Chapitre 10: I Don't Kill Ninjas from My Village
As soon as he spoke, two masked ninjas instantly appeared before him.
One with a fox mask, the other with a tiger mask, both wearing black tight-fitting clothes and white strap vests.
Seeing their attire, Asuka instantly understood where these two came from.
Not ANBU, then they must be Root.
But since they attacked just now, they're probably from Root.
"Hey! Hey!"
Asuka rubbed his forehead with one hand, calculating the time in his mind, and asked in confusion,
"Shouldn't you have come up and said, 'Danzo-sama wants to see me'? Why did you attack directly?"
The two Root ninjas glanced at each other, drew short swords from their waists, and charged towards Asuka from opposite directions.
Clang!
A black kunai intercepted under one of the short swords.
Asuka gradually wiped the smile off his face and said deliberately,
"Twenty seconds!"
With that, he lifted the kunai sharply, separated the short swords, and swiftly swung towards the left.
Clang!
He blocked the other short sword again and kicked directly at the chest.
Immediately after, he flashed his body and created distance between himself and the two.
"Fire Release."
Asuka took a deep breath, puffing out his chest, his mouth swelling, and his eyes instantly turning crimson. The exhaled air made the surrounding atmosphere faintly feel like it was burning.
"Great Fire Annihilation!"
Flames erupted from his mouth, igniting the air around, and a vast sea-like flame appeared instantly in front of the two Root ninjas.
The pupils of the two Root ninjas constricted sharply. They looked at the sea of flames before them, comparable to an ocean, swallowed nervously, and their hand seals varied in speed.
"Water Release·Water Formation Pillar!"
At the moment the flames approached, the moisture in the air began to surge madly, swiftly forming two huge water pillars that enveloped the two Root ninjas inside.
Sizzle!
As the flames collided with the water pillars, a large amount of steam rose up, completely shrouding the high platform.
Feeling the scalding sensation from the steam around them, the two Root ninjas removed their nearly melted masks, cautiously scanning their surroundings.
The large amount of water vapor blurred the surrounding environment, leaving uncertainty about where the next attack from the Uchiha would come.
Pah!
Asuka spat on the ground, picked up a stone, and thrust it into the mist in front of him. In less than a second, two crisp sounds came from within the steam.
Bang! Bang!
"Good hit!"
Seeing the stones in his hand cracked and the two Root ninjas staggering but still standing, Asuka couldn't help but admire. He then gathered chakra into his hands and swiftly cut down the muscles of their arms and legs.
Chakra Scalpel!
As a doctor, he knew exactly where to cut to quickly immobilize enemies without endangering their lives.
"This thing takes effect very quickly."
Looking at the two collapsed on the ground, Asuka removed their forehead protectors, turned around, and jumped into the water pool below to rescue the three children.
It took just over 10 seconds; those three kids shouldn't drown!
When Asuka found the three children, they were rolling their eyes incessantly, and occasional water jets from their mouths indicated they had indeed swallowed a lot of water earlier.
After briefly tending to the three children, he went straight to the two Root ninjas, crouched down, and carefully examined them.
To be honest, encountering Root ninjas had happened more than ten times since he graduated from the Ninja Academy until now.
Some would attack after a few words, others after three, and some in secluded groves without witnesses, using excuses to lower their guard before attacking.
Anyway, it always ended up in a fight.
But attacking right off the bat like this was a first.
Bending down to look at the female ninja lying on the ground, Asuka reached into her mouth, pulled out her tongue, glanced at it, and shook his head.
"It is really the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal."
Your current proficiency is really poor, attacking right off the bat."
"Whatever!"
Asuka pushed the tongue back into her mouth, rubbed his finger on her clothes, and continued, "Don't give me that resigned look; I'm not here to gather intelligence."
Upon hearing this, the two Root ninjas looked puzzled, but then they quickly realized something, and their expressions turned grim.
"Not here for intelligence means he'll kill us straight away."
"Don't worry!" Asuka scratched his nose as if he knew what they were thinking, and casually said, "I don't shed the blood of fellow villagers. Though you attacked me, in my eyes, we're all from the same village. It's not wise to waste our village's strength on internal conflicts, right? Weapons should be aimed at outsiders."
With that, the two Root ninjas became even more confused.
Did they just encounter a saint?
And Uchiha has someone this benevolent??
After helping the two collapsed individuals to their feet, Asuka used Medical Jutsu to connect their arms, then seated them facing each other with an arm's length distance apart.
"Ah!" Asuka sighed and sat down beside them. He activated his Sharingan and called the three Uchiha children who were pretending to sleep closer to him.
"I am Uchiha Asuka. Today, I'll teach you a lesson you won't learn anywhere else."
"But why did you kick me?" one of the children sniffled, feeling a bit aggrieved.
Hearing this, Asuka looked at the child as if he were foolish and replied firmly, "I just didn't want to be distracted during a fight."
Thunk! Before the child could say anything more, Asuka lightly tapped his head, then turned to the two Root ninjas and said :
"I see in your eyes a strong will to survive. Luckily, I'm not someone who raises a butcher's knife against fellow villagers."
Upon hearing this, the female ninja looked at Asuka warily and frowned.
"What do you want? No matter what information you seek, we won't tell you."
"Not asking for that!" Asuka gestured to the three children beside him, signaling them to pay attention. He took out pen and paper from his pocket and continued, "After all, I was attacked by you, and I still feel somewhat uncomfortable about it. Now, while you're drinking and playing rock-paper-scissors, whoever wins gets to slap the other person. One hundred rounds in total. After you're done, if I'm satisfied with the slaps, we'll all go our separate ways. However, if the winner's slap isn't satisfying enough, I'll be the one to administer the punishment to the loser."
"Is it really that simple?" The two couldn't believe Asuka's words. They couldn't imagine being let off so easily by him.
The key is to not ask anything and just slap each other a hundred times, and that's it?
"Yeah!" Asuka nodded, then took out several bottles of alcohol from the Sealing Scroll. He raised his right hand into the air and spoke seriously, "I swear on the honor of the Uchiha clan, what I say is true. Alright, let's begin!"
Upon hearing this, hope ignited in the hearts of the two Root ninjas. They hadn't expected Asuka to let them off so easily.
"What a Clan with issues in their heads."
"It's just slapping."
After exchanging a glance, the female ninja said, "I'll count to three, and then we go."
"Okay!"
One ! Two ! Three ..!
As soon as the count ended, the female ninja threw scissors, while the male ninja chose paper.
Snap!
A crisp slap echoed, and Asuka looked at the handprint on the male ninja's face, shaking his head with sympathy.
"What a pity!"
He then handed over the alcohol in his hand and comforted them, saying, "Have a drink. When you drink enough, your face won't feel numb."
"Huh?"
Smelling the alcohol, the male ninja glanced at Asuka in surprise and instinctively said, "You're quite something!"
"Yeah, yeah!" Asuka nodded vigorously. Immediately, he summoned three buckets of honey mustard fried chicken and distributed them to the three Uchiha children. They ate chicken while watching the two ninjas slap each other.
Regardless of who lost, Asuka passed them a bottle of alcohol and comforted them with words.
One of the children grabbed a chicken leg and looked at the Root ninjas slapping each other with a bewildered expression.
"These two. Are they crazy?"
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Listening to the crisp sounds of slaps, the child reached out and nudged their companion, whispering, "What are they doing?"
"I don't know."
His companion shook his head, wearing an equally bewildered expression.
But to be honest, the chicken legs are really delicious.
Snap!
A crisper slap echoed, and the male ninja rubbed his cheek in disbelief, looking at his companion with eyes full of puzzlement.
"Why the hell did you suddenly hit harder?"
"My hand slipped!" The female companion chuckled awkwardly, admitting that she had indeed misjudged the strength, possibly due to impaired control after drinking.
"Hoo!" The man took a deep breath, not dwelling on it, then turned to Asuka and asked, "How many rounds left?"
"78 more, still early!"
"Okay!" With that, he rolled up his sleeves and joined the game of rock-paper-scissors again.
As time passed...
Snap!
The female ninja's head tilted to the left, touching her numb cheek in disbelief, she looked at her companion with questioning eyes.
Obviously, the strength just now was acknowledged by that Uchiha, why did you suddenly increase the force?
"Cough cough... My body is a bit out of control."
"Heh~" The female ninja twitched her mouth, suppressed her anger, snatched the bottle from Asuka's hand, took a gulp, and gritted her teeth.
"Let's go again!"
Snap, snap.
As the number of slip-ups increased on both sides, the two who originally had some control over their strength became increasingly casual. Often, a slap could send the other rolling on the ground.
Towards the end, Asuka looked down at the teeth the two had spat out on the ground, waved to call over the three kids behind him, and pointed to the two guys still slapping each other in the distance, asking, "Do you understand now?"
"No!" The three shook their heads. They really didn't understand.
But they did notice one thing: these two were getting more ruthless as they continued.
Seeing the bewildered look of the three kids, Asuka stood up, dusted off the dirt from his buttocks, and walked away with the three kids. He explained softly as they walked.
"They are loyal to Konoha, loyal to Danzo's good ninja. It's almost impossible to expect to gather intelligence from them. But 'almost' doesn't mean it's definite. Sometimes, internal cracks can be fatal.
These people won't disclose information about their superiors, but they can reveal information about their Root enemies.
Moreover, I'm paying for information about their enemies.
If outsiders buy information about our villagers from them, and they sell it, they would be accused of treason. The pressure of treason is immense. But who are we? We are Uchiha, elite of Konoha, the Konoha Military Police. If they sell us information, their psychological pressure is greatly reduced. When we review Root's intelligence, it's not even reconnaissance; it's just an inspection."
As Asuka watched the gradually admiring gaze of the three children, he stood with his hands on his hips, wearing an expression of great satisfaction.
"This secret cannot be shared with those in our clan, or they'll be scared to death."
Collecting intelligence on 'Root'... What's the difference between this and collecting ANBU intelligence?
Next, combining the intelligence at hand, I will proactively infiltrate the hearts of Danzo's subordinates. Danzo's toughness is 50% backed by his ninja, 30% by the Third Hokage, and 20% by his own strength.
When I eventually have all the personnel information, infiltrating their minds, I'll know everything, down to what kind of underwear some Root member is wearing today.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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