Reko laughed, causing Genma to feel even more ashamed. It would have been better if he had kept his mouth shut.
…
"It's not like that!!! If I use it then I will need my other two teammates to join me. It's a formation of sorts, taught by lord fourth."
Genma clarified, emphasizing the words that he was taught by none other than the genius Minato, the previous Hokage himself.
If Reko really bothered to ask Tsunade then he would realise that Genma was not lying.
"Really?"
Reko put on a pretense, appearing as if he believed the latter's words.
"You could try learning the technique. I believe you will be able to learn that with ease."
Genma hid his smile as he suggested this. He wanted Reko to feel the despair of learning a space time ninjutsu, that is if he even managed to sense it!!!
Their conversation continued, discussing mundane topics.
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A day later, they finally reached the hideout.
The secret hideout of Orochimaru in the Land of sound.
The lab was built underground in a remote location, hidden from the onlooker's eyes.
"This place is quite…"
"Ominous?"
Genma completed the sentence for Reko. The place was dimly lit as the duo walked underground they began to find traces of activities.
"Correct! Ominous, this place is giving the vibes of a grave."
Reko muttered slowly, enough for anyone hiding away in the lab to hear them.
"There are quite a few…"
Genma also did not stop and continued to chat. His body however was ready to react to any ambush.
Just as they were glancing around, checking out the items of the lab carelessly, a quick punch approached Genma from the wall of the lab.
The wall crumbled, revealing the figure of a burly man with huge arms. The menacing arm aimed at Genma's careless figure seemed to be only a few inches away from destroying him.
Just as the hand came really close to Genma's face, he side stepped and held the ambusher by his hand before throwing him hard on the ground, cracking the floor.
The senbon from his mouth darted away at the ambusher, penetrating the opponents skin, disabling a big part of his movements.
"Argh!!"
The ambusher stood up instantly, his hands full of black curse marks appearing in Reko's and Genma's vision.
"Who's this we have here?"
Reko muttered in surprise, the ambusher was one of the sound four members, the earth release user who had really high strength.
Standing up, the ambusher did not waste time in using his full strength of the curse mark. The curse marks fully covered his face and limbs, the colour of his eyes changed to a demonic yellow.
'Jirobo? Curse mode level 2'
Genma and Reko were alerted from the change in aura, the opponent had become stronger in an instant.
"Haha. You leaf shinobis. Not again!!"
The opponent seemed familiar with the duo, laughing, condescending as he lunged at them with his elevated strength.
Genma took the front and exchanged moves with the boosted opponent, Jirobo. Reko stood in the back as it appeared that the sound four member had managed to survive, and his strength had reached Jonin level.
"He is weak in combat, though his strength is similar to mine."
As expected Genma soon commented, he was taking the hits from Jirobo well. Though, he tried to avoid most of it because of the high strength contained in those fists.
'His strength seems to have grown.'
Genma thought, feeling the muscles where he took the attack sting in pain. He concentrated his senbon attacks on the vulnerable spots, aiming to disable the familiar looking opponent's movement.
Last time, he and his friends had just come back from completing the mission. He was out of chakra, and the members of sound 4 almost defeated them and got away with ease.
"Earth release: Mud wall"
'He is tough. Even if I beat him, I won't have enough sanity to fight the other one.'
Jirobo formed a wall of defense and blocked the thin and tiny senbons from Genma. He looked enraged, and jumped over to Reko, attempting to knock out Reko before running away.
Curious, Reko blocked the first attack from Jirobo with his bare hands, wanting to test out the opponent's strength.
'He is stronger than me.'
Blocking the attack once, Reko backed away, kicking Jirobo in his chest. Though physically strong, Jirobo had his combat senses dulled.
The battle continued as the duo of leaf shinobi teamed up to quickly defeat the opponent. They could not risk the items in the lab being destroyed.
Using the distraction from Reko, Genma targeted the vulnerable neck and other joints, quickly throwing the thin needle like senbons.
Jirobo struggled for a second, causing Reko to use this opportunity to aim at his head. He managed to keep the attack from hitting his head but his chest was struck hard instead.
However, Jirobo's tenacity was something else. He roared, getting up almost instantly even after the bone under his chest seemed to have broken.
But Reko was not alone, Genma took the opportunity and instantly unalived Jirobo. The opponent's beast like skin and flesh was tough but nothing Genma couldn't penetrate.
From behind the enraged Jirobo, Genma attacked his neck and back of the brain, nearly making him a porcupine with all those senbons.
Thud!!
"I did not expect him to survive."
Genma commented as he took a good look at the dead opponent's face, recalling the fight that day. There were many deaths and he had not expected this guy to survive those all.
"You fought against him?"
Reko asked, he was curious how Jirobo had survived against Genma and the team. Even though they were out of chakra, they were special Jonins.
Even right now, Reko could take the curse mode user Jirobo with just his bare strength and taijutsu. Genma and his teammates did not sound so strong anymore.
"I did. There were four of these guys and I was out of chakra."
Genre looked at Reko, realising the hidden thoughts that Reko had chosen not to say. He could only comment that he was exhausted.
He wanted to explain but gave up. There was no coming back from this!!
However, Reko did not seem to be intent on making fun of him. The boy was busy with collecting the items from the lab, sealing them in his scroll.
(How does curse mode sound as the next Steal target?)
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