Water Style: Super Big Exploding Water Wave.
Releases a huge amount of water, covering the enemy in a super large water ball. No matter which direction the enemy moves, the water ball will follow.
It's a natural counter to enemies like Linto who are good at fighting up close.
This is a tactic that Biwa Juzo learned from a kid named Hoshigaki Kisame while drinking one time.
Of course, such a large-scale Ninjutsu uses up a lot of Chakra. For Biwa Juzo, keeping it going for about ten minutes would be his limit.
Trying to drown someone like Linto, who is good at breathing techniques, in ten minutes is like a fantasy.
But there's also Kurosuki Raiga.
Lightning flashes and falls into the giant water ball.
Linto, trapped in the center, feels a burning sensation all over his skin.
If he didn't have a layer of Ripple power on his skin, blocking the electricity from reaching his organs, he might already be having heart spasms and full-body paralysis.
"What should I do?"
Linto clenches his fists. The last breath he took before entering the water is held in his chest. He adjusts the Ripple's frequency.
The greenish-blue Ripple that controls water is released from his hands.
The smooth water flow starts to shake strangely.
"Damn it! What is this power?!"
Biwa Juzo, who's controlling the water ball from the outside, spits out blood and yells at Kurosuki Raiga: "Stop holding back and kill him already! He's trying to take control of my Water Style!"
Take… control?
Kurosuki Raiga doesn't understand what his old teammate is talking about for a moment. But he understood the first part. He raises his two swords again, turning all his Chakra into Lightning nature.
"Lightning Blade Technique: Falling Thunder!"
Lightning strikes the water ball constantly. From far away, the water ball looks bright, like a crystal clear gem.
Morimura, the county head standing on the outside, stares blankly at the giant water ball and the falling lightning, muttering:
"This is the power of ninjas… so strong!"
Compared to these two, the Sanjuan Wolf squad is nothing but a bunch of trash.
Morimura, who was originally feeling sorry about Sanjuan Wolf's death, starts to imagine hiring Biwa Juzo soon, and his mind wanders, his thoughts seeming clearer.
Actually, they are clearer.
Because the electricity keeps hitting the water ball, breaking it down into hydrogen and oxygen. Everyone in the county is breathing in oxygen right now, naturally breathing easily and feeling refreshed.
In contrast to the outside, a feeling of suffocation is slowly enveloping Linto.
He pulls back the Ripple he was releasing, covering it all over his skin to block the electricity being carried by the water.
This is the biggest problem Linto has faced since coming to the Hokage world.
It's not like underestimating Uchiha Itachi, due to having bad information.
It's not like Kakashi going easy on him.
And it's not like Suikazan Fuguki's fight, which was a one-on-one battle where Linto could win by getting the first hit and using Star Platinum's absolute close-range power to beat his opponent to death.
This time, his opponents are ninjas who work well together, support each other, are skilled in all kinds of fighting techniques, and know a lot about Linto.
This is a fight without any luck involved, a head-on clash between the two sides.
"The more you can't do a 'problem', the more you need to stay calm."
Linto doesn't let the feeling of suffocation take away his reason, blindly running around. Once all the oxygen is gone and the Ripple disappears, he will really die, just like they want.
Plans always change on the battlefield.
This applies to Linto, and also to his opponents.
Linto closes his eyes. In the darkness, his thoughts gradually become clear:
"Organize the clues I have."
"Ripple?"
"No, this water flow has Biwa Juzo's Chakra in it. I can't breathe right now, and the little Ripple I have left can't take control of the water flow and escape from here."
"Star Platinum?"
"No, it can't throw me out. The water flow will become resistance and adjust quickly."
Aerosmith, Hermit Purple, the Breaking Blade… they also don't have the ability to help Linto get out of this situation.
With the electricity biting at him, the Ripple is decreasing little by little, and the oxygen in his chest is running low.
If he can't think of a way.
Linto is really going to die.
He opens the system menu.
"Defeated Elite Jonin Sanjuan Wolf, gained 240 soul fragments."
"Current soul fragments: 820."
"Should I draw a card?"
82 draws, maybe he can draw a five-star Stand that can help Linto break out of this situation.
Just as his finger is about to touch the draw card button, Linto slowly pulls his hand back.
Can't draw a card.
At least… not right now.
Drawing cards is Linto's last hope.
If he doesn't draw a Stand, or the Stand doesn't have the ability to escape the water ball…
Linto is a person, not a machine. When hope is lost in a desperate situation, it will seriously affect his state of mind.
He thinks for a full five seconds.
"There's no way, or rather, no 'shortcut'. To get out of the current situation, I can only use the dumbest method and take the longest path."
He suddenly opens his eyes.
"Star Platinum!"
Star Platinum appears behind him again.
Biwa Juzo and Kurosuki Raiga see him open his eyes and instinctively grip their swords tighter.
They don't know what else Linto can do. Logically, Linto has been forced into a dead end, but Linto's calm gaze still makes them feel uneasy.
Linto hands the Breaking Blade to Star Platinum.
Star Platinum grips the sword with both hands, raises it high above its head, and then…
Spins!
The Breaking Blade is almost two meters long and nearly half a meter wide, with a straight blade. From a distance, it looks like a giant tombstone. Spinning rapidly in Star Platinum's hands, it stirs up the water and makes it churn.
"What's the use of that? You want to pretend to be a ship's propeller and carry yourself out of the water ball? Daydreaming!"
Biwa Juzo says loudly.
But his eyes flicker.
These words are more for comforting himself than for Linto. Biwa Juzo is about to say something else when suddenly, he sees—
Linto points a finger at Biwa Juzo.
His mouth opens and closes. The sound doesn't carry through the water, but for ninjas, lip reading is a basic skill. The ninjas present can all see that Linto is saying:
"Don't worry, just watch."
A surge of anger rises. Biwa Juzo yells: "Kurosuki!"
"I know!"
Kurosuki Raiga activates the lightning without thinking about the cost. The lightning he summons is clearly beyond his control, and lightning strikes him from time to time.
He grits his teeth and doesn't say a word.
At this moment, the two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen forget the Mizukage's orders, forget about their own interests, and forget about themselves. The only thought they have left is:
"Kill Linto!"
"Kill him!"
"Kill!"
Under Star Platinum's spinning, a whirlpool appears in the water ball. Linto stands in the center of the whirlpool, and the water above his head is quickly thinning.
He didn't think about running.
Since the enemy used this move, they must have calculated Linto's and Star Platinum's speed.
Running is suicide.
The real way out is in the deepest part of the water ball.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Biwa Juzo fully activates his Ninjutsu, trying to forcefully bring the churning water ball back together. His veins bulge and blood seeps out from them.
The whirlpool is met with an invisible resistance and slows down.
Linto's way out is blocked.
The feeling of suffocation engulfs Linto, his vision goes black, and his consciousness wanders. Because the Stand user's own mental strength is no longer focused, Star Platinum's figure also becomes blurry.
"It worked!"
Biwa Juzo clenches his fist, his face filled with joy.
Just then, Linto, who should be oxygen-deprived to the limit, is actually showing a slight rise and fall in his chest.
A faint golden flash of lightning appears.
Yellowish-brown Ripple!
Isolated from the outside world by water and lightning, Linto's Ripple ripples to the deepest part of his body in endless suffocation. There, a strand of "energy" grows from the void.
Not energy obtained from the outside world through "breathing".
But energy born from the inside out in Linto's meridians.
Or rather…
"Chi"!
This is the moment Linto has been waiting for.
Previously, when he was training in the lake outside of Falling Snow Village, he was always missing a little something.
Now he has found it.
Linto slowly releases his finger from the "draw card" screen.
Looks like I won't need it.
The power of the yellowish-brown Ripple surrounds him. Linto doesn't summon Star Platinum again, but grips the Breaking Blade with one hand and swings it forcefully.
Biwa Juzo spits out blood and falls to his knees.
He loses control of the water flow.
The water flow spreads out in a whirlpool, covering Biwa Juzo and Kurosuki Raiga's legs.
"Let's go!"
Kurosuki Raiga reminds him.
Biwa Juzo nods heavily and retreats.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!"
Two water dragons appear out of nowhere, blocking the two men's escape routes.
Normally, they could easily slash these water dragons to pieces with a single strike each.
But now, Biwa Juzo is seriously injured and Kurosuki Raiga is exhausted. For a moment, they are actually entangled by the water dragons.
"Who is it!"
Biwa Juzo turns his head and sees a beautiful woman's face.
"Terumi Mei! You dare to betray the village?!"
Terumi Mei shakes her head slightly.
"You are the ones betraying the village."
Biwa Juzo doesn't have time to curse. The water flow from the whirlpool attacks.
Damn it!
The two are swept into the whirlpool, like two small boats out of control, circling towards Linto in the center of the whirlpool.
For the first time, Linto grips the sword with both hands, infusing the yellowish-brown Ripple into the blade.
Buzz—
The sword hums, the Breaking Blade vibrating slightly, and an extremely strong golden light bursts out from the back of the blade.
Biwa Juzo and Kurosuki Raiga exchange glances.
There's no way to escape.
The only way now is to use the impact force of the whirlpool to kill Linto together.
The two of them each grip a Chunin sword and leap high out of the water, rushing towards Linto from the left and right.
A golden flash of a sword appears.
The whirlpool dissipates, turning into a downpour.
Falling along with it are two corpses and two broken ninja swords.
Linto stands in the center of the downpour.
Unscathed.
"Defeated Biwa Juzo, gained 480 soul fragments."
"Defeated Kurosuki Raiga, gained 460 soul fragments."
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