Chapter 66: The Death Of Senju Kashira
The Rat Squad’s Hyuga Ninja discovered the target three kilometers away, Senju Kashi.
“Squad Leader! Target appeared!”
The Rat Squad Leader’s eyes under the mask were sharp: “We’re only a few kilometers from headquarters. We can’t alert Senju Nawaki. We must intercept Senju Kashi!”
The Rat Squad’s three squads quickly charged toward Senju Kashi.
Pursuers ahead, blockers behind.
Senju Kashi took out a secret medicine.
This was the Akimichi secret medicine given to him by an Akimichi Clan teammate before that teammate’s sacrifice.
After consuming the secret medicine, one could burn flesh and blood to produce massive chakra, but if not controlled well, one would die violently from excessive chakra extraction.
With no time for hesitation now, Senju Kashi swallowed the chili pill with the resolve to face death.
Every cell in his body groaned as he squeezed out all of his body’s potential.
His chakra surged wildly. Before the Anbu could reach his surroundings, he used his final ninjutsu.
“Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!”
A massive amount of water suddenly appeared beside Senju Kashi, like a fountain.
The Rat Squad Leader, already charging close, was somewhat surprised. Senju Kashi’s strength was far greater than in the intelligence reports. He hurriedly prepared a defense.
He was no match for Water Style on that scale.
At the same time, the Rat Squad Leader did not retreat. Even if it meant death, he could not let Senju Kashi get any closer to the front line headquarters.
“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!”
An earth wall rose in front of the Rat Squad Leader.
He saw, in the distance behind Senju Kashi, that the Kiiroinu Captain had already appeared in view.
However, Senju Kashi’s Water Style was not aimed at the Rat Squad Leader.
The water dragon shot straight into the sky.
The water dragon’s body showed minimal curvature and trembling, almost perfectly straight as it rushed toward the sky.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the blue water column was exceptionally conspicuous.
The Kiiroinu Captain was still two hundred meters from Senju Kashi, but he felt uneasy in his heart.
“Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!”
A massive flame bullet crossed over two hundred meters, rushing toward the water dragon bullet in the air.
Yoru clicked his tongue darkly from the side. This Fire Release’s standard and attack range were truly exaggerated.
The flame bullet was ultimately a bit too slow, striking the lower half of the water dragon bullet.
After ascending into the air, the water dragon bullet suddenly deformed, exploding outward in all directions.
Several small water dragons scattered, forming a Senju Clan emblem in the sky!
Even with the Kiiroinu Captain’s mental fortitude, he froze in place, sensing something was gravely wrong.
The others continued charging toward the towering water dragon.
Inside the headquarters camp, Senju Nawaki, who was sparring with Teacher Orochimaru, turned his head in confusion.
He saw the Senju Clan emblem in the sky!
“That’s the Senju Clan’s distress signal! Enemy attack! Stone Ninja have reached near the camp!”
As soon as Senju Nawaki spoke, he leaped up and vanished with the Body Flicker Technique.
Orochimaru was somewhat puzzled. Even if it was an enemy attack, why not use Konoha’s standard distress signal flare? Why use this obscure Senju Clan distress signal?
Since Konoha Village was established, the Senju Clan’s distress signal hadn’t appeared in decades.
Following the principle of training Nawaki, Orochimaru followed at a distance behind him, neither too close nor too far.
Nawaki was a genius. Orochimaru wanted him to make autonomous judgments and decisions from the start of his ninja career.
His role was to help Nawaki analyze when Nawaki occasionally made mistakes.
Constant guidance would not cultivate a disciple who surpassed him.
Not only did Nawaki leave the camp, but other Senju Clan ninja on the front lines also rushed out urgently.
Looking at the Senju Clan emblem formed by the Water Style in the sky, the Kiiroinu Captain turned and said, “Fox! Take your squad to find Senju Nawaki rushing here. Don’t intercept him for now—monitor him!”
Yoru nodded and led his squad away.
After completing all this, Senju Kashi let the Water Style fall, turning the area dozens of meters around him into something like a flood disaster.
Senju Kashi himself was engulfed by the Water Style.
In the water waves, a rat’s ninja sword pierced into Senju Kashi’s chest.
Even the Rat Squad Leader himself was somewhat surprised at how simple it had been.
When the Water Style fully dissipated, he saw Senju Kashi with burst blood vessels all over, emaciated like a skeleton.
His skin split open by the blood vessels and clinging to the bones, making Senju Kashi look neither human nor ghost.
One or two minutes later, Konoha ninja from the front line camp arrived, seeing numerous Konoha Anbu and a corpse on the ground.
Senju Nawaki stepped forward and stared at the corpse.
The corpse wore a Mist Ninja headband, its entire body charred black by Fire Release, reduced to an ellipsoidal shape.
Facing Senju Nawaki’s puzzled gaze, the Kiiroinu Captain said:
“The Anbu captured a Mist Ninja spy. This Mist Ninja was skilled in Water Style.
He even tortured a Senju ninja for the Senju distress signal and intended to sabotage the Konoha camp. We’ve killed him.”
Senju Nawaki said nothing, though he was somewhat skeptical deep down.
The Anbu’s explanation held together, but Nawaki still felt something was off.
After hesitating for a moment, the front line camp’s Senju ninja left.
Yoru found the Kiiroinu Captain and said, “Captain, Senju Nawaki didn’t see anyone on the road. Nothing unexpected happened.”
The Kiiroinu Captain breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Good, the mission is finally over.”
Yoru thought to himself, that’s great.
But if you relax now, Kiiroinu, that would be even better.
Ten minutes later, a Senju middle-aged ninja, due to the earlier chaos, was sent out to strengthen patrols.
As he passed a tree, he suddenly froze.
There was a symbol on that tree trunk—a special contact symbol between the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan!
That kind of symbol, this middle-aged ninja had only heard his father mention it; it was in the style of the Warring States Period before the village was founded.
It was only used when the Uzumaki Clan contacted the Senju Clan, with that code system.
He approached the tree and bent down to find a scroll under the code.
Looking at the trampled grass around the scroll, he judged that it had been placed there at least two days ago.
Who was it?
Hadn’t the Uzumaki Clan been annihilated?
Who had placed the scroll here two days in advance?
The village had said the Uzumaki Clan had only one last clan member left: Kushina Uzumaki.
He picked up the scroll, opened it, and scanned it. This Senju ninja’s pupils dilated massively.
What?
What this scroll said…
The Senju ninja hurriedly closed the scroll, his mind oxygen-starved, dizzy.
Konoha Village had long known about the Uzumaki Clan’s annihilation and even participated in it?
The reason the Uzumaki Clan was caught off guard, with the entire village having no chance to escape, was because Konoha Anbu had leaked all reconnaissance points of Hidden Whirlpool Village on the coast to Hidden Mist Village in advance?
Rescuing the Whirlpool Princess was just a show?
Everything was for Konoha Village to have a new vessel for the Nine-Tails?
Steadying his breathing, this Senju ninja suddenly thought of the young clan head.
Fire Release rose, burning the scroll to ashes.
He stomped hard on the tree trunk, erasing the Senju Clan and Uzumaki Clan code.
At over 40 years old, with rich experience, he did not panic.
He patiently waited until the patrol mission ended and returned to the camp as if nothing had happened.
If he made it known to everyone, the Senju Clan would immediately have to break ties with the village.
A Konoha civil war during the critical Ninja War period would lead to catastrophic consequences.
The village was the life’s work of the First Hokage and Second Hokage. Others could bring down Konoha, but the Senju Clan could not.
He decided to report first to Princess Tsunade or Young Master Nawaki.
Princess Tsunade was on a mission, not at the front line, so he could contact Young Master Nawaki first.
Several days later, the Kiiroinu Battalion was on its way back to Konoha.
A messenger eagle suddenly flew across the sky.
The Kiiroinu Captain stood on a tree trunk, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
The messenger eagle quickly descended, delivering a scroll.
From afar, Yoru saw massive cold sweat instantly pouring down under the Kiiroinu Captain’s mask.
