Chapter 20

　　It is a matter of life and death, and we must not relax.

　　It would take at least five or six days to walk from Konoha to the border.

　　The first day passed quickly without any attack on Mizuki. At night, he stayed in a town he was passing through, and the night was also uneventful.

　　Then the second day, the third day...

　　Until the sixth day, when he arrived at the village where the mission to exterminate the bandits was issued, there were no accidents on the way.

　　"It seems that they are waiting for me on the mountain."

　　After entering the village, Shuimu found the village chief, revealed his identity, and asked where the bandits were.

　　"Mizuki-kun, it's getting late today, and you've traveled a long way here. Let's talk about the mission tomorrow."

　　"The village has prepared fine wine and food. You can enjoy a meal, have a good sleep, and be refreshed, which will help you go up the mountain tomorrow."

　　The village chief was very polite.

　　After experiencing being drunk by Chun with medicinal wine, Mizuki became more cautious and never drank alcohol.

　　"No need to go to such trouble. The village chief told me directly about the bandits. I will wipe them out tonight."

　　Soon, Shuimu learned the general situation on the mountain from the village chief.

　　This group of bandits, numbering around twenty, are all ordinary people and there are no ninjas.

　　Logically speaking, ordinary bandits don't need Konoha's ninjas to exterminate them.

　　But in fact, the government sent officers and soldiers to the mountain several times, but nothing could be done against these bandits.

　　The main thing is that the mountain is surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and bandits climb up and down with the help of ropes hanging from the cliffs.

　　As soon as the officers and soldiers came, the bandits pulled the rope up, and the officers and soldiers naturally couldn't climb up.

　　"Understood, I'll go up the mountain and wait for my news."

　　The sun has set and the sky is getting dark.

　　After Shuimu left the village, the village chief immediately lit a bonfire in the open space of the village.

　　When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Shuimu looked up and saw that the mountain was surrounded by cliffs, making it difficult for ordinary people to climb.

　　But this is all trivial to a ninja.

　　He put his feet on the cliff and walked up step by step.

　　Like walking on flat ground.

　　"Should we take action!" Mizuki was already ready.

　　The next moment, he heard a "hissing" sound.

　　This familiar voice, without even looking, is a detonating talisman, and it has been activated.

　　Looking along the sound, I found the location of the detonating talisman, just three meters to the left.

　　At this distance, the power of the explosion is not enough to injure him, but the shock wave generated by the explosion will cause him to become unstable and even fly up.

　　This is a cliff, not flat ground.

　　If it slips at any moment, it may fall, let alone fly.

　　Mizuki turned his head hurriedly, looking for the target of the apparation.

　　But before he could find it, he heard a "boom" and the detonating talisman exploded.

　　The powerful shock wave immediately knocked Mizuki's body away, and his feet immediately left the cliff.

　　It was hundreds of meters above the ground. If he fell, his whole body would be completely shattered, his internal organs would burst, and his brain would explode.

　　Damn it!

　　Of course, this is for ordinary people.

　　Mizuki reacted quickly. Two streams of chakra erupted from the spring hole under his feet, forming a strong wind. A recoil force pushed him back to the cliff, and he firmly grasped a protruding rock with both hands.

　　After more than half a month of practice, although the air-stepping technique is still not as good as an arm, let alone flying in the air. But like just now, it's okay to have a short emergency.

　　Standing on the cliff again, Mizuki became more cautious.

　　He scanned the surrounding area with his eyes, checking whether there were any detonating symbols around him.

　　At this moment, two hands stretched out from the cliff rocks and grabbed his ankles.

　　"Earth escape. The art of beheading in the heart!"

　　With a soft drink, Mizuki was pulled into the rock, with only one head exposed.

　　A masked Root Ninja emerged from the cliff.

　　"Your mobility has been restricted, and you cannot do the connecting seal with both hands. According to Danzo-sama's instructions, you can die."

　　The opponent held a kunai and drew towards Mizuki's throat.

　　Mizuki smiled and said: "It seems that Danzo still doesn't know how the root ninja died before."

　　It seems that the art of transformation has not been exposed yet.

Chapter 19: The Art of Heart-turning Puppet Curse Seal

　　Looking at the kunai coming towards his throat, Mizuki's eyes flashed.

　　The next moment, he changed his appearance.

　　The two people's positions were exchanged instantly, Mizuki stood on the cliff again, but the root ninja was buried in the rock.

　　"Masaka!"

　　This root ninja had no idea what was going on.

　　It was clear that the kunai was about to stab Mizuki's neck, but suddenly he discovered that the person in the center who was struck by the beheading technique was actually himself?

　　"Illusion?"

　　He immediately mobilized chakra, trying to disrupt the chakra controlled by the genjutsu so that he could escape from the genjutsu.

　　Then he discovered that although the chakra had been mobilized, the illusion had not been lifted.

　　"This is not an illusion. He was already struck by the beheading technique in his heart just now. However, when I was about to kill him, his and my positions were swapped."

　　Gennin was shocked.

　　"It's a space ninjutsu, and it doesn't require any seals."

　　"Is it the limit of blood stains?"

　　At this moment, he finally understood how the root companion who was sent out to assassinate Mizuki by Danzo-sama half a month ago died.

　　Suicide and all that are just illusions.

　　"Haha, that old guy Danzo didn't even understand my abilities, so he sent people to kill me again."

　　"It's just a gift."

　　Shuimu sneered and took out a detonating talisman.

　　This Root Ninja was hit by the Heart Beheading Technique that he had performed. He was buried in the rock and unable to move, and could not even do the Bonding Seal.

　　This person is good at earth escape, and he used earth escape just now. The art of hiding in the rock is to hide Mizuki inside the rock.

　　But now, he can't form a seal, can't use the Rock Hidden Technique, and can no longer move in the rock.

　　Mizuki put the detonating talisman on the opponent's forehead, then quickly moved a few meters to the side,

　　"boom!"

　　The detonating talisman exploded, screams resounded, and the cliff shook violently.

　　Soon, the movement dissipated. Mizuki looked at the explosion point and said softly, "Hey."

　　"The body was blown to ashes? No, a detonating talisman is not that powerful."

　　"It seems that the one just now was the shadow clone!"

　　Mizuki was on alert.

　　The people who came this time seemed not so easy to deal with.

　　At this moment, a voice shouted from above: "Escape. Split the earth and turn your palms."

　　The next moment, the cliff cracked and pieces of rock collapsed towards Shuimu.

　　This place was originally a cliff, and a large amount of gravel collapsed from above. Mizuki had no place to hide.

　　Seeing that countless rocks were about to hit his head, Shuimu remained calm and glanced upward.

　　But as the night grew darker, the vision was blocked and the enemy could not be seen at all.

　　Since he couldn't see anyone, his plan to use apparation to protect himself and kill people at the same time couldn't be carried out.

　　He could only turn his gaze to the falling stones.

　　His super dynamic vision allowed him to find a suitable falling rock in an instant.

　　Transformation was used again, and Mizuki exchanged positions with the selected falling rock.

　　His position instantly moved up dozens of meters, crossing the swarms of falling rocks and reaching a safe position.

　　He looked up, but still couldn't see the enemy.

　　"The disembodiment is exposed, and the opponent doesn't dare to show his face at all. He only dares to hide and attack in secret."

　　It's too dangerous on the cliff, and the enemy is condescending, which is disadvantageous for you.

　　Mizuki stopped grinding, turned his hand, and a shuriken appeared on his fingertips, and then he threw it upwards.

　　He wanted to use this shuriken as a springboard to quickly reach the top of the cliff using teleportation to get rid of the current passive situation.

　　The enemy seemed to have seen through Mizuki's intentions.

　　A shuriken emerged from the night and shot downwards, hitting Mizuki's shuriken and flying straight away.

　　"snort!"

　　Mizuki snorted coldly, took out another shuriken and threw it out.

　　The shuriken flew twenty or thirty meters, and another shuriken was shot from above, knocking Mizuki's shuriken away.

　　But this time the shuriken is not an ordinary shuriken, but a mind-controlled shuriken returned by the system.

　　With a thought from Mizuki, the shuriken that was knocked away immediately changed its direction and continued to fly upward.

　　"Is he still the puppet master?"

　　A cry of surprise sounded from above the cliff.

　　As we all know, if you want to control the shuriken to turn at will, apart from the mutual collision and turning method in the Uchiha style throwing technique, it can only be done under the control of the puppet master's chakra line.

　　As for Sasuke's shuriken windmill, he just uses a steel wire to simply manipulate the shuriken, and cannot turn and control it at will.

　　At this time, Mizuki has been mistaken for a puppet master.

　　The shuriken controlled by thoughts has reached the limit of vision.

　　With a thought, Mizuki transformed in an instant, switching places with the shuriken.

　　Looking up, there was less than fifty meters left from the top of the cliff.

　　At the top of the cliff, a person quickly retracted, not giving Mizuki a chance to change his shape.

　　There was a "hissing" sound under his feet. Shuimu lowered his head and saw that, good fellow, within a radius of 10 meters, there were detonating symbols posted all over.

　　At a glance, there were no fewer than fifty.

　　At the same time, two hands stretched out from the rock beneath his feet again and grabbed Mizuki's ankles.

　　Mizuki was always on guard against the same move.

　　He leaped up and away from the cliff, instantly away from the center of the explosion, and at the same time threw a shuriken upwards.

　　"Boom boom boom!"

　　Landslides and ground cracks, and the explosions one after another are deafening.

　　The gravel cracked and flew in all directions. Mizuki was hit by several pieces of gravel and gritted his teeth in pain.

　　At this time, the shuriken had already flown upward for more than ten meters. He hurriedly used his transformation again and successfully escaped from the scope of the explosion.

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