[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha":3,"chapter-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-36":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Off with Horse and Sword in Konoha",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2349087,4591,"Chapter 36: Instant Kill!","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-36",36,"\u003Cp>This was a puppeteer who controlled two puppets simultaneously—one lunging from the side, the other guarding the puppeteer, constantly firing dark weapons glowing with a deep blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Fujinaka Genma, Ebisu and Guy both charged toward the side puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma held a short Raikō blade in one hand and a kunai in the other; continuous clinking sounds rang out as the weapons were dodged, deflected, or severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not detour—he charged straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the puppeteer kept repositioning, preventing him from closing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the situation did not stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Fujinaka Genma threw his kunai like a white lightning bolt slicing through darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two sounds followed in quick succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was Fujinaka Genma’s kunai severing the iron chain launched by the puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was the kunai, infused with high-frequency Raikō, piercing straight through the puppet, then grazing the puppeteer’s shoulder, leaving behind the scent of burnt flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instant after throwing the kunai, Fujinaka Genma swiftly formed seals with his left hand alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Multiple Senbon Shadow Clone Technique!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senbon between his lips, wrapped in high-frequency Raikō, glowed like a shimmer of white light as they shot out in a torrent, then instantly split into hundreds of shadow clones under the technique’s power—dense and countless, resembling a burst of white laser beams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff… puff… puff…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of puncture sounds rang out; each senbon pierced the puppet, turning it into a sieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The puppeteer behind, still wounded by the Raikō-infused kunai and unable to dodge or use a substitution technique due to the senbon’s speed and overwhelming range, was completely pierced through by the dense hail of senbon, leaving countless tiny, charred needle holes across his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the puppeteer dead, Ebisu and Guy, who had been struggling against the puppet’s endless hidden techniques, were instantly relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out—I’m coming to help!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma scanned the battlefield and immediately turned to attack another Sand ninja.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Sand ninja had already killed a Leaf ninja—one of Asuma and Kurenai’s teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, five genin had joined forces, yet one was dead and two were lightly wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asuma and the others were barely holding on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between jōnin and genin was starkly evident at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fujinaka Genma had eliminated his opponent too quickly—the Sand jōnin, seeing him charge forward, only then realized his comrade had already been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elite puppeteer… taken down by three kids?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sand jōnin was stunned, then immediately realized:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kid was no ordinary opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abandoning Asuma and the others, the Sand jōnin raised his blade and charged straight at Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both moved at incredible speed; when still several meters apart, they activated the Body Flicker Technique simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning crackled around Fujinaka Genma’s body, gathering in his left hand—the sound of Chidori howled through the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two figures crossed paths in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma landed on a tree branch; on the other side, the Sand jōnin knelt on one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared in disbelief at his broken blade, then a thin red line appeared on his neck—his head rolled off his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s blade had severed his sword, and while the Sand jōnin focused entirely on the Raikō technique in Fujinaka Genma’s left hand, a second blade had cleanly cut his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s Chidori in his left hand was merely a feint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sand jōnin, sensing grave danger upon seeing the technique, had been hyper-cautious during combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, Asuma, Kurenai, and the others stared wide-eyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked from the decapitated Sand ninja to Fujinaka Genma on the branch, his body still crackling with white lightning, resembling Lei Shen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One move…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asuma swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This guy’s getting more insane!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shichirō Aoba muttered under his breath, equally stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past two years, Fujinaka Genma’s reputation had grown immensely due to his reckless mission completions, causing his original genius reputation to be overlooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from those who knew him well, few understood his true strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shichirō Aoba’s impression of Fujinaka Genma still dated back two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Kurenai and the injured Mizuki and others, they were utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had personally tested the Sand ninja’s strength—now he’d been obliterated in one move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ebisu and Guy showed no surprise—they were already used to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fujinaka Genma had no time to care about others’ shock—the battle wasn’t over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two more Sand ninja remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they had noticed what happened here; stunned and panicked, they were now being suppressed by two Leaf jōnin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of Chidori roared again; in the moon-dappled darkness of the forest, white flashes flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fall back—I’ll cover—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shout cut off abruptly as a headless corpse dropped to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last Sand ninja unleashed a large-scale Wind Release technique, trying to create an opening to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two earthen walls rose from the ground, blocking the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Sand ninja prepared to flee, his feet tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth Release—Headhunter Technique!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sand ninja was dragged into the earth, leaving only his head exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a technique performed by Asuma’s team leader, Sarutobi the Root’ya, using an Earth Release clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other team leader, Sugi I Taku’ma, appeared instantly and slashed the Sand ninja’s throat with a wet sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sand ninja dissolved into a pile of sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sand Clone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarutobi the Root’ya’s expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected this guy to escape so fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the Sand ninja had anticipated their subterranean ambush once the Earth Wall obscured his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a scream rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarutobi the Root’ya and Sugi I Taku’ma looked up sharply into the forest’s depths, seeing only a flash of white lightning vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Incredible speed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And both simultaneously thought of one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Fang of Konoha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fighting style was too similar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma appeared, tossing the Sand ninja’s corpse onto the ground with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarutobi the Root’ya and Sugi I Taku’ma both winced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strength was astonishing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the medical ninja arrived; Hyūga Mio, seeing Fujinaka Genma return safely, wore a proud and relieved expression, then bowed her head to treat the wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet just as the atmosphere relaxed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma, Sarutobi the Root’ya, and Sugi I Taku’ma all tensed, staring into the forest’s depths, where shadowy figures were rapidly approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Friendly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarutobi the Root’ya suddenly exhaled, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then one figure landed before Fujinaka Genma’s group, followed by three more behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma saw the leader and his heart gave a sharp jolt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orochimaru!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His piercing gaze swept over them, sending a chill down their spines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Orochimaru!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarutobi the Root’ya led the salute; Fujinaka Genma followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orochimaru had already seen the four corpses; internally surprised, he showed no expression: “So Itachi’ve already dealt with them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sarutobi the Root’ya smiled bitterly: “Thanks to Genma—he took them all down himself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Yanye is too kind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma quickly waved his hand and said humbly, \"Without the cooperation of the two seniors, how could I have taken care of them alone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orochimaru and the three ninja behind him all turned their gazes toward Fujinaka Genma, their expressions filled with surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>",1196,"2026-06-21T02:29:34.312Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a6c7868f872d09a294de8305518db84aaccba5e07e994536104e7f8824b3c92c","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-37","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-35",157,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-cover.jpg"]