Seeing the eight nin-ken biting him from all sides, Suijin was a bit speechless.
For some reason, Suijin was inexplicably calm about being bitten by these nin-ken, as if he wasn't at all surprised by the sudden turn of events, but as far as the matter was concerned did he really expect for such a thing to happen?
At this moment, Monkey Anbu rushed over, "Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
Just as Monkey Anbu was about to attack Suijin, the eight nin-ken hurriedly jumped back to avoid being swept over by the attack.
Being free for movement, Suijin barely avoided the taijutsu kick attack with a backflip, but he wasn't so lucky as the follow-up taken by the Dog Anbu in the form of, "Leaf Strong Whirlwind!" still hit him.
As a result of the spinning reverse kick, Suijin's body exploded into the water, shocking everyone at the sight, and not even a second later, another Suijin emerged from the water and punched the Dog Anbu in the gut with water flowing fist, that sent him flying away and crashing into a tree, severely breaking it.
But Suijin wasn't any lucky either as the Monkey Anbu who has just landed over, again pounced at him with more strength, as the green aura of the Hachimon Tonkou radiated around him like a fire,
"Violent – Leaf Adamantine-Strength Whirlwind!"
Suijin didn't have enough time to dodge and could barely resist the roundhouse kick with his hands, but that wasn't enough, as he was also sent flying and crashed several trees, breaking them all.
"Cough- cough…"
"Cough-cough…"
Both Dog Anbu and Suijin spurted out blood from their mouths as they made all their attempt to stand up again.
Both of them recovered almost at the same time and stood up while wiping away the blood.
At this moment, Suijin was surrounded from the three sides, with the Dog mask Anbu on the left, the eight ninken on the right, and the monkey mask Anbu on the front.
The two Anbu and the eight ninken were ready to continue the next wave of offensive.
Seeing this scene, Suijin thought to himself, 'The eight ninken have already smelled my odor, so using the usual methods of escaping can't be used to get rid of the pursuit of Kakashi and Guy!'
However, he didn't have time to consider anything as his expression turned serious.
Because at this moment, Suijin noticed several chakra signs emerge in Byakugan's vision, this implied that a large number of ninjas were rushing here!
'Damn, are all the elites coming here!?' – in a flash, Suijin reached this conclusion.
Because the insight of the Water Nature Clone's Byakugan is not as high as that of the main body, therefore, by the time, Suijin noticed their presence, they were already here!
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
Amidst the sound of breaking through the wind, a series of silhouettes using the Body Flicker technique appeared around Suijin, surrounding him at the center.
The one leading them was none other than the Sandaime Hokage of Konoha in his black combat gear, Sarutobi Hiruzen!
Sandaime took a glance around the battlefield and then nodded towards the two Anbu, "You both did well!"
The Anbu with the Dog Mask appeared at the side of Sandaime and said courteously, "The strength of the enemy is very strong, and he mostly relies on Water Style combined with a good level of taijutsu!"
Sandaime nodded slightly and then turned towards Suijin with eagle sharp eyes, as he spoke in a deep voice, "Say, who instructed you to kill the leader of the Kumo delegation!?"
The Anbu elites, as well as the Kumo ninjas that also arrived at the same time at the battlefield, stared at Suijin closely, waiting for his answer.
Suijin just shrugged, "Of course it was the 50 million Ryo bounty on the head of Watanabe that arose my interest, I hope this answer satisfies the Honorable Sandaime Hokage-sama!" – the last part was said with a bit of a mocking tone which didn't escape the eyes of all those present here.
"I see, in that case, you will have to face the consequences of your actions, for attacking and killing a guest of Konoha, you will be judged with death, resistance is futile, surrendering will let you earn a peaceful death!" – Said Sandaime indifferently.
The surrounding Anbu elites were very eager to fight the enemy, everyone knows that this bounty-nin was doomed, who could escape alive when facing the Sandaime Hokage?
After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen is not entitled to the epithet 'God of Shinobi' for nothing!
However, Kumo Jonin, frowned, he has a feeling that something has been amiss in the situation, but he hasn't been able to figure out what that is!
Contrary to what most expected, Suijin put one hand on his waist and said with a leisure smile, "I didn't expect that even the Hokage-Dono will personally come here, I am afraid I am shaking down to my boots!"
"Really? I, however, cannot see any trace of fear from the calmness that you exude!" – Sandaime said with a solemn face.
"Heh, that's because you have no way of stopping me!" – said Suijin with a smirk as he started printing hand seals, and shouted, "Ice Release Secret Technique: Straight Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"
With an icy chill, the moisture present in the air condensed into a crystal-clear Ice Mirror before everyone.
'W-what, Ice Release Kekkei Genkai!?' – Everyone, including the Sandaime Hokage, was shocked when they saw the ice mirrors floating in the air.
It stands to reason that the Yuki Clan has been annihilated by the Kirigakure, therefore, Ice Release Kekkei Genkai should have disappeared from the face of the Shinobi World, but unexpectedly, the mysterious bounty-nin could use the Ice Release, does that mean he is one of the survivors of the Yuki Clan?
Seeing this scene, the Kumo Jonin was also finally convinced that the death of Watanabe should have nothing to do with Konoha.
While he was hateful towards the mysterious Bounty-nin, Black-market Circle, and most of all towards the Iwagakure for placing such a bounty on Watanabe's head, he was more regretful that their plan to make Konoha suffer in internal strife using Watanabe's death, was now useless because of the intervention of a freaking bounty-nin.
Although Konoha would still be held responsible, they wouldn't be much accountable or under pressure as they might have been if Watanabe would have died at the hands of the Hyuga Patriarch.
Experienced Shinobi who have had a previous encounter with the shinobi of the Yuki Clan will find that the Ice Mirrors used by this mysterious bounty-nin are quite different from the normal ones used by the Yuki Clan.
The Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals generally form in a circular perimeter, forming a hemispherical ice cover, covering a circular area, and trapping the enemy in it.
However, the ice Crystals formed by Suijin were different as they lined up one after the other in the mid-air forming a long queue that extended down to the horizon.
Taking advantage of everyone's stupor, Suijin leaped lightly, merged into the Ice Mirror, and waved back enthusiastically, "Everyone, goodbye, until we meet again!"
As soon as the voice fell, the ice mirrors that hung at the last burst with cold air.
The mirrors at the end would dissipate into the cold air and will be reshaped at the beginning of the long queue, this process continued like a non-ending cycle.
And Suijin who has merged into the Ice mirrors flashed from one mirror to the other at a frightening speed that was difficult to match.
Looking from a distance, this queue of the Ice Mirror appeared as if it is a speeding train!
"This…!?" – No one expected the bounty-nin in front of them to use such a method and it undoubtedly left everyone stunned.
Sandaime was the fastest to recover and took the lead in using the body flicker technique to try to catch up to him.
Sandaime's actions were like a signal, and the large number of Konoha Anbu immediately recovered from their stupor and followed after him, the Dog and Monkey mask Anbu were obviously no exception to this.
And since Watanabe's corpse was in the hands of the bounty-nin, therefore, Kumo ninjas also had no choice but to follow as they can't show any signs, that might allow the discerning eyes to figure out anything they don't want to.
While following Sandaime, the Monkey asked the Dog, "How come, Eagle and Cat haven't come here for so long?"
The Dog was also somewhat confused, after all, usually, once an accident occurs during a mission, Eagle and Cat are the ones to react the fastest, but now that such a big deal happened tonight, and either of them has yet to show up!
Monkey asked again, "That person obviously had the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, why didn't he use Ice Style when fighting us?"
The dog said after a little bit of thinking, "The most likely reason is that he didn't need to, from the way he fought against the two of us at the same time and still had time in his hands, his strength should be higher than what we expect, therefore, we should be more careful of him now!"
Monkey looked at the back of Sandaime at the front of the team and said with laughter, "Hokage-Sama himself is present here, there is nothing for us to worry about!"
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