Mizuki who broke out of the siege did not have much idea of ​​competing with these "Root" ninjas. If it was Danzo, Mizuki would have wanted to fight with him for a few moves to see what the top-level wind escape technique was like. Maybe he could see how disgusting it was to have arms covered with eyes, or meet the large summoning beast - the dream tapir.

Unfortunately, there were only these subordinates of Danzo at the scene, a bunch of puppet machines who only knew how to obey orders. No matter winning or losing, there was no benefit, and there was no need to continue the meaningless battle. However, Mizuki, who had suffered a great loss due to his carelessness, had to show his strength, otherwise, he would be underestimated and the endless harassment would be unbearable.

After feeling the speed of the pursuit team behind, the "Root" ninjas are indeed good at hunting, and their speed is not slow, slightly better than Mizuki in normal state. Of course, speed is not the only factor that determines victory or defeat. Now that he has freed up his hands, it will not be easy to restrict Mizuki. Mizuki, who was running in the snow-covered bushes, also understood that the weather factors made it basically impossible to hide the traces of his actions, so he had to do something to make the opponent retreat.

Shuimu, who understood his situation, quickly formed seals, then turned in the air, and a ball of violent flame spurted out of his mouth, forming a huge ball of fire. The scorching heat made the snow on the ground sublime into continuously erupting water vapor before it could melt into snow water, further increasing the power of the fireball.

"Fire Style - Great Fire Extinguishment."

The incoming heat wave was impossible to dodge. Even if they were not hit head-on, the power of the explosion was impossible for the defenseless ninja to ignore. The powerful fire escape technique immediately defeated most of the "Root" ninja's pursuit team. After the flames were extinguished, several ninjas with black smoke on their bodies near the huge explosion pit of the huge fire ball looked seriously injured. Others were more or less swept by the shock wave of the explosion, and no one was unscathed.

Terai assessed the situation with some difficulty, and then ordered decisively: "Those who are still able to fight should keep up, and those who are unable to move should stop where they are and wait for rescue."

Powerful large-scale attack ninjutsu is so unreasonable. You either have to dodge quickly or be strong enough to use ninjutsu to fight directly. Otherwise, there is basically no way out.

Shuimu, who was originally in the front, saw that the people behind had stopped moving and thought that the other party had given up. Unexpectedly, someone caught up after a while.

"You're really relentless. Do you have any trump card? It looks like there's an Aburame taking the root. Are you planning to use a secret technique to launch a sneak attack?"

It was impossible to understand what these miserable guys were relying on, but Shuimu didn't care. He formed a seal, turned around, and launched...

"Fire Style - Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

Continuous small fire dragons sprayed out in a fan shape, igniting a large area of ​​space behind and forming a wall of fire that blocked the way.

Suddenly, two more people from the team chasing them from behind had to fall behind.

Looking at his subordinate whose half body was burned by the flames, Terai had no choice but to stop.

"You arrogant fellow, do you have so much chakra that you can't use it all? You use powerful fire jutsu one after another!"

Although I already knew from the intelligence that Mizuki had a secret technique that could greatly increase the amount of chakra he could use, I didn't expect the effect to be so amazing. An A-level fire ninjutsu and a B-level fire ninjutsu, two ninjutsu with extremely amazing chakra consumption, were used so easily, and Mizuki didn't show any signs of exhaustion. It seems that I greatly underestimated the danger of the target.

Feeling that the "root" ninja behind him had finally given up, Shuimu breathed a sigh of relief. It was not because of insufficient chakra consumption, but because of his physical strength. Since noon, he had been running back and forth for the matter of the Death Forest. The physical and mental fatigue made Shuimu not want to fight any more meaningless battles.

At this moment, Shuimu suddenly sensed a chakra source approaching rapidly from the front.

"Is this feeling Tenzo? Was he alarmed by my ninjutsu and came to investigate?"

Since he was not an enemy, Shuimu went to meet him without any worries.

Shuimu, who was rushing forward, suddenly found that there was a thick log coming towards him in the chest.

Mizuki, who was a little flustered, swung out the chakra thread with his right hand, tied it to the tree trunk next to him and pulled it hard. His body suddenly moved sideways and narrowly avoided the powerful attack.

"Don't be nervous, it's me."

The sweeping wood paused for a moment, and then a figure emerged from a tree trunk not far away. It was Tenzang wearing an Anbu mask.

"Mizuki Jonin? Excuse me, what happened over there?"

Mizuki said: "That's my ninjutsu. I just had a little conflict with the ninja of the 'Root'."

"A minor conflict? That's quite a big commotion!" Tianzang felt the chakra fluctuations that hadn't subsided yet. "If they were Elder Danzang's men, it wouldn't be surprising."

The Konoha ninjas who have reached the level of Jonin have more or less dealt with the "Root" ninjas, but basically, they are not pleasant experiences.

"This is a bit of a big fuss. I'm afraid it won't be easy to end!" Tianzang raised his head and said with some embarrassment. It is really difficult for an Anbu who only has a code name to intervene in such matters.

"Don't worry, this matter has come to an end. I will explain it in detail to Lady Tsunade."

The sky gradually darkened, and Shuimu was still waiting to go back and finish his meal!

"It's over? That's good!" Tenzang sighed, "The power of Mizuki Jonin's ninjutsu is really good, it really lives up to its reputation."

"So, I'm gradually becoming a bit famous? Even among the Anbu, my name is starting to spread?"

"He is more than just famous. I have heard many people talk about Mizuki Jonin! Some are good and some are bad, but his strength is recognized."

Shuimu smiled with some pride. After working for half a year, he was finally not an unknown person anymore.

"It's just that, as an Anbu, this Tenzo talks too much and is a little too talkative!"

Tian Zang, who was walking side by side with Shui Mu on the way back to the village, looked Shui Mu up and down and said, "You seem to be injured. Do you need help?"

The wounds from being pierced by kunai and shuriken have almost healed, but the torn combat uniform also shows how fierce and dangerous the battle was.

"It's all right now. Thank you for your concern."

"That's good!"

"I'm sorry to bother you today. I haven't thanked you yet. Our mission went wrong and we had to ask the Anbu to come to support us. It was really embarrassing. But I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see Konoha's rare Wood Release Ninjutsu today. It can be said that the trip was worthwhile."