent at Warrod's words that lectured them.