Three on Three

The sensor ninja quickly withdrew his senses. The opponent had an Elite Jonin-level ninja. If his senses were detected, it would be troublesome.

"Captain, they should be on a escort mission. Otherwise, they wouldn't bring ordinary people to the border battlefield and specifically avoid the rain."

The sensor ninja analyzed:

"If they were on a spy or assassination mission, they wouldn't give us a chance to discover them."

"An escort mission at this time?"

"An Elite Jonin and three Chunin? Do they think they can escort two ordinary people through our defenses with just them?" The captain snorted, "It's wartime now, which means the escort target is very important. Konoha probably had no choice but to accept this mission!"

"Hmph, using jutsu to specifically create a place to spend the night? The client's capricious demand... I've seen plenty of idiotic clients like this!"

The captain thought carefully for a moment and nodded fiercely:

"Even with assassination and ordinary people as a distraction, dealing with Konoha's elite squad is not something we can do... Go gather at least three squads, two Jonin, and take them down!"

The captain instructed another ninja, who was known for his speed. He nodded and was about to leave.

"You... you're not going anywhere!"

A somewhat childish voice suddenly came from behind. The three were startled, but before they could turn around, the voice coldly said:

"Impact Wave!"

"Boom—"

Even in the rain, a blazing ring of fire fiercely blasted the three Rain Ninja away!

And the direction was precisely the hole opened by Orochimaru!

"Deformation Technique: Pig!"

"Oink oink~~"

The fastest enemy had just landed when he was transformed into a pink pig that could only spin in circles on the ground by Satoru, who had been ambushed and launched a surprise attack with Blink!

"Damn it! How did this guy appear!"

The captain roared. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he was about to charge forward, but he suddenly stopped, his face showing shock.

"Hell Viewing Technique!"

At the entrance of the hole, Uchiha Mikoto's figure appeared. Taking advantage of the enemy's momentary shock, she launched a surprise Genjutsu attack on the enemy captain!

"Captain!"

The enemy's sensor ninja was the first to notice that the captain had fallen victim to Genjutsu and immediately formed hand seals:

"Release!"

The captain's expression flickered, and he woke up from the Genjutsu. The sensor ninja breathed a sigh of relief and moved his feet, but he felt the ground suddenly crack!

"Earth Release: Headhunter Technique!"

Nawaki's voice sounded from underground. The immense strength brought by his enhanced body directly dragged the enemy sensor ninja, who was not skilled in Taijutsu, underground!

"Pyroblast!"

A basin-sized Pyroblast fireball slammed into the captain, who had just been freed from the Genjutsu, at point-blank range!

At the same time, a large string of shuriken and kunai pierced the captain like a sieve!

"Boom!!"

Even in the rain, Satoru's Pyroblast, launched with Arcane Power, was still as powerful and exploded violently!

"Bang!"

As expected of a Rain Ninja Chunin captain, Satoru's Pyroblast and Mikoto's ninja tool sneak attack were dodged by him using the Substitution Technique.

Seeing his two teammates consecutively ambushed, the pink pig's body erupted with a glow of Chakra, and it transformed back—

Being bound by the Deformation Technique and in a moment of desperation, erupting with Chakra was almost an instinctive reaction for ninjas. Satoru found this somewhat exasperating.

However, who could blame him when the effect of the Deformation Technique was mandatory? Although it had a regrettable flaw, it was sufficient!

"Deformation Technique: Turtle!"

Continuing to inflict both mental and physical... humiliation on the enemy, Satoru used Blink to appear behind the enemy captain—

Nawaki's "Earth Release: Headhunter Technique" could restrain that Chunin for a period of time.

With his Chakra reserves, he could hold them off even if the enemy was a Chunin, especially in a battle of attrition.

Under the surveillance of Mage Eye, the location of his Substitution Technique was not a secret to Satoru at all.

It was on the branch of a large tree.

"Konoha Whirlwind Kick!"

With a powerful spinning low kick, Satoru sent the completely unable to react captain crashing to the ground. Mikoto's shuriken followed up in time, but the captain narrowly dodged them:

"Satoru-kun! Three o'clock!"

"Understood!"

"Impact Wave!"

The blazing fire ring sent the captain, who had just gotten up, flying again. The target was at three o'clock!

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Boom—"

Mikoto's Great Fireball instantly engulfed the captain's figure, but Satoru frowned:

"Mikoto, it's a Substitution Technique again!"

This time, the enemy captain's Substitution Technique landed near the turtle.

"What is this? Genjutsu?"

The captain's eyes twitched wildly. The turtle spinning aimlessly on the ground left him flustered.

"Release!"

The turtle continued to spin. The method to break Genjutsu was naturally useless against Deformation Technique.

With no time to try again, facing Satoru and Mikoto who had already attacked once more, he could only fight back:

"Water Release: Water Fang Bullet!"

The accumulated water on the ground and the rain curtain in the air transformed into two rotating water pillars, striking Satoru and Mikoto simultaneously at incredibly tricky angles.

Satoru frowned, activated Scorching Swiftness, dodged the water pillars, and cast Magic Suppression on himself and Mikoto.

Mikoto, meanwhile, quickly completed her hand seals:

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

The straight, intense flame rapidly struck the incoming water pillars, giving Mikoto ample time to react.

"Flame Shield!"

Three spinning fireballs caused a burst of steam around Satoru. Combined with the mist generated by Mikoto's earlier Fire Release and the water pillars, the battlefield was now shrouded in thick fog:

"Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique!"

It wasn't just Kirigakure ninjas who could use this technique; they were just the best at it, able to make a D-rank Ninjutsu feel like an A-rank.

And Satoru, utilizing the powerful properties of Arcane Power, could also perform a super-spec, magical version of the Hiding in Mist Technique!

Seeing Satoru's figure slowly disappear, the enemy captain gritted his teeth. Although his opponents looked very young, just two children, their strength was definitely that of a strong Chunin!

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

He gritted his teeth and cast a defensive Ninjutsu, protecting himself and his teammate. Just as the Water Formation Wall was completed...

"Deformation Technique: Pig!"

"Oink~"

The captain turned into a little piglet!

Of course, the little piglet couldn't form hand seals, and the Water Formation Wall vanished directly!

At the same time, Mikoto's shuriken and kunai turned the incapacitated piglet into a sieve!

"Deformation Technique: Turtle!"

The piglet transformed back into the Rain Ninja captain, impaled with ninja tools, collapsing to the ground with a pained howl.

And the turtle, which had just returned to its original form, changed back again...

If the casting principle of such defensive Ninjutsu were understood as guided magic, then Deformation Technique was to interrupt Chakra output through forced transformation, thereby disrupting sustained output Ninjutsu!

After all, there weren't many people in the entire Shinobi World with as many special Ninjutsu as the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

"Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique!"

Satoru's follow-up Ninjutsu attack, with its sharp wind blades, left the already heavily wounded Rain Ninja captain on the verge of death!

"Mikoto, it's up to you... Nawaki is about to collapse."

An Pyroblast turned the turtle on the ground into barbecue. Intense steam rose. If it weren't for deliberately holding back for other uses, this ninja, who hadn't even had a chance to utilize his speed advantage, would have been finished.

Two of the three Rain Ninja Chunin were dealt with!