Seeing that Mirai had already engaged the enemy, Baitong Hyuga and the others had no choice but to follow. They had no desire to let Mirai catch them slipping again. Yet what happened next completely exceeded their imagination.
In almost an instant, more than a dozen Kusagakure ninja rushed at Mirai from every direction. Mirai maintained his charging speed, and the moment they drew near him, those Kusagakure ninja were sliced into countless pieces. Fragments of corpses rained down across the ground.
But even more Kusagakure ninja soon emerged, swiftly blocking Mirai's path. Having come prepared, they immediately began using Ninjutsu. Mirai's advance was halted by their techniques, but in the blink of an eye, he had already completed his hand seals.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Mirai completed the technique in an instant. A massive fireball nearly fifteen meters in diameter engulfed the people before him along with their Ninjutsu.
After charging forward some distance, Mirai spotted a thick fog ahead. A voice sounded from within it. "Stop struggling. You won't have any reinforcements. I put a great deal of effort into the outer perimeter. Once I kill the two of you, all the credit will be mine!"
Mirai gave a short laugh and shouted, "Water Release: Torrential Rain Technique!"
In an instant, countless raindrops fell from the sky. This was a technique Mirai had specifically developed to counter the Hidden Mist Technique. The moment he saw the fog, he knew the enemy had used the Hidden Mist Technique.
This was not a technique just any minor character could use.
It seemed the enemy was definitely a big fish. And whoever he had trapped could not be some insignificant person either.
As the chakra-filled raindrops fell, the mist in the air was rapidly diluted by the rain. The figures