Naruto - The Wind Calamity

Chapter 74 : The Formidable Renjiro

Renjiro Vs Tomio & Chunins

While his students were engaged in combat, Renjiro himself was fighting against the main enemy combatants. Just like Masato, Renjiro too was restricted here due to not being able to use the majority of his Earth jutsus.

Renjiro observed his opponents, '1 jounin and 5 chunins. Been a while since I had to fight against these odds. I wonder if they can put up a fight though.'

His opponents too observed him. They were very tense. Tomio thought, 'He specializes in Earth and Water jutsus. This terrain should void most of his Earth jutsus. And I can cancel out his Water jutsus. And he won't retreat due to his students, and might even be distracted by them. We have a chance!'

After concluding his thoughts, Renjiro threw 6 shurikens at his opponents. Immediately, he made a couple of hand signs.
'Shuriken Shadow Clone jutsu'

The enemy ninjas were amused when they saw that only 6 shurikens were thrown at them. But seeing them suddenly increase to over a hundred freaked them. Tomio once again used Water Wall jutsu to block the shurikens.

Renjiro smirked. He was aiming exactly for this. While the water wall protected them, it meant that they couldn't see Renjiro. He grabbed his sword and rushed towards them.

Unfortunately, one of them was a sensor and he yelled, "He's running toward us!" He was the same ninja who had earlier detected Fire-Wind Dragon jutsu. The shout put them on guard and they prepared for a fight.

The very instant the water wall collapsed, Renjiro flickered and appeared behind the chunin who shouted. Before anyone could react, he attacked him with his sword, aiming to cut him in two. Knowing that he couldn't move fast enough, he made a hand sign. Renjiro ended up cutting a log of wood.

The enemy ninjas sighed in relief and immediately moved toward Renjiro to attack him right when they saw the sensor use Substitution jutsu. However, Renjiro still smirked.

Though Renjiro's sword cut through a log of wood, his sword emitted chakra that travelled in the form of a slash. It was the Samurai Saber Technique. Though it didn't have the lethal wind chakra that Fujin's slashes had, it was still very lethal.

Wagarashi Tomio was the one to notice it and he quickly shouted, "Careful!" and moved out of the way of that flying slash.

That alerted all 4 chunins. 3 of them jumped out of the way successfully. However, the last one was the closest to Renjiro. He too tried jumping but was too slow. The slash hit his knees and slashed halfway through his kneecaps. He collapsed and began yelling in pain.

All of the 5 enemies were now at least a few dozen meters from Renjiro. So he just stepped forward and beheaded the injured ninja.

He looked at the Tea ninjas and coolly said, "Just 5 more to go." That statement put a lot of pressure on them.

Tomio understood that Renjiro was trying to crush their morale. He shouted, "Behind me" while retreating away from Renjiro and making a few hand signs. The remaining chunins quickly moved behind Tomio.
'Water Dragon jutsu'

Renjiro noticed the hand signs Tomio was making and recognized them. He just waited for him to be done with it. Soon, Tomio expended quite a bit of his chakra to launch Water Dragon jutsu on Renjiro.

However, Renjiro just flickered a few times, completely avoiding the trajectory of the jutsu while muttering, 'What a waste of chakra.'

In an instant, Renjiro was now behind those ninjas, while the Water Dragon jutsu hit nothing but debris.

Renjiro wanted to attack them from behind, but the enemy ninjas had got a hang of Renjiro's fast-paced attacks. The very moment that Renjiro appeared behind them, all 3 of them made hand signs and launched their jutsus.
'Water Shuriken jutsu'
'Great Breakthrough jutsu'
'Flamethrower jutsu'