Seeing that the seven people opposite had clearly surrounded her but still hadn't made a move, she figured they were intimidated by her title of Rin-sama. This showed the importance of having a good reputation in the Ninja World.
"You… when did you start following me?"
The Hidden Mist Village spy's face was pale, leaning against the Six Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, appearing outwardly fierce but inwardly weak, clearly terrified.
"Well, I didn't notice you at first. Later, I couldn't sleep at night, so I came out to enjoy the night scenery, and then I saw you sneaking out of the village and approaching the barrier."
Rin stroked the smooth, handy frying pan, once again marveling at how useful it was—injuring people without killing them, leaving them dazed but not brain-damaged.
"Damn it! Our only option now is to quickly kill this damned brat, otherwise Konoha will react very soon, and we'll die in Konoha."
Suikazan Fuguki infused his Chakra, and Samehada immediately bristled, tearing through its white bandages and transforming into a bizarre, dark green fish-like creature.
"Hey~! Don't be in such a hurry to act, I still have something to say. By the way, what's your Third Mizukage's name? Is he from the Yuki Clan?"
Rin had long wanted to know the name of the Third Mizukage, the only Kage without a given name. Although he was controlled by Uchiha Madara for most of his life, his ability to become Mizukage after Hōzuki Gengetsu's death meant his strength was definitely not lacking.
"Uchiha Rei, go ask in the Pure Land!" Kuriarare Kushimaru gave a cruel smile, and the Long Sword: Sewing Needle in his hand shot out like a flying sword, with a long, thin thread trailing behind it.
"Are you that impatient? Who am I supposed to ask in the Pure Land? Hōzuki Gengetsu?"
Rin tapped her chin with her index finger, considering the possibility of using Edo Tensei to bring the mustached man back.
As Rin leisurely swayed left and right, dodging the Long Sword: Sewing Needle's back-and-forth thrusts, Kuriarare Kushimaru broke out in a cold sweat. Such extreme control of the Long Sword: Sewing Needle for attack consumed a great deal of his mental energy.
"Kill! Everyone, attack! If we kill her, the prestige of us, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, will surely resound throughout the Ninja World!"
Suikazan Fuguki's orange-yellow hair bristled, and countless strands of hair shot out like fine rain. This was Suikazan Fuguki's Forbidden Technique: Needle Senbon.
It was unclear who copied whom between him and Jiraiya, but with Wind Release Chakra Mode active and Uchiha Rei's exquisitely subtle movements, neither Needle Senbon nor Long Sword: Sewing Needle could even touch Uchiha Rei, making Suikazan Fuguki and the others feel extremely troublesome.
"Die! Hair Needle Senbon!"
Suikazan Fuguki looked at Uchiha Rei, surrounded by the hair he had embedded in the ground, and immediately gave a cruel smile, revealing a mouth full of sharp shark teeth.
He had long ago inserted his hair underground, then pretended it was broken hair sticking out of the ground. Immediately afterward, he controlled the hair to extend and form a spiky cage.
The spiky cage closed, intending to trap Uchiha Rei within. Kurosuki Raiga plunged his Lightning Blade into the ground, and countless bolts of lightning traveled through the ground into the cage.
This was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist's coordinated tactics, which had always been effective. Even if it failed, they had a backup plan, a backup plan that could definitely heavily injure the enemy.
However, facing this killing move, Uchiha Rei showed no fear. The Wind Release armor on her body erupted, spreading out countless tiny wind blades.
The cage was instantly shattered. The lightning transmitted by the Lightning Blade couldn't break through her defense at all, as Wind Release Chakra inherently countered Lightning Release Chakra.
Biwa Jūzō had already swung his kubikiribōchō horizontally as soon as the cage shattered. It was heavy and powerful, and the timing was extremely precise.
If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have been cut in half by the kubikiribōchō. But Uchiha Rei, who was she? She effortlessly swung her frying pan, unleashing an extremely condensed Wind Release sword qi.
The Technique of Ten Divisions activated, targeting the three-to-seven division point of the kubikiribōchō. The invisible wind blade astonishingly cut through the tangible kubikiribōchō.
"Clang!" The front end of the kubikiribōchō directly fell off, shooting out and embedding itself in a distant large tree. Biwa Jūzō's pupils widened in extreme shock as he looked at the kubikiribōchō in his hand.
He knew the kubikiribōchō was brittle, but he never expected it to be so fragile. A single wind blade cut it off, which was beyond his imagination. Nothing like this had ever happened before.
"Hey, snap out of it!" Uchiha Rei dodged the giant axe striking from behind her and appeared before the distracted Biwa Jūzō, swinging her frying pan without hesitation.
Biwa Jūzō had just snapped back to reality and was about to swing his broken kubikiribōchō to block the rapidly enlarging frying pan, but in the next instant, the frying pan seemed to transform into a blinding sun.
White light filled everything in Biwa Jūzō's vision. He inwardly cursed, knowing something was wrong, and tried to retreat, but it was too late. A sharp pain struck his face.
Even though he urgently gathered a large amount of Chakra to strengthen his head defense, his nasal bone was still crushed, turning his face into a flat pancake, and he was sent flying.
In the air, a large number of bloody teeth and two streams of spurting nosebleed rotated around Biwa Jūzō as he flew. The kubikiribōchō in his hand also slipped from his grasp and stuck into the ground.
"Biwa Jūzō! Damn it! Don't let her seal the kubikiribōchō!"
Munashi Jinpachi used Exploding Blade: Fly沫 to summon a large number of Exploding Tags, intending to bomb Uchiha Rei, preventing her from collecting the kubikiribōchō and finishing off Biwa Jūzō.
"Little brother, that's not how you use Exploding Tags!"
Rin launched a large number of Exploding Tag Shuriken, each one precisely hitting an Exploding Tag from Exploding Blade: Fly沫.
The Wind Release Chakra attached to the Exploding Tag Shuriken easily cut these Exploding Tags, causing the Exploding Tags that could have exploded to simply fizzle out.
And because the others dared not approach the Exploding Tag area, Rin seized the opportunity to grasp the broken kubikiribōchō and perform a contract seal.
She casually stored it in her Adamantine Bracelet's alternate dimension. By this point, two of the seven ninja swords had already been confiscated, and only a minute had passed, including the time spent talking trash.
Rin's Exploding Tag Shuriken, after piercing the Exploding Tags summoned by Exploding Blade: Fly沫, then spun and flew towards Suikazan Fuguki, Kurosuki Raiga, Kuriarare Kushimaru, and Munashi Jinpachi.
Aside from Tsukushi Oimo, whose position was suitable and wasn't attacked, the others were all covered by the Exploding Tag Shuriken. Fortunately, they weren't people who could be killed just by Exploding Tags.
Tsukushi Oimo, seeing Uchiha Rei approach the fallen Biwa Jūzō, immediately swung his large axe and hammer, attacking without any regard for Biwa Jūzō's life.
Looking at Tsukushi Oimo, who was the slowest and used blunt weapons, Uchiha Rei's eyes flashed with disdain. Monstrous Strength and Black Flash erupted simultaneously.
"Here's a lesson for you. Don't think that just because you use blunt weapons, you can suppress anyone. Pay attention in your next life!"
Uchiha Rei's Monstrous Strength erupted under her feet, making her speed incredibly fast. In just an instant, she arrived in front of Tsukushi Oimo, deflected the large axe with her left-hand frying pan, and unleashed her right hand like lightning.
This punch from Rin had previously shattered Kitsuchi's Rock Fist Technique and his right arm. Now, Rin relentlessly struck towards Tsukushi Oimo's heart.
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