A Test? Double Genjutsu

"Sure enough, nothing beats a sunbath for making you feel refreshed!"

Out on the street.

Bathing in the sunshine.

Rikuto wore a smile.

As a user of the Logia-type Woods-Woods Fruit.

He could replenish his energy entirely through photosynthesis, even replacing food as the fuel needed for his daily life.

In other words, to some extent, he had already transcended the need for food.

He was no longer human.

It was just that he preferred tasting good food and didn't want to give up that pleasure in life.

So even though he hadn't eaten since yesterday.

He wasn't actually hungry.

As for the legendary Ichiraku Ramen, of course he had eaten there before.

It tasted all right, but it wasn't as delicious as he had imagined, so he rarely went there.

Perhaps everyone just had different tastes.

As far as he was concerned, rather than eat at Ichiraku Ramen.

He would rather have grilled meat.

"Rikuto!!"

Just then.

A delighted voice rang out behind him.

A figure came flying at him like an afterimage, fast as lightning, actually using the Body Flicker Technique.

Rikuto's eyelid twitched as he realized what was happening, but it was already too late to dodge.

The impact knocked him to the ground.

A lovely figure straddled him. "Hehe, I finally caught you again, kid..."

A pretty face was inches from his.

She held several skewers of dumplings in each hand, and there was still grease around her mouth.

Her denim shorts and white T-shirt did nothing to conceal her beautiful curves.

Her firm, supple legs pinned down the small, slender Rikuto, who was only eight years old, with no regard for the stunned pedestrians on the street.

She stared intensely at his outrageously handsome face.

Licking her red lips, she said with a smile, "Kurenai treasures you so much. She's always guarding you from me like I'm a wolf, and now she won't even let me visit her house!"

"But you're my favorite, Rikuto!"

At that moment.

The pedestrians on the street.

All cast strange looks their way.

Rikuto, who could barely breathe, broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly said, "Sister Anko, long time no see. Could you let me get up first?"

I'm done for!

This female pervert.

She's always been after my peerless looks.

I'm afraid I can't get away today.

Chapter 25: A Test? Double Genjutsu

"Phew-"

In the countryside.

A small river burbled along.

The surrounding forest was full of towering trees with thick, leafy branches.

Rikuto, who had finally escaped Anko's clutches, fled here in a somewhat disheveled state.

"What a complete female pervert..." Rikuto wiped the nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead.

His handsome, youthful face was covered in grease and saliva.

It went without saying who was responsible.

Although Anko kept saying she liked him.

Rikuto knew perfectly well: was that what she called liking him?

Wasn't she just lusting after his body and coveting his peerless looks?!

"If my little brother weren't still out of commission, and I didn't have to keep my Wood Release a secret, I'd make sure you found out what a tentacle monster is, you female pervert..."

Feeling somewhat depressed, Rikuto washed his face by the river.

"Brother, do me proud..."

A stream of water sprayed out.

The fledgling eagle about to take flight swayed back and forth, as though it were about to spread its wings and soar. "But you've already done well enough. I'll leave the rest to time!"

In a few more years, what would one little Anko amount to?

He could take on ten at once without a problem.

Having finished using Pee Release, a refreshed Rikuto tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I've got nothing to do. I might as well go find Sister Tsunade!"

He closed his eyes slightly.

His powerful sensory ability.

Instantly spread across Konoha.

He easily sensed Tsunade's considerable Chakra, which felt very familiar to him.

"Hm?" Rikuto noticed something amiss.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a mocking look appeared in them.

Outwardly, he remained unperturbed.

"Hehe, Chiya Rikuto?"

Along with a chilling wave of killing intent.

A figure suddenly appeared before him.

Wielding a Ninja Blade that gleamed coldly, the figure slashed straight at Rikuto.

It was as if he had deliberately let Rikuto know someone was preparing to ambush him, as though he wanted to test his strength.

"Shhk-" In the blink of an eye.

Rikuto seemed too frightened to move, standing rooted to the spot.

The razor-sharp blade tore straight through Rikuto's shoulder.

In an instant, his entire body was cleaved in two.

But not a drop of blood splattered out.

Instead, he turned directly into black mist.

The next moment, the black mist gathered, and he appeared again several meters away.

"What!?" A black-clad figure wearing a mask that hid his face appeared there.

He held a Ninja Blade, utterly shocked.

He stared in disbelief at the unharmed Rikuto before him.

"Damn... It's a Genjutsu!"

His expression changed.

He instinctively sprang backward and formed Hand Seals. "Release!"

"Whoosh..." Sure enough, the small figure vanished before his eyes.

But Rikuto appeared several meters to his right.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three Shuriken tore through the air.

They came hurtling at him like lightning.

"So fast. When did he do that?"

Seeing this, the masked figure whose face could not be made out couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

"Clang... clang..." He hurriedly swung the Ninja Blade in his hand again and again.

He blocked the incoming Shuriken.

Chiya Rikuto reached into his ninja tool pouch.

He grabbed a well-maintained Kunai that gleamed coldly.

He charged toward his opponent, shouting, "Who are you?"

"Heh, you're overestimating yourself..." Seeing Chiya Rikuto charge straight at him with a Kunai, he couldn't help sneering.

He had been careless just now.

But a mere eight-year-old brat who had never killed anyone.

With no combat experience, he dared to fight him head-on?

He showed no weakness.

He went to meet him.

"Ah..."

As though frightened by that terrible killing intent.

Chiya Rikuto, who had been charging forward, stopped in his tracks.

He trembled, his face somewhat pale.

"A brat is still a brat. Something like this was enough to scare you..."

The masked figure felt secretly pleased with himself.

But just as he reached Chiya Rikuto, he saw the brat who had been frightened moments ago flash a strange smile.

Rikuto pointed around him, indicating that he should take a look.

"Damn it... How is this possible!?"

The figure's gaze sharpened.

He glanced around instinctively, and a chill ran through him.

Chiya Rikuto's figures surrounded him on every side.

They were densely packed, numbering in the thousands, even tens of thousands.

"Another Genjutsu? Release..."

He instinctively bit the tip of his tongue.