"Kill him," the fat ninja said coldly.
The two ninjas beside him, already prepared, formed hand seals at lightning speed.
"Water Release: Water Turbulent Wave!"
The two of them spat out massive torrents of water that surged toward Hyuga Arin, forcibly halting his forward charge.
He stamped the ground, redirected the force, and leapt backward, flipping onto the rock wall to avoid the rushing water.
By then, the fat ninja had already finished his seals.
"Water Release: Purple Rain Technique!"
Purple raindrops began to fall from the sky, splashing into the torrents of water the other two had produced. The purple color spread rapidly through the flow, and in moments, the clear water turned completely violet.
The two ninjas' techniques ended—Water Turbulent Wave wasn't a sustained Technique—but the purple water did not vanish. Instead, it pooled on the ground, forming a small pond that continued to deepen in color under the falling purple rain.
Hyuga Arin clung sideways to the rock wall, his Byakugan locked onto the chakra gathering within the pool below. He could also see strands of chakra drifting upward with the rising moisture.
"A combined technique?" Hyuga Arin judged the distance between himself and the three enemies.
The purple pond lay squarely between them, and Murakami Hana was rapidly closing in from afar.
"I can't drag this out."
Hyuga Arin raised his hand and hurled several shuriken at the trio.
Surprisingly, none of them dodged. They simply let the shuriken strike their bodies.
The blades passed straight through them.
"GenTechnique?" Hyuga Arin instantly recognized the situation and began forming hand seals without hesitation.
"GenTechnique: Release!"
He disrupted his chakra flow, attempting to dispel the illusion.
"It's useless," the fat ninja said coldly as he and the other two stepped onto the surface of the pond and rapidly advanced toward Hyuga Arin.
His genTechnique was cast using poison as the medium. The Purple Rain Technique fused poison with chakra, which then mixed with the water released by Water Turbulent Wave, forming toxic water. As the water evaporated, poisonous mist spread upward.
As long as one inhaled the moisture in the air, they would fall under his genTechnique.
GenTechnique: Water Nirvana Technique.
As long as the moisture remained, the illusion would continuously reapply itself. Though it was only a low-level genTechnique that distorted perception, its constant activation made it impossible to escape.
GenTechnique Release could break the illusion in the moment—but the next instant, the illusion would be cast again.
There was no need to explain any of this.
Running across the surface of the pond and onto the rock wall, the three of them launched their attack.
Hyuga Arin swung his bronze blade, flames roaring along its edge, slicing through their bodies—only to cut through empty air.
That was when he realized that unless he dealt with the genTechnique, he couldn't even determine where the enemies truly were.
An unseen kunai slashed across his shoulder, carving a wound. If he hadn't reacted in time, it would have pierced his heart.
"You'll die here," the fat ninja's phantom voice said coldly as it closed in.
We'll see about that.
Hyuga Arin grinned. "As long as I know you're here, that's enough."
At this point, even the Byakugan was useless. While it could see chakra flow, the poison-based genTechnique had already distorted his perception—what he saw could no longer be trusted.
Relying on instinct alone, Hyuga Arin shifted left. His face was still cut open, and a sudden sharp pain exploded in his abdomen as something struck him. He reached forward, trying to grab onto something—
—but his hand grasped nothing.
"Interfering with all five senses?" Hyuga Arin smiled faintly.
His figure vanished from where he stood.
A moment later, a paper tag drifted down at the original spot—a lit explosive tag that had clearly already been activated when it was placed.
"Not good!" The fat ninja's pupils shrank.
"BOOM!!!"
A violent explosion erupted outward.
Hyuga Arin reappeared on the opposite side of the pond. He couldn't tell whether the three had been caught in the blast, but the lack of any experience notification told him they were still alive.
He immediately swallowed an antidote pill.
In that instant, he understood the core of the genTechnique—the pond itself was the medium.
As the antidote took effect, his distorted senses rapidly returned to normal.
This type of genTechnique excelled in persistence, but its weakness was obvious: once the target realized the trick, a single antidote was enough to break it. For a while, the poison would no longer affect him.
Now he could clearly see the three figures sprawled on the ground.
The explosive tag had already been used, so it could no longer serve as a substitute target.
Hyuga Arin dashed forward across the pond.
Before even reaching them, he hurled three shuriken.
Empowered by Bear Bo Hand, the three shuriken flew like thunderbolts, aimed to claim their lives.
At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared, standing directly in front of the fat ninja. He swung his kunai, blocking the incoming shuriken.
Clang!
At the instant of collision, Murakami Hana frowned slightly. The force behind the shuriken was terrifying—it wasn't knocked away immediately, instead spinning violently against his kunai, sparks flying everywhere.
Only after he twisted his wrist did he finally knock it aside.
The shuriken aimed at the fat ninja was stopped—but the other two weren't so lucky.
Both were instantly killed.
In the distance, experience notifications flashed before Hyuga Arin's eyes.
[EXP +356]
[EXP +364]
In the end, the fat ninja still hadn't died.
Hyuga Arin clicked his tongue in frustration as he looked at the heavily wounded, howling fat ninja. He didn't slow his pace, stepping across the water until he stood before Murakami Hana.
"Two kills should be enough to let you vent, right?" Murakami Hana said coldly, all traces of his smile gone.
He hadn't expected this useless idiot to dare attack Mu Yu again. If replacing personnel weren't such a hassle, he would have killed him on the spot.
Hyuga Arin walked up to the fat ninja, looking down at him from above.
Though the explosion injuries looked severe, the man's voice was still strong—clearly, the damage wasn't fatal.
Hyuga Arin glanced at Murakami Hana, who was staring at him intently. He knew he couldn't kill this man under Hana's watch.
So he kicked him in the face.
Bang!
[EXP +1245]
"That should do it," Hyuga Arin said bluntly, looking straight at Murakami Hana.
Murakami Hana's expression was unpleasant, but he nodded. As long as the idiot wasn't killed, it was acceptable.
"If there's a next time," Murakami Hana said with undisguised disgust as he looked at the fat ninja, "you can kill him."
Meaning: not this time.
Hyuga Arin sighed regretfully and bent down to collect the drops from the two dead genin.
[Consumable: Replay G-380]
[Consumable: Dark Curtain F-100]
After a quick glance, Hyuga Arin's eyes lit up.
The first was a god-tier card—it allowed the user to instantly move to a previously visited location. Its utility was enormous.
The second one, however, was pure trash. It could block stealing or surveillance-type skills—but only against player abilities.
With only one player in this world, it was completely useless.
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