Chapter 61: My Corpse
Day 14 finally arrived.
The entire daytime, people came and went in the Senju Compound, with no abnormalities.
Late at night, Yoru stood at the top of Hokage Rock, using a telescope to look far into the direction of the Senju Compound.
Behind him, Senju Ka and Kamachi waited patiently.
Senju Ka saw Yoru put down the telescope and asked, “The Uzumaki Clan Annihilation, did the Anbu really participate?”
Yoru nodded and said, “Of course. Konoha’s sluggishness was very unusual. Cloud Ninja and Mist Ninja had already reached Hidden Whirlpool Village, yet Konoha’s intelligence system knew nothing, which was too strange.”
Senju Ka nodded; his son did not die to a spy, but because he contacted the remnants of his wife’s Uzumaki Clan and was killed by Konoha Anbu.
His son could not have died silently in an alley in Konoha Village; someone must have impersonated his son’s acquaintance and ambushed him successfully.
Yoru said:
“The Uzumaki Clan survivors believe that Konoha Anbu cut off Mito Uzumaki’s communication with the outside world under the pretext of transferring the Nine-Tails seal.
Lord Mito Uzumaki knew nothing of the truth behind the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation.
The Uzumaki Clan wanted Princess Kushina to seal the Three-Tails, so Konoha decided to abandon the Uzumaki Clan.
Konoha not only stood by, but also blocked the news.
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi finally took over 2000 ninja to Hidden Whirlpool Village, but it was just a final show, to preserve a relationship that did not break the alliance.”
Kamachi had also participated in that rescue mission, and he kept nodding.
Everything matched up.
Poor his disciple; Kashi had contacted such a secret, his past values collapsed, and it turned out the village was not the village he imagined.
In the end, he was killed by Anbu.
Yoru said:
“During the day, the Senju Compound’s defenses were tight; we’ll infiltrate after midnight tonight, when the Senju Compound relaxes.
Uncle Ka, please take me to Lord Mito Uzumaki’s mansion; I have important intelligence from Yuka Uzumaki.
As long as we deliver the intelligence to Lord Mito Uzumaki, we can definitely prove the truth of the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation.”
Senju Ka nodded, his eyes filled with resolute determination to die. He said, “You said last night that there are traitors within the Senju Clan, right?”
To prevent Senju Ka from acting early, Yoru had made up this reason, and now continued to deceive him:
“Yes, there are traitors within the Senju Clan; those traitors have defected to the village.
They know the truth of the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation; if you act rashly, you might be killed by them.
The most important thing now is to directly find Lord Mito Uzumaki and avoid the intelligence being intercepted by those traitors.
Your son died so suspiciously, stabbed in the back of the head with a kunai; it must have been a familiar person, possibly a traitor within the Senju Clan.”
Senju Ka nodded repeatedly; this young man was indeed worthy as an insider sent by the Uzumaki Clan, with clear and logical analysis.
Seeing he had convinced Senju Ka, Yoru turned to overlook Konoha Village.
Tonight, my death will exceed your imagination!
“Drink! Drink, keep drinking!”
At midnight, Senju Ka was in the center, drunk and staggering.
The two beside him supported him as they walked into the clan compound.
The guards saw it was Senju Ka and knew his son had just died not long ago, when his mood was at its worst.
This was him drunk and sent back by friends; the guards said nothing more and let them in.
The person on Senju Ka’s left was Kashi Senju’s teacher, who often came to the Senju Clan.
The person on the other side was unfamiliar, a young man, perhaps Kashi Senju’s friend.
Yoru glanced with his peripheral vision at the big trees around the Senju Compound; he was very familiar with the Anbu surveillance points, facing away from all Anbu surveillance squads.
After the three entered the Senju Compound, they walked inward through the alley between the central and right paths.
Their pace was not fast, swaying left and right.
Yoru counted in his heart.
Entering the first courtyard…
Second courtyard…
Third courtyard…
After passing the fourth public courtyard, they were about to reach the target courtyard.
Senju Ka had said that the fifth courtyard was Clan Head Rinki’s mansion, and the sixth was Mito Uzumaki’s mansion.
As they approached the outer wall of the sixth courtyard, the three began to sprint.
Senju Ka wore a prosthetic limb, yet his speed was extremely fast.
Yoru took out a kunai, with steel wire tied behind it, densely covered with over a hundred exploding tags.
“You!”
Senju Ka was just about to say, you’re carrying so many exploding tags, which doesn’t look like coming to explain the truth to Lord Mito Uzumaki.
The next instant, Senju Ka saw Yoru throw the kunai with exploding tags toward the back wall of Clan Head Rinki’s mansion and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was to deal with the clan head; that was fine.
Whether Clan Head Rinki was a traitor or not, for the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation, the current Senju Clan Head at least bore the blame of incompetence.
Senju Ka’s wife was from the Uzumaki Clan, a gentle and resilient woman who left many fond memories in the first half of his life.
After Clan Head Tobirama’s sacrifice, the clan gradually realized that Clan Head Rinki’s strength was insufficient to lead the Senju Clan back to its peak at the time of the village’s founding.
He wondered who could become the pillar for the Senju Clan’s revival after Princess Tsunade and young master Nawaki grew up.
Continuous exploding tags exploded at the back wall of Rinki Senju’s mansion.
Thick smoke, loud blasts, shattered the night’s tranquility.
Yoru shouted, “You two go find Lord Mito Uzumaki; I’ll hold off Senju Rinki for you!”
Senju Ka felt a surge of emotion; the insider from the Uzumaki Clan was worth entrusting.
Tonight, this young boy would inevitably die, so resolute in his death.
After blasting open the back wall, Yoru looked toward the study.
In the study, Senju Rinki still held a scroll in his hand, looking at something.
After seeing Yoru, Senju Rinki’s eyes were full of rage.
“Where did this little thief come from!”
Senju Rinki used Body Flicker Technique to rush out of the breach toward Yoru.
Yoru had sought out Senju Rinki, but did not want to be crippled by him and then sent for interrogation; that would be pointless trouble.
So…
“Senju Rinki! You’ve disgraced the entire Senju Clan!
You good-for-nothing second generation waiting to die! You’re trash!
Even tying a ninja dog to the clan head position would do better than you!
You can’t protect the Uzumaki Clan, nor your mom!
You…”
Senju Rinki’s breathing stopped, his nostrils flaring with anger.
He stomped his foot and Body Flickered in front of Yoru, unleashing a furious full-power punch.
A super strength punch smashed into Yoru’s chest, collapsing it instantly.
With pain nerves collapsed, Yoru no longer felt pain.
What pierced his arm?
Oh, his own ribs.
Kamachi, watching from behind, was stunned.
Wasn’t it?
Weren’t they here to explain the truth to Mito Uzumaki?
Did this young man hate Senju Rinki that much?
If unaware, one might think Senju Rinki annihilated the Uzumaki Clan; this young man was too reckless.
Senju Rinki smashed the foul-mouthed little thief flying and saw the backs of Senju Ka and Kamachi.
The two were rushing toward Mito Uzumaki’s mansion.
“What are you doing!”
Senju Rinki thought Senju Ka had become a traitor and wanted to kill his mother Mito Uzumaki.
“Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!”
After three hand seals, a water dragon appeared, surging toward Senju Ka and Kamachi.
Kamachi stood on the wall, turning to block the Water Dragon Bullet.
“Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!”
The Earth Style Wall blocked for a moment, then was quickly washed away.
Senju Rinki’s strength, though not matching the brothers Hashirama and Tobirama, was that of a long-time elite jonin.
Senju Ka’s voice was extremely high-pitched and sharp in the night sky.
“Lord Mito! Konoha Anbu participated in the Uzumaki Clan’s…”
Senju Rinki’s Water Style proficiency was extremely high; after the Water Dragon Bullet hit the Earth Style Wall, it quickly split into three smaller Water Dragon Bullets, undiminished in momentum, bypassing the broken Earth Style Wall and slamming into Senju Ka’s back.
Senju Ka had been retired for years, his strength greatly declined, and he was smashed to the ground by the Water Style.
His last few words did not make it out.
He lay on the ground, chest and back shattered, vomiting blood, raising his arm to reach vainly toward Mito Uzumaki’s residence.
A ninja sword pierced Senju Ka’s head.
Kiiroinu Captain suddenly appeared here.
Even until Senju Ka’s death, he did not see the residence door open.
Yoru also breathed his last.
Senju Rinki’s super strength punch had shattered Yoru’s ribs, piercing his heart.
He saw countless ninja jumping from the walls into the Senju Compound, rushing toward Mito Uzumaki’s direction.
【Host Death detected, Moon Arc System activating…】
It came; he wondered what good things it could draw!
