Because no more enemies appeared in the backyard, and everyone who had appeared had already lost their lives to him.
[Experience: 1254]
He could finally level up again, but just in case, he filled his experience bar first.
[Level: lv15 (3499/3500)]
He only needed one more point to level up instantly.
Glancing at the drops floating above the corpses, Hyuga Akira went over and swept them up.
[Low-Level Life Potion] [Low-Level Magic Power Potion] [Militia Hood: Increases defense by 10 points] [Broken Longsword: Increases attack by 10 points] [Skill: Bone-Stripping Technique]
Aside from the Magic Power Potion and Life Potion, everything else was useless to him, so he tossed it straight into his Inventory to gather dust.
After putting everything away, Hyuga Akira looked up at the sky. At some point, several umbrellas had appeared overhead and were drifting down.
"Ninja art: Rain Shower Senbon!"
Countless Senbon shot straight at Hyuga Akira from the umbrellas, blanketing the ground around him and leaving him nowhere to dodge.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Hyuga Akira vanished before the Senbon fell.
Substitution Technique.
He reappeared outside the area covered by the Senbon, looking gravely at a rooftop on the other side.
Under the moonlight.
Three figures appeared on the roof.
"Hey, you're one of Hanzo's men, aren't you?" a slightly older Shinobi demanded coldly. "Tell us why you're here."
White light flickered in Hyuga Akira's pupils.
"Three Genin? That Chunin hasn't shown up."
Chapter 42: Gamers Don't Have Time for Story Scenes
Seeing that no Chunin had appeared, Hyuga Akira didn't answer them and simply blanketed them with "Shuriken: Heavy Fire."
What gamer had the time to listen to story dialogue?
Didn't they all just skip through it?
For the first time, the three experienced what it meant to be overwhelmed by Shuriken.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of Shuriken cutting through the air rang in their ears. Even the darkness couldn't hide the silhouettes of the hundreds of Shuriken before them.
"Where did all those Shuriken come from?!" a bald Rain Ninja cried out. It was already too late to escape their range.
They could only draw the blades at their waists to block.
Clang! The Shuriken were heavier than the three had imagined. After blocking just two, their arms went numb, and they could no longer hold their blades.
The remaining Shuriken swarmed in, rapidly punching holes through their bodies, but only water flowed from the gaping wounds.
"Water Clone Technique?"
The three figures dissolved into puddles.
Hyuga Akira looked down. A pair of hands reached out of the ground and grabbed both his legs.
Substitution Technique.
He vanished, leaving an activated Explosive Tag in the hands that had been gripping his legs.
"Huh?!" Feeling something wrong in his hands, the Rain Ninja tried to throw the Explosive Tag away.
But it was already too late.
Boom! The Explosive Tag erupted violently into a fireball.
Hyuga Akira appeared on the other side. Just as he landed, two figures rushed out from his left and right, trying to attack him from both sides.
Then the Hyuga Akira between them turned into an Explosive Tag.
Boom!
Having used the Substitution Technique to appear farther away, Hyuga Akira watched two blackened human figures fly backward.
Substitution Technique plus Explosive Tags-a perfect match.
There had been some distance between them, after all, so the Explosive Tag hadn't killed them outright.
"Explosive Tags are so useful. Why wouldn't I use them?"
Hyuga Akira raised his hand and threw two Shuriken. He had no intention of going over to check whether those two could still fight back.
The two Shuriken struck their throats with precision.
[Experience: 456] [Experience: 487]
He picked up the two items dropped by their corpses.
[Consumable: Peek G-200] [Consumable: See Through D-80]
"Products from Greed Island in the Hunter World." Hyuga Akira put the two cards away.
Both cards came from Greed Island in the world of Hunter x Hunter, though they had been slightly altered in this game.
Peek let him see enemies' item drops.
See Through could nullify most genjutsu.
Both were quite useful in terms of their abilities, but unfortunately, they were single-use items.
The items dropped by Amegakure's Shinobi all came from the world of Hunter x Hunter, from Nen Abilities to items.
Hyuga Akira looked down at the ground. "What? Still not coming out? Stay down there any longer and you'll suffocate."
A figure slowly emerged from the ground. It was the older Shinobi from earlier, and where his arms had been-
Guys, does anyone understand what I'm going through?
Who used Explosive Tags in a fight like they cost nothing?
And were Explosive Tags even something a Genin could use so freely?
And that ninjutsu-he had never seen a ninjutsu that directly transported the body like that.
"Just what was that ninjutsu of yours?" the older Rain Ninja couldn't help asking.
It didn't look remotely like a ninjutsu Amegakure would have.
Hyuga Akira gave him a strange look. "It's just the Substitution Technique. Don't tell me you don't know it."
Substitution Technique, my fucking ass.
"You!!" He wanted to point at Hyuga Akira and say something.
Unfortunately, his hands were gone.
Even if Hyuga Akira wanted to fool him, he could at least do better than that. He didn't believe that was the Substitution Technique.
Hyuga Akira had no intention of continuing their conversation either. With a light push off the ground, he closed in on the older Rain Ninja at great speed, flipped his wrist, and produced a Bronze Blade.
The older Shinobi closed his eyes without resisting. Having lost both hands, he was no longer qualified to remain a Shinobi.
A bronze gleam flashed.
Hyuga Akira appeared behind the older Shinobi, who sank helplessly to his knees.
[Experience: 753]
This fellow was fairly strong. Unfortunately, there was no longer any chance to test that.
Hyuga Akira turned and picked up the item dropped by the corpse.
[Exorcist Skill Fragment (1/10)]
"It actually dropped! Is today my lucky day?"
Hyuga Akira hurriedly put away the [Exorcist Skill Fragment (1/10)].
This was the key item he needed to deal with the Caged Bird Seal.
The Exorcist skill was an extremely powerful support skill in the game. It could remove all abnormal statuses from players, regardless of the system they belonged to.
Even Cursed Seals like the Caged Bird Seal were among the things it could remove.
Unfortunately, [Exorcist Skill Fragments] had an extremely low drop rate, and there was no telling who might drop one.
An ordinary monster might drop one, or it might take a Jonin.
It all came down to luck.
"Now that I have the first, can the second be far behind?"
Hyuga Akira used his Byakugan to look around. Inside the mansion, Kusen was locked in a fierce battle with a Chunin, neither able to get the better of the other for the moment.
"This guy is so useless."
Hyuga Akira curled his lip and looked in another direction, where a group of ordinary people was moving quickly.
Seeing that Kusen's fight wouldn't be decided anytime soon, Hyuga Akira rushed toward the rapidly moving group of ordinary people.
He ran straight toward the back gate.
"Coming through!"
A maid blocked the way ahead, and Hyuga Akira leapfrogged over her.
The chaos in the city lord's mansion had left many people panicking, but most were servants or maids of the mansion.
Hyuga Akira had no interest in these people whatsoever.
Soon, he reached the back gate and saw a group of armored soldiers guarding a lavishly dressed man.
He immediately confirmed that the man in the middle was his mission target.
He launched the Shuriken in his hand again. This time, he didn't even need to use Kumate.
"Kunai: Firepower Coverage!"
In the darkness, countless Kunai spread over the group like a black veil.
By the time they reacted, it was already too late. The Kunai swiftly reaped their lives.
[Experience: 10] [Experience: 5] [Experience: 4]
He only gained a total of [Experience: 95].
Only after everyone was dead did Hyuga Akira walk over, looking at the lavish clothes stained red with blood.
"Running for your life, and you still dress so conspicuously."
He shook his head and went forward to collect the item dropped by the dead noble. None of the others had dropped anything.
[Decorative Item: Rose]
"Of course it's this." Hyuga Akira sighed helplessly. Nobles usually dropped decorative items like these.
Once players reached a high level, they would receive a space called Cozy Home, but nothing from outside could be brought into Cozy Home except decorative items.
"I wonder if I can still get Cozy Home," Hyuga Akira mused, rubbing his chin.
Although items couldn't be brought inside, Cozy Home could be entered anytime, anywhere. In a sense, it was a pretty good refuge.
Chapter 43: Hyuga Akira Has a Special Way to Instantly Kill Chunin
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