[{"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-54":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},2349105,4591,"Chapter 54","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>\"Hahaha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Seven Ninja Swordsmen burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that's the case, let's start with my great sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biwa Juzō swung his great decapitating sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his words had even faded, his form vanished from where he stood and surged toward Hibiya at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s eyes flashed with cold light; white electric arcs surfaced over his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma suddenly appeared before Biwa Juzō, kicked out with a flying leg, and sent Biwa Juzō flying—crashing through two large trees, his legs carving two deep furrows over ten meters long across the ground before he finally stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter of Nishiyama Hamaguchi and the others cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biwa Juzō’s arms trembled slightly; his gaze at Fujinaka Genma was filled with shock. \"This brat is no ordinary child—his strength is terrifying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had been...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of what might have happened had he been even slightly careless, had he not raised his blade in time to block that kick, sent a chill down Biwa Juzō’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, I’d probably have been killed by one kick from this brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat broke on Biwa Juzō’s forehead as he slowly stepped toward Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he didn’t want to move faster—his arms were numb and needed time to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Juzō, it seems Itachi’ve grown weak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurogiri Raiga spoke, blue electric arcs flickering over his Raikiri blade. \"Let me give this brat a glorious funeral!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The White Flash of Konoha deserves such a funeral.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Kurogiri Raiga moved, Rikkan Senmaru stepped forward. \"I’ll take care of those three brats—stringing them together should be quite nice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fall back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiyō Mio hissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hibiya and Guy immediately moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three retreated; Kurogiri Raiga and Rikkan Senmaru acted almost simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former crossed his twin blades, lightning crackling as a thunderball coalesced and shot straight toward Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Rikkan Senmaru charged at Hiyō Mio and the others from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the rest of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen prepared to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Fujinaka Genma’s strike against Biwa Juzō had erased their last trace of contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t rushed in together because they believed Kurogiri Raiga and Rikkan Senmaru were enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma looked at Kurogiri Raiga and Rikkan Senmaru; the senbon in his mouth shot out like a dart, aimed straight at Rikkan Senmaru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, he raised his left hand, electric arcs converging as the Chidori screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raikiri versus Thunderball!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powerful lightning erupted radially outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the side, Rikkan Senmaru turned his head—the senbon grazed past him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that exact moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s form vanished from within the lightning, reappearing beside Rikkan Senmaru, above the flying senbon, and brought his blade down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rikkan Senmaru gasped, barely blocking with his long blade, Needle, while silently weaving steel wires behind Fujinaka Genma to pierce him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Raikiri blade, sheathed in white light, cleanly severed Needle—and with a wet *plop*, blood sprayed as Rikkan Senmaru’s left hand was severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rikkan Senmaru screamed, staggering backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is this possible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This speed—Lightning Release Body Flicker?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shocked cries erupted as Nishiyama Hamaguchi and the others surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurogiri Raiga roared, pointing both blades upward—thunder rolled across the sky, and bolts of lightning rained down upon Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fujinaka Genma was now enveloped in white electric arcs; he ignored Kurogiri Raiga’s Lightning Release: Falling Thunder, and used Body Flicker to instantly catch up to the retreating Rikkan Senmaru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Raikiri blade came down, Fujinaka Genma hurled the kunai in his left hand toward Tōsōno Ejin, the wielder of the Blunt Sword: Dōkaku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Plop!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A geyser of blood erupted as Rikkan Senmaru’s head flew into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, lightning bolts struck the earth and trees, reducing them to charred ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As more lightning bolts threatened to engulf him, Fujinaka Genma vanished again, reappearing instantly behind Tōsōno Ejin, catching the kunai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had deliberately thrown the kunai off-target—it had passed just above Tōsōno Ejin’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Fujinaka Genma stood Tōsōno Ejin; before him stood Nishiyama Hamaguchi with Samehada and Munebi Sōhachi with the Exploding Sword: Hade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiri no Kiri, wielding the twin blades, Bichō, lagged behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering Nishiyama Hamaguchi swung his massive, bandage-wrapped Samehada in a horizontal sweep toward Fujinaka Genma; Munebi Sōhachi swung the Exploding Sword: Hade, unfurling its scroll covered in explosive tags toward Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Tōsōno Ejin swung his Blunt Sword: Dōkaku backward toward Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ducking beneath Samehada’s sweep, Fujinaka Genma lightly placed his hand on Tōsōno Ejin’s foot—the Flying Thunder God seal silently climbed up his small toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the explosive scroll was about to detonate, Fujinaka Genma vanished from his spot and reappeared at the location where the senbon had landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Boom!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Exploding Sword: Hade exploded, churning dust and smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tōsōno Ejin, closest to the blast, dodged back over ten meters—barely avoiding injury, he cursed: \"Damn it, that guy’s already gone—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His curse wasn’t even finished when cold sweat poured down his face; his peripheral vision caught a flash of blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could he appear behind me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the thought fully formed, Fujinaka Genma, now re-clutching a senbon, brought his blade down from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Plop!* A geyser of blood spurted as another head rolled free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tōsōno Ejin, dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma murmured, casually flicking blood from the Raikiri blade, a faint smile on his face as he faced the remaining five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, Itachi can call yourselves the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though, that title might only last a few more minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Fujinaka Genma’s smile, even Nishiyama Hamaguchi and the others—men who had killed countless times—felt a chill in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tōsōno Ejin and Rikkan Senmaru had died too fast, too strangely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could this man have mastered the Body Flicker Technique like Konoha’s Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biwa Juzō, his arms now recovered, recalled the intelligence he’d once glimpsed and spoke gravely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are Itachi a disciple of Konoha’s Yellow Flash?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiri no Kiri stepped forward, staring at Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma gave no reply; his form, wrapped in white electric arcs, vanished from where he stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beware his kunai and senbon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiri no Kiri shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minato Namikaze was already famed throughout the ninja world; every ninja village had studied intelligence on his Body Flicker Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using kunai as carriers was no longer a secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, knowing it was one thing—breaking it was another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Flying Thunder God Technique didn’t just mark kunai—it could also mark a person’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kunai rained down, scattering across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s form reappeared behind Kiri no Kiri and the others—the closest was Kurogiri Raiga, standing atop a large rock.\u003C\u002Fp>",1111,"2026-06-21T02:29:34.312Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bfa25c3ab450777577a87c5de386e3c6799e86bd0a4acf1512a2139e97ebce83","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-55","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-53",157,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-cover.jpg"]