The leader pointed his long sword at Torifu. "Defeat me, and you'll get what you want to know."
Torifu had a helpless expression. "Sigh, if you had cooperated, you might have lived. But now, you have to die."
Torifu then took a few steps back and patted Hiruzen and Kagami on the shoulders. "You two should be able to handle this. I won't lift a finger." He then retreated to Naori's side, crossed his arms over his chest, and prepared to watch the show.
Hiruzen and Kagami knew Torifu was being lazy, but they had no evidence, so they had no choice but to go. The two of them nodded at each other and quickly ran toward the rogue ninja! Torifu lightly nudged Naori with his shoulder.
"What's your guess? How long will it take them to finish this?"
Naori thought for a moment. "I'd say less than ten minutes."
"I'll guess less than ten minutes too."
Naori smiled and began to seriously watch her brother's battle.
At this moment, Kagami was running at high speed on the water. His Body Flicker Jutsu was extremely skilled. In just a few blinks of an eye, he was in front of the rogue ninja!
Then, his fingernails suddenly became sharp and long like a cat's! Two tails burning with blue flames also grew out from behind him! He began to swiftly slaughter the rogue ninja! Every flicker of his body left behind a ball of flame.
Rogue ninja who accidentally touched it were instantly burned to a crisp. The rogue ninja leader tried to pinpoint Kagami's movements several times, but he failed. At this moment, he was a little nervous. He had really run into a tough opponent this time. In less than three minutes, his subordinates were almost all dead!
Compared to Kagami's incredible speed, Hiruzen seemed a little clumsy. Every one of his attacks caused a large amount of lava to splatter! When the lava fell into the sea, it created countless plumes of steam. But although his movements were a bit heavy, his posture was very agile. He used a fist style that resembled a monkey's, easily dodging the enemy's various attacks. With every punch, someone was turned into a charred corpse.
Under the combined attacks of Hiruzen and Kagami, it took less than five minutes to kill all fifty Hidden Mist rogue ninja. During this time, the rogue ninja leader also tried to attack the relatively slow Hiruzen, but he was easily blocked. Even his long sword was almost melted by the lava.
"Damn it! How are you this strong!" The leader no longer had his arrogant attitude from the beginning. He had become a little frantic and hysterical. Although his subordinates weren't all elite, they shouldn't have been all killed in less than five minutes!
From a distance, Torifu put his hands to his mouth like a megaphone. "I'm telling you, didn't the person who sent you tell you who we were? This is practically them sending you to your death!"
When the leader heard Torifu's words, his heart was filled with hatred, but there was nothing he could do. He could only fight to the death!
"Water Clone Jutsu!"
This ninja was at least an elite Jōnin. His hand signs were extremely fast, and in just two seconds, he released a water clone. The clone and the main body both held a steel chain and surrounded Hiruzen! When Hiruzen activated his Four-Tails form, his body became a little heavy, and the leader was also very fast on the water. He easily wrapped the steel chain around Hiruzen! He then controlled his clone to use its long sword to behead Hiruzen! This was all done in less than five seconds, and his speed was very fast!
But just as the long sword was about to cut off Hiruzen's head, the lava surrounding Hiruzen's body suddenly exploded! The gushing lava directly covered the water clone, and the clone instantly turned into water and disappeared. The situation wasn't much better for the main body! Because the steel chain conducted heat, the high temperature directly burned his entire palm to a crisp. And it was already stuck to the steel chain!
If he didn't deal with it quickly, he might lose his entire arm! He gritted his teeth and stomped his foot! With one slash, he cut off his own palm! The blood that splattered onto the steel chain instantly evaporated. At this moment, the sea under Hiruzen's feet was starting to steam.
Just as the leader's body was uncontrollably retreating due to the pain, Kagami appeared in front of him with a Body Flicker. He opened his eyes! A pair of scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan appeared! He instantly controlled the leader. Just as Kagami was about to control him to reveal the person who sent him, the leader actually smiled! The corners of his mouth formed a very strange angle.
When Torifu saw this, he felt a sense of dread. He immediately clapped his hands on the surface of the sea! Suddenly, a huge claw appeared under the leader's feet! It firmly grabbed him and dragged him to the bottom of the sea!
In just three seconds, a violent explosion occurred at the bottom of the sea! Water splashed dozens of meters high! If such an explosion had occurred next to Kagami and Hiruzen, they would have certainly died. Naori's face was a little pale at this moment. She had almost witnessed her brother's death with her own eyes. Kagami was also a little stunned, but he recovered quickly.
"What was that? How could the explosion be so powerful?"
Hiruzen sat down on the surface of the sea, gasping for air. Was this mission really this dangerous? He almost died right there!
Torifu walked over and casually used a healing jutsu on both of them. Although they weren't injured, it also had a calming effect.
"If the assassins they sent are like this, there must be even more danger on the island. We must be more serious. If there's any sign of trouble, come find me immediately."
Hiruzen nodded. This time, he was going to be serious. Otherwise, it would be very dangerous. Kagami kept replaying the scene in his mind. It didn't seem like the leader had broken out of the genjutsu himself. It was more like his genjutsu had been interrupted by another person's genjutsu, and they had then controlled the leader to explode. But why would there be such a powerful genjutsu master in the Land of Whirlpools?
Kagami then told his companions about his idea, and everyone was a little surprised. Hiruzen also said with a look of disbelief, "Stronger than your genjutsu? You're the strongest genjutsu master in the Hidden Leaf Village right now."
Kagami nodded. "If my guess is correct, then this person's strength is definitely above mine."
Torifu smiled slightly. This was interesting. They hadn't even landed on the island yet, and they had already been given a show of force. With such a powerful genjutsu master, why would they still ask the Hidden Leaf for help? What were these princes really planning?
"In any case, everyone needs to be extra careful. The three of you with tailed beasts are not easily controlled by genjutsu, and Naori has the Sharingan, so she's not easily controlled either." Torifu then looked at Koharu and Homura. "Koharu and Homura are different. I suggest the two of you act together. Leave the remaining prince to me."
Koharu and Homura nodded. This was a matter of their safety, so there was no reason not to listen.