บท 3: Tobirama Senju

*clang-clang*

While reading the message in front of him, Mizuna was startled to hear the bell ringing. He went to the window and saw the Konohagakure villagers and shinobi running towards a certain direction.

Everywhere you looked, people were pushing and shoving each other, desperately wanting to go in a certain direction

The ringing of the bells woke Kimi up. She saw Mizuna looking out the window she asked him "What's going on Mizuna?" she then looked at Hiyori who was still sleeping beside her and gently rubbed her back

"I don't know Aunt Kimi, something bad must've happened, they all looked distressed even the shinobis"

Kimi then stood up from the bed and walked towards the window. After seeing the sight before her she then looked at Mizuna and said "Let's wake your mother up and go towards the village square, I have a bad feeling about this"

The two then woke the sleeping Hiyori and explained to her what they saw. She refused to go and insisted she would stay at the inn, planning to mourn the fate of her lover Madara

Kimi and Mizuna looked at each other, and without saying a word they both came to a tacit understanding, they both decided to leave Hiyori and give her the time she needed to mourn.

The two then ran towards the village square. While running Mizuna decided to look far ahead of their current path to see what the commotion was all about "Byakugan" veins started showing around his white eyes

Kimi looked at him and asked while running "So what going on there?"

Mizuna shooked his head and said "Looks like a group of shinobis was ambushed and are currently laying on the ground but they are already being healed"

"huh? Then what's this commotion all about? Shinobi die and get injured all the time" Kimi asked slightly annoyed at how the villagers were treating this as an unusual occurrence

"that's not it, someone important must have been part of that group, the villagers are encircling them right now and I can even see some Hyuga clan members staring at me from time to time"

"stop using your Byakugan!" Kimi shouted

Mizuna was startled and almost tripped "What's wrong? Didn't you say I can use it if we're inside the village?" he then stopped using his Byakugan and just ran towards the square beside Kimi

"Yeah but not right now so stop asking" Kimi said then she stopped looking at Mizuna.

'system, can I make her my slave?'

Mizuna jokingly said in his mind but got no response. They arrived at the square filled with countless villagers not long after.

At the top of one of the houses near the square "Aunt Kimi who are those shinobis?" Mizuna asked Kimi with a questioning gaze

While looking at the group of shinobis in their early 20s and full of bruises. They all look like they were on the brink of death not long ago

"I don't know myself" Kimi said with an awkward smile

They then heard the villagers shout with a mourning full tone seemingly shouting at someone and to no one at the same time while looking up at the clear blue skies "Lord 2nd! " "Lord Tobirama! " "Thank you Lord 2nd! " "Thank you! "

Both Mizuna and Kimi looked at each other with shock apparently on their faces. They both understood what must've happened

The commotion was about the 2nd Hokage, to be specific it was about the ambush and death of the 2nd Hokage Tobirama Senju

'Those injured young shinobis must be Haruzen and Danzo's team I can't believe it, it's about to start or to be more precise it already started, the first Shinobi war'

'Can I survive this? Ow wait I'm not a ninja yet, not officially'

Mizuna then chuckled

Kimi looked at him and said "You're right, it must be karma" She said with a smile

Mizuna then looked at her with wide eyes and said "Y-yeah that's what I was thinking" He said it with a stiff smile

"Let's go back and tell it to Mistress," Kimi said while wiping off a teardrop.

The two started heading back to the inn. Mizuna is lost in thought about the red message he got earlier that day.

"Aunt Kimi, why don't the Uchiha use Sharingan to enslave people?" Mizuna asked while running

Kimi then looked at him "Don't you dare try it, it takes an astronomical amount of chakra to control someone. You will also need to transfer some of your chakra to that person" She then looked forward and continued

"Sensory shinobis especially skilled ones like the Aburame clan also can sense the foreign chakra on someone, even your Byakugan will be able to see that foreign chakra" she said while smirking and tapping his shoulders

[System]

[Daily Quest: Gain 1 slave daily]

[Daily Reward: 3 months worth of chakra]

[Slave: 0/1] [Health:100%][Chakra 95%]

'hm, a quest again? And 3 months' worth of chakra daily? Looks like it wants me to get stronger fast after hearing what she said. Should I risk it?'

"Aunt Kimi, I have a serious question I want to ask you", Mizuna said while looking at Kimi with a smile

"what is it?"

"If you have a choice between living a normal life or risking your life to be stronger what would you do?'

Kimi then looked at him " What kind of a question is that? I'll risk my life, of course. we are bearers of Keke Genkai, normal life isn't an option for us"

"then aunt, Kimi I need your help to do something before returning back" Mizuna said with a smile

"I reject!"

"huh? I haven't even said why I need your help"

Kimi then started running faster towards the inn. The waving of her hair fails to cover her wide smile

"let's do it under the cover of darkness, it will be better that way"