Just Call Me Little Knife

"What?!"

When Social Fish heard the voice coming from within the poison gas, its face filled with disbelief.

How was this possible?

No one had ever survived its poison gas.

Unfortunately, Jingū Kiraku's appearance had shattered that rule.

After all, he was a man with superhuman poison resistance!

This little bit of poison gas was nothing to him—at most, it was like taking a hard drag of secondhand smoke.

"Since your attack is over, it's my turn."

The moment Jingū Kiraku finished speaking, countless white spiders leaped out of the poison gas.

Before Social Fish could react, the Clay Spiders had already latched onto its body.

A sense of danger swiftly welled up in its heart.

Then, flames from a barrage of explosions instantly swallowed it whole.

"You damned brat!"

The dense flames made Ibuse, which had always loved water, extremely uncomfortable.

Its charred skin continuously sent signals of pain to its brain.

And that undoubtedly awakened Social Fish's ferocity!

Just then, Jingū Kiraku seized the chance and used the Body Flicker Technique to appear directly before it.

Its eyes widened at once. Its enormous tail let out a thunderous crack, sweeping toward him with terrifying force!

Unexpectedly, Jingū Kiraku chose to meet it head-on again.

Astonishing power erupted from his hands as he forcibly slammed into the incoming giant tail.

Boom!!

Two creatures of utterly disproportionate size collided heavily, and the terrifying force made even the ground tremble.

To everyone's surprise, Jingū Kiraku was not crushed into pulp by the massive tail before him.

Instead, with his human body, he slid back over a dozen meters before forcibly withstanding the violent blow!

Before Social Fish could recover from its disbelief, Jingū Kiraku spoke.

"Now it's my turn."

As his words fell, an utterly terrifying force burst from Jingū Kiraku's hands. At that moment, his S-rank Super Strength was fully revealed.

He grabbed the tail before him with both hands, and the ground beneath his feet began to fracture under the tremendous pressure.

Then, a jaw-dropping sight appeared—

The Ibuse, as massive as a small mountain, was actually dragged along by a human.

Not only that, as his speed gradually increased, Jingū Kiraku ultimately hurled it away with brutal force!!

Boom!!

The enormous Social Fish crashed heavily into the ground, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to tremble.

If Jingū Kiraku had not chosen the edge of the village as the testing ground just in case, that blow would probably have destroyed quite a few houses...

"I didn't expect a brat like you to have some skill."

Social Fish slowly rose from the ground, its gaze toward Jingū Kiraku now filled with wariness.

Not only could he resist its poison gas, but he also possessed such terrifying strength.

This had far exceeded its expectations.

"However, don't think these are my only tricks."

It gripped the cleaver strapped to its back and violently drew it. Sharp blade light flickered through the air.

"That's it?"

Jingū Kiraku raised a brow and once again took the initiative to appear before Ibuse.

"Courting death!"

Without hesitation, it slashed with lightning speed.

"Don't underestimate the leader of the Ibuse clan, you bastard brat!"

A massive gust surged forth as the huge blade flashed through the air, trailing white blade light.

There was no way this strike could miss!

Jingū Kiraku's body was cut cleanly in two, severed at the waist!

Yet what puzzled Social Fish was why that irritating smile was still on his face.

The next second, countless sheets of paper fluttering out from Jingū Kiraku's body gave it the answer.

Under Ibuse's gaze, his body fused back together, without even the slightest trace of injury remaining.

"Sorry, but it seems your swordsmanship doesn't work on me either."

With his hands in his pockets, Jingū Kiraku spoke with a sincere expression.

Arrogant. Too arrogant!

Such an outrageous attitude sent Social Fish into a furious rage.

It immediately began wildly swinging its giant blade at Jingū Kiraku's position as though stir-frying, all while ranting nonstop.

"I'll show you arrogant! I'll show you arrogant!!"

But once the dust settled, countless sheets of paper gathered from every direction and reformed into Jingū Kiraku.

"Um... that's enough fooling around."

Jingū Kiraku's eyes suddenly turned crimson as powerful ocular force flooded into Ibuse's mind.

It froze for a moment. When it came back to its senses, it discovered that its body was already covered in Exploding Tags and Clay Bombs.

"This time, I won't hold back."

Jingū Kiraku's tone instantly turned cold, and the intense killing intent made Ibuse feel a chill run through it.

This guy really might kill it!

Just as Jingū Kiraku prepared to form hand seals and ignite the Exploding Tags and explosive clay, it finally could not hold back any longer.

"Wait! Wait a second!"

Jingū Kiraku paused and looked calmly at it.

Gritting its teeth, it fiercely drove its cleaver into the ground.

"I acknowledge your strength, brat."

Unmoved, Jingū Kiraku raised his hand, preparing to continue detonating the bombs.

Seeing this, Social Fish finally cracked.

"I'm willing to become your Summoning Beast."

"I'll acknowledge you as my big brother, all right?!"

At that, Jingū Kiraku finally smiled.

His figure flashed, and he immediately appeared atop Ibuse's head, patting it.

"You could've just said so earlier!"

Ibuse wore a miserable expression. How was it supposed to know this guy was such a freak...

Not only was he immune to poison gas, he possessed monstrous strength comparable to a Summoning Beast and could even ignore slashing damage!

In every regard, it was completely countered by him. What else could it do besides surrender?

At that thought, Ibuse instinctively wanted to shake its head.

But it immediately remembered that someone was standing on top of it and could only force itself to stop, lest it anger that god of death again.

At that moment, Jingū Kiraku stood atop Ibuse's head, gazing out over the entire Hidden Rain Village.

"So this was Hanzo's view back then..."

Hearing that, Ibuse beneath his feet immediately protested.

"Don't compare me to that little brat. I'm the leader of the Ibuse clan!"

"Do you understand? The leader?"

Jingū Kiraku curled his lip and waved a hand.

"All right, all right. It's not like I'm not a leader too."

He sat cross-legged atop its head and asked, "By the way, what's your name? I still don't know your name."

"Knife Fish."

Ibuse answered in a muffled voice.

Back in its territory, everyone usually called it Master Knife.

But before Jingū Kiraku, it did not dare say that.

"Then, Old Knife, can you call over a few more fish from your clan?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Make Poison Gas Bombs."

"..."