"Terumi Mei?"
Yagura Karatachi's face changed. Why was this woman here, and how did she eat the Chakra Fruit?
No, that wasn't the point. The real shock was that the legendary Chakra Fruit actually existed!
He quickly stepped forward but suddenly halted.
The Chakra nature around Terumi Mei changed into a pale - red mucus. It resembled magma but had no heat.
He stopped because he saw that when this mucus dripped onto the white jade floor, it was slowly dissolving it.
If Haruki were here, he would have told them that Terumi Mei's Boil Release could even corrode and dissolve the skeleton of Madara Uchiha's Susanoo in his Rinnegan state, let alone this small piece of white jade.
But most of the ninjas who had made it here were Jonin. They knew very well that there was no such Ninjutsu or Kekkei Genkai in the ninja world.
Considering the Chakra Fruit she had just eaten, the answer was obvious.
Immediately, a hubbub arose.
Almost everyone looked at Terumi Mei with greedy eyes.
Yagura Karatachi's heart skipped a beat. He quickly stepped in front of Terumi Mei and shouted, "Do you want to be enemies with my Mist Village?"
When the name 'Mist Village' was mentioned, most ninjas restrained their dangerous looks.
But a common thought popped into their minds: The Chakra Fruit was real. They should go find the next one!
Yagura Karatachi let out a sigh of relief, but his mood was far from good.
Terumi Mei had confirmed the authenticity of the Chakra Fruit.
I'm afraid it will trigger a thorough search in the Land of Water.
"What are you doing?!"
Yagura Karatachi sensed something and his face turned ugly. He roared angrily.
Suddenly, a wave of Chakra drifted through the crowd.
With a sudden burst of moisture, a stream of water quickly rushed across the short distance and spread out like spilled mercury to form a circular prison.
Just then, Terumi Mei opened her eyes. Seeing the attack of the Water Release, she didn't even think twice and opened her mouth.
With a loud boom from her body, her Chakra gushed out. A pale red liquid like a white cloud easily dissolved the water prison in the shocked and incredulous eyes of everyone, leaving not a trace behind.
"This is a new Kekkei Genkai!"
The ninja who had launched the attack shouted excitedly.
Yagura Karatachi's expression turned gloomy.
Now that the evidence was conclusive, a new era was about to dawn!
...
Haruki witnessed all this and couldn't help but have a feeling of being the mastermind pulling the strings.
He knew that from today onwards, the days in the Land of Water would be extremely bustling.
And his goal had been achieved.
Now, he just had to wait and see if Madara Uchiha and the White and Black Zetsu, who were hiding somewhere, would appear.
Bringing them out of the shadows into the light would be more beneficial to him.
Haruki turned around and left the maze without seeing Terumi Mei again.
At this moment, she probably didn't have the mood to talk to him either.
However, with Yagura Karatachi's strength and the fame of Mist Village, they should be able to leave safely.
Haruki spread his Sensor ability, planning to meet up with Tsunade and the others.
Suddenly, he frowned.
There were Six Jonin in front of Tsunade and the others.
Strange.
Why are there Jonin here?
And they seem to be waiting for him.
Haruki maintained his speed and continued forward.
He immediately smiled. So they were from Root.
Tanzo Shimura really didn't give up.
I wonder what tricks he has this time?
Haruki pretended not to notice them.
A moment later, he felt the air around him turn thick and oppressive.
Haruki remained calm. The next second, his body was pulled by a strange kind of Chakra.
The view before his eyes changed, and he was already in an enclosed space, like an underground prison.
Space–Time Ninjutsu?
Interesting.
Haruki looked at the six people in front of him.
Probably because they were confident of victory, they didn't conceal their identities and were wearing Root masks.
Maybe they thought it was unnecessary to hide.
"What's next?"
The six Root Ninjas who were staring at Haruki with cold eyes were all a bit surprised when they heard his calm words.
But they ignored him.
Four of them stood around Haruki respectively. As purple Chakra welled up, a rectangular barrier enveloped Haruki.
"Four-Corner Sealing Barrier?"
Haruki nodded. Not bad. He was getting the same treatment as the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Four Symbols Seal?"
He looked at the hand seals of the remaining two people and immediately recognized the Ninjutsu they were using.
Taking the Four-Corner Sealing Barrier into account, he roughly grasped Tanzo's plan.
The two previous failures had made Tanzo lose his patience. He no longer wanted to test the waters and directly resorted to the method used for Tailed Beasts.
That was the Sealing Technique.
While Haruki was thinking, the other six people also started forming hand seals. It was clearly the Five Elements Seal.
"Seems I'm quite important."
Haruki calmly drew out his samurai sword.
Under the cold gazes of the six Root Ninjas as if they were looking at a corpse, his figure disappeared in the Four-Corner Sealing Barrier.
"Where did he go?"
"How is that possible?"
"The Four-Corner Sealing Barrier that even the Hokage can't escape from, how did he do it? Ah!"
A shrill scream suddenly rang out from the front-most Root Ninja.
It was seen that a long sword had pierced through his chest.
It was as if it came from thin air, and no one saw the trajectory of the sword.
Haruki remained expressionless, withdrew his long sword, and made another slash.
In the line of sight of the nearby Root Ninja, an arc-shaped sword light suddenly lit up, cold and sharp.
Almost instantly, he changed his hand seals, and a wall of water quickly rose from bottom to top.
But it was of no use.
The long sword disregarded the water wall and easily sliced through it.
Only a soft hissing sound was heard.
His ninja uniform, along with his bones and flesh, was torn apart.
Immediately, Haruki's long sword swept up a blur of phantoms.
Another Root Ninja's figure froze. His eyes bulged, showing an expression of disbelief. He instinctively covered his neck with his hand.
But the blood spurted out, and he couldn't stop it at all.
He collapsed with a thud.
In just a few seconds, half of their companions were gone.
Even the well - trained and blood - thirsty Root Ninjas showed signs of fear at this moment.
So fast!
How could the sword swing so fast!
Their Jonin - level Ninjutsu didn't even have a chance to be used.
"Use Taijutsu!"
The Root ninja in the middle quickly came up with an idea and shouted, "We can't keep up with his sword speed while making hand seals. We have to use Taijutsu!"
Almost at the same time, the three ninjas rushed towards Haruki from the left, front, and right.
Haruki lifted the long sword in his hand. It was as easy as slicing melons and chopping vegetables. With just a faint Iaido's Flash, three heads were sent flying into the air.
His vision blurred, and he was back in the maze.
It was as if nothing had happened. He found Tsunade and four others.
Kakashi and Obito looked a bit ragged. They must have been through several battles.
But with Tsunade around, there was no danger.
When the four of them saw Haruki, they greeted him one after another.
Then Haruki called Kakuzu over. While the others were still facing off against Yagura Karatachi, they quickly left Fujiwara Island.