Chapter 86: Fission Dog
Entering the corpse tent, Purple Cat and Goat began collecting intelligence from the corpses.
Purple Cat was about to speak when Yoru first said to Goat: “Use Byakugan to first check around the tent to avoid eavesdroppers.”
Aries mask under activated Byakugan.
Looking around front, back, left, and right, no abnormalities were found.
Purple Cat then said:
“Captain, the wounds on the three corpses were all caused by the same ninja sword, but the wounds on the last corpse have various shapes, from ninja sword, steel wire, to kunai.
In other words, this time it was one Anbu who suddenly attacked and was then surrounded by three people.
That attacking Anbu was very strong, holding his own one against three, killing two in succession, and then perishing together with the last squad leader.”
Yoru thought for a moment and summarized:
“Anbu in pairs, Anbu in groups of four, the enemy could only control one person. What about the time of death?”
“According to the medical ninja’s records, the time of death was ten days ago.”
“Ten days ago… The several Anbu ninja from the Land of Fire who assassinated disobedient nobles also died around ten days ago. Either it’s a massive group, or the enemy has teleportation ability…” Yoru thought and said:
“Have the medical ninja register the corpses and send them back to the village for burial. Let’s go to the scene where this squad died and reconnoiter once.”
Just after leaving the corpse tent, Yoru saw Tsunade.
Tsunade seemed to be waiting for him.
Tsunade frowned, staring at Yoru and said: “Fox, I remember seeing you at Teacher Hiruzen’s place, and then encountering you two or three more times. You belong to Anbu’s Kiiroinu Battalion?”
“I am Anbu, I cannot proactively reveal my information.”
Tsunade said again: “I have a good impression of you. I remember you brought back key intelligence in the battle at Ushi-ga Mountain. On the night of the Nine-Tails transfer seal, were you also at the scene?”
“I cannot answer.”
Yoru thought to himself, this is not the era when Second Hokage Tobirama Senju was Hokage. Is it appropriate for you to bluntly ask an Anbu like this?
Seeing she couldn’t get anything out of him, Tsunade let Yoru leave.
Kato Dan walked over from not far away: “Tsunade, why did you hold back that Anbu?”
The matter of secretly investigating Anbu was known only to two people, Clan Head Senju Hanaki and Kato Dan.
Even Tsunade didn’t know Kato Dan was secretly investigating Anbu.
Tsunade said:
“Kushina wrote me a letter. She said she is very certain that there is an Uzumaki Clan member in Anbu, whose chakra contains the power of sealing jutsu.
If it weren’t for that Anbu helping her twice in succession, inputting chakra to her, she couldn’t have completed the seal.
If the Nine-Tails Seal hadn’t been completed, it wouldn’t be the current situation. Over nine hundred ninja of the Senju Clan might all have died at the hands of the Nine-Tails.
Fortunately, Kushina received help from that person in secret, otherwise the Senju Clan and clan annihilation would be no different.
I vaguely feel that this Fox is a bit different, but I’m not sure if it’s him.
If I could treat him once, that would be good. I could know whether he is really an Uzumaki Clan member.”
In the original plot, the Senju Clan was nearly annihilated due to the Nine-Tails transfer seal, and Tsunade’s only mental support became Kato Dan.
After Kato Dan died, Tsunade’s spirit completely collapsed, and she developed hematophobia.
Yoru changed part of the plot, and Tsunade’s mental will was much stronger.
The Senju Clan still exists, with Aunt Senju Hanaki maintaining the family’s operations and making Tsunade the young clan head.
“Kushina’s letter? Not afraid of it being cracked by Anbu or others?”
“Kushina’s letter used a seal. Without knowing the hand seals, it can only be destroyed, not opened.”
Kato Dan was very puzzled: “The Uzumaki Clan sent a spy into Anbu? That’s impossible. Even the Senju Clan now has no way to interfere with Anbu.”
Tsunade said: “I’m not certain either, but I trust Kushina’s judgment. She was a firsthand witness to the Nine-Tails transfer seal and has no reason to hide anything on this matter.”
Kato Dan thoughtfully looked toward Fox’s back.
Fox Squad left the camp, bypassing the frontline combat area, detouring deep into the Land of Rain.
The Anbu squad they were investigating died deep in the Land of Rain.
Yoru wore a cloak, running quickly through the rain.
In front of him were his three Anbu squads.
Logically, as squad leader, Yoru should rush to the forefront to prevent the squad from rashly entering a trap.
However, at this time, what needed more caution was a certain Anbu ninja suddenly turning hostile.
Everyone in each squad was under Yoru’s surveillance.
With Aries’s dojutsu, the squad avoided Rain Ninja outposts and arrived at the place where the Anbu squad was killed.
The squad spread out, searching for possible clues around.
Heavy rain poured down; even if there were some traces, they would be washed clean by the rain.
Yoru didn’t hold much hope either, going through the motions, waiting for the squad’s investigation results.
He looked up at the sky.
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Dark clouds obscured the full moon; above the dark clouds should be a full moon like a silver plate.
The rain was very cold, the night very chilly.
The three squads investigated for a long time and found nothing.
At that moment, a high-pitched dog bark startled everyone into turning to look into the distance.
Yoru was startled in his heart; that was… the Uzumaki Clan’s split dog?
The Uzumaki Clan’s legacy summoning beasts, such as Yatagarasu, were passed by the elders to Yuka Uzumaki.
Several large summoning beasts were the greatest reliance allowing Yuka Uzumaki and others to persist until now.
They hadn’t been in contact with Yuka Uzumaki recently. Could the Uzumaki remnants have encountered some threat, forcing them to use large summoning beasts in battle?
Yoru quickly looked at Aries. Aries activated Byakugan and looked in the direction of the barking.
“Squad Leader! Two kilometers due west, a summoning beast is rushing this way! The summoning beast is chasing three ninja… three Leaf Ninja!
The summoning beast is very fast; estimated to arrive here in a few minutes!”
Yoru thought and said: “We can’t abandon Leaf Ninja to die. Wait and see.”
Aries continued reporting:
“Captain, it’s a pursuit battle.
The fleeing side is three Leaf Ninja, carrying three people: two adults and one child.
The pursuing giant summoning beast split dog has records in Anbu; it is the village-protecting summoning beast of Hidden Whirlpool Village.
A woman stands on the split dog’s head.”
Yoru thought to himself, it really is Yuka Uzumaki.
Heavy rain fell from the sky, affecting Yatagarasu, so Yuka Uzumaki chose the split dog.
The 30-plus-meter-tall split dog was very fast, its four claws flipping through the rain.
Fox Squad inserted between the Leaf Ninja and the split dog.
Anbu ninja threw a series of exploding tags, which exploded on the split dog, causing it to grow several more heads.
Yoru didn’t want to fight Yuka Uzumaki in front of everyone. He shouted to the three Leaf Ninja:
“We are Konoha Anbu! Please follow us!”
However, the three Leaf Ninja acted like they were deaf and continued forward.
Purple Cat said: “Captain, they are controlled by genjutsu! One jonin, two special jonin, all under genjutsu!”
Yoru was stunned. Could his suspicion be wrong? The Anbu didn’t die at Kato Dan’s hand but due to genjutsu?
If killed by genjutsu, it would require many genjutsu ninja committing crimes in many places, impossible without leaving any trace.
Yoru was more willing to believe that what was before them was an accident.
Yoru looked at the increasingly close split dog and said:
“I’ll cover the rear! You continue escorting the village ninja and find a way to release their genjutsu!
Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu!”
After hand sealing, Yoru released a massive water wall.
Aries saw this scene and sighed in his heart: Fox Squad Leader’s strength is getting stronger and stronger.
Looking at the scale of this Water Style, he’s not far from jonin.
The split dog crashed into the Water Style, its body coming to an abrupt halt.
Yuka Uzumaki grabbed the split dog’s ear tightly, nearly flung into the surging water wall by inertia.
When she looked closely, she saw Fox behind the water wall.
It’s Fox!
Yoru secretly made a hand gesture, signaling Yuka to go in another direction.
