Feeling of pain.

This is a sign of insufficient mastery of the Sage Mode. Excessive use will cause the body to sustain a certain degree of damage.

"However, when using this ninjutsu, the eight-tails chakra seems more suitable..."

Thinking silently in his heart, after the seal formation was completed, a small vortex that made a "clang, clang, clang" sound was formed in his hand.

In the rich water flow, in the rotating water attribute chakra, there is magical chakra wrapped in it.

"I go!"

Seeing the thing in Toneri's hand, the Kirigakure ninjas who were already some distance away cursed in their hearts.

Whether to wait until they recover before fighting, or to just hide far away and be fine, there is only one idea in their minds right now.

escape!

Hurry up and escape from this damn place.

Just seeing the vortex in Toneri's hand gave them a creepy feeling, and the hairs all over their bodies stood up.

"I won't play with you anymore, so I'll give you a big gift!"

Toneri yelled extremely arrogantly, and then threw the thing in his hand towards Kaguya Fushigen.

"Immortal Technique - Hard Vortex Water Blade!!"

Leaving Toneri's control, the hard vortex water blade fused with the magic chakra exploded almost instantly, and a huge vortex rising into the sky burst open.

Clang, clang, clang...

The five-fold turbine collided and rotated almost instantly, and the gentle water flow turned into a deadly cutting blade at this moment. Whatever it passed, everything was chopped into pieces.

Whether it was trees or gravel, everything was cut into powder at this moment.

Shiren immediately turned around and left.

The traces of the immortal mode on his body slowly disappeared, and blood emerged from the pores on his arms and neck where he could see it with the naked eye.

Drop by drop eventually gather into a long flowing river.

The body becomes bloody.

There are also scars all over the internal organs.

"Sure enough, you still can't accept the unfamiliar tailed beast chakra rashly. This injury is really..."

He is a medical ninja himself, and he knew how badly he was injured just by feeling it. This is why he is unwilling to use the sage mode at will.

The immortal technique used once before - Hard Vortex Water Blade, could clearly feel the tingling in the meridians and body, but the chakra used at that time was the chakra belonging to the second tail, and the ability to withstand the attack was strong enough.

The hard vortex water blade at that time was only a double turbine, so it was not very obvious.

This time, in order to unleash the stronger power of the Hard Vortex Water Blade, the eight-tailed chakra is used, which is more advantageous against water-based chakra. Moreover, this time it is the full version of the Hard Vortex Water Blade, which is a five-layer turbine that has a strong impact on its own.

The damage is more severe.

"However, I still have to say that the sage mode activated by the eight-tailed chakra and the hard vortex water blade are more suitable than the sage mode activated by the two-tailed chakra."

Toneri endured the pain in his heart and kept jumping in the forest, while using medical ninjutsu to treat himself.

After Shiren left.

The Immortal Technique - Hard Vortex Water Blade lasted for a long time, almost completely destroying the surrounding landscape.

In the middle of the attack, a huge crater was cut out by a sharp hard vortex. At the same time, the crater was filled with a large amount of rain. At this time, light rain was still falling in the sky.

The entire forest was suddenly thickened and turned into a lake.

The mist ninjas who fled immediately crawled out of the messy mud, with many scars on their bodies and indescribable embarrassment.

Everyone's face looked indescribably ugly.

But there was someone even worse than them, and that was Kaguya Fushigen who was targeted by Toneri.

He dodged.

Although he is addicted to fighting, it does not mean that he is a fool and chooses to resist even when he knows that he cannot bear it.

Otherwise, he would not be able to reach the level of elite jounin he is now.

Although he reacted immediately and dodged, he was still the one most affected by the Hard Vortex Water Blade.

I saw him slowly rising to the surface.

His appearance at this time was indescribably miserable. There was almost no complete skin on his body, and it could even be said that there was no complete muscle. Even the bones he was most proud of were showing varying degrees of damage.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for his bones being hard enough, he would have died.

Even if it's just the aftermath of the attack.

Several fog ninjas looked at each other, and saw in each other's eyes the shock that could not be concealed, and at the same time hesitation.

Do you want to chase again?

What the hell are you chasing?!

Didn’t you see that Kaguya Fushigen was seriously injured?

Treating your companions is the top priority!

So they no longer hesitated, picked up Kaguya Fushigen, who was completely unconscious with only one breath left, and rushed towards Kirigakure Village as quickly as possible.

He is just a finance minister who deducts funding from Kirigakure Village, and I hate him very much.

And this is not a task they have taken on. There is no reward, and they are not allowed to fight for a stranger, and they may not be able to win!

Outside the border of the Land of Water, the Konoha ninjas who were in charge of the response, as well as old acquaintances Ino Shikacho and Minato, were shocked when they saw the bloody Toneri, and hurriedly rushed towards him.

Looking at Toneri, whose face was a little pale and covered in thick blood, a sense of admiration arose from the bottom of his heart.

Look, those who can do this with blood all over their bodies are the real warriors.

Fortunately, Toneri just looks miserable now, and most of his injuries have been almost healed at this moment.

The group did not stay too long, but quickly left after confirming that Minato and Toneri's missions had been completed, and after confirming that the new generation of Inokacho and their missions had been completed.

The death of a finance minister of the Kingdom of Water did not cause much sensation. Very few people knew about it. Even many ninjas in Kirigakure Village did not know about it. If they knew, they would probably report the case.

Applause.

A parasite who deprived them of their funds dies.

But I believe another parasite will take over soon and continue to do the same thing.

As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your government.

Unless they sit in the position of Finance Minister, they will not know what it means to make money easily.

This can never be erased.

However, this incident also alerted the ninjas of Kirigakure Village. Taking action against the Finance Minister was probably just the beginning. Many ministers in the Kingdom of Water were likely to become the targets of others.

And they need to strengthen the defense of the capital of the Kingdom of Water.

But that's all.

Judging from the thunder and lightning chakra pattern used by the ninja to assassinate the Minister of Finance this time, it is very likely that he was a ninja from Kumogakure Village.

As one of the five hidden villages, Kirigakure Village cannot do anything to them if they are really responsible for it.

Moreover, the policy pursued by the current Third Mizukage is to isolate the country and cut off too much contact and communication with the outside world. He first consolidates and strengthens himself, and then slowly thinks about other things.

Therefore, there is a high probability that Kirigakure Village will once again strengthen the defense force at the border of the Kingdom of Water.

If you want to sneak into the Kingdom of Water at will in the future, you won't be able to do it without a certain level of strength.

After returning to Konoha, Minato and Toneri completed their mission, officially passed the test of Sarutobi Hiruzen, gained his recognition, and were promoted to jounin.

Promotion to jounin occurs almost every year in Konoha. It is not a big event and does not cause any sensation.

However, both Toneri and Minato have been paid attention to by many people in Konoha a long time ago and are regarded as the future of Konoha, so their promotion to Jonin has become a hot topic among many people.

Minato was promoted to Jonin when he was only fifteen years old. He was definitely a genius among geniuses. Although Toneri's age has always been a mystery, he graduated with Kushina, so many people thought that he and Minato were of the same year.

, and the heights of the two are indeed about the same now.

The two young people who became jounin at the age of fifteen have become the younger generation that the residents of Konoha have the highest hopes for after becoming the Sannin of Konoha.

But there was one person who might not be happy, and that was Kushina. She even went to Hiruzen Sarutobi's office to make a fuss. Unfortunately, in the end, she was still a chuunin.

Konoha protected her very well, as the orphan of the Uzumaki clan, and as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki who could not fully grasp the power of the Nine-Tails.

This has also caused her temper to become increasingly violent recently.

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Chapter completed!