Naruto: Kushina's Redemption, My Revenge

Chinya deliberately confronted the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja.

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja could be considered the strongest ninja currently in the Hidden Hot Water Village—even among the Cloud Ninjas.

Although many ninjas were stationed in the Hidden Hot Water Village, the core ninjas from the Cloud Village weren't among them.

Compared to other Cloud Village strongholds, the Hidden Hot Water Village was regarded as a relatively safe base.

After all, the Cloud Ninjas never imagined the Leaf Ninja would target the Hidden Hot Water Village instead of other bases.

Therefore, although there were many Cloud Ninjas inside the Hidden Hot Water Village, most of them were Chunin and Genin, with Jonin only making up part of their numbers.

Not a single elite Jonin was present.

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja glared furiously at Chinya. Without wasting time on unnecessary words or gestures, he immediately began forming hand seals with both hands.

[Water Release: Water Shard!]

With his palms aimed at Chinya, the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja fired numerous water bullets toward him.

Chinya quickly dodged.

The water bullets pierced deeply into the ground, releasing tremendous power.

Chinya hurled several kunai knives at the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja, each fitted with an explosive tag.

When the tags exploded, a massive cloud of dust engulfed the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja.

[Earth Release: Stone Pillar Prison!]

From within the dust, Chinya conjured earthen pillars that formed a cage, attempting to trap the Leader.

[Water Release: Trumpet Blast Technique!]

Before the stone pillars could form, the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja had already leapt high into the air. He expelled a powerful jet of water resembling a trumpet bell, smashing the pillars and surging straight toward Chinya.

[Earth Release! Earth Flow Wall!]

Chinya erected an earthen wall to block the rushing water current.

Then, Chinya pointed his ninja sword at the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja who was still in midair.

[Thunder Breathing's Fifth Form – Heat Thunder Realm!]

Chinya unleashed a heat-infused slash shaped like a bolt of lightning, striking upward toward the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja in midair.

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja's eyes narrowed slightly.

Before stepping onto the battlefield, he had been closely observing Chinya all along.

So he already understood every technique Chinya had used.

This particular technique released extremely rapid electricity.

Just before the lightning-shaped slash reached him, the Leader completed his hand seal.

[Wind Release! Wind Slash Technique!]

The Leader clapped both hands together, turning the wind into blades that sliced through the incoming Heat Thunder Realm.

A shadow passed across Chinya's face.

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja not only knew Water Release techniques but also Wind Release techniques.

Moreover, his speed while forming Wind Release hand seals was clearly faster than when using Water Release.

So he was even more proficient in Wind Release techniques...

If that was the case, then—

[Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!]

After completing the seals, Chinya released a straight line of fire. The flames shot forth at high speed toward the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja.

At the moment the flames hit, the Leader was enveloped in smoke.

The smoke scattered after being blown away—the Leader was gone, replaced by a burning log.

It was the Substitution Jutsu.

Chinya's Sharingan spun rapidly as he desperately searched for any sign of the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja.

Suddenly—

A kunai knife shot directly toward Chinya.

[Wind Release: Gale Palm!]

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja, hidden in the shadows, brought his palms together with a sharp clap, compressing the air and unleashing a violent gale. The kunai suddenly accelerated toward Chinya.

Chinya immediately used the Shifting Body Technique to dodge the flying blades.

As soon as he landed on the ground,

[Thunder Breathing, Fourth Form: Distant Thunder!]

Lightning erupted from Chinya's body as he burst forward in a flash, hurtling straight toward where the kunai had come from.

Chinya's Sharingan locked onto the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja standing on a tree trunk. As he closed in, he swung his blade in a high-speed slash toward the enemy.

However, when struck, the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja's body suddenly transformed into a puddle of water.

At the same time, his voice came again from a distance.

[Water Release! Water Prison Technique!]

The water formed from the water clone took shape into a spherical cage that trapped Chinya inside.

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja glared hatefully at Chinya trapped within the water prison, holding a kunai in his hand as he whispered, "It's over!"

When the Leader thrust the kunai toward Chinya inside the prison, Chinya raised his ninja sword across his chest.

[Thunder Breathing, Sixth Form - Electric Roar!]

Chinya released lightning-shaped slashes in all directions, shattering the water prison and quickly retreating backward to create distance between himself and the enemy leader.

The Leader frowned slightly, muttering, "Nin-Taijutsu combined with Lightning Release without forming hand seals? Really troublesome."

If Chinya had needed to make hand seals while inside the water prison, the Leader would've had plenty of time to kill him right in the middle of casting.

But without the need for hand seals, there was no way for the Leader to determine when Chinya would activate his technique.

The Leader looked at Chinya with a complex expression.

"So young yet already possessing the strength of an Jonin? Konoha sure has a lot of geniuses..."

In his heart, the Leader felt extremely frustrated—why were all the geniuses coming from the big ninja villages? A small village like theirs could barely celebrate producing even one genius.

Just here alone, the Leader had already encountered four prodigies from Konoha.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya go without saying.

Chinya before him was definitely another genius.

Then there was also that blond kid—even though slightly inferior to this black-haired boy, he still outperformed everyone else by far and was undeniably another genius.

Especially Chinya right in front of him made the Leader feel jealous beyond words.

So young and yet already mastered Lightning, Fire, Water, and Earth natures, along with the Sharingan—one of the Three Great Dojutsu—and reached the power level of a Jonin.

How great it would be if such a talent belonged to Hidden Hot Water Village instead.

If only the Hidden Hot Water Village could produce someone even close to Sanshouo Hanzo from Amegakure, then they wouldn't have to rely so much on others during this war.

During the Second Great Ninja War, Amegakure became the battlefield for the five great nations, constantly caught in chaos and war—but having someone like Sanshouo Hanzo enabled Ame to survive continuously.

It clearly showed just how crucial it was for a village to have a powerful ninja.

Chinya's Sharingan stared coldly at the enemy Leader.

He'd almost walked right into that one.

The kunai shot by the Leader was intentionally aimed so Chinya would detect the location of his water clone.

A moment after Chinya shattered the water clone, the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja immediately trapped him using the Water Prison Technique.

Chinya launched another attack.

[Water Release – Water Dragon Blast Jutsu!]

He summoned a massive water dragon from the nearby water and sent it crashing toward the Leader of the Hot Water Ninja.

[Water Release – Water Dragon Blast Jutsu!]

The leader refused to back down and countered with his own water dragon.

Chinya smirked slightly, aiming his Ninja Sword at his water dragon.

[Thunder Breathing's Fifth Form – Heat Thunder Realm!]

Chinya unleashed intense heat and lightning onto his water dragon.

Instantly, his water dragon became electrified. Upon impact with the Leader's water dragon, both exploded violently.

Countless droplets poured down from the sky like rain.

The Leader of the Hot Water Ninja felt a sudden surge of alarm.

For every drop was charged with lightning, and with no cover in sight, there was nowhere to escape.

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