The Abilities of Ranmaru and the Red Eye!

Watching a kunai pierce the air and abruptly nail itself to the ground, Shinji and the others lifted their heads in succession, following the direction of the thrown weapon to spot two Akatsuki Organization members standing on a tree branch.

Those two stood quietly on the branch, with one wearing a snake-faced mask and the other a blank-slate mask.

"Akatsuki reinforcements?"

"This is bad!"

"Those masks look like F and G from the Akatsuki."

The Jonins all wore unsightly expressions.

Lonesome Ranmaru, who had already completed the Bloodline Fusion Ritual, was enough to give them a headache, and now two more Akatsuki members had arrived, undoubtedly increasing the pressure on their shoulders.

Shinji secretly smiled.

Undoubtedly.

These timely arrivals were none other than Neji and Kimimaro, whom Shinji had summoned.

Unlike the radical and somewhat hysterical Hiruko, Ranmaru was far more cautious and careful. Coupled with his mastery of Swift Release, Shadow Release, Steel Release, Nether Release, and his own Red Eye Kekkei Genkai, this made him practically invincible.

Even Shinji would not find it easy to deal with him.

So rather than wasting time here with Ranmaru, it was better to find someone with the right expertise to handle him. Neji, who possessed the Byakugan, was undoubtedly the best candidate to counter Shadow Release.

The enhanced Shadow Release might be able to interfere with illusion-based eyes like the Sharingan and Ketsuryūgan, but it could never fool a perspective eye like the Byakugan.

"Who are you?"

Ranmaru hesitated slightly.

On the tree branch.

Neji and Kimimaro did not waste words, directly flashing their figures and pouncing toward the invisible Ranmaru.

Faced with the sudden attack, Ranmaru immediately retaliated, and thus a bizarre scene unfolded. Neji and Kimimaro fought as if grappling with thin air; if not for the sounds of