I teach kendo in the ninja world

The one who made the exclamation was a young ninja who tied his black hair back into a scattered ponytail. His face was very thin and he looked quite capable.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately attracted a question from a woman with long light yellow hair next to him.

"Is this the rain cutting technique? Are you sure, rock flow?"

[Kiryu no Jutsu] is said to be the secret ninjutsu of Kirigakure Village, but with the level of the chasing troops, it is naturally impossible not to understand it.

After all, a mission like hunting down a traitorous ninja would start at level B. If the defecting ninja is a jounin, the mission level may even reach S.

Therefore, they have no shortage of opportunities to exchange ninjutsu, and some of them have even mastered this technique.

Thinking of this, the yellow-haired woman turned her head and looked behind her, trying to find the only colleague who had practiced the [Rain Cutting Technique].

only……

Well, because they had just taken off their masks, the woman suddenly fell into confusion when faced with unfamiliar faces.

After these people took off their masks, she really couldn't recognize them!

She could call Yanliu by his name because they were members of the same team and were very familiar with each other.

But other people...

Even if she had occasional cooperation and contact, she wouldn't be able to recognize much of them.

Otherwise, wouldn't the ANBU's secrecy work become a joke?

Fortunately, Ganliu, the captain of the team, noticed the woman's embarrassment. He spoke directly to an ordinary man: "Amamiya, you are the only one here who has practiced the [Rain Cutting Technique]. You What do you think?"

The Jonin Amamiya whose name was called was doubting his life at this time.

He had already fallen into this state when he saw Araki's sword that cut off the water whip.

He didn't wake up until he was called by Yan Liu.

"what?"

He looked at Yanliu and Waterlily in confusion, as if he didn't hear what they were saying clearly.

"Is Master Araki's sword just now the art of cutting rain?"

Water Lily repeated the question.

"……yes."

Amamiya sighed in a low voice with a complicated expression.

In just two words, it actually contains many emotions such as shock, regret, envy, sadness, etc.

"Then how did he do it? The rain cutting technique is not..."

Water Lily continued to ask, and she made a raining motion with her hands on top of her head.

"Ugh……"

Upon seeing this, Amamiya sighed, "Since you asked, I will tell you in detail."

He sorted out his words a little, "The focus of the Rain Cutting Technique lies in the special property changes of the water attribute chakra. This is also its biggest learning difficulty. Most of you can't practice it, because you are stuck here."

Water Lily and Ganliu nodded in agreement.

If you want to master a special property change, it really tests your qualifications.In the entire Kirigakure Village, there are only a handful of people who can practice this [Rain-cutting Technique] with just one palm.

"But in addition to changes in nature, chakra also changes in form. As long as general ninjutsu can reach the extreme in one aspect, it is already extremely powerful. If it can be done on both sides..."

He didn't finish what he said, but his unfinished meaning had already been understood by others.

A two-pronged approach is naturally what Araki shows today——

One sword breaks all methods!

Just when everyone was shocked, Water Lily raised a new question.

"I understand what you said, but... when Mr. Araki uses the rain-cutting technique, why doesn't he use seals?"

Yes, they all saw clearly that Araki did not make any seal movements from beginning to end during the battle, including when the long sword in his hand changed from light green to azure just now.

It was as if the state had switched in an instant, with no gaps to be found.

"This……"

Amamiya suddenly got stuck.

Why can Araki release ninjutsu without forming seals?

He wants to know too!

This is beyond his knowledge!

After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go up and experience the next wave ourselves. Maybe we'll know the reason."

While they were talking, all seven ninjas who were besieging Araki were lying on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Araki raised his sword and pointed at the crowd who had withdrawn to watch: "Next team!"

"Let's go!"

Amamiya said hello, and ten people including Ganliu, Nymphomaniac, Shuna, etc. jumped up and rushed towards Araki from different directions.

Unlike the other nine people who drew their swords out of their sheaths, Amamiya was last. He flipped his hands and quickly formed the seal: "Water Release: Rain Cutting Technique!"

patter patter . . .

As he shouted, light rain began to fall within a few dozen meters.

This kind of rain falls on my body, but I don’t feel anything at all.

but……

Araki looked at the long sword in his hand out of the corner of his eye and found that the sword body made of chakra was quietly melting in the rain.

This scene was all too familiar to him.

"Is it the rain-cutting technique? Does this mean that my sword has no body? The reaction is not slow."

The corners of Araki's lips curled up slightly, "But, do you think this can restrict me?"

With a thought, he took the initiative to reduce the amount of chakra input into the hilt of the sword.

In the blink of an eye, the originally three-foot-three-inch long sword shrunk to only one-tenth of its length.

"My sword is not as rigid as ordinary ninjutsu, and you can't control it if you let it go. A three-foot long sword cannot avoid being washed away by rain, but a three-inch short sword is still fine."

Just like that, he brandished a weapon that was said to be a dagger, but was actually more like a dagger, and rushed into the oncoming crowd.

Due to the field control of the Kiryu no Jutsu, no one used any skills other than Taijutsu in this battle.

This is the tactic formulated by Amamiya.

Now that Araki has combined Kirisame's art with swordsmanship, it doesn't really make much sense no matter what ninjutsu they release.

If this is the case, then everyone should stop using ninjutsu!

It's worth using one of your own weaknesses to replace half of the opponent's fighting methods!

This was what they were thinking before the fight started.

only……

It is precisely because of this that they experience despair in another dimension.

In terms of Taijutsu skills, Araki seems to have an even greater advantage!

Araki, who has opened the [Heart's Eye], has enveloped all the enemies in front of him in his perception field.

Yanliu took the lead and swept the straight-edged sword in front of him!

Woo!

The rain curtain and the air were cut open with a knife, and a shrill howl came out.

Araki made a sliding shovel motion as if he had no idea. He leaned back to avoid the blade, then raised his toes and pointed it at Ganliu's wrist holding the knife exactly.

Seeing this, Yanliu stretched out his free left hand, made a fist and smashed Araki's feet.

However, although his temporary reaction is good, how can it compare with Araki's [mind's eye] prediction?

As soon as Ganliu moved his shoulder and before he could lift his hand, Araki changed his move first and kicked him in the chest.

While kicking him away, he also came up with a "free kick into the white blade", twisted his legs, and took the long straight-edged sword from his hand.

Then, looking up at Water Lily, who was holding a knife in both hands and falling from the sky, he said silently: "The flaw is too big."

Yes, this move was originally a combined attack of water lily and rock flow.

If there is a rock flow on the ground ahead, the enemy will not be able to take the opportunity to attack the water lily's flaw, and will not be able to escape the entanglement of the rock flow, so they can only choose to take this powerful slash from the sky.

There is a high chance of being injured by a single blow.

But the reality is not what if. Yanliu, who was trusted by Waterlily, could not even hold on for a few breaths in front of Araki, and was kicked back. This caused Waterlily, which was already leaping high, to lose cover, and her moves changed. It has to be full of flaws.

Araki took his time and waved the long knife he had just snatched from Yanliu. He easily defused Water Lily's attack and slammed her to the ground.

boom!

Just in case, he also hit her on the back of the head with the hilt of the sword he held in his other hand.

After a fierce confrontation, the two vanguard generals were already dead before the other seven people could rush in front of them.

Next is Araki's swordsmanship show.

No one could survive more than three moves in a pure melee encounter with him.

Even when faced with a siege, he could use his strength to guide them to accidentally injure each other, and then take advantage of the opportunity to kill them.

A moment later, when Araki threw the long knife he had snatched from the rock flow and inserted it into Amemiya's ear, only two minutes had passed.

Amamiya, who was responsible for formulating this wave of tactics, lay slumped on the ground and sighed helplessly: "Did we limit the ninjutsu of both sides, but instead released a more terrifying monster..."

They obviously had more information, but they were defeated faster than the ten people in the first group!

Then, a familiar voice sounded again: "Next group!"

Next, waves of ninjas chasing the troops tried various methods to deal with Araki.

Ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, ninjutsu throwing, etc...

But apart from reaping defeats again and again, the only effect is to make Araki's power more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

And from beginning to end, all the techniques used by Araki relied on swordsmanship. He did not release any external ninjutsu or illusions against the enemy.

This undoubtedly raised such questions in the minds of these easily defeated ninjas:

"Can swordsmanship really be so strong?"

Of course, female ninjas like Water Lily have another idea: "Swordsmanship, is it so handsome?"

And this is the most important reason why Araki decided to challenge them all this time.

Since taking over the appointment of Goju Yagura, he has been thinking about how to build this ace unit that the other party has high hopes for.

There is no reason why an ace unit must have its own characteristics.

For example, Sunagakure's puppet troops and Iwagakure's demolition troops are based on the puppet technique and the explosive escape blood succession respectively. They have derived many tactics from this to meet their needs in attack, defense, reconnaissance, logistics, etc. needs.

With this kind of successful experience, the unit he named [Blood Mist Blade] should naturally follow suit.

So, what is more suitable as the foundation of the [Blood Blade Troops]?

Water escape?

That is the characteristic of Kirigakure Village, not the characteristic of [Blood Blade] itself.

murderous look?

The murderous spirit of those who pursue the troops is indeed sufficient, but this kind of thing is difficult to use directly, has insufficient development potential, and is not unique enough.

After thinking about it, only my best swordsmanship can be used as the foundation.

Because of the Seven Ninja Swords, swords were already quite popular in Kirigakure Village.

But in the past, they were always just a foil. Ninjas used them but didn't take them too seriously, at least compared to ninjutsu.

The first thing Araki has to do is to break their inherent impression.

The power of the sword must first be deeply engraved in their minds, and then it can inspire their true motivation to learn when teaching.

These battles today are to tell them: "Times have changed, and it is time to abandon the old concepts. The fighting method that mainly uses swords and ninjutsu as a supplement is not without a future!"

Therefore, after defeating more than 100 people in a row, Araki did not encounter any resistance when he taught them the most basic nine-style sword moves.

"Want to learn my sword skills?"

Standing in front of a group of subordinates with bruises and swollen faces, Araki asked loudly.

"miss you!"

The undoubted sound came like a roaring tsunami.

"very good!"

Araki unsheathed his sword and demonstrated each move carefully while speaking.

"Tangzhu, cassock cut, reverse cassock, left thrust, right thrust, left cut up, right cut up, against the wind, thrust sword. These are the most basic nine-style sword moves.

"Starting from today, everyone will swing the sword a thousand times per day. If your body can't bear the load, go to the hospital for treatment. When you practice to my satisfaction, I will teach you the Ninja Sword Technique created by me!"