'Earth Release : Mountain Destroyer jutsu'
Chakra poured from Renjiro's palms into the hill. The hill began collapsing. In merely 3 seconds, the entire hill collapsed!
The rogue Kiri nins felt the ground under them trembling. In a second, some rocks began falling! Their expressions grew grim! By then, only 11 ninjas had assembled there. 3 still hadn't made it to that room.
They understood that they needed to escape! However, escaping to the cave entrance would be very dangerous!
Realizing their grim situation, Mitsuzuka made a hand sign. Immediately, a Water Prison began forming around them. He shouted, "Pour your fucking chakra into this jutsu everyone!"
The rogue ninjas wasted no time and immediately began pouring their chakra into Mitsuzuka's Water Prison jutsu. The water prison became larger and denser as a result of everyone's chakra.
Rocks kept falling on it but didn't damage it. However, the first critical time was when the ground under them collapsed. The Water Prison sphere also fell and maintaining its form became very difficult. Through everyone's desperate efforts, they managed to hold on!
The second critical time was when the Water Prison hit the ground after falling! This time, they didn't manage to maintain the sphere. The impact on the ground coupled with the rocks falling on it broke the jutsu! However, 4 ninjas used Water Barrier jutsu to provide protection.
Outside the Hill :
While the hill was collapsing, the Yugakure ninjas were struggling with the traps. Tokuhei erected Earth Walls to protect everyone. The ninjas themselves used kunais to block incoming needles.
They managed to withstand the barrage. Tokuhei breathed in relief when one of them fell to the ground.
Shunso immediately moved towards him. He checked him. Others gathered around him. Shunso said, "He is alright. It's just two needles that hit his thighs."
He removed the needles and observed them. The others got worried thinking that the needles were poisoned. After checking the needles and the fallen ninja, Shunso said, "The needles are coated with some anesthetic medicine. He will probably sleep for some time."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Tokuhei said, "Shunso, stay here and keep him safe. Others follow me. It looks like they have already begun fighting. We can't be left out!"
Fujin, Hoka and Mieko got the front row seat to watch a small hill collapse. However, they weren't very surprised. By now, they had seen a lot of crazy stunts that Renjiro kept pulling.
All three immediately focused on the rogue ninjas inside the debris. Fujin spread his chakra field to sense them. There was no more need for maintaining stealth. He made a few hand signs and prepared a Wind Vacuum Bullet. Hoka and Mieko got ready as well!
Inside the collapsed hill, there was chaos! The 11 who were together managed to avoid critical injuries. However, most of them had minor injuries due to pieces of rocks falling on them. One chunin had a minor concussion.
However, the 3 who weren't along with them suffered. 2 of them specialized in the Water element, while the last one specialized in the Earth element.
All three had woken up due to the ground wave produced by Mitsuzuka. However, they were deep in sleep and woke up a few seconds later. By the time they began moving, the hill had already begun collapsing!
They didn't understand. Similar thoughts ran through their minds, 'What the hell happened? We were having the time of our life before we went to sleep! Why is this happening? That too right after we left that shithole!'
The two Water affinity ninjas tried protecting themselves, but they were crushed by the rocks. The Earth affinity ninja tried going underground. However, the ground under him itself crumbled! But, he still managed to build an Earth Dome to protect himself just in time. He got buried under the debris but stayed alive.
Even before the two sides had met in combat, Renjiro had almost killed a quarter of their numbers!
On seeing his efficiency, Fujin had just one thought, 'Need a team my ass!'
Renjiro made another hand sign and slammed his palms on the ground.
'Earth Release : Thousand Needles jutsu'
On seeing Renjiro perform another jutsu, his students, once again, had the same thought running through their minds. They thought, 'Please leave one for us too, Sensei!'
At the same time, Mitsuzuka made a few hand signs.
'Water Release : Water Shock bomb'
He spat out a jet of water that hit the debris on top of them. On contact, it exploded and sent the debris flying over. It created a hole for them to escape.
However, at that very instant, hundreds of earth needles formed in the ground around them and instantly shot at them. All of them noticed it, however at varying speeds. The ones who noticed the needles forming jumped up the hole immediately.
Six of them managed to jump safely out of the range of the needles. Three got cut by a few needles that just cut across their flesh. One had a dozen needles stabbing him, but none were critical.
However, the last one was unfortunate. He was the slowest to notice and jump. He got turned into a pincushion and died!
He didn't die alone. The last member of the rogue group who wasn't with them also died to the thousand needles jutsu. He had trapped himself inside an Earth Dome and had no way to get out or defend himself quickly.
The number of rogue ninjas dropped to 10! And yet, their misery wasn't over! As soon as they jumped out, they still had to protect themselves from the sneak attacks of the students of the man who made them miserable!
The first person to leave the hole was Mitsuzuka. As soon as he left the hole, he saw three shurikens targeting him. He quickly deflected them and looked at where the shurikens came from. His eyes landed on Renjiro and widened. He exclaimed, "Motherfucking Senju Renjiro!"
As soon as the rogue nins left the hole, they were greeted by shurikens thrown by Mieko with pinpoint accuracy. Mieko targeted the first two who left the debris. Both were Jounins and they easily blocked her shurikens.
Unlike Mieko, both Hoka and Fujin could only select one to attack. Hoka felt ambitious! He decided to target a Jounin. Whereas Fujin decided to be efficient.
Hoka ended up choosing Fumimaro as his target. Fumimaro was the third one to leave the debris. Hoka aimed a Vacuum Palm at his heart. Fumimaro sensed Hoka attacking him. He spat out a Water Bullet to counter it. It clashed with the Vacuum palm and nullified it.
Fujin targeted the 5th person to leave the debris. His chakra was higher than an average chunin. Guessing him to be an Elite Chunin, Fujin chose him. As soon as he appeared, Fujin shot a Vacuum Bullet at his heart.
Unlike Fumimaro, Fujin's target didn't have sensory capabilities. Additionally, Fujin's Vacuum Bullet was many times faster than Hoka's Vacuum Palm. He didn't even see the attack coming and had his heart pierced!
The rogue Kiri ninjas finally landed on top of the debris. They watched with grim faces. 7 of them had been killed without them even seeing who their enemy was!
At the same time, the Yugakure ninjas also arrived there and landed beside Team Renjiro. Their eyes widened on seeing the scene before them! Two headless corpses with Earth Spears piercing through their bodies were next to them. The hill where the rogue ninjas were supposed to be had completely collapsed. And the 9 enemies they saw all had some injuries on them, while the Konoha ninjas didn't even have a scratch on them!
Mitsuzuka immediately analyzed the situation and yelled, "DISPERSE!"
He instantly flickered away. The others followed him.
Team Renjiro and Tokuhei immediately gave chase. Renjiro made a Shadow clone. He chased Mitsuzuka while his clone chased Fumimaro. Tokuhei went after the 3rd Jounin.
Fujin, Mieko and Hoka chose a chunin level target. Mieko and Hoka looked for the ones who have higher chakra amongst the chunins, while Fujin went after the one who was injured.
The remaining Yugakure ninjas were slow. They moved around 1-2 seconds after the others. Usually, Tokuhei would command them, but he was feeling pressure due to their subpar performance so far. So he moved quickly believing that his subordinates would do their job.
They quickly gave chase too. Shusaku went after a chunin alone. The remaining 4 chased in pairs.
