Slaying a Chunin

After buying Ninja Tools and obtaining a training method, Feng Ye had everything ready. He first got some sleep. About two and a half hours later in the real world, while under Time Acceleration, he woke up, ate a meal, and headed to his usual training spot.

Feng Ye's usual training ground was on Konoha's back mountain. Quite a few people trained here normally, but it was already nighttime, and the place was silent and deserted.

Under the moonlight.

Feng Ye began his grueling training.

The Eight Inner Gates could only yield results through hard work. There were no shortcuts, nor were there any fanciful ideas like permanently opening the gates or training in reverse... Those were all nonsense, impossible to put into practice.

Four hours passed.

At some point, Feng Ye had removed his weights and was resting against a boulder. His clothes were thoroughly soaked with sweat, making him look as though he had just been pulled from the water.

Training in the Eight Inner Gates was far more arduous than ordinary ninjutsu or Taijutsu training. Although Feng Ye possessed Time Acceleration, it only accelerated his time relative to the outside world. There was not the slightest shortcut in the entire training process.

"Phew..."

This was already his seventh rest. Though his body had mostly recovered, Feng Ye still leaned there, unwilling to get up.

Four hours at Triple Speed was equivalent to twelve hours.

"Enough. I'll go back, sleep, and continue tomorrow."

Feng Ye felt mentally fatigued, so he gave up on continuing. He stood up, gathered the weights he had removed, and prepared to return and rest.

But just then, he froze. Stopping what he was doing, he set the weights back down and pricked up his ears.

Rustle, rustle...

Faint sounds came from within the woods.

Someone seemed to be moving through the forest.

It was already the middle of the night. Meeting a living person in the woods at this hour was probably no good thing. Feng Ye frowned slightly, his expression gradually turning wary.

Though he did not know who it was, he had no desire to meet them. From the sound, the person seemed to be heading this way and would happen to pass nearby.

"Phew..."

Judging the other person's location, Feng Ye circled halfway around the boulder to its back side. This angle should allow him to avoid them.

The footsteps from the forest swept past one side with a swish, gradually fading into the distance. It seemed they had not noticed him and had hurried past.

However.

Almost the instant the footsteps vanished into the distance, several flashes of silver suddenly flickered through the night sky. Accompanied by piercing whistles, seven or eight Shuriken flew precisely toward Feng Ye's hiding place, sealing off every possible direction he could evade.

"Damn!"

Feng Ye cursed under his breath. With the Chakra blade already in his right hand, he flicked it several times in reverse grip, knocking aside the incoming Shuriken. At the same time, he leaped onto the boulder and looked toward where the Shuriken had come from.

A figure was clearly visible in that direction. Moonlight illuminated the forehead protector on the person's head. Though its symbol was not Konoha's, Feng Ye was still very familiar with it.

Kirigakure!

A ninja from Hidden Mist Village!

"So it's just a brat..."

Rinsei Yuya looked at Feng Ye, a cold glint flashing through his eyes. The next instant, he charged at Feng Ye, drew a short sword, and slashed at him.

He was a scout from Kirigakure, an elite sensory-type Chunin. After putting in some effort to sneak into the Land of Fire, he had planned to try infiltrating Konoha, only to sense Feng Ye's presence.

At first, he had been startled, thinking he had walked into an ambush. But after sensing carefully, he discovered that Feng Ye was alone and that his Chakra fluctuations were not strong. After a moment's thought, he decisively used a clone to continue making footsteps and draw attention away while launching a surprise attack on Feng Ye.

Feng Ye blocking his attack had surprised him slightly, but when he saw that Feng Ye was merely a ten-year-old brat, he relaxed a little and attacked without hesitation.

He had to be quick!

This place was very close to Konoha. Any larger commotion from battle, or any prolonged fight, would be extremely dangerous. He had to kill Feng Ye quickly, then try to infiltrate.

"The area near the village isn't safe either."

"Looks like I can't come here to train at night anymore."

Watching Rinsei Yuya, who had no intention of talking and had revealed killing intent the moment he appeared, Feng Ye's thoughts flashed through his mind as he swung White Fang to meet him.

Clang, clang, clang!

White Fang in Feng Ye's hand crossed with Rinsei Yuya's short blade beneath the night sky. Sparks flew as the sound of clashing steel rang out.

In an instant, the two exchanged more than ten moves. Rinsei Yuya's initial undisguised killing intent turned into surprise after those exchanges, because the brat before him was not as easy to deal with as he had expected.

"A silver-haired brat... using a Chakra short blade... Could he be White Fang's son from the intelligence reports..."

A sharp gleam flashed in Rinsei Yuya's eyes.

There was probably no mistake!

Kakashi's reputation as a genius had spread throughout Konoha. Without question, he was on Kirigakure's assassination list, because no one wanted to see another Konoha's White Fang emerge in Konoha!

If he killed this brat, it would be a great achievement. Even if he failed to gather any intelligence, he could return directly to the village!

Compared to taking enormous risks to infiltrate Konoha, killing a brat was obviously a far better option. Besides, Feng Ye had already discovered him. He could not infiltrate Konoha without killing Feng Ye.

Whoosh!!

At that thought, Rinsei Yuya's killing intent surged. Without hesitation, after another clash, he used the momentum to leap backward, clamped his short blade between his teeth, and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Ninjutsu! Hidden Mist Technique!"

"Wind Release! Gale Wind Technique!"

Before the white mist could spread, Feng Ye seemed to anticipate it in advance and released a Wind Release almost simultaneously. A violent gust instantly scattered the mist before it could expand. Though it still obscured some of his vision, its effect had been greatly reduced.

Rinsei Yuya frowned slightly, but he still charged at Feng Ye through the mist.

"..."

For Feng Ye, this was his first true battle, a battle that genuinely threatened his life. An ordinary person might have been frightened by it, unable to display even half their usual strength, but at this moment, Feng Ye was calm to the extreme.

The reason was simple. On one hand, he had confirmed the opponent's strength. On the other, under Triple Speed, everything before him was effectively slowed down threefold, including Rinsei Yuya's movements.

A faint gleam appeared along White Fang's blade in Feng Ye's hand.

"White Fang—Void!"

Looking at Rinsei Yuya advancing through the thin mist, a cold glint flashed in Feng Ye's eyes. In an instant, he pushed the speed he had not previously fully unleashed to its limit.

In Rinsei Yuya's eyes, Feng Ye's entire body moved at an almost bizarre speed. The Chakra short blade in his hand seemed to leave an afterimage as it slashed toward him.

Rinsei Yuya's expression changed.

How could he be so fast?!

The thought flashed through his mind, but there was no time for anything else. Faced with the nearly terrifying speed Feng Ye revealed in that instant, he could only give everything he had and swing his short sword up to meet the attack.

Clang!

Rinsei Yuya's short sword barely blocked White Fang's blade before it came down, releasing a sharp ring.

"I blocked it..."

The thought flashed through Rinsei Yuya's mind, but it lasted only an instant. His entire body froze in place, disbelief flashing through his eyes.

A clear line of blood ran from the exact center of his Hidden Mist forehead protector, extending from his forehead all the way to the back of his head.

His short sword had blocked the physical blade, but he had not expected Feng Ye's attack range to extend beyond the blade itself. It included a Void slash reaching a foot beyond the edge!

This was...

The Hatake Swordsmanship that had shaken the Shinobi World!

Countless ninjas had died beneath this move during the Second Shinobi World War. Even knowing its effect, it was still difficult to defend against!

In the final instant before his consciousness faded, Rinsei Yuya recalled the terror countless ninjas had felt under the domination of that Chakra short blade, White Fang.

He had never imagined that a brat like Feng Ye had already mastered Konoha's White Fang's unique technique, the secret art that had once shocked the Shinobi World!

Silently.

Rinsei Yuya swayed, and his corpse fell downward.

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