Chapter 217: The Shocked Zabuza
Momochi Zabuza finally dragged his heavily injured body back to the Hidden Mist Village. The bandages simply wrapped around his body had already begun to seep blood, and his pale face was full of weak expressions.
But at this moment, he had no time to care about the injuries on his own body or whether they would endanger his own life.
He also did not rush to the Hidden Mist Hospital in the Hidden Mist Village to seek treatment from the medical team’s ninjas.
Because…
He was staring in utter shock at the devastation inside the Hidden Mist Village ahead!
In Momochi Zabuza’s line of sight, under the hazy moonlight… a wooden ball hundreds of meters in diameter with spiral stripes covering its surface stood quietly in the Hidden Mist Village, and beneath the wooden ball seemed to be a large area of blood water that had not yet dried!
The thick bloody smell could be clearly smelled by Momochi Zabuza here, even from a distance that was not close.
Momochi Zabuza could hardly imagine how many people had to die to condense such a thick bloody smell?
Hundreds of people? Or over a thousand?
If it were anywhere else, that would be one thing, but this is the Hidden Mist Village!
After not knowing how many seconds of daze, Momochi Zabuza finally came back to his senses from that shocking stupor. He gritted his teeth and continued dragging his heavily injured body, limping hurriedly toward the interior of the village.
Not long after.
Momochi Zabuza saw a few scattered corpses of Mist Ninjas lying “scattered” on the ground.
The vast majority of the corpses had their heads chopped off, separated from their bodies.
It was clear at a glance that they were killed in one strike, without even a chance to resist.
As he walked further forward, getting closer to that huge weird wooden ball, the corpses on the ground became more and more numerous.
But suddenly, upon reaching a certain area, everything in front of him became a barren wasteland, with no corpses at all.
But the ground in front of Momochi Zabuza was also extremely devastated!
The ground looked as if it had been plowed over and over with iron tools, the soil below had surged out, covered with bottomless cracks, and gurgling blood water could be seen flowing into the cracks.
And at this time.
Momochi Zabuza finally saw a living person.
“Juzo… Biwa…”
His hoarse voice attracted the attention of Juzo Biwa ahead. When Juzo Biwa turned around carrying the Executioner’s Blade, he saw Momochi Zabuza dragging his heavily injured body, barely staggering to his feet.
“You’re actually still alive…” Juzo Biwa did not hide the shocked expression on his face. But the shock on his face was not because he saw Momochi Zabuza still alive. It was because he was shocked by Uchiha Ikeizumi’s Wood Style that instantly killed a large number of Mist Ninjas in one strike!
Momochi Zabuza gritted his teeth, blood still overflowing from the corner of his mouth: “What exactly happened? What occurred in the village?”
Hearing this problem, Juzo Biwa’s expression was somewhat complex as he said: “Everything you see in front of you is what happened in the village. Roughly speaking… Uchiha Ikeizumi wants to cleanse the Hidden Mist Village of its sins, and some stubborn fools tried to oppose absolute justice. As for the fate of those stubborn fools…”
Juzo Biwa turned his head to look at that huge wooden ball and slowly said: “A small part you should have seen on your way here, and the vast majority, I hope they at least have a whole corpse. Perhaps they have already become nourishment for the trees.”
Momochi Zabuza was stunned.
He didn’t know what he should do, so he woodenly asked a question: “How many ninjas died in the village?”
Juzo Biwa shook his head: “I don’t know, maybe two or three thousand?”
Momochi Zabuza: “…”
Among the five great ninja villages, the Sand Hidden Village and the Hidden Mist Village are the weakest.
Originally, the Hidden Mist Village could suppress the Sand Hidden Village, but with the continuous implementation of the Bloody Mist Policy, as the Mist Shadow Village became increasingly destitute, the Hidden Mist Village’s combat power was almost on par with the Sand Hidden Village.
Nowadays, the total number of ninjas in the entire Hidden Mist Village is probably only around three thousand.
Now Juzo Biwa was telling him that two or three thousand ninjas died in the Hidden Mist Village?
Could the remaining ninjas in the village number a thousand?
Or were there only a few hundred left?
This…
This was already comparable to some mid-sized small ninja villages!
The Hidden Mist Village had thoroughly become the bottom of the five great ninja villages, right?
Even Momochi Zabuza, who now held the title of “Demon Human,” felt a chill of fear and bone-deep coldness in his heart. He couldn’t imagine… how bloody and cruel a person had to be to unblinkingly instantly kill two or three thousand Mist Ninjas?
This wasn’t some war period!
Just because…
That so-called absolute justice?!
Momochi Zabuza’s fists had unknowingly clenched tightly at some point, his exhausted muscles on the verge of wailing trembled slightly, and his tightly gritted teeth indicated that his mood was not calm right now.
At this time.
Momochi Zabuza suddenly heard Juzo Biwa’s voice ring out again: “The Mist Ninjas killed by Uchiha Ikeizumi were all those who chose to support the Bloody Mist Policy and chose to support the Fourth Mizukage.”
Momochi Zabuza was stunned, and his tightly clenched fists seemed to loosen a bit.
He only heard Juzo Biwa continue: “Uchiha Ikeizumi had actually given them several chances. They had several opportunities to make the right choice. They could have openly refused to support the continued implementation of the Bloody Mist Policy, and they could have cooperated with Uchiha Ikeizumi to dismantle the Hidden Mist Village’s Bloody Mist Policy.”
“But they didn’t do that. They were tough, but they were tough in the wrong place. In their hearts, the Hidden Mist Village was so powerful because of the Bloody Mist Policy. They believed that only the Bloody Mist could make the Hidden Mist Village stand firm among the five great ninja villages.”
“Uchiha Ikeizumi only decided to kill them all when he realized they were utterly incorrigible. Otherwise… only some villains who deserved to die anyway would have needed to be killed.”
As Juzo Biwa spoke, the shocked expression on his face gradually faded, and his tone became a bit calmer: “Since they made their choice and stood against absolute justice.”
“Since they ignored Uchiha Ikeizumi’s warnings and ignored the opportunities Uchiha Ikeizumi gave them…”
“Then paying with their lives is what they earned. If such stubborn and unyielding guys were allowed to live, they would only bring huge obstacles and trouble to the implementation of justice.”
“They would only make the Hidden Mist Village stagnate in the Bloody Mist.”
The angry expression on Momochi Zabuza’s face had completely dissipated.
He fell silent.
Because at this moment, he realized that he actually strongly agreed with that “Lava Monster’s” actions! Those stubborn and unyielding guys should all be killed one by one!
“So…”
Momochi Zabuza couldn’t help but ask: “The Fourth Mizukage and his supporters have all been killed?”
Juzo Biwa replied: “There might be a few who slipped through the net, after all, quite a few ninjas are out on missions. But not many are left.”
Momochi Zabuza slowly took a deep breath.
He suddenly felt that the thick bloody smell, which was so nauseating, suddenly smelled good.
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