“I predict the Hidden Leaf shall emerge victorious from this battle. Therefore, I shall let you three live. I, Hanzo, hereby name you the “Hidden Leaf’s Sannin.” Hanzo, The Salamander, decreed.
As Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru made their escape, a green blur rushed past them. “Dynamic Entry!” Hanzo was sent flying off of his summoning animal into the far distance as the green blur made themselves known. “Konoha’s Vicious Green Behemoth has arrived!” With a stomp of his foot, the massive salamander returned back to where it came in a poof of smoke.
“Duy?” Tsunade’s eyes widened.
“Great… I had to be saved by this guy of all people…” Jiraiya sighed.
“I’ve always wanted to witness the might of Duy’s taijutsu prowess.” Orochimaru took a seat as he happily stayed and watched.
“He’s a freak, plain and simple.” Jiraiya scoffed.
“Shut up, doofus!” Tsunade smashed her fist on the top of Jiraiya’s head. “You should be grateful that our ally came to our rescue.” A faint blush on her cheeks.
“Isn’t the princess a shy one? Your dashing prince came to your rescue even though we were being spared anyway.” Orochimaru couldn’t help but say.
“You wanna get hit too, ya snake bastard?” Tsunade held up her fist.
“I’ll refrain from talking about your child’s father.” Orochimaru wisely shut up as he focused back on the fight at hand.
Tsunade began healing Jiraiya’s critical injuries as he was unconscious.
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“So, you’re the Green Behemoth…” Hanzo clutched his aching chest with a few fractured ribs. “I see the rumors about your strength aren’t exaggerated in the slightest… Do forgive me if I have to go all out from the beginning.” Hanzo began to slowly swing his kusarigama before vanishing.
Might Duy pulled out his own trusty weapon—his nunchaku, created by an ability he’s had since he started his ninja journey. The deep ebony sticks, capped with polished steel, gleamed under the dim light, and the intricate dragon carvings along their length seemed to come alive in his grip. The reinforced chain connecting the two sticks clinked softly, a subtle warning of the power it could unleash. As Duy brought the nunchaku into position, the air around him seemed to hum with fighting energy. "I’ve heard tales of your prowess as well, Hanzo," Duy said, his voice calm but filled with resolve. "But today, you will witness the pinnacle of taijutsu!"
Hanzo’s eyes narrowed behind his mask, sensing the formidable aura emanating from the nunchaku. “A weapon like that in the hands of someone like you… this might actually be interesting,” he muttered to himself. Suddenly, Hanzo disappeared, utilizing his incredible speed. The ground where he stood a moment ago was empty, and the only sign of his movement was the faint whistling of his kusarigama slicing through the air. The silence that followed was deafening, a stark contrast to the chaos that was about to unfold.
Duy didn’t flinch. His instincts honed from years of relentless training, kicked in. He spun his nunchaku with blinding speed, the weapon becoming an extension of his own body. The air around him seemed to shimmer as the nunchaku moved, creating a near-impenetrable shield of wood and steel. In a flash, Hanzo reappeared, striking from above with his kusarigama aimed directly at Duy’s head. But Duy was ready. With a swift motion, he deflected the attack, the force of the impact sending a shockwave through the ground beneath them. The sound of steel meeting wood echoed across the battlefield.
Hanzo’s eyes widened behind his mask as his strike was effortlessly parried. “He’s faster than I anticipated,” he thought, immediately shifting tactics. With a flick of his wrist, he launched the kusarigama’s chain around Duy’s legs, attempting to bind him and limit his mobility. But Duy was already in motion. With a powerful stomp, he evaded the chain, spinning in mid-air as he brought his nunchaku down in a crushing arc toward Hanzo. The force of the attack was immense, and even though Hanzo managed to dodge, the ground where he stood cracked under the pressure of Duy’s strike.
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Realizing that brute force alone wouldn’t be enough to overcome Duy, Hanzo decided to employ his poison. He swiftly removed his mask, allowing his toxic breath to fill the air. The poisonous cloud began to spread rapidly, threatening to engulf Duy. But Duy wasn’t fazed. He twirled his nunchaku with incredible speed, creating a vortex of wind that pushed the poisonous cloud away, preventing it from reaching him. The wind generated by the spinning nunchaku was so powerful that it cleared the area around Duy, allowing him to breathe freely.
“What kind of monster…?” Hanzo was momentarily dumbfounded.
“Ho yah!” Duy appeared in front of Hanzo, his nunchaku uppercutting the legendary shinobi’s jaw, knocking him into the air.
Duy propelled himself upward, his foot colliding with Hanzo’s spine, sending the Salamander ninja hurtling further into the sky. Hanzo’s vision blurred as pain exploded from his back, the force of the strike shaking his entire body. The wind was knocked from his lungs before he could even process what had happened.
Not letting up, Duy propelled himself upward again, using the sheer force of his legs to kick off the air itself. He closed the distance in a heartbeat, his body a blur of motion as he chased after Hanzo.
Duy's next attack was a waist-shattering roundhouse kick that smashed into Hanzo's side, the impact reverberating through the air. Hanzo’s body twisted from the force, but Duy was relentless. He followed up with a bone-crushing punch to Hanzo’s chest, the blow powerful enough to shatter ribs and send Hanzo hurtling back toward the earth.
Before Hanzo could crash into the ground, Duy appeared beneath him, moving with incredible speed. In one fluid motion, Duy drove his leg upward, his foot piercing the sky as Hanzo’s descending body collided with it. The force was so immense that Hanzo’s body bent unnaturally around Duy’s stationary foot, the impact nearly breaking him in half.
“And that is the ferocious power of Konoha’s Vicious Green Behemoth!” Might Duy threw a thumbs up toward the Sannin still watching.
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“It was purely taijutsu…” Orochimaru couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Pure Taijutsu.” Tsunade couldn’t keep herself from smiling.
“Show off…” Jiraiya, having awoken already, rolled his eyes.
“The combined forces of our ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, were nothing against Hanzo. But this man soundly killed Hanzo with nothing but superhuman strength.” Orochimaru held great respect for the man.
As a shinobi unable to utilize ninjutsu or genjutsu, he has made a name for himself across the lands. Reaching the peak of ninja arts with just taijutsu. At first, Orochimaru despised and thought Duy was a poor excuse for a shinobi. It was only when he showed results and such prowess that he had no choice but to accept him. A shinobi can reach the top even with just taijutsu. Despite being younger than him, Orochimaru couldn’t claim half as many achievements as Might Duy. How he’s come so far with just taijutsu alone was a mystery he doubted he could ever solve.
After all, Tsunade herself even had superhuman strength. But Might Duy’s strength was quite a bit different from the Senju princess. If Tsunade’s superhuman strength was focused around being able to unleash great amounts of power in her attacks then Might Duy’s superhuman strength was focused around strengthening every single part of his body. Another way to look at it was if Orochimaru tried decapitating Tsunade, there was no doubt her head would go flying. However, if he tried that on something like Might Duy, his sword would get stuck in the shinobi’s absurdly dense muscles.
The man was an abomination in Orochimaru’s opinion. A walking freak of nature that was perhaps more muscle than man. There was not a single part of his body that wasn’t present with muscle if you excluded his eyes, ears, and other such things. Orochimaru wouldn’t even be surprised if he found some way to strengthen his inner organs like his outside muscles. He did hear a rumor of someone breaking their fingers on Duy’s eyeballs, whether that was an exaggeration or the truth, Orochimaru truly could not tell.
‘How is this even possible?’ Orochimaru muttered under his breath. Might Duy’s body defied every biological rule that Orochimaru had studied. His muscles weren’t just dense; they were beyond that—harder than steel, more durable than the most advanced armor, and yet flexible enough to perform the fluid, acrobatic movements Duy was known for. ‘Could his bones be reinforced to such an extent?’ Orochimaru’s mind raced. If only he had the chance to study Duy’s body up close… dissect it, understand it, and perhaps even replicate it.
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“Glad you all are safe. I’d love to stay and chat but the Hokage is throwing me all over the place in this war. See you at home, Tsunade.” Might Duy gave her a quick kiss on the lips before vanishing from this area in Amegakure. Tsunade’s cheeks blushed as she prepared herself to head back to Konoha.