Chapter 177: Chapter – 174 A Mysterious Silhouette in the Cold Moonlight
In the Shinobi World, countless individuals have achieved little power and jumped out impatiently believing that they are the epitome of everything and will be the ones to unify the Shinobi World.
There is no shortage of examples like Seimei: the founder of the Village of Artisans, Hiruko: the creator of Chimera Technique, Shinno: the creator of Reibi, Yomi & Moryo the demon, the four council members of the Hozuki Castle of Kusagakure who believed in the Box of Ultimate Bliss, Mukade, who tried to steal the Ryuumyaku, Haido, who tried to take control of the Stone of Gelel, and so on.
But what was the result in the end?
All these people without exception became clown figures and died!
The Shinobi World has never been as simple as it may seem on the surface!
After the death of Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara who rewrote the fate of his death using Izanagi was almost invincible in the Shinobi World, but the proud and arrogant Madara stayed dormant in a gloomy cave for decades to come, and even until his death, he did not show his face to the Shinobi World, just silently controlling things from the dark, and when he finally had both the chess pieces as he intended, in the form of Obito and Nagato, he died with the plan of being revived in the Shinobi World in his prime form.
Uchiha Obito awakened the Kamui, a technique that made him undefeatable in the Shinobi World, and yet he stayed hidden and controlled the things from the shadows, it wasn't until almost the entire Akatsuki was defeated that he chose to reveal himself to the Shinobi World.
Another example is Nagato who has awakened and got used to the transplanted Rinnegan, with the formation of the Six Paths of Pain, Nagato is almost invincible, but he still stays silent in Amegakure and silently controlling things. Even in the original story, it was only after most of the Akatsuki members were dead that he attacked Konoha to capture the Kyuubi.
Then there are the Otsutsuki descendants on the moon, even when they have the giant Tenseigan that is comparable to the ultimate tressure of the Shinobi World, and have the power to easily destroy the Shinobi World if they so much as desire, and yet they lay dormant on the moon, silently spying on the events of the Shinobi World, seeking the perfect opportunity.
Each of the big three unexplored Sage regions, the legendary places that house the Senjutsu knowledge of over a millennium has the strength no less than any great shinobi village, but they are shrouded with mystery, forbidden to be stepped in, and don't easily interfere in the matters of the Shinobi World.
The evil God Jashin, who bestowed the immortal body to Hidan, giving Hidan the ability and strength to fight against combat powers to the level of Sarutobi Asuma and Yugito Nii, the strength of the so-called evil god is also nothing to scoff at and yet there was close to nothing Konoha found about Jashinism even after several investigations because the teachings of Jashin were so secretly followed and spread that no signs were left, leaving Konoha to initially believe that Jashinism was created by Hidan.
Why do such strong people stay dormant and silently control things, waiting for the perfect opportunity?
It's because they understand that their own strength is not yet enough to sweep everything in one wave. They will only choose to take action when they know that now they can accomplish what they desire, otherwise, once they make a move with an uncertainty of the chances of success, the result would be unpredictable, so staying dormant is the safest choice until they are all absolutely sure!
The same is true for Hyuga Kuroto, even if he doesn't take the Sage of Six Path who observes the events of the Shinobi World in the soul form into account, Kuroto is neither confident enough to deal with the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon, nor is he confident enough to kill the current Nagato.
It must be known that when Jiraiya summoned the Two Great Sage Toads and entered into the Senjutsu mode, he has already surpassed the level of a high tier Kage class powerhouses, and yet he was easily killed by the Six Paths of Pain!
There could be people saying that Jiraiya was unaware of the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain, but that's also the case with Nagato, who didn't know about Jiraiya's Senjutsu, therefore, in terms of intelligence, neither party had an advantage over the other, and yet the result was clear.
Jiraiya died in the battle and Nagato only suffered a small loss that could be recovered.
Moreover, Nagato didn't go all out from the start, didn't use techniques likes Chibaku Tensei or summoned the Gedo Statue, if Nagato used either of these, then Jiraiya would have died even before the fight began!
Sometimes, even Kuroto questions himself if he has the confidence to break away from the Chibaku Tensei if Nagato cast it with all his strength.
After all, in the Pain's Assault arc, Uzumaki Naruto only managed to break free of the Chibaku Tensei seal, because of Kyuubi's unparalleled Chakra and also because Nagato had consumed too much chakra.
And even if Kuroto could break free of the Chibaku Tensei Seal and defeated Nagato, he would have consumed a great deal of Chakra and will be vulnerable to Obito who could make a surprise attack any time leading to Kuroto's defeat.
Therefore, to rise in the Shinobi world, one has to tread cautiously, if anyone tries to be an early bird, he will be the first to be hunted as was the case with Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato!
Withdrawing his thoughts, Eagle spoke to Cat, "Alright, we are already far enough, leave the rest to me."
Cat hurriedly said, "Eagle-San, I know that Kumogakure has the wrong intentions this time, so no matter what you do with Watanabe's corpse, I promise I will not give out the details!"
Helplessly shaking his head, Eagle explained, "It's not that I don't trust you, but you have to remember that we two are the ones who were responsible to keep a watch over the Kumo delegation, therefore, both of us can't disappear at the same time, that's why you must return back and provide a cover for my absence!"
When Cat heard this, he understood that it made sense, so he quickly used the Shadow Clone technique and used Genjutsu transformation to change the appearance of the Shadow Clone to that of Eagle!
Eagle patted Cat on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead, don't worry about me, later I'll let you in on all the details."
Cat nodded and said, "Be careful, Kuroto-San!"
With that said, Cat and the Shadow Clone Eagle disappeared towards the direction where the Kumo delegation was supposed to be staying.
With Cat gone, Eagle finally started the preparation he ought to do to resolve this matter as peacefully as possible!
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Kumo Jonin was leading the other members of the peace delegation and Konoha Anbu members towards the edge of Konoha Village,
While running, the Anbu asked suspiciously, "Are you sure that the direction is not wrong?"
Kumo Jonin didn't say anything just nodded with a doubtful face.
The current situation has completely deviated from their predetermined plan, and he was caught off guard, but fortunately enough, Watanabe's body had several seals engraved so tracking his whereabouts wasn't difficult.
The Anbu squad leader frowned and after thinking a bit he said, "After passing through this area we will soon reach the outer wall, and if the direction we are moving is correct as you say, then the person who kidnapped Watanabe-san will probably be trying to escape out of the village."
Listening to the Anbu squad leader's words, the Kumo Jonin said coldly, "Huh, our captain was attacked in your Konoha Village, so Konoha's Hokage must take responsibility for his death!"
The Anbu squad leader didn't argue but motioned his subordinate to report the news to Hokage-Sama.
Judging from how the situation has developed, the Anbu squad leader can only conclude that Watanabe has indeed been attacked by someone, as for who the other party is and what purpose they have, he is not clear yet!
Under the command of the Squad captain, two Anbu members left the team and went towards the direction of the Hokage Office.
After that, the rest of the group continued chasing and finally arrived in a small forest territory on the edge of the village.
The forest was filled with dense vegetation and when they were passing through, they suddenly found the silhouette of a person quietly standing.
The person was wrapped in a midnight cloak with the symbol of Water Chakra around the chest part of the black cloak that had a complex sealing pattern sewn from the golden thread, at the back are the symbols of the five Chakra natures printed evenly around the Yin-Yang Gossip symbol.
And, a blue evil spirit mask was donned on the face with a blue jewel on the forehead.
In the silent night, the figure of the person was illuminated by the cold moonlight giving him a mysterious vibe.
To top it off, at the feet of the mysterious man lied the corpse of a person in black clothes.
The attention of the entire group was directed towards the mysterious person and they surrounded him from all sides, cutting off all of his escape routes.
Upon closer inspection, Kumo Jonin immediately recognized the identity of the corpse lying at the feet of the mysterious person, it was none other than the missing Watanabe, seeing this, his heart sank.
The Anbu squad leader cautiously looked at the mysterious person and silently gestured to his subordinates, deploying a siege formation.
Surrounded from all side, the mysterious person seemed unfazed and indifferently took out a storage scroll from the inner part of his cloak and muttered, "Heh, the guy had a bounty of 50 million Ryo on the Black market, I didn't expect his to be so pathetically weak, that the task turned out to be so boring!" His words clearly had contempt for Watanabe.
And exactly as he spoke, Watanabe did have a bounty of 50 million Ryo on his head in the Black-Market Circle, such a reward is actually quite high if anything!
And there was no need to guess on the identity of the party who placed such a high bounty on his head, it is none other than Iwagakure.
After all, Iwagakure, who has hatred towards both, Kumogakure and Konohagakure, is the most unwilling to let the two villages conclude a peace treaty, Iwa wants the war between them to continue so that Iwa-nin can use the best opportunity to deal heavy damage to both the Konoha and Kumo at the same time.
And if a mere 50 million Ryo can buy the head of the leader of the peace delegation and destroy the peace between Konoha and Kumo, then such an amount is actually a very good investment that would reap many profitable results for Iwagakure in the future…
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Chapter 178: Chapter – 175 Crossing the Outer Wall
The Fact that Watanabe is dead is hard to change.
Even if Kuroto controls Watanabe's corpse with the Tenseigan Soul Descend or with the Puppet Technique, it would still be impossible to fool the Kumo delegation members as they might have arranged a secret code for the identification, which is something Kuroto doesn't know.
Therefore, Kuroto gave up that plan.
After all, Kumo ninjas aren't idiots, given that there are countless methods to manipulate the dead in the Shinobi World, therefore they too can figure out that the corpse is being controlled, so instead of wasting time taking such a huge risk, it is better to divert the most blame towards a third party and resolve the contradiction between Konoha and Kumo with a need of forced cooperation irrespective of their choice.
Anyway, as long as Watanabe didn't die in the Hyuga grounds and the person responsible for his death wasn't a Konoha shinobi, Kumo's conspiracy would be a failure.
When he heard the mysterious person mention the bounty on Watanabe's head, Kumo Jonin's heart tightened.
The Anbu squad captain on the side shouted furiously, "Damn it, you bastard, dare to sneak into Konoha!"
The leader of Kumo envoys was killed in Konoha, even if the deed wasn't done by a Konoha Shinobi, Konoha still has to be somewhat responsible for Watanabe's death, and now that Watanabe's death has been confirmed at the hands of a bounty hunter, the Anbu squad captain's heart was filled with indignation.
Looking at those fierce eyes under the Hawk Anbu Mask, Suijin lips curved and said playfully, "Who told Iwagakure to put such high bounty on his head? If you want to complain, do it to the Tsuchikage!"
As soon as Suijin said this, Kumo ninjas gritted their teeth in anger, "Iwagakure!"
Kumo's hatred towards Iwa is completely unmasked, after all, Kumo was betrayed by Iwa, as a result of which the Sandaime Raikage died in the hands of ten thousand Iwa Shinobi.
The Anbu squad leader didn't hesitate anymore, what he cared about now was to kill the mysterious man and recapture Watanabe's body.
The leader of the Kumo peace delegation was killed in Konoha once this news is spread out, although Konoha's reputation would be affected, this kind of thing is still inevitable given the situation, but if even the culprit responsible is not killed and the corpse isn't recovered then Konoha would completely lose its face.
Therefore, the Anbu squad leader silently signaled his colleague through routine gestures in order to kill the target.
Immediately, the two Anbu used the Body Flicker technique and rushed towards Suijin from both sides, Suijin just smiled lightly as he could easily make out every attack because he has already activated his Byakugan long ago.
At the same time, the Anbu squad leader with the Hawk Anbu Mask threw seven Kunai in a series.
If one was to observe very carefully; he would be able to notice that each of the Kunai was tied with a specially treated metal wire.
These metal wire not only have a very high tensile strength but also doesn't reflect any light, making it very difficult for any normal Shinobi to find them.
'Oh… so they are using formation: 324-AZ-12!' – Suijin is also an Anbu, therefore, he knows almost all these sets of Coordinated attack formations, after all, he too has practiced these attack formations many times, while conducting Anbu training so he also knows how to break-through them.
Suijin instantly threw several shurikens that accurately hit the incoming kunai while he simultaneously used the Body flicker technique to meet the incoming attack of the Anbu coming from the right.
The Anbu on the right was wielding a sword and waved it harshly.
This attack is just a feint, the purpose of which is to force Suijin back to his original place, i.e., the siege circle.
Suijin chuckled lightly and neither did he backed off nor dodged or hide or met the attack, just accelerated further.
"This!?" – The Anbu who waved his sword was surprised, after all, who would rush straight towards an oncoming sword slash?
But before he could recover and make a follow-up offensive, 'Bang!' he flew out with a muffled sound by being heavily punched on the cheek that even broke the Panda Anbu mask he wore, knocking him out in just one blow.
With the Panda knocked out, Suijin didn't stay there any longer and used the inertia of momentum that his body was in and directly exerted force on his toes and made a big jump to make a leap out of the encirclement and ran towards Konoha outer wall.
While all this happened in a very short moment, the Hawk Anbu's face under the mask sank, after again instructing his subordinates to call for reinforcements and pass on the latest news to Hokage-Sama, he hurriedly took the other colleagues and chased after Suijin.
The other party was able to break through the Konoha Anbu's collective attack formation as if it was a piece of cake, this shows that either the other party is very familiar with the Anbu formations or is an exceptionally strong shinobi.
In either of the case, he can't be allowed to live anymore!
By now the situation is already far beyond what an Anbu squad leader can handle. He could only report the latest news to the Sandaime-Sama and wait for the reinforcements from the village.
Escaping out of the Anbu siege circle, Suijin came near the outer wall, after some ups and downs.
"Who!?"
The guards on duty immediately spotted Suijin and identified him as a suspicious individual based on the outfit he was wearing.
The Shinobi team responsible for guarding this section of the outer wall is also a four-man team, consisting of two chunin and two genins.
But what Suijin didn't expect was that of the two Chunin, one turned out to be Hyuga Yui, his fiancé, recognizing her, he couldn't help think silently, 'Uh… what should I do now!?'
Yui didn't recognize the identity of the mysterious person, immediately took on the Gentle Fist stance, and asked in a clear voice while the meridians around her eyes bulged, "Who are you?"
Suijin didn't answer but thought to himself, 'Can't let her get involved in this, in the first place, Yui is responsible for the internal Hyuga matters, so she shouldn't even be present here!'
Although Suijin was thinking this, that didn't stop his movements and within a fort few moments, he appeared near the two genins and knocked them out cold with furious fist strikes in the gut then immediately went towards the other chunin and knocked him out cold similarly.
In just a few short moments, the three other ninjas were lying unconscious.
Yui was shocked at the speed and strength the suspicious person displayed here and immediately rushed towards him.
As a member of the Hyuga Clan, Yui is naturally very apt in Gentle Fist Style taijutsu, so she tried to stall the other party.
But unfortunately for her, the person she was up against was much more experienced and had much more knowledge of the Hyuga Style Combat, not to mention he was much stronger compared to her, therefore all the strikes she made were either dodged or countered with minimal movements.
As the battle progressed, her breathing started to get rugged, taking this opportunity, Suijin immediately hit her abdomen with a palm strike, although Yui managed to bring her palm to greet the attack, however, the strength used by Suijin in that attack was much more than she initially estimated so was sent flying.
With a bang, she used the tree to stop herself and looked at Suijin with more caution.
Suijin knew this much wasn't enough to make her give up, but he can't be too hard on her…
So without waiting for her to rush towards him, he flickered before her and tapped at the back part of her neck with his hand, knocking her unconscious.
Suddenly losing consciousness, Yui fell forward and landed on Suijin's shoulder, out cold.
Picking her up lightly, Suijin gently laid her on the ground with her back resting on the tree trunk and muttered slowly, "Please forgive me Yui, if I hadn't done that, you wouldn't have given up…"
Being done with that he glanced at the increasingly noisy village and then jumped past the Konoha Outer Wall without looking back and moved outside the village.
At the bottom of his heart, he has already made up his mind, after this matter was over, he has to find a way to increase Yui's strength.
Although Yui has an innocent and kind nature, the Shinobi World is very cruel and doesn't care about innocent and kind people.
Yui has the potential to reach the elite Jonin level, but this isn't enough, her strength has to be much higher.
While Suijin was still thinking about Yui's matters, suddenly two figures stopped in front of him.
Both of them were dressed in Konoha's Anbu gear and Suijin was incredibly familiar with the two of them as they both were none other than the Dog and Monkey of the Team-11 he is part of.
Hatake Kakashi wearing the Dog mask took a closer look at the other party wearing a mysterious outfit and said coldly, "It's time you stop running, you won't be going any further from here!"
Might Guy, wearing the Monkey mask also said loudly, "You who wants to ruin the hard-won peace between the two nations, I will never allow you to extinguish the flames of youth of Konoha's future!"
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