It wasn't a coincidence!
As Naori jumped, she looked at the fine, hair-like sticky threads clinging to her.
A flash of fire lit up her blade, and with a reverse grip, she drew her sword, instantly severing the sticky threads before resheathing it.
After a few quick leaps, she landed on the eaves of a second-story building next door, then looked at the Shinobi who had launched the attack.
She couldn't help but frown.
This was a somewhat deformed man, with abnormally thick upper limbs and slender lower limbs. His body was covered in dense hair, and he wore only a loincloth. On his fierce and ugly face, small, narrow, slanting eyes watched his surroundings warily, full of malevolence.
The opponent hadn't noticed her.
From his expression, Naori deduced this. As she raised her hand, a Kunai, concealed by a Genjutsu, was swiftly thrown, flying directly towards him.
As the Kunai approached, the opponent sharply dodged, avoiding the attack.
Naori narrowed her eyes slightly.
Is it some strange method of perception?
Thread?
The Three Tomoe rotated. As she observed closely, she noticed fine threads clinging to the thrown Kunai, faintly appearing and disappearing in the air.
So that's it...
It's like a spider hunting, relying on weaving a web to sense the movements of prey and changes in the environment.
Naori also had a similar technique.
It was a technique developed with Miki's guidance, but Naori found that by the time she wove a web, the enemy would have already been eliminated by her.
Moreover, this technique had a fatal weakness.
At this moment, the Shinobi's chest and abdomen swelled, followed by a glob of yellow, viscous substance that he spat out. In the air, it softened into a transparent, fine web that spread with the wind.
It floated in the air and then disappeared, covering a large area like a fishing net.
This guy is like a spider, but not the same as a spider.
How disgusting!
He's a disgusting fellow, like he's spitting phlegm.
Seeing this, Naori stood up and ran, quickly moving inside the building.
There were no disgusting sticky threads inside the building.
This was the fatal weakness of this technique: it was extremely reliant on terrain. Without surrounding supports, it couldn't spread a large net, and once discovered, it was completely unthreatening.
Furthermore, many Ninjutsu could bypass this net and directly attack the caster.
A large-scale Fire Release could render all the painstaking preparations useless with just one attack.
Genjutsu could ignore the warning net set up around him and directly strike the caster himself.
But the distance between them was too great. While Naori could clearly see the opponent, she was worried that he wouldn't be able to see her Sharingan.
Although Naori's Genjutsu wasn't particularly strong, she didn't have a useful Genjutsu that could directly knock out a target with one blow.
The optimal range for Sharingan Genjutsu was within fifty meters, it was a bit difficult within a hundred meters, and beyond a hundred meters, she could only hope the opponent's eyesight was good enough.
But Naori had her own methods of breaking through.
And more than one.
Under the burning firelight, people fled through the streets. A moment later, the crowd cleared, leaving behind a messy and empty street.
Gripping the ring of a Kunai's handle, it spun between Naori's fingers like a nimble elf. The next second, Naori threw the Kunai.
Under the observation of the Three Tomoe, it flew out, grazing a fine line.
Immediately, vibrations traveled along the fine line.
Here! In the air!
I've found you! You won't escape this time, little bug!
"This great me is a Twelve Fūma!"
Ambush me?
Dream on!
This great me's spider sense is invincible!
In an instant, the Shinobi, who had received the signal, puffed out his chest and immediately spat an attack in the direction of the vibration.
Sharp, viscous yellow-white spikes were ejected from his mouth one after another, forming a fierce trajectory with a shrill whistling sound, sweeping towards that location.
The obstructions along the way were instantly pierced, more powerful than a typical Shinobi's manual throw.
"Terrifying..."
Watching the opponent's offensive, Naori whispered to herself while raising her left hand.
On her left hand, steel wires were wrapped in circles, and slender, bright blue electric arcs occasionally leaped from her left arm, twisting like silver snakes in the air.
Following this, the coils wrapped from her shoulder gradually lit up, extending to her wrist. A Kunai, suspended in her palm by a magnetic field, remained there as all the coils lit up in sequence.
With a slight hum, propelled by the magnetic repulsion, the Kunai shot out.
At the moment of launch, the Kunai disappeared, moving so fast that Naori didn't even have time to obscure it with Genjutsu.
It simply vanished from the human retina.
A series of circular air shockwaves burst from Naori's palm.
Strong winds ruffled her clothes, making them flutter wildly.
In an instant, the attack pierced through the trajectory, directly hitting the spider Shinobi. A huge gaping hole tore through his chest, front to back.
The Shinobi, who was still in the stance of his Ninjutsu attack, suddenly stiffened, looking down at the large hole in his chest.
A moment later, he fell backward, then slid down the slope, his body crashing onto the street with a series of clattering tiles.
Naori stood on the windowsill, looking at the opponent's corpse.
What did that guy just say?
Too far to hear clearly.
Never mind, time to work.
After landing, Naori casually threw a Kunai with a flick of her hand, accompanied by a brief, bright blue electric arc on her hand.
The Kunai crossed a street, pierced two walls, and accurately hit a disheveled, ash-covered Samurai fleeing on the adjacent street.
Instantly, the Samurai flew a short distance off the ground before crashing down.
This was the effect of instant charging.
Its power had greatly increased compared to her previous throwing strength.
And it didn't require expensive Chakra weapons for nature transformation to increase its power.
Although Lightning Release nature transformation didn't rely much on Chakra metal.
It just had a slight quality requirement for the Kunai.
As the charge increased, the launch time would extend. The powerful strike just now was the result of a three-second charge.
Beyond that time, it held little meaning in actual combat, even if the power would continue to increase.
But if it didn't hit, it was useless.
It was just a waste of Chakra.
The Kunai tossed up and down in Naori's hand. As she moved forward, she occasionally flicked her wrist, throwing Kunai.
The rapidly flying Kunai was unstoppable, mercilessly harvesting lives like a Shinigami.
Naori, however, wore a thoughtful expression.
The Kunai's speed was too fast. After launching, it was beyond Naori's control, making it impossible to perform fancy tricks.
The Uchiha's signature Shurikenjutsu.
A straightforward attack trajectory was too easily seen through by opponents, allowing them to anticipate and dodge.
She had to find a way to control these runaway Kunai.
For a time, Naori had no good ideas.
But to give up this technique, which she had spent a lot of time practicing, Naori was a bit unwilling.
Meaning, she hadn't put any effort into practicing Uchiha Shurikenjutsu since she was six years old.
What's a good solution?
Naori frowned, troubled.
She wasn't particularly good at developing techniques, but she was quite adept at plagiarizing and then improving them.
If only a powerful Lightning Release Shinobi could demonstrate for her, that would be great.
Uchiha Madara, that old guy, didn't seem to be very good at Lightning Release.
He was really useless; she didn't learn any useful Ninjutsu from him.
There was a little regret.
Thinking of this, Naori couldn't help but feel a little anticipation for her future opponents.
The Second Shinobi World War, huh?
Before that, she had to become stronger.
Moreover, that old guy, Uchiha Madara, made her a little uneasy.
An invisible sense of urgency followed closely behind Naori.
Naori flicked her hand, throwing a Kunai.
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