Chapter 19: Vortex Princess
This resurrection, Brown Bear Squad Leader still sent Yoru to capture a Cloud Ninja Squad Leader alive.
In the previous life, using exploding tags to ambush Cloud Ninja, Yoru remembered the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader’s landing position after jumping, and buried a second exploding tag trap.
Having a plot advantage was convenient.
This time, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader fell into the second exploding tag trap, spitting blood, and struggled to stand up leaning on his ninja sword.
Yoru and the Cloud Ninja fought one-on-one.
He drew his short sword, not a kunai.
He hadn’t used a sword much before, but now holding the sword, it felt like an extension of his arm, as natural as his own fingers.
Clang!
The ninja sword and ninja sword clashed, emitting a crisp sound of metal striking metal.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader was startled, not because this Anbu was particularly strong, but because the Anbu Ninja’s movements were identical to his, even the speed was exactly the same.
They clashed swords three times in a row, evenly matched each time.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader felt like every one of his movements could be read by the opponent.
Yoru was secretly delighted in his heart; by closing the gap in sword technique, both sides were back on equal footing.
A ninja sword had greater power than a kunai, suitable for facing Cloud Ninja who had both speed and strength.
As time passed, with constant exchanges of moves, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader grew weaker and weaker, the injuries from the exploding tag worsening.
He felt like he had encountered a Uchiha Ninja.
Every sword swing could be anticipated by the opponent.
Yoru’s sword technique could be said to completely replicate the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader; the system reward was related to his previous death.
Two minutes later, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader could no longer hold on and was slashed on the wrist by Yoru.
The Cloud Ninja’s ninja sword dropped.
After continuously severing the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader’s hand tendons and foot tendons, and breaking his arms, Yoru hoisted him up and headed to the seaside to find the Squad Leader.
Many troubles occurred along the way.
At first, the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader was uncooperative, bouncing on Yoru’s shoulder like a shrimp, so Yoru had to stab a kunai into his lower back.
Later, blood came from his mouth as he tried to commit suicide again, so Yoru had to stuff something into his mouth.
While hurrying, Yoru looked up at the moon.
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The full moon was like a silver plate, the moonlight like white frost.
He had another resurrection opportunity.
Yoru expended quite some effort to deliver this Cloud Ninja Squad Leader to the seaside.
Brown Bear Squad Leader saw Fox carrying a person back and once again affirmed his own judgment.
An Anbu who constantly completes missions is the best Anbu.
Fox’s performance far exceeded expectations; completing a live capture mission made him a capable subordinate.
“Captain Bao Mao, interrogate this Cloud Ninja Squad Leader with Fox, find out what they’re doing in the Land of Waves.”
“Yes, Squad Leader.”
Captain Bao Mao was the Squad Leader of another squad.
Yoru followed along, wanting to see how Captain Bao Mao interrogated.
After watching for a few minutes, Yoru turned his body halfway.
Compared to his own method of severing hand and foot tendons, Captain Bao Mao was much more professional.
The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader kept twitching and grunting muffledly, but unfortunately his mouth was blocked, so he couldn’t shout loudly.
Under the torment, the Cloud Ninja’s eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, as if he had pinkeye.
Yoru chatted about other topics: “Captain Bao Mao, you have three team members, give me one.”
“Fox Captain, I value my companions second only to valuing the mission.”
“Who values it isn’t valuing it? Give me one, and I’ll help you value it.”
The two haggled for a bit, but unfortunately Captain Bao Mao wouldn’t budge and refused to give Yoru a team member.
Yoru was a lone captain with no one to scout intelligence or draw fire for him.
The interrogation continued from noon to evening, then from evening to midnight.
In the latter half of the night, Captain Bao Mao, panting heavily, went to Brown Bear Squad Leader’s side to report the interrogation results.
“What?” Brown Bear Squad Leader’s tone was full of shock; after thinking, he said: “Go find the Captain immediately and report our intelligence.”
The nearby Cloud Ninja squads were all diversions.
The Cloud Ninja’s true purpose was to hold high-level talks between Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village at the other end of the Land of Waves.
Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village had formed an alliance!
In the Ninja World War, an alliance between any two sides would make Konoha extremely uncomfortable.
Brown Bear Squad couldn’t wait for another squad and set out overnight to find the Captain.
The Captain wore a Kiiroinu Mask; after hearing Brown Bear’s report, he signaled the communication ninja to contact Anbu Headquarters immediately.
Yoru was far from Kiiroinu Captain and didn’t know what method the battalion used to contact headquarters.
One by one, red signal flares shot into the sky; this was the Anbu highest assembly order.
All Anbu who saw the signal flares had to assemble immediately.
Two Anbu Battalions short on personnel due to deaths and injuries quickly headed to the northeast direction of the Land of Waves.
The atmosphere was extremely tense; Anbu abandoning the original mission meant the new situation was more critical and higher priority.
“Hurry! We must make it in time!”
Brown Bear Squad Leader said to his three Squad Leaders:
“Hidden Whirlpool Village failed to seal the Three-Tails, and the sealing operation was sabotaged by Hidden Mist Village.
Hidden Mist Village used this as an excuse to declare war on Hidden Whirlpool Village.
Combined with our intelligence, Hidden Cloud Village may declare war together.
Whirlpool Clan’s Princess Kushina Uzumaki is being chased and killed by Mist Ninja.
We must protect Princess Kushina Uzumaki; she absolutely cannot fall into Hidden Mist Village’s hands.”
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki change was imminent, and Konoha Village urgently needed a new Jinchuriki.
For the new Jinchuriki, Danzo Shimura personally went to Hidden Whirlpool Village and got rebuffed.
For sealing jutsu, Anbu secretly seized Uzumaki Clan’s sealed scrolls in the Land of Waves.
Anbu received a death order to protect the Whirlpool Princess at all costs.
That princess possessed the strongest sealing talent, was a natural-born Jinchuriki, and was Konoha’s chosen second-generation Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
At the beach on the eastern side of the Land of Waves, Konoha Anbu finally saw the Whirlpool Ninja.
More than thirty Whirlpool Ninja were protecting a little girl in the center.
The Whirlpool Princess had a head of red hair, the color of a tomato, about seven or eight years old.
At this moment, she was fearfully watching one of her cousins die in front of her.
Facing the Whirlpool Ninja were two groups of people.
One group was over a hundred Mist Ninja who had just landed, the other was Cloud Ninja circling to the flank, preparing to encircle the Whirlpool Ninja.
Kiiroinu Captain ordered: “At all costs! Protect the Whirlpool Princess!”
Kiiroinu Battalion went to intercept the Mist Ninja, while the other battalion went to intercept the Cloud Ninja.
One by one, Anbu charged forward.
Yoru noticed that only he, as a Squad Leader, had no one behind him.
He was both captain and team member, alone and weak in numbers, so it should be reasonable for him to be slowed down by the reefs, right?
The two Captains at the forefront had strength at least at Jonin level.
Their Fire Release instantly covered half the beach.
“Fire Release! It’s Konoha Anbu!”
The Whirlpool Ninja’s shouts were full of joy.
They were allies of Hidden Whirlpool Village!
Mist Ninja stood at the seaside, surrounded by water, convenient for using Water Style.
Water Dragons and Flame Bullets collided, stirring up countless white mist.
Kiiroinu Captain shouted: “Whirlpool Ninja! Take Princess Kushina Uzumaki and go quickly!”
