Chapter 224: Master-level Fire Dragon Flame Bomb
A certain bath in the inn was reserved by four Konoha ninjas.
Hiruzen Sarutobi lay in the hot spring, with an Ino-Shika-Cho formation on the shore.
The Ino-Shika-Cho trio wore ninja vests, the Akimichi ninja carried an iron rod, guarding Hiruzen Sarutobi in the pool.
The Nara ninja said: “Hiruzen, tomorrow let’s push forward into the Land of Fire in one go. As long as we reach the border outpost fortress, we’ll be safe.”
“Mm.” Hiruzen Sarutobi said:
“Shimura Tan actually died in the Land of Grass, and even now they haven’t investigated who killed him.
Daring to assassinate a ninja from the Shimura clan who was about to be promoted to jonin, Uncle Danzo will find the culprit and definitely hand him over to Orochimaru for experiments.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi was Hiruzen Sarutobi’s own nephew, a highly anticipated rising star in the Sarutobi clan.
He also lived up to the Sarutobi clan’s expectations, about to be promoted to jonin at 19 years old.
Give him another ten years, and he might become an elite jonin.
Hiruzen Sarutobi placed a towel on his forehead and slowly sank into the hot water.
He suddenly felt a shadow darken from the side, a figure emerging from the water, charging toward the Ino-Shika-Cho trio behind!
Those locked by the Karma Seal of Retribution would struggle, exerting force secretly, leaving blurred footprints with strange outlines.
To conceal his identity, Yoru did not use the Karma Seal of Retribution.
After the water clone appeared, he instantly threw six kunai at close range, severely injuring the three Ino-Shika-Cho ninjas.
Then he quickly finished them off, killing the three Ino-Shika-Cho one by one.
Sounds of hand seals came from behind.
Hiruzen Sarutobi jumped out of the water, formed hand seals, and used ninjutsu on Yoru.
Yoru had intended to continue killing, but after seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s hand seals, he paused.
Hiruzen Sarutobi actually used Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet with just three seals?
The Fire Dragon Flame Bullet he learned required 7 seals.
Your Sarutobi clan is holding back?
Yoru suddenly remembered the intel he had found: Hiruzen Sarutobi was extremely skilled in Fire Release.
The Yoru who had originally planned to kill let the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet engulf him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had a special understanding of the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, and Yoru thought that perhaps he could extract a “mastery” rated Fire Dragon Flame Bullet from him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned and confused: why did the assassin swiftly kill the three Ino-Shika-Cho with such fierce movements, then almost stand still and let himself burn him to death?
Could his target not be himself, but the three Ino-Shika-Cho?—
Yoru’s vision went black, and the scene before him changed from a sea of fire to Qiao Yi’s boudoir behind the izakaya.
Qiao Yi felt her ears a bit hot, a bit itchy.
It was Miqu kissing her.
She changed position and nestled into Miqu’s arms.
After the war ended, Miqu rarely left the village, which greatly increased her sense of happiness.
【Moon Arc activated!
The host has only one resurrection opportunity per month, resurrecting on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward one lucky draw opportunity:
1-Fire Release: Ash Accumulations Burning（Beginner）;
2-Jonin level chakra amount（stackable）;
3-Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet（Mastery）.】
The first two options were directly eliminated, and the third option made Yoru’s eyes light up.
As expected, the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet technique could be turned into mastery.
Yoru selected the third option and obtained mastery-level Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
Entering the underground training room, he eagerly tested this technique.
When using the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, the chakra circulation path changed, certain chakra meridians were opened, and it only required one seal to use the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
This way, the second identity for revenge, the sub-account White Demon, had greatly increased strength.
On the third night at midnight, after receiving the contract chakra notification, Yoru arrived at the border of the Land of Hot Water.
He skillfully found the inn’s water tower and used water clone to enter the hot spring where Hiruzen Sarutobi was.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had a towel on his forehead and sank into the water, relaxing.
Yoru appeared underwater with body flicker, stabbing a kunai viciously into Hiruzen Sarutobi’s throat.
This time he chose to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi first.
Blood spurted in the water.
The hot water mixed with blood made the blood even more vivid red.
After jumping out of the water surface, Yoru only formed one seal, and before the Ino-Shika-Cho trio could react, he released Fire Dragon Flame Bullet at close range.
The fierce fire dragon surged, instantly engulfing the three.
The Nara ninja reacted quickly and actually jumped up.
Infinite terror filled his heart: how could someone use Fire Dragon Flame Bullet with just one seal?
Hiruzen Sarutobi, hailed as a Fire Release genius, also needed three seals for Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
However, the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was a continuous Fire Release, and Yoru slightly adjusted the direction, causing the fire dragon to engulf the Nara ninja mid-air.
After confirming the Ino-Shika-Cho trio were burned to charred corpses and destroying their brains, Yoru then used water clone to leave.
Arriving outside the town, Yoru held the white demon mask and said: “Yuka, this mask is good, I’ll take it.”
“Okay.”
Yuka Uzumaki looked at the burning bath pool, her heart extremely excited.
The firelight reflected in her pupils, flickering brightly.
This was the feeling of revenge…
Grabbing Yuka’s shoulders, Yoru said:
“The recent revenge ends here. I’ll go to Konoha first to observe the reactions from all sides.
If the reactions are good, then I’ll formulate a new revenge plan.
I’m leaving. You all be careful, head back to the Uzumaki clan’s hiding place first.”
Nodding to Kaicho Uzumaki and Gencho Uzumaki, Yoru turned into white smoke and reverse summoned away.
Yuka Uzumaki continued watching the flames until they were extinguished by the townspeople.
She said: “Uncle Kaicho, Uncle Gencho, next we should strengthen our tracking and infiltration secret jutsu, and establish an intelligence system.
This time the fox gave us general intel on Sarutobi and Shimura clan ninjas, and it took us several days to confirm their tracks.
This efficiency is too low and could lead to revenge failure.”
Kaicho Uzumaki nodded and said:
“Good, after we get back, we’ll start researching reconnaissance and tracking secret jutsu, but for establishing an intelligence system, I think we should discuss it with the fox before deciding.
Establishing an intelligence system is very complex, requiring recruiting and deploying spies, too many actions that could expose us.
It’s not about fearing sacrifice, but the fox told me not to be reckless.
The fox has his own rhythm; we should consult the fox’s opinion on everything first.”
Yuka Uzumaki nodded; she hadn’t expected the two to listen to the fox even more than she did.
She had the stone panda send a scroll to the fox, but the fox disagreed with the Uzumaki clan risking establishing an intelligence system, saying it would expose the Uzumaki clan.
The intelligence issue would be handled mainly by the fox, telling Yuka not to rush, and that reconnaissance and tracking secret jutsu should indeed be supplemented quickly.
Yuka Uzumaki then dropped the matter.
From the border of the Land of Hot Water to Konoha Village, it took 5 days.
The townspeople reported to the nobles, then the nobles sent samurai to investigate, the nobles notified the Konoha guardian ninjas, and it was 3 days later before confirming Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death.
10 days after Hiruzen Sarutobi’s death, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally got the news.
He stared blankly at the scroll: his own nephew, Hiruzen Sarutobi with extremely high Fire Release ninjutsu talent, had actually died in a hot spring in the Land of Hot Water.
He looked at his assistant: “Go find…”
The assistant saw the Hokage’s eyes go from panicked to ruthless, then back to normal, but he never said who to find.
“Go find Danzo and Orochimaru!”
