Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 47 Encounter Battle

The sky was overcast.

A small black bird descended from the sky, fluttering its wings and landing on Lu Nie's finger. It gently pecked at his fingertip twice with its beak, then flapped its wings and, with Lu Nie's flick of his wrist, took flight once more.

"Someone's coming!" Lu Nie suddenly gestured.

Shisui and Hongdou, who were traveling alongside Lu Nie, immediately dispersed and concealed themselves among the leaves of the trees.

Shisui and Anko were already quite used to Shinobu's bird control technique. If possible, Shisui could also achieve the same effect using his Sharingan, though there would be a difference in communication and intelligence gathering.

……

"There are several chakra reactions ahead." A squad of four bronze-skinned ninjas wearing Cloud Village headbands were hurrying along, stepping on tree branches. One of the Cloud ninjas, who was forming hand seals, seemed to sense something and reminded his captain.

"A Konoha ninja?" Upon hearing this, the ninja leading the group at the front did not stop. Instead, he stomped his feet and increased his speed.

Given the speed at which ninjas travel, the two sides barely had to wait before they spotted each other approaching.

"Those brats from Konoha?" The leader of the Cloud Ninjas, seeing the triangular formation protecting them, revealed a cruel smile.

He slowly drew the long sword from his back, its tip pointing directly at Shika Nie and his two companions, and sneered, "I thought I'd run into Konoha's Jonin, but it's just three brats!"

Although they made an attack stance, the leader of the Cloud Ninjas did not make a move immediately, but instead glanced at the sensory ninjas beside him.

He only felt relieved after seeing the sensory ninja shake his head at him. He was now certain that they had only encountered this one three-person team.

"Judging by your nervous expressions, is this your first time on the battlefield? Well then, let me teach you a lesson, at the cost of your lives!"

The leader of the Cloud Ninja Squad said coldly, his killing intent emanating from his body in an instant. He lightly stepped on the ground and vanished from his spot in a flash.

The next moment, the vanished Cloud Ninja reappeared before Lu Nie's eyes in a flash, the tip of his blade crackling with electricity as he pierced Lu Nie's chest, who was unable to dodge in time.

The Cloud Ninja Captain, who had just finished off one of them, did not show much joy on his face, because he felt that the sensation transmitted back after his blade pierced the other's body was completely different from the sensation he usually felt when he cut someone.

It was like piercing into nothingness.

not good!

As the Cloud Ninja Captain tried to break free, a powerful grip suddenly came from the blade, tightening around it. The next second, he felt his ankle being pierced by a sharp knife.

He looked down in shock and saw Lu Nie emerging from the darkness, holding a short knife that was now wedged into his leg muscle.

"Damn it!" Captain Yun Ren roared, and his entire body suddenly transformed into a blinding humanoid bolt of lightning, exploding in front of Lu Nie.

The stray bolts of electricity spread along the ground and outwards, causing multiple instances of paralysis damage to all creatures within their range.

Lightning Release: Lightning Ball.

A ball of crackling lightning descended from the sky, landing directly on the spot where Lu Nie and the other two had been standing. The power of the lightning instantly blasted a large crater in the ground, creating an extremely hot surface.

The Cloud Ninja Captain, who used his lightning clone as the first probe of the attack, released a ball of lightning and landed in his team from mid-air.

"There are still enemies!"

Before the Cloud Ninja Captain could speak, the Cloud Ninja squad's sensory ninja suddenly changed his expression, giving a warning while instantly dodging.

A blazing pillar of fire, like a fire dragon, burst forth from one direction amidst a gale, almost perfectly timed to engulf three of the four Cloud Ninja in its fiery attack.

The Cloud Ninja Captain, who was in the lead, reacted extremely quickly by forming hand seals, leaning forward, and spraying out a swirling curtain of water that collided with the fire dragon.

Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!

The collision of high temperature and water flow instantly created a mist-like vapor that spread with the heat.

Having blocked the sudden fire-style attack, the four Cloud Ninja seized the opportunity to instantly escape from their original location.

The Cloud Ninja with sensory abilities seemed to have noticed something while dodging, and suddenly turned his head to look in a certain direction. What came into his eyes was a pair of blood-red pupils.

Damn!

It's the Uchiha!

As one of the Five Great Nations, the Land of Lightning, Kumogakure was not ignorant of the Sharingan, having only heard of it. He instinctively tried to close his eyes, but it was too late.

His mind was unconsciously drawn into the illusion.

The next moment, blood splattered through the air. The Cloud Ninja, regaining consciousness from the excruciating pain, clutched his slashed throat and plummeted to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Uchiha!" The Cloud Ninja Captain also saw Uchiha Shisui's signature blood-red eyes. He hadn't expected to encounter an Uchiha here!

According to intelligence, the Uchiha clans typically operate in teams of Uchiha members and rarely leave the village to take on missions. Encountering a Sharingan-wielding Uchiha while on a mission outside the village is extremely rare.

The Cloud Ninja Captain's body crackled with electricity in an instant, stimulating his cells and making him suddenly faster. He appeared behind Shisui in a flash, avoiding the Sharingan that was aimed directly at him.

"Die!" The Cloud Ninja Captain, whose body was crackling with fine electricity, swung his arm behind Shisui, his long sword slicing through the air and slashing towards Shisui's neck.

The blade smoothly slit Shisui's neck, but the momentary loss of balance and the sight of countless black crows flying in front of him caused the Cloud Ninja Captain's pupils to shrink.

Illusion!

When!

Just as the Cloud Ninja Captain was trying to find a way to break the illusion, his body seemed to be frozen in place and he lost control.

A layer of blackness enveloped his shadow, then began to climb up his body.

"What is this...?" After regaining consciousness, the Cloud Ninja Captain looked at the dense black branches covering his body. In terror, he was unable to control himself, like a puppet being manipulated. In a flash, he returned to the side of the two surviving team members.

Pfft!

Pfft!

The sound of blades slicing through flesh rang out one after another. The two Cloud Ninjas, who had been suddenly attacked by their superior, still had an expression of disbelief on their faces. They did not understand why their superior had suddenly attacked them, and they fell to the ground with questions in their minds.

The next second, under the horrified gaze of the last Cloud Ninja, Shisui's blade pierced his throat, and blood splattered from the back of his neck.

(End of this chapter)