Chapter 120: Are You For Real?
The presidium area was in chaos.
Various nobles hurriedly fled under the protection of samurai.
Every noble had a tense expression.
The Hidden Stone Village had gone too far. The Land of Rivers lacked coal, but it wasn’t that they didn’t want to buy from the Land of Earth; it was that the roads were all war zones, making it impossible to purchase.
Spies lurking in Kyoto, Land of Rivers, actually tried to kill the Governor of Kawachi responsible for hydroelectric power station construction.
Besides the initial four spies, another four appeared, making a total of eight spies charging toward Yoru from two directions.
Chisa said: “Miqu! Run quickly! I’ll block the Stone Ninja for you!”
Chisa stayed behind with the samurai.
Yoru turned and rushed straight toward the assassination target.
The craftsmen were also running in panic, and Aries took advantage of the chaos to charge toward the Great General of the Left Imperial Guard.
Chaos erupted around the Great General of the Left Imperial Guard, and Aries seized the opportunity to strike.
To avoid exposing his identity, Aries did not use the Aburame Clan’s secret jutsu but instead threw three kunai attached with exploding tags.
After three consecutive explosions, the Great General of the Left Imperial Guard was enveloped in thick smoke.
A ninja from the Aries Squad rushed into the thick smoke to deliver the finishing blow.
At this time, chaos also engulfed the area beside the Minister of the Palace.
An Anbu Ninja threw an exploding tag kunai, and a samurai discarded his heavy samurai armor, colliding with the exploding tag kunai.
The exploding tag only detonated the samurai’s armor and failed to hit the Minister of the Palace.
The one who discarded the armor was a Sand Ninja.
Yoru used Body Flicker Technique to charge toward the Minister of the Palace.
In the gap while blocking the Stone Ninja spies, Chisa turned back with worry to look at Miqu, only to see Miqu’s ninja sword slicing off the Minister of the Palace’s head.
She stared in shock at everything before her, at a loss.
Why?
Why did Miqu kill the Minister of the Palace?
Miqu was not some rogue ninja; he was also a spy from some village?
Then what was all of Miqu’s busyness during this time? What was her own trust? What were their entanglements under the moonlight?
Yoru glanced at Chisa, his gaze complex, then turned and left.
“Don’t go!” Chisa ignored the Stone Ninja spies and ran toward Yoru:
“Is the hydroelectric power station real? Are you real? Who exactly are you?”
Chisa’s questions were filled with anguish, her eyes bloodshot, already brimming with tears.
Yoru did not dare to answer, nor did he want to.
He was Anbu; everything was just for the mission…
At that moment, the maid beside Chisa suddenly drew a kunai and slashed toward Chisa’s brow.
The rimless glasses shattered, falling to the ground and then being crushed under the maid’s foot.
That maid was also a Stone Ninja spy.
The Stone Ninja spies’ main target was Koizumi Chisa, the Lord of the Treasury leading the hydroelectric power station?
Looking at the crushed lenses, Yoru’s heart trembled for an instant.
A kunai was embedded in Chisa’s brow. Even in death, she reached out toward Yoru, her slender fingers trembling.
Seeing Chisa’s pupils slowly dilate, her originally refined features disheveled and wretched, bright red blood pooling and spreading beneath her.
Yoru felt reluctance in his heart.
This month, let’s resurrect for Chisa once…
He slowly walked toward Chisa’s corpse.
Aries shouted from behind: “Captain! Run quickly!”
Konoha Anbu, Sand Ninja guards, Stone Ninja spies—the entire area beside the presidium was in utter chaos.
Yoru found the strongest Sand Ninja and engaged him in fierce combat.
After forcing out this Sand Ninja’s abilities, Yoru pretended to be defeated and let this Sand Ninja stab him to death.
This was his deliberate choice of death once again, for the warmth Chisa had once given him.
【Host Death detected. Moon Arc System activating…】
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His vision shifted, and Yoru appeared on the previous full moon night.
He was in Koizumi Chisa’s boudoir.
Before him was Chisa bathed in moonlight, along with those glasses full of contrasting allure.
Koizumi Chisa knew nothing of future events and reached out to grasp Yoru’s waist.
Feeling Koizumi Chisa’s body heat, Yoru sighed inwardly: it was good that she was alive.
【Moon Arc activated!
Host has only one resurrection opportunity per month, resurrecting on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward: one lucky draw opportunity:
1-B-rank Earth Release: Antlion Jutsu;
2-Red Fire Ant Toxin Preparation Technique;
3-Wind Release Chakra.】
Option 1, Antlion Jutsu, was an Earth Release ninjutsu that created a sand-earth vortex on the ground to swallow enemies.
This jutsu took time to activate; it was not an instantaneous kill ninjutsu, so Yoru ruled it out.
Option 2 was one of the toxins unique to the desert: red fire ant toxin.
Sand Ninja had weaker strength, and relying on tricks like toxins was not ideal, so Yoru ruled out this option too.
The third option: Wind Release Chakra.
The upcoming long war would be against Sand Ninja skilled in Wind Release.
Mastering Wind Release Chakra would allow learning a few Wind Release techniques later, providing better understanding of Wind Release ninjutsu—know thyself and thy enemy, favorable for battle.
Yoru chose Wind Release Chakra.
His chakra natures became earth, water, wind, yang, and yin.
Moonlight spilled down, shining on Chisa’s rimless glasses, on Chisa’s flushed cheeks, on Chisa’s white and slender waist.
Half an hour later, Chisa panted, lying on Yoru’s chest, looking up at him.
“Mr. Miqu, can’t I take off the glasses yet?”
“No, I like you wearing glasses.”
Chisa smiled and did not resist.
Yoru embraced Chisa’s smooth shoulders and said: “Dear Lord of the Treasury, let’s talk about work.”
Chisa immediately became serious, wrapping her body in thin gauze and listening carefully.
Yoru’s hand roamed over the thin gauze as he said: “After the Land of Rivers develops hydroelectric power, it will impact coal sales from the Land of Earth. I’m afraid the Hidden Stone Village will sabotage this hydroelectric power station construction.”
Chisa asked: “The Hidden Stone Village is at war with Konoha and the Hidden Rain Village simultaneously; can they spare the manpower?”
Yoru said:
“The Hidden Stone Village has the most ninjas among all ninja villages, at least three times that of Konoha. They have spies hidden everywhere.
Hydroelectric power station construction is one aspect; protecting the hydroelectric power station is even more important.
Dear Lord of the Treasury, you can take off your glasses and sleep now. I’ll go check right away for any Stone Ninja spies.”
“Ah? Going now?” Chisa lightly kissed Yoru’s chin: “But I can’t sleep; what to do?”
“Can’t sleep, huh…”
Yoru had no choice but to rearm himself and once again appreciate the contrast between intellectual beauty and wild beauty.
Over half an hour later, Chisa was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
Yoru put on his clothes and left Chisa’s boudoir.
After closing the door, Yoru saw the maid waiting in the corridor.
It was this maid who killed Chisa in the previous life.
“Governor of Kawachi…”
“Come with me. I have something to leave for Miss Chisa. Give it to her when she wakes up.”
After arranging other maids to stand guard, the maid followed the Governor of Kawachi away.
In a secluded spot, the maid froze, realizing she could no longer utter a single word.
Sealing runes locked all of the maid’s joints.
Yoru reached out and snapped the maid’s neck.
“You’re quite capable as a Stone Ninja spy, actually lurking beside the Daimyo’s sister.”
What was most unforgivable was that she had crushed Chisa’s glasses.
Killing was one thing, but how could she crush Yoru’s favorite, crush those glasses?
Who could not love a glasses girl?
