Chapter 129: Forever Turning My Back To My Lover
Koizumi Chisa walked along the shore of the Jishui River, with the Fox Anbu following behind her.
She said she might encounter assassination, so the Fox Anbu must protect her at all times, not staying more than three steps away from her.
Yoru really liked coming to the construction site.
The craftsman leader surprisingly used some simple D-rank ninjutsu. Digging foundations, building walls, filling soil, all used a bit of chakra, like half-finished Earth Release Ninjutsu, and the construction speed was very fast.
Koizumi Chisa ate breakfast at the same table with the Fox every morning.
She ate exquisite dishes, while the Fox Anbu just tossed a ration pill through the slit in the mouth of the mask.
After learning Water Severing Wave, Yoru adjusted the mask below, opening a long thin slit at the mouth.
The Fox Mask was already somewhat sinister, and adding the thin slit at the mouth made it even more cold and stern, even somewhat fierce and cruel.
When the two stayed at the Daizo-in, Koizumi Chisa worked, and the Fox Anbu leaned against the wall corner behind her.
She once brought the Fox Anbu into the courtyard where Miqu lived, but the Fox remained unmoved.
The light in Koizumi Chisa’s eyes grew dimmer and dimmer. Could she have been mistaken?
Until the full moon night, she prepared for one last attempt.
She came before the Fox Anbu and raised her hand.
Yoru was stunned. If Koizumi Chisa directly removed his mask, he would have no choice but to act.
However, Koizumi Chisa just tapped her own mask twice, and pushed her glasses up with the other hand.
Yoru was stunned. He understood what Koizumi Chisa meant.
This world had the Temple of Fire and other ninja temples, as well as some Buddhist Sutras.
There was a Buddhist Sutra named《 Platform Sutra》, which recorded how the Fifth Ancestor monk Fa Nin used tapping on the head to tell the Sixth Ancestor what time to come see him at midnight.
This story was later written into Journey to the West, where Sun Wukong also used tapping on the head to signal when seeing Patriarch Bodhi.
Chisa tapped his mask twice. Could it mean for him to see her at 2 a.m. in the latter half of the night?
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The full moon was like a silver plate; tonight was a full moon night.
At 2 a.m. in the latter half of the night, Koizumi Chisa stood by the desk. With the power cut, there were no lights, and she hadn’t lit any candles either.
She opened the window and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
The room was empty, with no one there; she had sent the maids away early to other places.
Suddenly, footsteps came from behind.
“Is that you? Only you know what pushing my glasses means. You like me always wearing glasses, don’t you?”
The person behind did not answer.
“My sixth sense tells me it must be you.”
Yoru thought to himself, what a fateful entanglement.
Should he deepen his connection with Chisa?
From Ida Haneda’s example, the relationship between Anbu and nobles was not shallow.
If Yoru wanted to enter the high ranks, gaining noble support was essential.
He was someone determined to become Konoha’s dark side, and like Danzo, he must use special means to obtain financial support.
Alright, this reason is good.
Yoru placed a blueprint on the side of Koizumi Chisa.
This blueprint was a change diagram for a certain position of the dam; the previous one had a small issue.
Koizumi Chisa grabbed the blueprint and looked at it, her chin trembling with excitement.
It really was him!
This was a diagram he had newly drawn!
But he was Konoha Anbu, so she couldn’t turn around.
Hearing the footsteps, Chisa hurriedly called out:
“Wait! Don’t go! Stay with me a little longer, okay?”
She carefully shuffled backward, slowly leaning against the Fox.
This sense of security, only Miqu could give her. Whether he was Miqu or the Fox, he was someone she acknowledged, even worshipped.
A hot and amorous atmosphere fermented between the two.
A few minutes later, her peach-like perky buttocks were fully visible before the desk.
Their breathing grew more and more rapid.
In the half-hour of rippling spring scenery, Koizumi Chisa never turned around, mindful of the Fox’s Anbu identity.
The person behind disappeared, and Koizumi Chisa slumped in the chair.
“Really annoying. Can’t Anbu clean up a bit? The chair is all wet.”
Softly sprawled on the table, Koizumi Chisa thought that the hydroelectric power station was his most precious gift, and she couldn’t ask for more.
Every day at 2 a.m. in the latter half of the night, Koizumi Chisa would wait by the window, waiting for the Fox.
She wouldn’t turn around, always facing away from her lover.
Every day at 3 a.m. in the latter half of the night, her lover would leave, leaving a damp chair.
Until one morning, while Chisa was eating breakfast, the Fox bid farewell.
“Miss Chisa, the Land of Earth Daimyo has sent back the letter of state, promising not to sabotage the hydroelectric power station. Our squad’s guard mission is over. Goodbye.”
Koizumi Chisa nodded mechanically, but felt like a large piece was missing from her heart.
By the time she looked up again, the Fox Anbu had already disappeared.
The Fox Squad left Kyoto, rushing southwest to catch up with the Konoha Front Line Camp.
In the month they were away, the front line camp had advanced to the border of the Land of Rivers.
During a rest on the road, Purple Cat came to Yoru’s side.
“Finally left that annoying daimyo’s sister.”
“Huh? Why do you dislike her? She’s okay.”
Purple Cat rolled her eyes at Yoru and quickly got up to leave.
Yoru thought to himself, with his infiltration ability, Purple Cat probably couldn’t detect it.
The front line camp was set up at the border of the Land of Rivers, with hard Gobi Desert ground underfoot.
There were no rivers here, it was unusually dry, and not much vegetation.
Entering the camp, Yoru noticed that the number of ninjas in the camp had decreased somewhat.
Konoha had advanced the front line, at a cost.
It was also possible that Hidden Sand Village deliberately retreated, luring Konoha into their desert home turf.
Yoru found the Anbu tent.
Seeing the Fox enter, the Kiiroinu Captain immediately rummaged through a pile of scrolls and found a mission scroll.
“Fox, you’re finally back,” Kiiroinu said:
“The Daimyo of the Land of Earth has conceded and won’t target the hydroelectric power station anymore. You should quickly take on other Anbu missions.
Here’s a mission that’s quite tricky; you’ll lead the team to complete it.”
Yoru glanced at the scroll’s contents. This wasn’t tricky; it was somewhat immoral.
Kiiroinu Captain said:
“Behind the Land of Wind’s front line, there are several oases. The lake water in the oases is the Sand Ninja’s supply source.
Ordinary ninjas have too strong a sense of morality and aren’t convenient for poisoning. What they won’t do, we’ll do.
In extraordinary times, Fox, you lead the team to poison and destroy the Sand Ninja’s water source.”
Yoru asked: “Extraordinary times?”
Kiiroinu explained:
“After the Third Mizukage died, Mist Village is governed by Elder Yuan Shi.
The Mizukage position can’t remain vacant forever.
Mist Village has numerous internal factions: the largest Hozuki Clan, the second largest Ice Release Clan, Kaguya Clan, Kusagakure Clan, plus elite jonin from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, etc. Contradictions are sharp, and internal fighting is severe.
Yuan Shi declared war on Konoha to divert the sharp internal contradictions.
Konoha has no choice but to fight on three fronts. Headquarters has decided to end the war by any means necessary, to avoid the Land of Rivers war turning into a prolonged one.”
When internal pressure is too great, war becomes the final choice.
Mist Village’s declaration of war came at just the right time.
The Land of Fire occupies the best and most fertile central land in the ninja world, naturally placing it in a four-war zone.
If Konoha fights on three fronts, even with Konoha’s resources, it can’t hold.
It’s estimated that like the First Great Ninja War, in the final stages, Konoha will have to send the Uchiha Clan to the battlefield.
Kiiroinu continued:
“Yuan Shi also said that the successor to the Fourth Mizukage position will be decided based on performance in the war.
Mist Ninja have already landed from the Land of Whirlpools.
After the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation, the Land of Whirlpools became a vassal of the Land of Fire, and an important mission source for Konoha.
Therefore, the high-ranking officials believe we should end the Land of Rivers war as soon as possible.”
Yoru took the scroll, sighing inwardly. Poisoning the oasis lakes—this was a top crime in the Land of Wind.
