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"A distress signal?"

Yuri was somewhat taken aback: "Is it a full moon?"

"It's definitely our team's special rescue signal."

Night frowned slightly and looked at Yukiko.

Yukiko understood immediately and activated her red eye, looking in the direction where the signal flare exploded.

The flare exploded not far from them, still within Red Eyes' field of vision.

But with just one glance, Yukiko's pretty face was filled with shock.

"Wow, what terrifying chakra!"

"This level of chakra is simply monstrous..."

Yukiko's face showed horror: "Even the seven ninja swords cannot compare to this. The strength of this chakra is even comparable to that of the Mizukage!"

"what?!"

Fine beads of cold sweat appeared on Yukiko's forehead. The strength of the person who fought Mangetsu was completely beyond her expectations.

Faced with such an enemy, Man Yue cannot withstand it!

"It seems we've encountered a formidable enemy."

Night murmured, then spoke in a deep voice: "Yuri, Yukiko, Yumi, the plan has changed. The three of you will take your respective groups and head to Tsunan Town to meet up with Lord Yagura."

"But Lord Ye..."

"call out!"

Before Yuri and the others could speak, Night's figure had already vanished, disappearing in an instant.

Seeing this, Yu Yuli and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Damn it, Lord Ye must have gone to rescue that idiot Man Yue!" Yu Yuri said, her face full of annoyance. "He can't even deliver a proper intelligence report, what a useless piece of trash!"

However, Yuri also knew that this was not Mangetsu's fault.

Encountering a monster comparable to a water shadow, escape is impossible; the only outcome is death in battle.

People from the Village of Blood Mist cannot fear death, but Full Moon possesses the 'details of the Konoha frontline troop allocation' that Night had just intercepted.

He had to bring back something that could influence the course of the battle before he could release a distress signal flare.

But Yuri didn't want to concern herself with these messy reasons. Now it was Yoru-sama's turn to face that monster comparable to the Mizukage. If they were in danger, it would be Yoru-sama who was in trouble!

“We should go help too… No, we can’t.”

Yuri took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

Faced with such a monster, the group of them would be of no use. Yukiko was a reconnaissance and support type ninja, and although Yumi had mastered a certain degree of sealing techniques, she was ultimately a medical ninja. The only one with combat ability was her.

But if she goes there, how much help can she bring to the night and the full moon?

It's just a burden!

Calm thoughts raced through Ringo Yuri's mind, and in an instant, she made up her mind.

"It's not far from here to Tsunan Town. If we go at full speed, it will only take about ten minutes! Let's go to Tsunan Town and meet up with Lord Yagura first, so that Lord Yagura can go and support Lord Yoru!"

"it is good!"

Yukiko and Yumi exchanged a glance and nodded solemnly. In an instant, they all activated their Body Flicker Technique and disappeared from the spot.

……

The other end.

Just as Yoru was about to deliver the details of the Konoha frontline troop deployment to Yagura's Mangetsu, following Yoru's orders, he was suddenly faced with an extremely serious crisis.

Just as he was heading towards Jinan Town, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes behind him.

The next moment, countless swarms of insects flew out of the bushes like a whirlwind and attacked the full moon!

"Secret Technique: Insect Tornado!"

The sound of the insect swarm's wings fluttering gave the full moon some room to react.

The moment the swarm attacked, Full Moon's form transformed into a puddle of water, escaping the swarm's assault.

But before the full moon could solidify again, the indifferent voice emanated from the bushes once more, and swarms of insects, like locusts in flight, surged out and flew toward the full moon.

"Secret Technique: Parasitic Bugs!"

"From the Aburame clan, huh?"

A solemn look appeared in Man Yue's eyes.

The Hozuki clan's water transformation technique is extremely powerful. This secret technique can turn the user's body into a liquid state, making them almost completely immune to physical attacks.

Its weakness is lightning ninjutsu; the paralyzing effect of lightning ninjutsu prevents it from fully liquefying. However, it can also be quite difficult to deal with some secret techniques.

Clearly, the Aburame clan before him was a source of great trouble for Mangetsu.

The parasitic insects of the Aburame clan can devour all of an opponent's chakra.

These creatures that feed on chakra are natural enemies of the Water Transformation Technique, since without chakra, the Water Transformation Technique naturally becomes ineffective.

However, the full moon is not a motionless, defenseless target.

In the instant the overwhelming swarm of parasitic insects attacked, his palm clenched tightly, and then his entire arm suddenly swelled up. At the same time, his body soared high into the air, his fist clenched, and he slammed it out!

"Heroic Water Arm - Water Iron Cannon Fist!"

In an instant.

A surging column of water suddenly erupted from Full Moon's fist, like a cannonball, and blasted towards the swarm of insects.

The swarm of insects had no time to dodge and were directly blasted apart by the Water Bubble Iron Fist.

But the next moment, Man Yue suddenly found herself bound by an unknown force, unable to move at all.

Suddenly, a dark shadow emerged from beneath Man Yue's feet and extended into the bushes.

As the dark figure connected, several figures slowly emerged from the bushes.

Along with that, a deep voice was heard.

"Shadow Imitation Technique".

"success!"

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"This is... the shadow imitation technique of the Nara clan of Konoha?!"

As the shadows connected, Man Yue's body began to spiral out of control, and several figures emerged one after another from the bushes in front of her.

As she gazed at the several figures that were almost identical to those on the kill list of the Hidden Mist Assassination Squad, Full Moon's heart sank.

"Shiki Aburame of the Aburame clan, Shikaku Nara of the Nara clan, Inoichi Yamanaka of the Yamanaka clan, and this robust size... Choza Akimichi of the Akimichi clan."

"The entire current generation of Konoha's Ino-Shika-Cho trio is here, and the others are all top-tier Jonin..."

Hozuki Mangetsu's gaze swept lightly across the faces of the people in front of him, finally settling on the wild white-haired figure who was the last to step out.

My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, is now completely dead.

"The Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya the Mad Demon..."

Man Yue never expected that simply delivering intelligence would lead to her encountering a group of Konoha Jonin who had withdrawn from the Iwagakure battlefield to support the Kirigakure battlefield.

Such luck is truly baffling; one can't tell whether it's exceptionally fortunate or exceptionally unlucky.

"This uniform must belong to the Kirigakure assassination squad. Since they dared to cross the front line and penetrate deep into the heartland, it seems that Kirigakure has some significant plans."

Jiraiya's gaze lingered briefly on Hozuki Mangetsu before turning to Yamanaka Inoichi beside him: "Inoichi, it's up to you now."

"Ah."

Yamanaka Inoichi nodded and walked up to the full moon.

"Ninja Technique! Mind Reading Technique!"

Almost the instant that Yamanaka Inoichi used his mind-reading technique, Mangetsu's body suddenly turned into a pool of clear water and scattered, forcibly breaking free from the restraints of the Shadow Imitation Technique.

The scattered water droplets instantly coalesced again, and the liquid, like bullets, burst from Mangetsu's hand, blasting towards Yamanaka Inoichi's head!

"careful!"

"The technique of messing up the lion's hair!"

Just as the water cannon was about to blast Yamanaka Inoichi's head, a tuft of long white hair suddenly appeared, grabbed Yamanaka Inoichi by the waist, and pulled him backward.

The liquid, like a bullet, grazed almost to the scalp of Haiyi before landing on a tree trunk behind him, easily shattering it.

Having missed her target, Full Moon pouted and tried to escape, only to find there was nowhere to run.

The moment he made his move, all the empty spaces around him were completely sealed off by the Jonin of Konoha.

Unless he possesses a technique like the Flying Thunder God Technique (Konoha's Yellow Flash) or a technique like the Instant Step (Yoru), he has no chance of escaping this encirclement.

"so close!"

After surviving the ordeal, Yamanaka Inoichi stared at the tree trunk that had been completely pierced and shattered, his gaze heavy with grief.

"Water Gun Technique, and Water Transformation Technique... Lord Jiraiya, this guy is from the Hozuki clan!"

"Ah, it seems we've caught a really big fish."

Jiraiya's expression was serious.

The Hozuki clan holds an extremely special position in Kirigakure, much like the Senju clan in Konoha, and is the absolute core of Kirigakure.

Even though Kirigakure now operates under a bloody mist environment, the Hozuki clan remains the absolute elite of the village, with each member holding an important position or a high rank.

In this situation, the appearance of a member of the Hozuki clan in the heart of the Land of Fire was something that Jiraiya had to take seriously.

"Water escape……"

"Oh!"

As soon as Mangetsu mobilized his chakra, Jiraiya in front of him vanished instantly.

With a loud bang, Hozuki Mangetsu's upper body was blasted into water.

Watery liquid was everywhere.

Jiraiya twisted his body and delivered a powerful elbow strike to Hozuki Mangetsu's shoulder.

"Kacha!"

Broken bones.

"How can it be?!"

With just one collision, Hozuki Mangetsu felt his right side completely lose sensation. Under the immense force, he was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily into a tree stump and spitting out blood.

Intense pain came from his back and right side, but what made Hozuki Mangetsu even more alarmed was that his water transformation technique had failed.

Is it an insect...?

Hozuki Mangetsu raised his head slightly and, sure enough, discovered that Jiraiya's arm was covered with a layer of fine parasitic worms.

By using parasitic insects to absorb surface chakra, he forcibly disabled his water transformation technique...

In just one exchange, his water transformation technique was broken. Is this the strength of the Konoha Jonin and the Sannin?!

"It seems like we're doomed..."

"No, what's in my head, and the scroll Lord Ye gave me..."

I cannot die yet. Even if I cannot bring the scroll back, I absolutely cannot die in front of the mountain tribe!

Moreover, the information about these guys coming to the Fog Shadow Battlefield must also be spread!

Hozuki Mangetsu took a deep breath and forced himself to stand up.

As his cheeks puffed out, he grabbed a thin thread from the front of his vest with his left hand, and a signal flare soared into the sky.

"Still want to struggle?"

Jiraiya appeared in front of Mangetsu in an instant, but at that moment, a wave of water suddenly appeared around Mangetsu, enveloping his entire body.