"I wanted to outfit my own village, and this was what came of it."
"You have to admit, with them around, the Land of Water has become much prouder."
The smoke on the stage gradually cleared, only to reveal that the Crystal man was still completely unscathed—and even more lustrous than before.
This troubled Munashi Jinpachi for quite a while. "Exploding Blade Shibuki! Why can't you shatter a mere chunk of Crystal? Do you need maintenance again?"
Seeing how hard the Crystal was, the villagers guessed that Torikaze had made it.
They began heckling from below. "Can't you break it? It's just Crystal, isn't it? That stuff is supposed to be very brittle."
"Are you putting on some kind of show? You're making me laugh."
More and more comments like that arose, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen onstage gradually began to seethe because they simply could not damage the Crystal man.
"Why is this thing so hard?! Lord Torikaze isn't deliberately trying to make fools of us, is he?!"
Raiga Kurosuki shook her head at that. "No. With his status, why would he bother making fools of us? He probably just wants to see what our ninja tools are capable of."
With that, she crossed the Lightning Blade: Fang in her hands, and a powerful surge of lightning instantly erupted toward the Crystal man.
But after a few arcs of electricity flickered over the Crystal man's body, they left no mark behind.
"Move aside!"
The wielder of the Twin Swords: Hiramekarei shouted and leaped high into the air.
The others immediately retreated from around the Crystal man.
Blue Chakra light flowed around the Twin Swords: Hiramekarei. Then, with a furious roar from its wielder, it was fully unleashed!
Rampaging Chakra shot straight at the Crystal man. With a boom, the