Outside the Konoha encampment.
"Tianyuan, you must come back," Minato Namikaze said, embracing Tianyuan.
"Minato, don't worry, I'll be back," Tianyuan replied with a smile.
"Tianyuan, when you return, I'll drink with you," Shikaku Nara said, nodding at Tianyuan.
"Don't worry, Shikaku. But you're a bad influence on kids; I'm still a kid, you know," Tianyuan chuckled.
Currently, Tianyuan was only ten years old.
Although his powerful taijutsu made Tianyuan seem like a teenager, he was still just a youth.
"You're no kid. In my eyes, you're an old monster," Shikaku Nara teased.
During their usual interactions, Shikaku Nara never saw Tianyuan's childish side.
"Tianyuan, we'll wait for your return," Kushina Uzumaki said, hugging Tianyuan.
"Rest assured, Kushina, your captain will return safely," Tianyuan patted Kushina Uzumaki's back.
"You can't lie," Kushina Uzumaki warned.
"Don't worry," Tianyuan looked at Minato Namikaze and the others. "Then, I'll take my leave."
With that, Tianyuan slowly ascended into the air, using the power of Sky Dance Jutsu.
Until Tianyuan vanished from sight.
"Let's wait for Tianyuan to return," Minato Namikaze said.
"I believe Tianyuan will definitely return victorious," Shikaku Nara said slowly, "He is Konoha's hero."
"I believe it too," Minato Namikaze said in a deep voice.
High in the sky, Tianyuan set a direction and flew steadily towards it.
That place was the Land of Water, home to Kirigakure.
After some time.
Tianyuan looked down at the buildings shrouded in thick mist, a smile gracing his lips. This was Kirigakure.
Tianyuan could also use his ki to sense many powerful chakras within.
There were many Jonin inside, and even Kage-level experts.
Looking at the mist-shrouded buildings, Tianyuan didn't descend directly. He knew that Kirigakure was probably like Konoha; if he entered a certain altitude, he would likely be discovered by Kirigakure's ninja.
Although Tianyuan wasn't one to sneak into Kirigakure.
His goal was singular: to destroy Kirigakure.
"Then so be it." Tianyuan's gaze shifted slightly, and he descended directly towards the village entrance of Kirigakure. To destroy Kirigakure, he would gradually attack it.
Seeing the entrance to Kirigakure, Tianyuan clenched his right hand, and a jet-black longsword appeared in his grasp. This longsword was the Zanpakutō he had obtained earlier.
Ryūjin Jakka.
"Then, come with me," Tianyuan's figure dropped downwards.
"Thud, thud." Soon, Tianyuan stood at the entrance of Kirigakure.
"Who's there?" the ninja guarding Kirigakure shouted, surprised. Descending from the sky, did this ninja possess a flying ninjutsu?
And why had this ninja village come to Kirigakure?
Various thoughts flashed through the mind of one of the ninja.
"No, he's a Konoha ninja," another Mist ninja quickly said, seeing the Konoha headband on Tianyuan's arm.
"A Konoha ninja? Aren't we at war with Konoha?" One of the Mist ninja was stunned.
Yes, they were at war, so why would a Konoha ninja arrive in their Kirigakure?
Had their Kirigakure been defeated, and Konoha was now attacking? This Mist ninja thought of this, and his body trembled slightly.
If that were truly the case, it would be terrifying.
"Did Konoha attack?" The Mist ninja took a deep breath.
"Of course not. I came here alone," Tianyuan shook his head.
"Alone?" The guarding Mist ninja were startled, then burst into frantic laughter. "You brat, you came alone, do you intend to do something?"
Indeed, what good was coming alone?
Even if it was the widely rumored Tianyuan.
That person who supposedly possessed the ultimate power of the Mangekyo and Wood Release, they would still stop him.
After all, the Mist ninja in Kirigakure had mostly just heard of Tianyuan; they hadn't witnessed his power firsthand.
Not to mention that both Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had long become legendary figures.
The number of ninja who remembered their terror was dwindling.
Sometimes, legends were not to be trusted, so this secluded Kirigakure was undoubtedly disdainful of Tianyuan's strength.
The guarding Mist ninja watched Tianyuan with mockery, their tension from earlier gone. As long as Konoha wasn't attacking Kirigakure itself, it was fine.
"I'm here to destroy Kirigakure," Tianyuan said calmly, gripping Ryūjin Jakka.
"Destroy Kirigakure?" The Mist ninja who heard Tianyuan's words laughed loudly. "Brat, have you been reading too many novels or watching too many movies? Do you think you're omnipotent? Don't think just because you can fly, you're the boss."
"Of course, if you tell us why, we can give you a quick death," a Mist ninja said with a cruel smile. "Otherwise, don't blame us for torturing you, brat."
"Is that so?" Tianyuan looked calmly at the speaking Mist ninja, his eyes indifferent, showing no anger or fear, just the usual placidness.
Seeing that look, the Mist ninja's heart chilled, then he immediately remembered that this was just a child.
"Brat, you're asking for death," the Mist ninja drew a kunai, seemingly ready to kill Tianyuan.
Tianyuan looked at the Mist ninja as if he were already dead.
"Nadezaki," Tianyuan lightly swung his Zanpakutō, and a dazzling, brilliant light flashed in the eyes of the Mist ninja, then dissipated.
"What did you do?" A Mist ninja couldn't help but ask; he had just felt a horrifying sensation.
But the spurting blood beside him brought him back to his senses. The body of the Mist ninja next to him had been split in two, sliced down the middle.
He hadn't even had a chance to react.
Nadezaki, a long-range sword pressure attack, as if a flash of light had passed.
This Chunin-level Mist ninja died without a reaction under this technique.
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