Chapter 107: Backup Plan
The sharp kunai sliced across his neck, making it impossible for Biwa Juzo to speak.
Moreover, with a critical wound to his back, Uchiha Shisui's short sword had pierced straight into Biwa Juzo's heart.
Combined with the injury Koshino inflicted on Biwa Juzo's neck, if he were still alive, he wouldn't just be a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, but rather part of the "Akatsuki" organization's immortal duo, like Hidan.
So, when Koshino gripped the blood-stained kunai, Biwa Juzo let out a choking sound and died miserably on the spot.
Biwa Juzo's death undoubtedly signified the victory of the Blade Squad.
Even Uchiha Shisui, looking at Biwa Juzo's standing corpse, stepped forward to pat Koshino on the shoulder, praising, "Shadow, it's all thanks to you. Otherwise, our Blade Squad would have been in trouble!"
"Swift, we're comrades, no need to say that."
Watching Uchiha Shisui take a deep breath, Koshino shrugged lightly and smiled,
"Without you, defeating these Mist ninja would have been impossible for me.
Now, we should be grateful that Lighning and Mo weren't seriously injured. So, shouldn't we focus on completing the mission given to us by the Fourth Hokage?"
"Shadow, you're right."
Listening to Koshino, Uchiha Shisui nodded and then laughed:
"I really liked what you just said, villains always talk too much. So, in future battles, I'll definitely learn from this."
"To us Konoha ninja, the Mist ninja are the real villains."
"But to the Mist ninja, we from Konoha..."
"might be the real villains!"
With that, Uchiha Shisui shook his head silently and then carried "Fierce" who had been set down during the battle, preparing to deal with the surrounding Mist ninja corpses.
As for Koshino.
After the burst of energy and with the battle concluded, Koshino's state of semi-spiritual energy "qualitative" transformation was gradually fading.
If it were during combat, Koshino would undoubtedly feel endless fatigue, wishing to collapse on the ground.
However, since the battle was over, in a relaxed state, Koshino could carefully perceive the feeling of spiritual energy "qualitative" transformation,
at least recording that explosive sensation with his body.
This was laying the groundwork for future breakthroughs and was also an opportunity for Koshino's future advancements.
Having experienced a semi-spiritual energy "qualitative" transformation, once Koshino continued to practice the Uzumaki Clan's spiritual secret techniques,
he would likely maintain the semi-spiritual energy "qualitative" transformation permanently after some time, taking a solid step towards a true spiritual energy "qualitative" transformation.
Unfortunately, this burst had slightly depleted Koshino's spiritual energy, so fully mastering the semi-spiritual energy "qualitative" transformation might take longer.
But overall, Koshino's ability to burst was indeed a stroke of fortune.
At least, the second stage barrier of wind chakra nature transformation was something Koshino could definitely break through with extreme mental focus.
Moreover, with the S-rank secret technique Shadow Realm Descent in hand, Koshino's strength was still in a state of rapid progress.
Additionally, there were insights from the Fourth Hokage's secret techniques waiting for Koshino to slowly comprehend, with the mysterious "Wind Blade" secret technique awaiting Koshino's completion.
So, looking at the surrounding Mist ninja corpses, Koshino actually found these ambushing Mist ninja somewhat "adorable."
"What a pity, such a pity!"
"The 'Wind Blade' secret technique should belong to the nature transformation of wind chakra. That's why even the APP's training progress bar can't record it."
"If only I could master that 'Wind Blade' secret technique directly, I bet my wind chakra nature transformation could permanently break through the second stage's shackles.
Then I wouldn't need to be in a state of extreme mental concentration to use techniques comparable to Master Minato's Wind Body Flicker, Wind Perception, and the 'Acceleration' secret technique, right?"
"Moreover, not to mention Master Minato's secret technique, just mastering that 'Wind Blade' secret technique would probably make Master Minato proud of me."
"But talking about it now is useless!"
"I can only rely on the APP's development function. Hopefully, the research time for the next secret technique won't be too long!"
With these thoughts, Koshino opened the APP's development function and took a deep breath.
The new secret technique, Shadow Realm Descent, still requires Koshino to slowly comprehend it.
Just mentioning the flaws of Shadow Realm Descent, Koshino had already seen the drawbacks during his confrontation with Biwa Juzo, so it's necessary to slowly make up for them.
However, Koshino believes that once the comprehension of Shadow Realm Descent is perfectly completed, there will definitely be ways to compensate for its many flaws,
possibly even allowing its power to truly compare with the First Hokage's Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.
So, at this moment, Koshino took a deep breath, not for the new secret technique Shadow Realm Descent, but for the APP's development function.
Who could imagine that a new secret technique combining Shadow Imitation Technique + range would take so long to develop?
Indeed.
The Shadow Realm Descent, born from the combination of Shadow Imitation Technique + range, is very powerful,
but thinking about how the development of the new secret technique might take a long time again, the greedy Koshino couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable, naturally taking a deep breath!
Then, in the development function's list, Koshino couldn't help but notice that the development probability of Shadow Clone Technique + defense was 100%.
Recklessly, he first selected Shadow Clone Technique in the development function list, then added defense, preparing to see what effect the "new" Shadow Clone Technique with "enhancement" could have.
After completing the necessary tasks in silence, Koshino turned his gaze to Uchiha Shisui.
Watching Uchiha Shisui struggling to carry "Fierce," investigating the bodies of all the Mist ninjas bit by bit,
and even seemingly preparing to collect the Executioner's Blade and the Samehada from the cave earlier, Koshino couldn't help but smile.
He thought to himself that the Executioner's Blade and Samehada were his spoils of war, and he was about to prepare to collect two of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist.
But just as Koshino lowered his head, ready to collect the Executioner's Blade and the remarkably effective Samehada, a faint "hiss" sound suddenly reached Koshino's ears, causing his pupils to slightly contract as he shouted towards Uchiha Shisui's direction:
"Swift, be careful!"
"These Mist ninjas are death squads. They might have timed explosive tags on them!"
"If the mission isn't completed, they'll—"
"Boom!"
Before Koshino could finish speaking, one Mist ninja corpse after another self-destructed, enveloping Uchiha Shisui, "Fierce," and Kakashi within!
Even the deafening explosion echoed in the forest for a long time without ceasing!
The explosions caused by those Mist ninja death squads were truly terrifying!
At this moment, the only thing Koshino felt fortunate about was that he heard the "hiss" sound and warned Uchiha Shisui, using the last bit of chakra in his body to perform the Wind Body Flicker!
Unfortunately, even though Koshino used the Wind Body Flicker, the explosion still reached his side.
Struggling to crawl out of the dirt, covered in soot, Koshino looked at the completely devastated environment ahead, the smile on his lips full of bitterness!
"Now I just hope that Shisui, Kakashi, and 'Fierce' are okay!"
"Damn Mist ninjas, they really are..."
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