Revolution in the Ninja World

Theoretically, under normal circumstances, Habara should have been riddled with holes by the tracking shuriken. But because they were "colleagues," both being Magnet Release users, Habara had actually blocked all those attacks – something the enemy never expected. He could even have, if he'd wanted, rendered the enemy's magnetization completely useless.

But he hadn't done that, precisely to create the impression that he was both weak and already injured.

The enemy wasn't actually being careless. Even though Habara was supposedly "injured," Toroi had still been watching his hand movements closely, preventing a sudden counterattack. But who could have guessed that this guy wouldn't use hand seals at all?

"Stop him!" a Cloud ninja shouted.

The sudden shift in the battle had thrown them off balance.

At that moment, Habara reached behind his back with his right hand and smoothly pulled out a large bow. He switched hands, holding the bow with his left and nocking an arrow with his right, an iron arrow instantly forming.

The next moment, Habara started running sideways, because the Lightning Release enemy had already closed in. And while running, he still held the bow with both hands, steadily aiming the arrowhead in one direction:

Secret Technique: Binding Mistletoe God.

Driven by the stored potential energy in the bow and the magnetic force Habara had accumulated, the thumb-thick iron arrow moved so fast it seemed to pierce space itself, an instant strike that directly hit Toroi's forehead. Countless spikes then spread out in a cone, instantly turning the other man's head into a piece of postmodern art... This technique was clearly imitating the Wood Style: Cutting Technique.

This follow-up attack might seem redundant, but in Habara's experience, some ninjas were surprisingly hard to kill. Therefore, a follow-up was always necessary.

Even though the enemy's entire right half had been shattered on the ground, wasn't there a biological concept called mitosis? Looking at this scene, there were threads (mitosis), and someone had split (division), indicating the possibility of the enemy surviving and continuing. mito = thread.

Without time to check the results of the previous attack, the Lightning Release enemy was already upon him!

A lightning-charged side kick slammed into Habara's left abdomen, causing him to stagger, nearly falling to the ground. He took a large step to the right with his right leg, instantly supporting his body and bracing against the attack with brute force.

At the same time, a large amount of blood flowed out... from the enemy's right leg.

Secret Technique: Thornbird.

Several sharp iron spikes that protruded from Habara's side, combined with the force of the enemy's attack, easily pierced the opponent's right leg.

Under his clothes, Habara could form a layer of metal armor at any time for defense. And because of the changes he could make to its metallic properties, this armor's strength and defensive capabilities were incredibly high.

The Lightning Release made his body slightly numb, but it was completely bearable.

Although Habara's taijutsu was poor, he didn't dislike close combat now. On the contrary, he rather enjoyed situations where the enemy actively closed the distance. As a ninja, Habara currently had only two insignificant advantages: his defense was extremely strong, and his attack power was exceptionally high.

Two long swords extended from his palms. One was silver, thin as a cicada's wing, and surrounded by a chilling aura; the other was black, but with a certain crimson light within:

Secret Technique: Thornbird - Cold Plume, Burning Feather.

Habara swung a sword with each hand, then quickly retreated, seeming completely unconcerned with the effect of his attacks. After that, Habara paused briefly, but looked at the remaining two enemies.

After staring at them for a moment, Habara simply started retreating at his top speed.

The Lightning Release user's right arm had been severed at the shoulder, but not a single drop of blood flowed from the wound. Instead, the cut surface showed signs of having been cauterized by high heat.

"Hey, your arm..."

The other enemy came to the Lightning Release ninja's side. Seeing that his teammate seemed unfazed by the severed arm, he gently pushed him. Then, something rolled onto the ground with a thud.

Blood finally spurted out...

A geyser.

Unlike the last time, when he had merely kicked the enemy, this time Habara had personally eliminated two enemies. He had to admit a fact: compared to the environment changing people, situations where people changed the environment were few and far between.

Since coming to this world, Habara had participated in several battles and seen all kinds of corpses. Under these circumstances, he had become slightly numb, naturally leading to a higher psychological threshold and a lower moral standard.

It was kill or be killed. Thinking too much in this situation was just asking for trouble.

And as long as one's ambushing skills were high enough, even a jonin could be killed by a chunin or even a genin.

Having eliminated two enemies and exposed all his trump cards, making it difficult to launch another surprise attack, Habara decisively ran away again... It could only be said that he had a rather clear understanding of his own abilities.

The remaining two enemies were nothing to worry about. They specialized in Earth and Fire Release, and lacked pursuit capabilities, a situation Habara had observed from the very beginning.

Meanwhile, at the Konoha camp.

Minato Namikaze, having received the call for reinforcements, had already arrived at the front lines from Konoha.

After learning the details of the current situation, he said, "From the looks of it, the Cloud is actually assuming a defensive posture. It's like they were suddenly stimulated by something. At this point, we can't be sure if they'll actually launch an all-out attack... We need to be fully prepared, but we shouldn't take any rash actions for now. I'll go scout the Cloud's situation. It would be best to determine what exactly happened over there."

Orochimaru nodded. "How reliable, Minato. We'll do as you say."

"Then I'll leave things here to you, Lord Orochimaru." Minato Namikaze nodded, and then his figure instantly disappeared.

Well, with Minato Namikaze on the front lines, everything was coming full circle... If the truth of what was happening came to light one day, who knew how many people would have their blood pressure skyrocket.

Habara rushed towards the Konoha camp. He didn't encounter any Cloud ninjas in the Cloud-controlled area, and he didn't encounter any Konoha ninjas in the Konoha-controlled area either... This finally made him realize that something was amiss.

And this time, he was stopped by Konoha ninjas even further out from the camp.

"Halt, who goes there?"

"Genin Habara, returning from a special mission. Top secret code: SJMS0054," Habara said.

Although the genin rank and a secret mission that could only be referred to by code were completely incongruous, after verifying the relevant information and finding no issues with Habara's identity, the ninja had no choice but to lead him towards the camp.

"May I ask what's going on here? I haven't been away from the camp for very long, but the atmosphere seems to have changed drastically..." Habara tried to ask this ninja what was happening.

The ninja glanced at him and then explained, "We're preparing for a major battle with the Cloud. This might be the final battle between Konoha and the Cloud in this Ninja War."

This news stunned Habara. He found it somewhat unbelievable.

"A major battle? There were absolutely no signs of that before... War is truly an unpredictable and rapidly changing thing..."

In Habara's view, even if the war wouldn't end soon, its scale should have been gradually decreasing. How could it suddenly escalate?

It didn't quite make sense...