The moment Uchiha Mai charged into the crowd, he came under siege from several people. Or rather, charging alone into enemy lines without being surrounded was impossible.
Several Kirigakure Chunin swarmed him at once, each employing their own methods—swordsmanship, Water Flow Whips, Explosive Tag Kunai, taijutsu—working in seamless coordination as they rushed to kill Uchiha Mai.
It was clear that this was a tightly coordinated squad. A full team of Chunin was no mere cannon fodder unit.
Even an elite Jonin would be hard-pressed to handle such an encirclement, and a moment's carelessness could cost them their life.
Unfortunately, Uchiha Mai was no ordinary Jonin.
Three black tomoe spun within his violet eyes. Uchiha Mai merely glanced around casually, too lazy even to study them carefully for openings to evade and counterattack.
These small fry were not worth that much effort.
With nothing more than a casual raised fist, he struck the chest of the ninja using taijutsu. The terrifying burst of force instantly shattered the man's ribs and pulverized the organs within his chest.
The taijutsu ninja flew backward and crashed into the ninja using a Water Flow Whip to restrain Uchiha Mai from afar, severely injuring him as well.
In the blink of an eye, another ninja's long blade had already stabbed toward Uchiha Mai's face.
Uchiha Mai raised two fingers and pinched the blade. Using Jackie Chan Never Dies Barehanded's control over all manner of objects, he instantly seized true control of the sword.
With a twist of his wrist, he ripped the sword from the ninja's hand, then used a clever burst of force to drag the swordsman forward and slam him into an Explosive Tag Kunai.
Uchiha Mai spun and kicked, sending the swordsman flying toward the ninja who had thrown the Kunai.
"Boom!"
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