Snippet #2617287

The sight of several dozen bandits grasping for a piece of the physical world to guide them in broad day light may have puzzled a passing trader, but to Shinji the affair was more of an experiment into the effects of sudden blindness on working people.

"You...bastard, what did you to me! I can't see!" said one of the bandits before Shinji knocked him out, keeping the man handy for further questioning. Despite the easy victory, casting the genjutsu had been far more difficult then Shinji was accustomed to for some reason.

"You baka! what do you expect after pumping unsupervised electric currents into your chakra system?" . Said a small four foot humanoid black rat by Shinji's side. Most summoners would have been surprised to see their summons appear without being called, but Shinji had become accustomed to this habit of theirs long ago. Most rats where egocentric with a sharp tendency to avoid work like the plague, but Rikard and his litter where quite literally a different breed.

"I don't recall calling for your aid, did you not receive a commission to manage Rat Central's labor exchange?" Asked Shinji, fending off several of the sword wielding bandits who had not been rendered blind by his Genjutsu.

Covering his back from one of the sword wielders, the rat shared the agitation of his kin for having had to fight in the first place but seemed to uncharacteristically revel in his victory once he had defeated his foe.

"Whats the point, nobody ever turns up; its the reason that job is so hard to get your paws on. Anyway, your Chakra control is a mess because your network is all fuzzed up from the contact between your electric currents and the net's current. It will take a good nights rest to repair the damage but for the time being don't count on your more advanced Genjutsu's to work properly". As if secretly collaborating with the rat's attempts to undermine his summoners competence, two of the blinded bandits seemed to regain their sight and attacked. Shinji and Rikard wasted no time in dealing harshly with their enemies and ending their lives rather then prolong the battle.

"It was that or lose the ability to use chakra in this battle, at least ninjutsu seems to work alright" answered Shinji as he took out the remaining bandits still trapped in the Genjutsu.

Shinji flickered back to his genin, confident that he had taken out most of the net launchers. To say that he was impressed with the abilities of his students was a sure statement. Though he technically had one chunin in the group, Shinji suspected that all of his students where all pretty close to chunin level already. The sudden explosions left Shinji with little time to plan a complicated defense, but fortunately for him several pools of water left over by some of his his water clones gave him enough material with which to cast the Water Formation Wall Jutsu.

The wall had grown six feet in height before it crumbled under the strain of the attacks. But the wall served its purpose and protected Shinji and the students behind him at that moment from the attack.

"Alright everybody, well done, pull back into formation, we are breaking out of this kill zone". Said Shinji, sighing as he noticed Rikard had buggered off, probably to loot the bodies of the fallen enemies.