After completing the mission of collecting rare metals, Kirito and Tian Tian returned to the inn to meet up with Guy and the others.
Early the next morning, they still had to continue their journey to the Fire Country. As such, Kirito and Tian Tian, who had been busy for most of the night, quickly entered a state of rest.
The next morning, Guy and the others woke up one after another. After a simple wash up, they prepared to set off.
"Tian Tian, about last night, have you rested well?" Guy asked with concern.
Tian Tian waved her hand, indicating that she was fine. "I'm fine, I've already rested well. Furthermore, I didn't use much energy last night."
After speaking, Tian Tian turned her gaze to Kirito, her eyes twinkling. In last night's mission, it could be said that she didn't use much energy. However, when dealing with the Two-headed Giant Rat, it was Kirito who was fighting alone.
Although the light was dim and she wasn't able to see the situation clearly, she knew that the Spiritual Beast wasn't something to be trifled with. However, what was even more shocking was that Kirito had easily dealt with such a monster.
Noticing Tian Tian's gaze, Kirito smiled indifferently and nodded to her, indicating that he was in good spirits.
Although he had gone through a battle last night, in truth, Kirito didn't use much energy. This wasn't to say that the enemy was weak, but rather Kirito's unique fighting style. When the feints from the first few times didn't have any effect, and the various hidden weapons were ineffective against the enemy, he decisively used his trump card. Two shots from the sniper rifle accurately hit the enemy's vitals and killed it.
The journey seemed very simple, and the battle ended in an instant.
However, one shouldn't think that Kirito was already very powerful. In truth, this sniper rifle was already the weapon with the greatest killing power among all of Kirito's weapons. Furthermore, firearms had the advantage of catching the enemy off guard. If this still couldn't kill the enemy, then Kirito could only decisively take Tian Tian and flee.
The group led by Guy continued their short journey to the Fire Nation.
This place is located in the depths of the Land of Fire, so the probability of encountering enemies is quite low, and with Gai, one of Konoha's elite Jonin, there is naturally no danger.
With nothing to do along the way, Kirito was secretly thinking about his own situation.
Although the battle last night was not very intense, it ended very quickly.
However, Kirito was able to discern a lot of truth from it.
First of all, as an assassin, his Hidden Weapon Technique was already very good in terms of technique. It could even be said that he had reached the level of an expert.
Kirito conservatively estimated that in Konoha, there should be no more than five people who can surpass him in Shuriken Hidden Weapon Jutsu.
Presumably, the legendary Uchiha Itachi, who was said to be a master of Shuriken Jutsu, couldn't be better than this, right?
Of course, this couldn't be generalized. After all, up until now, Kirito hadn't really met an opponent who was stronger than him in the art of concealed weapons.
However, after last night's battle, Kirito also discovered a problem that he had never considered before.
That is, his Hidden Weapon Jutsu is powerful, but it's powerful only because the probability of hitting the enemy is very high, but the problem is that the physical damage caused by a single shot is very limited. For example, yesterday's two-headed giant rat, he used his superb Hidden Weapon Jutsu to accurately hit the target's head from the blind spot. The accuracy was good, but it didn't kill the target. The reason is that the strength of the Hidden Weapon Jutsu he launched needs to be improved.
If the strength is not enough, even if the thrown weapon can hit 100% of the time, it still can't hurt the target.
However, in fact, in the Ninja Academy, in the course of Shuriken, the teacher paid attention to the hit rate, not the strength. In fact, for Hidden Weapon Jutsu, the accuracy of the attack is much more important than the strength.
The lethality is not enough, but if it can hit the opponent, at least it can cause a certain amount of damage. However, if the strength is enough, but it can't hit the opponent, then it really has no effect at all.
Actual combat is the best way to improve one's strength. Kirito further understood his own strength, advantages, and relative shortcomings.
Kirito's Hidden Weapon Jutsu's hit rate is very high, but the strength is not enough. It can hit the target, but it can't kill the target. Then this shortcoming will have to be made up in the future.
Kirito decided that in the future, the extra attribute points reward will be focused on his own strength.
When his strength increases, then Kirito's Hidden Weapon Jutsu attack will not be as simple as hitting the enemy's body. It will be able to penetrate and cause more damage, or even kill the enemy in one hit!
In addition, as Kirito's strongest hot weapon so far, it has the greatest lethality, and its power is also reflected for the first time.
From the two-headed giant rat's corpse, he can estimate the degree of its physical defense. According to Kirito's actual estimate, within a range of 100 meters, the M700 light sniper rifle bullet can probably penetrate a defense like an earth wall.
Summon beasts are called "meat tanks" in the ninja world. It is difficult to kill them with ordinary ninjutsu. However, Kirito's sniper rifle, as long as it hits a vital point, it can cause great damage to the latter.
However, if it is used against a person, within 100 meters, no, a conservative estimate is within 50 meters, with the sniper rifle bullet's initial velocity of 777 m/s, there is probably no one who can dodge it, right?
Even the most powerful ninja, Kirito thought, would probably be able to barely avoid a vital point. It would be very difficult to completely dodge such a swift and violent attack.
This is also the biggest advantage of hot weapons. With the speed of a single shot, it is difficult to dodge with the speed of a human.
Of course, a sniper rifle emphasizes a one-shot kill. If the first bullet does not seriously injure or kill the opponent, it is very difficult for Kirito to have the opportunity to pull the trigger and fire a second bullet when facing a strong enemy.
Thus, until now, Kirito felt that what he needed the most was his strength, stamina, agility, and endurance attributes.