Kaoru paused for a moment, then began to move forward again.
"My Byakugan sees that he's already here, Captain Sugisawa. According to my observation, this guy's chakra level is at the Chūnin level, less than you expected..." A voice, almost imperceptible, came from the vines in the swamp, reaching the ears of the Nara clan ninja.
"Very good." The Nara clan ninja, who was called Captain Sugisawa, smiled slightly. "After waiting so long, the prey has finally taken the bait. Yōji, use your special move first. Remember, slowly erode the chakra in his body. Make sure he can't detect it. Like boiling a frog in warm water, by the time he realizes that his chakra is insufficient, he won't be able to break free from our grasp."
"Understood." The ninja with the code name Yōji, who was lurking in a swamp pit, also wearing a Hannya Group ninja mask, nodded. Then, he formed hand seals and began to mobilize the parasitic insects under the swamp floor.
"Secret Technique: Insect-Eating Swamp!"
As Yōji performed the technique, all the parasitic insects distributed under the swamp floor began to gather under Kaoru's feet. They slowly absorbed Kaoru's chakra directly through a layer of soil.
"Ida, continue to observe with your Byakugan. I want to see when this kid will realize that his chakra is insufficient." Sugisawa also instructed the ninja with the Byakugan.
"No problem!" A response came from within the vines.
This was Sugisawa's first move, to seize the chakra in Kaoru's body, preventing him from using techniques. The Flying Thunder God Technique was not only good for sneak attacks, but also for escaping. He was afraid that Kaoru would slip away after realizing his plan, which would be troublesome.
And even if Kaoru had many strange ninjutsu, without chakra, he would just be a salted fish at their mercy.
Yōji's move allowed the parasitic insects to absorb chakra very slowly. The ninja being absorbed wouldn't be able to detect it at all. Only after they had absorbed a certain amount would the person being absorbed discover it, but it would be too late at that time.
It had to be said that Sugisawa's move was quite insidious. Kaoru, who was walking on the swamp floor, indeed didn't detect at all that his chakra was being eroded by the parasitic insects under his feet.
Unfortunately, the one walking on the swamp now was just Kaoru's illusion clone, and this body didn't consume chakra when using ninjutsu......
Therefore, Kaoru continued to move forward unhindered.
"Ida, how is it? Is that kid showing any signs?" Sugisawa, in the shade of a tree, asked.
"No signs at all. He's still moving forward," Ida reported.
"What? Yōji, what are you doing?" Sugisawa frowned. "Have your parasitic insects absorbed his chakra or not? Why doesn't he have any reaction at all?"
"Captain Sugisawa, I can guarantee that my parasitic insects have already absorbed almost all the chakra of a ninja with Chūnin-level strength." Yōji's voice came from the big pit.
"Is that so?" Sugisawa frowned. If that was really the case, according to his plan, Kaoru should already be lacking chakra, but why was Kaoru still moving forward with a calm face? Was he deliberately pretending?
He already knew that he was being ambushed, so he was forcibly putting on a show that he was fine, so that they would think that he was fine, confusing them?
The more Sugisawa thought about it, the more likely it seemed, because apart from this explanation, there didn't seem to be any other reason.
"Ida, use your Byakugan to check the amount of chakra in his body!" Sugisawa instructed Ida in the vines.
"Yes!" Ida responded, and then there was a moment of silence.
"Lord Ida, the amount of chakra in that kid's body has indeed disappeared completely." After a moment, Ida's voice came out.
"Just as I thought, it seems that this kid is also good at scheming......" After confirming this matter, Sugisawa immediately waved his hand. "This kid's composure is indeed fake. The chakra in his body has been almost completely consumed. He's not showing it, just to confuse us. Therefore, we'll continue to execute the second step now....."
"No, there's no need for the second step. Just mobilize the ninjas lurking near him to attack." Saying this, a smile appeared on Sugisawa's face. As expected, he was still just a kid. Under his precise arrangement, he had been directly hit by the first move, completely without any power to fight back, easily resolved. It seemed that the other traps were already useless.
On the other side, Kaoru, who was walking on the swamp, was also somewhat depressed. What were these lurking ninjas doing? He had been walking for ten minutes, but there hadn't been any situation at all. What were they planning?
At this time, he completely didn't know that the enemy's leader had already deemed him dead.....
However, just as Kaoru was thinking this, the figures on the tree trunks around him all moved and came to the bottom. Instantly, Kaoru was surrounded by three ninjas.
These three ninjas were all wearing Hannya Group masks, so their faces couldn't be seen. The eyes under the masks were looking at Kaoru with a hint of playfulness, as if they were looking at prey.
"You're finally willing to come out." Kaoru swept a glance at the three people with the same attire, a trace of doubt appearing in his eyes. "However, I never thought that you would just jump out like this, and there are only three of you."
Kaoru was indeed somewhat strange now. Wasn't there a big net in the sky? Why weren't they using it? And they had only sent three ninjas. They had even surrounded him like this, not even doing a sneak attack.
"There's no need to pretend. We all know that you can't use ninjutsu now....." One of the ninjas said coldly, his tone malicious.
"What?" Kaoru was stunned. He couldn't use ninjutsu? What was going on? Why didn't he know.....
"Who told you that I can't use ninjutsu?" Kaoru smiled. It turned out that these guys dared to show themselves in front of him so proactively because they were fearless, actually thinking that he couldn't use ninjutsu......
"You're still putting on a good show ah." Another ninja said. Now they had completely regarded Kaoru as a plaything. "Our captain has used a plan to exhaust the chakra in your body. Just prepare to die!"
"Is that so..... I didn't expect your captain to be so powerful. I'm so scared ah!" Kaoru also laughed in his heart. He patted his chest, deliberately putting on a terrified look and said.
"Bastard, don't talk nonsense with this kid. Kill him!" These three ninjas had already seen that Kaoru was deliberately mocking them. One of them immediately shouted loudly.
"No problem!" After hearing the order, the other two immediately formed hand seals!
"Wind Style, Wind Cutter!" The three people used Wind Style at the same time. Instantly, dozens of wind blades spewed out from their mouths, sweeping towards Kaoru from three different directions.
"C-rank ninjutsu, Wind Cutter. They're actually sending guys who can only use low-level ninjutsu. It seems that I'm really being underestimated ah....." Kaoru raised his eyebrows. He put his hands together to form hand seals and used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear in place. These wind blades immediately hit nothing.
These three ninjas were only at the level of just having been promoted to Chūnin. It could be said to be quite easy to dodge their moves with the Body Flicker Technique.
"How is this possible? It's the Body Flicker Technique!"
These three ninjas were all shocked. They had said that the chakra in his body had been absorbed, so why was this not the case at all!
"Your recklessness will make you pay the price!"
Kaoru's figure appeared behind one of the ninjas. He quickly formed hand seals with both hands: "Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson!"
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Several fireballs mixed with rotating shuriken spewed out from Kaoru's mouth, surging towards these three ninjas!
"Bastard, the information is wrong!"
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