"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!" The Female Ninja's head emerged from the mud, and she continuously spat out several wind-style Chakra orbs in Ino's direction.
Oh? This person can also use Wind Release? Was she hiding underground with Earth Release before?
Ino quickly formed hand seals and once again used Wind Release: Pressure Damage.
The opponent cast her Jutsu first, but her hand seal speed was noticeably slower than Ino's, and both Wind Release Ninjutsu were unleashed simultaneously.
Ninjutsu of the same attribute can cancel each other out. Kakashi's Lightning Blade once canceled Kakuzu's Lightning Release: False Darkness, but the prerequisite is that the Jutsu's level and the caster's level must be similar.
Ino used a B-Ranked Wind Release, while Fu Bu used a C-Ranked Wind Release. Pressure Damage instantly shredded the Drilling Air Bullet and slashed down at the muddy area where Fu Bu was hiding. Wind blades raged for over ten seconds, crisscrossing everywhere, after which she manipulated wind-attribute Chakra to form a whirlwind and cut two more circles clockwise downwards.
Mud flew high, shattered rocks scattered, and blood arrows and minced flesh also shot into the sky.
Ino sensed again, and to her surprise, the opponent was still not dead.
What the hell?! Is this Hidan in women's clothing?
Such an unknown Female Ninja was truly too surprising to her.
Lacking information, Ino immediately chose to retreat.
She used the Hidden Mist Technique to obscure vision, then hid in the shadows, occasionally using C-Ranked Ninjutsu and Ninjutsu tools like Shuriken to probe Fu Bu, seizing the opportunity to gather information.
What followed was rather bizarre. After Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet, Fu Bu successively used Water Release: Evil Mouth, Earth Release: Stone Pillar Spear, Fire Release: Phoenix Flower, and Lightning Release: Ground Current.
Although her casting speed was not fast, and there was a clear transition time each time she used a new Ninjutsu, in total, Fu Bu did indeed use five-attribute Ninjutsu.
One must know that Ino, who uses Water, Earth, and Wind Chakra attributes, is already called a genius Ninja of Konoha's younger generation.
Due to the relationship of attribute generation and counteraction, the difficulty of developing her Fire and Lightning Chakra attributes is extremely high, which is also the norm for many Ninja; this is a normal phenomenon.
Many Kage-level powerhouses only develop four attributes.
Those like the Third Hokage, Orochimaru, and Kakashi, who possess all five attributes, are absolutely rare.
Is this woman also a super genius with five Chakra attributes?
As the battle time extended, Ino gradually understood the woman's information.
She wasn't a five-attribute genius at all, but rather had five types of attribute Chakra stored within her body, and had to switch whenever she used a Ninjutsu of a new attribute.
Fu Bu's body was like mud, capable of arbitrary transformation, but she still had her true body.
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!" Ino quickly formed hand seals.
A silver water line instantly cut through the woman's long hair, revealing densely tangled blood vessels beneath her hair, enough to trigger trypophobia. These were her true body.
Fu Bu's body instantly became incredibly aged, and then her entire being turned into rotten mud. Only her hair and those blood vessels were still rapidly contracting, attempting to save her The life that is about to be lost (imminent loss of life) in this manner.
Sasori-sama, or Sasori-nii-san, as Deidara called him, transformed himself into a human puppet, retaining only a Chakra-using heart. This current person was similar. She somehow transformed herself into a hair spirit-like entity using some Secret Technique.
Ino overturned her previous hypothesis of Hidan in women's clothing; this fellow was clearly a shrunken version of Kakuzu and Hidan combined, then dressed in women's clothing.
"How pathetic." Ino didn't have Fire Release Ninjutsu. She spat out oil, then lit it, burning the hair spirit Fu Bu to death.
The Wind Release, Water Release, and subsequent Hidden Mist Technique startled Tan Go in the distance.
This Grand Commissioner had no intention of sending reinforcements to Fu Bu. He ordered his only Ninja to carry him and run.
They hadn't run far when a Kunai flying from behind pierced the Ninja's calf. Carrying Tan Go, he tumbled down the mountainside like a rolling gourd.
Tan Go, with a bloody head, took a long time to regain consciousness. A rather aged voice spoke to him: "Lord Tan Go, long time no see."
Tan Go struggled to open his eyes, seeing the few people in front of him, especially the old man leading them. He was greatly startled and also thought of his predicament.
"Danzo?! Are you mad?! You're committing treason!"
"Danzo" was expressionless: "Treason? You were the ones who betrayed Konoha Village first, weren't you?"
Although he felt that this tone was a bit different from Danzo's usual, in a life-or-death situation, Tan Go didn't pay much attention to such details. He was a hawk of the Daimyo faction, and Danzo was a hawk of the Ninja faction. The hardliners of the two camps had rarely spoken to each other.
"Do you want to provoke an all-out war between the Ninja and the Daimyo?" Tan Go seemed very confident, believing that the other party wouldn't dare do anything to him.
"Danzo" smiled sinisterly: "There are no Ninja here. You were attacked by mountain bandits. It's a pity that the Grand Commissioner was killed by mountain bandits. Konoha Village will definitely avenge you."
Realizing that he was doomed today, Tan Go steeled himself: "Konoha Village? Do you still know you're a Village? The land beneath your feet is the Land of Fire! It was the Lord of the Land of Fire who took in you homeless dogs, you freaks! The Daimyo is the true master, and you are nothing but lowly servants—"
Ino read intense hatred from Tan Go's brain, as well as many plans to overthrow Konoha Village. The reason they hadn't been implemented was entirely due to the imbalance in military power between the two sides.
This guy hated Ninja, and keeping him alive would only lead to endless trouble.
Ino had no intention of kneeling to lick the Daimyo's shoes, nor did she want to betray the Ninja class. Since the conflict was irreconcilable, she could only eliminate the person who carried this conflict.
"Danzo" personally acted, not using a Kunai, but like many mountain bandits, used a long sword to cut Tan Go's throat.
This richly dressed Grand Commissioner clutched his throat, his eyes full of venom, seemingly wanting to clearly remember the face of his enemy.
It wasn't until the Grand Commissioner completely breathed his last that "Danzo" and his subordinates turned and left.
The Ninja in the distance, who had been injured by the Kunai, had only fainted from the fall and was not dead. After "Danzo" and the others left, he shakily crawled out.
Seeing Tan Go's corpse, he was terrified.
Failing to protect him and returning with Tan Go's corpse would surely result in severe punishment, but if he ran away, wouldn't the blame fall on him? This Ninja deliberated repeatedly and decided to carry Tan Go's corpse back to the Land of Fire.
At the same time, he firmly remembered the name Danzo. A Ninja from a small Village like him didn't know Danzo at all, nor had he heard the name, but he had heard the conversation between Tan Go and "Danzo." He might not know, but Lord Tan Go wouldn't be mistaken, would he? There was only one truth: the killer was this Danzo!
On the other side, Ino cleaned up the traces at the scene. The hair spirit had already burned to ashes, and the Ninja who had been hit by the Mind Body Switch Technique had his brain crushed by her, making it impossible for even the Yamanaka Clan to continue the investigation.
Even so, she still used Earth Release to turn over the scene.
Earth Release is absolutely a brilliant Ninjutsu for destroying bodies and traces. With one flip and roll of the earth, even if Conan, Heiji, and Shuichi Akai were tied together, they wouldn't find any clues.
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