Paper Illusion was a sealless jutsu that Kazuo had created on his own.
By using hundreds of papers and setting up a large box of sorts with a single entrance, Kazuo could lure the enemy into it and thus change the entire appearance of the surroundings.
This could be used to make an illusion that looked as if the enemy had just stepped into a large ravine or anything that Kazuo wanted.
It would create a momentary distraction and loss of balance which Kazuo could use to gain the upper hand in combat.
That however was only one of the uses of the jutsu, the principal was that Kazuo could use the paper jutsu to create a cover or an illusion on anything using the papers and since it was the papers that were changing and causing the illusion instead of injecting chakra into the opponents brain, it couldn’t be released with a Kai.
Even if the enemy found out that they were in an illusion and tried to release themselves from it, they would find that they were unable to, this would cause even further distress and give Kazuo an even larger upper hand in the fight.
The Hours quickly passed and soon enough it was time for Kazuo to head back and get some more rest whilst Nohara Rin took her turn to stay on watch.
Lying down on his bed, Kazuo fell asleep almost instantly.
He knew that this was one of the chances that the enemy had to kidnap Rin, however he actually wished for such an outcome.
“Enemy Ambush!” A loud voice was heard, it was Rin’s voice.
Immediately both Kakashi Hatake and Kazuo jumped to their feet and headed out of their tents.
Kakashi already had his short sword in his hand whilst Kazuo had two Kunai, one on each hand.
Looking around they quickly realized the situation.
Rin was being carried away on an enemy Shinobi’s back whilst ten Shinobi were surrounding Kakashi and Kazuo.
“Damned,” Kakashi muttered before his sword was immediately covered in lightning, his headband already lifted and his Sharingan had flared to life as it spun in a clockwise rotation.
In a split second, Kakashi had already arrived at the first Shinobi and had chopped the man’s head off cleanly with a single slash of his sword.
Kazuo meanwhile used the body flicker and immediately appeared before his opponent.
“You bastard just die.” The man said as he gazed at Kazuo and lifted his sword up high before slashing downwards directly toward Kazuo’s head.
Lifting his right arm, Kazuo placed it in front of him whilst leaning his left side further towards the enemy.
For a moment, the enemy was startled, was this guy really going to sacrifice his arm?
However, it was already too late to turn the slash around and so he poured even more strength into it.
With the sound of metal hitting metal, so unlike the sound of a sword slashing flesh, the sword stopped right on top of Kazuo’s arm.
‘Earth style: Iron Skin’
It was an Earth-style Jutsu that covered a specific part of the user's body in chakra-enhanced earth, causing it to be impervious to most blows.
The sword rebounded and the man slightly lost his balance, this was enough for Kazuo who had already been leaning toward the man, with a quick swipe of his sword, the man’s jugular was cleanly cut.
Without stopping for even a slight second, Kazuo used the body flicker once more and appeared behind his next opponent, leaving the man he had just fought on the ground and holding his cut neck, blood overflowing through his fingers as he tried to stop the bleeding however it was too late.
The next enemy didn’t even sense Kazuo before he arrived behind him, Kazuo’s speed was immense, and his body flicker was completely mastered, something only a small percentage of ninjas had ever managed to achieve.
[ Body Flicker Jutsu ] [ 10/10 ]
With a bloody sound of metal tearing flesh, the man's spine was cleanly cut from his head.
‘Next’ Kazuo thought as he disappeared once more and reappeared before his next opponent.
This time he was against three enemy Shinobi who were staying back-to-back with each other so that they would be able to put up a better defense.
‘Dumb’ Kazuo thought as he immediately changed direction and headed toward another opponent who was alone and looking left and right, his expression clearly frightened as his arms holding a single Kunai shook from fear.
He never even saw Kazuo before his left eye was pierced by a kunai, effectively piercing his brain and killing him instantly.
Behind Kazuo, at the location of the three men grouped together, a loud explosion was heard.
At the start of the battle, just before heading outside, Kazuo had made a shadow clone and handed it around twenty explosion tags before sending it underground with the hiding like a mole jutsu.
After seeing the group, Kazuo had slammed the ground four times on his foot, alerting the Shadow clone underground who was using tremor sense and telling him the location of his enemies.
Looking at the spot behind him, all Kazuo saw were charred remains of what once were living Shinobi.
Tearing his gaze away instantly, Kazuo gazed at the battlefield once more.
There were no enemies left.
Kazuo had killed six of them in quick succession whilst Kakashi had quickly finished the four others and immediately started chasing the ones that had kidnapped Nohara Rin.
Using The body flicker, Kazuo quickly chased behind the young ninja.
Immediately at his words, Kakashi stopped his chase and turned to face Kazuo.
“It could be a trap and you know it. We will save Rin, but not .” Kazuo said as he looked at Kakashi who stood silent for a moment before releasing a sigh and nodding his head.
“Good, now let's chase after them more slowly and carefully,” Kazuo said as he nodded toward Kakashi who quickly bit his finger and used his summoning jutsu.
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