"I didn't think I'd run into her here."
Kirito sighed to himself as he looked at the pretty blonde ninja, maintaining a vigilant stance.
Tsunade, Mito-sensei's precious granddaughter, Nawaki's older sister, and a beautiful older sister in her twenties.
In Kirito's eyes, Tsunade's identity was first and foremost those two things.
Therefore, he did not want to be enemies with Tsunade at all. After all, if they really fought, and Tsunade accidentally found out his identity, it would be very embarrassing.
The instincts of powerful ninjas are very keen. Once he fought with Tsunade, if he accidentally used some of his usual techniques and they were remembered by the other party, she might really notice something in the future.
In the world of ninjas, the intelligence of powerful ninjas is highly valued. If they reveal even a little bit of information, it is likely that someone will study it thoroughly and find a clue.
Therefore, Kirito had not used his most skilled sealing techniques or spirit transformation techniques from the beginning to the end, and had instead used some very popular Water Release ninjutsu.
Water Array Wall, Water Clone Technique, and Water Dragon Bullet—any Amegakure jōnin with even a little strength would use them, and there was nothing strange about it.
Among the Amegakure, the largest group is made up of Water Release ninjas like him.
There's no way around it. In the Land of Rain, a country that rains all year round, the strength of Water Release ninjas is at least increased by 20-30%.
However, it is still very rare to find an Ame-Nin who can release their ninjutsu without using a seal, like him.
Of course, the identity that Kirito is playing is one that he has carefully selected and can stand the test of time.
The Ame-Nin he is playing is indeed an Amegakure Jōnin, but because he has always disapproved of Hanzo's plan to make the Land of Rain the sixth major country, Hanzo dislikes him. Later, he deserted during a major battle with Konoha and became a rogue ninja, at one point reduced to being a bandit in the Land of Fire.
Later, he came to the Land of Waves to make a living, and accepted a bounty mission on the black market to kill Gojo Makoto, which was another guise for the White Zetsu clone. He was eventually killed by Kirito, and everything he had became Kirito's tool for infiltrating the Land of Rain.
Hattori Masanari, also known as the runaway Masanari by the people of Amegakure, is the Ame-Nin identity played by the White Zetsu clone at this time, an Amegakure jonin proficient in Water Release.
"Tsunade-sama."
"It's Tsunade-sama, we're saved."
"Damn you Ame-Nin, your end has come. Release our comrades now if you know what's good for you."
...
Tsunade's appearance instantly gave the three Konoha chunin the courage to win, and they yelled at Kirito again.
"Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, the one Hanzo bestowed the name upon,"
Kirito said coldly, not showing the slightest bit of fear towards Tsunade.
Tsunade quickly stepped onto the battlefield. Before she came, she had already learned about the situation here through the Hyuga clan's ninja. Her first move was not to fight Kirito, but to send out a shadow clone to heal the heavily injured pineapple-headed jōnin.
Only then did she carefully observe Kirito.
Soon, she recognized Kirito's current identity as Ame-Nin and sarcastically said, "I remember you as Hattori Masanari. You once fled the battlefield, so why have you returned? Aren't you afraid that Hanzo will hunt you down as a rogue ninja?"
"I never approved of this war. Now that it's over, I naturally have to return and contribute my part. As for whether that arrogant idiot Hanzo will send someone to hunt me down, that's fine with me. I've long since made up my mind."
Kirito replied with neither arrogance nor humility.
"Really? Then why are you destroying this rare peace? Harming the Konoha ninja, is this your contribution to the Land of Rain?"
Tsunade shouted in anger, her face showing her fury.
"Hahaha, I never thought that you, the granddaughter of the God of Ninja, the disciple of the Sandaime Hokage, and one of the three most famous ninjas, would know nothing about this. This is really laughable. It seems that you are no big deal among the Konoha ninja either."
Kirito immediately burst out laughing upon hearing Tsunade's words.
Afterwards, he dissolved the water clone and let the chunin swordsman, who was about to drown, escape from the water prison technique.
"What do you mean?"
Tsunade said with a frown.
Then, as if she realized something, she glanced at the nearby Chunin ninja of Konoha.
The four chunin ninja of Konoha who were still conscious immediately lowered their heads or looked away, too ashamed to make eye contact with Tsunade.
In fact, contrary to what Kirito had said, Tsunade's prestige among the Konoha ninja was extremely high. This was not only because of her illustrious status, but also because she was a medical ninja who had personally trained a large number of outstanding medical ninja, saving countless Konoha ninja on the battlefield.
Therefore, among the three ninjas, Tsunade's prestige was undoubtedly the highest among the Konoha ninja.
Many Konoha ninja are looking forward to Tsunade taking over from Sandaime in the future and becoming the fourth Hokage.
The chunin swordsman had once received Tsunade's favor. Looking at Tsunade's cold eyes, he felt his scalp tingling, and finally he had to grit his teeth and say, "Tsunade-sama, we..."
But he was rudely interrupted by Tsunade before he could finish: "That's enough. I'll deal with you later."
As a top-notch medical ninja, Tsunade naturally had a delicate mind, and she was clever enough to be far more than her stupid younger brother Nawaki. With just a few clues, she had guessed the cause and effect of the current situation, and the current guilty expression of the chunin swordsman undoubtedly confirmed her guess.
What a bunch of thoughtless idiots.
Shameful.
"It seems you already understand what's going on. I have no intention of making enemies with you from Konoha. Goodbye."
Kirito saw Tsunade's actions and sneered, then slowly began to back away.
"Wait a minute, are you sure you've got it wrong? Hattori Masanrai, who said I was letting you go? As a rogue ninja from Amegakure, it's only natural that we Konoha ninja would come and get you. I hear you're a master of the Water Release jutsu, so let me have a go at you today."
Tsunade said coldly.
As soon as her words fell, a large pit instantly appeared beneath her feet, and she charged at Kirito at a speed even faster than the Shunshin technique.
Although she didn't like to turn right into black and white, she couldn't really ignore the scandal of the Konoha ninja disrupting peace. This matter must be covered up and rectified, otherwise Konoha's reputation would suffer serious damage internationally.
Fortunately, Hattori Masanari was a rogue ninja, and he had no say in the international community, so his words would basically go unheeded by all countries.
The five Konoha ninjas will be severely punished by Konoha after they return, but Hattori Masanari cannot be let go so easily.
The other party just said that he would contribute to the Land of Rain after he returned. Regardless of whether this is true or not, it is a rare opportunity now, and it is a good thing for Konoha and even the peace between the two villages for her to solve the problem of this rogue ninja from Amegakure now.
"You really are a persistent woman. Then let me see what the Konoha princess is made of."
Kirito watched as Tsunade charged at high speed, and sighed.
Although he didn't want to be enemies with Tsunade, deep down he was actually looking forward to fighting a battle with such a strong person as Tsunade.
The next moment, he slapped his hands together, and instantly disappeared from the spot.
Tsunade's fist hit the air.
More than ten meters away, Kirito emerged from the accumulated water and disappeared again. After repeating this three times, he appeared a hundred meters away from Tsunade.
Water Release: Water Shunshin Technique!
At the same time, he quickly formed hand seals with both hands.
Five seals per second, the jutsu was complete.
A huge water dragon quickly appeared behind him, pouncing menacingly at Tsunade.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!