Naruto: Hiding in the Anbu Until I Became a Super Kage

Chapter 510 510: What Fox Wants is to Strike at Morale

"Might Dai, I'll take five, you take two." Yōkō stared at the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and said, "Judging by your condition, if you want to take three, that's also fine."

Hearing Fox's words, whether it was the person involved, Might Dai, or Ebisu and the others, they all felt something was wrong with their ears. Lord Fox was actually discussing how many to take with Might Dai.

Was this a matter of how many to take? The opponents were the Seven Ninja Swordsmen! In the past, if Might Dai could defeat one of their subordinate's subordinates, it would have been considered an overachievement for him. Now, from Lord Fox's meaning, it seemed Might Dai actually had a chance to defeat two of them? Lord Fox and Might Dai seemed to have surrounded the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Hoshigaki Kisame was the first to form hand seals. Yōkō recognized them as seals for the Body Flicker Technique—he actually wanted to flee without fighting.

Would he let him escape?

Just as Hoshigaki Kisame tried to flee, he noticed Fox disappearing. He instinctively swung his sword backward, slamming Samehada behind him.

Clang!

Samehada collided with a broadsword. A pained cry came from within the Great Sword Samehada—it was hurt by the impact.

Hoshigaki Kisame looked; Fox held a broadsword. This was the legendary weapon of the God of Shinobi, a weapon that dominated the shinobi world from the late Warring States period into the early Hidden Village era. He tried to buy time with words: "The indestructible Senju Broadsword, like the Adamantine Staff of the Sarutobi clan hailed as unbreakable, is a top-tier weapon in the shinobi world. seven swords are far inferior..."

Yōkō said, "How can a shinobi belittle himself like this? Don't be self-deprecating. Come, let's see if your seven swords are fast, or my Senju Broadsword is hard."

He exerted force secretly. He coated the Senju Broadsword with crystallized Earth Release chakra, raising its durability to another level. Moreover, he secretly applied an Earth Release: Heavy-Weight Rock Technique to the broadsword, making it even heavier.

Jūzō Biwa, holding the Severed Sword: Executioner's Blade, Body Flickered behind Yōkō, slashing horizontally at his waist. Yōkō swung the Senju Broadsword, clashing with the Executioner's Blade.

The Executioner's Blade shattered instantly.

Yōkō was somewhat disappointed. Breaking the Severed Sword on the first strike was no fun; it was prone to breaking anyway.

Jūzō Biwa knew the Executioner's Blade broke easily, but he didn't expect it to shatter like sand into many fragments, leaving only about a tenth of its length.

The Senju Broadsword swung again. Jūzō Biwa hurriedly raised the broken blade to block.

This time, it broke vertically! The Executioner's Blade's hilt was split in two, breaking into left and right halves. The Senju Broadsword also chopped off half of Jūzō Biwa's palm and tore open his stomach. With a kick, Yōkō sent Jūzō Biwa flying, then rested the Senju Broadsword on the ground, meticulously grinding the fragments of the Executioner's Blade into iron dust.

Hoshigaki Kisame stared at the iron dust, thinking, What level of power is this?

Next was a Hōzuki clan shinobi holding the Twin Swords Hiramekarei. Something must have happened among the Seven Swordsmen; Hōzuki Mangetsu had died, and now the Twin Swords Hiramekarei were given to this ordinary-looking Hōzuki shinobi.

In front of the Twin Swords Hiramekarei was materialized chakra, gathered into a chakra sphere.

The Senju Broadsword chopped at the Twin Swords Hiramekarei, shattering the chakra sphere and the blade aura, clashing directly with the twin swords.

Clang!

The Twin Swords Hiramekarei broke!

Hoshigaki Kisame stared at the flying broken blades and suddenly understood what Fox was trying to do. Fox didn't want to kill all seven of them; he wanted to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with swordsmanship, head-on! To strike at morale! What Fox wanted was to strike at morale, to completely dismantle the Kiri-nin's will to resist.

The Seven Ninja Swords were forged by the Second Mizukage, Hōzuki Gengetsu. They were Kirigakure's pride, a stable inheritance for Elite Jōnin, even Kage-level shinobi. Wielding the Great Sword Samehada or the Twin Swords Hiramekarei meant Kage-level. Wielding the other five swords meant Elite Jōnin.

The distance was too great, spanning the entire shinobi world. Hoshigaki Kisame didn't yet know the situation in the Land of Earth. If he knew the outcome there, he would understand that Fox and Konoha didn't want just a victory in one Great Shinobi War; they wanted to completely change the shinobi world. There were only two choices: death, or obeying the order Fox dictated.

The Twin Swords Hiramekarei didn't have the regeneration property of the Executioner's Blade. Broken was broken. Given the village's level of suppression against the Hōzuki clan, the forging method for Hiramekarei had long been lost.

With one slash, Yōkō cut down and sent the stunned Hōzuki shinobi flying, then turned to face Kurotsuchi Raiga, who held the Thunder Sword Kiba.

Kurotsuchi Raiga shouted, "My Lightning Release can counter all ninja swords! Let me handle this!"

The Thunder Sword Kiba's Lightning Release was exceptionally strong, stronger even than the Lightning Release of Kumo-nin. Normally, all metal weapons would indeed fear the Thunder Sword. Whether Kurotsuchi Raiga had noticed something or stumbled upon it by chance, Lightning Release could indeed counter crystallized Earth Release chakra.

However, elemental counters in ninjutsu also depended on quantity. Talking about counters without considering quantity was just being dishonest. The crystallized Earth Release chakra coating the Senju Broadsword wasn't something the crackling lightning on the Thunder Sword could overcome.

Clang! Clang!

After two consecutive clashes, both Thunder Swords broke into two pieces. The broken blade tips flew wildly, piercing Kurotsuchi Raiga's head. He fell in stunned disbelief.

Yōkō lifted the Senju Broadsword, blowing off a tiny bit of dust. "The Thunder Sword has some bite to it. It even left small marks on my Senju Broadsword."

After breaking three swords in a row, Yōkō turned to Hoshigaki Kisame. "The Great Sword Samehada is a living creature, a cunning and cruel fish. Let me see if this fish can be made into sashimi..."

Hoshigaki Kisame didn't dare to pit Samehada against Fox in a direct clash. Forming hand seals, he made his hair grow wildly. "Hair Needle Senbon!"

He himself became like an exploding sea urchin, his red hair stabbing out in all directions. The hair was so dense that he was completely buried within it.

Yōkō immediately turned his head, looking in the direction Hoshigaki Kisame fled. "Not a bad technique, actually hiding within the hair to disappear. But it's only a not bad technique."

Yōkō Body flickered away, pursuing Hoshigaki Kisame.

When Nara Shikaku arrived at the scene with the Seven Swordsmen Hunt squadron, he saw three corpses lying behind Lord Fox, who had already chased after Hoshigaki Kisame. Lord Fox's appearance made Nara Shikaku think that things in the Capital of the Land of Waves had gone very smoothly and Lord Fox had achieved his objective there.

But Might Dai's performance left Nara Shikaku utterly confused. Might Dai was actually holding his own against three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen: Kuriarare Kushimaru, wielder of the Longsword Nuibari; Jinin Akebino, wielder of the Blunt Sword Kabutowari; and Momochi Jinpachi, wielder of the Explosion Sword Exploding Foam. Might Dai was enveloped in blue chakra steam, his strength terrifyingly powerful.

Nara Shikaku quickly gave the order: "As planned! Move!"

He had already formulated tactics to deal with each ninja sword. This was the perfect opportunity to eliminate the Seven Ninja Swordsmen!

(End of Chapter)