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"Core members?"
Kazeyuki's eyes lit up when he heard this. He immediately formed a hand seal and looked at Kenshi and Yezi, smiling. "Then it seems we don't need to go find Akatsuki's leader."
If he captured these two, he could naturally find out the specific situation of Akatsuki from their memories.
"Here it comes, Kazeyuki-sama's unique secret technique, known as the Wind Walker's Wind Release Ninjutsu Body Technique. It has a speed comparable to the Third Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode."
"The Third Kazekage once said that the person most likely to kill the White Fang of Konoha in the future is Kazeyuki-sama."
The two Hidden Sand ninjas looked at the young man standing in front of them with admiration and pride.
At this moment, the young man seemed to be wearing a layer of transparent, flowing armor. He was like the ground enveloped in high heat, as if the space around him was distorted.
In the later stages of the Second Shinobi World War, Kazeyuki, who was only twelve years old at the time, had used this Wind Release Ninjutsu Body Technique to dominate the battlefield.
In the end, he even escaped from the clutches of the terrifying White Fang of Konoha, which shocked the entire Hidden Sand Village.
Everyone in the village believed that he was the best candidate to succeed the Third Kazekage as the Fourth Kazekage.
The two Hidden Sand ninjas believed that after years of development, their Kazeyuki-sama's Wind Release would be even stronger. The enemies in front of them were nothing. In the end, they would still fall to Kazeyuki-sama's hands.
"Such condensed Wind Release chakra!"
Kenshi's eyes widened in amazement. The young man was enveloped in a layer of transparent wind armor that had been compressed into a liquid-like state. This flowing wind armor was like a frictionless wind wall, sliding away all the rainwater that fell on the young man.
"This Ninjutsu Body Technique must be very fast."
In an instant, Kenshi saw the speed advantage of the young man's Wind Release Ninjutsu Body Technique.
Wind Release can be used like this!
Kenshi's gaze towards the young man grew brighter.
Not bad!
Really not bad!
Kenshi was interested. He suddenly turned to Yezi and said, "I'll play with this little Sand ninja. You go take care of the two behind him."
"Flaw!"
Before Yezi could respond, Kazeyuki, who had noticed Kenshi turning around from a distance, used a Shunshin and moved in front of Kenshi. The samurai sword in his hand, also wrapped in flowing Wind Release, stabbed straight at Kenshi's heart.
His movement was the same as what Kenshi had thought. The air and rainwater were both slid away. His movement was not only fast but also silent.
If Kenshi's chakra perception hadn't been strong, he wouldn't have noticed.
"Impressive!"
Kenshi calmly gave his assessment. Then, as he turned to the side, he punched out, hitting the young man's chest.
In terms of physical speed and reaction speed, Kenshi was slightly stronger than this young man who used the Wind Release Ninjutsu Body Technique.
The flaw in the young man's eyes was never a flaw in Kenshi's eyes. It was actually the young man's flaw.
But an unbelievable scene happened.
Originally, at such close range, Kenshi's punch was something that Kazeyuki, the young man, absolutely couldn't dodge. He could only take it head-on.
However, the young man was like a piece of paper. He automatically slid to the side quickly, dodging the blow, following the wind of Kenshi's fist.
"Rokushigan - Paper Arts?"
Kenshi was surprised again. Wind Release can be used like this?
Good. Very good.
Kenshi smiled inwardly. Then, he quickly closed the distance, not giving the Sand ninja a chance to escape, and engaged in close combat with the Sand ninja.
Boom, boom... Every punch and kick of Kenshi's had immense power.
The ground was like it had been bombed by dense artillery shells.
One after another, craters full of cracks appeared where the two had fought.
"Amazing!"
"He can actually fight against the Boss in taijutsu to this level!"
In mid-air, Yezi's pair of paper wings allowed her to float in the air. Looking at the deafening roar below where she couldn't see the figures but only the explosions, a hint of amazement flashed in her eyes.
Over the past two years, the Boss had been sparring with Yahiko and the others using taijutsu. Yezi knew best how terrifyingly strong her Boss was in taijutsu.
Especially his speed. When the Boss went all out with his speed, even she, including herself, couldn't withstand the Boss's attacks at that speed.
But now, a fifteen-year-old boy was able to withstand the Boss's high-speed attacks unscathed.
This talent... if she didn't know that the Boss was not only strong in taijutsu, she would have been worried about the Boss's safety.
"Impossible?"
"Absolutely impossible?"
Compared to Yezi's amazement, the two Hidden Sand chūnin were even more shocked. Their eyes widened, their necks stretched out, and they looked at the deafening roar in the distance with disbelief.
Although they couldn't see the figures of both sides fighting.
But it was easy to tell from the craters and attack traces left on the ground that Kazeyuki-sama, their future Fourth Kazekage, who had activated his unique Wind Release Ninjutsu Body Technique, was actually the one passively dodging attacks.
You have to know, in past missions.
Kazeyuki-sama, relying on the speed of his Wind Release Ninjutsu Body Technique and his Wind Release slashes with extremely sharp attributes, could cut through anything, whether it was rock, the sea, or fire and lightning.
The wind blades in Kazeyuki-sama's hands had the power to cut through anything.
So, in the past, the battles they saw were Kazeyuki-sama chasing after his enemies and killing them. The traces left on the ground were deep, bottomless slashes.
But now, there were hardly any slash traces on the ground. There were only craters created by fists and legs.
It was clear that Kazeyuki-sama, the invincible powerhouse in their hearts, had very few chances to fight back under the enemy's attacks. He was constantly dodging the enemy's attacks with all his might.
"Faster, faster, faster... even faster!"
Kenshi was like lightning. As he moved and dodged, he was always within a meter of the young man. His fists and feet were like cannons. Not only were they powerful, but they were also very fast. But it wasn't fast enough.
The flowing wind armor around the young man was like the mucus on an eel, slippery. It always slid away the moment Kenshi's fists and feet got close. The two were like two eels entwined together. Neither could hit the other.
Kenshi knew that only if his attack speed was fast enough could he hit the young man before the wind had time to slide away.
With his strength, as long as he hit the other side, it would be over in one punch or one kick.
Kazeyuki, the young man, obviously knew this too.
At this moment, he no longer had the confident look he had before. All his attention was on controlling the flowing wind armor.
Flowing Wind Armor, this was a Ninjutsu Body Technique that he had realized and developed after accidentally raising the strength of his Wind Release chakra nature to a new level.
By compressing high-quality Wind Release chakra, he created flowing wind armor. Then, he made his body adapt to the armor, fusing with the wind and becoming one with it.
When the enemy's attack was about to reach him, he would use the flow of the wind to make his body automatically slide away from the attack through the wind armor.
He could also use the wind armor to slide through all air resistance while moving, gaining unparalleled speed.
When the wind armor covered his samurai sword, the highly compressed wind armor would release an extremely sharp slash the moment he swung his sword, with the power to split gold and break stone.
Relying on this Flowing Wind Armor, Kazeyuki hadn't felt the pressure of life and death being out of his control for a long time.
"How can there be such a terrifying monster!!"
As time passed, sweat began to appear on Kazeyuki's forehead. Fear began to appear in his eyes as he looked at Kenshi.
The one who had given him this feeling of a monster back then was the White Fang of Konoha, Hatake Sakumo.
Not only was his movement speed faster than Kazeyuki's, but the white lightning blade in his hand had a cutting ability that was even more terrifying than Kazeyuki's wind blades, and his Flowing Wind Armor couldn't slide away from it.
Back then, if he hadn't used the terrain advantage of the rocky ground full of sharp rocks, which made it easier for his Flowing Wind Armor to move, and if Hatake Sakumo hadn't continued to chase him because he had to save more comrades, he wouldn't have escaped Hatake Sakumo's pursuit.
It was clear that he didn't have the same luck as back then.
"What should I do?"
"How can I escape?"
As the battle continued, Kazeyuki became anxious.
Although Kenshi's attacks couldn't break through his Flowing Wind Armor like the White Fang of Konoha's, this guy didn't have any comrades to save, and the terrain wasn't favorable for him to escape either.
The other side was faster than him. He couldn't escape at all.
If they continued to stalemate, he, who was using a Ninjutsu Body Technique, would definitely run out of chakra first.
He didn't even need to run out. As long as his chakra amount dropped to about 30%, he wouldn't be able to use his Flowing Wind Armor.
At that time, with the other side's speed and strength, one punch would end his life.
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