The Future of Ghouls

Somewhere in the sea off the Land of Rivers, explosions rang out one after another.

A battered cruise ship struggled to stay afloat on the surface, while more than a dozen ninja launched all manner of ninjutsu attacks at it from the sea.

Flickering lightning, gigantic beasts formed from seawater, and howling fireballs all hurtled toward the cruise ship.

A white-haired youth rushed out from the ship. It was Shiraishi Mori.

He soared high like an osprey, and two enormous koukaku suddenly grew from his shoulders, joining together before him to form a sturdy shield that blocked the incoming fireball.

Then, a centipede-like weihe shot out like a spear, piercing the water beast. The terrifying force instantly blew it apart.

"Those monster-like abilities again..."

The attacking ninja wore grim expressions. If it had not been their village's order, none of them would have wanted to face such a monster.

Though Shiraishi Mori had done his utmost, he still could not fend off every attack alone. Under the barrage of ninjutsu, the cruise ship suffered severe damage and could sink at any moment.

Shiraishi Mori landed back on the deck, his expression gloomy.

They had initially chosen this ship as their base in hopes of escaping the ninja pursuing them on land.

But they had still underestimated the ninja's capabilities. Nearly every ninja could travel across the sea's surface and use ninjutsu to attack them.

That turned their decision to use a cruise ship as a base into a joke.

After all, out at sea, the ghouls could not take the initiative to attack at all. They could only defend passively, waiting until the ninja boarded or came close to the ship before launching a counterattack.

This was the importance of intelligence.

If he had known earlier that ninja possessed the