Chapter 166: The Oriole
Thud!
The sound of heavy objects falling
to the ground echoed through the clearing. The sun was rising in the east,
casting a golden light over the battlefield, the dense forest on three sides,
and the river on the other.
In the dense forest, many trees
had fallen, piled up in heaps. In the middle of the clearing, a seven-year-old
boy lay on the ground, blood still bubbling out, seeping into the soil, dyeing
the ground around him crimson. The crimson color continued to spread.
Opposite the boy, at the edge of
the dense forest, a huge tree had broken off. Leaning against it was a burly
corpse with sunken cheeks and a neck twisted by massive force, contorting the
face in a grotesque posture.
Nearby, another Konoha ninja lay
on the ground, his cheek dented, breathless, and dead.
The source of the heavy object
falling came from the dense forest leading to Konoha Village, where the boy's
feet were facing.
"Hmph! Konoha Anbu, always
difficult to deal with. We paid the price of five people to kill four of
them."
A stocky middle-aged man emerged
from the dense forest, carrying three corpses on his shoulders. Judging by
their clothing, they were Anbu of Konoha.
"What are you standing around
for? Quickly pick up the corpses I dropped. Even a corpse is valuable and
shouldn't be wasted." The middle-aged man looked amiable, but his words
were cold and emotionless.
"Yes!"
A concise response came from
behind.
The middle-aged man walked to the
boy's body, squatted down, lifted the body with one hand, and felt the pulse on
the boy's neck with the other. He smiled, "Hey, this brat is really
tenacious. He's not dead yet, but judging by the amount of bleeding, his hands
and feet are completely severed. He probably won't survive."
The middle-aged man stood up and
walked to the burly corpse. Five ninjas emerged from the dense forest, their
figures and forehead protectors bearing the symbols of Iwagakure.
This was a group of Iwa ninja.
"Oh! This is unexpected.
Yotsuki Bi of Kumogakure, this old guy actually came out of the
mountains." Looking at the burly corpse, the middle-aged man sneered,
"Take this corpse away too. What a bountiful harvest. Lord Tsuchikage is
truly scheming!"
"There is also the Jinchuriki
over there. That's the real treasure. Whether alive or dead, we must bring her
back to the village," the middle-aged man said.
"Yes!"
The five Iwa ninjas quickly
separated. Two went to carry Yotsuki Bi's body, and two went to the place where
the trees had fallen in the dense forest on the other side, where Kushina was.
The remaining ninja slowly
followed behind the middle-aged man. "Lord Huitu, it has been confirmed
that there are no reinforcements from Konoha. These four Konoha Anbu were all
the reinforcements Konoha could spare. Additionally, due to the attack on the
Konoha Hospital and the Forbidden Surgery Room, Konoha Village is now in a
state of desperation. Do we need to take any action?"
Huitu looked at the wounds on his
body, as well as the wounds on his four subordinates, and the dense forest
where there had been vague contacts.
I brought the elite jonin from ten villages, but
only five survived?
Although Lord Tsuchikage said to
stop Yotsuki Bi from taking the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki at all costs and bring
back the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, in this situation, we didn't have to fight
Yotsuki Bi at all. Konoha's ninja helped us successfully drag him to death. The
biggest difficulty was passed this way, but half of the manpower was lost.
Hateful! Konoha ninja! Why is each one so difficult!
Huitu looked at the corpse of the
Konoha Anbu on his shoulder, his eyes stern. He snorted coldly, turned back to
the seven-year-old boy, and looked down.
Is this the new generation of Konoha? Yotsuki Bi,
whose eyes are above the top, can actually be praised as "Konoha's new
light." Haoxiong's dying counterattack was blocked, and he was killed. How
can we not leave this kid behind!
Thinking of this, a strong
murderous intent flashed in Huitu's eyes. Konoha was already strong,
threatening his village, preventing its new generation from growing up again.
At that moment, while the logs on
the other side were rolling, the two Iwa ninjas moved the pile of logs away,
revealing a red-haired beauty lying inside, bleeding from the corners of her
mouth, and blood still gurgling from her abdomen. Her eyes were shut, brows
twitching from time to time.
"Lord Huitu! The Nine-Tails'
Jinchuriki has been found, and she's not dead yet! She's really tenacious. Her
abdomen was hit hard, and her internal organs should have been ruptured, but
she's not dead yet. Such tenacious vitality," the Iwa ninja who found
Kushina yelled, astonished.
"Otherwise, how could she
become the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki?" Huitu replied. "Now that Konoha
is in a state of desperation, let's take the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki and Yotsuki
Bi away! Have the corpses on our side been dealt with?"
"It's been dealt with,"
said the Iwa ninja who had been following him, carrying another Konoha Anbu
corpse.
"Very good!" Huitu
nodded.
Back then, I didn't understand why
Lord Tsuchikage assisted Yotsuki Bi in this plan to seize the Nine-Tails
Jinchuriki, risking exposure of our spies in Konoha. Not only providing Yotsuki
Bi with a hiding place but even repelling Yotsuki Bi who had invaded Konoha
Village, finding the weakest defense point and the escape route most prone to
loopholes in emergency situations, and informing Yotsuki Bi.
However, now it seems that Lord
Tsuchikage's decision was extremely correct and wise. Experience truly counts!
He told Yotsuki Bi this route,
letting us know he would definitely take this route back, facilitating a sneak
attack.
I didn't expect the current
situation to be so beneficial to us. If we faced Yotsuki Bi directly, we would
have lost more than five people!
Huitu was thinking, but took out a
kunai, squatted down, and pretended to check the life of the seven-year-old boy
at his feet.
This made the closest Iwa ninja
look surprised.
Lord Huitu... actually wants to kill a dying person
himself? I've never seen this! Doesn't Lord Huitu like to see people dying,
struggling to die, and finally dying slowly?
But at that moment, Huitu waved
his hand and said, "You guys go first, I'll..."
However, before he could finish, a
kunai suddenly shot out from the dense forest, heading straight for his head.
There are people!
Huitu's pupils contracted
slightly, and he leaned back, dodging the kunai. The swing of the kunai in his
hand turned into a horizontal swing. While dodging, he threw the kunai in his
hand, targeting the source of the attack.
As he shot out the kunai, he
suddenly stood up, eyes falling on the place where the attack came from.
"Ready to fight!" He
yelled, dropping the three corpses on his shoulders, touching the ninja bag
with both hands, eyes scanning the surroundings.
Thud!
The kunai penetrated the soil
behind him.
But in Huitu's eyes, almost all
the Iwa ninjas were attacked by kunai, and this kunai's attack...
It doesn't seem to be killing them! Instead, it
deliberately chose an angle they could avoid!
This was strange!
Huitu frowned, thoughts racing,
but at that moment, his eyes widened slightly, glancing back.
How can this be!
With an exclamation, he burst out!
And as he yelled, five screams
echoed simultaneously.
Slash!
A kunai was inserted into the back
of his heart.
Huitu's eyes widened in horror. He
looked down at the kunai protruding from his back, scanning around slowly. All
five of his partners had blood spurting from their throats, clearly having been
cut.
Killed all six of us in an instant! Who is it!
Huitu's eyes widened, the last
frightening thought in his heart fading as he slowly fell to the ground.
Everything happened too fast. He
was killed without any reaction. He only realized when the pain passed, but it
was too late, and he was already dead.
As the dust settled, a blond,
handsome, and chilling face slowly appeared from behind him.
Namikaze Minato!