Chapter 121: Addicted To Glasses Girl
Yoru used Earth Style: Fish in Water Reflection Jutsu, carrying the maid’s corpse underground in stealth, and left Daizo-in.
In an alley in Kyoto, Yoru found Aries Squad according to the code.
Seeing the squad leader throw down a corpse, Aries hurriedly stepped forward to check. After examining it, he said:
“It’s a ninja. The body has many training marks. Strength is pretty good, at least Chunin level.”
Yoru said:
“I’m preparing to use the hydroelectric power station’s foundation ceremony to lure the target nobles out of Kyoto City.
The current problem is that inside Kyoto City, there are not only us and Sand Ninjas, but also Stone Ninja spies.
Oonoki places great importance on information and has spies deployed in various places in the Ninja World.
After the hydroelectric power station appears, the Land of Rivers will no longer rely on the Land of Earth’s coal. I gathered some information: Kyoto’s Stone Ninja spies are preparing to sabotage the foundation ceremony, which would also sabotage my plan.
Aries, your mission is to find the Stone Ninja spies and notify me. I’ll go cleanse the Stone Ninjas.”
“Captain, our squad can go cleanse the Stone Ninjas. You should focus on completing the foundation ceremony.”
Yoru had seen those Stone Ninja spies in his previous life; their strength was all pretty good. He said:
“Stone Ninja spies cannot be left unkilled, or they will sabotage our plan.
Stone Ninja spies also cannot be killed entirely, or there will be no one to create chaos, and we won’t have the opportunity to fish in murky water.”
Aries nodded repeatedly. Since some Stone Ninjas needed to be kept, it was still best for the squad leader to personally control the scale.
When Yoru returned to Daizo-in, he saw Koizumi Chisa exhausted and fast asleep.
Yoru thought to himself, Chisa is tired too. Let’s call it a night.
Over the next several days, Yoru busied himself during the day with the hydroelectric power station’s blueprints and construction schemes, and at night enjoyed watching Koizumi Chisa switch between intellectual beauty and wild beauty.
The day before the foundation ceremony, Yoru went with Aries Squad to the thermal power plant outside Kyoto.
The thermal power plant had stopped operations due to lack of coal; the chimneys and cooling towers no longer spewed smoke.
Walking through the thermal power plant, Yoru felt this world was very disjointed.
It had both ninjas’ supernatural abilities and scientific products like electrical appliances and wires.
With the thermal power plant stopped, many craftsmen had gone home, leaving only the most core craftsmen and workers.
Yoru and Aries Squad moved through dormitory after dormitory. According to Aries’s information, they killed four Stone Ninja spies.
Yoru said:
“The remaining Stone Ninja spies are just right to create chaos without completely sabotaging our plan.
Let’s go. Tomorrow is the moment we complete the mission.
Assassinating disobedient nobles is one of the highest-spec Anbu missions; no amount of caution is too much.
Taking half a month is normal too. Don’t you think so, Aries?”
Aries nodded perfunctorily. Where was this just taking some time? It was clearly being unable to extricate himself from the glasses girl.
He had even heard rumors in Kyoto: the Daimyo’s sister, Lord of the Treasury Koizumi Chisa, had fallen for the new Governor of Kawachi.
Kyoto residents were all speculating that the Daimyo’s sister might be getting married.
The next morning, the foundation ceremony began.
Many nobles came to Kyoto. As Governor of Kawachi, Yoru specially invited the assassination targets, Great General of the Left Imperial Guard and Minister of the Palace.
Koizumi Chisa wore a fitted long skirt and glasses, speaking on the presidium about the importance of the hydroelectric power station.
The wind from the river blew out of the gorge, tousling Koizumi Chisa’s hair.
A strand of hair crossed in front of her eyes; Koizumi Chisa raised her fair hand and gently brushed it away.
Yoru felt some regret in his heart.
After today, they might never see each other again.
If they met again, he hoped it would be to protect her.
Life always has regrets, especially for ninjas, not to mention Yoru was an Anbu ninja who couldn’t see the light of day.
Among the craftsmen, four Stone Ninja spies suddenly jumped up.
“Kill the Governor of Kawachi! How dare he not use the Land of Earth’s coal! The Governor of Kawachi must die!”
“Earth Release: Rock Cannon Technique!”
Chunks of stone flew over, heading straight for Yoru.
Nearby, Koizumi Chisa moved quickly. Her slender figure contained considerable strength.
She drew a thin sword, positioned herself in front of Yoru, and shattered the incoming stones with several consecutive strikes.
Yoru thought to himself, if Koizumi Chisa were really as weak as she appeared on the surface, she wouldn’t have lasted over an hour last night, would she?
Seeing the stones shatter, Koizumi Chisa breathed a sigh of relief. She turned to grab Miqu and take him away, only to find Miqu had disappeared.
She hurriedly looked around, and saw Miqu putting on a mask.
That mask…
Anbu?
The mask had the Hidden Rain Village emblem on the forehead.
Hidden Rain Village Anbu?
Yoru and Aries Squad had long ago carved the emblem on the foreheads of their masks, disguising as Rain Ninja Anbu.
Yoru had informed Aries of the defensive strengths of the two nobles; Aries and the team members precisely allocated the number of exploding tags.
Especially the Sand Ninja guards, who received special attention.
Yoru held his ninja sword and body flickered into the thick smoke.
When the thick smoke cleared, the Great General of the Left Imperial Guard and Minister of the Palace both had their throats slit by the ninja sword, blood spurting out.
Yoru waved his hand and said to Aries and the others: “Retreat! Back to the Land of Rain!”
He had just taken his front foot away when he heard sobbing from behind.
“Miqu! Who the hell are you! Don’t go!”
Yoru didn’t slow down, but Koizumi Chisa abandoned the foundation ceremony and chased desperately after him.
Aries noticed that Fox Squad Captain’s speed had slowed a bit.
The captain’s strength shouldn’t make traveling this slow, especially during an escape.
Yoru occasionally looked back at Koizumi Chisa chasing desperately after him.
Until he saw Koizumi Chisa’s legs go weak, reaching her limit, Yoru stopped.
He said to Aries: “You take the squad and go first. I’ll handle some loose ends.”
Aries glanced back at the pursuing Lord of the Treasury Koizumi Chisa, then turned and left.
Women are so pitiful; they don’t even know if the man is sincere with her.
In this regard, women of the Aburame Clan have a big advantage. Whether a man is sincere can be seen from the parasitic insects.
A man’s mouth can lie, but the hormones of parasitic insects won’t lie.
If a man changes heart, the parasitic insects will show physiological disgust.
Aries suddenly thought of Aburame Chima.
Her insects and his insects perfectly symbiose; sometimes even he couldn’t tell which insects were his and which were Chima’s.
Who can really say clearly about emotions? He had been so annoyed with Chima back then, yet after her death, he thought of her frequently.
Yoru stood by the river, waiting for Koizumi Chisa to arrive.
The two faced each other across the river.
Tears hung at the corners of Koizumi Chisa’s eyes, her eye sockets red, as if she had pink eyeshadow.
She clenched her fists tightly, panting as she asked: “Miqu! Who the hell are you! Why did you deceive me?”
Yoru didn’t answer, but said:
“Miss Chisa, there’s one thing I didn’t deceive you about.
The hydroelectric power station’s blueprints are real, the construction scheme is real, and the hydroelectric power station using the Land of Rivers’ unique gorge rivers for power generation is also real.
Protect the hydroelectric power station well; consider it my final gift to you.
Goodbye, Miss Chisa.”
Yoru raised his hand, formed the seal for Body Flicker Technique, and body flickered away.
