4 Chapter 4. Smashed to Pieces

Chat GPT did an update and I didn't notice. The changes were making it wonky and starting over from the beginning instead of translating the text as requested. I'll have to redo these chapters again from scratch. Now that I know what is going on I know which protocol I need to use moving forward to make sure there are no more repeats. Apologies.

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The man's head exploded like a watermelon.

Samui, who was nearby, hadn't reacted yet when she was splattered with the warm "watermelon juice", which flowed down her face and shoulders.

"..."

Samui's lips parted slightly, truly stunned this time. Dan looked at the scene, his eyebrows furrowing slightly.

He had intended only to knock out the bald man, not to be so brutal. He didn't expect that using only a fraction of his strength would still cause the man's skull to burst. This was due to his lack of practical experience and having killed too few people.

He'd have to be more careful next time.

A gust of wind blew, dispersing the smoke.

On the bridge, Samui, covered in blood, was completely stunned.

The leader of the spies lay dead at her feet, his head gone, and blood still spurting from his neck.

This scene left the remaining four spies and the police department's personnel dumbstruck.

A palm-sized scroll rolled out from the dead spy leader's chest, apparently containing important information.

The scroll rolled to Dan's feet, catching his eye.

"Retrieve the scroll!"

The remaining four spies came back to their senses, their eyes blazing with fury, and without hesitation, charged at Dan.

As spies, they wouldn't seek revenge for their dead comrade, but they had to retrieve the important information, because it was more important than their lives.

Kill!

The four men's speed dramatically increased, releasing an astonishing killing intent, and with an unstoppable, heroic spirit, they charged at Dan.

Each of them wielded a kunai or a ninja sword. Two of them leapt high into the air, aiming for Dan's eyes and throat from above, while the other two aimed for Dan's abdomen and heart from below.

The four men attacked simultaneously from different angles, their coordination reaching the pinnacle.

Not good.

Seeing this, Samui instantly snapped back to reality and was greatly alarmed.

Because she recognized these men as... ninja from the Hidden Rain Village!

The Hidden Rain Village is a small village that dares to challenge the three major ninja villages of the Leaf, Sand, and Stone at the same time.

The Hidden Rain excels at pushing a ninja's abilities to the limit and has developed many unique assassination techniques. The number of ninja in the Hidden Rain is not large, but each one is a powerful elite.

At such a close distance.

Facing the encircling attack of four Hidden Rain ninja, even a Leaf Jonin could fall with one mistake.

In this critical moment.

"Boss, be careful!"

Samui didn't have time to think. She let go of the bag filled with food ingredients and pulled out a short blade from somewhere.

She clearly realized that if she didn't act, both she and Dan would likely die.

So.

She must block one or two attacks for Dan to give them a chance to survive.

Before Samui could finish speaking, the enemy was already in front of her.

Well, well, well, there's no other way.

Facing these vicious enemies, Dan sighed inwardly.

He was still holding the vegetables, leaving only one hand free. Of course, handling four enemies with one hand was not impossible, but it would take a bit more time.

What concerned him was the foolish Samui.

If she exposed herself here, she probably wouldn't be able to find such a good helper to do his laundry and cooking again in the future.

It seemed that he had to use the power of the World once more.

A quick fight.

Thinking this, Dan's eyes turned cold, and he mentally invoked that incantation.

The World!

In an instant.

With a humming sound.

A strange power radiated from Dan, faster than the speed of light, spreading in all directions. The world lost its color wherever it reached, like an old black and white photograph that had frozen time.

The flock of birds flying across the sky;

The Leaf River flowing under the bridge;

The leaves rustling in the wind by the bank;

The panicked citizens on the street...

Everything, living or non-living, stood still.

The four Amegakure spies in front of Dan also froze, each holding their poses as if turned to stone. One of them even had his ninja blade less than two inches away from Dan's throat.

The expression on his face was one of certainty, his eyes filled with maniacal joy as if he was about to kill Dan.

The Stand "The World," over ten feet tall and clad in white armor, quietly appeared behind Dan, overlooking everything like a divine spirit.

Dan's time with his Stand was short, and he hadn't mastered his power very well. At the moment, he could only stop time for two seconds.

But for him, that was more than enough.

So...

"Muda, muda, muda, muda!"

In less than a second, both Dan and The World swung their fists, landing two punches each on the four enemies.

Then, they pulled their punches back.

As The World retreated back into Dan's body...

Time resumed its flow.

With a smack.

The plastic bag filled with ingredients in Samui's hand had just fallen to the ground after she let go.

She held a dagger, ready to rush forward—

Boom!

A massive shockwave erupted from Dan, like a gust of wind suddenly rising from flat ground, rolling out in all directions.

This was the delayed punch wind, appearing after time resumed its flow following the end of the time stop.

At the same time.

Thud Thud Thud Thud!

Accompanied by four consecutive heavy dull noises, the four Amegakure spies all flew back together, as if they were cannonballs shot out, flying at high speed in the air.

Seconds later.

Boom Boom Boom Boom!

The first one hit a tree by the roadside, breaking it in half with a crack, his body impaled by the branches, bleeding profusely;

The second one flew off the bridge and fell into the Leaf River, causing a water column several meters high, quickly turning the nearby river water bright red;

The third one skimmed the ground, crashing into a high wall on the side of the street, instantly causing debris to fly and the wall to collapse, burying the person and raising a large amount of dust;

The last one, like a skipping stone, collided with the road surface several times, finally becoming a bloody, muddled mess, falling in front of the police department personnel.

Two dead, two seriously injured.

The two seriously injured were the handiwork of The World. As for the two who died on the spot, they were just unlucky, having taken punches from Dan.

Dan's power is above the Stand World.

After Dan made his move.

The area was deathly quiet at first, nobody saw clearly what had happened.

Then, the villagers who came to their senses, screamed and scattered in all directions.

The streets quickly became deserted, leaving only Dan and Samui, as well as the shocked personnel of the police department.

"Director, Director..."

Samui looked up, her eyes wide in shock as she stared at Dan's profile, her heart unable to calm.

"Put the knife away," Dan glanced at her and reminded.

At this time.

The personnel of the police department also came to their senses, and walked towards Dan and Samui with serious expressions.

The man in the lead was a brown-haired man with a pair of crimson Sharingan eyes, frowning, giving off an unapproachable, cold and ruthless feeling.

His name was Uchiha InoHika, a Jonin of the Leaf Village, and also the leader of the police force squad.

"You are... Dan?!"

InoHika arrived in front of Dan and, after carefully recognizing the latter's facial features, asked with uncertainty.

"It's InoHika, long time no see."

Dan raised his hand and greeted the other party.

Dan and InoHika were about the same age, knew each other since childhood, and even had some disagreements in their teenage years. Although they were not friends, they were not enemies either.

After all, they were both Uchiha, with the same blood flowing in their veins.

"How did you manage to take out four enemies instantly... How did you do it?"

InoHika stared straight into Dan's eyes, asking with a burning gaze, the pair of crimson eyes exerting a great mental pressure.

From his point of view, all he saw was four spies attacking Dan, and in the blink of an eye, they were all flung away—dead or injured. The most baffling part was that Dan only used one hand, his other still carrying groceries. Even with the potent dynamic vision of the three-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Inohi couldn't discern how Dan had executed his move.

Facing Inohi's interrogation, Dan casually responded, "As you saw, I sent them flying."

Inohi stared at Dan for a long moment, ultimately deflating, gritting his teeth and saying, "You...you really haven't changed at all."

Uchiha Inohi was reminded of a regretful part of his childhood. Back then, he attended the same ninja academy as Dan, witnessing firsthand as Dan beat a Chunin teacher into submission—an experience that left a deep impression on his young mind.

Dan's misbehavior had tarnished the reputation of the Uchiha clan, and it indirectly impacted Inohi, making his academy days less than pleasant. After becoming a Chunin through his own strength, Inohi immediately challenged Dan, wanting to discipline the arrogant individual who had irked him.

But the result was that in front of many clan members, Inohi was beaten by Dan without being able to fight back. After Dan moved out of the Uchiha compound, Inohi saw him less frequently.

That Dan—he had never given up his training and remained...terrifyingly strong.

"Captain," a police force member reported to Inohi about the conditions of the spies after conducting an investigation. Of the five spies, aside from the three who had died on the spot, the remaining two were on their last breaths from excessive blood loss and were unlikely to survive.

Inohi's brow furrowed more tightly. "Dan, you went overboard. You should have left at least two of them for us to take back to the police force for questioning," he coldly reproached Dan.

Dan, however, was dismissive: "The fate of spies is one thing—death. Isn't that right?"

Upon hearing this, Samui, who was standing to the side, went pale and her knees weakened. However, her skin was already quite fair, so her reaction wasn't noticed by Inohi and the others.

Inohi remained silent for a moment before speaking again, "Regardless, come with us for questioning about this incident. Don't worry, we won't make things difficult for you. Just go through the procedure at the police department and make a statement."

His tone was relatively polite. As the squad leader of the police force, he didn't want to provoke Dan, and so he unusually lowered his stance.

Unexpectedly, Dan, looking down at Inohi, responded in a calm tone that held no hint of a request but rather sounded more like...a command. "Inohi, don't make trouble for me."

Inohi's face shifted, and he instinctively took a step back.