"Stop!"
In the forest, Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi were moving swiftly when they suddenly heard Seimei's warning. They immediately halted their steps.
Seimei scanned the surroundings, his Sharingan becoming increasingly crimson.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Suddenly, a faint sound of something piercing through the air reached their ears.
Seimei's ears twitched, and he abruptly turned his head towards the dense forest on his right front.
The next moment, countless tiny steel needles flew out from the forest, their speed so fast that it was impossible for any human to achieve.
"Watch out!"
Seimei shouted, swiftly drawing his short sword. The Sharingan in his pupils spun rapidly, allowing him to see the incoming needles clearly.
Clang, clang, clang~
A series of crisp metal clashing sounds rang out as Seimei wielded his short sword, blocking all the flying needles in front of him.
Such an extreme maneuver was a bit taxing even for Seimei. He started to breathe slightly heavily, and the light in his Sharingan seemed to dim a little.
Clap~ Clap~ Clap~
Just then, a round of applause approached from afar.
Following that, a slightly playful voice sounded, "As expected of the renowned Sharingan, capable of blocking such an attack completely. It's truly enviable!"
Seimei looked towards the source of the sound and saw a giant spider, at least two meters long, carrying a young Suna-nin around fifteen or sixteen years old, walking out.
Seimei's gaze swept over the young Suna-nin, then glanced at the spider below, and finally returned to the Suna-nin.
He calmly said, "Since you've heard of the Sharingan's reputation, you should know that such simple tricks can't fool these eyes of mine."
Hearing this, Chiya's expression couldn't help but freeze. The playful look on his face vanished, and he stammered, "What do you mean?"
"Hehe~"
Seimei chuckled softly, ignoring him, and instead spoke directly to Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi behind him, "Be careful, both of these are puppets."
That's right, both the giant spider in front of them and the young Suna-nin on its back were puppet creations.
The reason the other party made such an entrance was probably to deceive them.
When ordinary people saw this combination and discovered that the giant spider was a puppet, they might instinctively assume that the person on top was the puppeteer.
But Seimei was different. With the Sharingan, he could tell at a glance that the guy didn't have any chakra within him.
Therefore, he naturally couldn't be a real person.
"What?" x2
At this moment, Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi were still shocked by Seimei's words. They looked Chiya up and down, and he looked like a real person no matter how they looked at it.
However, after carefully sensing, they could indeed perceive some abnormalities, such as the aura of a living person being too weak.
Being treated as goods and scrutinized, Chiya could no longer maintain his composure as a master and immediately wanted to control the puppet to attack.
But someone was faster than him.
'Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique~'
Seimei formed hand seals at a speed invisible to the naked eye, opened his mouth, and exhaled a large burst of flames. These flames quickly divided and condensed, transforming into hundreds of small fireballs.
Then, according to Seimei's will, these fireballs split into several streams, each smashing towards the eight legs of the giant spider puppet and Chiya on top of it.
However, although Seimei's movements were fast, Chiya's reaction wasn't slow either.
Upon seeing the incoming fireballs, he immediately controlled the spider puppet to dodge to the side.
What could he say?
As expected of something with eight legs, it was fast.
Even though Seimei was using his most proficient ninjutsu and had the Sharingan's assistance, more than half of the fireballs still missed.
And those that did hit didn't strike vital points, causing very limited damage.
Seeing this, Seimei was about to call on Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi to join the attack.
Unexpectedly, over ten kunai suddenly shot out from the surrounding forest.
After they dodged, they saw three Suna Chunin emerge from the trees, faintly encircling them along with the spider puppet.
"Captain?"
Teramitsu cautiously spoke.
Seimei knew what he wanted to ask. He glanced around and replied, "They're all real people!"
With that, he made a hand gesture towards the two.
Before they could react, he used the Body Flicker Technique, instantly appearing in front of one of the Suna Chunin, his short sword slashing towards the opponent's neck.
If it were an ordinary Chunin facing Seimei's sudden attack, they would either be killed on the spot or at least severely injured.
But this Suna Chunin reacted at the critical moment, slightly leaning back to avoid the fatal blow.
Then, without hesitation, he counterattacked, thrusting his kunai directly at Seimei's heart.
Unfortunately, Seimei saw it all clearly with his Sharingan.
He even predicted the opponent's movement before they even raised their arm, just by seeing the muscles in their arm tensing up.
Therefore, with a simple sidestep, he evaded the counterattack.
Not only that, because he had anticipated it in advance, Seimei had the opportunity to use Genjutsu: Sharingan while dodging.
The opponent couldn't react in time and fell under the genjutsu, momentarily losing focus.
Seizing this opportunity, Seimei swung his short sword, instantly slitting the opponent's throat.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. By the time the others reacted, Seimei had already eliminated his opponent.
"Suna!"
Seeing this, a Suna Chunin cried out in pain, seemingly having a close relationship with the fallen ninja.
But Seimei didn't care about that.
He formed the "Mi" seal again, activating the Body Flicker Technique and appearing before the Suna-nin who had cried out at an incredibly fast speed.
However, having learned from the previous lesson, the opponent was now fully alert.
Although Seimei's Body Flicker Technique was fast, it was far from reaching the level of teleportation.
Therefore, when he arrived in front of the opponent and swung his short sword, the opponent had already raised their kunai.
Clang~
The kunai and the short sword clashed, producing a crisp metallic sound.
And this sound seemed to be a switch, awakening everyone present.
Immediately, everyone sprang into action.
First were Teramitsu and Kamijo Yoichi. Without saying a word, they directly charged towards the giant spider puppet, following Seimei's instructions from before he made his move.
The hand gesture Seimei had made earlier was simple: he wanted them to hold off the puppeteer first.
It was just that everything had happened too quickly, and the two hadn't reacted yet when Seimei had already taken action.
Not to mention them, even Chiya in the distance hadn't expected Seimei to be so decisive and possess such strength.
In the blink of an eye, he had killed one of his subordinates, which was quite astonishing.
He had only heard that the Sharingan was powerful before but had never fought against an Uchiha clan ninja. Now it seemed the rumors were indeed true.
In reality, the opponent had overestimated the power of the Sharingan, or at least overestimated the effects of the Two Tomoe Sharingan.
Not every Uchiha ninja who awakened the Two Tomoe Sharingan could master the Body Flicker Technique to his level during the Chunin stage and possess such rich combat experience.
If they couldn't achieve these two points, even with a pair of Two Tomoe Sharingan, it would be difficult to replicate his actions from just now.
(End of Chapter)