Naruto: Projection Magecraft
Chapter 161

Engagement (Thanks for the tip from A Splash of Black or White)

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However, in the Shinobi World, the power of most Ninjutsu is very low, and many of them cannot even be considered powerful.

Only some very advanced Ninjutsu possess powers, such as the Impure World Reincarnation.

However, Sealing Jutsu are not subject to these restrictions. Even a C-rank Sealing Jutsu possesses certain powers, but Sealing Jutsu are notoriously difficult.

Therefore, Shiro doesn't need to worry about his Noble Phantasm being ineffective for the time being in the Shinobi World.

Just as Shiro was delivering the decisive blow to his opponent, Taichi and Nakamura were not far behind.

Taichi activated his Sharingan, used Genjutsu to control the enemy, and slit his throat—it was over in an instant!

The reason it went so smoothly was because of the stimulation he received earlier, Sharingan to advance to the Three-Tomoe, making his ability to enhance Genjutsu even more pronounced!

He's already qualified to become a Jonin. As long as he increases his mission load, he can be promoted to Jonin, even if his Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are slightly weaker.

Therefore, faced with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the opponent was completely helpless and rendered powerless.

Nakamura is a bit more troublesome. He's a fairly conventional ninja, without many fancy secret techniques or bloodlines; he relies solely on ordinary ninjutsu.

However, this advantage was not so obvious, so Nakamura's Double Suicide Decapitation Technique missed and was dodged by the opponent's substitute.

However, the two were ultimately too far apart in strength. After the opponent's stand left, before he could launch a counterattack, he was hit by Nakamura's kunai and died instantly.

And so, with Shiro and his men's surprise attack, Iwagakure was easily taken care of.

But don't be fooled by how easily they defeated their opponent.

However, Shiro and his group had planned this a long time in advance—well, for Shikaki, that was considered a long time—and most importantly, Gray Snake provided a lot of information.

Otherwise, they would still have to put in some effort, after all, it is Iwagakure's Anbu.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Shiro and the others went back to meet up with Shikaki and prepared to head to their next location.

Just then, the Gray Snake sent a message that it had found the whereabouts of the Hoshigakure.

"Shikaki, Gray Snake has found the whereabouts of Hoshigakure. Which one should we deal with first?"

"No, it's a bit far. Let's deal with the Cloud Village people first, while there's still time. It might be too late if we wait too long. Have Gray Snake continue following him."

Looking at the location pointed to by Shiro Shikaki thought for a moment and finally decided to deal with Cloud Village first. In terms of strength, Cloud Village was much stronger than that Hoshigakure, so they should be dealt with first.

Besides, enemies that Shiro can take down instantly aren't that valuable.

Moreover, the location of that Hoshigakure is quite far, and getting there requires taking a detour, which will consume a lot of energy. Furthermore, the Cloud Village's strength is considerable, so we must be cautious.

There were four of them this time, and since the Cloud Village's strength was second only to the Konoha, their Anbu) wouldn't be weak.

At present, Shikaki does not have the strength to contend with Jonin. Therefore, this is actually a four-on-three situation. The most Shikaki can do is to restrain them, and that's about it.

Fortunately, Shikaki had the help of Blue Snake, which could somewhat restrain him and prevent the situation from becoming too dangerous and difficult. Unfortunately, this time they had to operate covertly.

Therefore, Blue Snake used Ninjutsu to shrink and become less conspicuous, but in return, the advantage of her large size was lost.

However, the Blue Snake is not the kind of summoning beast that is good at Ninjutsu. Snake Binding Illusion is the only Ninjutsu it knows, so its role is relatively limited.

Fortunately, coordinating with Shikaki to hold off the enemy should still be possible.

A while later, Shiro and his group arrived at their destination, but unfortunately, they were too late; the people from Cloud Village were no longer there.

"Shiro."

"Understood, Captain."

"Summoning Technique."

"Phosphorus Snake, please help us find some traces."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Shiro Prince."

Phosphorus Snake is another outstanding reconnaissance snake in Ryūchi Cave. Of course, it is not as outstanding as Gray Snake, but it is better than Shiro and the others.

A short while later, the Phosphorus Snake found their trail.

"Lord Shiro, they're in this direction; they just left not long ago."

"Really? Let me see." With that, Shiro jumped to a high place and looked in that direction.

Sure enough, some subtle clues were found. Shiro guessed that it was because the time was too short. According to Shiro's estimate, the traces should have disappeared in about a few dozen seconds.

Although they didn't find the other person, at least they were heading in the right direction.

Therefore, Shiro sent Phosphorus Snake ahead to track them, Shiro and the others arrived shortly afterward.

Before long, Shiro and the others caught up with them. After all, it would be difficult to completely erase all traces in such a short time, so the search was relatively easy.

After finding their target, Shiro and his group rushed forward. However, things could easily change if they delayed, so Nakamura would still deal with the strongest one, while the rest would be left to Shiro and his group.

However, Shiro could clearly sense that their strength was much greater than that of Iwagakure. All of Shiro's attacks were blocked. In terms of both speed and power, Shiro was slightly weaker than his opponents.

If it were an ordinary person, they might have died here. However, Shiro still has Noble Phantasm. Although releasing it continuously puts a great strain on him, he can still withstand it for now.

Therefore, without any hesitation, Shiro instantly Projection a short sword after approaching his opponent once more, and then...

"The Frieren Scharfrichter!"

"Pfft!" A jet of blood gushed out, and the lightning on the opponent's body extinguished.

"Uh-huh." However, after unleashing his Noble Phantasm, Shiro immediately squatted down, clutching his right hand. He had underestimated the burden of unleashing his Noble Phantasm in such a short time.

Shiro now feels that his Magic Circuits are overloaded, and he will not be able to unleash his Noble Phantasm to fight for a while. He can't even Projection his Noble Phantasm right now.

Fortunately, Rule Breaker and doesn't need to be released, and Shiro knows some emergency handling skills, otherwise the Hoshigakure won't be so easy to deal with later.

Meanwhile, as before, Taichi quickly ended the battle, but his Sharingan was discovered by the Shikaki Anbu responsible for restraining.

Therefore, after his opponent changed to Taichi, he completely avoided Taichi's eyes during the battle. Although Taichi's Sharingan could keep up with his opponent's movements, he had not been training in Lightning Release Nintaijutsu for very long.

Therefore, he was slightly slower than the opponent and could only rely on his Sharingan to temporarily hold his own.

Shikaki wanted to help Taichi, but unfortunately, the two of them were too fast, and he couldn't keep up at all.

However, since everyone else knows how to defend against Sharingan Genjutsu, the Uchiha couldn't possibly be unaware of it. Therefore, after suffering losses in the Chunin Ninja Exams, Taichi underwent relevant training.

Lightning Release Nintaijutsu is one, and another is Genjutsu, which combines other casting techniques!

"Ping!"

Their weapons clashed again, but unlike before, this time the sound was somewhat pleasant to the Cloud Village Anbu Ninja.

"Oh no! Genjutsu!" Just as he realized what was happening, a pair of blood-red eyes appeared before his eyes!

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