Chapter 176: New Summoned Beast, Stone Panda
Somewhere on the coastline of the eastern Land of Whirlpools.
Hozuki Murgetsu, the master of the great sword Samehada, was bending down to examine a corpse.
Behind him stood a giant who was 5 meters tall.
Suikazan Fuguya ground his mouthful of sharp teeth, staring at Hozuki Murgetsu, and also at the great sword Samehada carried on Hozuki Murgetsu’s back.
The Second Mizukage had been dead for many years, yet the Hozuki Clan still dominated four of the Seven Ninja Swords.
Especially the strongest Samehada, which made Suikazan Fuguya envious.
Hozuki Murgetsu pointed at the reef twice as tall as a man opposite and said:
“Suikazan Fuguya, you discovered key information.
Someone stood on that reef and used the Water Gun Technique to shoot through this Mist Ninja’s skull.
The Water Gun Technique did not lose momentum and also shot through the reef behind the Mist Ninja, finally embedding into the ground.
Confirmed without error, the target Copper Fox once appeared here.
That Copper Fox who stole the Twin Blades Flounder and tortured out the Hozuki Secret Technique must die!”
Suikazan Fuguya’s eyes carried disdain.
The Hozuki Clan had declined, unable to guard not only the ninja swords but also the secret jutsu, actually having them tortured out.
Many secret jutsu were secret because they required specific physiques; others couldn’t use them even if taken.
The Hozuki Clan’s proudly proclaimed markless Water Style turned out to be usable by others too.
Hozuki Ringo was simply a shame of the Hidden Mist Village.
Suikazan Fuguya thought to himself, the Walking Witch did not deceive him; the Twin Blades Flounder was indeed nearby.
Hozuki Murgetsu turned his head and said: “Fuguya, give up on it. The Twin Blades Flounder belongs to the Hozuki Clan and will inevitably be reclaimed by the Hozuki Clan. You have no chance of getting the Twin Blades Flounder.”
Suikazan Fuguya said nothing, sneering inwardly. He had no interest in the Twin Blades Flounder at all; what he wanted was the strongest of the Seven Ninja Swords, the great sword Samehada.
The Twin Blades Flounder was very good, but not as good as Samehada.
Five jonin came over from the sea surface and landed nearby.
Three Hozuki Clan jonin, three jonin designated by Yuan Shi, and Kusarinotsurumaru.
Aside from Hozuki Murgetsu and Kusarinotsurumaru, the rest were there to rob the Seven Ninja Swords.
On the long coastline, Konoha and Mist Ninja were engaged in brutal meat grinder-like battles. Pulling out seven jonin at this time showed how much importance the Hidden Mist Village placed on the Twin Blades Flounder.
Hozuki Murgetsu, as the commander of this mission, said:
“The corpse died about 20 hours ago. With here as the center, search for traces and confirm Copper Fox’s position!”
The squad leaders body flickered away, scattering in all directions.
Dozens of kilometers away from the shore, Yoru stopped.
The encirclement set by Kiiroinu was still dozens of kilometers from here; there shouldn’t be any Hyuga Ninja nearby.
He sent away the Antelope Squad following him, having them stand guard on the periphery. Yoru formed hand seals and used Summoning Jutsu.
Previously at the front line camp, he hadn’t dared to use Summoning Jutsu, afraid that Hyuga Ninja would see White Fang’s ninja dogs.
After the white smoke dissipated, Pakkun appeared.
“It’s you, Fox. What do you need?”
Yoru said: “Please ask Lord Sakumo if Shirakumo Hayama is a firm follower, and who the followers are on the Land of Whirlpools front line. I will provide support at the appropriate time.”
“Oh, got it. I’ll go ask right now.”
Three minutes later, Yoru used Summoning Jutsu again.
Pakkun said:
“Fox, Sakumo says among the ninja on the Land of Whirlpools front line, some have always been his followers, and some are people he is observing. I’ll tell you; remember them.”
Yoru memorized: Yamashiro Aoba and Gekko Shizuma, two jonin, previously teammates of Hatake Sakumo, now firmly supporting Hatake Sakumo.
Shirakumo Hayama, Shinma and others were special jonin willing to get close to Hatake Sakumo.
“Good, I got it. I’ll pay attention to these people,” Yoru said.
“I’ve seen Shirakumo Hayama at Lord White Fang’s place and saved him once a few days ago. Looks like I saved the right person.”
After Pakkun left, Yoru summoned the Long Spear Egret again.
The Uzumaki Remnants were hiding in a remote place in the Land of Rain. If there was a situation at Yuka Uzumaki’s place, they would tie a letter to the Long Spear Egret’s leg.
This time summoning the Long Spear Egret, Yoru found not only a letter on its leg, but also a scroll.
He quickly opened the letter and learned that Yuka had found a special summoning beast clan.
The Stone Panda Clan, whose bodies could turn into a hard shell like Bai Ci, blocking attacks like an Earth Flow Wall.
Stone Panda appeared in the original story and later became one of Pain’s Animal Path summoning beasts.
Now found first by Yuka.
More crucially, the Stone Panda Clan had very high intelligence, could form simple hand seals with their five fingers, and were extremely rare summoning beasts that could use ninjutsu.
In other words, if Yuka Uzumaki needed it, she could first summon a Stone Panda, then reverse summon Yoru to make him appear quickly in the Land of Rain.
Opening the contract scroll, Yoru saw only Yuka Uzumaki’s name on it.
This was a brand new summoning beast clan.
It seemed Yuka was also working hard in the Land of Rain, continuously strengthening the strength of the Uzumaki Remnants.
Yoru bit his finger and pressed a blood handprint on the contract scroll, writing his own name.
After forming hand seals, a fat panda two people tall appeared in front of him.
“You are···?”
As expected, high intelligence; speaking summoning beasts were all smart summoning beasts.
“I am Fox. Yuka gave me the contract scroll···”
Before he finished speaking, the Stone Panda slapped toward Yoru with its fan-like large palm.
Yoru raised his hand to block.
The palm and forearm collided, yet made a crisp sound.
The Stone Panda was stunned: “Why is your arm so hard?”
Yoru said: “I also have hardening ability. This is not the time for sparring, otherwise you would see my ability, which is no worse than your Stone Panda Clan’s special ability.”
The Stone Panda nodded and shook its palm after retracting it.
It acknowledged Fox’s ability.
During the brief clash, it felt powerful contract chakra.
This contract chakra was no weaker than that of Yuka Uzumaki who engraved the contract seal on their Stone Panda Clan.
“It hurts. Your ability is very good. My name is Bai Ci. I acknowledge you.”
Yoru nodded and said:
“If there is an opportunity, I will fight alongside you. Help me tell Yuka that if she encounters mortal danger, she can reverse summon me.
I will also make time as soon as possible to meet her.”
Bai Ci nodded and dispelled the summoning jutsu.
Returning to the bamboo forest in the southwest of the Land of Rain, Bai Ci grabbed a bamboo, placed it on its head to snap it off, and chewed it up.
Originally, their Stone Panda Clan was living well in the bamboo forest when a woman came in and contracted them with powerful sealing jutsu.
That was acceptable, but then that woman gave him to a masked man.
That masked man was very strong, even stronger than that woman.
Contracting with a ninja wasn’t all bad; in the future, if they encountered danger, they could reverse summon that man called Fox to help them fight.
The over a hundred Stone Pandas in the bamboo forest also needed a powerful ninja as a partner.
After the white smoke of the summoning jutsu dissipated, Yoru continued toward the preset battlefield.
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