Konohamaru is definitely not feeling well right now.
His opponent was the leader of the enemy—a woman whose strength far surpassed that of ordinary people, wielding a large sword with ferocious power.
If it weren't for his solid foundation in Taijutsu, honed through years of training with private tutors, he would have been defeated long ago. Even so, he was still chased and humiliated by the middle-aged woman.
The greatsword flew over suddenly, Konohamaru dared not use his Konohamaru to Kunai anymore. With a loud "boom", the greatsword cut the tree in half, and the flying wood chips left a thin bloody mark on Konohamaru's face.
After enduring two attacks from the woman, he felt his arms trembling, as if his bones had gone limp.
A sense of frustration filled Konohamaru's heart: as his teacher's disciple, he had been completely outmatched in strength!
He was sure the teacher watching from the sidelines looked terrible.
Even though the teacher had already passed on the Chakra Enhanced Strength Technique to me, I still couldn't unleash it.
The teacher, at the same age, was already able to control the Water Kirin and fight Orochimaru, while I couldn't even defeat an ordinary middle-aged woman.
" Konohamaru! I'm here to help! From now on, you'll have to call me 'senior sister'!"
Hanabi Hyuga's clear voice reached Konohamaru's ears. Instantly, Konohamaru's ears turned bright red, whether from anger or excitement, it was hard to tell.
Hanabi Hyuga swung her hands and suddenly slapped them towards the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman had just witnessed one of her subordinates being defeated by the little girl in an instant. She didn't dare to be careless and quickly took a step back, landing on a large tree.
The little girl's Byakugan were so striking. The middle-aged woman had naturally heard of the Byakugan clan of Konoha, and had heard that their Eight Trigrams Palm could instantly seal an enemy's Chakra.
Upon closer inspection, the middle-aged woman was astonished to discover that the girl with the Forehead Protector around her neck had a completely smooth forehead—this! This was a girl from the Main Family!
This is a golden opportunity! The underground gold exchange has always offered huge bounties for those with Byakugan; even a single, intact Byakugan can fetch an astronomical reward. If they can capture this Byakugan girl, she'll probably never have to worry about money again for the rest of her life.
The middle-aged woman glanced again at one of her subordinates lying on the ground and another still struggling with the two kids, and cursed him inwardly as "useless."
It seems I need to unleash my true strength.
She reached out and beckoned, causing the large sword stuck in the tree to twist twice before being instantly drawn into her hand by an invisible force.
"Gravity?" Konohamaru was taken aback. If this middle-aged woman possessed gravity, then the upcoming battle would be extremely dangerous.
"No, she didn't use gravity!" Hanabi Hyuga refuted Konohamaru's guess.
At this Hanabi Hyuga's eyes bulged with veins, and she clearly saw the middle-aged woman's large sword being wrapped in invisible Chakra.
"She knows Wind Release!" Hanabi Hyuga reminded her again.
Shinsei wasn't worried about his disciples; on the contrary, he looked forward to their upcoming battles.
The moment the middle-aged woman waved, he already knew that she possessed considerable skill in Wind Release techniques.
With just this Wind Release, her abilities far surpass those of ordinary Chunin, making her a formidable figure among Chunin. Perhaps she could even become a Special Jōnin in another village.
The middle-aged woman chuckled, looking at the two little devils below, and said with a smile:
" The Byakugan, as expected, lives up to its reputation; it easily learned my Ninjutsu."
When I first met my two useless subordinates and dealt with them, they never guessed that I knew Wind Release.
"I was originally planning to let you go after completing the mission, but since the Main Family girl of the Hyuga Clan has shown up here, it would be really unreasonable not to take your Byakugan."
Hanabi's heart skipped a beat. Every child in the Hyuga Clan was taught from a young age to protect their eyes.
Once on the battlefield, anyone could potentially cast disapproving Byakugan their way, even from behind. However, Hanabi didn't need to turn around to see her teacher leisurely surveying the battlefield.
Her heart finally settled down. As long as her teacher was there, she felt at ease—her teacher would never allow this woman to gouge out her eyes.
Although it might lead to the failure of her mission, she wasn't that competitive. At worst, she could just forgo the reward for the mission and consider it a gift to her teacher.
A buzzing sound emanated from the middle-aged woman's large sword. Even without the Byakugan, one could see that the sword was currently wrapped in rings of transparent Chakra.
A leaf was blown by the wind and landed on the blade, where it was instantly shredded by the invisible Chakra.
The middle-aged woman tossed the large knife in her hand into the air, revealing a sinister smile to the two little devils below:
"Well then, let me show you my Wind Release! Just a heads-up, anyone who's seen my Ninjutsu is already dead."
Konohamaru, as if facing a formidable enemy, took out a pair of brand-new Kunai from his ninja tool pouch and shot the broken Kunai in his hand at the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman smiled slightly as she faced the incoming Kunai. She formed a hand seal, and the large sword that had been tumbling in mid-air instantly fell, slicing the Kunai in two.
The broadsword began to spin and dance around the middle-aged woman's entire body.
A large tree blocked the path of the greatsword and was instantly sliced in two.
The greatsword flew faster and faster, forming a dense barrage of blade shadows around the middle-aged woman. Konohamaru tried to throw another Kunai, but Kunai could even reach the woman's body, it was sliced into pieces by the greatsword.
Hanabi Hyuga frowned. She could naturally see that after the greatsword was imbued with Wind Release Chakra, it had an extraordinary sharpness, making it the nemesis of close-combat ninjas like herself—as soon as it got close to the middle-aged woman's body, it would be sliced into pieces by the flying greatsword.
Konohamaru pulled out another Kunai and shot it at the middle-aged woman, but this time the Kunai also had a burning Explosive Tag attached to it.
The middle-aged woman laughed and said, "What a bunch of brats! They actually thought Explosive Tag could hurt me?"
The spinning, flying sword swept across the blade, knocking the Kunai away. The Kunai struck a large tree, and the Explosive Tag instantly detonated.
With a deafening roar, the tree that took two people to encircle was blasted in two by the Explosive Tag, with broken branches and leaves falling continuously.
Moegi noticed that the middle-aged man opposite her seemed startled by the explosion.
Now!
Moegi seized the opportunity and quickly Hand Seals. By the time the middle-aged man came to his senses, he found that the little girl he had been entangled with had disappeared, leaving only a little boy waving Kunai at him.
Just as he sensed something was wrong, he suddenly felt a pair of small hands grab his ankles.
Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!