"So, the purpose of Hokage-sama's funding cut is… to layoff the staffs?"
In the locker room behind the Hokage Tower's mission hall, ten members of the Dove's team gathered here.
After Dove came back from the team leader meeting, he summoned Kanpū and the others to discuss this matter together.
"It's not layoff, it's... well, it's layoffs, but the purpose of layoffs is to allow everyone to complete the village's commission, so from this point of view, it can't be called layoffs." Dove said with a wry smile.
"Leader Dove, how many people will be laid off from our team?" Wild Cat asked nervously.
Although the Anbu's mission is sometimes very dangerous and sometimes very boring, it is very fulfilling, especially the treatment is good, so if possible, she really does not want to leave Anbu.
Feiyu said solemnly: "Half!"
"That many?"
Wild Cat were taken aback. By leaving team leader Dove and vice leader Crow, there are only eight left!
In other words, only three of the eight people can stay. After thinking about it, Wild Cat felt that she would not be one of these three.
'What should I do?'
Wild Cat lowered her head, and she obviously not in a good mood.
Kanpū leaned on his locker, staring at the ground blankly. At first glance, he seemed to be worried about being laid off from the Anbu, but in fact, he put all his attention on the purple-black nebula in his mind.
At some point, a small river appeared in the nebula, and Chakra continuously rushed away like a stream.
'Has the battle with Pakura started?'
'But why is there only one small river?'
'Which one is lazy, Hyōketsu or Tenkū?'
"Husky, Husky!"
Seeing him in a daze, Dove patted Kanpū on the shoulder, and then he recovered.
"What's wrong?" Kanpū asked.
"Husky, what are you thinking about at this time?" Dove looked at him strangely.
Kanpū shrugged his shoulders: "It's nothing, by the way, team leader, what did you say just now?"
Dove sighed helplessly, and said: "According to Hokage-sama's request, half of the members of each team will be laid off. Did you take the initiative…"
"I, I!"
Kanpū shouted immediately, "I will quit Anbu!"
Dove was startled, and looked at him in disbelief: "Husky, what nonsense are you talking about?! With your strength, you can be promoted to team leader in a few years, why do you want to quit the Anbu?"
Kanpū smiles shyly, 'Anbu's team leader?'
He really doesn't care about that kind of thing.
And his original purpose of entering Anbu was because of Hiruzen's request, and later, he wanted to become Minato's Hokage Guard Platoon. Although his dream is now shattered, fortunately, Minato has agreed to guide him in his training, so in this way, it will be bad for him to stay in the Anbu.
Anbu's mission are either to go to a neighboring country as a spy to do intelligence, or to guard the prison, or to protect the village's advisor or other important characters, or to assassinate someone, all of which are long and boring. If he can't get Minato's guidance because of the Anbu's mission, wouldn't he suffer great loss?
Instead, by quitting the Anbu and became a 'free Shinobi', Kanpū can wait 24 hours for Minato's guidance. As for mission and so on, is that important?
Not important!
So, he must quit Anbu!
After smiling shyly, Kanpū looked at Dove seriously and said: "Team leader, I understand what you said, but now that there are more and more commissions in the village, if we don't complete it in time, it will seriously affect the village's credibility in the Shinobi World! As a member of Konoha, I, Gekko Kanpū… will never allow such a thing to happen!!!"
When it came to the emotional part, Kanpū almost burst into tears!
The corner of Dove's mouth twitched, and he said: "But Husky, the situation is not as serious as you said, you…"
"Team leader, don't say anything, I've made up my mind to go!"
Kanpū turned his head tearfully, "It's fine, there's no need to keep me!"
Dove sighed: "I understand."
After Kanpū, Peppa, Leaf, and two other companions, who Kanpū did not remember their code names, also voluntarily withdrawn. In this way, the requirement for layoffs is enough. Although Wild Cat can't bear her friends leaving, she is deeply relieved that she can stay.
After the list was submitted, Kanpū and the other four went through the 'resignation procedure' that afternoon and signed a confidentiality agreement, prohibiting them from disclosing Anbu's secrets.
Leaving the Hokage Tower, Kanpū felt a little sad for some reason, so he couldn't help but invite Peppa and the other three to Gekkou Tavern for a big meal. Peppa and the others shared their real names during the period, but Kanpū didn't remember their names at all, but he knows that Peppa and the other three must have remembered his name.
Satisfied with the food and drink, Peppa and the other three supported each other and left. Kanpū was not an adult, so he can only drink juices. After that, he talked to the tavern's manager, and then went home.
But…
'That's right…'
'Why the battle is not over yet…'
Kanpū looked at the small river in the purple-black nebula in his mind, and thought silently, 'Did they start a war of attrition again?'
'They really think that my Ryumyaku is unlimited, right?'
'These bastards are too hateful…'
…
In the middle of the sea between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Tea.
The battle between Pakura and Hyōketsu is still fierce!
"Ice Release: Ice Crystals Twin Dragons!"
Hyōketsu used the battle with Pakura to hone his Ice Release. At this time, he can already control two huge ice dragons at the same time, and started a double dragon attack!
In contrast Pakura, as a woman, she has been fighting fiercely for a long time. Her face has turned pale, but the little orange fireballs around her was still hot.
Two ferocious ice dragons covered with barbed ice edges entangled down from left and right. Their thick and winding bodies reflect the sunset on the sea, like a layer of residual blood, full of the smell of cold purgatory.
"Shakuton: Kajōsatsu!" (Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder)
Pakura dodges while controlling the Scorch Release fireballs, burning and melting the ice dragons with its terrifying heat, but with the continuous supply of Chakra from Hyōketsu, those melted parts of the ice dragons were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
'Damn it!'
Pakura glared at Hyōketsu with an ugly face. She felt that his Chakra seems to be endless. No matter how she burns, he can immediately repair the ice dragons. He even repairs some insignificant parts like the dragon beards, like an obsessive-compulsive disorder person!
Especially whenever Pakura tries to get close, this guy would launch Ice Release like crazy. Pakura can see that the Chakra consumed is simply horrifying!
'But he obviously wasted so much Chakra, so why is he still vigorous and lively?'
Pakura can't figure it out no matter what.
Only Tenkū, who has been hiding in the sea, knows.
Whether it is him or Hyōketsu, the Chakra used in the battle is directly extracted from the power of Ryumyaku from the main body, so for them, the battle only consumes physical strength, but they have Uzumaki Clan's physique, so their physical strength recovers very quickly. Because of that, she needs to kill them directly, otherwise, once she is caught in a protracted battle, the one who died would be her!
Tenkū chuckled silently, but the cold water poured in, choking him twice in a row.
When Pakura heard this voice, her face changed instantly: 'Is there anyone else here?!'
"Aiya, I was exposed."
Tenkū knew that he was exposed, and immediately jumped up from the sea openly, and stood firmly on the sea surface amidst the splashing water droplets.
"You couldn't bear it, that's why you took the initiative to expose yourself." Hyōketsu mercilessly exposed him.
"You sure are annoying!" Tenkū said in a haughty manner.
"Are you also a member of the Abyss?" Pakura panted heavily. She tries to buy some time with talking so she can restore her physical strength, and refine some Chakra.
At the same time, she is also thinking about how to get out from this situation. If she continues to fight, she would undoubtedly die, so she must run!
But here is the sea. She has Scorch Release, so she is also good at Wind Release and Fire Release, but she is very bad at Water Release Ninjutsu, while Hyōketsu on the other hand is good at Ice Release and Water Release. As for the Abyss's Shinobi who appeared later, he also seemed difficult to deal with, so what should she do?
"Pakura, it's now time to make a choice, whether to choose death or join the Abyss!" Tenkū said with a smile.
Pakura's pupils shrank, seeming to have caught the life-saving straw, she immediately said: "In that case, I will join you!"
"Uh..."
Tenkū was embarrassed and speechless, and his heart was depressed, 'You b***h was so valiant just now that you always resisted, but now you actually became cowardly? Where is your courage?'
Tenkū was extremely annoyed when he saw this!
Fortunately, there is Hyōketsu next to him: "Pakura, do you think we are stupid? Now that your life and death are in my hands, you agree to join? This must be your plan so that you can survive, and then you will definitely betray us."
"That's right, you didn't want to join before, but now you want to join? Let me tell you, it's too late!"
Tenkū immediately brought it up, "Pakura, you were betrayed by Sunagakure first, and then missed the opportunity to join the Abyss to avenge the Yondaime Kazekage, do you regret it now? Are you feeling pain? Are you suffering? Are you…"
"Enough!" Hyōketsu interrupted him mercilessly, and then felt that something was wrong, and immediately condensed ice crystals senbon with Ice Release all over the sky, and shot it towards Pakura.
Bang~ bang~ bang~ …
Countless ice crystals senbon instantly shot through Pakura, but instead of blood, sand flowed out.
'Sand Clone?'
Hyōketsu was furious when he saw this: "You idiot, I finally played her to death, so why did you jump out? Are you pretending to be cool?"
Tenkū was also stunned. He knew he was the one in the wrong and didn't dare to refute, so he bowed his head and apologized: "Sumimasen."
"Tell me, are you a joker sent by a monkey?!"
"Sumimasen."
"You are such a big man, can't you be calm, calm, low-key, and handsome like me?"
"Sumimasen."
"You..."
"Are you still not finished? Pakura will really ran away if this goes on!" Tenkū stiffened his neck and said dryly.
"Run? She can't run!"
Hyōketsu snorted coldly, "Pakura's Chakra has been almost exhausted by me, and her physical strength is almost at the limit. In her current state, humph! She can't run away!"
Tenkū looked at him and said: "And then?"
"Then?"
Hyōketsu looked around, looked at the broken ice floating on the sea, and said with a sneer, "The most dangerous place is the safest place!"
Tenkū instantly realized, and immediately use Explosion Release to explode all the ice floating on the sea!
Accompanied by the violent explosions, countless shattered ice slags were shot into the sea at a terrifying speed like bullets fired from the chamber!
When Tenkū detonated the thirty-eighth block of ice, a faint trace of blood gushed out from the depth of the sea. Tenkū was overjoyed and immediately plunged into it.
In his line of sight, a slender black shadow into the seabed at an extremely fast speed.
Tenkū silently sneered, and then formed hand seals: Water Release: Water Swimming Technique!
This is one of the most basic Ninjutsu in Water Release Ninjutsu. It has no offensive power and defensive power, and its only function is to help people move faster in the water.
But this is enough at this situation!
In less than half a minute, Tenkū had already caught up with Pakura.
Pakura was very uncomfortable at this time. Not only her body cut by ice slag in many places, but the suffocation and the pressure of the deep sea also entangled her all the time, making her painful!
At this time, she felt the water flow behind her suddenly move abnormally.
She turned her head to look. In the slightly dark seabed environment, Tenkū formed hand seals with both hands, and in the next moment, blue lightning instantly illuminated the dark seabed around her.
Lightning Release: Heavy Thunderstorm!!
A dozen lightnings are condensed into a thick beam of thunder light, and hit Pakura's back in an instant with a silent explosion!
The violent lightning instantly tore Pakura's back muscles, and then poured into her internal organs, wantonly destroying her body…
Pakura's pupils dilated instantly, and then her limbs stiffened, and she sank directly into the bottom of the sea.
Tenkū was also paralyzed by the lightning that spilled along the sea. He watched Pakura's corpse sinking into the sea. After he regained his strength, he immediately dived to fish it, but the pressure in the deep sea is getting stronger and stronger, and when it reaches a certain critical point, Tenkū dissipated into smoke with a bang.