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Chapter 1447: The Ninja and the Abyssal One Exchange Blows! (Two-in-One)
Immediately, the two began exchanging words.
Aburame Shikuro and the others hidden in the dark paid close attention to the content of the conversation.
Just then, Natsuhoshi also arrived under the effect of the Invisibility Technique.
Her Peacock Method allowed her to fly and enhanced the Invisibility effect.
Next, the four of them heard Riful invite Clare to be her companion.
Clare, in turn, asked about the various things that had happened over the past seven years, using the condition that she would consider the offer.
Through Riful's explanation, they learned that the Greatsword Organization had created new Abyssal Ones that were controllable and could fight against Abyssal Ones.
They also learned that Isley of the North had defeated Luciela of the South, bringing the 'Southern Land' Mucha under his rule.
Furthermore, they learned that Isley, knowing he couldn't defeat Priscilla, had surrendered and submitted to her, and had gone to settle in the 'Southern Land' Mucha with her.
The reason Riful was working hard to increase the number of Awakened Beings under her command was to be able to fight against Luciela and Isley.
Aburame Shikuro and the other three listened with pleasure, and their liking towards Riful soared.
This 'intelligence gift package' was simply too generous.
Because as ninjas of the Hidden Mist Unit, the amount of their war achievements was mainly tied to the amount and importance of intelligence collected during missions.
But when Riful finished explaining all the intelligence she knew, Clare said, "You misunderstood. When I said I would consider it, I really just meant consider it. Now I've considered it, and I refuse to join."
This caused Aburame Shikuro's mouth to twitch, and he simultaneously felt the approach of conflict.
As expected.
As soon as Clare finished saying, "Even if I can't defeat you, I can escape from here now," she turned and left at high speed.
"You idiot... Ughhhhh!"
Riful was completely enraged. She let out a piercing scream that echoed throughout the area, and instantly shot out thousands of metal ribbons, unleashing a plowing-style frantic bombardment towards the surrounding forest.
Her target was not just Clare, but also Millie and the others who hadn't run too far.
She wanted to destroy everything within a one-kilometer radius!
However, this also affected Aburame Shikuro, Natsuhoshi, Yamanaka Hiromi, and Hyuga Junpei.
With such a large-scale, widespread attack, they naturally couldn't avoid being caught in the crossfire.
"Not good!"
The four ninjas' faces changed drastically. This was truly a case of innocent bystanders suffering.
[Swish!]
Facing the dozen or so rapidly approaching ribbons, Hyuga Junpei couldn't afford to hide himself.
He decisively flashed to the front of the three others and unleashed the Hyuga Clan's Advanced Body Technique known as 'Absolute Defense'.
As he spun rapidly in his spot, he released a large amount of chakra.
In the blink of an eye, an azure blue hemispherical energy barrier formed, deflecting all the silver-gray metal ribbons and causing more destruction to the surrounding trees.
Such a commotion naturally drew Riful's doubtful gaze and Clare's gaze from a distance as she looked back.
"Who are you people?"
"Who are they?"
Both saw the figures of the ninjas.
However, Clare didn't stop for this. She continued carrying the unknown Mumei Warrior, narrowly avoiding the incoming ribbons while quickly escaping towards the rally point to the north.
But she had already memorized the appearance of those four people in her heart.
"Withdraw!"
Aburame Shikuro gave the order. Although they were exposed, he didn't want to have a conflict with Riful.
Even if it was a mission to arrest her, it shouldn't be carried out by them, but should be handed over to the Cloud Hidden Squad that was on their way.
But Riful had developed an interest in them and controlled more ribbons to cover the area where the ninjas were.
This made it difficult for Aburame Shikuro and the other three to use Invisibility Escape again.
"Captain, leave this place to me! You guys find an opportunity to get away!"
At the critical moment, Natsuhoshi voluntarily stepped forward, as she was the most suitable person to cover their retreat.
"Peacock Method!"
She clasped her hands together in a triangle shape in front of her body, and immediately, a pale purple energy aura erupted from her back.
It quickly transformed into a creature form resembling a dragon or a fierce beast, with golden eyes.
As soon as this 'dragon beast' appeared, it instantly shattered the incoming metal ribbons.
Although it also suffered some damage, it quickly recovered completely with the supply of chakra.
Then, it continued to push forward fiercely towards Riful's position.
The distance of just over a hundred meters was crossed in the blink of an eye, like a massive purple fierce beast, baring its fangs and claws as it pounced on Riful.
This was clearly an act of Natsuhoshi's personal interest.
Of course, she didn't have any malice; she just wanted to take this opportunity to exchange blows with Riful.
"What a fascinating ability."
Riful's eyes lit up.
Multiple ribbons around her body whipped rapidly, creating sonic booms, which blasted the pouncing 'fierce beast' into purple qi mist in the air.
The next second.
Her massive Awakened Being body, using the elasticity of the countless ribbons beneath her, leaped up from her spot and soared into the high altitude, looking down at the forest below and Natsuhoshi who was controlling the 'Peacock Method'.
"Let me see, what exactly are you?" Riful said with a light smile.
She couldn't feel any Demonic Energy from Natsuhoshi or this purple energy.
At this moment, her heart was filled with curiosity.
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh----]
In an instant, hundreds of metal ribbons shot out from her body, covering the area where Natsuhoshi was like a torrential downpour.
For a moment, the sky was filled with the whistling sound echoing endlessly throughout this sea of trees.
Natsuhoshi was not to be outdone.
She also transformed the purple chakra into numerous slender spikes, meeting the countless ribbon afterimages falling from the air head-on.
[Bang bang bang bang...]
The purple afterimages and the gray afterimages collided fiercely in mid-air, erupting in continuous air currents and rumbles.
The scene of their intertwining was like two opposing military formations clashing.
Every moment, large amounts of purple qi exploded, and large amounts of ribbons shattered.
The violent impact force transformed into surging strong wind that raged across the entire area.
One after another, trees that had grown for who knows how many years were broken and thrown into the high altitude.
"Hey, hey... Look quickly!"
Yuma, dressed in a black robe, stood on the cliff edge, gazing in surprise at the huge commotion in the distant forest.
Cynthia and Tabitha, who had also stayed behind due to their weaker strength, saw it too.
"Millie and the others went to rescue people a long time ago. Is everyone... everyone alright?"
"It looks like they've already started fighting Riful!"
Tabitha, standing to Yuma's left, said in a serious tone:
"The Organization's warriors' Demonic Energy disappeared halfway through, so I have no idea what the situation is like, but... regarding the rescue, I also feel it's taking too long."
Yuma's face panicked: "Could it be... everyone..."
At this moment, Cynthia on the other side showed a smile: "It's okay, everyone is safe and sound."
Before Yuma could react, she heard 'swish swish swish' whistling sounds begin to appear in the area.
In the blink of an eye, afterimages appeared around them.
It was Millie, Helen, and Deneve, carrying Rachel, Audrey, and another low-rank warrior.
A few seconds later, Clare also arrived carrying someone, showing how fast her speed was.
"Everyone!"
Yuma was very happy to see them.
"Sorry, we're late coming back," Millie, as the captain, explained. "Everyone scattered in different directions to escape, and to prevent Riful from discovering this place, we spent more time creating a greater distance before rushing back."
"Are the Organization's warriors alright?" Cynthia asked softly.
Millie replied softly: "One lightly injured, one severely injured, and two are not injured."
"And the one severely injured is the one Deneve kicked, you know~" Helen teased.
"That's not right, the one severely injured was pierced by that Abyssal One, the one Millie is carrying."
Deneve refuted Helen's remarks while casually throwing the four Claymores she had brought back in front of her.
"Whoa!"
"Deneve, you even specifically picked up their swords?"
Helen didn't mind, instead looking at the four silver swords and saying in surprise, "You're really quite rules-abiding!"
"As a warrior, the sword is with the person; it must never leave your hand," Deneve felt this was only natural.
"Wait a minute, since you're all back, who is the Abyssal One fighting?"
Yuma suddenly raised her hand and pointed towards the distant forest, asking in surprise.
"This..."
Millie, Helen, and Deneve looked at each other, but they didn't know anything.
"I saw them, they were four strange people, three men and one woman. One of them released blue energy, but I couldn't feel any Demonic Energy."
Clare, who had just placed the Mumei Warrior she was carrying on the ground, squatted down and said softly.
"Indeed, in that direction, I can only feel Riful's Demonic Energy."
Tabitha nodded in agreement.
Clare said thoughtfully: "They seem to be secretly tracking someone. I just don't know if their target is us, or Riful..."
If the other party were also warriors, even if they took Demonic Energy Suppressing Medicine.
When using emission techniques, they should still leak Demonic Energy.
Or could it be that in these seven years, a new medicine has appeared that can perfectly hide Demonic Energy?
If that were the case, it would be troublesome.
If they were the ones being tracked, they wouldn't be able to detect them at all.
Although Clare didn't voice this problem, Millie could understand her worry.
"Ugh..."
Suddenly, Audrey, who was lying on the ground in a coma, clutched her forehead and struggled to prop herself up.
"You gave me Demonic Energy Suppressing Medicine..."
"Damn it! My head hurts so much... Who exactly are you people?"
Audrey asked, looking at the seven of them warily.
"You can speculate all you want. No matter what you ask, we don't plan to answer you."
Millie stepped forward and said, "But please answer our questions."
"I want to know the current composition of the Organization's warriors, especially the names of No. 1 to No. 5, and whether the Organization has developed a new medicine that allows people to release Demonic Power while not emitting any Demonic Energy?"
To be honest, the last sentence sounded ridiculous even to herself.
"Huh?"
As expected, Audrey's gaze immediately became strange, and she didn't even bother to retort Millie's double standard.
"Release Demonic Power without emitting Demonic Energy?"
"Are you an idiot!"
At the same time.
The combat between Riful and Natsuhoshi continued in the forest.
However, it was clear that the former was gradually suppressing the latter.
On the other side.
Aburame Shikuro, Yamanaka Hiromi, and Hyuga Junpei, who had already created some distance and could use Invisibility Escape at any time, were also watching the combat between the two sides.
"Captain, why don't we just make a move and arrest this Riful?"
Hyuga Junpei asked in a low voice.
In his opinion, although Riful was strong, she couldn't possibly be a match for the four of them.
Especially Captain Aburame Shikuro.
Even though he was assigned to the Hidden Mist Unit, his control over Nano Poison Insects would definitely make him an expert even in the Cloud Hidden Squad.
"No!"
"The intelligence sent back from the rear is very clear. The Destroyer among the Level 1 targets is also in Riful's lair, so we must follow her to confirm the position!"
Aburame Shikuro flatly refused Hyuga Junpei's proposal.
Then he looked at Yamanaka Hiromi: "How is your recovery?"
Yamanaka Hiromi nodded: "It's alright."
"Then remind Natsuhoshi to disengage from combat as soon as possible!" Aburame Shikuro immediately gave the order.
"Yes!"
Yamanaka Hiromi quickly raised his hand to his forehead and once again used Sensory Transmission to establish a mental link with Natsuhoshi, who was in combat in the distance.
"Captain, what about Clare?"
Hyuga Junpei glanced towards the north, as Clare was also a Level 1 target.
"Let White Zetsu track her!" Aburame Shikuro made the decision.
In his opinion, Riful and the Destroyer were related to two Level 1 targets, so their priority was definitely higher than Clare's.
"Yes!"
Hyuga Junpei understood.
He immediately ordered the White Zetsu attached to his body to detach and pursue Clare and the others from underground.
A moment later.
The figures of Aburame Shikuro, Hyuga Junpei, and Yamanaka Hiromi disappeared.
Natsuhoshi in front, hearing the order, didn't linger either.
She immediately created pale purple chakra wings behind her and flew into the high altitude.
This allowed her to quickly move away from Riful's attack range, and then disappear into the blue sky and white clouds.
"Where are you going?"
"Come back!"
This made Riful below grit her teeth in anger.
Because she couldn't fly, nor had she figured out why she couldn't feel any Demonic Energy from Natsuhoshi.
Moreover, the Peacock Method ability was simply unheard of.
The abilities of these Awakened Beings, no matter how complex and varied, were all based on various controls of the physical body.
She had never seen anyone who could condense Demonic Power into visible energy, let alone play so many tricks with energy!
"Damn it..."
Riful scanned the sky and the surrounding sea of trees back and forth.
She tried to find traces of Natsuhoshi, Aburame Shikuro, Yamanaka Hiromi, and Hyuga Junpei.
She had seen a few Awakened Beings who could use invisibility before.
But those were more like environmental mimicry; they were fine when still, but would create fluctuations in the air when they moved.
Although they were also difficult to detect, if you looked carefully, you could still notice them.
But this time, Riful saw nothing!
After all, the Invisibility Technique, although an E-Rank Ninjutsu, was much stronger than simple mimicry.
Crucially, they didn't have Demonic Energy inside their bodies...
After more than ten minutes, Riful could only suppress her rage and turn to leave this place that made her uncomfortable.
She wanted to go back and talk to Dauf about this matter.
But Riful didn't know that the four people she was desperately trying to find, Natsuhoshi and the others, were quietly following behind her at this moment.
On the other side, Clare, Millie, and the other seven.
After learning from Audrey that the former No. 3, Galatea, had also betrayed the Organization during the turmoil seven years ago, they decided to find her and get help.
Since they had decided to seek revenge against the Organization, they definitely needed to unite more strength.
Eastern Land.
Staff.
This was the area where the Greatsword Organization had the strongest control.
The Mist Village Squad consisting of Inuzuka Ban, Kazahana Yuki, Yamanaka Hanaō, and Hyūga Takeyasu.
They followed Clarice, Nina, and others all the way to the Organization Headquarters.
The entire process was very smooth.
Although the outer perimeter of the Organization Headquarters was guarded by layers of Claymore Warriors on patrol.
Infiltration was a ninja's specialty.
After Inuzuka Ban and the others found this place, they immediately abandoned Clarice.
They began secretly exploring the internal and external environment of the Organization Headquarters, and at the same time began manufacturing a simple map.
It must be said that Hyūga Takeyasu's Byakugan was truly convenient. X-ray Vision + Far Sight was enough to see everything inside and out clearly.
"Captain, we've found Level 1 target Dae. The person next to him should be the 'Dragon Descendant' living body mentioned in the intelligence!"
"Well done!"
Inuzuka Ban's eyes lit up, and he immediately gave the order through mental link: "Yuki, it's up to you. Focus on protecting him!"
The intelligence stated clearly that although the Dragon Descendant was important, it was not as important as Dae, the Rogue Scientist.
After all, there should still be quite a few Dragon Descendants on the Warfire Continent.
"Yes, Captain!"
(End of Chapter)
Immediately, the two began exchanging words.
Aburame Shikuro and the others hidden in the dark paid close attention to the content of the conversation.
Just then, Natsuhoshi also arrived under the effect of the Invisibility Technique.
Her Peacock Method allowed her to fly and enhanced the Invisibility effect.
Next, the four of them heard Riful invite Clare to be her companion.
Clare, in turn, asked about the various things that had happened over the past seven years, using the condition that she would consider the offer.
Through Riful's explanation, they learned that the Greatsword Organization had created new Abyssal Ones that were controllable and could fight against Abyssal Ones.
They also learned that Isley of the North had defeated Luciela of the South, bringing the 'Southern Land' Mucha under his rule.
Furthermore, they learned that Isley, knowing he couldn't defeat Priscilla, had surrendered and submitted to her, and had gone to settle in the 'Southern Land' Mucha with her.
The reason Riful was working hard to increase the number of Awakened Beings under her command was to be able to fight against Luciela and Isley.
Aburame Shikuro and the other three listened with pleasure, and their liking towards Riful soared.
This 'intelligence gift package' was simply too generous.
Because as ninjas of the Hidden Mist Unit, the amount of their war achievements was mainly tied to the amount and importance of intelligence collected during missions.
But when Riful finished explaining all the intelligence she knew, Clare said, "You misunderstood. When I said I would consider it, I really just meant consider it. Now I've considered it, and I refuse to join."
This caused Aburame Shikuro's mouth to twitch, and he simultaneously felt the approach of conflict.
As expected.
As soon as Clare finished saying, "Even if I can't defeat you, I can escape from here now," she turned and left at high speed.
"You idiot... Ughhhhh!"
Riful was completely enraged. She let out a piercing scream that echoed throughout the area, and instantly shot out thousands of metal ribbons, unleashing a plowing-style frantic bombardment towards the surrounding forest.
Her target was not just Clare, but also Millie and the others who hadn't run too far.
She wanted to destroy everything within a one-kilometer radius!
However, this also affected Aburame Shikuro, Natsuhoshi, Yamanaka Hiromi, and Hyuga Junpei.
With such a large-scale, widespread attack, they naturally couldn't avoid being caught in the crossfire.
"Not good!"
The four ninjas' faces changed drastically. This was truly a case of innocent bystanders suffering.
[Swish!]
Facing the dozen or so rapidly approaching ribbons, Hyuga Junpei couldn't afford to hide himself.
He decisively flashed to the front of the three others and unleashed the Hyuga Clan's Advanced Body Technique known as 'Absolute Defense'.
As he spun rapidly in his spot, he released a large amount of chakra.
In the blink of an eye, an azure blue hemispherical energy barrier formed, deflecting all the silver-gray metal ribbons and causing more destruction to the surrounding trees.
Such a commotion naturally drew Riful's doubtful gaze and Clare's gaze from a distance as she looked back.
"Who are you people?"
"Who are they?"
Both saw the figures of the ninjas.
However, Clare didn't stop for this. She continued carrying the unknown Mumei Warrior, narrowly avoiding the incoming ribbons while quickly escaping towards the rally point to the north.
But she had already memorized the appearance of those four people in her heart.
"Withdraw!"
Aburame Shikuro gave the order. Although they were exposed, he didn't want to have a conflict with Riful.
Even if it was a mission to arrest her, it shouldn't be carried out by them, but should be handed over to the Cloud Hidden Squad that was on their way.
But Riful had developed an interest in them and controlled more ribbons to cover the area where the ninjas were.
This made it difficult for Aburame Shikuro and the other three to use Invisibility Escape again.
"Captain, leave this place to me! You guys find an opportunity to get away!"
At the critical moment, Natsuhoshi voluntarily stepped forward, as she was the most suitable person to cover their retreat.
"Peacock Method!"
She clasped her hands together in a triangle shape in front of her body, and immediately, a pale purple energy aura erupted from her back.
It quickly transformed into a creature form resembling a dragon or a fierce beast, with golden eyes.
As soon as this 'dragon beast' appeared, it instantly shattered the incoming metal ribbons.
Although it also suffered some damage, it quickly recovered completely with the supply of chakra.
Then, it continued to push forward fiercely towards Riful's position.
The distance of just over a hundred meters was crossed in the blink of an eye, like a massive purple fierce beast, baring its fangs and claws as it pounced on Riful.
This was clearly an act of Natsuhoshi's personal interest.
Of course, she didn't have any malice; she just wanted to take this opportunity to exchange blows with Riful.
"What a fascinating ability."
Riful's eyes lit up.
Multiple ribbons around her body whipped rapidly, creating sonic booms, which blasted the pouncing 'fierce beast' into purple qi mist in the air.
The next second.
Her massive Awakened Being body, using the elasticity of the countless ribbons beneath her, leaped up from her spot and soared into the high altitude, looking down at the forest below and Natsuhoshi who was controlling the 'Peacock Method'.
"Let me see, what exactly are you?" Riful said with a light smile.
She couldn't feel any Demonic Energy from Natsuhoshi or this purple energy.
At this moment, her heart was filled with curiosity.
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh----]
In an instant, hundreds of metal ribbons shot out from her body, covering the area where Natsuhoshi was like a torrential downpour.
For a moment, the sky was filled with the whistling sound echoing endlessly throughout this sea of trees.
Natsuhoshi was not to be outdone.
She also transformed the purple chakra into numerous slender spikes, meeting the countless ribbon afterimages falling from the air head-on.
[Bang bang bang bang...]
The purple afterimages and the gray afterimages collided fiercely in mid-air, erupting in continuous air currents and rumbles.
The scene of their intertwining was like two opposing military formations clashing.
Every moment, large amounts of purple qi exploded, and large amounts of ribbons shattered.
The violent impact force transformed into surging strong wind that raged across the entire area.
One after another, trees that had grown for who knows how many years were broken and thrown into the high altitude.
"Hey, hey... Look quickly!"
Yuma, dressed in a black robe, stood on the cliff edge, gazing in surprise at the huge commotion in the distant forest.
Cynthia and Tabitha, who had also stayed behind due to their weaker strength, saw it too.
"Millie and the others went to rescue people a long time ago. Is everyone... everyone alright?"
"It looks like they've already started fighting Riful!"
Tabitha, standing to Yuma's left, said in a serious tone:
"The Organization's warriors' Demonic Energy disappeared halfway through, so I have no idea what the situation is like, but... regarding the rescue, I also feel it's taking too long."
Yuma's face panicked: "Could it be... everyone..."
At this moment, Cynthia on the other side showed a smile: "It's okay, everyone is safe and sound."
Before Yuma could react, she heard 'swish swish swish' whistling sounds begin to appear in the area.
In the blink of an eye, afterimages appeared around them.
It was Millie, Helen, and Deneve, carrying Rachel, Audrey, and another low-rank warrior.
A few seconds later, Clare also arrived carrying someone, showing how fast her speed was.
"Everyone!"
Yuma was very happy to see them.
"Sorry, we're late coming back," Millie, as the captain, explained. "Everyone scattered in different directions to escape, and to prevent Riful from discovering this place, we spent more time creating a greater distance before rushing back."
"Are the Organization's warriors alright?" Cynthia asked softly.
Millie replied softly: "One lightly injured, one severely injured, and two are not injured."
"And the one severely injured is the one Deneve kicked, you know~" Helen teased.
"That's not right, the one severely injured was pierced by that Abyssal One, the one Millie is carrying."
Deneve refuted Helen's remarks while casually throwing the four Claymores she had brought back in front of her.
"Whoa!"
"Deneve, you even specifically picked up their swords?"
Helen didn't mind, instead looking at the four silver swords and saying in surprise, "You're really quite rules-abiding!"
"As a warrior, the sword is with the person; it must never leave your hand," Deneve felt this was only natural.
"Wait a minute, since you're all back, who is the Abyssal One fighting?"
Yuma suddenly raised her hand and pointed towards the distant forest, asking in surprise.
"This..."
Millie, Helen, and Deneve looked at each other, but they didn't know anything.
"I saw them, they were four strange people, three men and one woman. One of them released blue energy, but I couldn't feel any Demonic Energy."
Clare, who had just placed the Mumei Warrior she was carrying on the ground, squatted down and said softly.
"Indeed, in that direction, I can only feel Riful's Demonic Energy."
Tabitha nodded in agreement.
Clare said thoughtfully: "They seem to be secretly tracking someone. I just don't know if their target is us, or Riful..."
If the other party were also warriors, even if they took Demonic Energy Suppressing Medicine.
When using emission techniques, they should still leak Demonic Energy.
Or could it be that in these seven years, a new medicine has appeared that can perfectly hide Demonic Energy?
If that were the case, it would be troublesome.
If they were the ones being tracked, they wouldn't be able to detect them at all.
Although Clare didn't voice this problem, Millie could understand her worry.
"Ugh..."
Suddenly, Audrey, who was lying on the ground in a coma, clutched her forehead and struggled to prop herself up.
"You gave me Demonic Energy Suppressing Medicine..."
"Damn it! My head hurts so much... Who exactly are you people?"
Audrey asked, looking at the seven of them warily.
"You can speculate all you want. No matter what you ask, we don't plan to answer you."
Millie stepped forward and said, "But please answer our questions."
"I want to know the current composition of the Organization's warriors, especially the names of No. 1 to No. 5, and whether the Organization has developed a new medicine that allows people to release Demonic Power while not emitting any Demonic Energy?"
To be honest, the last sentence sounded ridiculous even to herself.
"Huh?"
As expected, Audrey's gaze immediately became strange, and she didn't even bother to retort Millie's double standard.
"Release Demonic Power without emitting Demonic Energy?"
"Are you an idiot!"
At the same time.
The combat between Riful and Natsuhoshi continued in the forest.
However, it was clear that the former was gradually suppressing the latter.
On the other side.
Aburame Shikuro, Yamanaka Hiromi, and Hyuga Junpei, who had already created some distance and could use Invisibility Escape at any time, were also watching the combat between the two sides.
"Captain, why don't we just make a move and arrest this Riful?"
Hyuga Junpei asked in a low voice.
In his opinion, although Riful was strong, she couldn't possibly be a match for the four of them.
Especially Captain Aburame Shikuro.
Even though he was assigned to the Hidden Mist Unit, his control over Nano Poison Insects would definitely make him an expert even in the Cloud Hidden Squad.
"No!"
"The intelligence sent back from the rear is very clear. The Destroyer among the Level 1 targets is also in Riful's lair, so we must follow her to confirm the position!"
Aburame Shikuro flatly refused Hyuga Junpei's proposal.
Then he looked at Yamanaka Hiromi: "How is your recovery?"
Yamanaka Hiromi nodded: "It's alright."
"Then remind Natsuhoshi to disengage from combat as soon as possible!" Aburame Shikuro immediately gave the order.
"Yes!"
Yamanaka Hiromi quickly raised his hand to his forehead and once again used Sensory Transmission to establish a mental link with Natsuhoshi, who was in combat in the distance.
"Captain, what about Clare?"
Hyuga Junpei glanced towards the north, as Clare was also a Level 1 target.
"Let White Zetsu track her!" Aburame Shikuro made the decision.
In his opinion, Riful and the Destroyer were related to two Level 1 targets, so their priority was definitely higher than Clare's.
"Yes!"
Hyuga Junpei understood.
He immediately ordered the White Zetsu attached to his body to detach and pursue Clare and the others from underground.
A moment later.
The figures of Aburame Shikuro, Hyuga Junpei, and Yamanaka Hiromi disappeared.
Natsuhoshi in front, hearing the order, didn't linger either.
She immediately created pale purple chakra wings behind her and flew into the high altitude.
This allowed her to quickly move away from Riful's attack range, and then disappear into the blue sky and white clouds.
"Where are you going?"
"Come back!"
This made Riful below grit her teeth in anger.
Because she couldn't fly, nor had she figured out why she couldn't feel any Demonic Energy from Natsuhoshi.
Moreover, the Peacock Method ability was simply unheard of.
The abilities of these Awakened Beings, no matter how complex and varied, were all based on various controls of the physical body.
She had never seen anyone who could condense Demonic Power into visible energy, let alone play so many tricks with energy!
"Damn it..."
Riful scanned the sky and the surrounding sea of trees back and forth.
She tried to find traces of Natsuhoshi, Aburame Shikuro, Yamanaka Hiromi, and Hyuga Junpei.
She had seen a few Awakened Beings who could use invisibility before.
But those were more like environmental mimicry; they were fine when still, but would create fluctuations in the air when they moved.
Although they were also difficult to detect, if you looked carefully, you could still notice them.
But this time, Riful saw nothing!
After all, the Invisibility Technique, although an E-Rank Ninjutsu, was much stronger than simple mimicry.
Crucially, they didn't have Demonic Energy inside their bodies...
After more than ten minutes, Riful could only suppress her rage and turn to leave this place that made her uncomfortable.
She wanted to go back and talk to Dauf about this matter.
But Riful didn't know that the four people she was desperately trying to find, Natsuhoshi and the others, were quietly following behind her at this moment.
On the other side, Clare, Millie, and the other seven.
After learning from Audrey that the former No. 3, Galatea, had also betrayed the Organization during the turmoil seven years ago, they decided to find her and get help.
Since they had decided to seek revenge against the Organization, they definitely needed to unite more strength.
Eastern Land.
Staff.
This was the area where the Greatsword Organization had the strongest control.
The Mist Village Squad consisting of Inuzuka Ban, Kazahana Yuki, Yamanaka Hanaō, and Hyūga Takeyasu.
They followed Clarice, Nina, and others all the way to the Organization Headquarters.
The entire process was very smooth.
Although the outer perimeter of the Organization Headquarters was guarded by layers of Claymore Warriors on patrol.
Infiltration was a ninja's specialty.
After Inuzuka Ban and the others found this place, they immediately abandoned Clarice.
They began secretly exploring the internal and external environment of the Organization Headquarters, and at the same time began manufacturing a simple map.
It must be said that Hyūga Takeyasu's Byakugan was truly convenient. X-ray Vision + Far Sight was enough to see everything inside and out clearly.
"Captain, we've found Level 1 target Dae. The person next to him should be the 'Dragon Descendant' living body mentioned in the intelligence!"
"Well done!"
Inuzuka Ban's eyes lit up, and he immediately gave the order through mental link: "Yuki, it's up to you. Focus on protecting him!"
The intelligence stated clearly that although the Dragon Descendant was important, it was not as important as Dae, the Rogue Scientist.
After all, there should still be quite a few Dragon Descendants on the Warfire Continent.
"Yes, Captain!"
(End of Chapter)
