Ninjutsu Online

Mission Accomplished!

I was hoping that the friends of 43 and 44 would come looking for them, at least that was the most probable option, and I felt that my chances of defeating them would be higher if the fight was on a battlefield that I was already familiar with, or in this case, littered to the brim with traps.

I had made my way up one of the trees, placing myself on the lowest hanging branch and using my camouflage skill to hide myself. It was all speculation on my part whether their friends would come looking for them, which I hope they do, because if I go after them on my own, there’s going to be more danger, and I will be walking in blind. Choosing the battlefield already gave me a home field advantage, having time to set it up increased my chances, which is all important seeing as there might be stronger enemies lying in wait.

I didn’t have to wait long before I had company, but what came over was not the remaining group of servants like I expected, but rather a group monkeys with spider like limbs growing from their backs. I guess i could call them spider monkeys, and from the look of things, it looks like they were attracted here by the smell of blood. There were five of them, and they chittered and hissed amongst themselves as they started taking bites out the corpses.

I was beginning to worry that the monkeys would probably trigger the traps I had put in place, bringing all of my efforts to an end. I had to find a way to get them to move, but it seems there really was no need for that, because barely a minute after they started eating the servants, this happened.

“Fire Core: Fireball!”

A ball of flame came into existence and rushed towards the group of monkeys. Two of them managed to get out of the way in time, sustaining minor injuries while the remaining five were hit point blank with the fireball that was the size of a massive bowl. The force from the fireball's strike picked them up and threw their spider like bodies against a tree, followed by an ensuing explosion that put the final nail in the coffin.

The remaining two spider monkeys took to the trees and chittered amongst themselves with pained screeches as they ran away from their obviously superior enemies. As soon as they did that, a group of four men made their way out from behind a tree, looking fierce and somewhat pensive. They were dressed in much the same way as the other two servants were dressed, though compared to the other two, these four were in better shape, they even had on armor, though if you consider the dilapidated state said armor was in, I don’t think you would consider it much of one.

They moved in tandem towards the dead bodies, but the way they were placed made it obvious to me that they were guarding themselves from an ambush. But that wouldn’t help them, all I need was for one person to step into the shock seal I had placed close to the bodies, that distraction was all I needed. And thankfully my chance came early.

One of the servants stepped on the first seal, which quickly activated itself by drawing from his own chakra. He shook a bit, remaining dazed for about three seconds, surprising both himself and his allies. And that was my chance, I took a hand full of leaves and threw them down, many of them were camouflaged, so there was only a slight shimmer as they fell to the ground. The others didn’t react on time as the leaves; that also had the shock seal on them, fell on top of them in droves. Their startled screens filled the forest, as I jumped down from the tree.

“Chakra Blade!”

There was a blue shimmer over my tanto as I fell from the tree, using my momentum and the increased cutting power of my short sword, I sliced the first servant in half, splitting his body from left to right in the most gory manner possible. I ignored the blood that spurted across my body as I turned on my heels and sliced the next servants in half from his waist.

The other two were able to get back to themselves quickly, obviously these guys were quite tough and they knew how to take advantage of a distraction. Just as I was finished with guy I divided from the waist, I turned my attention to the other two, and just in time to see the both throw a bevy of shurikens and Kunais at me. I almost didn’t have time to used the Switching technique as I switched places with a log, but even then I didn’t escape unscathed as three shurikens found purchase in my chest. They stung, even more than normal.

(YOU HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY POISONED SHURIKENS. IT WOULD TAKE THREE TIMES AS MUCH CHAKRA TO HEAL THE DAMAGE AND EXPEL THE POISON. YOU WOULD BE DEAD IN FIVE MINUTES IF IT IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF.)

That left a bad taste in my mouth, but the lull in the fight gave me the chance to pull the shurikens out and start healing myself. My gear felt heavy for a moment, and I fell to my knees, using my sword as a crutch while I watched my remaining two targets.

“This is what the main clan sent after us, a low level grey ninja recruit! I get that we’re at the same level as he is, even higher, but obviously they didn’t place much importance to us. f*****g Kiryū! Clan!” one of the servants with a haggard looking face and scruffy beard yelled in anger.

“Calm yourself 45, there’s absolutely no reasons for the Kiryū clan to give a f**k about us, they took care of us, gave us jobs, even when we were prisoners of war, and then we sold vital information to their enemies and ran away for a life of crime. I don’t regret it, but I’m not delusional to think that they owe me something, if anything we’re the one’s who owe them. Isn’t that right young recruit?” The second servant asked me.

They seemed to be in a mood to talk, they probably thought that since I was poisoned I didn’t have long to live, so they could just talk me to death. Smart, but I had the Kiryū trait of being capable of using my chakra to heal myself. It was taking a bit of time, and fighting would slow down the process even more and might put me in danger since there’s a possibility my chakra might run out before I finish healing myself. So I guess the only thing left to do was to play along.

“Urgh! What’s the point of all these things you’re saying, what did you do to me?” I asked, holding my chest and grunting in pain as they stared at me, a sinister grin hanging on their lips.

“There really is no point to it really, we just decided to have a little show while we watched you die Hehehe, by the way you’re poisoned. Or at the very least, you’re pretending to be! Fire Core: Fire Bullets!”

Fuck! The other guy seems to be really smart, there should probably be a tell, like a physical reaction from a person that’s poisoned, and I didn’t show that much but kneeling down and grunting like an i***t. He saw through my ruse almost immediately, I’m sure I would have been able to fool the 45 guy, but it seems with the other guy around, nothing was going to get past them.

“Chakra Blade!”

I didn’t have time to use any other technique, and I don’t think any of the technique in my arsenal would have helped me against these guys. I swung my tanto as fast as I could against the barrage of fireballs flying at me, it was taking all of my speed and concentration just to keep up with the fire bullets as they flew out of the mouth of the servant.

My grip on my tanto became a little loose as I swung it against the last fire bullet, only for the hit to slap the tanto out of my hands. The heat from the fire bullets had super heated the tanto and some parts of it had become nothing but molten metal. I didn’t stand on ceremony as I used the next technique as fast as I could hoping to put an end to the fight with the least chakra utilized so that I could complete healing myself.

“Wind Core: Rough Gale!”

I blew hard at them and a stream of highly pressured wind flew out of my mouth, carrying them of their feet and slamming them against the massive tree behind them. I don’t think they expected me to have such a technique, and so far I’ve only seen one person using techniques. I rushed towards them moving as fast as I could to catch them off guard. The leader was the first to his feet as he threw a trio of Kunai my way.

I slid under the throwing blades, letting their poisoned forms fly over my head. I got back up to my feet took three steps forward as I leaped forwards and pulled my right hand back, my gaze focused on the leader that was rapidly flipping through hand seals, probably to use another technique to bring me down. It was a question of who would get to the other first, and based on my speed I would land the hit before he does. But I could tell he intended to take the hit head on, probably because he though it was just a normal punch. How unfortunate for him.

“Kiryū Taijutsu!: Wave Fist!”

*Bang!* *BANG!*

The wave fist was already level two, which means it could focus all of my power in two waves. The first wave amplified my strikes by 30% and the second by 60%. No matter how strong this leader was, he was not too far in strength from me, and he had no proper defense on to take the punch. His back blasted open as his bones, blood and guts flew out and splattered the tree behind him. He was dead before he hit the ground.

“Arghhhhh! Number 40! I’ll kill you Kiryū scum! Dieeee!”

I almost forgot about number 45, but never the less he had my full attention now. He swung a Kunai in my direction, and I pulled another one to meet his. There was a loud clang as our blades crashed against each other releasing a shower of sparks. He came out below from the exchange as it seems he was not as strong as me. I pushed his Kunai backwards and head-butted him, pushing him back with a dazed look in his face.

I stepped into his guard and shove my kunai upwards and under his jaw. The blade effortlessly slid into his neck and upwards into his mouth and his skull. He looked at me for a moment, a look of horror etched on his face capturing the moment he realized he was dead. I let his body fall to the ground at my side. My nerves were on edge, but finally I had gotten to the end, I couldn’t help myself as I threw my head back, looked to the tree covered sky and……….

“Arghhhhh!”

(You have slain servant 40 of the Kiryū clan level 12/ +1000 Exp)

(You have Slain servant 45 of the Kiryū Clan level 10/ +800 exp)

( You have reached level 10! +3 to all stats/ All Rounder (I) title in effect, +1 to all stats.)

(Wind Core: Rough Gale has reached level 3)

(Chakra Blade has reached level 6)

(Shock has reached level 7)

(Guild system, and job system unlocked)

{you have completed your quest, return to vice head Arashi for your rewards.}