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Whizz, whizz... Twelve kunai flew out from the black smoke.
In a split second, Yahiko and the others were all attracted by the kunai flying out from the black smoke.
Because the twelve kunai with explosion tags weren't all aimed at them. Some were aimed at the village behind them.
The angles were different. Yahiko and the others, worried about the safety of the village, quickly used their respective techniques to intercept the kunai flying from the air. They didn't notice that the twelve kunai seemed to have been shot out at the same time, as if they were attacks from twelve people, but in reality, it wasn't. It was just six people simultaneously throwing out the kunai in both their hands, forming twelve kunai, not twelve people shooting them together.
The enemy leader had rich combat experience. He instantly thought of using Yahiko and the others' concern for the village to his advantage. Six people shot twelve kunai through the black smoke to confuse Yahiko, Kenshi, and the others.
The other six people, two of them went around to the left, and three of them went around to the right. While Yahiko and the others were focused on and dealing with the twelve kunai, they shot the kunai in their hands towards the three.
The last remaining leader used Earth Release to hide underground and approach Yahiko, preparing to give Yahiko a fatal blow.
Originally, according to the leader's plan, Kenshi and Yezi should have also been attracted by the kunai aimed at the village, thus being attacked by the kunai suddenly shot from the left and right.
Even if not, it would disrupt the formation of Kenshi and Yahiko and the others, giving him the opportunity to kill one first, making it easier for them to defeat them one by one.
Unfortunately, they encountered Kenshi and Yezi.
Both of them possessed chakra perception abilities. Their black smoke confusion and sneak attack were all exposed under their perception.
Facing six kunai with explosion tags shot from the right, Kenshi calmly picked up a handful of pebbles from the ground.
Whizz, whizz... Six pebbles shot out from Kenshi's hand at high speed, striking the slanted surface of the kunai flying in the air at a slightly downward angle.
Ding, ding, ding... In an instant, the six kunai flew back at a faster speed, sticking into the ground two meters in front of the three ninjas on the right.
Boom, boom... Then, the six kunai exploded. The three ninjas who had attacked from the side couldn't react at all. They were blown away by the shockwave of the explosion.
Kenshi had grasped the distance perfectly. It would cause internal injuries to the three ninjas, temporarily rendering them unable to fight, but it wouldn't be fatal. They could still run back on their own.
On the other side, facing the four kunai with explosion tags shot by the two ninjas attacking from the left, Yezi quickly formed hand seals.
"Paper Release - Flying Paper Explosion Tag Technique."
Instantly, six rectangular paper explosion tags, as if they were steel slices, shot out. They intercepted the four kunai and exploded in mid-air.
The remaining two paper explosion tags, like Kenshi's response, were also shot towards the ground two meters in front of the two attacking ninjas, exploding.
The two on the left were also unable to continue fighting unless they went all out.
"Not good, we've been tricked!"
Only now did Yahiko and the others realize. They heard the explosions coming from the left and right and looked over. They realized that if it hadn't been for Kenshi and Yezi protecting the sides, they would have been attacked by the enemy's explosion tags. The consequences would have been unimaginable.
"It's good that we have Kenshi-nii and Yezi-nee."
Just as Yahiko felt relieved, two hands suddenly emerged from the ground behind him, grabbing his ankles.
"Die!"
Underground, the enemy leader, who had infiltrated, activated his mind and was about to pull Yahiko into the ground and crush him to death.
"Not good..." Yahiko's face changed. Just as the thought of being finished flashed through his mind, he heard the sound of pebbles piercing the air.
Whizz, whizz!
Slap, slap!
"Hmm!"
A muffled groan sounded from underground. Two pebbles accurately struck the two hands that were grabbing Yahiko's ankles. The intense pain caused the two hands that had emerged from underground to instantly release Yahiko's ankles.
Yahiko quickly jumped back to get away.
Crack!
The enemy leader also broke through the ground and emerged.
The moment he emerged, the enemy leader instantly retreated, not pursuing Yahiko.
"Yahiko, are you okay?"
"Yahiko..."
Nagato and Konan quickly came to Yahiko's side, concerned.
"I'm fine." Yahiko shook his head, then looked at Kenshi and Yezi, scratching his head awkwardly and laughing, "I was careless. It's good that we have Kenshi-nii and Yezi here."
"Be careful, don't underestimate them." Konan said with a hint of fear.
She was really scared just now. At that moment, she couldn't do anything in time. Thankfully, Kenshi reacted quickly.
But Kenshi couldn't stay by Yahiko's side all the time. He couldn't watch over Yahiko all the time.
What if... Before Konan could think further, Yahiko quickly assured her, "I'll be more vigilant in the future. I won't underestimate anyone again."
Actually, it wasn't underestimation, but lack of strength. Yahiko knew this.
Nagato also knew. He secretly made a decision in his heart. He must become stronger.
"Who are you?"
"Are you Hanzo's men?"
The enemy leader, who had retreated, had already received battle information from his subordinates. He looked at Kenshi and the others, especially Kenshi.
The other three were fine. It was obvious that they had a lot of jutsu and chakra, but they were inexperienced newcomers.
Only Kenshi and Yezi, especially Kenshi, were able to react to his sudden attack from underground.
This reaction speed was not something ordinary people could possess.
And Kenshi had only used "throwing pebbles," a child's attack, the whole time. He didn't use any other methods.
This ability shocked the enemy leader. He couldn't help but ask about the identities of Kenshi and the others.
"Although we're wearing..." Yahiko subconsciously started to talk-no-jutsu.
"Retreat!" The enemy leader suddenly gave an order. Everyone cooperated seamlessly, throwing smoke bombs to cover their retreat, and immediately turned to leave.
Boom, boom, boom... Yahiko looked at the huge white smoke that enveloped the entire village entrance. He opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.
"???"
Yahiko was stunned for a moment. The enemy was acting irrationally. He had just seemed to want to know their identities, but the moment he opened his mouth, the enemy left smoke bombs and left. They didn't seem to want to listen to him at all.
Heh!
Kenshi shook his head and smiled inwardly.
This was the normal way a person should think. Those who realize they are no match for the enemy and know that staying means certain death, but still want to know who defeated them and ask questions endlessly, are simply fools.
The true normal ninja mindset was like the enemy leader who had just attacked.
The moment he realized the power gap between the two sides, he immediately used the fact that Kenshi and Yezi had held back in their previous attacks to judge that Yahiko wouldn't easily attack them. Then, he used words to attract and divert Yahiko and the others' attention. Finally, the moment Yahiko opened his mouth, he decisively threw smoke bombs and retreated.
They didn't care why Kenshi and the others had held back in their previous attacks?
Was there some hidden reason?
They didn't want to know.
They just wanted to escape from here, escape from Kenshi and the others, who could kill them, before anything else.
After they survived, they would consider the question of why Kenshi and the others didn't kill them.
Maybe... they wouldn't even consider it.
This was the real and cruel ninja world.
Yahiko didn't understand the choices these people made, but Kenshi and Yezi did.
"Why?"
Yahiko turned his head back in confusion and asked Kenshi, "Kenshi-nii, why don't they want to communicate at all?"
Whoosh... Kenshi let go of the pebbles in his hand, and they fell to the ground. Hearing Yahiko's question, he smiled, "Because your strength isn't strong enough yet."
In fact, the reason why the enemy leader suddenly retreated was largely because he judged that the strongest among them, himself, hadn't spoken. It was Yahiko, who had almost been killed by him, who spoke.
In an instant, the enemy leader realized that the one making decisions among the five of them was Yahiko, not the strongest, Kenshi and Yezi.
Since that was the case, from Yahiko's attitude, the enemy leader instantly judged that he was going to escape, and Yahiko wouldn't chase after him. Since Yahiko, who was making the decisions, wouldn't chase after them, Kenshi, who was the strongest and most likely to make them unable to escape, wouldn't chase after them either.
In this way, if they escaped immediately, their chances of survival would be the greatest. If they stayed and negotiated, they would be doomed.
So, the enemy leader decisively ordered a retreat.
But if Kenshi had been the first to speak,
Then, the enemy leader would have had to stay and listen obediently.
Because he knew that with Kenshi's reaction speed and attack range, even if they threw smoke bombs, they wouldn't be able to confuse Kenshi.
Otherwise, the black smoke would have confused Kenshi and Yezi.
The enemy leader knew that he couldn't escape Kenshi's grasp. As long as Kenshi was the first to speak, he would have to stay and listen obediently.
Otherwise... he would die.
This principle... Yahiko didn't fully understand. He said, "I understand. He must think I'm too weak and that my words aren't reliable."
No, as long as you never kill, no one will take your words seriously.
Kenshi shook his head again in his heart.
The biggest difference between Yahiko and Naruto was that he didn't kill.
He truly wouldn't kill anyone, whether it was an enemy or an enemy.
Such a person, even if they were strong, wouldn't be feared by anyone.
Without fear, without a certain sense of awe, who would listen to you?
But the sunny and cheerful Naruto would kill.
That's why Naruto's talk-no-jutsu had a deterrent effect.
Yahiko's talk-no-jutsu was truly based on mutual understanding and his own personal charisma.
However, charisma can't be used to eat. It will eventually tire and lose its charm.
At that time, what would matter was the powerful strength that could control the life and death of others. Only then could you restrain others to continue acting according to your rules.
This was reality.
Yahiko hadn't yet grasped this principle. He was destined to continue to suffer.
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