Under the cover of the rain curtain, the slash that almost merged with nature did not hit Gojo Yoru.
Upon seeing a strangely shaped rat suddenly drill out of the ground amidst the rain, Gojo Yoru instantly realized something was wrong.
This scene was as eerie as seeing a snow rabbit in the forest during Team 7's first arc in the original work.
Unable to see the enemy, Gojo Yoru's first thought wasn't where the enemy was hiding, but to disrupt his own Chakra flow to avoid falling under a Genjutsu.
Unexpectedly, he had indeed fallen under a Genjutsu.
Fortunately, Gojo Yoru reacted in time. Looking at the incoming slash, with Space-Time Chakra already flowing in his body, he didn't use intangibility to dodge the attack but turned into a blur and disappeared silently.
"Such a fast Body Flicker..."
Tokiya, whose figure emerged, looked at Gojo Yoru, who had opened up a distance of more than ten meters, with slight surprise. He hadn't expected this kid, who excelled at Earth Body Flicker, to have such speed on the ground as well.
Due to the loud sound of the rain, Tokiya didn't notice that Gojo Yoru's Body Flicker was actually soundless.
"Looks like a tough character."
Looking at Tokiya, who wore a flak jacket, a forehead protector, and a breathing mask, with fierce eyes and a summoning beast, Gojo Yoru tore off his raincoat and took out the Chakra blade stored in the wristband storage scroll, his eyes filled with seriousness.
Although he had felt the aura of death many times with Orochimaru, none gave as much pressure as this time.
Survival exercises were ultimately just exercises.
This battle was Gojo Yoru's first life-and-death duel since coming to this world.
The opponent seemed to be the most disgusting type of Genjutsu user in the Ninja World. A moment of carelessness could mean falling into the opponent's hands.
"Kid, hand over that scroll, and I'll leave your corpse intact," Tokiya said coldly.
Gojo Yoru held the Chakra blade in one hand, keeping the other hidden in the sleeve of his cardigan trench coat. A provocative smile appeared on his face as he said, "If you have the ability, take it from my corpse."
"As you wish."
As soon as the words fell, Tokiya turned into a pool of water.
The next second, Gojo Yoru turned into Gojo Satoru 2.5, his body cut in half at the waist.
Even the rain curtain was torn open.
Gojo Yoru looked down at his severed body and murmured, "What a fast blade..."
With a splat, the two halves of his body turned into a puddle of mud on the ground, quickly washed away by the rain.
Immediately, three Gojo Yorus emerged from the ground not far away and charged towards Tokiya.
Tokiya just glanced at the three Gojo Yorus and sneered, "Clone Technique? Play ninja games in your next life."
After speaking, Tokiya took out three senbon and threw them.
If not for the necessary caution of an assassin, he wouldn't even bother to disperse these three phantom clones that Yin Release Chakra couldn't touch.
The senbon passed through the bodies without surprise. Just as Tokiya was about to team up with his summoning beast to find Gojo Yoru's main body, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed drastically.
"Wrong!"
Looking at the three Gojo Yorus who had already rushed in front of him, Tokiya's eyes were filled with shock, but he moved quickly, taking out a pellet from his ninja tool pouch and throwing it at the ground.
With a poof, purple smoke enveloped Tokiya and the three Gojo Yorus.
Swish swish swish—
As soon as the poison smoke appeared, it was dispersed by several blade flashes.
It wasn't Gojo Yoru's doing, but Tokiya's.
Tokiya flew out of the poison smoke and used Body Flicker to appear on top of a rocky mountain. Forming seals with one hand, he looked at the three Gojo Yorus who still hadn't dissipated, his face ugly: "What kind of clones are these? Not phantom clones, nor Genjutsu, and the main body isn't inside. Could it be a special Hiden technique or Kekkei Genkai?"
After speaking, Tokiya looked at the summoning beast poking its head out beside him and asked, "Did he run away?"
Seeing the rat shake its head, Tokiya asked again, "Can you smell the scent of those three down there?"
The rat shook its head again; it was unclear whether it couldn't smell anything or if there were no main bodies.
Watching Tokiya communicating with his summoning beast, Gojo Yoru maintained the same expressionless face as the phantom clones, pretending to be an illusion, but felt a wave of fear in his heart.
That was close; he almost stumbled!
This guy was indeed not a simple character.
Others, upon realizing something was wrong with the phantom clones, would only passively engage.
Tokiya actually chose to throw a poison smoke bomb.
Fortunately, after creating phantom clones whose Chakra couldn't be sensed, Gojo Yoru liked to use full-body intangibility to merge with them.
As long as he entered the intangible state, no matter how strong the sensing, Gojo Yoru's Chakra couldn't be detected, and he would only be treated as a phantom clone.
Genjutsu was ineffective against phantom clones, and similarly ineffective against Gojo Yoru merged into space.
Seeing Tokiya take out the poison smoke bomb just now, Gojo Yoru immediately raised his vigilance and didn't reveal his main body to attack Tokiya.
Otherwise, he would have inhaled the poison smoke.
That guy's summoning beast could burrow underground and track his location even in the pouring rain; clearly, it wasn't an ordinary rat.
It definitely knew his main body hadn't left yet.
If he used the Phantom Body Flicker Technique to attack again and was discovered hiding his main body within it, Tokiya would definitely guess that he possessed space-time abilities.
Using Earth Body Flicker and intangibility, he could easily escape, but the Genin-level Space-Time Chakra could only last for a dozen minutes at most.
The range of that rat's sense of smell was unknown. He couldn't exhaust his strongest energy this way; otherwise, being caught up would mean certain death.
Only he and that guy were here. Nagato was still young, and Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, who could use Mayfly to merge with the earth, should be secretly protecting Nagato or monitoring Uchiha Madara.
His battle with this guy shouldn't be unlucky enough to be noticed.
Kill him!
Gojo Yoru immediately made a decision, and his eyes changed.
The next second, Gojo Yoru and the two phantom clones slowly sank into the ground under Tokiya's gaze.
Squeak squeak...
A moment later, the rat squeaked.
Tokiya immediately formed seals and used the Water Body Flicker Technique to disappear from the top of the rocky mountain.
When he reappeared, he was already on the ground shrouded in rain, with Gojo Yoru running away from him not far ahead.
Tokiya didn't attack immediately but used the sound of rain to cast Genjutsu, invisible Yin Release Chakra infiltrating Gojo Yoru's brain.
The next second, Gojo Yoru's steps paused slightly, then continued to sprint, as if unaware he had fallen under a Genjutsu.
Sensing that the opponent's current Chakra didn't possess the ability to break free from his Genjutsu instantly, Tokiya still didn't approach. Instead, he formed seals to manipulate the rainwater, forming high-speed rotating water columns shooting at Gojo Yoru.
Water Release: Water Fang Bullet!
The water column hit Gojo Yoru, but with a crisp poof, the target turned into a cloud of white smoke.
Seeing this scene, Tokiya's face turned ugly again.
Just as he was about to continue searching for Gojo Yoru's main body, a glimpse from the corner of his eye made his expression change drastically.
"Goodbye!"
Three Gojo Yorus had appeared on his left, right, and rear without him noticing, assuming Iaido stances.
Grinning at Tokiya, the three Gojo Yorus turned into three black lines, crisscrossing around Tokiya's body.
A few seconds later, Gojo Yoru's figure appeared in front of Tokiya, sheathing his blade with his back to him.
With a click, as the last part of the blade returned to the sheath.
Tokiya, still wearing the same expression as before, had his body covered in dense lines like a jigsaw puzzle, and then pieces of flesh and blood fell to the ground one by one.
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