Chapter 232: Fox, This Is Slander
Root wants to override Anbu?
Yoru thought, do I still have to listen to Root?
Then wouldn’t I be captaining my squad for nothing?
Killing Shimura Tan and Hiruzen Sarutobi clearly isn’t nearly enough.
Too few killed, they don’t feel the pain.
Unless Root suffers heavy damage, Yoru feels uncomfortable even hiding in Anbu.
Root cannot override Anbu squads, and you have even less qualification to override me.
Yoru thought of Ding’s exquisite Wind Release Ninjutsu.
Why not draw a lottery on Ding? After resurrection, don’t kill him, just let him live and return to Konoha.
Sub-account Shiroki excels in Fire Release; if there were Wind Release as support, strength would be even greater.
A dozen seconds later, Ding looked stunned at the fox that rushed over and died under his own kunai, terrified as he removed his mask, his expression pale.
Although he wanted to suppress Anbu, he never thought of killing the fox; the fox is Kiiroinu’s first lapdog.
【Detected that host has died, Moon Arc System is starting up···】
Yoru returned to the previous full moon night.
He was on the mountain outside Cloud House Port, waiting for Two-Tails Ryuuha’s return.
【Moon Arc activated!
Host has only one resurrection opportunity per month, resurrecting on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward: one lucky draw opportunity:
1-Sealing Jutsu·Evil Sealing Method（Beginner）;
2-Wind Release·Vacuum Wave（Beginner）;
3-Wind Release·Great Breakthrough（Mastery）.】
The first option is Sealing Jutsu.
After Uzumaki Clan Annihilation, that bit of Sealing Jutsu obtained from the corpses all fell into Danzo Shimura’s hands.
Now the Shimura Clan is practically a great Sealing Jutsu clan.
The second option is Wind Release·Vacuum Wave.
Spews long wind blades from the mouth, with extremely strong large-area cutting ability.
This technique is similar to Yoru’s Water Style·Water Severing Wave, but in terms of power, it’s inferior to Water Severing Wave; Water Severing Wave’s kinetic energy is much greater than the wind blade’s kinetic energy.
The last option is another mastery-level Ninjutsu.
He chose the last reward, mastery-level Wind Release·Great Breakthrough.
In this way, sub-account Shiroki’s combat power increased again.
Ding is already on his must-kill list; find an opportunity to kill this elite of the Shimura Clan, continue striking Danzo.
Danzo is the Ninja of Darkness, then Yoru is the darkness of the Ninja of Darkness.
He’s clumsy with words and doesn’t know how to reason, so he can only use his only specialty, assassination, to leave others no reason to speak of.
All the benefits in Konoha have been taken by Danzo and the others.
Where in the world are there sweet jujubes without pits?
Eat too many benefits, and there will be a day to spit them out.
The plot developed as in the previous life.
Hatake Sakumo’s squad sniped Two-Tails Jinchuriki Ryuuha on the sea surface.
Ding rashly intervened, causing the interception to end early.
Yoru stayed in place, dutifully recording the Jinchuriki’s subsequent performance.
After catching up with Hatake Sakumo and the others, Yoru and Ding still had a dispute.
But this time Yoru didn’t say much, appearing not aggressive at all.
No need for nonsense, go talk to my sub-account Shiroki.
The group moved very fast; occasionally encountering Cloud Ninja catching up, Hatake Sakumo would cover the rear, quickly and decisively cleansing the pursuers, then continue fleeing south.
Not delayed much by the pursuers, Hatake Sakumo’s group quickly entered the Land of Hot Water.
Several squads of Cloud Ninja failed to catch Hatake Sakumo, standing at the Land of Hot Water’s border.
The leading Captain Gari said: “Return to the village! Wait for the village to declare war! We will formally invade the Land of Hot Water!”
Several days later, Hatake Sakumo and the others returned to Konoha Village.
When Yoru and Ding were summoned by the Hokage, they saw Hatake Sakumo leaving the Hokage Building.
He entered the Hokage’s Office and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Orochimaru.
Ding spoke first, recounting all the intelligence from observations along the way.
He especially emphasized that at the critical moment of battling the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, he rushed forward regardless of danger, not letting Hatake Sakumo monopolize the glory of fighting the Jinchuriki.
After listening, Danzo asked: “Fox, what did you do along the way?”
Yoru said: “Most of the time I recorded this key mission together with Ding.
The only difference was, after Hatake Sakumo’s squad and Ding left, I stayed in place and recorded how the Two-Tails Jinchuriki retracted the overflowing Tailed Beast Chakra.”
Danzo nodded and said: “That’s also valuable intelligence.”
Orochimaru asked: “Fox, can Hatake Sakumo really split a Tailed Beast Ball with his blade?”
“Yes, he can.” Yoru said:
“Hatake Sakumo’s White Fang blade aura can continue slashing forward in the air for about 2 seconds.
When the Tailed Beast Ball hit the blade aura, it was actually split in half from the middle.
Hatake Sakumo’s Body Flicker Technique is very fast; after splitting the Tailed Beast Ball at mid-range, he could still quickly retreat, possessing the strength to confront a Jinchuriki head-on.
However···”
Yoru wasn’t polite either; he said: “Because of Ding’s premature intervention, it clearly disrupted Hatake Sakumo’s attack rhythm.
For the sake of protecting Ding, Hatake Sakumo failed to force out the complete Two-Tails.
Ryuuha remained in human form throughout, far from the complete Tailed Beast Transformation in the intelligence.
Therefore, this mission was a failure.
It only let Hatake Sakumo show his ability to slash a Tailed Beast Ball, but failed to expose his weaknesses against giant Tailed Beasts.
His White Fang Short Sword’s blade aura length does not exceed 5 meters, so he probably isn’t good at dealing with large Tailed Beasts; the specific effect, whether Hatake Sakumo has other trump cards, couldn’t be seen.”
“Oh?” Orochimaru didn’t care about any high-ranking official’s face and said:
“In other words, this fool Ding, in order to verify Wind Release against a Jinchuriki’s power, failed to wait for the complete Two-Tails to appear?”
“This is slander against me by the fox!” Ding hurriedly explained:
“At that time, three squads of Cloud Ninja appeared at the dock.
Cloud Ninja on guard duty, Cloud Ninja on garrison duty, under the organization of several Cloud Ninja Jonin, were about to form an encirclement.
Even if I didn’t act, the Cloud Ninja would surround them; Hatake Sakumo fundamentally had no chance to force out the complete Two-Tails.
Hatake Sakumo didn’t use his full strength; he did it on purpose, not really probing intelligence on the Two-Tails Jinchuriki for the village.”
Regarding the timing of Ding’s action, Orochimaru questioned a few more times, but Ding always found excuses.
With Danzo’s help, Orochimaru couldn’t do anything to Ding.
Yoru listened on the side and said nothing more.
Among these three, Orochimaru still had some integrity, not fully soaked in the dye vat.
Hiruzen Sarutobi said: “Fox, you did well. Leave the mission scroll here, return to Anbu first.”
“Yes, Hokage.”
Ding stared at the fox’s back, his gaze cold.
After returning to the Anbu Base, Yoru first went to Kiiroinu’s office.
“Minister, in this mission, Ding said Root would override Anbu’s four squads; is that true?”
“Hmph.” Kiiroinu said:
“Danzo Advisor and the Hokage said that during missions, Root takes precedence; Root’s missions are more secretive and more important.
All Anbu Ninja must obey Root Ninja’s orders at critical moments.
The Hokage didn’t agree and won’t agree.”
Yoru thought, good thing he still had time to lay out his plans.
