With his pupils moving, Shin'un located a spot on the surrounding battlefield where the Sunagakure were grouped together.
Staring intently at that corner of the battlefield, Shin'un's body crackled with electricity, providing a significant boost to his physical abilities.
"Snort!"
After making a slight sound, Shin'un gathered his strength for a moment, and then all the muscles in his body began to move.
The force originated from his heels, supported by the muscles of his thighs and calves, and quickly generated by the core muscles of his abdomen and waist. Using the thick layers of muscles in his chest as a springboard, the force converged on Shin'un's arm, which was tightly gripping the Sunagakure Jonin.
In conjunction with the charging process, Shin'un pulled in the direction of the Sunagakure Jonin's attack, carrying the Sunagakure Jonin half a circle to charge up before suddenly exerting force, directly throwing the Sunagakure Jonin to the ground.
"Go! You nameless Sunagakure Jonin!!!"
With a sudden whooshing sound, Shin'un released his grip on the Sunagakure Jonin's arm.
Immediately, the Sunagakure Jonin, who had been left in mid-air by Shin'un, left his original spot and "flew" towards the self-destruction site that Shin'un had chosen for him.
After following a standard parabolic trajectory, the young Sunagakure Jonin reached his destination.
"Ah!!!"
It wasn't until he crashed heavily to the ground and saw that he was surrounded by Sunagakure that this Sunagakure Jonin, who was even younger than Shin'un back then, finally came to his senses.
Damn it!
In a panic, the Sunagakure Jonin, his face filled with terror, reached behind him into his ninja tool pouch, trying to stop the Explosive Tag from exploding.
"Hiss~~"
"Everyone, run!"
"Boom!!!"
It's a real pity that the Explosive Tag only had half a second left to detonate, and this Sunagakure Jonin clearly didn't have the ability to stop the several Explosive Tag in his ninja tool pouch from exploding within that half a second.
Thus, half a second after the Sunagakure Jonin landed, an unknown number of Explosive Tag detonated as expected.
On the spot, a small black mushroom cloud rose and quickly dissipated. The shockwave from the explosion cleared everything within a radius of several meters. A total of nine Sunagakure were affected by the explosion, including six Sunagakure Genin and three Sunagakure Chunin.
Two Sunagakure Chunin unharmed, one Sunagakure Chunin minor injuries, and the remaining six Genin all died from the explosion of the Explosive Tag Jonin their own Jonin.
"Ho~"
Watching the explosion not far away, Shin'un stood still and sighed.
Unlike the Ninjutsu used by ordinary ninjas, the explosion produced by the Explosive Tag is more pure.
There are no fancy Ninjutsu effects; the damage to the surrounding environment is caused solely by the high temperature and shockwave generated at the moment of the explosion. Moreover, it does not hold back against other ninjas within its attack range based on their faction.
For example, the explosion not only injured the Sunagakure, but Shin'un also saw three Konoha Genin by the Explosive Tag. Fortunately, because they were all on the edge of the blast radius, they were only affected by the shockwave and suffered minor injuries.
"Cough cough~"
Seeing that the Konoha Ninja injured by the Explosive Tag were all looking in his direction, clearly searching for the culprit, Shin'un quickly turned around and looked in the other direction.
With an awkward smile, Shin'un glanced around the surrounding area, his expression turning serious. He glared at a Sunagakure Chunin who was cautiously watching him and said solemnly:
"Hey, those damn Sunagakure!"
"Give me your life!"
Shin'un, with a serious expression and his body crackling with electricity, charged straight Chunin the bewildered Sunagakure from Sunagakure.
"Sizzle!"
With a sudden crackling sound, Shin'un used the electric current swirling around his body to conjure a flashy longsword out of thin air, made entirely of pure electric current.
Picking up the lightning-wielding longsword he had hastily made—which was actually more show than substance— Shin'un began a fierce exchange of blows with the Sunagakure Chunin him.
"Ha!" The Sunagakure Chunin dodged Shin'un's sword with great effort and retaliated.
"Ding!" Shin'un seemed to have failed to detect the Sunagakure Chunin's attack in advance, and "panicked" as he tried to defend himself.
"Whoosh!" Shin'un was "enraged" and directly raised his powerful lightning sword in his right hand to Chunin at the Sunagakure.
"Clang!" The Sand Ninja parried, Sand Ninja then retaliated.
"Whoosh!" Shin'un Shin'un roared in anger and retaliated.
"Clang!"
"Whoosh~"
"..."
"Is that Sunagakure Chunin that strong? He was able to Jonin Hirakawa for several rounds?"
With the help of their companions, several Konoha Ninja injured by the Explosive Tag were able to retreat to a slightly safer place to treat their injuries.
Incidentally, you can also go back and see who threw the human-shaped Explosive Tag next to you.
To everyone's surprise, as soon as he turned around, he saw Shin'un wielding a powerful lightning-infused longsword, slashing Chunin a Sunagakure.
"Yeah, is that Sunagakure Chunin that strong? He actually forced Jonin Hirakawa use a Lightning Release that's never been used before, one that looks like a long sword?"
"Incredible..."
The two Konoha Chunin talking when they both looked at Shin'un not far away.
Based on their understanding of Hirakawa Shin'un, a mere Chunin -level ninja shouldn't be capable of fighting Hirakawa Shin'un, right?
"Strangeness..."
"That's really strange..."
The two shook their heads, deciding to stop dwelling on it and no longer try to find the ninja who had thrown the humanoid Explosive Tag at them.
They nodded to each other, and the two Konoha Ninja, without further delay, began searching for new opponents on this soon-to-be-ending battlefield.
"Phew~"
"Have they left?"
Shin'un a sigh of relief when he felt the gaze that had been watching him leave.
As long as they don't realize that the humanoid Explosive Tag was thrown by themselves, it's fine. After all, being blown up by one's own people for no reason is always easy to cause misunderstandings.
What if those two Konoha Ninja accuse me of disregarding the lives of my fellow villager ninja?
If this accusation is confirmed, given Hiruzen Sarutobi's current personality as Hokage, he might lose all access to Konoha's top-tier Ninjutsu, forbidden techniques, and secret arts.
Especially the Scroll of Seals, the most precious book in Konoha, compiled by the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, a collection of forbidden techniques that can only be learned with the approval of the current Hokage. Shin'un had long coveted it.
That would make it even more impossible for him to be with Shin'un.
Am I being a little too cautious?
Shin'un dealt with the Sunagakure Chunin in front of him in a serious manner, his face very solemn, but his mind was wandering.
"Hiss~"
"Um?"
The sound of the Wind Release Ninjutsu used by the Sunagakure Chunin opposite them drew all of Shin'un's scattered attention.
"Damn ' Lightning Kid,' can't you be serious when facing your mortal enemy?!"
As he spoke, the Sunagakure Chunin seemed to feel offended and could not tolerate Shin'un's way of dealing with his attacks, so he directly attacked Shin'un with the Wind Release he had prepared.
"Whoosh!!!"
A mournful whistling sound arose as several translucent wind blades hurtled straight toward Shin'un.
Shin'un stood still, dispelling the decorative lightning longsword in his hand, and stared intently at the wind blades hurtling towards him.
Although Shin'un hadn't practiced Wind Release much, his ability to Wind Release had improved considerably after frequently sparring with Wind Release Sand Ninja who were skilled in it.
The attack was loose, the Chakra distribution was uneven, the blades were scattered, and the speed was too slow... This Wind Release Ninjutsu had a lot of flaws, and it was even inferior to the Sunagakure Jonin who had just transformed into a human-shaped Explosive Tag.
All I can say is that the Sunagakure Chunin on the other side are indeed ambitious and want Shin'un to take the fight seriously.
However, in Shin'un's opinion, the Sand Ninja opposite him simply did not have the ability or resources to make him take this seriously, as could be seen from the fact that his Wind Release was completely lacking in skill.
"Sigh~"
Shin'un sighed, and with a thought, the lightning on his body surged once more.
"Since that's the case, let's give you face and hide for a bit..."
"Sizzle~"
With a clap of thunder, Shin'un's figure had vanished from the spot.