You're courting death.

Chapter 13 You're courting death.

Rain-hidden Thorn.

At first glance, he sounds like an impressive guy, but in reality, the title of "ninja" isn't worth much.

At least Uehara Naraku knew that there was a genin in Sunagakure who had given himself the names Red Sand and Wind Giant.

Their actual abilities are nothing special, but their titles sound impressive.

The leader of the Rain Village ninjas in front of them was not just bluffing; he was a formal Jonin from Rain Village named Hattori Hirakawa.

Hattori Hirakawa, feeling he had some skill and a somewhat chuunibyou personality, gave himself the title of "Ame-hidden Assassin."

Uehara Naraku looked up at Hattori Hirakawa, muffling his voice inside his gas mask: "The Rain Village Assassin, seems like a formidable figure?"

"Hmph, good to know!"

Hattori Hirakawa was somewhat smug.

Uehara Naraku adjusted his gas mask and said seriously, "Alright, I wasn't teasing you anymore. I was just joking... because the title 'Rainbow Assassin' sounds like a useless piece of trash!"

"You bastard!"

Hearing the brat's disdain, the Rain Ninja Captain's smugness vanished instantly. He drew his ninja sword and rushed towards Uehara Naraku.

At the same time, without even calling out to his subordinates, he said, "Hey, I'll take care of this brat. You guys go after the enemy who lured the salamander away!"

"Yes, Commander!"

A group of Rain Ninjas stepped on the ground and turned to chase after Konan and the Salamander in the direction they were moving.

"Thunder Release: Wan Lei Tian Lao Yin!"

Uehara Naraku symbolically formed a hand seal and stretched out his palm toward the sky, with thunderclouds and storms gathering above his head.

As Uehara Naraku released his chakra to enhance his ninjutsu, a ring of lightning rapidly radiated outwards from his body, and the area of ​​the thundercloud storm grew larger and larger.

After the storm cloud covered the Rain Village ninja, a bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky and struck Hattori Hirakawa directly!

Hattori Hirakawa instantly created a water clone to take the hit for him, and said with lingering fear, "That brat, he unleashed such a powerful Lightning Release ninjutsu with just one hand seal?"

If he hadn't created a water clone, he felt he wouldn't have been able to avoid that lightning strike at all. Even though the lightning bolt looked incredibly small, out of reverence for natural lightning, he didn't dare to test its power!

However, this is just the beginning.

As the thundercloud storm completely covered the area, bolts of lightning struck down intermittently, and each Rain Ninja was unable to determine whether they were being attacked.

Some people can only use the substitution technique to avoid the lightning, while others hide in cover to guide the lightning attack... but no one can be sure when this ninjutsu will end.

Who will be struck by the next bolt of lightning?

Uehara Naraku was secretly calculating in his mind: "The duration of the Thousand Thunder Prison Induction is 3 seconds, with lightning striking once every 0.5 seconds. The minimum requirement is 100 points of chakra. Now, 1,000 points of chakra have been used, increasing the range and duration tenfold. Within half a minute, everyone will be struck by lightning sixty times..."

It doesn't even take half a minute.

A moment later, the first ninja who couldn't hold on appeared. Every 0.5 seconds, a bolt of lightning struck, and he finally had no way to resist. He was struck by a bolt of lightning that fell from the sky and knocked him to the ground!

Perhaps because the ninja was still alive, lightning continued to strike until he was completely reduced to a charred corpse.

Then, the second, the third, the fourth... In just a few seconds, half of the dozen or so Rain Ninjas were killed or wounded!

"The lightning strikes approximately every 0.5 seconds!"

While desperately dodging the lightning attacks, Hattori Hirakawa shouted, "Quick, everyone gather together and cover me as I use Earth Release ninjutsu for defense!"

His idea was correct.

No matter which ninja it is, 0.5 seconds is not enough time to complete a hand seal, and even one second is not enough to form a defensive ninjutsu hand seal.

If everyone gathers together, as long as someone can use the Water Barrier to block an attack for everyone, then everyone can take turns using defensive ninjutsu!

Three Rain Ninja, knowing they were doomed, chose to sacrifice themselves, one by one helping Hattori Hirakawa block the lightning, giving him time to complete a hand seal!

"Earth Release: Earth Prison Hall Without End!"

Hattori Hirakawa shouted, and rocks flew rapidly toward him, surrounding him and his remaining men, forming a safe house made of rocks.

Originally, this Earth Release ninjutsu was used to imprison enemies, but now it can only be used to protect himself and his teammates.

Four or five bolts of lightning struck!

Sparks flew from the rock house!

The rocks were shattered into pieces by the lightning!

Hattori Hirakawa hurriedly released his chakra to restore the thickness of the rock house, and his subordinates also swarmed over, channeling earth-attribute chakra into the rock house.

However, this did not allow them to persist for very long.

Given the intensity of the lightning strike, even if they still had a lot of chakra left, it would be impossible for them to withstand the attack of the lightning by relying on the thickness of this stone house!

It will be breached sooner or later...

Hattori Hirakawa turned his head, his face filled with sorrow as he glanced at his subordinates. Just moments ago, there were four complete ninja squads, but now only the five of them remained…

"Commander of the unit..."

"Commander of the unit..."

A pair of trusting eyes looked at Hattori Hirakawa, and one of the Rain Ninja whispered, "Captain Hattori, let us cover your escape!"

"There's no way to escape."

The man known as Rain Concealment Thorn shook his head and explained in a deep voice, "I observed just now that every bolt of lightning comes from the thunderclouds in the sky. If you want to survive this ninjutsu, there are only two ways..."

The first option, of course, is to try every means possible to escape the coverage area of ​​the thunderstorm, which is at least several hundred meters away and is very difficult.

The second option is to rush forward with all their might and kill the boy who released the ninjutsu; they are only a few dozen meters away from the boy.

The Rain Village ninjas had no time to waste.

Hattori Hirakawa quickly devised his strategy and blurted out, "Let's charge out and kill that brat!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the entire safe house was struck by lightning and collapsed completely!

Five Rain Village ninjas swiftly leaped towards Uehara Naraku, each ninja continuously throwing stones of various sizes and using their Substitution Jutsu to block the lightning attacks while simultaneously closing the distance to the enemy.

"ah?"

Uehara Naraku stared in surprise at the Rain Village ninja charging towards him. Was he coming so angrily to kill him?

How tragic...

If they can hold on for just one more second, the Thunder Prison spell will end, and if they scatter and escape, there is a high chance they will be able to escape alive.

However, they made the wrong choice.

The thunderclouds and storm in the sky gradually dissipated. Uehara Naraku conjured a small puppet ball with chakra in his hand, his expression hidden behind a mask, and he spoke in a gruff voice, "You're all courting death!"

(End of this chapter)