Campsite 33.
[Water Release: Wild Water Wave!]
[Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!]
The Mist ninja were overwhelming in numbers, and the remaining Konoha shinobi at the camp could only keep using Earth-Style Walls for defense.
The group of Mist ninja didn't feel any rush—they knew Cloud and Leaf were locked in a brutal fight.
Without backup coming, they were more than happy to use this frog-boiling method to slowly drain their enemies' chakra.
After all, pushing too hard would mean heavy casualties on their own side too.
At that moment, within the defensive circle formed by Earth-Style Walls...
Staring at the trembling wall—on the verge of collapse at any second—the people inside wore expressions of despair.
Earth Release might counter Water Release, but there were just too many Mist ninja to handle.
Plus, Earth-Style Wall was originally a B-ranked jutsu—hard to master—and among them, only about six or seven had earth-natured chakra.
Reaching this point already meant they had hit their limit.
"Dammit, I'm taking these bastards down with me!"
"Shuunen, don't do anything reckless! Reinforcements might come soon!"
"If there really were backup, do you think these Mist freaks would be so calm?" Shuunen clenched his fist tightly. "Snap out of it! Our Main Camp's probably already overrun! All we can do now is kill as many enemies as we can before we die!"
When Shuunen said that, the chunin who had tried to stop him let out a bitter laugh. "Didn't expect I'd be the one not seeing clearly while you—a kid—would see it straight. You're right; no more wishful thinking."
Others started laughing too.
"Haha, our Earth-Style Wall won't hold much longer anyway!"
"Then get ready! Don't let those Mist punks think they can walk all over Konoha shinobi!"
The instant the stone wall collapsed, the Konoha ninja charged out, determined to fight with everything they had.
[Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!]
[Leaf Whirlwind!]
Compared to the battle-hardened Leaf shinobi—who had been in nonstop war for two years—the Mist forces seemed slower and less prepared.
At first, quite a few of them couldn't react fast enough. For a moment, Konoha had the upper hand.
But once they adjusted slightly, the tide quickly turned.
"Tch... So this is as far as we go?" Shuunen, who had already unlocked the second tomoe, looked deeply frustrated. "If Seiki were here, he wouldn't even break a sweat in this situation!"
The Mist ninja were furious and humiliated—having such an overwhelming advantage yet nearly being pushed back like this? It was pure disgrace!
"Stop struggling. No reinforcements are coming for you!"
"We'll tell you the truth—Cloud launched a surprise attack on your Main Camp tonight. They're busy fighting each other like dogs!"
"This war? Mist's gonna come out on top in the end!"
These taunts weren't just insults—they were meant to mess with the enemy's heads.
And sure enough, provoked like that, Konoha lost focus, and the battle swung even harder against them.
But then, a cold, sharp voice rang out.
"Sorry. Gotta disappoint you!"
[Earth Release: Bottomless Swamp!]
Although just a B-rank Ninjutsu, when used by Seiki, it instantly created an enormous swamp. Many Mist ninja were swallowed whole before they could even react.
Turning toward the source of the noise, the Konoha ninjas were ecstatic.
"Great! It's Seiki Jonin!"
"With Seiki-dono here, victory is ours for sure!"
Though the reinforcements consisted of only one person, to them, Seiki alone was worth a hundred men!
"What? Seiki Shimaseki!"
"Tch, why did he have to arrive so quickly?"
His reputation precedes him like a shadow following the tree.
Even though they hadn't participated in previous battles, these Mist ninja had heard of Seiki's name.
However, unlike those who had yet to experience combat, they weren't bound by the same rules as the Cloud Village ninja—rules that dictated immediate retreat upon encountering certain opponents.
So despite their slight nervousness, they gritted their teeth and charged forward.
"Don't be scared! No matter how strong this guy is, he's still just one person!"
"Seventy to one—we've got no reason to lose this!"
"Let's show them that our Mist ninja aren't like those cowards from Cloud!"
Facing the Mist ninja's taunts, Seiki remained indifferent. Calmly thinking to himself: "After finishing this fight, I still need to reinforce other camps. I should conserve chakra. Use Flying Thunder God to pick off Jonins while dealing with the rest using Taijutsu."
In terms of ability, his strength was practically on par with A and B.
However, due to different roles, their battlefield performances varied greatly.
Those two could freely move around standard battlefields, where weaker ninja couldn't even scratch them.
Against ordinary Jonins, they wouldn't flinch either, though actually eliminating them wasn't always easy.
For Seiki, however, his stamina didn't match theirs. Yet combined with Flying Thunder God, Genjutsu made even slightly inferior ninja helpless. Even Jonins below optimal strength faced total domination!
Seeing Seiki appear somewhat distracted, the Mist ninja grew bolder. They exchanged glances, then coordinated attacks with multiple techniques simultaneously.
[Water Release: Water Dragon Bullets!]
Seiki wasn't distracted at all. As soon as he entered the battlefield, he secretly used Chakra Threads to manipulate several tiny shuriken toward specific directions.
Then, when those mighty water dragons surged forth, Seiki suddenly raised his right hand, hurling countless shuriken back toward the Mist direction.
These Mist ninja had certainly heard of his Flying Thunder God Technique. Upon seeing those shuriken flying, they immediately cried out in alarm.
"Quickly shoot down those shuriken!"
"Don't let him plant any markers!"
While their attention focused on those shuriken, Seiki instantly teleported beside one "stronger" enemy he had sensed earlier, completing the final hand seal of his pre-prepared illusion technique.
Blood sprayed as the Mist ninja collapsed, never seeing the hand that killed him.
Without pausing, Seiki immediately reappeared via another Flying Thunder God Technique next to someone else.
The second fortunate ninja proved slightly luckier—he saw the blood spray and realized something was wrong.
Unfortunately, his hasty reaction didn't change anything. He struggled briefly under Seiki's Genjutsu before having his throat slit with one clean stroke.
At this moment, the Mist ninjas finally cried out in shock, "Hayato Sensei! Shiratori Captain!"
"How could this happen? The only two jonin among us got eliminated? Didn't this take even three seconds?"
"We're going to die if we stay here! We'll definitely be killed!"
It was only natural they freaked out—watching Seiki kill two jonin like that was completely mind-blowing!
"Wow...so strong!" Shuunen stared blankly. Those were jonin after all!
At this moment, he even began doubting whether those memories of fighting evenly against Seiki weren't just something he'd imagined.
The other Konoha ninja became even more excited, their faces flushing crimson. No wonder they're heroes from the Cloud Village battlefield! Such clean and decisive killings were incredibly thrilling!
After wiping out two jonin with absolute superiority, the Mist battlefield novice directly collapsed mentally, with nearly a third of the ninjas fleeing.
Seeing this, Seiki also slightly relaxed.
Although his taijutsu wasn't bad, he couldn't rival that pair of Cloud brothers who could go on a rampage singlehandedly. This situation where finishing off a weakened opponent was exactly suited for his taijutsu style.
The rest of the Konoha ninja caught on fast and launched a fierce counterattack.
Soon afterward, leaving behind thirty to forty corpses, the remaining Mist ninjas barely managed to escape.
A group of Konoha ninja came dashing over, shouting excitedly, "Seiki, this time..."
Seiki slightly shook his head, "Sorry, I must hurry to the next Camp immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, Seiki disappeared directly.
Of course, no one felt dissatisfied with Seiki's manner. Instead, they admired him greatly.
"Seiki works so hard!"
"Yeah, according to what Mist said, they probably just finished a major battle!"
"By the way, Shuunen, I heard you're close friends with Seiki. Could you tell us more about him?"
Shuunen let out a sigh, reminiscing about old times, "Everything began with that epic fight where me and Seiki went head-to-head..."
Within one night, Seiki and Minato visited dozens of camps, rescuing hundreds of ninjas. Both of their reputations reached new heights.
Though this surprise attack by the Mist achieved considerable results, it simultaneously made the name of the Twin Stars of Konoha become an inescapable nightmare haunting many village ninjas.
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