Chapter 22 New Questions

Since the desert of the Wind Country, the two have fought in more than a dozen different terrains, and none of them have been favorable to Giyuu.

Now, they have come to a place that is quite familiar to each other, that is, the center of the street in Konoha, in front of the office building of the security team.

After nearly half an hour of fighting, Giyuu has reached the point of exhaustion in terms of both physical strength and chakra. His body is covered with wounds. Just looking at his appearance, he can star in the scariest children's horror movie without makeup.

"Uchiha Style·Daylight Dance!"

The fierce upper flame style wielded by Uchiha Shisui's main body and three shadow clones at the same time.

Giyuu, whose leg was injured in the previous battle, was affected by the violent white light like a halo on the flame because he did not close his Sharingan. This time he had no time to dodge, so he could only choose to use his back to get close to one of the clones, at the cost of only suffering one injury, and soared into the sky like a rocket being launched.

But the intense heat of the flames rushed into his body, and bursts of coughing broke out of his mouth like a running wild horse, accompanied by charred black blood.

At this moment, Giyuu's injuries were so serious that he could no longer use the transparent world to control his lungs that were burned by the high temperature.

Since Uchiha Shisui decided to fight with all his strengths, Giyuu has never been able to gain the upper hand, because the opponent knows the importance of playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses, and never fights him in close combat.

Giyuu has powerful swordsmanship, but he can't hit anyone. Even if he rushes forward, Shisui will immediately distance himself, followed by a series of shadow clones, shuriken techniques, and fire and wind ninjutsu. Even if Giyuu has extremely high dynamic vision, he can't completely avoid large-scale ninjutsu attacks.

Over time, minor injuries become more and more, dragging down the body's operating efficiency, and there will be serious injuries, just like now.

But he is not completely without gains...

After this battle, Giyuu has decided to learn some long-range attack methods and ninjutsu in case of emergency.

In particular, he must learn all kinds of ways to quickly approach the enemy, otherwise he will not be able to play his advantages at all.

From this point of view, one of the purposes of Shisui's competition with him - to arouse Giyuu's interest in ninjutsu, has been achieved.

"It's time to end, Giyuu."

Shisui wiped the sweat from his forehead with some fatigue.

Itachi's younger brother's strong will is really incredible. Those vicious and cruel iron-blooded mist ninjas rarely fight to this extent.

He can be sure that although Giyuu is using some means to control his injuries, the blood flowing out of his body is enough to make him faint twice.

But he still survived and survived until now.

But if he continues to fight like this, Shisui will have to cheat to replenish his chakra.

As for the Mangekyō technique, it cannot be used in Kotoamatsukami's illusion space, and he does not intend to use it even if it can.

Because in that case, the gap in combat power between the two sides is too large, and Giyuu will not learn anything.

Looking at Giyuu who was pushed to the highest point, paused briefly and then began to descend, Shisui's eyes condensed, and he once again formed the fifty-ninth seal of the tiger today.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

And his three clones formed another hand seal: "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

The turbulent airflow suddenly filled the street.

The fierce wind pressure carried the big red fireball to the sky at a high speed, like a burning sun hitting the moon.

Giyuu stopped coughing, stared at the flames that were getting closer and closer, and calmly calculated the distance between them in his heart.

When the fireball was less than three meters away from him, Giyuu turned his body, and the ring-shaped water blade spun around him like a propeller in high-speed operation. The jagged edge directly split the attacking fireball, and then broke away from Giyuu's body and rolled down!

Shisui's three clones were unable to avoid it and were cut in half by the suddenly expanding water wheel, but the main body disappeared.

After the attack, Giyuu's condition was obviously worse.

He felt his eyes go dark, and he could hardly see clearly. When he opened his eyes again, everything was spinning, and the water blades at the tip of his finger began to deform...

The "Type II Waterwheel" of the same size, when used on the streets of Konoha, consumed more than three times the chakra as when used on the sea. This shows how important the environment is to water-style ninjas.

In the moment when he was in a trance, dozens of kunai with chakra threads flew accurately from his armpits, neck, ankles, wrists and knees, and then suddenly tightened, tightly binding Giyuu and pulling him into a flat character.

After a sharp pain came from his skin, Giyuu found himself hanging on the main street of Konoha in a net made of silk threads, and blood dripped down from the damaged skin...

There was no way. In his current situation, even if he could see the attack, he couldn't avoid it.

"Giyuu, it's over."

Shisui stepped on a thin line across the street not far away, as steady as a light bird.

"Sometimes, admitting defeat or begging for mercy is also a strategy, not a shameful thing."

The purpose of his competition this time was to teach Giyuu how to deal with ninjas, and of course how to save his life when captured.

But after taking a look at the dense punctures, cuts and burns all over Giyuu's body, he felt that it might be difficult to convince Giyuu.

Most geniuses in the world died young because of this kind of pride. And Uchiha's pride is usually multiplied by 3.

"If you're willing to admit defeat, just make a sign and we can call it a day and go have lunch."

Shisui touched his chin, "But if you don't want to, you will have to bear the consequences.

"If it is a real enemy, you will only anger the opponent by persisting like this. Being killed is already the best result.

"On the contrary, surrendering and admitting defeat often leads to opportunities to fight back or be rescued."

[Maybe if he feels the fear of death once, he won't have to fight so hard when he meets other ninjas...]

Until now, Shisui was still thinking about how to let Giyu learn enough lessons.

But the bruised Yiyong did not surrender as he expected. Instead, he began to shake the silk thread wrapped around his body without saying a word. There was a touch of heart-stopping tenacity on his blood-stained but cold-as-ice face.

It's hard to imagine that his only record before this was a fight with a few half-year-old children.

[Why can he bear such pain? 】

[Or is it that he was absolutely calm and knew that this was just an illusion, so he overcame his fear of pain? 】

"In that case..."

Shisui knew that no matter what the possibility was, the child's psychological work could only be done slowly by Itachi and Sasuke.

[Especially this kind of fighting method that shows no care for one's own body needs to be corrected urgently. 】

“I just have to force the fight to end.

"Being able to feel what it's like to die in advance is a unique experience for you."

Itachi pursed his lips nervously while watching the battle, worried about the impact this might have on Giyuu, and at the same time hoping that the battle would end soon. Although it was just an illusion, every time Yiyong was injured without expression, there would be an invisible knife slashing at his heart.

But since he was determined to leave home to practice alone, he had to pass this test, otherwise he wouldn't be able to let go.

Why does Shisui keep using the Uchiha method to fight Giyuu? Itachi knew exactly who he was guarding against.

After Shisui finished speaking, he immediately jumped back high. While completing the seal, his chest and mouth expanded at the same time.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

The flame faucet, which was always orange and looked like a furniture carving decoration, flew towards the tightly bound Yiyong with extremely distorted air.

From a distance of nearly ten meters, Yiyong felt as if his face, which was not very sensitive, was coated with a layer of wax, dry and numb. As for his eyes, it hurt, and his nose even had the feeling of burning and curling hair. Special odor.

Although this move of the Fire Dragon is small in scale, it is not like the Fire Ball that simply creates explosions and visual interference.

The flame temperature of the Fire Dragon Technique is extremely high. If hit by it, Yiyong will be killed instantly without much pain.

It seems that Shisui is still soft-hearted.

[Is this the power of an ordinary jounin? What a dangerous place...]

[But if I can hold on for this long, Tokito and Purgatory will only be stronger than me. 】

Yiyong knew this was just a drill...

But he couldn't say the words to admit defeat or surrender.

In addition to the integrity and sense of honor of being a water column, Giyuu's imaginary enemy is not the hostile ninja in the eyes of Shisui and Itachi, nor the high-level village officials in the eyes of the clan, but the one who almost killed their brothers in the ruins six years ago. That huge monster.

He didn't believe that in such a large ninja world, there was only one monster like that. Maybe those things are like the Twelve Ghost Moons, and they might show up again sometime...

But would that kind of creature that was taller than the village, had eyes similar to those of Muzan Kibutsuji, and destroyed everything unscrupulously, and couldn't communicate, would he listen to his plea for mercy?

Most likely not.

Therefore, if you do not have the confidence to win, you must be prepared to die.

[Only by facing death as if you were injured can you fight with any opponent without any worries. 】

Yiyong looked at the fire dragon that was getting closer and closer, and closed his eyes completely, and the last wave of waves in his heart completely disappeared.

His heart is as still as water, which is what he is now.

This is not the despair of giving up resistance or waiting for relief, but facing the threat of death as if it were an ordinary thing.

Only in this way, when facing a truly dangerous enemy, will you not make mistakes due to unnecessary emotions such as fear and anger.

This is the unshakable measure that belongs to the pillar.

["Yiyong, imagine the water surface... I want the water surface without waves... The breath of water is an unbreakable shield that can withstand any attack..."]

"The breath of water..."

The fire dragon was less than one meter away from him. Yiyong's clothes were ignited by the high temperature, and the skin on his face cracked and deformed.

"Type Eleven..."

Suddenly, a huge drop of ice-blue water fell from his ankle, floated in the air, and then spread out like a spreading wave, printing the surrounding area with the same color.

"Nagi."

The roaring fire dragon disappeared out of thin air at the moment it was about to engulf Yiyong, as if it had entered an invisible alien space.

Also missing was the flame on Yiyong's body.

The ice-blue liquid under his body spread wider and wider as if it was suddenly replenished, like a lake made of translucent mercury, but eventually it flowed backwards and shrunk, and crawled back into the soles of Yiyong's feet as if consciously.

Yiyong opened his eyes, but his charred face was strangely more energetic than before.

[Physical strength and chakra...have been replenished? The injuries have also recovered a lot...]

He stretched out his hand and pulled hard, directly cutting off the silk thread holding his right hand.

This is the ninjutsu ability of the Eleven type. It will invalidate all non-water escape ninjutsu that enter the range of "Nagi", decompose it into chakra and physical strength, and then replenish and repair the body.

The most important thing is that this move does not require chakra!

All it takes is for Giyuu to get into that state of absolute calm.

Itachi opened his eyes wide for no apparent reason and came to Zhisui's side in an instant.

"what happened?"

"I did not do that."

Zhisui shook his head in disbelief, "I don't know exactly what happened. He clearly didn't even have a knife in his hand..."

Then, he waved his hand to Yiyong, who had broken free from the thread: "That's enough, that's enough, I won't fight."

[I only have the chakra of three fire dragons left...]

After saying that, a fierce white light flashed in the eyes of Itachi and Giyuu at the same time.

When they came to their senses, they had returned to the mountain hut where Nanhe River was located, as evidenced by the roaring waterfall.

After Itachi confirmed that he was out of the illusion, he quickly turned to Giyuu and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he didn't have any wounds on his body or showing symptoms of a mental breakdown.

"Yiyong, even if you win this time. As agreed..."

Shisui paused, stretched greatly, then leaned forward and put his arms on the table, folded his hands and rested his chin on them, staring at Giyuu with slightly tired eyes as if looking at a treasure. .

"I'm not going to lend it to you or anything. I won't be able to use this place anyway. Everything here will be yours from now on."

Yiyong blinked, unable to tell whether it was surprise or embarrassment.

"is this okay?"

"I will leave ANBU soon and go to patrol near the Kingdom of Water. You are so virtuous, so take good care of this place."

He smiled heartily, "Besides this valley, I can't think of any other place that is more suitable for hiding your power. That last move just now really scared me."

"I will repay you."

Yiyong urgently needed such a private and safe place to practice the breath of fire, so he did not refuse.

Anyway, the Breath of the Moon is not technically a thing of the Demon Slayer Corps. Once you learn it, you can teach it to Shisui as a gift in return.

According to Yiyong's observation, since he has practiced water breathing for many years, he has a very high affinity for water attribute chakra.

Then having Shisui practice the Breath of the Moon should also increase his mastery of Yin attribute chakra. He loves illusions so much, so he will definitely need this.

The only problem is that he may have to wait a few more years.

"Since you said so, I will always look forward to it, Giyuu."

Shisui raised a bright smile, then put the bamboo tube aside on the table, poked it lightly, and rolled towards Itachi.

What was inside was the ninjutsu scroll that Giyuu had used to learn Water Release and Water Blade Slash. It contained the second-generation Hokage Senju Tobirama's lifelong experience in practicing Water Release.

"While I am away from the village, I will leave this to you for safekeeping."

He looked like he was asking for help, and it seemed like that.

Itachi didn't want to accept something so precious.

He knew that once he took it, even if he wanted to send it back to Shisui, it would be impossible for the other party to take it back. He would probably give some lame excuse like "I'm still busy, so you can keep it for me for a while."

And his real purpose should be to let himself learn the above techniques and then teach them to Yiyong.

The reason why Shisui didn't give it directly to Giyuu was probably because he was worried that giving both things to Giyuu at once would make him feel bad.

【I really like taking care of others...】

In the end, Shisui's brother-like eager eyes couldn't refuse Itachi, so he could only take the bamboo tube and hold it in his hand without saying a word.

The thing was obviously not heavy, but he felt a heavy sense of trust and expectation.

So far...

Giyuu finally has a place where he can secretly practice the breath of fire.

He looked at the misty waterfall in the distance, determined to complete this goal before the ninja school started.

However, it seems to be a troublesome thing for the resurrected Purgatory Anjuro to stay in Konoha Village reasonably and legally.

And this is the problem he has to solve next.