"What does that bastard who kidnapped my brother look like? Do you know which way he ran?"
Hozuki Mangetsu involuntarily took two steps forward.
Shinji looked left and right, seriously suspecting that he had discovered another brother-con.
"This..."
"As long as you can find Suigetsu, no amount of money is a problem."
When Hozuki Mangetsu saw Shinji's expression, he subconsciously thought that the other party wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune.
After all, he was a wandering ninja, so it was understandable.
In order to rescue his younger brother as soon as possible, Hozuki Mangetsu didn't care about money at all.
However, he still thought things too simply.
"I don't want money, I want you!"
Hozuki Mangetsu's eyes widened instantly, revealing an unbelievable look, and then he took five small steps back!
"This... this is impossible! You disgusting guy!"
"???"
Shinji hadn't realized how ambiguous what he had just said was, when he saw the other party had already started to take out a gun... ah no, he had pulled out his weapon.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'll just beat you up badly, and then force you to tell me my brother's whereabouts."
"Ah? Wait a minute, isn't there some misunderstanding?"
Already having preconceived notions, Hozuki Mangetsu no longer listened to what Shinji said, and swung his Twin Swords Hiramekarei and slashed over.
Shinji subconsciously pulled out the Kubikiribōchō, and with a clang, steadily blocked it.
As the cloth strips wrapped around the blade fell off, a look of surprise appeared in Hozuki Mangetsu's eyes.
"How is the Kubikiribōchō in your hands? Did you kill Zabuza?"
Oh ho, things were suddenly getting more and more troublesome!
"Sort of, but he's actually still alive, meaning... crap!"
Shinji suddenly realized that this matter was quite complicated to explain, so he chose to let it go, whatever happened, happened!
Annoyed, he used force and directly bounced Hozuki Mangetsu away.
Hidan had just grasped the Bloody Three-Section Scythe in his hand when he heard Shinji say, "Don't interfere, I'll handle it myself."
Hidan curled his lips and simply found a tree, leaned against it, and put his weapon aside.
Tobi was even more extreme, hiding in the tree the moment the fight broke out, and was probably happily watching the show at this time.
Shinji not letting others interfere was actually also to test the other party's strength.
After all, he had only heard of this person's name, and it was boasted about very much, but few people knew what his true strength was.
"The Kubikiribōchō is the property of our Hidden Mist, and I must take it back today."
After saying that, Hozuki Mangetsu revealed a serious look.
The guy who could kill that demon was naturally not a simple character.
"The sword is here, come and get it if you have the ability."
Shinji's nonchalant appearance was very annoying.
"Water Release: Great Water Arm Technique!"
Hozuki Mangetsu, who was charging over again, suddenly had his right arm swell up, and the muscles in his arm increased explosively, more than twice as thick as his left arm.
What followed was even more violent power!
Clang!!
Shinji, who cautiously chose to hold the sword with both hands, felt his tiger's mouth go numb, and almost let go!
This couldn't help but make him reveal a look of surprise.
"What great strength! Then let's compare!"
Crimson Blood Manipulation Scarlet Scale Leaping Load!
Shinji's competitive spirit was aroused, and mysterious bloodstains immediately appeared on his face. At the same time, his all-round physical qualities were greatly increased.
"Rise!"
A huge force came, causing the Twin Swords Hiramekarei to be pushed higher and higher.
Hozuki Mangetsu didn't expect the other party's strength to be so terrifying, so he no longer held back, and his left hand also tightly grasped the hilt of the sword.
At the same time, the muscles in his left arm also increased explosively in an instant, becoming as thick as his right arm.
At first glance, it was like a child had stolen a pair of adults' thick arms and installed them on himself, and a sense of strangeness came over him.
At this time, the strength of the two people was evenly matched, and they entered a brief stalemate.
"You actually possess such great power, no wonder you were able to take the Kubikiribōchō from that guy Zabuza. But if this is all you have, I'm afraid you have to say goodbye to it."
"How so? Is it like this?"
Shinji looked at the other party, and Cursed Energy began to pour into his throat.
"Weaken!"
Suddenly, Hozuki Mangetsu's power was like the tide receding, and an unprecedented sense of weakness instantly filled his body.
Then with a boom, he was sent flying!
However, just as he was about to hit the mountain, Hozuki Mangetsu suddenly turned into a liquid form, and with a piaji, smeared himself on it.
He actually used the Water Transformation Technique to perfectly resolve the impact of this attack, making himself unharmed.
"What was that just now?"
Hozuki Mangetsu, who had regained his human form, frowned, not understanding what kind of weird ability the other party had used.
Without giving him time to think, Shinji had already arrived in front of him.
"Hiramekarei - Release!"
Hozuki Mangetsu injected chakra into Hiramekarei, and saw Hiramekarei begin to glow and continuously increase in size.
Then he immediately waved the light blade and slashed at the enemy.
If he entered that stalemate again, he was confident that he could use Hiramekarei, which had released its true power, to cut off the other party's Kubikiribōchō!
The premise of being able to skillfully use seven ninja swords was understanding!
That is to say, he knew the characteristics and weaknesses of every ninja sword like the back of his hand!
However, his idea fell through once again.
"Set!"
Hozuki Mangetsu suddenly discovered in horror that his body couldn't move, and he could only hold up Hiramekarei and watch the other party wave the Kubikiribōchō, and slash horizontally!
Swish!
The Kubikiribōchō perfectly cut through Hozuki Mangetsu's neck.
The thrill of death's arrival made Hozuki Mangetsu fascinated!
Although he couldn't move just now, he could activate the Water Transformation Technique, making the enemy's slash ineffective.
"What a troublesome ability."
(Hidan, Tobi, Hozuki Mangetsu: "Your ability is clearly the most troublesome!")
Shinji said with emotion, but in reality, he had many ways to restrain the other party's Water Transformation Technique.
For example, the petrification curse of the Snake Skin Sword. Even if the other party could turn into a liquid, he could control the little golden snake to inject the venom containing the petrification curse into it. When the other party released the Water Transformation Technique, it would be the other party's death, as could be seen in the scene where Orochimaru tricked Suigetsu before.
Or he could directly use the power of [Cursed Speech] to directly exploit the other party's weakness.
Like this
"Shock!"
Zzzt!!!
Hozuki Mangetsu instantly revealed an extremely painful expression, and a large amount of electricity began to rage in his body out of nowhere.
The Water Transformation Technique was suddenly broken, and his whole body was paralyzed.
If Shinji wanted to kill him at this time, he would probably only need one slash.
"Cough cough..."
Shinji, who was suffering from severe backlash, couldn't help but cough up blood frequently.
The target of the [Cursed Speech] was Hozuki Mangetsu, a Jonin elite, and it was also a 'difficult to achieve' [Cursed Speech] like "Shock", so it would be a miracle if there was no backlash.
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