Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 403 The grace of not killing
Daiming knelt before the statue for a long time, but received no response from the evil god.

He found the statue in a dilapidated temple in the wilderness.

When it was found, the blood on the statue had dried, and it was dirty and smelly.

After several years of his sacrifices, the statue finally came to life, and blood kept gushing from its head every day.

Daming got up and walked to the side and behind, where some weak children were kept in cages.

These children, lacking food and water and unable to resist, were perfect sacrifices.

A child was pulled out of the cage, and the name was returned to the statue.

Make the child kneel in front of the idol, then the daimyo pulls up the child's dirty hair and makes the child's throat face the idol.

He pulled out a jeweled dagger and first slashed open the child's forehead.

After licking the blood, the daimyo used the child's blood to draw a blood array on the ground, with an outer circle and an inner triangle.

After completing the preparations, Daiming slit his throat.

His blood, along with the child's, gushed forth and rushed into the pool of blood beneath the idol.

The blood pool churned, and the fresh blood seemed to come alive, automatically flowing upstream and climbing onto the statue.

The child died quickly, but strangely, the man did not die, and the wound on his throat healed rapidly.

A miracle, this is a miracle! The daimyo had his throat cut open, and he didn't die from such an injury.

With this kind of immortality, he is not afraid of ninjas. Neither the Cloud Ninjas nor the Leaf Ninjas can kill him.

"Great evil god, grant me power far surpassing that of a ninja! For this, I am willing to offer up everything in the Land of Hot Springs!"

Outside the walls of Kyoto, several false attacks struck the three wooden figures, but were automatically blocked by them.

However, Ye Guang didn't look at the busy Yu Moyi, and suddenly turned her head away.

His gaze swept over the countless houses and hot spring baths of Kyoto and landed in the direction of the castle tower.

A strange power enveloped the castle tower...
That power was completely different from chakra!
To defeat the Otsutsuki, a power system other than chakra must be used.

The luminous substance then encountered a special energy.

He looked down at Yu Moyi on the ground: "You're getting in the way..."

Yu Moyi's Lightning Release: Body Flicker Technique is very fast, making it a bit tricky.

"Wood Release: The Flower and Tree Realm is coming!"

Bright flower buds have appeared in the maple forest.

As the flower buds bloomed, large amounts of poisonous pollen drifted down from the city walls.

"Cough cough!"

The ever-growing Wood Release forced Yumoi to jump and dodge, and Yumoi inevitably inhaled some poisonous pollen.

He coughed repeatedly, and his vision became blurred.

The Lightning Release: Pseudo-Darkness technique cleaved two thick tree trunks, but he was still dozens of meters away from the fox.

His lightning release was no threat to the fox's true form. He kept circling in his wood release, constantly entangled with the ever-growing tree trunks, painstakingly organizing his offensive, but he still couldn't break through the three-headed, six-armed Three-Life Wood Golem.

While dodging one tree trunk, Yu Moyi's lower back collided with another tree trunk.

After feeling the pain, he opened his mouth and inhaled a second mouthful of the poisonous pollen.

His consciousness became confused, and thunderclouds suddenly appeared before his eyes.

These thunderclouds were so realistic, so familiar; they were the same thunderclouds that he used to see on the mountain peaks he frequented as a child, especially on rainy days.

He learned his lightning-based techniques from within the thunderclouds.

Lei Yun rushed towards him, and he felt a dull ache, so he quickly shook his head.

Impossible, there couldn't be thunderclouds here.

When he regained consciousness, he saw a large tree crushing his chest.

My chest was crushed...

The pollen contained potent neurotoxins, and he experienced hallucinations.

Following Ryuujin, Mimoi also died.

From afar, Tsuchida saw Mimoi's corpse hanging from a tree trunk, her chest crushed and her lower body falling off the trunk.

Yu Moyi Consultant...

Tutai laughed sadly.

It is said that Konoha was severely damaged by the rogue ninja Uchiha Madara, resulting in the deaths of three high-ranking officials.

But in the blink of an eye, two high-ranking members of the Hidden Cloud Village also died.

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Ryuuu, and advisor, Mimai.

The severely damaged Konoha also inspires despair. It's hard to imagine how strong Konoha would be without rogue ninjas and internal strife.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Mimoi was constantly battling against Wood Release, while the fox remained completely still.

Tsuchida withdrew his grief-stricken gaze and led some of the Cloud Ninja to flee into the mountains north of Kyoto.

It's unknown how many of these hundred-plus Cloud Ninja will manage to escape.

After killing Mimoi, Yeguang signaled to Hippo to give chase.

Hippo led the Konoha ninja to continue their pursuit of Tsuchikage.

Earthen platforms excel at defense but have average offensive capabilities, so hippos won't face much danger.

The luminous figure vanished and stealthily made its way towards Tian Shou City.

Inside the castle tower, the daimyo, having finished his ritual to the evil god, returned to the corner where the cages were piled up.

"How come there's only one child left? That's not enough... We must replenish them as soon as possible."

What's your name again... Hidan, oh, it's Hidan.

Hidan huddled in a corner of the cage, staring at the Daimyo in terror.

The lord was still bleeding from his neck, but his immortality allowed his injuries to heal rapidly.

Back then, Hidan's village was attacked by wandering samurai, and in the end, all the children in the village were captured and taken to the castle tower.

Those wandering samurai were all subordinates of the daimyo. The daimyo, satisfied, stepped onto the long staircase leading upwards and arrived at the entrance to the underground palace.

He pressed the button, but the servants outside did not open the stone door for him.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of explosive tags being detonated rang out outside the door, and the stone door was blown open.

His name was blown away in a sorry state by the explosive tags and stones, and his expensive silk robes were torn.

Nara Iiichi then realized that the daimyo was standing very close to the stone gate, right behind it. He rushed in and helped the daimyo up.

"Your Highness, we're late. Are you alright?"

Daming changed his expression, from cold and gloomy to endearing and lovable, like a harmless, overweight man.

The daimyo glanced at Nara Ichi's signature pineapple hairstyle and said, "Nara ninja, thank you for coming. Have the Cloud ninjas left?"

Nara said, "The fighting outside the castle has stopped. I estimate that Lord Fox has already resolved the battle."

Nara glanced into the depths of the underground palace, where the light was dim and nothing could be seen.

"That's good, that's good." The daimyo explained, "Nara ninja, this is a shelter I built. I'm sorry to have troubled you. I don't know ninjutsu, so I can only hide when I encounter trouble."

The lord walked out of the underground palace and saw corpses scattered all over the main hall.

There were the corpses of samurai, the corpses of servants, and the corpse of his own younger brother.

Bright red blood was splattered on the several-meter-long, towering gauze curtains by the doors and windows.

Daimyo's face turned extremely ugly at that moment.

Nara Iiichi quickly turned his attention away from the underground palace and explained:
"Your Highness, the Cloud Ninja have abandoned you. They have sent assassins to kill you."

Fortunately, I arrived in time and killed two Cloud Ninja.

Unfortunately, many people in the main hall fell victim to the cruelty of the Cloud Ninja.

"Terrible, so tragic..."

The daimyo wondered to himself, "Was this really the work of the Cloud Ninja, or was it some kind of warning from Konoha?"
He accepted the protection of the Hidden Cloud Village and made the Cloud Ninja his guardian ninja.

Konoha was unhappy, so he found an excuse to kill the people around him, using the slaughter to warn himself.

Even if he knew this was a warning from Konoha, what could he do?

He could only pretend he knew nothing and thank Konoha for sparing his life.

The grace of not being killed...

With no outlet for his boundless hatred, the daimyo drew a jewel-encrusted dagger, knelt on the ground, and began frantically stabbing at the two corpses of the Cloud Ninja.

Nara Kiichi believed that the daimyo hated the Cloud Ninja to the extreme, and understood the pain of the daimyo's close people being killed, waiting for the daimyo to vent his anger.

The ninja world is a distorted world; ninjas and nobles alike suffer from mental health issues to varying degrees.

Death is everywhere, and many people have experienced heart-wrenching pain and become hysterical.

The Nara clan is highly regarded by the village and has always been considered an important candidate for advisory positions. One reason for this is that the Nara clan possesses strong spiritual energy and a relatively stable mental state, preventing them from making impulsive decisions due to emotional stimuli.

Konoha Village is full of mentally ill people, people with post-traumatic stress disorder, and people who are crazy.

Among a group of madmen, the calm Nara clan is all the more precious.

Daming stood up, covered in blood, carefully wiped the dagger clean, and put it back at his waist.

He turned to Nara Ichi with a smile: "This Konoha Jonin, please be my Guardian Ninja Captain. The castle can be without me, but it cannot be without its Guardian Ninja Captain."

Nara Kiichi felt physically uncomfortable looking at the smile plastered on the daimyo's face.

Especially since the lord was covered in blood, the blood on a corpse is different from the blood of a living person; the blood on a corpse is dirtier and smellier.

Even after all his close associates were killed by the Cloud Ninja, the Daimyo was still able to calmly request to become the captain of the Guardian Ninja, which frightened Nara Kiichi.

He, a Jonin of Konoha, was actually afraid of a nobleman.

At that moment, he even considered suggesting that the village kill the daimyo and replace him with an obedient one.

Nara Kiichi did not agree, but said, "Let's wait for Lord Fox. He will take care of everything here."

At this moment, deep within the underground palace, a fox mask slowly emerged from the wall.

Inside the underground palace, two candles illuminated a statue covered in flowing blood.

Certain parts of the blood reflected the candlelight, making the statue resemble a huge, blood-red glass sculpture.

The luminous creature revealed no sign of life, preparing to test the depths of the evil god during the next full moon cycle.

If he could, he would want to obtain the power of the evil god, or even replace the evil god directly.

With his current Kage-level strength, unless he obtains the Ten-Tails or is taught Yin-Yang power by the Sage of Six Paths, he will not improve much further.

The power of the evil god stirred Ye Guang's heart.

Back on the ground, Nightlight instantly appeared at the entrance of the main hall.

Upon seeing the ANBU member wearing a fox mask, the daimyo quickly jogged over.

"Lord Fox, are you the fox from Konoha Village? I've heard of you; you're Konoha's most active ANBU ninja."

Please arrange guardian ninjas for me quickly. Without them, countless people will die in my castle.

The moonlight shone through the mask, illuminating the gentle-looking fat man.

Who would have thought that this fat man was secretly worshipping an evil god?

Ye Guang said, "Jōnin, inform the village and ask them to send a new foreign affairs advisor to handle the affairs of the Land of Hot Springs."

Arrange for a few guardian ninjas to lead a group to pursue Tsuchikage as soon as possible.

Those who killed Shinnosuke-sama, I want them dead! Not a single one of them can live!
"I'm going to chase the hippopotamus now, you better catch up quickly."

"Yes! Your lord!"

Just as Daimyo was about to stop him, he discovered that the fox had already vanished in an instant.

He quickly asked Nara Kiichi, "Kiichi, are you leaving too? Aren't you staying in Kyoto?"

Nara said, "I am Shinnosuke's assistant and bodyguard, so of course I must avenge Shinnosuke."

Don't worry, I'll leave you some decent Guardian Ninjas.

(End of this chapter)