"There weren't many Konoha shinobi who used Water Release, and most ninja tools were throwing weapons. If they had a weapon that could cut someone in half... it could only be something like a ninja blade." Obito sounded certain.
"Water Release... Could the blades be those of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen?" Kurenai was well-read and had hit the mark.
"Unfortunately, the numbers don't add up. And the Seven Ninja Swordsmen are probably around elite Jonin level. This group has both Chunin and Jonin, and their strengths vary so much that they can't possibly be the Seven Swordsmen." Shiyu shook his head. As far as he could remember, there was no group of eighteen.
"We should figure out how to take this tower. Even if we tried to run now, it wouldn't do us any good."
"They already suspect us. The slightest slipup, and that sensor ninja over there will notice us. Shiyu had sensed several times that the enemy's sensor-type ninja was looking this way."
Before he could finish speaking, rows of shuriken came hurtling toward Shiyu and the others.
"They found us?!" Shiyu was startled. He stepped forward and formed hand seals at incredible speed.
"Earth Release: Great Earth Wall!"
Shiyu finished the hand seals and cast the jutsu even faster than the shuriken could fly.
Without the slightest pause, Shiyu turned and formed hand seals again. "Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
Shiyu spat out Earth Release chakra, and a dragon made of earth surged out from the opposite side of the Earth Wall. Activating his White Rinnegan, Shiyu guided the Earth Dragon Bullet toward the enemy shinobi, forcing them to retreat for the moment.
"His hand seals are so fast!" Rin Nohara exclaimed in astonishment.
"He's casting his jutsu without a pause!" Obito said. Despite his nerves, he