One Strike

Jūzō Biwa's water clone said from the thick fog.

The reason why he said this was not purely because he wanted to talk, but because he wanted to make Musashi feel fear and panic.

The unknown was always scary.

In the thick fog, a voice seemed to be picking at your body parts like picking vegetables.

An average person would've fainted on the spot upon hearing this.

But this time, Jūzō Biwa dealt with the wrong person.

Not only did Musashi know where he was position, he could also distinguish the water clone from the real Jūzō Biwa.

"Then guess which one I will attack!" Musashi laughed and raised his double sabers.

Jūzō Biwa, who was about to launch an attack, seemed surprised.

Jūzō Biwa's expression suddenly became serious. He had just forgotten a very important fact. This swordsman seemed to have some sensory ability.

"Twin Sword Style: Hundred Wind Slash!"

Musashi held his two blades, and the Chakra in his hands erupted. Blueish Chakra enveloped the silver blade.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Two green compressed air blades made its way towards Jūzō Biwa.

"This is troublesome." Jūzō Biwa frowned and ran.

When the two compressed air blade merged, it covered a very large area. It was like a huge gale. No matter how fast Jūzō Biwa ran, he could not outrun it. His water clone was instantly destroyed, and Jūzō Biwa was forced to block the compressed air blades with Kubikiribōchō.

Right at this moment, Musashi rushed forward once again and engaged in close combat with Jūzō Biwa.

Dang dang!!

Musashi's attacks were relentless. However, even though Jūzō Biwa brandished a large sword like Kubikiribōchō, he was very nimble, perfectly blocking Musashi's attacks.

"Hahaha, this is the kind of battle I want!" Musashi used all his strength to push back Jūzō Biwa slashes as he laughed maniacally.

"What an annoying opponent." Jūzō Biwa said as he planted his sword into the ground to stabilize himself.

Musashi's attack was too swift and fierce, causing him to not even have time to use Ninjutsu. He had no choice but to stay on defensive.

"Be careful, I will use my trump card next!" Musashi reminded.

"Don't get ahead of yourself." Jūzō Biwa said annoyedly.

If it were any other place, he might not be able to win against Musashi.

But don't forget, this was a hot spring with a lot of water, and he was a Shinobi with Water Nature Type!

"pant pant." Musashi took a deep breath, and his expression became indifferent.

This was his strongest attack, which evolved from the Iron Slash Style that he learned from the beginning of comprehending the Breath of All Things.

He incorporated Wind Nature Type in this technique, the special explosive technique that he had practiced for a long time, and finally the black thingy that could increase his power in life and death situations.

This attack had grown to the point, where let alone steel, even if it were a small mountain, Musashi was confident that he could cut it off.

Since neither the mountain nor steel could withstand his attack, Musashi gave his strongest strike with an extremely flashy name - Immortal Slayer!

"Immortal Slayer!"

Musashi gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. Powerful chakra erupted, and blueish Chakra enveloped the blade. The pitch-black unknown substance instantly dyed the silver white blade black.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

Jūzō Biwa inserted the knife to the size and quickly made a series of hand seals. Under Jūzō Biwa's control, the hot spring gradually rose. At the same time, The water underground Also broke through the ground and gushed out, merging with the water from the hot spring that were forming.

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very quickly, a huge wave that was more than ten meters long, emitting billowing hot air was formed and rammed Musashi.

In front of such a huge wave, Musashi was as insignificant as an ant.

However, Musashi didn't see this monstrous wave as a thread, and his expression remained unchanged as he ran towards Jūzō Biwa.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The huge wave slammed down, as if trying to drown this entire area.

Just as Kakuzu was about to make a move, a dazzling azure light appeared.

Swish!

The huge wave was split into two, and the wave instantly fell to the ground like water without resistance.

The dazzling green light hadn't dissipated and made its way to Jūzō Biwa.

Jūzō Biwa quickly grabbed Kubikiribōchō and slashed the green light.

A blue light flashed.

Dang!

Kubikiribōchō fell to the ground and broke in two.

At the same time, a few strands of hair and blood also fell.

"You lost." Musashi said to Jūzō Biwa as he sheathed his two swords.

Not only did his attack break through the huge wave, it also cut off Kubikiribōchō. If he had not held back, Jūzō Biwa would have been killed instead of losing a bit of hair. 

Jūzō Biwa touched his left cheek. It was very moist. Bright red blood was still dripping out. He used to only have a cross scar on his right cheek. He did not expect that there would be another scar on his left cheek today.

"What is your name?" Jūzō Biwa asked in a deep voice.

"Musashi." Musashi replied with a smile.

"The battle with you is very enjoyable. Join us, and we can fight again when you have time." Musashi sent out another invitation.

"I'm no longer in the mood to soak in Yugakure's hot spring. It's nothing special anyway. However, I am willing to admit defeat. I am joining." Jūzō Biwa raised Kubikiribōchō to his shoulder and accepted Musashi's offer.

Each sword of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had their own unique abilities. Kubikiribōchō's special ability was that it could fix itself after bathing in enemy's blood. Thus, it did not matter if it broke. He just needed to kill a few more people.

"The mission is completed." Musashi said.

"Yeah, Akatsuki's mission, though. Our goal has not been completed yet." Kakuzu reminded.

"Haha, Kakuzu-san, you can rest assured. I haven't forgotten," Musashi laughed.

"He is also an official member of Akatsuki. His name is Kakuzu. Although he doesn't look that old, he is an old man already." Musashi introduced him to Jūzō Biwa.

Jūzō Biwa nodded and then asked, "What exactly does our organization do? What missions do we usually get?"

Jūzō Biwa felt that world peace was too ridiculous. Who established an organization for that?

"I don't know. The current missions are to recruit people. The leader said to recruit ten official members before making our move."

Jūzō Biwa began to be curious about Akatsuki. What kind of organization was this?