Chapter 288: Just Like When We Parted
Yoru arrived near the dam and hid in the woods on the side of the dam.
Yak quickly came over: “Captain, it’s not the target Shigeto who appeared, but the Land of Rivers Lord of the Treasury and the Land of Wind Lord of the Treasury’s negotiation broke down!”
“It’s not Shigeto… wait!” Yoru said: “Who did you say? Whose negotiation broke down?”
Yak pointed to the distant dock and said:
“Captain, the two ships over there at the low valley dock are ships of the Land of Rain nobles and Land of Rivers nobles.
Land of Rain nobles are acting as witnesses, as the Land of Rivers Lord of the Treasury and Land of Wind Lord of the Treasury discuss the water allocation here at the Digu Dam.
The discussion broke down, and both sides are dissatisfied with the water allocation.
The Land of Rivers believes that the Digu Dam here diverts too much water, affecting the downstream of the Jishui River.
The Land of Wind believes that they built the water channel in accordance with the previous agreement with the daimyo of several countries, and there is no problem at all.”
Yoru stared at the two ships on the dock.
On one ship, the emblem of the Land of Rivers was hung.
Unexpectedly, he could see Koizumi Chisa again here.
Yoru said: “You continue to search for intelligence on the Stone Ninja Shigeto. I’ll handle the conflict between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Wind.”
“Okay, Captain.”
Yoru formed hand seals and used the Earth Style: Fish in Water Reflection Jutsu, disappearing in front of Yak and the others.
Yak was stunned, thinking that the captain’s Earth Release was too strong, far stronger than his own.
After the captain entered the ground, he completely could not sense the captain’s whereabouts.
Following the ground, the wide river water, and the wooden hull, Yoru entered Koizumi Chisa’s ship.
He didn’t find Koizumi Chisa, but saw on the nearby Land of Rain nobles’ ship that two groups of people were at daggers drawn.
Under the eaves of the second floor of the multi-story ship’s hull, a face emerged—it was Yoru’s fox mask.
Yoru looked toward the Land of Rain nobles’ ship.
On the deck, the Land of Rivers and Land of Wind nobles were negotiating in the rain.
The negotiation had no result, and the guards both sides brought nearly came to blows.
The Land of Rain nobles on the side kept appeasing both parties.
The water that was most useless to the Land of Rain was a precious resource to other countries.
Under a large umbrella, Koizumi Chisa was sitting.
Koizumi Chisa wore frameless glasses, making her face appear particularly refined.
What surprised Yoru was that Koizumi Chisa’s hair was tied up.
For nobles, that was a symbol of a noblewoman.
Either she was married, or she had a child.
Yoru’s heartbeat rarely quickened a few beats.
It was now March of Konoha 41; he had left the Land of Rivers in April of Konoha
It had been more than a year and a half since leaving Koizumi Chisa, and he didn’t know what had happened to her.
Yoru’s hand floated in front of the pillar. If the Land of Wind nobles intended harm to Chisa, Yoru was prepared to let them… let them experience the prowess of the Stone Ninja Jonin Shigeto.
Yoru retreated into an unoccupied room and unsealed the Stone Ninja’s vest.
The Land of Wind nobles ultimately did not make a move, and under the persuasion of the Land of Rain nobles, both sides withdrew.
Seeing that Koizumi Chisa was not in danger, Yoru’s figure vanished, and he quickly arrived near the dam, preparing to help Chisa with the investigation.
There were scale lines on the dam, marking how much river water flowed out from the outlet.
The scale lines were an important means for both sides to control the water volume.
Yoru quickly used the Mayfly Technique in the river water, following the water channel all the way to the foot of the Ji Gang Mountain Range.
The cave that had been blocked by the Kiiroinu Battalion back then was dug open again.
The Land of Wind had paid quite a price.
The river water roared as it fell into the cave.
Yoru used the Mayfly Technique, merging into the waterfall-like falling water of the cave.
After descending more than twenty meters, Yoru suddenly saw five outlets!
Besides the large irrigation outlet at the top, there were actually five underground pipes?
No wonder Chisa came here—the Sand Ninja had secretly dug dark pipes. Looking at the size of those dark pipes, they were fully 3 meters high.
Yoru followed one dark pipe upward, soon arriving at a certain place on the Jishui River.
There was an extra opening here, allowing river water to flow away from it.
The Land of Wind had set up a small barrier here to prevent vortices from forming at the hole opening under the river water.
After conducting reconnaissance four more times in a row, Yoru found the entrances to the five dark pipes and marked them on the map.
He quickly returned to Koizumi Chisa’s ship.
Koizumi Chisa was still busy in the latter half of the night, constantly calculating something on paper.
According to the scale lines on the dam, the water taken by the Land of Wind indeed did not exceed the limit, but the main river channel water level line downstream of the Jishui River was far lower than expected.
No matter how Koizumi Chisa calculated, she couldn’t figure out why this situation had occurred.
At that moment, a whooshing sound suddenly came from overhead.
Koizumi Chisa quickly leaned back, instinctively trying to dodge the kunai, but saw that it was a scroll.
The scroll fell from the ceiling and landed on her desk.
Koizumi Chisa stared at the ceiling—there was nothing unusual on the ceiling, so why had a scroll suddenly appeared?
She carefully opened the scroll and saw a map with five red circles around the Jishui River area.
Near the red circles, it was written: Underground pipe inlets!
Koizumi Chisa was stunned. If there were underground pipe inlets, then her relentless pursuit of the Digu Dam had been completely the wrong direction.
Who was reminding her?
Chisa abruptly turned her head and saw a person slowly emerging from the wall panel of the multi-story ship behind her!
He was wearing a fox mask!
“Miqu… no, Fox! Is that you?”
After the war ended, Chisa had been collecting intelligence on Konoha Village.
She had finally learned from the Nobles of the Land of Fire that Konoha Village had an extremely powerful Anbu, titled Copper Fox, whom the Nobles of the Land of Fire called the Anbu’s Top Expert.
That Copper Fox was the Fox, the Fox who had helped her build the hydroelectric power station!
He had used the alias Miqu in her presence, wearing the fox mask.
“Long time no see, Miss Chisa.”
Chisa suddenly stood up, and the chair fell to the ground.
The maid outside the door heard the noise and asked: “Miss, what’s wrong?”
Yoru felt relieved in his heart—the maid called Chisa “miss,” proving that Chisa was not married.
Chisa said: “Have everyone leave the third floor and second floor of the multi-story ship—no one approach!”
Chisa walked slowly toward the Fox, then ran the last few steps and threw herself into the Fox’s arms.
After being apart for a year and a half, the bitterness in Chisa’s heart suddenly left her unsure where to begin.
Yoru removed the mask, revealing his eyes and mask, then picked Chisa up.
He was about to go to the bed, but Chisa said: “Go… go to the desk. Our reunion should be just like when we parted…”
When they parted, Chisa had learned of the Fox’s Konoha Anbu identity and had kept her back to her lover.
This reunion felt familiar, just like before.
Half an hour later, amid the waves of her hips and trembling, Yoru was thoroughly satisfied.
“Fox, why didn’t you come to see me?”
“My missions have been very demanding. Sorry, Leaf Ninja cannot leave the village without a mission.”
“Then do you know our child is already 1 year old?”
Yoru was stunned: “What?!”
1 year old? He wouldn’t have Byakugan or Sharingan talent, would he? Then even jumping into the Naka River wouldn’t clear his name.
