Trapping and Vengeance

After killing the last Cloud Ninja Anbu, Ryosuke sat where he was to rest while beginning to familiarize himself with the newly acquired ninjutsu.

Lightning Release: Lightning Armor went without saying; it was an incredibly powerful defensive ninjutsu that stimulated the body far more effectively than Lightning Release: Rampage, though it consumed a staggering amount of chakra as well.

Therefore, for the time being, Ryosuke could only use Lightning Release: Rampage as a buff skill.

The harvest he was most satisfied with this time was naturally the Magnet Release bloodline limit ninjutsu.

He examined the ninjutsu mastered by that Magnet Release ninja and discovered that the reason he was so pathetic was likely due to his lack of imagination.

The moves he had developed were all limited to clones and binding-type ninjutsu.

It seemed that no matter where one was, the factor that restricted a person's upper limit was their imagination.

Now that this bloodline limit was in Ryosuke's hands, he could unleash moves with power no less than Magneto's.

It was just that, for now, he still had to weave hand signs and could not simply conjure them at will like Magneto.

After resting for over an hour and consuming two bento boxes along with a Military Ration Pill, Ryosuke set off once again.

He was filled with confidence and enthusiasm for the upcoming mission—or rather, the upcoming battle.

An hour later, he arrived at the second mission target point.

Just like the first location, the Cloud Ninja here were also using Shadow Clone Technique as bait.

However, there were six Cloud Ninja here, and one of them was a Jonin.

It seemed there wouldn't be any bloodline limits here.

This left Ryosuke feeling a bit unenthusiastic.

But since he had already come all this way, leaving just like that was not in his nature.

He thought for a moment and decided to play for higher stakes.

Meanwhile, on the other side, those six Cloud Ninja were boredly playing cards, with only one of them monitoring the surrounding situation.

"Captain, is it time for me to play for a while? I've been on guard duty here for six hours, and my eyes are sore."

"What are you doing? As a ninja, how can you complain? Don't worry, once this mission is completed, I will rank your contribution as second."

"Thank you, Captain."

"But can those Uchiha brats really make it here? No matter how impressive the Uchiha are, they are still just three children."

One of the card-playing Cloud Ninja asked the Jonin.

"Do not underestimate them. This time, they are led by Uchiha Shisui, known as 'Shisui of the Body Flicker,' and they have already killed over a dozen of our Anbu comrades, with only one escaping back."

The Jonin put down his cards and said seriously.

"'Shisui of the Body Flicker,' huh? In the last war with Konoha, besides the 'Yellow Flash,' he was the one who killed the most of our people."

Another Cloud Ninja remarked.

"Exactly, which is why the Raikage specifically named him as a condition for the peace agreement."

"If we had the Sharingan, would we be able to use all ninjutsu?"

"Yeah, isn't that Hatake Kakashi of Konoha famous precisely because of that one Sharingan?"

These Cloud Ninja began to fantasize about their lives after obtaining the Sharingan, completely failing to notice that the ground around them was sinking bit by bit.

Time passed, though they did not know how much.

One of them suddenly let out a miserable cry.

"Who threw a rock at me?"

When he looked up, he was so terrified that he sat down on the ground.

"Captain, everyone, look! How did we end up in a pit?"

The others then realized with shock that their surroundings had turned into a wall.

The earthen slope that had been hiding them was now over a dozen meters high.

"Koji, you idiot, what were you doing just now? How did you not warn us about such a major situation?"

The Jonin grabbed the Chunin who had been on guard duty, only to find the man's eyes were pitch black.

"Damn it, he's under a genjutsu! Enemy attack! It must be Shisui! Everyone, get out of here!"

The Jonin shouted immediately.

The others stood up at once, intending to leap out of the pit.

But the next moment, the earthen slope above their heads began to move, crashing down directly upon them.

With a thunderous "boom," the previously sunken ground finally returned to a level surface.

All the clamor vanished.

[Congratulations to the host for killing an enemy. Random ninjutsu acquired.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Lightning Clone]

[Congratulations to the host for killing an enemy, randomly obtaining a ninjutsu]

[...]

The continuous stream of system notifications allowed Ryosuke to breathe a sigh of relief.

He took a sip of water to recover his stamina.

Just moments ago, he had used Magnet Release to hollow out the soil layer beneath those Cloud Ninja on a large scale.

At the same time, he had magnetized the earthen slope by imbuing it with magnetic force, which was how he accomplished such a staggering feat.

However, this had caused his chakra, which had only just recovered to over half, to bottom out once again.

When will I finally stop having to worry about chakra? This method of increasing my chakra limit using experience points is just too slow.

Ryosuke couldn't help but complain.

Suddenly, Ryosuke felt the hairs on his entire body stand on end, and he used the Substitution Technique without a moment's hesitation.

Bang.

A large crater had appeared exactly where he had been standing just a moment ago.

A figure covered in tattered rags emerged from the dust and smoke.

It was none other than the Jonin among those six Cloud Ninja.

His eyes were bloodshot as he glared viciously at Ryosuke.

"Uchiha brat, what have you done?"

Ryosuke's mouth twitched.

He had been careless this time; he hadn't confirmed whether everyone was truly dead.

It seemed that killing a Jonin—even an ordinary one—wasn't such a simple matter.

Ryosuke didn't speak, instead drawing the ninja sword from his back.

He was stalling for time, waiting for his chakra to recover.

Otherwise, in his current state, he wouldn't even be able to use Sonido twice.

The Jonin locked his gaze onto the ninja sword in Ryosuke's hand, his expression growing even more ferocious.

It seemed he recognized the blade; it was a weapon belonging to the Cloud Ninja Anbu.

He could no longer suppress the rage burning within him.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Snake Thrust!"

[Ding, detected...]

Ryosuke had no time to listen to the system notification; he simply used Sonido to vanish from his spot.

Another large crater appeared exactly where he had been standing a moment before.

This guy is insane, going straight for a desperate ultimate move right from the start.

Ryosuke's chakra was already running dangerously low.

It seemed he would have to win using the most desperate method possible.

Thinking this, Ryosuke didn't use any ninjutsu, instead charging directly toward the Cloud Ninja Jonin.

The opponent also drew a kunai, coating it with lightning-attribute chakra.

He then rushed toward Ryosuke at an even greater speed.

"Die."

The death of his companions had deeply stimulated this Jonin.

Ignoring the orders from above to capture him alive, he thrust his blade straight through Ryosuke's chest.

Then, he lifted him into the air.

"Koji, everyone, I have avenged you."