"Shadow Clone Justu!"
This "B-level ninjutsu" that was used to great effect in later generations had not yet been invented by Tobirama in this era.
However, with time and experience, Akira was able to recreate it easily.
Afterward the three shadow clones immediately used the transformation technique, and the next moment, three hideous-looking "bandits" appeared in front of Akira.
Looking at the attire of the clones, Akira nodded with satisfaction, then waved his right hand, and the clones disappeared from his sight with a whoosh without needing to be ordered.
After arranging all this, Akira pretended to have finished using the toilet and returned to the place where he and Mito had separated.
"Akira Oni-san, are you okay?"
Mito looked at Akira with a blushing face, her rosy face was so cute in his opinion..
This made Akira feel a little bit sorry for what he's about to do.
"No, Mito can't be turned into a useless snake" (T/N i still have no idea what is going on with this snake thingy..)
After cheering himself up, Akira's face returned to calm.
"Okay, let's go."
"Okay!"
Mito, who had become obedient at this time didn't ask to be carried by Akira again, they then start to jump branches from branches in the woods.
But the next moment...
A hidden kunai was shot at towards the place where Akira was about to land. This sudden attack Made Mito who was a little behind him a bit terrified as she witness the entire scene.
"Watch out!"
However, Mito's warning was a step too late. The kunai had already pierced Akira's back, knocking him off the branch and onto the ground below.
"Akira Oni-san..." Mito looked in the direction where Akira fell in a daze, unable to believe that all this was real.
But the enemy would not give her the chance to remain stunned. While Mito was still stunned, the enemy rushed over to her with a sword in hand.
Although Mito was stunned, because Akira's teaching, her instinct allowed her to defend herself as a ninja should.
*Ding…*
The collision between her kunai and the sword splashed sparks of fire, which woke Mito, who was shocked.
However, since her opponent were abled to neautrilize Akira this quickly, she knows that he is much stronger than her.. after all Akira is more than several times her strength.
Therefore, Mito, who rushed into the battle hastily, was immediately pushed back half a step by her opponent.
this however was not the end. As soon as the two weapons collided, in next moment two figures jumped out from behind the enemy who was fighting Mito.
"Die!" The enemy swing his sword in an overhead slash at her as if trying to cleave her from top to bottom.
At this moment, Mito knew that she was going to die, and she suddenly felt that as if the whole world had stopped.
Mito ignored the enemy's impending attack and looked in the direction where Akira fell.
'It looks like i'm going to die, Akira Oni-sa , wait for me!'
Mito, who was already beyond help, silently closed her eyes and calmly waited for death to come.
However, the battlefield is always full of variables.
The Senbon, which is like an enlarged version of a long needle, makes no sound when it passes through the air. It is best used to interrupt the enemy's casting their jutsus or for healing.
Such a useful hidden weapon was rarely used during the entire Warring States Period. The reason for this was not only that its strength was limited compared to a traditional kunai.
*shing*
*Bang bang!*
The death that await her didn't come, rather some strange noise come from the direction of her enemies.
This sudden confusion made Mito open her eyes.
"Hey, are you awake? My little princess."
A familiar face, a familiar voice and a teasing tone.
The reappearance of Akira made the already desperate Mito burst into tears of joy.
"Akira Oni-san!"
Mito, with tears in her eyes, wanted to rush forward immediately to check on his "injuries", she was originally depressed, and after experiencing Akira's "resurrection" her emotion starts to go haywire and her eyes rolled back to the back of her head as she lost consciousness from the roller coaster of emotion that she is experiencing.
This sudden evenr instantly stunned the "enemy" and Akira.
However, although he was dumbfounded, the moment Mito fell, Akira immediately reached out and picked her up.
Green chakra instantly appeared in Akira's palm. After a thorough examination, he found that Mito was not seriously injured and he was relieved.
"Mito has fainted, what should we do now?"
After the transformation, Shadow Clone A touched his chin. After all, the previous plan was just to let Mito suffer a little and let Akira get hurt a little, so that Mito, who was a little bit exhausted, would not evolve into a "sandwich".
The current situation is beyond Shadow Clone's expectations.
When things developed to this point, Akira originally wanted to give up. After all, she had been scared enough. If he lied to her again, he might be able to turn the ruined Mizuto back to normal.
However, Akira's clone B, who loves to watch the fun, naturally would not miss this opportunity, so he spoke with a smile.
"To be on the safe side, how about we escalate our actions?"
"Oh? And how would we exactly do that?"
"We're here to play, We're supposed to be here to carry out a plan that will make a deeper impression on Mito. I'm going to call it 'project monkey'."
".... a what project?"
"the 'monkey project'."
Shadow clone B grinned wickedly and whispered his plan to the others.
......
The scenery in the forest kept changing, and the whistling wind sounded in her ears.
A few drops of warm blood dripped onto the still unconscious Mito's face, waking her from her slumber.
After opening his eyes from his daze, Mito saw Akira's face so close to him, and thought that what had just happened must had been a nightmare.
After all, Mito used to follow Akira all the time. Akira, who naturally was afraid of death, would naturally not get involved in any danger, and naturally would not let the young Mito get hurt at all.
The result of doing this naturally turned Mito into a 'bird in a cage'.
Mito, unaware of the danger, couldn't help but act coquettishly the moment he saw Akira.
"Akira Oni-san ..."
Mito's face just got close to Akira's arms, but the next moment, the warmth on her face and Akira's muffled groan made Mito, who was about to continue acting coquettishly, instantly realize that something was wrong.
"you..."
"Hush, we're being ambushed."
Only then did Mito realize that everything that had just happened was not a dream, but a real life.
"Then let's..."
Mito was about to say something else, but the next moment, a giant ape appeared next to them.
"Fucking monkey..."
Seing the huge ass ape, Mito couldn't help but scream, but the monkey didn't give them time. His fist, which was bigger than a human head, smashed directly towards the two of them.
*bang!*
For a moment, the two of them fell rapidly towards the ground like meteors. Huge smoke and dust rose from the ground in an instant as they landed on the ground, completely covering their figures.
After the enemy discovered that their sneak attack was effective, they would naturally pursue them relentlessly. Therefore, the next moment, several shurikens blocked the entire area where the smoke and dust rose.
*Tuk-tuk-tuk.*
The sound of shuriken piercing flesh rang out from the smoke and dust, and at that moment, another 'enemy' performed the ninjutsu he had prepared.
"Fire Style, Great Fireball Technique".
A huge fireball, with enough heat to burn a person to charcoal, enveloped Akira and Mito, without any sign of pretense at all.
*boom!*
A huge explosion resonate from the smoke, and after the explosion, only a weathered and batterd stone ball was left in its place.
As the stone ball begun to crumble, it revealed Akira who is bleeding profusely from being stabbed in the arm by a shuriken, and Uzumaki Mito, who was protected in his arms, crying profusely but unharmed.
"If you want to hurt her, you have to... umm.... step over my dead body. Yes, that's right. Step over it."
Seeing the original being busy showing off that to the point that he even forgot his lines, the two shadow clones suddenly wanted to act as if neither of them are connected to the original out of shame..