Chapter 127: Anbu Sugar Daddy
Water Wall Jutsu fell.
On top of the coffer dam, more than ten Konoha Anbu appeared.
On the water surface in front of the coffer dam stood more than twenty Stone Ninja.
Yoru ordered: “Fox Squad, combined ninjutsu! Begin!”
Four ninja each used Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet.
Four fire dragons surged out.
Yoru stood in the center, with two more ninja standing on either side of the Fire Release Anbu, simultaneously using Wind Release.
“Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!”
The biggest problem with Fire Release is its slow speed, making it hard to hit people.
But now, with the boost from the strong wind, both the power and speed of the flames had risen a level.
Under the combined ninjutsu, the four fire dragons instantly covered a water surface dozens of meters wide.
Boosted by Wind Release, the Fire Release attack range also extended farther, instantly engulfing many Stone Ninja.
Stronger Stone Ninja jumped up to dodge the Fire Release, but eight or nine Stone Ninja were directly consumed by the sea of flames.
Fox Squad’s combination ninjutsu had begun to show results.
Yoru thought to himself, who says Fire Release ninjutsu can’t kill people? Weren’t plenty just killed?
The Stone Ninja in midair looked on in terror at the Konoha Anbu’s combined ninjutsu.
In this narrow gorge, the power of Fire Release ninjutsu was amplified.
Purple Cat now made her move, using Mind Body Switch Technique to control the Stone Ninja Captain.
The Stone Ninja Captain was controlled and took several seconds to break free. When he regained control of his body, he felt terror in his heart—Konoha’s second ninjutsu was coming!
“Water Style: Water Severing Wave!”
A fierce and slender water line shot from Yoru’s mouth.
The gorge’s rock wall on the side was first sliced off in a large chunk, the cut surface neat, stones crashing into the water and splashing up a wave of white foam.
After the Water Severing Wave swept horizontally at high speed, the more than ten Stone Ninja in the air were sliced in half at the waist.
Some Stone Ninja had covered their bodies with stones, hoping to increase defense.
Unfortunately, it was useless against Yoru’s Water Severing Wave.
This way of dying was even more stimulating to the nerves than being devoured by Fire Release.
Half bodies dropped into the water, the bloody smell quickly attracting fish without intelligence.
The fish thought some angler was chumming the water.
The Stone Ninja Captain also died under the Water Severing Wave. For the remaining few Stone Ninja, Yoru sent Aries to finish them off, while he himself jumped onto the shore above the Jishui River Gorge.
Koizumi Chisa stayed in place, her slender almond eyes fixed tightly on the Fox Anbu.
That action of just adjusting her glasses was too natural, too comfortable—Koizumi Chisa suspected she had met that Fox Anbu before.
After Yoru reached the shore, his subordinates went to deal with the Stone Ninja, while Yoru quickly searched the surroundings.
Soon, he found a code, one carved on a carriage.
Konoha also had many spies hidden in Hidden Stone Village. The Land of Fire placed great importance on the hydroelectric power station, so Anbu had activated a spy planted in Hidden Stone Village.
Many carriages were parked beside the hydroelectric power station—residents of Kyoto who had come to watch the completion of the power station’s foundation.
“Water Style: Water Severing Wave!”
A water line shot through, slicing off the roof of a carriage.
Yoru stood on top of the carriage, looking down at the Chamber of Commerce President inside and stating the intelligence the spy had passed in advance:
“President Kinnishi from the Land of Earth, your true identity is a retainer of the Okura-kyo of the Land of Earth.
The Stone Ninja infiltration unit is doomed to die. The Okura-kyo of the Land of Fire has also arrived in Kyoto, Land of Rivers, and wishes to speak with you.”
President Kinnishi’s eyes showed fear—not because this Konoha Anbu was powerful, but because the Konoha Anbu had accurately stated his identity. He thought he had hidden well in the Land of Rivers.
Yoru jumped into the carriage compartment, kicked open the carriage door, and gestured for him to follow.
President Kinnishi tremblingly came outside the carriage and saw that the Stone Ninja were mostly dead.
The remaining Stone Ninja saw President Kinnishi and charged toward him with tense expressions.
The employer for this Stone Ninja operation was President Kinnishi; the mission would only end once President Kinnishi personally saw the hydroelectric power station destroyed.
The four surviving Stone Ninja surrounded President Kinnishi.
Yoru looked at President Kinnishi and said: “What, still struggling?”
President Kinnishi shook his head and said to the several Stone Ninja:
“Mission over, no more resistance. Konoha knows my intelligence inside out. Resistance is meaningless. Escort me into Kyoto, Land of Rivers, to meet the Okura-kyo of the Land of Fire.”
The Stone Ninja looked at each other, then at their squad leader.
The squad leader had no choice but to nod.
Yoru scanned around and was somewhat surprised—Aries Squad had lost one team member.
Even in an advantageous situation, danger was still everywhere. The Stone Ninja’s death struggle had taken one Aries Squad team member down with him.
Koizumi Chisa now also walked up from the coffer dam.
Purple Cat approached Koizumi Chisa and said: “Miss Koizumi Chisa, the Okura-kyo of the Land of Fire has entered Kyoto. Please meet with the Okura-kyo of the Land of Fire as soon as possible.”
Koizumi Chisa first looked at Purple Cat’s pale golden long hair, then at Purple Cat’s exquisite and tight figure, and finally at the eye holes of Purple Cat’s mask, wanting to see Purple Cat’s eyes.
Purple Cat felt baffled—why did this woman harbor hostility toward her?
Koizumi Chisa said: “Good, we’ll return to Kyoto together.”
President Kinnishi and the Stone Ninja, Konoha Anbu, Koizumi Chisa, Land of Rivers officials, and others all returned to Kyoto together.
Koizumi Chisa came to the end of the group, walking side by side with the Fox Anbu.
“Konoha Anbu, have we met before?”
Yoru said directly: “During a mission, please do not speak to Konoha Anbu.”
Koizumi Chisa hit a snag but felt this Anbu’s voice strangely familiar.
The group directly entered Tenshu Castle in Kyoto.
Inside the main hall.
The Land of Rivers Daimyo sat in the main seat, with Okura-kyo Ida Haneda of the Land of Fire to his left.
Behind Ida Haneda stood Kiiroinu.
After Yoru entered the main hall, he stood beside Kiiroinu.
Ida Haneda was rotund, wearing a satin robe and a gold filigree hat. He was equivalent to the Land of Fire’s Minister of Finance and Central Bank governor, wielding immense power, and had been personally escorted into the Land of Rivers by Kiiroinu.
He was one of the major financial backers for Anbu and Root, not only providing high-remuneration national missions to Anbu but also dedicated funding.
This time, Ida Haneda had come because he had his eye on the hydroelectric power station’s technology and planned to introduce it to the Land of Fire.
Ida Haneda looked at President Kinnishi and said: “So it’s you, Kinnishi. Last time at the meeting with the Okura-kyo of the Land of Earth, you poured wine for me.”
President Kinnishi quickly lowered his head: “Lord Haneda, it’s me.”
The Land of Rivers Daimyo gestured for his sister Chisa to sit beside him.
After Koizumi Chisa sat down, she stared at the Fox Anbu.
The Okura-kyo of the Land of Fire, the Anbu Captain—these people did not attract Koizumi Chisa’s attention. Her mind was fully occupied with how to probe the Fox Anbu’s true identity.
After the Daimyo waited for everyone to sit or stand in place, he said:
“Today, the esteemed guest from the Land of Fire, Lord Okura-kyo Ida Haneda, has arrived in the Land of Rivers.
Because of the hydroelectric power station, the Land of Rivers has faced considerable trouble.
Konoha Village and Hidden Sand Village are already at war in the west of the Land of Rivers. I do not wish for Kyoto to be unsettled as well.
Lord Ida Haneda, please state the instructions of the Land of Fire Daimyo.”
