Looking at the dead bodies scattered around, Asuma commanded the Anbu mbers with a serious expression, "Everyone, search separately and see if there are any survivors."
The Anbu mbers responded promptly and began inspecting the bodies of the bounty hunters, wandering samurai, and rogue ninjas.
Asuma himself wasn't idle either. He squatted down beside a bounty hunter's corpse, carefully examining the wounds.
For a mont, he couldn’t help but recognize the identity of the corpse, ‘Isn’t he Momochi Zabuza of Kirigakure? Was he also part of the people the Uchiha Clan hired?’
After separating from Kakashi, Asuma led five Anbu squads in a rush to the outer wall, anticipating a surprise attack. However, the attack was delayed, so they decided to search the area around the village. This search led them to discover these dead bodies scattered throughout the forest.
"Huh, all of them have only one wound in the throat?" Asuma was taken aback for a mont as he observed the body of the bounty hunter in front of him. The corpse appeared to be entirely fine, except for a thin cut at the throat; there were no other wounds.
As Asuma checked several other corpses, he realized that they all had a single wound, either on the throat, the heart, or between the eyebrows.
He pondered, "Was this all done by Kuroto?" The pattern of the wounds seed to indicate a certain precision and skill, and it matched Kuroto's modus operandi.
As Asuma continued to analyze the evidence, his surprise grew. The wounds on all the corpses, the techniques used, and the style of the killings were remarkably similar, clearly the work of one individual. Moreover, there were no signs of large-scale ninjutsu being employed on the battlefield. It appeared that Kuroto had single-handedly dispatched hundreds of shinobi in the forest, preventing them from dispersing or escaping.
"How fast was he to be able to kill so many skilled shinobi without giving them a chance to escape?" Asuma wondered, impressed and slightly alard by Kuroto's incredible speed and prowess.
As he pondered the situation, a sudden commotion among the Anbu mbers caught his attention. One of them reported, "Asuma-sama… soone is approaching!"
"That person's speed is too fast!"
"Moreover, their Chakra Reserves are humongous… like a Jinchuriki! Everyone, be on guard!"
Asuma's vigilance heightened as he heard the report. The fact that the approaching individual could make even the elite Anbu so nervous indicated their imnse power. Asuma couldn't help but wonder, ‘Could it be Kuroto?'
As the figure approached and ca into Asuma's view, he shook his head, ‘Nah… It's not Kuroto.' and tried to identify the person, ‘Soone from the Uchiha Clan, perhaps?'
The speed at which this person moved was extraordinary, leaping dozens of ters with just a light touch on the ground, almost gliding through the earth.
As it beca evident that this individual was neither Kuroto nor a Uchiha nor any other Konoha shinobi, Asuma's vigilance intensified to the maximum. He imdiately ordered the Anbu, "Intercept him!"
The Anbu responded promptly, unsheathing their swords and using Body Flicker Jutsu to accelerate their speed as they rushed toward the incoming person.
The person the Anbu attempted to intercept was none other than the ‘puppet’ Aoki was using to move around.
As the puppet, controlled by Aoki, felt the Anbu attempting to intercept it, anger surged within its artificial form. It roared fiercely, "Get out of my way!" and unleashed an unexplainable repulsive force that sent the Anbu mbers flying backward, causing them to crash onto the ground.
Asuma was taken aback by the sudden repellent force, but being an Elite Jonin, he quickly recovered, and after weaving the Hand Signs, he released a Ninjutsu, ‘Fire Style: Flint Yagura!’
Boom!
Suddenly, a pillar of fire enveloped Aoki. As the opponent was being ‘burned’ within the fire pillar, Asuma instructed an Anbu squad, “Quick… try to restrain his movents!”
An Anbu squad nodded, “Yes!” as they surrounded the pillar of fire from four sides while weaving hand signs and released a Ninjutsu in unison, ‘Lightning Style: Four Pillar Trap!’
Rumble!
By the ti the pillar of fire disappeared, with the rumbling of the earth, four colossal stone pillars were summoned, and Lightning was shot between them, surrounding Aoki at the center and temporarily immobilizing him.
As Aoki’s movents were restrained, Asuma once again weaved hand signs and used yet another Fire Style ninjutsu, ‘Fire Style: Ash Pile Burning!’
He spewed chakra-infused gunpowder from his mouth, which surrounded Aoki, who was restrained by the ‘Four Pillar Trap.’ As soon as the gunpowder ca into contact with lightning, the gunpowder exploded.
Boom! BooM! BOOM!
‘Did that do sothing?’ pondered Asuma as he gazed at the dispersing smoke. Considering that three consecutive B-Rank Jutsu were employed against the approaching enemy, even if it didn't kill him, it should have at least inflicted deep injuries, or so Asuma believed.
But he couldn't be more wrong because suddenly, an Anbu beside him shouted in warning, “Asuma-sama, be careful… his chakra signature… it hasn't disappeared at all!”
Asuma was taken aback, “Wh-what?!”
As the smoke drifted away, the figure of Aoki with both arms outstretched erged in front of everyone. What's more bizarre is that there wasn't a single scar on his body; in fact, not even his clothes were damaged at all!
“This…? You've got to be kidding !”
They don’t know how he managed it; however, this changes a lot of things. Firstly, they have to figure out his abilities and then plan a counterattack.
One thing, in particular, that surprised Asuma and the Anbu around him was the presence of a pair of Byakugan in the eyes of the enemy.
“That… those eyes… aren't they Byakugan?” muttered one of the Anbu.
Asuma also noticed the anomaly, “You… are a mber of the Hyuga Clan?” he questioned, “Who are you? And what are you doing here?”
Aoki, who was shrouded in exhaustion and tiredness, had no intention of entangling with Asuma and others at the mont. Instead of bothering to answer the question, he lightly muttered, “I will give that back to you.”
Hishaaaaaa!
Instantly, a monstrous fire pillar mixed with dazzling lightning erupted from Aoki’s palms, sweeping everything around. This was the combination of all the Ninjutsu they used against him, and he had just returned them. Not only did he return them as they were, but he also amplified them with his Chakra, increasing their scale.
The B-Rank Ninjutsu imdiately transford into S-Rank Ninjutsu, turning the surroundings into a sea of lightning flas. Asuma and the Anbu around him were caught off guard and engulfed in lightning flas.
Normally, Aoki would have stayed and watched them suffer, but currently, he did not have ti to deal with these people. He leaped past the sea of flas and disappeared.
As everything unfolded, Kuroto, who was standing in a tree not far away, murmured with a thoughtful expression, ‘So… he is already able to absorb and release Ninjutsu? It seems he has invested so ti and effort in understanding so of the powers of Tenseigan.’
After reaching this understanding, Kuroto leaped high into the air, silently following Aoki.
As for Asuma and the Anbu inside the sea of lightning fla?
There was no need to worry about them; they were safe. Asuma is one of the best and strongest Elite Jonin of Konoha. If he were this easy to kill, he would have been dead long ago. Even when subjected to S-Rank Lightning Fla, it wasn't sothing he couldn't deal with.
The sa applies to the Elite Anbu around him. Although they will suffer a few injuries, paralysis, and burns, they will be able to make it out alive.
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