Do You Know How Unreasonable You're Being?
An over-the-shoulder throw.
Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld.
"Pfft!"
Miya and Akito Otsuka struck almost at the same time. The hardened ground turned into a swamp, and Nao Yara, who landed on his back, wasn't seriously hurt.
"Nao..."
Seeing Miya's grip on Nao Yara, Akito Otsuka cried out in alarm.
But did that help?
No!
The Swamp of the Underworld couldn't trap Miya, nor could it stop his determination to kill.
Limit Mode.
Atomic Chakra Armor.
In an instant, Miya broke free of the sticky swamp beneath his feet and vanished, taking Nao Yara, whom he still held fast, with him.
Miya's figure flashed past Akito Otsuka's eyes, and before he could react, Miya was swinging Nao Yara like a big club.
Bang.
Miya sent Akito Otsuka flying with a vicious blow.
"He's dead!"
Seeing that Nao Yara was no longer breathing, Miya felt it was a shame and tossed him aside.
The human club had been handy to use, and it felt even better to hit people with it.
"Pfft..."
Akito Otsuka rolled to his feet and spat out a mouthful of blood. Cold sweat poured down his face as he stared at Miya.
What do I do? What do I do??
Akito Otsuka had never expected Miya to be so strong. Before the combined attack he and his two companions had unleashed could take effect, Miya had already broken through it.
Both his companions had been killed in an instant, and he himself was gravely injured.
The next second, Akito Otsuka took another heavy blow to the head. Miya's figure flashed past again; neither time had he been able to see how fast Miya was moving.
Bang.
Miya pinned the nearly unconscious Akito Otsuka's head beneath his foot.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh..."
Akito Otsuka's consciousness grew hazy, but the desire to survive drove him to struggle to his feet.
But it was all in vain.
Miya's big foot was like a mountain, pressing heavily down on his head.
"Want to surrender?"
"If you do, I can give you a chance to bury your two teammates and put up gravestones for them."
Having exited Limit Mode, Miya spoke slowly with his foot on Akito Otsuka's head.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh..."
His consciousness hazy, Akito Otsuka couldn't make out what Miya was saying and simply kept struggling.
"All right! I'll just carry you back, then..."
Miya pressed down lightly with his foot, and Akito Otsuka lost the strength to struggle and passed out.
Suddenly, several Shuriken cut through the air, shooting toward Miya at tremendous speed.
Though he hadn't expected a sneak attack, he sensed the danger. He kicked Akito Otsuka away with his big foot and, at the same instant, quickly dodged the enemy's attack himself.
Thud, thud, thud.
The Shuriken struck the ground, and Miya glanced at Akito Otsuka with some relief.
"That was close. I almost lost my captive."
Miya understood how much difference a captive rather than a corpse could make to the final mission evaluation.
If not for his kick, Akito Otsuka would already be dead, because those Shuriken hadn't been aimed just at Miya; they had also been meant to kill Akito Otsuka.
He raised his head and looked over.
"Hey, why are you killing your own people?"
"You almost cost me the credit for capturing a spy alive."
"Do you know how unreasonable you're being?"
At that moment, Daisuke Ono, a Jonin of Iwagakure, stood on the roof of the mountain stronghold, looking down at Miya with a somewhat bewildered expression.
"I offended you by killing one of my own?"
Daisuke Ono then came to his senses and fixed Miya with an icy stare, speaking in a frigid voice:
"Don't get too cocky, brat."
"I'll send you to hell right now."
As the head of Iwagakure's intelligence ninja, he had a responsibility to eliminate a captured subordinate. This was not only to prevent information from leaking, but also to punish Akito Otsuka, an intelligence ninja, for failing his mission.
Besides, Akito Otsuka had already been captured, so killing him was undoubtedly the most appropriate choice.
Miya, utterly lacking in self-awareness, raised his middle finger at Daisuke Ono and spoke as arrogantly as ever:
"So you think you're justified in killing a ninja from your own village?"
"Have you no shame?"
"None at all?"
Miya then pointed his thumb at himself and continued:
"He's my captive now. You don't get to decide what happens to him. I do!"
Miya's words greatly annoyed Daisuke Ono.
"Sharp-tongued brat."
Daisuke Ono, who normally followed the principle of fighting instead of talking whenever possible, gritted his teeth and spat the words at Miya.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
With a flick of his hand, Daisuke Ono threw several sharp Shuriken at Miya and Akito Otsuka once more. Then he leaped down from the roof, quickly forming Hand Seals.
Unable to talk his way past Miya, he had resorted to fighting. In Miya's eyes, Daisuke Ono was now a thug.
Miya might have talked a lot, but he didn't hold back when it came to fighting.
Clang, clang, clang...
Miya likewise flicked his hand and threw several Shuriken, blocking Daisuke Ono's feint.
Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet Technique.
In front of Daisuke Ono, a dragon's head took shape with its jaws open, firing one mud projectile after another at Miya.
Atomic Chakra Armor.
Protected by the Atomic Chakra Armor, Miya didn't dodge at all, instead punching and kicking at the mud projectiles.
Bang, bang, bang...
Lightning Release countered Earth Release.
Against Miya's fists and feet, Daisuke Ono's attack failed to have the intended effect, while Miya pressed forward like a brute carving his way through a mountain.
Seeing that the Earth Dragon Bullets had failed to hurt Miya, Daisuke Ono's heart trembled. He immediately began forming Hand Seals again.
Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique.
Generally, neither Earth Release nor Lightning Release ninja were weak in Taijutsu; each simply had their own strengths.
That went without saying for Daisuke Ono, a Jonin.
Lightning Release: Lightning Light Palm.
Daisuke Ono's fists, now turned to rock, collided violently with Miya's hands, which crackled with electricity.
Bang.
The electric current pierced through the rock and traveled into Daisuke Ono's body.
Daisuke Ono had thought that even if Miya's Lightning Release countered his Earth Release, he, as an adult, would have an overwhelming advantage in strength. Only now did he realize he was wrong, and outrageously so.
What tremendous strength.
Daisuke Ono's expression changed in shock. He couldn't imagine how Miya had trained, or how he could possess such immense strength at such a young age.
It could only be said that Daisuke Ono was thinking too naively. Miya hadn't gained his strength through hard training, but through eating.
Combined with Miya's youthful face and his age of eight, anyone who didn't know the truth would never have guessed that he possessed such immense strength.
It was highly deceptive.
"Hah!"
Miya let out a loud cry, and his strength increased by another thirty percent.
Boom...
Daisuke Ono was sent flying by the heavy blow.