Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 248 Lava Escape

"Oh! I never expected that the Konoha ninjas, who uphold the 'Will of Fire,' would have such sentiments. It's quite surprising~"

Since Kaito, that idiot, had been rescued by his own companion, Mei Terumi didn't mind chatting with him for a bit.

It's also a good way to relax my tired body.

The opponent's taijutsu was really troublesome. Not only was he strong, but the ninja sword in his hand also made it difficult for me to deal with him carefully every time he swung it.

"Teammates? Of course I have some too~"

"It's just a pity they're not here!"

Of the clansmen who came to the Water Kingdom camp this time, only Shisui's group was present. However, their main task was to protect the clan's "future," so they naturally didn't accompany him.

And then there's Orochimaru, the boss, who perfectly embodies the characteristics of a capitalist, not providing him with any teammates, but letting him act alone.

He can't even give up if he wants to!

In a battlefield where it's a matter of life and death, to give up? You're practically asking for it!

What frustrated him even more was that, just when he was carefully hiding his presence, he never expected to run into Mei Terumi, who was also hiding her tracks.

Of course, unlike Toshiro's pure slacking off, Mei Terumi intends to find a suitable target for a fatal blow.

"Hmm! It seems your companion is quite impatient!"

Seeing the white mist rising from the ninja sword, Toshiro, who had originally planned to coast along, had no choice but to start dealing with the opponent's attacks.

Along with the icy mist rising from the sword, so too did the ground where Toshiro stood. Large swaths of icy mist also rose from it.

"Is this a plan to use temperature to restrict my mobility?"

"How naive!"

Feeling the biting cold in his hands and the frigid temperature under his feet, Toshiro observed the situation with his Sharingan and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Uchiha Flame Dance"

As his chakra erupted, intense flames began to burn on the ninja sword in his hand.

He swung his arm.

call!call!call!

A flaming whip, nearly 20 meters long and almost two meters in diameter, materialized from Toshiro's ninja sword.

It was as if what Toshiro held in his hand was not a ninja sword at all, but a long serpent of fire, which was writhing and dancing in the air, choosing its prey as Toshiro moved his arm.

The bright flames it emitted, and the whooshing sound it made when burning intensely, completely drowned out the sound of its friction with the air.

"This guy is really over the top. No wonder the Underworld Society summoned the two of us to deal with him!"

Watching the long, undulating serpent of flame, watching the opponent coil up to block all of his attack angles, while simultaneously breaking the ninjutsu that restricted his speed.

Shimizu finally understood why Mei Terumi, known as a genius girl who had mastered both Boil Release and Lava Release, had summoned him and Kaito.

"Now, it's my turn. Be careful, or you really could die!"

With a direct swing of his arm, the flaming whip, created through his precise chakra control and superb fire-attribute chakra nature transformation, lunged directly at Kaguya Kaito, who had just struggled out of the genjutsu.

As expected of a ninja with the same Otsutsuki bloodline, the opponent was able to recover his mobility so quickly after being hit by my attack "Illusionary Shiranui".

Should we say the other party is mentally resilient, or should we say the other party is a wild beast that acts on its own instincts?

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique

Before Toshiro could launch his attack, a water dragon of comparable size rose up beside Kaguya Kaito, who specialized in hand-to-hand combat, blocking Toshiro's attack.

"It's not that easy!"

Unlike ninjutsu that is directly activated with chakra and whose power is basically fixed after the technique is completed, Toshiro's Flame Dance can continuously change its power as his chakra inputs.

"Go around!"

As Toshiro moved, the entire fiery whip suddenly expanded, its length increasing from about 20 meters to nearly 40 meters.

Like a monstrous python hunting, it meandered and coiled, trying to envelop Kaguya Kaito entirely within its body.

By then, even the hard bones made from corpse bone veins would be unable to withstand the scorching heat of the monstrous python.

"Lava Escape: The Great River of Lava"

Seeing her companion in danger, Mei Terumi immediately mobilized her chakra to create a large-scale river of lava, which rushed towards Toshiro, who was casting a spell to control the flaming whip in his hand.

"What a pity!"

Faced with such a massive river of lava, Toshiro had no choice but to stop casting his spell, allowing the fiery serpent to dissipate into the air.

This technique, while incredibly powerful, has a weakness as obvious as its strength: it requires him to be completely focused on controlling the flames.

Once he loses focus, these exploding flames will be out of his control.

He was struck by how difficult it was to develop new ninjutsu.

"Kaito! You guard against their close-range attacks, Shimizu and I will use ninjutsu!"

After using this ninjutsu, Mei Terumi did not naively believe that her wide-range ninjutsu would be enough to defeat the bastard on the other side.

Instead, he went to his companions' side, intending to use their numerical advantage to defeat them by directly engaging in ninjutsu combat.

This was her initial plan, but she didn't expect her companion to be so impatient and attack the other side directly.

"Let's begin, Shimizu~"

Mei Terumi gestured to her companions and began forming hand seals. With two ninjas skilled in ninjutsu on their side, attacking just one enemy was an advantage no matter what.

"Lava Escape - Lava Tsunami"

Using the lava river she had just created, Mei Terumi directly created wave after wave of lava tsunamis that attacked Toshiro.

Meanwhile, her companion, a member of the Snow Clan named Shimizu, was also busy and used her own methods.

"Water Release: Shigure"

"Ice Release: Frosty Thorns"

Using Water Release ninjutsu, he created a small area of ​​rain. Before the raindrops could fall onto the lava, he used his bloodline limit to transform them into crystal-clear ice spikes, which he then fired at Toshiro.

While the power of a single Ice Release ice spike isn't particularly great, once the number reaches a certain limit, even Toshiro can't completely ignore this ninjutsu.

Especially since both of these ninjutsu are large-scale offensive ninjutsu, he needs to be even more careful in dealing with them.

(End of this chapter)