Your Turn!

Late at night.

Shinji, fully armed in his apartment, waited quietly.

Unlike last night, tonight he was no longer excited or eager, but much calmer and more reserved.

[Prepare to repel invasion.]

The mysterious voice sounded in his ear as expected.

"Hoo."

He exhaled and put on his mask.

The next moment, with a 'swish', his figure disappeared from the apartment.

When he came to his senses again, Shinji found himself at the foot of a large mountain.

"Where is this?"

He looked around.

Before him was a mountain range stretching for dozens of miles, but it looked very unfamiliar to him and was definitely not near Konohagakure. However, the vegetation was dense, and the temperature and humidity were no different from Konoha, so it was highly likely still within the Land of Fire.

"My authority is still too low."

He sighed inwardly.

If he were an official 'Lantern Bearer' of the Ninja World now, he wouldn't be so clueless, without any information.

Putting that thought aside, he looked at the mountain in front of him.

This mountain gave him a single feeling: stillness!

Towering under the night sky, it was like a giant monster holding its breath, waiting for prey to deliver itself.

"Maybe I should come back another day?"

Shinji made a joke to himself, easing his tension, then leaped forward and dashed towards the mountain.

Entering the mountain and weaving through the forest, Shinji increasingly felt that something was wrong.

Even in the dead of night, in a mountain with such dense vegetation, there should at least be some insect chirps and bird calls, but it was too quiet here.

Swish.

Suddenly, a black shadow lunged out from the darkness.

Shinji, who had already activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, immediately spotted the other party. He casually pulled a kunai from the ninja tool pouch at his waist and met the attack.

Clang!

A harsh metallic clash echoed through the dark and quiet mountain forest.

After blocking the opponent's attack and leaping back, Shinji realized that the attacker was a ninja wearing a Konoha forehead protector.

"Konoha ninja. No!"

In an instant, he discovered the problem.

The Konoha ninja who ambushed him had a look of terror on his face, completely unlike an ambusher. Moreover, his body was connected by flowing chakra threads, which extended deep into the forest.

An ordinary person might be horrified and lose their composure in such a situation.

But for a Bloodline Ninja with Dojutsu, the threads hidden in the darkness were clearly visible. The chakra flowing through them even directly pointed out the enemy's true location to the Dojutsu user.

"Hmph, playing tricks!"

Shinji snorted, completely ignoring the controlled Konoha ninja, and directly followed the flowing chakra threads into the forest.

The opponent's methods were a bit like Sunagakure's Puppeteers, but he quickly ruled out that possibility because Puppeteers shouldn't be able to operate from such a distance from their controlled puppets.

Coupled with the fact that this was to repel an invasion, he had a vague idea of who was at the other end of the threads.

With the enhancement of the 'Breathing Technique', his speed was incredible, and the dark dense forest posed no obstacle to his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Moments later.

He burst out of the forest and arrived in an open area, where the scene before him caused his expression to change.

The owner of the threads was, as he had expected, the Mother Spider Demon from the Kumo family of Natagumo Mountain, the one with white hair and white robes he had guessed earlier.

However, he hadn't expected that seven Konoha ninja were being controlled by the other party and were guarding them like puppets.

"Including the one just now, that's a total of eight Konoha ninja, two full squads."

Shinji was genuinely surprised that so many Konoha ninja had fallen into the other party's hands.

But on second thought, it wasn't strange for ordinary ninja to be killed by a demon upon their first encounter without understanding its characteristics.

Moreover, the strength of ordinary ninja might not be as strong as the top swordsmen in Demon Slayer who had mastered the 'Breathing Technique'.

It was worth noting that the samurai of the Land of Iron, without using ninjutsu, had still established themselves in the Ninja World with their sharp swordsmanship and tenacious will.

And among ninja, even Jonin, or even Kage-level powerhouses, could easily lose their lives with a moment's carelessness.

For example, the Third Kazekage, known as the Strongest Kazekage, was ambushed and killed mysteriously by Scorpion, and his body was even made into a human puppet.

The truly terrifying aspect of the Ninja World was its high ceiling.

The strongest forces can cleave the moon and cross the galaxy!

Of course.

Those with such power are extremely rare in the Ninja World.

The Ninja World is mostly comprised of ordinary ninja who fight with Kunai and Explosive Tags. These ninja, including Shinji, don't have the right to look down on demons!

After adjusting his mindset, Shinji sized up the Mother Spider Demon, his expression growing more solemn.

Previously, he had held onto a sliver of hope that the Chakra flowing through the threads came from the manipulated Konoha ninja. But upon seeing the Mother Spider Demon now, he had to admit that this demon invading the Ninja World possessed Chakra within its body.

Just as he was learning Breathing Techniques, the demons invading the Ninja World were also trying to master Chakra.

Moreover, these demons had a unique advantage: they could savagely plunder Chakra by devouring people in the Ninja World, absorbing it through flesh and blood.

On the other side, the Mother Spider Demon hadn't expected Shinji to find her so quickly, so she was momentarily stunned as Shinji observed her.

However, she quickly reacted, activating all the Konoha ninja she controlled to attack Shinji, shouting, "Die!"

Instantly.

Seven Konoha ninja, under involuntary terror, were controlled by threads and attacked Shinji.

"Total Concentration!"

Shinji suddenly erupted with a 'bang,' cracking the ground beneath him. He shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, piercing through the encirclement of the seven Konoha ninja.

Swish.

Then, the Kunai in his hand drew an arc in mid-air, precisely severing the threads controlling the seven Konoha ninja behind them.

The seven Konoha ninja, instantly freed, were all startled and subconsciously looked back at Shinji.

Shinji glanced at them indifferently.

Puff puff puff!

In an instant, the sounds of consecutive falls rang out.

The seven Konoha ninja, already exhausted by the Mother Spider Demon's torment, were hypnotized by Shinji's Genjutsu the moment their eyes met, collapsing and losing consciousness.

"What's wrong with these people?!"

The Mother Spider Demon froze, her face filled with disbelief.

She couldn't understand why, with just a casual glance from Shinji, seven swordsmen whom she considered quite formidable had fainted.

At this moment.

Shinji's gaze, glowing with an eerie light, slowly shifted to the Mother Spider Demon. "Hey, it's your turn!"