Doing a Good Deed Daily

In an era where ninjutsu required hand seals, the advantage of ninjutsu without them was particularly evident. In reality, Juzo Biwa died a rather ignominious death, because under Yuhara's pressure, he couldn't even use a single ninjutsu in the end.

Unable to form hand seals and with his taijutsu being perfectly countered by Yuhara, Juzo Biwa could be said to have "died as he deserved."

Fiercely sent flying by Juzo Biwa's final attack, Yuhara's body traced a perfect parabolic arc through the air before crashing directly onto the water's surface. After rolling a considerable distance, Yuhara extended his left hand, grabbing the water's surface as if it were solid ground. His body then spun halfway around with his left hand as the axis, finally coming to a stop.

However, Yuhara didn't stand up immediately. He gasped for breath while coughing violently. Certain parts of his body had suffered severe burns, and with every breath, droplets of mercury began to seep from his skin...

Although Yuhara possessed the ability to control metal, and it could even be said that this control was quite comprehensive, the difficulty of controlling high-temperature, irregularly fluctuating metal vapor was unimaginable.

Therefore, such techniques that could easily injure oneself should be avoided as much as possible.

Fortunately, he could quickly expel the heavy metals from his body. Feeling that most of the mercury had been cleared, the lightning surrounding Yuhara gradually extinguished, replaced by dark red patterns... the Blood Loss Technique.

After switching modes, the Nature Energy flowing through Yuhara's meridians directly filled his body. The burnt areas on his body then began to heal rapidly. However, this was less due to the influence of Nature Energy and more due to the unique regenerative power of Jugo's Factor.

While tending to his injuries, Yuhara stood up and reached for the Kubikiribōchō still hanging at his waist.

On the other side, Juzo Biwa had already sunk to the bottom of the water, a small lake stained a faint red.

The fierce battle with the Jonin had severely depleted Yuhara's chakra. Although most of his techniques consumed little energy, the Lightning Release high-speed Nintaijutsu clearly wasn't one of them. Thus, Yuhara's chakra had already dropped below 30%.

If he continued fighting, he'd be powering down.

However, just then, a semi-transparent humanoid bulge appeared on the water's surface ahead, and Mangetsu Hozuki's figure reappeared.

Facing the fact that one of their Jonin was dead, the other two young ninja from Kirigakure remained unfazed!

What confused Yuhara was that his recent attack had clearly hit the opponent, yet this guy was still alive and kicking. And whether it was his imagination or not, Yuhara felt that the figure of this young ninja was more than twice as thick as it was at the beginning.

Could it be...

A nature-based kekkei genkai?

But now was not the time to ponder such things. Mangetsu Hozuki quickly charged towards Yuhara, once again swinging the special greatsword in his hand.

And the current Yuhara had no fear of direct confrontation. If he had been in speed mode earlier, then he was undoubtedly in pure power mode now!

Yuhara also began to charge forward. Then, swinging the Kubikiribōchō with all his might, he brought it down on Hiramekarei, which had begun to release chakra...

No, perhaps "smashed" would be a more appropriate word.

Under this fierce impact, the Kubikiribōchō snapped, and Mangetsu Hozuki was instantly sent flying backward!

Yuhara looked at the broken sword in his hand. After frowning, he casually tossed it into the water... this useless thing was worse than his Cold Plume Blazing Feather.

As for Mangetsu Hozuki, who had been sent flying, he rolled even farther than Yuhara had. He even returned all the way to Mei Terumi's side. Just as he finally stopped and prepared to attack again, Mei Terumi spoke out to stop him.

"He's skilled in both speed and strength, his attack and defense far exceed Jonin standards, his casting speed is incredibly exaggerated, and he has the special ability to control mercury...

The enemy should be a Magnet Release Ninja. Mangetsu, you can't deal with him with your abilities.

Don't get too close to him... use my technique to deal with him."

At this moment, Mei Terumi had completed her hand seals and began to open her mouth, spraying what looked like pesticide:

Boiling Release: Clever Mist Technique.

A light white mist began to spread from Mei Terumi, enveloping the entire lake. Yuhara instinctively felt that this thing was dangerous, and then he witnessed the plants on the shore rapidly wither, carbonize, and disappear.

Acid mist?

It was only now that Yuhara understood the identities of these two young enemies. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be the future Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi and the older brother of Mangetsu Hozuki.

Fortunately, both of them were miniature versions. Otherwise, Yuhara would truly have been finished here.

However, although this acid mist technique was extremely lethal, it was relatively easy to counter. After witnessing Yuhara defeat Juzo Biwa, Mei Terumi misjudged his combat intent. She thought that a ninja of this caliber would inevitably seek to annihilate them, the Kirigakure ninja, next. And in a head-on battle, Boiling Release was definitely not inferior to Yuhara.

However, after witnessing this large-scale attack, Yuhara made a very principled decision... to turn around and run.

Was his resolve harder than Susanoo? This thing could even melt Susanoo.

Moreover, Yuhara felt that his abilities were slightly countered. After his mercury mist was invaded by the acid mist, it seemed to become even more difficult to control. Coupled with his depleted chakra, if he didn't run now, when would he?

Yuhara's objective from the very beginning was to delay the enemy's pursuit. This objective had been declared a failure from the start, so the battle he was engaged in was meaningless.

Therefore, when the mist covered the entire lake, Yuhara had already made his escape.

Not long after rushing into the forest, Yuhara discovered the corpse of a Konoha ninja. He was lying on the ground, his neck twisted at a bizarre angle, likely killed with a single blow from behind.

As he moved forward, more and more corpses were discovered. Their common characteristic was being killed with a single blow.

About fifteen minutes later, Yuhara saw the corpse of the youngest child in the group.

The small body of an eleven or twelve-year-old was leaning against a large tree, looking as if he were asleep.

Yuhara stopped instinctively. He approached the child, checked for breathing and heartbeat, and confirmed that the child was indeed dead.

The collapse of his chest indicated that the child had likely been struck in the chest with a single blow.

However, just as Yuhara stopped to check on the child, a figure hidden in the shadows spotted him and then stumbled out.

"Hey, the Captain's orders, escort me to escape this place immediately!"

It was the self-important Captain Hayase, who had clearly sensed Yuhara's unusual strength at this moment.

In response to such an order, Yuhara directly turned and flung his left arm.

Simultaneously flung out was the gleaming Mercury Longsword.

The sword cut through something, and Captain Hayase's body then fell to the ground, but his head was still held steadily in mid-air by the sword.

"Captain, do you think this child died how?"

"Stop talking, because I never want to hear your voice again."

Although Yuhara didn't particularly like Konoha, he couldn't help but do a good deed for Konoha.