Outer Style: Dream Bullet

Outer Style: Dream Bullet

Chunin and genin rely more on taijutsu during combat, and it is not solely because they lack sufficient chakra.

Slowness is the greatest original sin of ninjutsu.

Only by increasing one's chakra reserves and learning to simplify hand seals, perform them with one hand, or utilize the intervals between enemy attacks can one truly master the application of ninjutsu.

All these techniques rely heavily on experience or talent.

Therefore, at the chunin and genin stages, ninjutsu only achieves its maximum value during ambushes; when a real fight breaks out, ninjutsu-type ninjas do not hold much of an advantage.

It is just like football.

If you take those useless scrubs from the national team and have them kick a ball around an empty field, even the defenders and goalkeepers can show off various techniques like the Marseille turn or step-overs, and they might hit the goal nine out of ten times from fifty meters away.

But when the actual match begins and the situation changes in an instant, coupled with the opposition's resistance and interference, the gods of the pickup game immediately reveal their true colors.

Ninjas are the same.

Ninjutsu is not just about knowing how to use it.

You must be able to use it reasonably during combat, under enemy interference, and extract the value that the ninjutsu should have; only then can you truly say you know how to use ninjutsu.

Those who can achieve this, aside from geniuses, are only jonin with rich combat experience.

Kurokawa is a chunin who leans more toward the ninjutsu type; if not for this, he would not have been selected for the team tasked with ambushing Tsunade.

During the battle, Kurokawa tried many times to open up distance to leverage his ninjutsu advantage, only for Uchiha Mai to close the gap time and again to force close-quarters combat.

This is a forest with complex terrain, which is clearly more advantageous for a taijutsu-type ninja.

However, Kurokawa hails from Kumogakure, so even if he leans toward ninjutsu, his taijutsu level is not poor; it could even be called outstanding.

Perhaps influenced by the Raikage's lineage, few ninjas from Kumogakure have completely abysmal taijutsu; almost all of them can play a few moves.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War, those various ninjas from Kumogakure showed that their ninjutsu, taijutsu, and kenjutsu levels were all decent, with high individual strength.

Being tall and burly yet suppressed in taijutsu, Kurokawa felt extremely stifled, yet he had no solution.

This little brat is fast, strong, and handles various techniques with ease; in terms of taijutsu, aside from a weaker ability to withstand hits, he has almost no shortcomings.

A weak ability to withstand hits can be compensated for by speed and agility; a dodge-tank is still a tank—as long as the enemy cannot hit me, I am tough enough.

"Kurokawa, why is it taking so long to deal with a brat? Finish him off immediately and come support us!" On the other side, the Kumogakure jonin was already drenched in sweat, feeling somewhat exhausted.

Calling for support!

Master Minato, relying on his superb Body Flicker technique, handled the siege of four people with ease, even managing to seize the enemy's openings to counterattack.

Because his speed was so fast that it dragged out trails of afterimages, at a glance, it looked as if Master Minato alone was surrounding the enemy squad.

At this moment, Master Minato already had a bit of the vibe of a low-spec Tobirama.

Aside from Water Style and various forbidden techniques, Tobirama's most proud skill was the Flying Thunder God Slash, which, as the name suggests, is Flying Thunder God plus kenjutsu.

He would use Flying Thunder God to approach the enemy and then kill them with a single sword strike. Madara's younger brother, Uchiha Izuna, the grandfather of Mai, was killed by Tobirama using the Flying Thunder God Slash.

At this stage, compared to Tobirama, Master Minato is merely a bit slower and his strikes a bit less refined.

It is not a big problem; against mere jonin and chunin, even unrefined strikes can kill them.

Narita Daisaku and the other three were surrounded by Master Minato, under immense pressure. As for Kurokawa, who was being suppressed by Uchiha Mai, how could he be any different?

I want to request assistance too.

But Narita Daisaku is the captain and a jonin. Kumogakure has regulations: subordinates are not allowed to talk back to their superiors.

"Yes, I will finish him off immediately." Kurokawa could only grit his teeth and accept the order; as long as I open up the distance and use a ninjutsu capable of a one-hit kill, everything will be fine.

After another brief stalemate, Kurokawa finally found an opportunity. After forcing Uchiha Mai back with a move, he immediately retreated about twenty meters and quickly formed hand seals, intending to use a ninjutsu to finish off his opponent.

"Die!"

This time, I, Kurokawa, will never be interrupted again.

Just now, during the process of the distance being opened and then closed again, Kurokawa had roughly calculated Uchiha Mai's maximum instantaneous speed.

At this distance, as long as I focus entirely on the hand seals, given the speed this brat has shown, there is absolutely no possibility of him interrupting me again!

The humiliation of being suppressed for so long is about to be washed away in an instant.

Brat, this is a chunin of Kumogakure. Combat between ninjas is not just about comparing strength; it is also about using one's brain. Do you have this kind of calculation ability?

Kurokawa had not even finished two seals before he was already imagining how to show off after killing Mai.

"Pretty smart, aren't you."

Uchiha Mai, having been forced back, could not help but smile when he saw Kurokawa retreat to a rather subtle distance and then quickly form hand seals.

You were waiting for this moment, but was I not doing the same?

Gongshoudao

activated, 300,000 gold spent, duration set to 2 seconds.

In the previous battle, Uchiha Mai had been using

Gongshoudao

, basically setting it to 50,000 per second, which is a very cost-effective number that increases speed by about 30 percent.

This time, the consumption per second surged to 150,000. But due to the law of diminishing marginal returns, the speed increase only went from about 30 percent to 35 percent.

What can a 0.5 percent—that is, 5 percent—speed increase do? Sometimes it can do nothing, and sometimes it can do a great many things.

In an instant, Uchiha Mai erupted with a speed slightly faster than before, weaving through obstacles to close the distance and arrive directly before Kurokawa.

"What?"

Kurokawa, on the verge of completing his technique, was struck with terror. Why? Why was his speed even a fraction faster than his peak just moments ago?

"The one who is truly going to die is you!"

Uchiha Mai laughed maniacally as he raised an arm, fingers curled into a claw, and slashed downward toward Kurokawa's throat.

Do not ask why he was laughing; it is a racial trait of the Uchiha. An Uchiha who does not laugh maniacally lacks a soul.

At this life-or-death juncture, Kurokawa abandoned his hand seals and twisted his neck desperately to dodge, but he failed to evade completely. From his left shoulder down to his right waist, four claw marks were gouged into his chest, deep enough to reveal bone.

Having trained in various taijutsu techniques for so long, combined with the dual amplification of chakra and Gongshoudao, Uchiha Mai's claws were nearly as lethal as a Kunai.

Just as Kurokawa thought he had survived the ordeal, Uchiha Mai's claw snapped back in a rapid recoil, his wrist slamming viciously into Kurokawa's throat.

A powerful force struck, shattering Kurokawa's laryngeal cartilage and airway instantly. The jagged fragments of cartilage pierced his carotid artery, causing massive hemorrhaging.

Mai Style Ancient Martial Arts: Outer Style: Dream Bullet.

This was a technique Uchiha Mai had developed long ago but never had the chance to use, simply because its lethality was too great.