Chapter 122: Uchiha Hikari Is Furious
At the foot of Oxalis Gold Mountain, there was a small town of moderate size.
Hotaru led the other three Star Ninja, disguised as passing travelers, entering the town first to gather various intelligence.
Uchiha Hikari led Natsuhi, proceeding slowly on foot, gradually approaching the edge of the town.
“Ah, there’s actually a curry shop in such a remote place.” Uchiha Hikari stopped, her gaze falling on a two-story building by the roadside with a sign reading ‘Life Curry House’.
The aroma of curry wafted on the wind, arousing her appetite.
“Lord Nameless, shall we stay here?” The red-haired Natsuhi stepped forward and asked respectfully.
“Let’s go in and take a look.” Uchiha Hikari’s tone was indifferent.
She was very confident in her own strength; if she encountered anyone from the Kurotsuchi Clan here, it would just be their bad luck.
“Yes!” Natsuhi followed closely behind.
As the cloth curtain was lifted, a hunched old woman wearing glasses emerged carrying a bucket, preparing to sprinkle water on the road to settle the dust on the ground.
Seeing the two guests approaching, the granny immediately broke into a smile and said: “Would you two guests like some curry?”
Natsuhi took the initiative to step forward and chat with Sansho Granny: “Granny, do you have any special recommendations? We’ve been traveling all day and are a bit tired.”
Sansho Granny squinted her eyes and lifted the curtain to invite the two into the shop: “Life Curry House’s main offering is of course curry. If you two don’t mind, we also have guest rooms available.”
Natsuhi thanked her and lifted the curtain on the other side, saying to Uchiha Hikari walking behind: “Lord, please.”
Uchiha Hikari shook her head; Natsuhi’s excessive respect toward her made her somewhat unaccustomed.
After the two entered the shop, they noticed a child busy in the open kitchen.
Upon seeing guests enter, the child hurriedly ran into the back room to hide.
“Ah, Rokusuke is such a timid child.” Sansho Granny waved her hand, her hunched figure entering the kitchen.
“The menu is on the wall; once you two decide, I can make it right away.”
Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi casually found seats by the window.
They ordered two portions of the signature dish ‘Life Curry’.
“Granny, Oxalis Gold Mountain isn’t far from here, is it?” Watching Sansho Granny busy in the kitchen, Natsuhi took the initiative to inquire.
“Ah, it’s just a few kilometers south, not far at all.” Sansho Granny stirred the curry in the pot while saying: “You two ninja lords are here for matters related to Oxalis Gold Mountain, aren’t you.”
“In the past, villagers mining on Oxalis Gold Mountain would come to town every half month to buy supplies and order a curry at my shop, but for the past few months, I haven’t seen them at all for some reason.”
Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi extracted some key information from their exchange with Sansho Granny.
Around three months ago, something changed at Oxalis Gold Mountain; it seemed a group had taken over the mountain in the name of protecting the mine, controlling the village and villagers there.
Every month, someone would come down from the mountain to procure supplies in town, but they were no longer the simple miners and villagers of before—instead, they were guys who looked like ninja, extremely arrogant and overbearing, causing a lot of trouble in the town.
But since they were ninja, ordinary people had no power to resist.
Moreover, the Land of Rivers was a country without a ninja village; the daimyo didn’t care about the lives of the common folk, so when ordinary people encountered such things, even if killed, they could only swallow their anger.
Whooosh—
While the three were chatting, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded from outside.
Natsuhi quickly jumped out the window and saw a signal flare rising from the foot of Oxalis Gold Mountain.
“Lord Nameless! It’s the red signal flare from Hotaru and the others!” Natsuhi looked gravely toward Uchiha Hikari inside the house.
The red signal flare meant they had encountered the enemy and were engaged in combat, requesting support.
“Then let’s head out.” Uchiha Hikari, whose meal was interrupted, stood up from the tatami and slightly turned her head toward Sansho Granny busy in the kitchen: “Granny, please prepare a few more portions of curry; we’ll be back before it gets cold.”
Uchiha Hikari, with an empty stomach, was quite angry now.
“Be careful out there, young lady.” Sansho Granny looked worriedly at the backs of these two female ninja departing through the window, sighing.
After leaving Life Curry House, Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi quickly headed toward the direction where the signal flare had risen.
At the same time, Uchiha Hikari activated her three-tomoe Sharingan, her expression cold with a hint of anger, making even Natsuhi beside her tense up.
The two soon arrived at the combat area.
At the back of an abandoned village at the foot of the mountain, there appeared to be a graveyard.
Hotaru was leading the three Star Ninja in battle against several enemies using Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
“Yo ho ho ho, reinforcements?” A man with green long hair, thick eyebrows, sharp teeth, his upper body wrapped in bandages and externally clad in a black vest, let out a sickly mad laugh.
“Looks like I’ll have to dig a few more graves for you, then hold a grand funeral!” Kurotsuchi Raiga’s green hair fluttered in the wind, his dark-circled eyes full of madness, the Kirigakure headband on his forehead scratched with a mark.
It wasn’t just Kurotsuchi Raiga; his Kurotsuchi Clan subordinates were also rogue ninja from Kirigakure, currently surrounding and attacking Hotaru and the others.
“Lord Nameless!” Hotaru was seriously injured and was holding a kunai to resist the assault from the Kurotsuchi ninja. Seeing his wife Natsuhi and Uchiha Hikari arrive on the battlefield, he immediately shouted: “The enemies’ Lightning Release Ninjutsu proficiency is extremely high! Be careful!”
“Shut up! As the protagonists of this funeral, all of you be quiet and get buried!” Kurotsuchi Raiga raised his Lightning Blade: Fang high, concentrating lightning-attribute chakra, causing dark clouds to gather in the sky.
“Lightning Blade Technique: Falling Thunder!” Kurotsuchi Raiga laughed maniacally and slashed down fiercely with his ninja sword.
The guided lightning struck the ground, emitting sizzling electric currents, surging toward Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi opposite!
“Flame Release: Kagutsuchi!” The three-tomoe in Uchiha Hikari’s eyes spun, converging into a Mangekyo pattern.
A dark red fire wall erupted from the ground, blocking in front of Uchiha Hikari and Natsuhi, completely stopping the incoming lightning.
The clash of lightning and fire burst forth with dazzling light.
Kagutsuchi was actually a variant form of Amaterasu; Sasuke Uchiha liked to use Kagutsuchi to change into various forms for attack or defense.
Uchiha Hikari’s Kagutsuchi, however, was a dojutsu sealed into her Mangekyo by her clan’s members from the Warring States Period, and it could also change forms, even be applied to Susanoo for use, making it extremely powerful for both offense and defense!
After the fire wall of Kagutsuchi blocked the lightning, Uchiha Hikari quickly broke through, slashing with her kunai, clashing against Kurotsuchi Raiga’s Lightning Blade: Fang and sparking intense sparks.
The moment Kurotsuchi Raiga saw the opponent’s Sharingan, his mad laugh froze, and he hastily retreated.
“Uchiha?!” Kurotsuchi Raiga quickly used the Hiding in Mist Technique, concealing himself in the mist.
He could never forget the painful lesson from the Third Great Ninja War.
