"Brother, this is not good!"
Seeing their own ability users fleeing in embarrassment, those roaring voices had also exposed the weakness of the ability users.
Charlotte Oven, the sibling of Charlotte Katakuri and Charlotte Daifuku, frowned and said.
"Yeah... prepare for battle!"
Charlotte Katakuri nodded and said lightly, "The enemy's strongest means, for now, is only Water Release ninjutsu. The other means are ineffective against us."
"But as one of the five great ninja villages, they definitely have more than just this."
"So, later, I, as an ability user, will charge at the front. Those without abilities, except for the swordsmen, should not engage in close combat with the enemy."
"Because I have not yet seen the so-called sealing jutsu, Hiden ninjutsu, and Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu."
"...Yes, Brother!"
As Charlotte Katakuri's words fell, all his siblings nodded in agreement.
"Let's go!"
And so, Charlotte Katakuri transformed into an afterimage and disappeared on the spot.
The appearance of the Water Release combination ninjutsu had disrupted Charlotte Katakuri's plan and exposed the weakness of the ability users.
The enemy, so far, had only used a few low-level Water Release ninjutsu.
But their side had exposed their strong physique, swordsmen, and even the intelligence that they had ability users and were afraid of water.
If this continued, their side would have played all their cards, while the other side might have only revealed a few Hiden or Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu, or even forbidden jutsu with unknown intelligence.
To use their own elite combat power to test these three powerful and mysterious jutsu would surely result in heavy casualties.
To sacrifice all the troops they had brought just to test out the majority of the enemy's intelligence was obviously not worth it.
Because their goal was to occupy Kirigakure.
Once they occupied Kirigakure, they would need a powerful army and force to control these natives.
So, to reduce losses and for the sake of his sibling's lifespan, Charlotte Katakuri had to personally take action.
With a bounty of 1,057,000,000 Berries, the entry of Charlotte Katakuri, one of the five first mates of the emperors, into the battlefield would surely be a crushing blow.
Charlotte Katakuri did not make a move to stop the giant wave, because such a Water Release combination ninjutsu was not something that required a first mate of an emperor to personally deal with.
Before he made his move, those swordsmen had swung out a large number of flying slashes, cutting the surging wave into a dozen pieces. However, a part of the wave had fallen into the Big Mom Pirates, drowning the ability users who had not retreated in time.
Except for the ability users who felt their strength instantly drain away, the other non-ability users were only choked and were not seriously injured.
By the time Charlotte Katakuri reached the front of the formation, the wave had long since stopped.
"Lord Katakuri!"
Seeing their pillar of support appear, those minister-level cadres quickly and respectfully shouted.
"This monster, is he finally going to make a move?"
At the same time, the people on Kirigakure's side also saw Charlotte Katakuri, who had appeared on the battlefield with a movement different from the Body Flicker Technique.
Seeing this five-meter-tall giant, the faces of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the high-ranking officials of the various ninja clans were all filled with solemnity.
"Hey, hey... is this for real?!"
"Are you kidding me? This outsider..."
At this moment, some of the jōnin with strong sensory abilities, as if they had seen an incredible scene, all showed looks of disbelief, and even horror.
"What is it?"
Seeing the terrified expressions of his subordinates, Jūzō Biwa asked curiously.
"Lord Jūzō, that... that outsider has chakra!"
A sensory ninja under Jūzō Biwa's command said with a trembling voice, "A strong chakra fluctuation, not inferior to ours at all."
"What?!"
Hearing this, the faces of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and many of the high-ranking officials of the ninja clans all changed drastically.
"Is this for real?"
Fuguki Suikazan, the wielder of Samehada and one of the first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, said with a grave expression, "If I'm not mistaken, on the intelligence scroll that Lord Mizukage gave us, it seems to mention that the Golden Nation and the four great pirate crews have only just arrived on this continent, right?"
"Even if they used some method to obtain the chakra of our continent, they couldn't have obtained a chakra amount not inferior to ours so quickly, right?!"
"...It should be real!"
At this moment, Kushimaru Kuriarare said lightly, "Chakra is the product of physical and spiritual energy. With the other party's body, their physical energy is definitely more astonishing than the sum of ours. As for spiritual energy, if that mental shock just now came from his hand, then it's not surprising that he has such a chakra amount in such a short time."
"The natives of another continent may be more suitable for cultivating the thing called chakra than we are."
"The other continent should also have an energy similar to chakra. And those ability users with unknown intelligence, maybe some of them have the ability to absorb people's chakra."
"...You're right!"
After hearing Kushimaru Kuriarare's words, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the high-ranking officials of the various ninja clans all slowly regained their composure and then nodded in agreement.
"This person, if there are no accidents, should be the leader of these people."
Kushimaru Kuriarare continued, "But he is not their leader, but a second-in-command."
"That aura, on the same level as Lord Mizukage, even from a great distance, I felt a sense of suffocation."
"The other party's strength is strong, the kind that is ridiculously strong!"
"If I'm not mistaken, just like those people who swung out slashes, he is a taijutsu-type powerhouse whose strength, speed, and defense have all reached an extremely high level."
"So, we cannot fight him alone, and we must try to avoid close combat with him."
"And those equally strange-looking companions behind him, each of them looks like a tough nut to crack."
"Everyone..."
Kushimaru Kuriarare walked out, turned and looked at his companions through his mask, as well as the high-ranking officials of the various ninja clans, and said lightly, "The probing stage is over. Next is our turn."
"This is a battle to defend our home against the invasion of outsiders. Let Lord Mizukage see our loyalty!"
"Charge—"
"Let the outsiders from another continent feel the terror of a ninja!"
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