Rock Clone.
"Damn Konoha kid! You shouldn't have this much Chakra at your age!!"
Gantetsu was covered in cold sweat, panting rapidly, feeling incredibly weary and weak.
If he hadn't cautiously sent out a Stone Clone to test the waters just now, he would already be dead.
Now, this kid's Chakra should be exhausted. To have this level of strength at this age... this kid absolutely cannot be allowed to live!! In some ways, he's even more terrifying than Kakashi!
Immediately, Gantetsu gritted his teeth and struck out fiercely, stabbing right through Gen'ichi's chest with a single blow.
But unfortunately.
"This one of mine is a clone too."
The Nuclear Release Clone grabbed Gantetsu's arm. Even as its entire form began to melt at this moment, it held on tightly.
Then, it opened its mouth.
A cloud of Nuclear Radiation was directly sprayed out. The entire form of Gen'ichi's clone, while melting, began to fill Gantetsu's body with all its Nuclear Radiation.
Rip!
With one strike, Gantetsu broke his own arm, then with bloodshot eyes, he turned and lunged towards Gen'ichi's main body in another direction.
But halfway there, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the ground.
"My body?! How can this be? I clearly took so many antidotes...!!"
Gantetsu was stunned, lying on the ground vomiting blood profusely, his entire body refusing to obey him.
"What did you think we were doing, resting leisurely and then talking nonsense with you two?"
Gen'ichi shook his head, "You merged yourself into the rock, which is enough to avoid most Sensor Ninjutsu, but unfortunately, against my technique, rock isn't that effective..."
He was only a little bit off.
Gen'ichi was almost fooled too, but the rock Gantetsu chose to merge into wasn't thick enough, allowing the Radiation to seep in little by little...
If this guy had attacked immediately from the start instead of trying to find some perfect opportunity for a one-hit kill, he wouldn't have been affected by the Radiation to this extent... it's truly pathetic.
Two Special Jonin attacking them right after they had just gone through a fierce battle – the tactic was perfect. But Gantetsu courted death by insisting on waiting, ultimately waiting for his own grand finale.
Ever since that fierce battle began, Gen'ichi had been silently spreading a Nuclear Radiation cloud, crazily eroding Gantetsu's body.
Until this moment, when he directly triggered the effect.
"What kind of Toxin is this?! Our village can even partially neutralize the Toxin of that woman Chiyo, so why is yours ineffective!!"
Gantetsu died with his eyes wide open.
Over the past two months, information about Gen'ichi had long been leaked. Many people knew that this Konoha genius, besides having a suspected Wind Release area-clearing Ninjutsu, also possessed a strange ability to control Toxin.
After sacrificing many lives, they confirmed that this undetectable Toxin should be airborne. Because of this, they raised the priority of hunting Gen'ichi to a level second only to Kakashi.
The only thing that greatly puzzled the Iwa Ninja and Sunagakure Ninja was that they couldn't get any Toxin samples no matter what, which was utterly unbelievable!
Every recovered corpse and every survivor who managed to cling to life had absolutely no trace of Toxin in their bodies, not in their muscles, blood, bone marrow, or brain. Nothing at all.
It was as if no Toxin existed in the first place.
"My Toxin is incurable. Once infected, it's irreversible unless I intervene. Even if you don't die, the effects linger for life. Gantetsu, you must have suffered, eating dozens of antidotes in one go, just to push through the medicine's reaction to kill me..."
Gen'ichi pulled out a Kunai and threw it from a distance, piercing Gantetsu's head with a single blow. At the same time, he quickly recalled the Nuclear Release Clone.
On the other side.
Might Guy had also opened the fourth Gate of Hurt and was fighting alongside Ichie, desperately engaging Nagashi.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!
Ichie directly used her Sharingan Dojutsu Genjutsu, attempting to control Nagashi.
"Damn it, Brother Gantetsu was actually..."
Nagashi's face was full of disbelief. In shock and fury, he was about to flee.
Gen'ichi Shiranui... is much more terrifying than that genius Kakashi!! He absolutely had to report this to the village. Such a monster must be killed by any means necessary!
But at this moment, as he gasped rapidly, he finally discovered that the cumulative effect on his body had caused problems... his heart pounded violently, and his internal organs felt as if they were being burned, worsening rapidly.
"It's that kid's Toxin!" Nagashi gave a tragic laugh.
Then, Ichie's Genjutsu seized the opportunity to invade him, and he was finally struck by Might Guy's fierce punch to the heart, dying on the spot.
"Pant pant... So tired. Gen'ichi-san killed the enemy even faster than us, that's amazing..."
Might Guy released the Eight Gates and plopped down on the ground, exhausted.
Ichie also wiped the sweat from her forehead, her eyes shifting as she looked at the still abundant Chakra inside Gen'ichi, shocked.
It was as if it hadn't decreased at all.
"What kind of monster is this... I heard from people in the clan that there's a guy in Mist Village named Hoshigaki Kisame who has an astonishingly large amount of Chakra. Could Gen'ichi-san also be one of those exceptionally gifted people?"
Ichie was green with envy.
"There won't be any problems this time. We are safe... The Iwa Ninja's plan to hunt us ends here."
Gen'ichi opened his eyes and said faintly.
The hunting target was correct. If those three grew up, they would definitely be the enemy's nightmare. It's a shame the method was wrong, insisting on playing coy and relying on sneak attacks.
They should have just gone for a strong assault.
Swish!
Just then, Shibi Aburame appeared beside the three, carrying a corpse.
"Oh, Shibi-sensei, you're finally back. Weren't you worried we'd get wiped out?" Gen'ichi rubbed his neck.
"It took me a while to deal with this guy. He had a very meticulous strategy to hold me back.
I already know the specifics through my Insects. Your performance exceeded my expectations. After a fierce battle, you even managed to design and kill two Special Jonin..."
Shibi nodded slightly. Being able to make such an obvious gesture showed that he wasn't just satisfied internally, but genuinely surprised.
Just a moment ago, he had almost unleashed the large number of Insects lying dormant around them to cover Gen'ichi and the others' escape – it would have been simple. Just creating two Insect Clones would have been enough to hold off the two Iwa Ninja.
But unexpectedly, Gen'ichi and his teammates directly turned the tables and killed them.
Special Jonin, while significantly weaker than regular Jonin, reaching this point was already astonishing enough.
Even compared to Kakashi of the same age, they were not inferior.
Especially Gen'ichi, whose dangerousness, in some ways, had already far surpassed Kakashi's...
The group of four set off to return.
On the way.
"Gen'ichi, there's something I want to ask you..."
Shibi hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Some of my Insects have undergone strange changes. They seem to be able to rapidly devour Chakra in a short time, causing their bodies to swell dramatically... Insects like that are too dangerous, and it's no longer convenient to put them directly into my body."
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