Chapter 166

After Sansho-uo Hanzo answered Mizunuki Ryosuke’s question, he turned and also asked a question.

Rather than a question, it was more like a statement of affirmation.

"The chaos in the village was caused by you, right?"

Sansho-uo Hanzo’s gaze was still looking at Mizunuki Ryosuke indifferently, without a trace of extra emotion in his eyes.

"Yes, and no."

After hearing Sansho-uo Hanzo’s words, Mizunuki Ryosuke first nodded indifferently, but then shook his head.

"Oh?"

Hanzo seemed to have raised a trace of interest, looking at the two people before him seriously for the first time.

Because Mizunuki Ryosuke and Hoshigaki Kisame still had a layer of disguise formed by the Transformation Technique on them, Sansho-uo Hanzo couldn't see anything.

He also saw that Mizunuki Ryosuke was the leader between the two, so he just met Ryosuke’s gaze.

After a brief gaze, Sansho-uo Hanzo also seemed to understand something.

But the next moment, the situation suddenly began to become tense.

"So be it."

"After I take you down, I will naturally know everything."

Sansho-uo Hanzo suddenly raised his hand and pulled, and a single-edged sickle with a chain appeared in his hand.

Seeing this situation, Hoshigaki Kisame, who had been vigilant for a long time, also directly drew the Great Sword Samehada he was carrying on his back.

"Great Sword Samehada, it looks like you are from the Mist."

Sansho-uo Hanzo muttered to himself while drawing his sickle, attacking the two at a speed that was almost impossible for the naked eye to capture.

Although he said this, he hadn't completely confirmed this guess in his heart.

Because it was just a sword.

Similar props could be used by anyone in whose hands they were placed.

Even ninjas from other ninja villages could potentially seize and use the ninja sword, so it didn't prove anything.

"So fast!"

Hoshigaki Kisame’s pupils shrank slightly, and some cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

He didn't hesitate at all, directly stepping forward to block in front of Mizunuki Ryosuke, holding the Samehada in his hand horizontally to block.

"Clang!!!!"

With the collision of the sickle and Samehada, a large amount of sparks burst out from the point where their weapons clashed.

Sansho-uo Hanzo didn't leave Hoshigaki Kisame any room to breathe; a chain sickle was swung back and forth by him at a terrifying speed that was hard for the naked eye to distinguish.

"Clang, clang, clang!!!"

For a time, Kisame was actually unable to lift his head in close combat, only able to barely block the attacks from Sansho-uo Hanzo.

Not only the suffocating technique and speed, but the counter-shock force coming from Samehada also made Kisame’s hand holding the sickle feel somewhat numb.

Regardless of speed, strength, or technique, Kisame was completely suppressed in all aspects at this moment.

"Is this the strength of a 'Demigod'..."

Hoshigaki Kisame muttered to himself in his heart while desperately parrying the attacks from Sansho-uo Hanzo.

Facing Sansho-uo Hanzo’s sudden attack, Ryosuke didn't choose to make a move in the first instance.

Because the opportunity to fight against the peak Sansho-uo Hanzo was a very good training for the young Kisame.

And Sansho-uo Hanzo’s sudden attack didn't cause Ryosuke’s emotions to change.

From some details, one could actually already see Sansho-uo Hanzo’s attitude.

One person attacking, and calling his subordinates to attack together, were two completely different things.

So Ryosuke still observed the battle between the two with interest; what is heard is false, what is seen is true.

The battle between the two right now just happened to allow Ryosuke to effectively evaluate Sansho-uo Hanzo’s combat power, so as to measure his value.

"Clang!!!"

Another heavy blow from Sansho-uo Hanzo, and the huge force coming from Samehada directly made Kisame retreat a full three meters.

"Not good!"

At this moment, Kisame was suddenly shocked; a dangerous aura rose from his heart, and his still-numb arms were already unable to parry.

"Hoo..."

After slashing Kisame away with a sickle, Sansho-uo Hanzo suddenly took a deep breath, and a sharp, cold light radiated from his body.

"Swish!!!"

The next second, he raised the sickle in his hand high and slashed down toward Kisame, who was three meters away.

This blow made even Ryosuke, who was on the side, reveal a solemn expression.

If he didn't make a move, I fear Kisame would be defeated next...

In the current shinobi world, I fear Sansho-uo Hanzo’s close-combat level could rank in the top three.

Without hesitation, Ryosuke flashed and blocked in front of Kisame.

At the same time, following Sansho-uo Hanzo’s heavy slash, a sharp, cold light slashed toward Kisame!

This was an extremely advanced close-combat technique, called: Iai!

Masters proficient in this path could emit a sharp attack similar to "sword energy" through the slash of their weapon.

Such techniques had almost gone extinct in the shinobi world, but in the Land of Iron, which was covered by ice and snow all year round, there was still a violent group called "Samurai" who studied such techniques.

The cold light carrying an extremely sharp aura was about to slash onto Ryosuke.

He slowly extended one hand forward, and a transparent ice wall immediately condensed in the air.

Under the extreme low temperature, this ice wall had extremely terrifying hardness.

"Ding!"

After Sansho-uo Hanzo’s Iai slash hit the ice wall, it was like hitting steel; after leaving a shallow mark on the ice wall, it disappeared.

Mizunuki Ryosuke’s sudden move also meant that the significance of the situation had become completely different.

And the Ice Release Ryosuke displayed also made Sansho-uo Hanzo completely determine the identities of the two before him.

If the Samehada sword in Kisame’s hand was just a coincidence, then the iconic Ice Release of the Mizunuki clan completely explained the identities of the two.

Once an expert makes a move, you know if they are real.

The strength of a ninja could often be revealed from their most basic qualities.

For example, the temperature of Fire Release, the volume and impact of Water Release, the sharpness of Wind Release, etc.

And the ice wall that Ryosuke condensed casually had such hardness; this was enough to show that Ryosuke’s strength was unfathomable.

If Hoshigaki Kisame just now was only at the "okay" level in Hanzo’s eyes, then at this moment, Sansho-uo Hanzo had already regarded Mizunuki Ryosuke before him as an opponent of the same level.

At this point, Sansho-uo Hanzo suddenly put away the sickle in his hand.

He wasn't brewing any big move, but he knew there was no need to continue fighting.

Even though he knew very little about the intelligence of the Mist, Sansho-uo Hanzo still understood some basic intelligence.

He clearly knew that two years ago, the Mist Village had just completed a change of power, and the newly succeeded Fourth Mizukage was a person from the Mizunuki clan who was good at Ice Release.

Being able to command the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, plus the unique Ice Release of the Mizunuki clan.

Mizunuki Ryosuke’s identity was already ready to be revealed.

Sansho-uo Hanzo’s eyes were somewhat flickering, as if he couldn't believe his own guess.

"I wonder what brings the Fourth Mizukage of the Mist to the Rain?"

Even if it were impossible, everything that had just happened undoubtedly explained everything.

That was that the young man before him was the Fourth Mizukage who had just succeeded two years ago.

But who would have thought that after hearing this, Mizunuki Ryosuke on the opposite side still didn't have any movements, just looking at Sansho-uo Hanzo with a smile but not speaking.