After the lightning disappeared, Seimei returned to the scorched earth.
Soon, Kurosuki Raiga's corpse appeared in his sight.
His entire body was charred black, looking even more miserable than the captain he had killed.
Seeing this, Seimei couldn't help but mutter, "I guess I've avenged him!"
Shaking his head, Seimei ignored Raiga and turned to look at Juzo Biwa.
At this time, Biwa was also dead.
However, judging by his position, he seemed to have struggled a bit before dying, moving some distance away.
Thinking of the severed carotid artery, Seimei couldn't help but admire Biwa's will to survive.
Unfortunately, with insufficient strength, even the strongest will was useless.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Seimei noticed something was amiss.
"Where are those two swords?"
That's right, the 'Kiba' swords that Kurosuki Raiga held in his hands and Juzo Biwa's 'Kubikiribocho' were both gone.
Seimei looked around but couldn't find even a single fragment.
Originally, Seimei had thought of using these two ninja swords temporarily before obtaining the 'Kusanagi Sword', especially the 'Kiba' swords.
Although they were uniquely shaped twin swords and belonged to the lightning attribute, there was no problem using them as his weapons temporarily.
Unexpectedly, they were all gone.
Recalling the information about these seven ninja swords from his past life memories, Seimei suddenly remembered that Mangetsu Hozuki, the wielder of the 'Hiramekarei' from the Second Generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, seemed to have a scroll that could summon all seven ninja swords.
As the only genius who could skillfully use all seven ninja swords, he previously thought that Mangetsu had created this scroll later.
Now it seemed that this summoning scroll should have existed for a long time, perhaps even born together with the seven ninja swords, and was later passed down to him.
It made sense. If this summoning scroll was created later, then when the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were defeated by Might Dai's Eight Gates, four of the ninja swords would have been lost. How could there be a Second Generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist? Where would Mangetsu Hozuki have learned to master the use of all seven ninja swords?
As for saying that the swords of the four deceased were taken away by the three survivors...
Don't be ridiculous!
They were all traumatized by Might Dai at that time, fleeing in panic. How could they have the mind to collect the swords of others?
So, the truth was that after the owners of these ninja swords died, some condition was triggered, and the swords were retrieved by the summoning scroll.
Or... the person holding the summoning scroll detected the anomaly and actively summoned the swords away.
Just like now, as soon as Kurosuki Raiga and Juzo Biwa died, the ninja swords immediately disappeared.
As for why the 'Kubikiribocho' wasn't retrieved after Zabuza Momochi was killed by Kakashi later, Seimei guessed that it was probably because Mangetsu Hozuki, the owner of the summoning scroll, took the scroll with him when he died.
This led to the Mist Village being unable to retrieve it.
"What a pity..."
After figuring this out, Seimei sighed inwardly.
Just then, a figure appeared beside him. It was none other than the shadow clone that had lured the enemy earlier.
Seimei didn't rush to dispel the 'Shadow Clone Technique'. Instead, he let this shadow clone continue to play his role and clean up the battlefield.
He, on the other hand, once again concealed his aura and hid, just like before.
This time, he deliberately avoided the sight of everyone on the main battlefield, not only to use 'Amenotejikara' and quickly deal with Kurosuki Raiga and Juzo Biwa.
But also to lure the enemy hiding in the dark to reveal themselves.
Since their target was him and Shisui Uchiha, Seimei didn't believe they would let him escape their control so easily.
They would most likely come after him.
And this was his opportunity.
...
Time passed by.
About a minute later.
A group of sesame seed-sized insects flew over.
However, because they didn't get too close, the shadow clone didn't notice anything unusual.
However, just because the shadow clone didn't notice anything unusual didn't mean Seimei didn't.
Hiding in the dark, he was always paying attention to the slightest movements around him. Although these insects were inconspicuous, they still caught his attention.
No wonder, insects, although not intelligent, were very sensitive to danger.
With the power generated by Kurosuki Raiga's 'Lightning Release: Lightning Burial' just now, they shouldn't have actively come over, let alone not run away.
Once suspicion arose, it was relatively easy to verify.
Seimei extended his mental power and carefully sensed, quickly discovering the problem.
Although these insects were small and had weak auras, their vitality was far stronger than ordinary insects.
More importantly, they actually had faint chakra within their bodies.
Thus, they couldn't be ordinary insects.
And insects...
Instantly, Seimei thought of the Aburame clan, the insect users of Konoha, and the kikaichu they cultivated.
"If I remember correctly, at this time, Danzo seems to have a ninja from the Aburame clan under his command."
"Torune Aburame? Is that you?"
Seimei thought to himself.
Although he had some guesses, he didn't act rashly. He had only discovered a few insects now, and his target was the people behind them.
Once again restraining his aura, Seimei hid himself even deeper.
The shadow clone finished cleaning up the battlefield, glanced around, and finding nothing, returned to the main battlefield according to its persona.
Behind him, those insects leisurely followed.
Soon, both sides left the battlefield, but Seimei still didn't leave.
He believed that if the people in the dark were indeed Root ninja, they definitely wouldn't miss this opportunity to gather intelligence.
The corpses after a ninja battle could reveal a lot of information, especially in the hands of these professionals.
So, they would definitely come and check it out.
Previously, on the battlefield, it was inconvenient for them to show themselves, but here, they didn't have so many concerns.
With this in mind, Seimei continued to wait.
He didn't have to wait long. Just two or three minutes later, five figures cloaked in black robes and wearing masks appeared on the scene.
Seeing these people, Seimei couldn't suppress the smile on his face any longer.
However, his smile looked somewhat eerie no matter how you looked at it.
"Who's there?"
Suddenly, one of the five shouted and threw a kunai.
The kunai was aimed directly at Seimei's hiding place.
Clang~
A crisp metallic clash rang out.
A kunai flew out from behind the tree, knocking the thrown kunai away in mid-air.
Immediately afterward, a not-so-tall figure walked out from behind the tree, revealing himself.
"Seimei Uchiha?!"
That's right, the person who arrived was none other than Seimei Uchiha.
He looked at the five people in front of him with a smile and said, "You're the ones who have been spying on me these past few days, right? You sneaky guys, who are you?"
However, the five people had no intention of answering him. After exchanging glances, they suddenly dispersed and quickly surrounded him.
(End of Chapter)