Chapter 305: Contemplating the Situation

Roshi gathered chakra once again and shouted, "Retreat!"

'Lava Release: Fiery Rock Bullet jutsu'

He spat a single rock made of molten lava at Fujin who was falling down from the sky. Fujin gathered chakra as well.

'Wind Release: Vacuum Cannon jutsu'

The Vacuum Cannon hit the lava rock and broke through it and travelled towards Roshi. Roshi didn't dare test his defenses against the Wind Vacuum attacks. He immediately dodged. The Vacuum Cannon hit the miniature Volcano Roshi built earlier and crumbled it down.

Fujin wasn't sure whether Roshi could use the same jutsu through it. He didn't want to see whether he could or not. He landed on the ground and instructed, "Chase and kill them off."

The Iwa ninjas had already begun escaping. Fujin's allies were wondering whether they should aid him or chase the Iwa ninjas. Hearing his command, most of them began chasing the Iwa ninjas. Seeing what Roshi could do, none of them wanted to face him. Only Ryoichi and Yugao stayed behind.

Yugao looked at Fujin and recalled the words Hiruzen had said to her before she joined Fujin's team. She analyzed, 'If he kills Iwa's Jinchuriki, then it could cause a war between Konoha and Iwa. The best solution is to disengage now and let them retreat. But how do I tell him that? And what would be the optimal route if that Jinchuriki decides to keep chasing after us?'



Ryoichi had similar thoughts. Konoha could afford to offend Iwa, but they couldn't. He said, "Kagawa Noriyuki is already dead. Let's stop here and leave."

Fujin and Roshi were about to begin their battle but halted on hearing that. A frown appeared behind Fujin's mask. He pointed at Roshi and said, "Tell him that."

Roshi thought for a few seconds and replied, "Sure. Kusa ninjas can leave but Konoha will have to pay for killing so many of our ninjas."

Ryoichi was stunned by his words. He immediately fell into a dilemma. If he escaped, then the remaining Kusa ninjas would live. If he stayed and Fujin lost, then they could all be wiped out.

A frown formed on Yugao's face as she stared at Ryoichi. Fujin didn't say anything. He decided that if Ryoichi withdrew, he would run away as well. And after he gets away from Roshi, he would hunt them down and pin the blame on Iwa. After all, an entire town had seen them fighting Iwa ninjas.

Ryoichi let out a sigh and said, "Then I have no choice but to continue fighting."



Fujin's expression suddenly became very serious. Though his face was hidden by the turtle mask, Roshi felt the change in his attitude. Fujin suddenly disappeared and appeared behind Roshi and swung his sword vertically.

Roshi immediately moved to his left. A sword slash passed by leaving a deep scar on the ground. Suddenly, several cuts appeared on his arm despite dodging the attack. Roshi's eyes widened as he flickered away. He realized, 'In addition to the main slash, there were hundreds of smaller slashes surrounding it.'

Fujin followed Roshi and swung his sword 6 times in quick succession. 6 razor-sharp sword slashes streaked towards Roshi with blinding speed. Roshi's eyes widened as he thought, 'If these also have the additional slashes, then...'

He moved his body such that he would narrowly dodge all the sword slashes. At the same time, one tail appeared behind him and red chakra appeared on his body. Before the sword slashes reached him, a coating of lava enveloped his entire body!

The sword slashes narrowly missed his body while the accompanying winds hit his lava armor. Numerous cuts appeared on his armor but none reached his flesh.

Fujin thought, 'A lava armor? That's interesting.'

He immediately shot a vacuum bullet at his heart. Roshi immediately dodged. Though the armor could stop weaker attacks, it wouldn't stand any chance against attacks with high penetrating power. Fujin observed, 'I see. It's defense shouldn't be very high. At least he isn't confident of blocking my Vacuum jutsus.'

'Lava Release: Fiery Rock Bullet jutsu'

Roshi shot 3 lava boulders at Fujin. Fujin dodged them but Roshi used the distraction to reduce the distance between them. He appeared at Fujin's right, jumped above and sent a punch towards his head.

Knowing that his sword won't be cut through Roshi's fist from the previous exchange, Fujin moved backwards. Roshi's punch hit the ground causing cracks to appear in the ground. One such crack extended towards Fujin while emitting red light and a lot of heat. Fujin immediately got out of the way. Lava erupted out of that crack.

At the same time, Fujin's clothes caught on fire! Fujin was shocked. Roshi used this distraction to once again appear in front of Fujin. Fujin looked at Roshi's grin and wondered, 'When did he burn my clothes?'

Roshi sent a punch at Fujin once again. Fujin slashed at his lava-covered fist with his sword again as he realized, 'I see. The heat from his armor is so intense that my clothes caught on fire despite not being touched by him.'

Just when the fist and sword were about to clash, Roshi opened his fist and caught the sword. The sword cut a couple of inches into his palm but couldn't cut any more due to the highly concentrated chakra flowing through his arm. Roshi held the sword tightly as he raised his left fist to pummel Fujin to death!

However, before he could punch Fujin, a punch landed on his abdomen and sent him flying backwards.