Chapter 312

Unlike the previous buildings, this courtyard had a bit less eeriness and a bit more of the atmosphere of human life and elegance.

This was a typical Japanese-style courtyard.

The surrounding rooms enclosed a small open-air courtyard in the center, and many plants unique to the Land of Rain were planted in the courtyard.

Under the drizzling rain, these plants grew exceptionally lush, bringing a brand-new vitality to this courtyard.

Standing at the very center of the courtyard, Ryosuke's gaze looked straight into the interior of the room before him.

Like most Japanese-style courtyards, the room in this courtyard used sliding wooden screens, and at this moment, the screen door of the room facing the center of the courtyard was wide open.

And in the center of the room, a middle-aged man wearing a black raincoat was kneeling, closing his eyes and concentrating.

"Hoo~"

"Hoo~"

"..."

The man had iconic green long hair and wore a strange respirator; between each breath, he made a truly strange sound.

Mizunuki Ryosuke just stared straight at the man in the room, not knowing what he was thinking.

Based on the characteristics, as well as the location where this man was,

Mizunuki Ryosuke concluded that this man was the leader of the Rain Ninjas—Sanshouuo Hanzo.

Just at this moment, Sanshouuo Hanzo suddenly opened his eyes wide, turned around slowly, and looked toward the center of the courtyard.

And there, it was precisely the location where Kisame and Ryosuke were hiding at this moment.

Sanshouuo Hanzo's gaze was very calm, like a pool of calm water without any ripples; he just kept staring at the center of the courtyard, as if he were looking at someone.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps he really discovered something, Sanshouuo Hanzo's gaze just happened to come into contact with Ryosuke's.

Equally calm, equally unruffled.

The only difference was that Ryosuke's eyes also vaguely carried a trace of surprise.

At this moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke suddenly remembered a saying.

"One who hides thunder in his chest but has a face like a calm lake can be worshipped as a general."

And beside Ryosuke, Hoshigaki Kisame was vaguely emitting a dangerous aura, and his hand had already silently reached behind his back, gripping the hilt of Samehada.

Since taking Samehada out of the sealing scroll, Kisame had been carrying it on his back.

But who would have thought that Mizunuki Ryosuke suddenly reached out his hand, stopping Kisame's movement of gripping the sword, and then shook his head lightly...

"Come out, uninvited guests."

Sanshouuo Hanzo's voice passed through the respirator by his mouth into the air, also making Hoshigaki Kisame's heart suddenly skip a beat.

While speaking, Sanshouuo Hanzo still stared with a calm gaze at the open space in the center of the courtyard, as if there were an invisible person looking at him right there.

And beside Hoshigaki Kisame, Mizunuki Ryosuke revealed an entirely opposite expression.

Ryosuke looked somewhat excitedly at Sanshouuo Hanzo, who was kneeling in the room, a trace of joy flowing in his eyes.

He knew that this time, he had come to the right place.

Ryosuke had also determined at this moment that Sanshouuo Hanzo wasn't bluffing.

"Snap!"

At that moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke raised his hand and snapped his fingers; the ice prisms used to hide their figures shattered on the spot, lifting the two's hidden state.

From Sanshouuo Hanzo's perspective, it was as if the space in the center of the courtyard was like a torn movie screen, suddenly revealing the scenery behind the screen.

Sanshouuo Hanzo still faced the two who suddenly appeared with an unruffled gaze; his gaze still didn't change in the slightest, as if he had long expected such a scene.

"Can you tell me, how did you discover it?"

Facing the exposure of their figures, Ryosuke not only didn't have the slightest panic or embarrassment, but instead looked at Sanshouuo Hanzo before him with an intrigued gaze.

Sanshouuo Hanzo also had no intention of hiding it; he pointed to his own ears.

"Since I was fourteen, I have sat in this courtyard every day."

"The sound of raindrops falling in this courtyard has long been carved into my brain."

"Today, the sound of the raindrops told me that this courtyard had guests."

Sanshouuo Hanzo's muffled voice sounded again, and his explanation also made Ryosuke reveal a look of realization.

The principle of the Demonic Mirroring Illusion was to use prism-shaped ice surfaces to reflect and simulate the surrounding scenery, forming a perfect visual camouflage.

Tracing it to its root, to put it plainly, the principle of the Demonic Mirroring Illusion's camouflage was "visual deception."

And although the Demonic Mirroring Illusion could perfectly camouflage the scene of the rain curtain where raindrops fell, it couldn't cover up the sound of raindrops falling on the prism-shaped ice surfaces.

And this flaw, which was originally negligible, became the key factor for the Demonic Mirroring Illusion to be seen through.

And before Sanshouuo Hanzo, the only ninja who had seen through the Demonic Mirroring Illusion was Uchiha Madara.