Chapter 141: Taking Action

Fifteen minutes later.

Seimei arrived at the other battlefield.

Before even getting close, he spotted a lone Iwa genin.

Seimei's eyes lit up, and he was about to approach, but suddenly he seemed to think of something and quickly activated his Sharingan, scanning the surroundings.

However, he didn't find the expected ambush. It seemed the other party was truly alone.

"Could it be that I'm overthinking?"

Seimei was puzzled and decided to observe for a while longer.

Soon, two minutes passed.

Seimei still hadn't found anything. The Iwa genin below continued to move forward, seemingly intending to catch up with the main force.

After some thought, Seimei no longer hesitated. He formed the 'Mi' hand seal with his hands and used the Body Flicker Technique to appear directly behind the genin.

*Thump*

A single chop to the neck, and the genin fell straight to the ground.

Seimei stood in place, vigilantly scanning his surroundings.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

A full minute passed, and still nothing happened. Seimei finally confirmed that this was indeed just a lone Iwa genin, not some bait.

"So I've been playing mind games with the air this whole time."

Shaking his head, Seimei stopped thinking about it, grabbed the Iwa genin on the ground, and leaped into the forest, arriving at a relatively hidden spot.

*Slap* *Slap*

Seimei slapped the Iwa genin on both cheeks, quickly waking him up.

Then, before the genin could fully regain consciousness, he cast the 'Genjutsu: Sharingan' and guided him to start recalling the information he needed.

A few minutes later, Seimei learned the genin's name - Ishiki Ichiro.

The reason why he was alone was that during the previous battle, he had accidentally fallen into a Cloud ninja's genjutsu and collapsed in a corner.

And because all his teammates were already dead and no one cared about him, he didn't wake up until recently.

So, he naturally became separated.

After figuring this out, Seimei was speechless.

Sometimes things were that simple; it was just that people overcomplicated them.

However, Seimei didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Even if he encountered such a situation again, he would still do the same. After all, compared to wasting a bit of time, his own life was more important.

Who could guarantee that next time it wouldn't be a trap?

Therefore, when caution was necessary, he couldn't afford to relax in the slightest.

"But..."

Seimei looked at Ishiki Ichiro, who was still immersed in the illusion, and felt that his identity and experiences were quite suitable. Perhaps he could save him a lot of trouble.

Thinking this, Seimei quickly formed hand seals and then pressed his hand on top of Ishiki's head, casting the 'Chakra Absorption Technique'.

This time, he didn't need to be as cautious as he was with the injured Iwa ninjas, fearing that the other party would detect any abnormalities.

This time, Seimei directly activated the 'Chakra Absorption Technique' at full power. In less than two seconds, he drained all the chakra from the genin.

After all, he was just a genin and didn't have much chakra in his body.

However, Seimei didn't stop. He continued to extract the genin's mental and physical energy, converting them into chakra and absorbing it into his own body.

Another two seconds later, Seimei released his hand.

At this point, Ishiki Ichiro was on the verge of death, and no more chakra could be squeezed out of him.

*Crack*

Seimei twisted the genin's neck and then formed hand seals to cast the 'Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique', burning his body.

Then, he used the Transformation Technique to transform into the genin's appearance and continued walking forward along his original path.

Along the way, he saw many corpses, both Cloud ninja and Iwa ninja, but no wounded.

The Cloud ninja were understandable. Even if there were wounded, they would either be taken away by their comrades or finished off by the Iwa ninja, so it was unlikely for any to be left behind.

But the Iwa ninja were different. This was their home turf. It didn't make sense for there to be no wounded at all!

Seimei was puzzled. As he was walking, he suddenly stopped and looked towards the forest on one side, his ears twitching.

Faintly, he seemed to hear pained groans, a sound he had heard all day yesterday and was very familiar with.

Without any hesitation, Seimei walked straight towards the direction of the sound.

However, before he could go far, a kunai flew towards him and embedded itself in the tree in front of him.

Seimei looked in the direction the kunai had come from and saw an Iwa jonin standing on a tree branch, looking down at him.

"Name? Squad number? Why are you here?"

A cold voice came from the jonin, giving the impression that if he answered one word wrong, he would be sent to meet his maker.

Seeing this, Seimei quickly lowered his head, pretending to be terrified, and replied, "I, I'm Ishiki Ichiro, from Squad E379.

Just now, during the battle, I accidentally fell under a genjutsu. When I woke up, there was no one around me, and now I'm rushing to the battlefield.

As for why I'm here..."

Seimei carefully glanced at the jonin and used his peripheral vision to scan a few other spots before continuing, "I just heard a sound from here, so I thought I'd come and check it out."

After hearing his explanation, the Iwa jonin in front remained silent, seemingly judging the truth of his words.

After a while, he finally said coldly, "This has nothing to do with you, Ishiki Ichiro. As a jonin, I order you to immediately rush to the battlefield without delay. Do you understand?"

"Ye-yes!"

Seimei hurriedly agreed and turned to leave.

But at this moment, the Iwa jonin suddenly called out to him, "Wait, you..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, Seimei had already activated his three-tomoe Sharingan.

Even though this Iwa jonin was very vigilant, he didn't expect Seimei to possess the Sharingan.

Therefore, the moment their eyes met, he was hypnotized by Seimei.

Although it was only for an instant, it was enough for Seimei to launch an attack.

*Whoosh* *Whoosh* *Whoosh*

Three shuriken flew out of his hand.

Sensing the danger, the Iwa jonin broke free from the hypnosis, but he could only block one shuriken.

The other two, one embedded itself in his left arm, and the other in his right leg, limiting both his ability to form hand seals and his ability to escape.

Seizing this opportunity, Seimei used the Body Flicker Technique to approach the jonin at high speed, with a short sword already in his hand.

And the moment he left his original spot, several kunai pierced the ground where he had been standing.

Obviously, the other party wasn't alone.

But that didn't matter.

Because the strongest one among them had already been approached by him. As long as he dealt with this one, the others were no threat.

Seimei had already sensed the chakra of the others while talking earlier. They were at most chunin level and posed no threat to him at all.

Even this Iwa jonin, who was the strongest among them, was most likely just a special jonin. Overall, the risk was manageable, so he took action.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. He unleashed his lv5 'Swordsmanship', and coupled with his three-tomoe Sharingan, once again displayed its unpredictable movements.

In the blink of an eye, Seimei left a deep wound on the Iwa jonin, who was already hindered in his movements...

(End of this chapter) 

2 ch, (yesterday , i am too busy working)