Genjutsu Mini-Combo

The battle had barely begun for ten minutes before the wounded were being sent to the medical station in a continuous stream.

"Antidote! Prepare the antidote, quickly!"

The medical ninjas immediately discovered that the cuts and puncture wounds on the injured were located all over their bodies, and all of them were poisoned.

The Rain Ninja believed that if your strength was insufficient, you made up for it with poison.

Kawadera Uchiha stood on a tree trunk outside the medical station, watching the pale, purple-faced wounded, and said to Kureya Inuzuka beside him:

"Kureya, try to resolve the enemy at medium to long range during this battle. Taijutsu is too dangerous; it's easy to get poisoned."

Ken Aburame also added, "I've heard that the Rain Ninja's ninjutsu is laced with poison, and their ninja tools are quenched in it. The toxicity is second only to the poisons of Sunagakure."

Kureya Inuzuka replied, "I understand, I will be careful."

The three of them looked together toward the depths of the rainforest.

It was difficult to hide a medical station on the battlefield; every wounded soldier who came here was a glaring clue for the Rain Ninja.

"Watch out!" Ken Aburame was the first to spot the enemy. "My bugs have been poisoned to death!"

He not only warned his squad, but also took out a whistle and blew a sharp, piercing sound.

Every guard squad around the medical station received the early warning.

Behind a large tree in the distance, a conical hat flashed and vanished.

Kawadera Uchiha said, "Ken, Kureya, hold the enemy off from the front. I'll sneak around to ambush them!"

Frontal containment, flanking assault—Kawadera Uchiha exercised his initiative, determined to complete the A-rank mission assigned by Tobirama Senju.

A Rain Ninja lay prone in the mud, his limbs moving slowly. He tilted his head, his eyes fixed on Kureya Inuzuka with a gaze full of icy malice.

Die! These Konoha ninjas must die so that Amegakure can gain the support of Iwagakure and secure coal and food.

The Land of Rain saw rain for over 300 days a year; it was far too barren.

Just as he was tensely crawling forward, he suddenly heard the sound of a blade being drawn from its sheath.

He hurriedly turned his head and saw a flash of cold light.

The next instant, he felt as if filthy rainwater had entered his eyes; he actually saw that person growing three arms on his right shoulder, gripping three ninja blades.

Kawadera Uchiha summarized his experience.

Some people, upon encountering an enemy, immediately stare at the enemy's eyes to judge where their attention is focused.

Some people, upon encountering an enemy, immediately observe the enemy's hands to judge if they are armed.

Like this Rain Ninja, he habitually looked at Kawadera Uchiha's hands.

It just so happened that Kawadera Uchiha had just learned the Senju Style: Willow and immediately cast a genjutsu.

Whether it was his Sharingan or his ninja blade, he could release genjutsu from either.

From the moment the Rain Ninja took that first look, he was already a dead man.

The Rain Ninja found it strange; this Konoha ninja was really good at posturing. Why was he standing there striking a pose? Was he sick?

However, the next second, he suddenly realized the Konoha ninja had sheathed his blade?

It wasn't a slow sheathing; it was an instantaneous change in posture, shifting from a slanted downward strike to the blade returning to the scabbard on his back.

Pain!

Without knowing where it came from, a kunai pierced into the center of his brow!

In the Rain Ninja's vision, there was a frame skip. In the gap between the two frozen frames, Kawadera Uchiha had thrown the kunai and killed that ninja.

Kawadera Uchiha nodded repeatedly. Starting with the Sharingan and Senju Style: Willow provided a double insurance, ensuring the enemy was hit with a genjutsu immediately to suppress them.

Having dealt with one Rain Ninja, Kawadera Uchiha found another.

This Rain Ninja was climbing a large tree behind a trunk, preparing to move to a higher vantage point from the blind spot of Ken Aburame and Kureya Inuzuka.

He tilted his head slightly to observe whether the two Konoha ninjas had spotted him.

However, the moment his right eye peeked past the bark, he saw a Uchiha ninja in the distance.

Those scarlet Sharingan made the hair on his body stand on end in the rainy night.

In just an instant, he assumed he had fallen under a genjutsu.

He hurriedly let go and fell from the tree trunk.

Two shuriken spun, bypassing the large tree and embedding themselves exactly where the Rain Ninja had been gripping.

That was close, that was close. He had indeed been hit by a genjutsu; he hadn't even seen the Uchiha's motion of throwing the shuriken.

Kawadera Uchiha was slightly surprised. This Rain Ninja's resistance to genjutsu was decent; his small combo of genjutsu plus a frame-skip shuriken had failed.

He immediately jumped down from the tree trunk and charged toward the Rain Ninja.

The Rain Ninja knew the enemy was a Uchiha from Konoha, who excelled in genjutsu, so he hurriedly stared at the Uchiha ninja's hands.

He was drawing his blade!

A blur passed before his eyes; why did the Uchiha ninja's blade sway like a willow leaf, multiplying into several blades?

Damn it, have I been caught in a genjutsu?

The Rain Ninja hurriedly shifted his gaze, unsure of where to look, but in his panic, he locked eyes with the Uchiha ninja for a split second.

Damn it, have I been caught in a genjutsu again?

Just like that, he would glance at the blade, fall into a genjutsu, feel like he was dying, disrupt his chakra flow, and break the illusion.

He had no idea which of his vitals the Uchiha ninja was targeting, so he shifted his gaze, looked at the Sharingan, and fell into yet another genjutsu.

He felt as though he were truly going to die, so he looked again to see where the blade was striking him.

After switching back and forth like this several times, the blade cleaved into his head.

Before he died, the Rain Ninja felt only despair: I feel like I'm surrounded by genjutsu!

Why do I fall into a genjutsu no matter where I look?

This was Kawadera Uchiha's second Genjutsu Mini-Combo, constantly switching between Sharingan genjutsu and Senju Style: Willow.

Even if an enemy had strong resistance to illusions, it was difficult to withstand such a rapid alternation between two vastly different types of genjutsu.

Dual genjutsu combined with frame-trapping kunai and shuriken, along with the constant switching of the two illusions—these mini-combos had allowed Kawadera Uchiha to kill over five enemies in a row.

Up on a tree trunk, Kureya Inuzuka suddenly realized he wasn't as busy as before, noticing that it was Kawadera Uchiha weaving through the gloom of the rainy night, working silently.

Kureya Inuzuka asked, "Why do I feel like Kawadera has gotten even stronger?"

Ken Aburame, having nothing to do for the moment, observed Kawadera Uchiha's combat methods and said:

"Kawadera's genjutsu has become more potent; the enemies are like wooden stakes before him.

His taijutsu is also stronger, appearing even more swift against sluggish opponents.

It's truly enviable. Is this the special treatment that comes with being chosen as a confidant by the Senju Clan?"

"Kawadera is a confidant of the Senju Clan? How is that possible?"

Ken Aburame replied, "One of Kawadera's genjutsu is the Senju Clan's signature technique, Senju Style: Willow.

Bestowing a genjutsu of that caliber upon Kawadera already signifies that he has become a confidant of Princess Tsunade."

Kureya Inuzuka said nothing more; she was truly too dense, having failed to notice such an important matter.

Princess Tsunade gaining an Uchiha confidant couldn't help but bring to mind the Second Hokage and Kagami Uchiha.

The Second Hokage had spent his entire life dealing with the Uchiha, yet in the final years of his life, he had entered a honeymoon period with the Uchiha Clan.

The elders of the clan also had a theory: ever since Madara Uchiha died, the Second Hokage believed he could control the Uchiha Clan, and thus his hostility toward them had lessened.

The situation now was the same; the Uchiha's ocular jutsu had once again become an asset to the Senju Clan.