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Chapter 68: The dead return to perfection, and the living put their hands together and pray
Boom! !
The tide of light that besieged the tall buildings is receding.
The fissures in the earth that were spewing flames gradually cooled down, like a fountain that lost power and collapsed. The flames that filled the entire building began to fall back.
After the fire ebbed, it fell into darkness again, revealing the pitted building structure, leaving only a mess and desolation.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
All the blood of the Kirigakure ninjas evaporated.
The charred wreckage fell from the sky, like an exhausted petrel, falling to the ground after low tide, splashing a small amount of blood.
In the scorching and dull darkness, everything was distorted by the high temperature. A charred figure fell to the ground, causing dust to overflow.
At this moment Kumokawa's figure appeared silently.
The moonlight and rain from the silver waterfall wetted his body, illuminating his well-proportioned body lines. He held a white flower that was wet by the rain in his hand.
"Ahem!"
The charred figure hit the ground, its chest was rising and falling imperceptibly. He looked up at the figure that was covered by the moonlight, and said with difficulty in a hoarse voice: "It hurts more than I thought."
Kumokawa walked to him and squatted down, put his hand on his forehead, and whispered: "Stop talking for now, you still have hope to survive."
Kumokawa's hand was warm and strong, making Uzumaki Tetsuya feel life flowing back into his body slightly.
But he just grinned and said: "Forget it, didn't you tell us to move towards death? Why not, let me die like a hero."
After saying that, he opened the palm that was clenched tightly and handed the letter with the four corners burnt to Kumokawa.
"Ahem! I only have one request. If there is a chance..."
Uzumaki Tetsuya coughed out a mouthful of smoke, a bitter smile appeared on his blurry face, and whispered: "Please help me give this letter to my daughter,Uzumaki Kushina."
"Let her know the truth about the destruction of the country and the ugly face of Konoha."
"...Okay." After taking the letter, his lowered eyes became deep, "I will let her know that her father is not a coward."
"Ha, that would be perfect."
Uzumaki Tetsuya lowered his hand slightly, slowly closed his eyes and said softly: "I hope she still recognizes me as her father..."
Kumokawa put the white flower in his hand on his chest. After he stood up, the white flower was gradually stained by the drop of "blood" . It turned dark red, and then turned into petals like fragments, gradually scattered and withered.
The highest crown of human glory is the beautiful death.
"Death is never the end of life."
Kumokawa narrowed his eyes and whispered meaningfully: "It is just the wandering and sleep of the soul."
[Task name: [The end of the whirlpool]]
[Task details: Witness the end of [The Kingdom of the Whirlpool] ] and participate in it]
[Task level: Blue]
[Task period: 10 natural days]
[Task status: Completed]
[Points held: 7200 (4200+3000)]
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Due to the special nature of ninjas, the terrain is of little significance to them.
Whether it's mountains, rivers, dense forests, swamps, or desert snow, it can all be as smooth as walking on flat ground.
The only things that can be stopped by the special terrain are the supply teams transporting supplies and the evacuated civilians.
If you go by land, you need to send a small team to escort, which takes a long time and is easily intercepted.
Therefore, it is not easy to evacuate people from the Kingdom of Whirlpool.
There is only one choice.
That is to take the sea route by ship.
Wow! Wow!
The glass of the giant ship reflected the waves hitting the water in the distance, and the waves reflecting the lights surged layer by layer, and finally broke into bright spots in the white foam.
The crew of the entire ship moved to cover up any contraband that might be investigated, dismantled the weapons into parts and hid them in the ship.
A woman stood on the deck, looking into the distance with a sad expression, looking at the village that was gradually receding.
There were many Uzumaki clan members behind her, and their red hair was swaying in the wind, like a gradually burning flame.
In the midst of the flames, an imperceptible black shadow was still surging silently.
"Oh, Daddy, don't..."
Yiko was held in the woman's arms, her eyes were red from crying, and she fell asleep from crying, still murmuring.
Under the light, the young face was shining with a faint light, and there were traces of tears.
Life is full of separations, and those who leave are not as sad as those who stay.
The greatest fear of death is that it passes us by and leaves us alone.
In the main control room of the giant ship, some crew members were vaguely agitated, but Tsuyu did not scold them because he was not calm either.
"Lord Kumokawa."
Tsuyu looked at the figure in front of him. Although he had the answer in his heart, he still lowered his voice and said, "Did we succeed in this operation?"
They knew the inside story, so they naturally knew what this mission meant.
But they knew nothing about combat, and were purely proficient in navigation or espionage technology, so they could only wait anxiously on the ship.
"Yeah."
Kumokawa lowered his eyelids slightly, turned his head to look at everyone and whispered: "Thank you all for your efforts, our first operation has been a complete success."
"..."
After a brief silence, the control room was instantly boiling.
"yeah!"
Tsuyu's brows relaxed, the wrinkles on his forehead were smoothed, he took a deep breath, and a smile appeared on his face: "Great, we did it, we really did it!"
The enemy is the Hidden Mist Village, one of the five major ninja villages. This is the first time they have faced ninjas from a great village!
The first action was a great victory.
But such a happy thing, when Tsuyu turned to look at Kumokawa, he only saw a pair of deep blue eyes.
Following his gaze, Tsuyu also fell silent.
In a corner of the deck, charred bodies were placed in disorder. Their dead bodies looked extremely horrible. Those were the remains of the Uzumaki clansman.
"Since the Uzumaki clan members have become our companions..."
Kumokawa exhaled lightly, and his tone became unusually calm. "After returning, bury them in the cemetery, and their names will all be engraved on the monument of the heroes."
The crew looked at Kumokawa's back, and also looked at the remains of the victims, silently mourning for the souls of the dead.
However, they had no regrets or sadness.
"The dead have returned to perfection." Kumokawa said softly, "The living stand on the deck of the ship and pray with their hands together."
Tears should be shed for the living, far more than for the dead.
Keep their names in memory, and they will continue to live.
Only when their names are forgotten will they be sealed forever, and that is the true meaning of death.
"Unexpectedly, he left me a gift."
Kumokawa's consciousness sank into his mind, looking at the template with a white light, his mood was a little complicated for a while.
[Kill Uzumaki Tetsuya [Daimyo of the Country of Whirlpool], probability trigger, get a new template]
[Name: Montina Max [Major]]
[World: Hellsing]
[Quality: White]
[Advanced: Not Advanced]
[Ability: ① Gifted Orator...] (Speaker Talent)
(End of this chapter)