Grind is My Ninja Way

Clang, clang, clang~

The crisp sound of metal clashing continued.

Seimei, holding a long saber, fought against two, not falling behind at all.

Time passed by every minute and every second.

In the blink of an eye, another quarter of an hour passed.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Yukikaze briefly pulled away from the distance. After standing still, they looked at Seimei's still young face, their eyes filled with solemnity.

After several battles, even as enemies, they had to admit that Seimei was a true genius.

At such a young age, he could fight back and forth with the two of them. If he wasn't a genius, what else could he be?

It was foreseeable that as long as he didn't die in this war, he would definitely be a pillar of Konoha in the future.

And this made Kisame Hoshigaki even more eager to kill Seimei.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard the two of them tried, they still couldn't find any flaws in Seimei.

No, to be more precise, it wasn't that they couldn't find flaws, but that they couldn't exploit these flaws.

After all, Seimei was still too young. Although the battlefield environment promoted his growth, his combat experience was still somewhat lacking compared to these two veteran Jonin.

Under such circumstances, it was inevitable that he would reveal some flaws.

But the problem was that even if Seimei revealed some flaws, they couldn't catch them, and even if they did, Seimei could fight back with his sheer strength.

And this was what made Kisame Hoshigaki feel the most headache.

"Perhaps I should risk my life..."

Kisame Hoshigaki thought to himself, and then glanced at Yukikaze covertly.

However, the expected tacit understanding did not appear. He only saw a deep hidden fear in the other's eyes.

Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to make him risk his life.

The most important thing was that the village's order was for them to hold back the support troops led by Seimei, not to kill him.

So, even if he wanted to make the other party risk his life, the other party could find an excuse to shirk.

This was the drawback of Kirigakure Village implementing the cruel Bloody Mist policy, that is, the lack of unity.

Perhaps the current Kirigakure Village had not yet targeted the bloodline families, but out of the instinct of self-preservation, these families would still not consume too much of their own power.

Just like Yukikaze in front of him, he might carry out some missions issued by the village, but he would definitely not sacrifice his life for the village's interests.

Especially when there was an excuse, it was even more so.

In his heart, the inheritance and continuation of the family were much more important than the village's mission.

Although Kisame Hoshigaki treated himself as a mission tool and was taciturn all day long, his intelligence was not low, and he could easily see through Yukikaze's true colors.

Therefore, without even speaking, he could know Yukikaze's answer.

"Sigh!"

With a secret sigh, Kisame Hoshigaki stopped thinking about it and immediately planned to launch the second round of attack.

Although the possibility of killing Seimei today was no longer high, the necessary efforts still had to be made.

However, just as he was about to make a move, an eagle suddenly flew from afar. It circled above their heads a few times and let out a loud eagle cry.

Kisame Hoshigaki looked up at the sky and immediately recognized that this was the messenger eagle of the village.

After confirming this, he immediately listened to its call and analyzed its meaning.

That's right, the messenger eagle could not only transmit physical information like a pigeon, but also convey some simple instructions through its calls.

And the call of this messenger eagle... was actually telling them that the blocking mission had been completed and they could retreat at the right time.

After analyzing this instruction, before Kisame Hoshigaki could say anything, Yukikaze next to him directly said: "Retreat!"

After saying that, he gave up confronting Seimei, turned around, and ran towards the battlefield of the Kirigakure ninjas and Konoha ninjas behind him.

Seeing this, Kisame Hoshigaki was dumbfounded and thought to himself: "You're too straightforward, aren't you?"

However, the other party had already left, and he had no choice. He could only look at Seimei unwillingly and also planned to retreat.

However, how could Seimei let him leave easily?

Although he had almost given up the idea of capturing the opponent alive before, now that there was a slight chance, he still wanted to try again.

So, he ignored Yukikaze and rushed straight towards Kisame Hoshigaki.

Kisame Hoshigaki originally wanted to retreat directly, but when he saw the surviving Kirigakure ninjas on the periphery, he finally decided to stay and hold Seimei back for a while to buy time for their retreat.

Kisame Hoshigaki was such a contradictory person. In order to complete the mission, he could sacrifice his companions without hesitation.

But at the same time, for the sake of his companions, he could also put himself in danger.

This was the complexity of human nature.

Clang, clang, clang~

The battle broke out again.

This time, without Yukikaze's help, Kisame Hoshigaki's pressure obviously increased.

However, that was all.

With Kisame Hoshigaki's strength, although he was not Seimei's opponent in close combat, it was not possible for Seimei to completely defeat or kill him.

Especially after the opponent gave up attacking and focused on defense, his chances were even smaller.

Five minutes later, Seimei left two wounds on Kisame Hoshigaki with his exquisite swordsmanship, but these wounds were not deep and did not severely injure the opponent.

At the same time, seeing that the surviving Kirigakure ninjas at the back had gotten rid of the entanglement of the Konoha ninjas and were retreating with Yukikaze, Kisame Hoshigaki finally stopped staying and began to find a way to leave.

However, it was easy to stay, but difficult to leave.

As soon as the opponent showed this intention, Seimei noticed it.

So, he immediately strengthened his offensive, not giving the opponent any chance to leave the battlefield.

At the same time, those surviving Konoha ninjas also began to gather here.

Glancing at these people from the corner of his eye, Kisame Hoshigaki knew that he couldn't continue to entangle like this.

The strength of these people might not be very good, but they could still hold him back for a while.

In this way, once these people joined in, and Seimei seized the opportunity to attack from the side, his danger would be greatly increased.

With this in mind, Kisame Hoshigaki gritted his teeth, seized the opportunity, and at the cost of getting slashed in the chest, forcibly distanced himself from Seimei.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly formed seals and used his signature ninjutsu - Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave!

The next moment, a large amount of water spewed out from his mouth, like a celestial river pouring down, forming a huge wave, rushing straight towards Seimei.

Seimei reacted quickly and plunged into the seawater.

Then, he directly opened the Mangekyo Sharingan, used 'Amenotejikara', ignored the impact of the surrounding seawater, and quickly came to Kisame Hoshigaki's feet.

With a thought, he released 'Amenotejikara', emerged from the water, and closed the Mangekyo Sharingan at the same time, then stabbed out with his saber.

Puchi~

The long saber pierced straight through Kisame Hoshigaki's back.

However, no blood flowed out, only the "tick, tick" sound of seawater falling.

Boom~

Kisame Hoshigaki's body exploded and turned into a pool of seawater.

Seimei retracted his long saber and turned his head to look not far away, and saw a shark appear and swallow Kisame Hoshigaki in one bite.

Then, the shark quickly disappeared from his sight.

(End of this chapter)