Chapter 229: Meteorite

In the middle of the forest.

Five ninjas, without protectors, were moving along the branches of the trees.

One of them looked off into the distance and said, "We should reach the harbor soon."

The ninja in the lead looked at the map of the Frost Country to determine its specific location and nodded, saying, "After a while, it should come into our field of vision."

"I didn't expect this country to be so rich.... After looting some random cities, we've collected over ten years of normal missions, hahaha"

The ninja touched the scroll in his pocket and laughed.

They belong to a small ninja village and normally receive very few missions, and during the course of the Third Ninja World War, their village finally collapsed.

While robbing a merchant ship, they accidentally found out about the Frost Country and decided to swim here to steal, and then quickly sail the ship so that no one could track them.

"After we return, we can live comfortably for several years."

The ninja walking behind the group said with a smile.

They were not in too much of a hurry to reach their destination.

Just at that moment, the ninja holding the map suddenly changed his face, looked around and exclaimed, "Look out! There are ninja!!!"

Whoosh!

At the same time, a human figure appeared behind them and quickly performed a series of hand seals.

With a stream of chakra, the surrounding frost quickly melted, turning into water and forming a stream.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" (Water Jutsu: Water Dragon Missile Jutsu)

Whoosh!!!

The stream of water, which took the form of a dragon, rushed in the direction of the ninjas. One of them was taken by surprise and thrown away, crashing hard into a tree in front.

The other four were shocked and frightened.

"It's Kirigakure's ninja!"

"Run!"

Like ninja from a small village, they all felt an instinctive fear when confronted by a ninja from one of the Five Great Villages and, without hesitation, were about to speed up and run away.

But at that very moment, a human figure appeared in front of them at some point.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" (Water Jutsu: Water Dragon Missile Jutsu)

The beautiful girl quickly performed a series of hand seals and exclaimed indifferently, in the blink of an eye, a jet of water formed in the shape of a dragon and smashed into the ninja running in front.

The figure of the unfortunate ninja flew backwards and rolled on the ground.

The faces of the three remaining ninja became very grim.

"Damn..."

"We're surrounded..."

Looking at the Kirigakure ninja that appeared around them, they felt fear.

The Kirigakure ninja that appeared looked at them coldly.

One of them pulled out a sword and smiled as he said, "Captain Mei, isn't it too wasteful to use ninjutsu against this trash? It's better to cut them with swords, hehe."

"Hey, hey, leave one to me."

Another Kirigakure ninja pulled out a kunai and grinned bloodthirstily.

Mei shook her head and lowered her hands, which were folded into a seal.

Although Mei, like most Kirigakure ninja, had gone through a very bloody and brutal training, she was not interested in killing, especially something like killing brutally and mercilessly for fun.

But she had no intention of stopping the others.

Seeing the cruel smiles of the Kirigakure ninjas surrounding them, the three ninjas of the small village turned very pale, their bodies began to visibly tremble, one of them gritted his teeth and raised his hands in front of him.

"Since there is no other choice, then we must fight!"

"Let's fight!"

The other two exclaimed nervously.

The three Kirigakure ninjas approached, but did not immediately attack, instead looking mockingly at the small town ninjas while saying, "Do your best, otherwise it will be too boring."

In their perception, the chakra of these three ninja was too weak, at most at the Genin level, it was too boring.

Whoosh, whoosh!!!!

The two Kirigakure ninja instantly closed the distance and swung their swords.

The two small town ninjas abruptly froze in place, a thin gash appeared on their necks, and blood splattered to the sides.

"The... Damn!"

In the eyes of the remaining ninja, horror shone, his hands began to shake violently, he raised them in front of him and began to perform a series of hand seals with difficulty.

The Kirigakure ninja smiled as they watched his clumsy and terrified movements, but did not attack, one even leaned against a tree and began to twirl the kunai on his fingertip.

The small town ninja barely finished bending the series of seals.

"Ni... ninj... Ninjutsu!"

He thrust his hands forward, apparently intending to use some kind of ninjutsu, but as a result, nothing happened, not even a hint of wind.

The Kirigakure ninjas burst out laughing as they watched this scene.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..."

"We wanted to give you a chance, but you're not even capable of using ninjutsu.... That's enough, go to your comrades!"

After saying that, the Kirigakure ninja tightened his grip on the kunai, stopped spinning it with his fingertip and took a step forward.

However.

After taking a couple of steps, he abruptly froze in place.

The other Kirigakure ninja, including Mei, also stopped their movements and raised their heads to the sky in shock.

"Hey, hey... Is this a joke?"

"How is this possible..."

Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the Kirigakure ninja.

Without knowing when, a huge meteor appeared in the sky, engulfed in flames and, judging by the trajectory, it would fall right is its location....

Even before its fall, the terrifying scene of the collapsing earth engulfed in raging flames flashed through the minds of the Kirigakure ninja!

What kind of legendary ninjutsu did this ninja just use!!!!

What terrifying irresistible power!!!!!

"This is... Genjutsu?"

Someone exclaimed in disbelief, still staring at the sky in awe.

Cold sweat ran down Mei's forehead, she looked at the falling meteorite for a while longer and finally came to her senses, screaming loudly and running with all her might, "This is not Genjutsu! Run! Run!"

Mei's scream brought the rest of the Kirigakure ninja back to their senses and they began to flee in terror, but the meteor, engulfed in fierce flames, was inexorably approaching.

Boom!!!

As a result, it collapsed to the ground, accompanied by a terrifying rumble and a terrible earthquake.

Instantly, a crater formed and a huge black mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

The aftermath of the terrifying explosion swept away, quickly reaching and completely engulfing the fleeing Kirigakure ninja, among whom was Mei.

The surrounding trees were swept away and destroyed.

After an unknown period of time.

Crack!

In the middle of the devastated and scorched earth, a crack appeared, from which Mei struggled to get out, she could barely stand, and a trickle of blood gushed from the corners of her mouth.

"What the hell..."

She looked around and discovered that everything in sight had been swept away and destroyed by the terrifying shockwave created by the falling meteorite.

Looking at this incredible scene, the corner of Mei's mouth began to twitch.

It seems to be included in the list of unforeseen events that arise during the course of the mission... a new item will have to be added. It is very likely that this is the first incident of a meteorite falling during the course of a mission, in the history of Kirigakure... or of all the Great Towns....

"Cough, cough..."

Mei put her hand to her chest and coughed loudly, spitting up puffs of blood, as if she was badly injured.

After assessing her condition, Mei realized that, without outside help, she would probably not be able to cope with such a serious injury.

As Mei leaned against a nearby rock and began to think about how to save her life, her eyes suddenly opened and her head turned in the direction of the crater.

Crack! Crack!!!!

The meteorite lying at the bottom of the crater was covered with cracks and shattered.

A human figure emerged from the fragments of the meteorite.

"I came back..."

"Ah, that was pretty quick."

Yeruashi opened his arms at his sides and relaxed his body, but he suddenly felt something and looked in a certain direction, puzzled.

Yeruashi and Mei's eyes met.

"..."

Mei's mind went blank.