But Kirigakure was different.
In Kirigakure, they valued individual strength and rarely fought as a team.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were even worse. Each fought his own battle, without the slightest cooperation.
They had come together for this mission only because the Third Mizukage had ordered it!
If Juzo Biwa had helped Suikazan Fuguki just now, Fuguki might not have been so badly wounded.
"Attack! All of you, attack!"
Sent flying and seriously injured by a single blow, Suikazan Fuguki looked terrified.
He had a nagging feeling that attacking Kushina might have been a mistake.
Suikazan Fuguki was no brave man. He valued his life above all else; in the original story, he had even sold intelligence to a neighboring country for his own gain.
Now that he had seen Kushina's terrifying strength, fear filled his face as he kept backing away from her.
Clearly, he meant to escape and leave the remaining Mist Ninja behind!
Kushina was too strong. She had gravely wounded Suikazan Fuguki with a single strike!
At that level of strength, even the Third Mizukage might be no match for her!
Juzo Biwa had heard that Kushina and the others were strong, but he had never fought them, so he had not known just how strong they were.
Now that they had clashed, Juzo Biwa realized with horror that there might be few people in the entire Shinobi World who could defeat Kushina!
Yet they had been so careless. They had failed to attack Kushina together, and that was why they had fallen so quickly!
Kushina had not used her full strength at first. Otherwise, Suikazan Fuguki would never have underestimated her.
Even Juzo Biwa had underestimated her at the start. Otherwise, he would not have sent only two people to surround her.