Chapter 21 Caught Off Guard

The sound of sharp blades scraping through the air came from behind.

This sound was all too familiar to Logan, as he had swung kunai in this vague way countless times.

Turning around is an action that only an inexperienced person would make. Logan remained calm in the face of danger, then abruptly squatted down.

He then heard a 'whoosh' passed over his head. Before the kunai complete its trajectory, Logan, already in action, executed a sweeping leg kick on the ground. Attack is the best defense. He counterattacked with a swift punch and directly hit the fallen figure.

'Something's wrong...'

With a 'thud', the sensation of his fist hitting something made Logan's expression change. The Ninja who had ambushed him slowly transformed into a puddle of water, then fall onto the ground.

"Not good…"

Logan realized it was a trap. Just as he turned to say those two words to Itachi, the rain outside the building began to swirl wildly, the raindrops outside the building were already swirling crazily.

Boom!

A water dragon, carrying tremendous force, violently crashed in through the broken window. Its head, which is more than ten feet wide, almost immediately filled half the room. The strong and turbulent water surged through, changing the terrain in an instant. The water dragon raged into the room from outside, then quickly burst straight out again, like a wild beast gone berserk.

"Sigh…"

Exhaling heavily amidst the chaos, Logan wiped off the splashes of water on his face. Some are rainwater, while some are created with Chakra.

Watching the Water Release Ninjutsu of A-rank or higher piercing through the room, then breaking out from the other window, Logan couldn't help but feel a sense of palpitation.

Facing such unexpected attacks, Logan, fortunately, relied on his superhuman dynamic vision and reflexes to jump away before the water dragon hit him. Itachi, on the other hand, heeded Logan's warning and swiftly activated his three-tomoe Sharingan to dodge the attack without hesitation.

'When were we discovered?'

Doubts arose in Logan's heart, 'Is it Amegakure or Akatsuki?' Unfortunately, the fast-paced rhythm of the battle didn't give him time to think.

After the water dragon rushed outside, it lost the support of Chakra and dissipated on its own. Logan had already pulled out a kunai, and looked at Itachi, who is also looking at him.

They both knew that above the ceiling was the sky. The two of them left the small space with the Body Flicker Technique and arrived at the rooftop of the building.

When they almost felt the rain outside, Logan's Chakra perception became clearer.

'Three Jonin!' Logan's heart sank. He and Itachi appeared on the rooftop with a wide view. They immediately spotted two Ninjas wearing Amegakure's forehead protectors standing on the edge of the rooftop. On the top of a tower not far away, there's another Amegakure's Ninja standing there. Their Chakra signature are very close to that of a Jonin.

"You react quite quickly." One of the Amegakure's Ninjas still have the hand seal for Water Release Ninjutsu formed with his hand, a cruel smirk playing on his lips as he spoke with a hint of regret, "We detected your infiltration, and thought we could quickly eliminate you with ambush, but it seems we failed."

They are in three against two, and the amount of Chakra they felt from Itachi also showed the level of Chunin, so even if their ambush failed, the three Amegakure's Ninjas seemed confident in their victory.

Because of that, they neither concealed their presence nor launched lightning-fast attacks when Logan and Itachi emerged.

'The other party obviously had the intention to crush us with sheer power.' Logan pursed his lips at this, too lazy to engage in conversation with the arrogant Amegakure's Ninja. After all, villains often met their demise from talking too much.

"Ishikawa, stop talking nonsense and hurry up..." The Amegakure's Ninja on the tower nearby seemed to be the leader. Just as he said such words coldly, he caught sight of something and his words stopped suddenly…

'It's the Sharingan!'

Such scene shattered the leader's demeanor. He was about to warn his teammates, but it was too late.

The Amegakure's Ninja named Ishikawa instinctively shifted his gaze away from Logan and looked at the younger boy beside him, who seemed to pose less of a threat.

At this moment, Itachi has removed his cloak.

Caught off guard, Ishikawa's eyes widened as a pair of crimson eyes suddenly enlarged in his vision, and the three mystical tomoe spun strangely. He turned away in shock, only to find that the crimson tomoe had already been imprinted in his mind, causing the world to spin, expanding without limit...

"Aaahhh!"

Crackle——

Logan had been waiting for this moment. Seizing the perfect opportunity, lightning erupted without warning. Chakra instantly covered his entire body as he swiftly cut through the rain curtain with a flash of electric light. Rainwater and wind were left behind him. At a high speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, he had already passed by the Amegakure's Ninja, who was under the Genjutsu, almost instantly.

'Who told you to act cool?'

In the high-speed exchange, Logan's cloak and the Amegakure's Ninja's head left their original owners at the same time.

This full-strength blow without reservation did not miss, and the kunai sliced through the Amegakure ninja's neck like cutting through butter. The terror of being trapped in the genjutsu still lingered on the opponent's face as blood splattered and his head rolled down. With a breeze carrying the rain, the broken human body, which had lost its support, was blown out of the building.

In a life-and-death battle, even a Jonin can die so easily.

"Ishikawa!"

The other Amegakure's Ninja on the rooftop yelled in disbelief. He watched the companion's decapitated body falling lightly from the sky. He took a step in that direction, but before he could say anything more, a flash of lightning had already swiftly approached him from afar.

"Why yell? Do you want to die with him?"

The Amegakure's Ninja hurriedly blocked Logan's attack with his kunai, his wide eyes seemed to burst out with flames. Faced with Logan's trash talk, he gritted his teeth and said: "Konoha's Ninja, you're as good as dead!"

"Oh."

Logan politely replied, completely ignoring the killing intent the other party released that was enough to immobilize a Genin, He swung his kunai without hesitation, exerting full force.

Ding!

The Lightning Attribute Chakra stimulating his cells gave Logan a physical advantage over most Ninjas in combat. Despite the harsh words from the Amegakure's Ninja, under Logan's deliberate and rapid onslaught, the current situation left him with no choice but to be constantly pressured.

If the situation does not change, it will be a matter of time before he is killed by Logan.

The leader on the top of the tower couldn't stand still any longer. He leaped off, intending to help his struggling companion, but was intercepted by Itachi.

"You brat, back off!"

When the leader saw a Chunin actually dared to rush towards him, he is immediately furious. He didn't look at the opponent's strange eyes and even prepared to kill him directly with Taijutsu.

However, after a few quick exchanges, with no clear winner, the leader was secretly alarmed, 'This Konoha brat was actually not weak. With the Sharingan Kekkei Genkai, I simply could not maximize my advantage.'

Seeing that he couldn't deal with his opponent in a short time, the leader didn't hesitate. He forced Itachi back and immediately set off a signal flare.

Logan looked back and cursed secretly for the Amegakure's Ninja's shamelessness, 'How can you call for backup in such a condition? Did you not dare to face me in a one-on-one battle?'

But no matter what, he could only watch helplessly as the signal flare exploded in the sky.

The effectiveness of the signal flare was somewhat diminished in the rainy weather, but it wouldn't be a problem to call over a bunch of Amegakure's Ninjas with it. After all, this is their Ninja Village.

"Itachi, withdraw!" Logan shouted.

"Understood." Itachi saw the signal flare and knew they couldn't afford to stay any longer.

Itachi has not fully grown up yet, so it is still difficult for him to deal with a Jonin at this time. He couldn't use the Mangekyo Sharingan easily, and the opponent had been wary of his Sharingan's Genjutsu. If it was him two years later, when he becomes an ANBU Captain, he would be more than capable of handling the Amegakure's Ninja in front of him, but for now, he is still inexperienced.

Just when Logan was about to leave the Amegakure's Ninja he had been overwhelming, a stronger sense of danger than when they were attacked by the water dragon struck.

Activating his Lightning Release to the maximum, Logan dodged directly without using his weapons to block as he felt the imminent threat.

Boom!

A strange large sword wrapped in bandages smashed down heavily.