Bullets of molten mud bombard the attacking shinobi, completely devastating their ranks. Those who are hit have searing holes burned through their flush, instantly killing them. The attacking ceases as five shinobi are hit by the surprise attack.

The Kurata clan members on the wall finally see a sliver of hope, if the attack pressed on the barrier would have been broken. If the other clans got in they would have no other choice but to join them, then they would have to fight Kiri to the death.

The allied clan shinobi scatter in different directions, besides the ones with the scarfs and waist guards, there is a third clan in this group. They are dressed in baggy purple robes and seem to be using fire jutsu.

Seeing the remaining shinobi scatter Mei holds two fingers next to her mouth while taking a deep breath. "Hidden Mist Jutsu."

Blowing out, a thick cloud of mist spreads rapidly throughout the area.

Zitsu loses sight of Mei, but with his sensory technique, he can tell she's still standing in front of him. Thinking about his sensory technique he remembers that modern knowledge seems to help his jutsu, something he's been completely ignoring as he was caught up in the mysticism. His knowledge of science is limited to things he looked up out of curiosity and videos he watched, but it could help.

As if to wake him up from his stupor, bright flashes and explosions take place in the mist. Mei's voice seems to pierce through the mist and enters his ears.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!" Fire spreads from her mouth, all the mist it passes by to evaporate instantly.

"AhhHhaA" Screams can be heard as the flame passes, and when the mist clears seven bodies can be seen charred black while two were blown apart by paper bombs.

The eight remaining shinobi begin forming hand seals at rapid speed, a look of fury on their face.

"Fire Release: Flame Bullet"x3

"Wind Release: Spiraling Wind Ball"x4

"Water Style: Raging Waves"

The different clans release their jutsus at the same time, all flying towards Mei.

Quickly making a hand seal she takes a breath.

"Water Release: Water Formation Pillar!" A wide arc of water spreads from her mouth, creating a giants wall of water. The techniques class and mei continues to be pushed back.

Seeing this Zitsu frowns "I can't just watch!" He quickly forms the tiger seal "Water Clone Jutsu!"

Spitting out a mouthful of water 35 clones are quickly formed.

[Chakra 22/282]

As his chakra runs low one of the clones in his pocket releases.

[Chakra 283/283]

His chakra is filled and he keeps shooting water from his mouth and makes 40 more clones.

[Chakra 43/283]

All 75 water clones run around Mei's wall of water and charge at the clan shinobi. The clones begin spreading out so they aren't all clustered around like ants.

Two of the ninjas shooting spiraling wind balls change their targets and begin decimating the clones. In the span of two seconds, over twenty clones were destroyed instantly.

Because two people backed off, the pressure on Mei lessened by quite a bit. Taking this chance Zitsu runs to the side and stares at the shinobi on the wall.

"What are you waiting for!" His face turns red as he yells at the top of his lungs pointing in the direction of the clan shinobi.

At this moment all the water clones are destroyed, and the wind begins bombarding the water wall again.

On the wall the ninja sees the kid screaming and pointing, but does nothing.

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Seeing this Zitsu's face lights up like a Christmas tree, gnashing his teeth he runs next to Mei. "These guys won't help us lets go!" as the words leave his mouth he finally realizes something. Why is she trying to defend instead of dodging?

"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!" From behind the clan shinobi, a torrent of molten mud spreads over their heads like a fishnet before raining down and quickly melting their bodies, not even giving them a chance to scream.

Zitsu's mouth hangs open as he looks at the Mei standing next to him. Suddenly she dissipates into a bundle of fog. Looking across the clearing he sees Mei walking over with a smile.

"You need to learn to keep calm during missions, panicking like that won't help okay?" Arriving next to him she pats his head.

Zitsu looks at her, unsure of how to feel. He ran around trying to save her, but she wasn't even here. "When?" He barely squeezes the words out of his mouth.

"What do you think the Hidden Mist Jutsu is for? As soon as I created the mist I replaced myself with a Skilled Mist Clone, a skill from my Kekkei Genkai Boil Release." She shakes her head "I said your judgment was bad. Creating all those clones didn't bring you any closer to your goal, only delayed the inevitable and wasted your chakra."

"Then what should I do when facing a stronger opponent? Just wait to die?" Zitsu's brows wrinkle.

Mei looks at him before walking towards the Kurata clan entrance "Yes, that is the life of a shinobi. If you can't beat a stronger opponent in a sneak attack, and they're not underestimating you, you will die."

Zitsu looks at her back, realizing how weak he is. The perks will only make him stronger if he is strong. Because he saw her chakra signature he never even thought that it could have been a clone, believing in his own lies and false information. Shaking his head he runs after her. "I need to train a lot more."

They walk up to the gate and wait for a moment. After a few minutes, noise can be heard from behind the gate as it begins to open, revealing an old man.

The man walked out of the gate with a hunched back, flanked by two middle-age ninjas. His hair was completely white and slicked back, his sunken eyes almost hidden by the wrinkles on his face, and wearing a brown robe with a red vest the man walks closer with a cane in hand.

"Ninja of Kiri" An old decrepit voice exits his mouth "We thank you for your timely assistance, but is there anything we can help you with that you are waiting outside our gate?" The wrinkles on the man's cracked lips begin to lift.

Hearing his words Mei frowns. "The other three clans of Yami Island are uniting."

"I'm well aware." The old man nods.

"And? Will you not help Kiri?! Or have you decided to join them?" Her eyes begin to narrow as she looks at the ninja as his side and on the wall.

"We Kurata will remain neutral in this endeavor." His smile gets wider.

Mei's eyes go cold "That wasn't one of the choices."

"Kukukuku, do you really Have time to fight us?" His brows lift releasing his dark sunken eyes "Aren't there more important things for you to do?"

Mei looks at him for a while before turning around "Let's go."

Zitsu looks at the old man before following Mei.

Looking up, he asks with a frown. "We're just going to let it go like that?"

"We don't have time to waste, you said the others were attacked so we can't stay in one place for long." Her face series, devoid of any sort of smile.

"What now? Do we just look for the others?" Zitsu asks with a frown "Or do we head back to Kiri?"

She shakes her head slowly "Going back will be impossible. If they dared to attack in the open, it means we were watched the moment we set foot on Yami Island. The boat and crew are probably at the bottom of the ocean right now, and without the seals on the bottom of the boat we will be attacked by creatures of the sea if we run back."

Zitsu's head lowers as they run through the forest, even though he tried his best to not treat this like a game, he still severely underestimated this world.

"We aren't without hope, if Shigeaki and Keisuke are still alive they will have gone to the Kiri bunker." Mei smiles at Zitsu, trying to lift his spirits.

"But they captured Roktah, won't they be able to find it?" Glancing over he tries to read her expressions to see if she is worried.

Mei smiles wryly "That's why we need to hurry." Grabbing Zitsu she begins running at top speed through the forest, her head moving on a swivel as she looks for any traps or ambushes.

Being carried makes Zitsu feel more helpless than he already is. Biting his teeth he releases all the clones in his pocket one by one. They have probably hit a wall on what they can learn individually, so it's time to consolidate their experiences to see if any of them have thought of a solution. The saying two heads are better than one can't be compared to eighteen of the same heads thinking of a solution.

[Chakra 305/305]

As the information compiles together his eyes gleam. He wasn't the only one to realize the usefulness of incorporating modern knowledge into jutsu, some figured it out even faster and incorporated it into the sensory training.

As the leader of an international fan club, he had to plan a lot of events, causing him to check the weather often. One day out of sheer curiosity he looked up how a weather radar works to see how accurate it was. He learned that they consist of two parts, a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter sends out constant mico pulses in every direction. When they encounter birds, bats, clouds, or anything else in the sky the pulses scatter. When the pulses scatter the bigger the object is, the more pulses it bounces back to the receiver.

Using this concept with chakra should dramatically increase his range. Closing his eyes he sends out consecutive pulses of chakra. The pulse travels further and further, totaling over three miles of coverage. He noticed numerous small chakra signatures, and with more practice, he may be able to filter them out, but more importantly, he noticed five large signatures to their west, heading in their general direction.

Zitsu's eyes turn cold, it's time they do the hunting. Twisting to look towards Mei, he taps her arm.