Chapter 31: Assassination
The dense clanging of metal, like rain, rang out. All the incoming Shuriken seemed to hit an invisible wall, bouncing off weakly and falling to the ground, the faint blue poisonous light on their tips quickly dimming and vanishing.
"Ah!"
Riko cried out in alarm, instinctively gripping the hem of Toho Hiroshi's clothes behind him, her body trembling slightly from fear.
Just as the first wave of attacks was blocked, the second wave followed immediately.
Several twisted Runes suddenly lit up on the walls on both sides. The next moment, scorching flames and freezing cold air simultaneously surged out, intertwining into a deadly red and blue vortex that instantly engulfed the alley entrance.
The Curse Users had clearly planned meticulously, attempting to suppress and divide the escorts using area-of-effect attacks.
"Seeking death."
A cold glint flashed in Toho Hiroshi's eyes.
He still did not move; only the Mangekyo pattern in his left eye focused slightly.
"Kamui."
Just before the roaring flames and icy vortex could reach the two of them, the space in front abruptly twisted into a massive vortex, like the greedy maw of a giant beast, swallowing all the attacks completely, without even a trace of residual energy leaking out.
A few uncertain gasps of surprise faintly came from both sides of the alley. Clearly, the attackers had not anticipated the target's defensive methods to be so strange and unpredictable.
"Stay here and don't move."
Toho Hiroshi whispered to Riko behind him, and finally moved.
His figure instantly blurred and vanished.
The next moment, a short, sharp scream came from the rooftop on the left side of the alley.
A Curse User, who was performing hand signs attempting to launch the next Cursed Technique attack, stared in shock at the dark red blade tip protruding from his chest. The strange scarlet Cursed Energy was wildly eroding his life force.
Toho Hiroshi, like the God of Death emerging from the shadows, withdrew his blade, and his figure vanished again.
Behind the wall on the right, a Curse User controlling Talismans only felt a chill on his neck. His vision spun, and the last thing he saw was a headless body gushing blood.
The slaughter was carried out silently and efficiently.
The Sharingan precisely captured the location and Cursed Energy flow of every hidden attacker. Kamui allowed him to move and strike freely, ignoring terrain, while the scarlet blade granted him the ultimate sharp killing ability.
These Q Organization members, who were considered skilled among Curse Users, were powerless before him like children, often dying before they could even react.
In just over ten seconds, the seven or eight Curse Users ambushing around the alley were completely wiped out. Only the smell of blood lingering in the air and the faint residual Cursed Energy spoke of the brief and brutal battle that had just taken place.
Toho Hiroshi flicked the blood beads off his blade, indifferently returned the sword to its sheath, and went back to Riko, who seemed not to have fully recovered yet.
"Is... is it over?"
Riko's voice trembled, her small hand still gripping his clothes tightly.
"Just cannon fodder."
Toho Hiroshi's gaze swept across the silent surroundings, his Sharingan's insight heightened to the maximum. "The ones who are truly interesting haven't made their move yet."
Before his words had faded, the ground suddenly shook violently.
Boom!
The asphalt pavement less than five meters ahead suddenly exploded, and a gigantic Cursed Spirit, massive in size and forcefully pieced together from countless rocks and metal fragments, burst out of the ground.
It let out a muffled roar, and its massive fist, carrying the might to crush everything, smashed down towards the two of them.
The appearance of this Cursed Spirit was completely without warning. It was clearly perfectly hidden by some Cursed Technique, concealing its Cursed Energy fluctuation until the moment it launched its attack.
Simultaneously, three extremely fast figures shot in from three different, tricky angles.
One person swung Chains shimmering with ominous purple light, aiming directly for Toho Hiroshi's limbs, intending to restrain him.
Another person opened their mouth and sprayed a large stream of dense, dark green Poisonous Fog, which quickly spread, corroding the air with sizzling sounds. It was clearly capable of both obstructing vision and being lethal.
The last person merged their figure into the shadows, like a black line skimming along the ground, holding a pair of Short Spikes, silently stabbing towards Riko's back.
Perfect coordination, with killing moves appearing one after another.
This was the Q Organization's real assassination squad!
"Hmph."
Toho Hiroshi let out a cold snort.
Facing the giant fist that felt like Mount Tai pressing down, he neither dodged nor retreated, instantly gripping the hilt of the scarlet blade with his right hand again.
"Roar!"
The rock Cursed Spirit roared, and the giant fist smashed down.
Shing—
An extremely thin scarlet blade light flashed past, cutting through the night like a bloody lightning bolt, moving from bottom to top.
The massive Cursed Spirit's movement suddenly froze. Immediately afterward, a smooth, mirror-like cut appeared in the center of its fist and rapidly spread upward, passing through the arm, torso, and head... Finally, the enormous Cursed Spirit was silently split into two halves, collapsing with a crash and dissolving into pure Cursed Energy, leaving behind only the residual curse of its core cleanly severed.
While cleaving the Cursed Spirit, the Mangekyo in Toho Hiroshi's left eye rotated again.
The whistling purple Chains, half a meter from his body, suddenly met a distorted space ahead. The Chains were instantly swallowed by an invisible maw, and the remaining parts fell limply.
The spreading Poisonous Fog was completely absorbed by another small Kamui vortex, leaving not a single drop.
As for the assassin who merged into the shadows, just as his Short Spikes were about to touch the hem of Riko's clothes, he was horrified to find that his target had vanished—no, the entire space in front of him had twisted and transformed!
He felt as if he had stabbed into a swamp of nothingness, and the powerful inertia caused him to stumble and fall forward.
Waiting for him was a heavy blow from the hilt of Toho Hiroshi's blade, swung out in a backhand motion at some unknown moment!
Bang!
A muffled impact sound rang out. The assassin was sent flying backward faster than he had arrived, slamming hard into the alley wall. The sound of cracking bones was clearly audible, and he fell completely unconscious.
In a flash of lightning, all lethal attacks targeting Riko were neutralized.
Seeing this, the two remaining Curse Users were terrified, turning immediately to flee without hesitation.
"You think you can come and go as you please?"
Toho Hiroshi's tone was icy. The Mangekyo pattern in his right eye suddenly focused, locking onto the back of one of the men.
The Mangekyo pattern rotated in Toho Hiroshi's eyes. Icy killing intent locked onto the backs of the two fleeing Curse Users. The focal point of his right eye slightly condensed, and black flames capable of burning everything were about to erupt.
However, just a moment before Amaterasu was about to be activated, an unexpected change occurred!
A white figure, moving faster than the eye could track, suddenly appeared in front of one of the fleeing Curse Users as if teleporting.
"This path is blocked~"
A flippant yet familiar voice rang out.
The Curse User didn't even get a clear look at the newcomer, only feeling an irresistible, immense force suddenly gripping his face, forcefully lifting him off the ground. The next second, the back of his head made extremely violent and intimate contact with the cold wall!
Boom!
The wall burst open into a large hole, sending debris flying.
The Curse User didn't even let out a groan, instantly losing consciousness and slumping down like a rag doll.
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