Chapter 95 - Pursuit. (2/2)

Shinku: ”Gari - Iwa-nin, Captain of the Explosion Corps. Uses explosion Kekkei Genkai. In the Bingo Book. Spread out to make sure that we don't all get blown up together.”

Obeying the orders given, the four shinobi all leaped in opposite directions, creating distance between them.

However, even this was too little too late, as just when the nameless chunin was in the middle of his jump, Gari rocketed towards him before grabbing his head.

Gari: {Bakuton: Explosion Palm!}

A relatively tame, yet controlled explosion detonated in the palms of Gari's hand, taking the entire chunin's head with it, as where it was previously was now simply gone, the neck still smoking from the impact.

Gari: ”Oh, what's this?”

Gari: ”Shinku Yuhi, eh?”

Shinku: ”. . .”

Gari: ”You are listed in our bingo book. I will receive great rewards for your head.”

Saying those words, Gari focused his chakra to his feet before launching at Shinku with an explosive burst now in his step.

Gari: {Bakuton: Claymore Step}

Surprised by his mobility, Shinku evaded the initial punch just bȧrėly, with the fist missing him by less than a centimeter.

Despite this though, the confident smile never left Gari's face, as a matter of a fact, it widened as his fist let loose an eerie glow.

A large explosion occurred around Gari's fist, causing Shinku to fly outwards, with Mizuki catching him before he could hit the ground.

Luckily for him. Shinku's instincts went off at the last second, allowing him to mitigate some of the damage by using his sword to guard.

However, this did not change the severity of Shinku's injuries, as in addition to a broken nose, he also had several burns along his body, with even several ribs broken.

Gari did not wait for Shinku to recover before charging both him and Mizuki, intent on overwhelming the chunin in order to kill both him and Shinku, who was still dazed.

Mizuki: ”Son of a bitch”

As he knew that he would have no time to cast a Jutsu to combat Gari head-on, Mizuki realized that he would need to use one of the failsafes he created.

Mizuki pulled a portion of his vest away, allowing for a scroll to fall out of his pocket which he grabbed and smudged some of his blood on after quickly biting his finger,

Mizuki then turned and pointed the now unraveled scroll towards Gari, who was now less than two meters away, mere moments away from winning the battle then and there.

However, Mizuki was able to pull out the scroll on time, and so, they would live to fight another day.

Mizuki: ”Unsealing Technique.”

In a puff of white smoke, Mizuki released what he had stored in the scroll, allowing him to fight evenly with Gari, even if for just one attack.

Whilst most shinobi used the sealing and unsealing techniques on objects, Mizuki did so with some of his Jutsu.[1]

Whilst the Fuinjutsu formula required to seal the Jutsu in the first place was incredibly complex, that served no real problem, as Mizuki had the time to prepare them beforehand.

Additionally, as Mizuki had prepared the attacks beforehand, he had made sure to add an entire day's worth of chakra into the attack, making it so that it was around five times as powerful as normal.

Mizuki: ”Shiroi Nensho: Great Flamethrower”

A large blast of flames emerged from the scroll, devouring all in their path as they rushed towards Gari, who was forced to abandon his attack as he fell back, a new look of caution in his eyes as he looked towards the chunin whom he had ignored throughout the battle so far.

Gari: {White Flames? What kind of Jutsu is that?}

Gari: {It appears this battle will be less one-sided than I hoped it would}