bookbashuk Chapter 208 Nishida Itaru's Lies
Chapter 208 Nishida Itaru's Lies
The sharp blade easily sliced through flesh, and specks of red blood flew into the air, dazzlingly red in the sunlight.
"Damn it, I didn't expect there really to be a Konoha ninja!"
Kiichiro narrowly escaped Kyosuke's attack, retreating to create a safe distance and ignoring the wound on his chest.
Kyosuke was surprised that the ninja in front of him was quite strong, as he had actually dodged his attack, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
"Shisui, Asuma, try to capture him alive; he might be our target!"
If the opponent is weak and not strong enough to destroy the town, then they are just ordinary rogue ninja.
The stronger the opponent appears, the greater the probability that they are your target.
Shisui and Asuma also realized this and immediately blocked Kiichiro's escape route.
The three of them, along with Nishida Itaru, surrounded Kiichiro.
At this moment, Kiichiro's shadow clones fought the lord's subordinates for a while, then began to pretend to be outmatched and quickly retreated.
Kyosuke and his companions paid no attention to these weak pawns.
We can obtain a lot of intelligence by capturing the leader in front of us, so we must not lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of small gains.
As Oniichiro's shadow clones disappeared, six of the lord's subordinates joined the encirclement of Oniichiro.
"Your men have abandoned you. You have no chance of winning. You might as well surrender. If you cooperate obediently, you may still have a chance to live."
Kyosuke stood in front of Kiichiro, trying to attract Kiichiro's attention with his words, while Shisui's Sharingan silently swirled, ready to activate his genjutsu at any moment.
"I'm going to be the King of Ninjas! How can I die here!"
Kiichiro roared and began to form hand seals.
"You won't be able to form any hand seals in front of us."
A bald ninja under the lord's command appeared behind Oniichiro, his scythe aimed at Oniichiro's neck.
Kiichiro continued to form hand seals, turning his body to the left to dodge the scythe.
Just as the bald ninja was about to continue his attack, he suddenly felt his right foot being grabbed. Looking down, he saw a hand reaching out from the ground and sticking a lit explosive tag to his foot.
Boom!
The bald ninja died.
Seeing this, Asuma felt incredibly lucky.
He had just wanted to rush up and stop Kiichiro from releasing his ninjutsu, but seeing that Kyosuke and Shisui didn't make a move, he suppressed that thought.
If he rushed forward, he might be the one to fall into the trap and be torn to pieces.
After the explosion, two clones that looked exactly like Oniichiro appeared underground.
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Kiichiro created a rushing river, forcing those surrounding him back a distance and forming a lake on the ground, before continuing to form hand seals.
"Kyosuke, should we stop him?"
Asuma asked Kyosuke, who chuckled and said, "This kind of powerful ninjutsu consumes an incredible amount of chakra. Let him use it as he pleases. We just need to prevent him from escaping."
Everyone around Kyosuke agreed with what he said.
Chakra is limited, so ninjas must carefully time their use of ninjutsu to ensure its effectiveness; otherwise, they will waste chakra and put themselves in a disadvantageous situation.
They now have the advantage and don't need to fight the enemy head-on. As long as they keep probing the enemy's trump cards and depleting their chakra and stamina, they will definitely win.
Aggressive attacks may create vulnerabilities, potentially giving the enemy a chance to survive.
Seeing that his opponent was hiding quite far away, Kiichiro silently stopped forming hand seals for his Lightning Release technique.
They still lack combat experience. They actually thought they would swarm them and tried to use Water Release combined with Lightning Release to give them a big blow.
When Kiichiro stopped using ninjutsu, his opponent launched a counterattack.
Thousand sticks, shuriken, and various other ninjutsu—not many in number, but continuous—forced Kiichiro into high-intensity exercise, leaving him no time to catch his breath.
A minute later, Shisui spoke: "The enemy's movements are starting to slow down, and they can no longer maintain their peak condition."
"If he gets into a desperate situation and might commit suicide, we should take action."
After Kyosuke finished speaking, he rushed forward to act as a human shield and engaged in a fierce battle with Kiichiro.
At the same time, Shisui summoned a flock of crows and projected an illusion into their eyes.
These crows, like black spots, scattered and gathered in the sky above Kiichiro's head.
With the help of others, Kiichiro was on the defensive and gradually took damage. His two clones were defeated, and Kyosuke cut a new wound on his back.
On the verge of defeat, Kiichiro used a trump card.
"Secret Technique: Ghost Mist Swamp!"
Beneath their feet, the ground cracked open with winding fissures, from which large amounts of pale purple gas spewed out.
The crows in the sky, unable to dodge in time, crashed into the fog and instantly fell to the ground.
When conducting research, Kiichiro inevitably creates various failed products.
Some of these are highly toxic substances.
Adhering to the fine tradition of diligence and thrift, Kiichiro collected these highly poisonous substances, and after simple processing, he could use them in conjunction with ninjutsu to kill enemies.
This time, in the Demon Mist Swamp, the highly toxic substances were first buried underground, and then activated using Earth Release ninjutsu.
In order to save his life, Oniichiro used up all his remaining supplies this time, creating a poisonous fog that covered a very large area.
Kyosuke, Asuma, and Shisui were relatively safe, as they used Earth Release, Wind Release, or Body Flicker Technique to avoid the poisonous mist.
However, others reacted a step too slowly and were exposed to the poisonous mist. Some fell unconscious, some were blinded by the poison, and some had their skin begin to ulcerate.
These toxins are the product of different experiments, so their effects vary, and the harm they cause depends entirely on individual luck.
Once the poisonous fog had dissipated somewhat, Shisui looked into the hazy mist and frowned, saying, "The enemy has already escaped."
Kyosuke snorted: "They can't have gone far, let's give chase!"
Nishida Itaru and the lord's men had to stay in town to deal with the chaotic situation, so they did not follow Kyosuke's trio.
Using the clues he had deliberately left behind, Kiichiro led Kyosuke and his two companions away from the town.
They were gone for about ten minutes when the Qing team arrived.
What happened here?
Seeing the destroyed town, the Blue Squad grabbed Nishida Itaru, who was busy rescuing people everywhere.
Nishida looked at the other person's Mist Ninja headband, then at the kunai around his own neck, gritted his teeth, and told him everything.
Ao continued, "Which direction did those three Konoha ninja go?"
It turns out their target was Kyosuke and his group.
Nishida thought to himself, a struggling expression on his face, as if he didn't want to betray Kyosuke.
"You're an old ninja, you should know how cruel interrogation methods can be. You'll have to talk sooner or later anyway, so you might as well talk sooner to avoid suffering."
As Qing spoke, she glanced at the terrified crowd in the surrounding ruins and added a sentence.
"You were just rescuing them, weren't you? If you don't cooperate, we'll wipe them all out."
Nishida's expression froze, as if his mental defenses had been broken. He lowered his head in dejection and pointed in the opposite direction from Kyosuke.
"They went there."
Throughout the entire story, Nishida Itaru was telling the truth; only his last sentence was a lie.
He prayed, hoping to deceive the ninja before him.