Chapter 5: I’m Consumable Too
The sky gradually lightened.
Yoru stood in front of the window in the second-floor room of Tsuruzuki Izakaya, watching the full moon in the sky slowly obscured by the sunshine.
If he died this month, he should resurrect here.
After leaving Konoha Hospital, he did not return to Anbu, but stayed in the izakaya.
Earn as much as he spent, or else it would all go to the captain if he didn’t spend it.
Yoru turned to look at the bed.
Qiao Yi was sleeping soundly, her leg exposed outside the quilt, smooth and firm.
After communicating for half the night, he still found no evidence that Qiao Yi was a spy.
Maybe his investigation wasn’t thorough enough.
Maybe his investigation wasn’t intense enough.
Maybe he was overthinking it, and Qiao Yi was not a spy.
Even if Qiao Yi was a spy, she was the kind who relied on brains rather than strength to lurk, posing little threat.
Without saying goodbye, he pulled up his pants and ran. Yoru jumped down from the window, heading to Death Forest while it was early morning with few people around.
The Anbu Battalion Yoru belonged to was dispatched to Land of Waves. Another battalion was sent to Land of Whirlpools.
Antelope Squad was in a fishing village in Land of Waves, receiving a Whirlpool Ninja Squad and escorting them back to Land of Whirlpools, Hidden Whirlpool Village.
Yoru followed at the end, observing the three Whirlpool Ninjas.
The original story barely described Hidden Whirlpool Village; this village was massacred long before the plot began.
One female and two males, all with red hair.
The female ninja at the front had the reddest hair.
He didn’t know if hair color represented the bloodline limit of the Uzumaki bloodline.
All three Whirlpool Ninjas were injured.
Looking at the wounds, they were slashed by ninja swords.
Cloud Village’s Ninja Academy taught ninja sword technique, so Cloud Ninjas all loved using ninja swords.
After leaving Land of Waves and entering the woods of Land of Fire, the three Whirlpool Ninjas finally relaxed their tense state.
Land of Whirlpools was located on the peninsula southeast of Land of Fire, so detouring through Land of Fire was the safest route.
To delay time, Yoru pointed at the bloodstain on the Vortex female ninja’s leg and said, “I have healing medicine here. How about treating the injury first before continuing?”
Antelope Captain was just about to say Yoru was being unnecessary, but then Yuka Uzumaki, that female ninja, said, “Okay, if we don’t treat it, it might leave chronic issues.”
Hidden Whirlpool Village was an ally of the Senju Clan, so Antelope Captain didn’t say more.
Yoru handed his medical kit to Yuka Uzumaki.
Yuka Uzumaki didn’t mind the crowd, lifting her slit skirt to expose her injured thigh.
After undoing the previous simple bandage, Yuka Uzumaki scraped off the blackened old healing medicine with a kunai.
The kunai touched the flesh at the wound, causing Yuka Uzumaki to grit her teeth tightly in pain.
Her right hand was also injured, making it inconvenient to operate with her left hand.
Yoru squatted down: “Let me help you.”
“Thank you.”
Watching the Anbu ninja bandage her, Yuka Uzumaki said, “You’re different from other Anbu. Thank you for your suggestion.”
Yoru didn’t speak.
He was just delaying time, and might get criticized by the captain for it.
It took 7 days to reach Land of Waves, 1 day from Land of Waves to Land of Fire. Land of Fire was relatively safe, unlikely to encounter Cloud Ninjas.
The longer the stay in Land of Fire, the better.
If he could die one day before the next full moon, that would be perfect. He knew everything before death, having a plot advantage similar to prophecy.
Yuka Uzumaki chatted:
” Cousin Tsunade once wrote to the Uzumaki Clan, asking each squad to have a medical ninja.
Unfortunately, Hidden Whirlpool Village couldn’t do it. Hidden Whirlpool Village’s medical ninjutsu was taught by the Senju Clan, and what the Senju Clan couldn’t do, we couldn’t either.”
Yoru’s head didn’t move, but his line of sight under the mask lifted slightly, assessing the strength of the Vortex female ninja before him.
He glanced at Yuka Uzumaki’s chest.
Under the restraint of the bodysuit, her chest was round and bulging; he wondered what magnificent scene it would be if unbound.
As expected of Tsunade’s cousin, bearing rich fruit on slender branches.
After bandaging, Yoru said nothing and stood up to step aside.
Yuka Uzumaki was a bit disappointed; Konoha’s Anbu was silent.
The squad continued forward, taking 3 days to enter Land of Whirlpools, this narrow peninsula nation.
Yoru looked at the wheat waves by the road, as if seeing the shape of the wind.
If the mission stayed this simple, walking and stopping, viewing the scenery, it would be…
Boom!
An exploding tag trap detonated in the field by the road!
The target of the blast was the three red-haired Whirlpool Ninjas in the middle.
From the surrounding wheat fields, two squads of Cloud Ninjas jumped out.
The cold gleam of ninja swords made Yoru’s scalp tingle.
Yuka Uzumaki was blasted into the adjacent wheat field, creating a pit.
While still airborne, Yuka Uzumaki spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Two Cloud Ninjas rushed toward Yuka Uzumaki, but suddenly stiffened before her.
Starting from their ankles, sealing curse marks crawled upward; the two Cloud Ninjas seemed petrified, unable to move.
Yoru was greatly surprised; that was the Karma Seal of Retribution that appeared in the original story! One of the sealing jutsu Danzo used.
Antelope Captain shouted: “Mission accomplished!”
After shouting, Antelope Captain went to intercept the Cloud Ninjas’ captain.
Purple Cat rushed to the nearest male Whirlpool Ninja, glanced over, and deemed no rescue necessary.
Drawing her ninja sword, she stabbed the heavily injured Whirlpool Ninja to death.
Ensuring Cloud Ninjas couldn’t obtain Whirlpool sealing jutsu was the primary goal; escorting Whirlpool Ninjas back to the village was merely a secondary bonus.
In the Second Ninja War, each ninja village suffered heavy casualties and urgently needed sealing jutsu to send jinchuriki to the battlefield.
Intelligence on sealing jutsu absolutely could not fall into Cloud Ninjas’ hands.
Yoru jumped beside Yuka.
Yuka lay in waist-high wheat stalks, her chest and lungs severely injured, her chest already caved in.
Without a medical ninja, such an injury was undoubtedly fatal.
Her line of sight was blocked by wheat stalks, so she didn’t see Purple Cat kill the Whirlpool Ninja. Seeing Yoru, gratitude flashed in her eyes.
The two Cloud Ninjas were already controlled by her; as long as the two Cloud Ninjas were killed, she could be saved.
Yoru raised a kunai, not targeting the two stiff Cloud Ninjas on either side.
The kunai stabbed down, piercing Yuka’s skull while she was completely defenseless.
This way, Cloud Ninjas couldn’t obtain the sealing jutsu intelligence.
The light in Yuka’s pupils instantly faded.
“Konoha… Konoha indeed covets…”
Yuka’s words could no longer be spoken.
Ninjas were tools for executing missions.
Anbu were tools among tools.
Yuka’s injuries were too severe; using two sealing jutsu was just a last gasp, no need for treatment.
Antelope Captain was right beside him; what Yoru had to do was perfectly complete the mission, ensuring the Whirlpool sealing jutsu wouldn’t fall into Cloud Ninjas’ hands.
Once Yuka died, Yoru quickly used the lingering sealing jutsu to stab the left Cloud Ninja to death.
The right Cloud Ninja broke free of the sealing jutsu’s restraint, stabbing his ninja sword toward Yoru’s side.
Yoru hurriedly lunged forward, using a roll to dodge the ninja sword.
While rolling, Yoru was still thinking how to appropriately use Earth Release: Fish in Water Reflection Jutsu, but a numbing sensation came from his foot.
Damn, Cloud Ninjas had set up Lightning Release on the ground.
Lightning Release countered Earth Release; his only Earth Release ninjutsu was nullified.
After a struggle, Yoru was slashed to death by a ninja sword.
Before dying, he saw Antelope Captain escape alone, while Purple Cat and Horned Ox both died in the wheat field.
Damn it…
To protect the secret of the sealing jutsu, Whirlpool Ninjas could be killed if necessary.
He hadn’t expected to die here himself.
Yoru thought Whirlpool Ninjas were expendable; in the end, he was expendable too.
【Moon Arc activated!
The host has one resurrection opportunity per month and will resurrect on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward: one lucky draw opportunity!】
