Chapter 82: My Death, On Par With Our Forefathers
Yoru came before Senju Rinki, glanced at the large hole in his abdomen, then placed his fingers on his carotid artery, pretending to check if Senju Rinki was dead.
A large amount of chakra flowed from Yoru’s fingers into Senju Rinki’s body.
Yoru’s chakra possessed self-healing abilities, instantly clearing Senju Rinki’s turbid eyes.
Senju Rinki lay on his back facing the sky, seeing the dark sky and the ferocious dark red Nine-Tails chakra.
It was a scene of apocalypse.
He suddenly recalled a scene from his childhood.
He was playing in his father’s study when Uncle Tobirama came to find his father.
Uncle Tobirama said he wanted to unite all the large and small ninja clans, increasing their bonds.
Changing adult ninjas was too difficult; adult ninjas had always lived in their ninja clans, and many recognized only their clan, not Konoha.
Many ninja clans joined Konoha because Konoha was too strong and could easily sweep through all hostile forces in the Land of Fire.
Uncle Tobirama said he wanted to establish a ninja academy, where all children, regardless of ninja clan or commoner, would grow up together.
Uncle Tobirama also said that the first class of the ninja academy must be cultivated as Konoha Village’s benchmarks, earning recognition from all ninja clans for Konoha.
The outstanding students from the first class, such as Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Takashi Akimichi, Mito Mon’en, and others, were personally taught by Uncle Tobirama.
In his memories, Uncle Tobirama’s eyes always filled with pride whenever he mentioned Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, and the others.
Those first-class students carried Uncle Tobirama’s expectations for the village.
For those students, Uncle Tobirama refused to take disciples from the Senju clan’s younger generation.
For those students, Uncle Tobirama even set aside his prejudices against the Uchiha clan, selecting and wholeheartedly training Kagami Uchiha.
After Uncle Tobirama’s sacrifice, Kagami Uchiha found Senju Rinki.
Kagami Uchiha said that as long as the Senju clan and Uchiha clan fully cooperated, Konoha Village would never decline.
The foundation of Konoha Village was the great reconciliation between the Senju clan and Uchiha clan, led by the First Hokage.
Kagami Uchiha firmly believed from the bottom of his heart that the union of the two clans would ensure Konoha’s prosperity.
The Sharingan is the eye that reflects the heart.
Kagami Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan had an extremely special ability: enhancing the Nine-Tails with Susanoo Armor.
If a ninja world war broke out, the Senju clan would unleash the Nine-Tails, and the Uchiha clan would cloak it in Susanoo Armor, making no ninja village a match for Konoha.
Kagami Uchiha believed that the Nine-Tails combined with Susanoo Armor could compensate for the loss of top combat power in Konoha after the passing of strong individuals like the First Hokage and Second Hokage, continuing to dominate the ninja world.
However, Kagami Uchiha did not live to see the ninja world war; he died before it.
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse following Kagami Uchiha’s unexpected death.
After Kagami Uchiha’s death, clan head Uchiha Kane quickly distanced himself from the Senju clan, as if approaching them would bring utter destruction.
At this moment, Senju Rinki finally confirmed that after Kagami Uchiha’s unexpected death, his Mangekyo was taken by Danzo, who used it tonight to devastate the Senju clan.
Uncle Tobirama had entrusted the village to the first class of the ninja academy.
Perhaps back then, Danzo Shimura and the others each upheld the Will of Fire, ready to sacrifice for Konoha.
However, countless years passed, and everyone changed.
Aside from Kagami Uchiha, high-ranking officials like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura had all become loathsome.
These Konoha high command members were no longer the dream-filled first-class students of the ninja academy; they had each been corrupted by power into beasts.
They could kill him, and in their eyes, he was just a worthless second-generation ninja with only a surname.
But how could they harm their master’s wife?
Senju Rinki thought of his father.
The village was his father’s life’s work, Uncle Tobirama’s expectation, and the spiritual pillar his mother had guarded for decades.
He could not give up!
The Nine-Tails Seal must not fail!
The chakra at his carotid artery flowed perfectly through Senju Rinki’s chakra meridians, as if it were his own, greatly improving his condition.
Senju Rinki had long accepted his own mediocrity; he would never reach the heights of his father or uncle in his lifetime.
However, his death could rival his father’s generation—dying for Konoha!
His sister Hanamaki, his daughter Tsunade, and Kushina—he could only entrust everything to them…
Senju Rinki clapped his hands together.
He had always admired how his father could clap his hands and casually perform ninjutsu.
This time, he actually used ninjutsu just like his father.
“Ah! Aah!”
An abnormally massive and thick Water Dragon Bullet rose from the ground, shooting straight into the high sky.
Yoru quickly retreated; he wanted Senju Rinki to survive, but why was Senju Rinki still fighting desperately?
The thick Water Dragon Bullet surpassed the Nine-Tails, descending from the sky and smashing heavily into it!
“Seal!”
Before dying, Senju Rinki had to complete the Nine-Tails Seal.
Otherwise, all Senju ninjas would die here!
Either by the Nine-Tails’ hand or Danzo’s!
With a large hole in his abdomen, Senju Rinki could still unleash such a massive Water Style; his life force was astonishing.
The Nine-Tails was struck by the Water Dragon Bullet and instantly immobilized.
The waterfall formed from the dispersing Water Dragon Bullets still had immense impact force.
The Anbu guarding around Kushina Uzumaki had no choice but to face the thick Water Style waterfall.
The ground rumbled amid the sound of water.
Kiiroinu shouted: “Protection for the Whirlpool Princess!”
The high-ranking officials’ goal was to opportunistically weaken the Senju clan, but they absolutely could not let the Nine-Tails rampage.
Yoru extracted his last chakra.
Dodging the waterfall-like collapsing water columns, he once again pretended to collide with Kushina Uzumaki’s Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Kushina Uzumaki felt that familiar chakra again—the unique chakra only the Uzumaki clan possessed.
Who was that person?
Kushina Uzumaki struggled to lift her head, seeing only Anbu ninjas around her.
Was he hiding among the Anbu?
Did the Uzumaki clan have a spy inside Konoha Village?
That spy had transmitted a considerable amount of chakra to her at the critical moment.
Among this chakra, the sealing jutsu power was extremely strong.
With the help of the massive chakra, Kushina Uzumaki once again strengthened her sealing jutsu.
From above, Senju Rinki’s final desperate strike; from below, Kushina Uzumaki’s sudden outburst of Adamantine Sealing Chains.
After the Nine-Tails’ unwilling roar, it completely vanished, sealed by Kushina Uzumaki.
The battlefield fell suddenly silent.
Everyone heard their own panting breaths.
A flash of regret appeared on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s face.
There were still more than two hundred Senju ninjas…
Far more than planned.
Senju Rinki’s sister, Senju Hanamaki, first checked on Kushina.
Seeing Kushina unconscious but the seal complete and very stable, Senju Hanamaki breathed a sigh of relief and carried Kushina Uzumaki on her back.
She then directed the two Senju jonin beside her to pick up the two large scrolls of the Scroll of Seals from the Senju clan and Uzumaki clan.
The Senju clanspeople dragged their heavy steps, slowly gathering.
Uzumaki Mito, Senju Rinki, and more than six hundred Senju clan ninjas lay dead on the ground.
Yoru’s heart was still pounding as he slowly climbed up from the mud created by the Water Style.
In this battle, he had twice transferred most of his chakra to Kushina Uzumaki, finally sealing the Nine-Tails.
With two hundred Senju ninjas surviving, the village couldn’t possibly create an accident to kill off two hundred more, could it?
The Senju clan was preserved, and the Senju clan and Uzumaki clan’s Scroll of Seals remained in Senju clan hands.
As long as Danzo didn’t obtain the Scroll of Seals, Yoru would have more room to maneuver in the Anbu.
While the Senju clan was organizing their clanspeople’s corpses, Yoru also went to find his squad.
Yoru looked at Yagura, extremely surprised: “You’re still alive?”
Purple Cat was a Yamanaka clan ninja, White was a Hyuga clan ninja; neither would go to the front lines, both staying on the periphery, so Yoru wasn’t surprised they survived.
He hadn’t expected Yagura to survive.
Yagura was stunned; why would the squad leader say that?
He looked down at himself; he wasn’t a traitor ninja or a spy, and he had a clear conscience.
Yoru said: “Three or four people wearing your mask have died in the past six months. You’re good—at least your luck is great, and luck is a form of strength.”
The Fox Squad had lost four team members, within acceptable limits.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura also arrived at the battlefield center.
Corpses of Senju clan and Konoha Anbu lay on the ground.
More than seventy Konoha Anbu had died.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked toward Senju Hanamaki.
Senju Hanamaki’s facial muscles twitched, and finally she lowered her head and said:
“Thank you to the village for sending Anbu ninjas at the critical moment to help us complete the seal.
Also thank you to the Hokage and Lord Danzo for holding the rear and repelling the Uchiha ninja wielding the Mangekyo.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, his expression softening somewhat, and said:
“Tonight was extremely perilous.
The Uchiha clan’s Sharingan nearly controlled the Nine-Tails at the critical moment.
I was constantly wary of that enemy hiding in the darkness; fortunately, he only dared to appear for an instant and was ultimately forced to retreat.
Quickly bury the sacrificed ninjas, and at the same time, the village will conduct an investigation into who was sabotaging the Nine-Tails in the shadows, leading to such heavy losses for the Senju clan and Anbu.”
Senju Hanamaki kept her head lowered, her eyes full of bloodshot veins:
“No matter what, the Nine-Tails transfer seal has finally been completed.”
Many readers criticized Kagami Uchiha’s Mangekyo being Susanoo Armor as unreasonable, but I insist on writing it this way and won’t change it, because I really like Kagami Uchiha and want to flesh out this early-deceased character more. For the village, Kagami Uchiha used the power of his Sharingan to protect the Nine-Tails—I think that’s pretty good.
