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Speed, power, and hardness.
If we were to divide martial arts into Hard Style and Soft Style, then Haori was undoubtedly using Hard Style. Compared to Soft Style, which is full of resilience and graceful limb movements in battle, Hard Style is simply and violently focused on "smashing your head."
Fast, accurate, and ruthless. This was the most accurate description of Haori's attack just now.
But in reality, Haori wasn't a strength-type ninja. His body hadn't undergone the same kind of long-term, high-intensity, and limit-pushing training that Might Guy had. So, if he were to use Guy's attack method, his martial arts attack power wouldn't be enough.
But why was the effect of his attack so obvious just now? It's a long story. Because Earthlings have a strange technique. They usually compress their energy within their bodies. They only increase it at the moment of attack…
Cough!
The reason why he was able to kill the enemy in one blow was that, if we were to break it down further, Haori was using ninjutsu martial arts. Combining Lightning Release with martial arts allowed him to activate his body cells and strengthen his attack power, giving him instantaneous explosive power.
In other words, he used Lightning Release to make up for his lack of physical ability.
Black clothes, a straight and high-speed movement style. Haori's posture and movements cut through the rain like a line of ink.
His body was low, his steps were quick. He ran, leaving only shallow marks on the soft muddy ground, as well as lightning flowers that wouldn't easily dissipate.
His movement style lifted his hood, and the rain wet his hair, which was in a strange state.
The Chidori flow on his body weakened. Haori stood on the ground without moving.
There were three enemies in total. Except for the one who had just been eliminated, the remaining two were perched on the branches of the large tree in front of Haori, looking down at him.
The two were wearing hats that covered their faces. Their appearances couldn't be confirmed.
But one of them was a very skilled fighter.
Because he had just dodged one of Haori's attacks.
After Haori, in his Chidori flow state, rendered the first enemy unable to fight back, he directly charged at the second enemy, attempting to eliminate him in one go.
But the opponent easily dodged his attack and once again increased the distance between them. He didn't seem to want to engage in close combat with him for now.
The enemy's movements were very fast. Haori came to this conclusion after just one encounter.
"Leaf Village ninja, not bad. You actually instantly killed one of my subordinates." The enemy spoke. Even the dull rumble of distant thunder couldn't cover up his strange voice, as if he had two pieces of sandpaper in his vocal cords.
His words were actually praise for Haori. And it seemed like genuine praise. There wasn't any anger, as if the one who had just been killed was a stranger.
This was understandable. Many ninjas who had experienced war and were accustomed to seeing life and death didn't have the concept of comrades. The more indifferent they were, the more likely they were to survive in this era.
Although he couldn't see what the enemy's face looked like, he could make a rough judgment based on his figure and other characteristics. He was a ninja in his thirties.
As for the other enemy, he wasn't masked. He looked much younger.
Considering the enemy who had just been instantly killed, the three were clearly led by the masked ninja. The one who was killed in one blow was just a common soldier.
The enemy didn't feel anything special about his comrade's death. Naturally, Haori was also unfazed.
Asuma and the other three quickly caught up to Haori. He whispered to Haori, "They're from the Fūma clan."
Haori frowned under his mask. He thought the enemy was a ninja from Ame. He didn't expect it to be the Fūma clan.
Well, he still wanted to believe Asuma's judgment. After all, in terms of knowledge in this area, a ninja like Asuma was probably much stronger than Haori himself.
"Fūma clan ninjas. Why are you attacking us? There's no war between the Leaf Village and you, is there?" Haori said in a pointless way.
Since the attack had already begun, the next step was to wait until one side was wiped out before it ended. Even if Haori could use the high-level technique of Mouth Jutsu, his proficiency was pitifully low. It wouldn't have any persuasive effect.
He was just using the time he pretended to be communicating to quickly give instructions to his three comrades with the hand hidden behind his back.
This level of multitasking was nothing difficult for him.
From Haori's subjective feeling at the moment, the masked ninja was very strong, while the remaining one was probably much weaker. Even if he was stronger than the one who had just been killed, he probably wasn't that much stronger.
So, Haori's instructions were for Asuma and the other three to attack the weaker ninja, while he dealt with the masked main force.
"Heh, do ninjas need a reason to kill each other?"
The opponent's hoarse and suppressed voice came again, as if attacking Haori and the others was just a whim.
But Haori didn't think so.
"Mercenaries? Having lost your village, this is the only reason you would intervene in the Shinobi World War, right?"
Ninjas like the Fūma clan, who had lost their village in the early wars and weren't accepted by other villages, naturally needed a reason to intervene in the war.
The reason was simple. It was just a bounty.
Since they were here and helping Ame to deal with Leaf Village ninjas, it was simply because Ame had put a bounty on killing every Leaf Village ninja.
Of course, this didn't mean that they were loyal to Ame. In fact, they were mad dogs who would bite anyone. While taking Ame's bounty, they wouldn't mind killing a few Ame ninjas along the way and then running to other villages to get paid.
"Mercenaries, you can think of it that way. But in reality, I just like killing." The masked ninja seemed to agree with Haori's statement, but he also seemed not to agree.
The masked ninja was about to say something else, but the subordinate who had been staring at Haori and the others suddenly leaned into his ear and said something.
"Heh, I didn't expect that there would be a famous person among you little ninja brats…"
"White Yaksha?"
Haori: "…"
What the heck! What was going on?
Was I that famous of a ninja? And even if I was famous, I haven't revealed any characteristics, have I? You can't confirm my identity just based on my hairstyle and hair color, can you?
That's not scientific.
There are plenty of people with white hair in the Shinobi World. The enemy couldn't have figured out his identity just based on that.
But white hair, plus a young Leaf Village ninja, plus Lightning Release without hand seals?
It was mainly because of the Lightning Release without hand seals. Maybe Haori hadn't paid too much attention to the specialness of his instant Lightning Release without hand seals, but in reality, it was a very obvious characteristic.
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