The Hidden Mist Blacksmith, forging the glory of the Ninja Sword Style!

"It's just that we share the same bloodline."

"what is this?"

"Would a truly magnanimous person care about such a thing?"

"All they want is to live a normal life in the village."

"It is you who want to coerce them."

"But now, I have carried it all on my shoulders."

After saying that, the Taketori Neko raised the sword in his hand and pointed it at the direction of Taketori En.

"Tankori Neko, are you really going to kill me too?"

Taketori En met Taketori Neko's gaze.

“I am not actually the radical you describe. What I want is to maintain the balance. Otherwise, I would not have suppressed the ideas of Taketori and others and chosen to deceive the Hyuga clan.”

"Furthermore, given the current situation of the Bamboo Clan, do you think things would be better without me as the clan leader?"

"Can the remaining members of the Kaguya clan protect the family's assets?"

"If you still have even the slightest bit of the Bamboo Clan in your heart, you shouldn't have killed me."

"Instead, I'll explain all of this to Lord Mizukage."

The cat looked at the fire-breathing dog, its eyes filled with disgust.

"Taketori En, I never expected you to be such a coward who clings to life."

Whether or not I have the Bamboo Clan in my heart is not up to you to decide.

"Senior Zhenshui, you will handle everything."

"He will become the new head of the bamboo-cutting clan."

"As for you, it's true that you're not a radical member, but as the head of the Bamboo Clan, you can't even control the situation within your own clan. You're utterly incompetent!"

"You bear a great responsibility for the current state of the bamboo thief clan."

"I had to kill them."

"They had to be killed by me."

"It's all because of you."

"Now, let me end all of this!"

The cat raised the dragon bone, and the moment it finished speaking, it slashed down fiercely at the fire-breathing beast.

"Ding!"

Taketori En drew his short sword from his waist to defend himself.

With a force of recoil, Taketori Homura was forced back several steps.

"Is this the ninja sword that the blacksmith just forged?"

Taketori En stared intently at the dragon bone.

Because of the force returning from the recoil, Taketori Homura could sense that Taketori Neko's strength was inferior to his own, but in the ensuing battle, Taketori Neko didn't even take a single step back.

Taketori En knew that this must be the power of the dragon bone.

The cat-like creature didn't answer; instead, it immediately brought down its second blade.

"Ding!"

Taketori En continued to resist.

But this time, it's different.

The moment their blades touched, Taketori En's expression changed.

Because Taketori En could clearly feel that Taketori Neko's slash was much stronger than the previous one.

The short sword in Taketori En's hand broke in two upon impact.

"Pfft!"

The blade of the dragon bone slashed through Taketori En's chest.

A deep wound appeared, so deep that the bone was visible.

Taketori En's expression was extremely wary.

"What a powerful force!"

"This ninja sword can stack power?"

Taketori En looked down at the broken sword in his hand, his expression somewhat grim.

"Another ninja sword of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist level."

"Even though it's weaker than me, it can still pose such a great threat to me. The power of this ninja sword is just right to counter me. What I have is just a broken sword, and now it's broken."

If they were ninjas or genjutsu ninjas, they wouldn't be so passive when facing Dragon Bone.

However, the majority of ninjas in the Kaguya clan are skilled in taijutsu and ninja tools.

The same applies to Taketori En.

The cat that takes the bamboo cutter did not give the fire-taker a moment to think.

Instead, he quickly slashed down with another blade.

Taketori En defended with all his might.

However, this time, Taketori Homura discovered that the knife that the Taketori Neko fell did not have as much force as before.

Taketori En's eyes flickered.

"Isn't it stacked every time?"

With the fourth strike, Taketori En once again felt that immense power.

The short sword, which was already broken, broke again.

However, this time, Taketori Homura was prepared. In the instant his sword broke, he took out a kunai and blocked Taketori Neko's sword.

"I see."

Taketori En looked at Ryokkotsu.

"It can only be stacked once, and used in intervals."

"The first strike is weak, the second strike is strong, the third strike is weak, and the fourth strike is strong."

Zhu Qiuyan felt a little calm.

After learning the pattern of the dragon bone's abilities, Taketori En's response became much more relaxed.

The cat-like creature frowned.

"You've already realized the power of the dragon bone? As clan leader, Taketori En, you're not qualified, but as a combat ninja, you're stronger than them."

"But who told you that dragon bones can only be used like this?"

The cat-like creature sneered inwardly.

The keel can absorb the impact of a collision, but that doesn't mean that the impact must be used in the second strike; it can be saved for the third or fourth strike.

As long as it doesn't exceed the time limit, it's fine.

Therefore, when Taketori En, who was making a defensive stance, raised his kunai to meet Ryukotsu, he did not feel an equal force falling on his kunai.

Bamboo shoots are used to ignite, but excessive force is applied.

His body involuntarily leaned forward.

The cat-like creature ducked low and lunged forward, passing by the fire-breathing beast.

"Pfft!"

A huge wound appeared on Taketori En's waist.

The wound was enormous, and you could see the kidney inside, which seemed to be throbbing.

Taketori En's body stiffened.

The cat didn't turn around, but instead twisted its wrist holding the dragon bone and stabbed it towards the back of the fire-breathing beast.

draw out.

"puff!"

Blood gushed out like a fountain.

"boom!"

Taketori En's body collapsed.

The cat-like creature glanced at it indifferently.

"This blade is called Dragon Bone. It can absorb the impact of a collision and then release it."

"But it didn't say that you had to be stabbed once to release him."

“I gave it the title of a demon sword, falsely claiming that I could gain power by killing you. It was for this reason that I attacked you and almost wiped out the Bamboo Clan.”

"I bear the entire burden of sins on my own."

"The bamboo tug clan will enter a new era."

"The bamboo-harvesting clan, led by incompetent and narrow-minded people like you, will never appear again."

"Prioritize the village."

"This is my ninja way!"

Taketori En twitched once, then remained motionless, his life completely extinguished.

the other side.

Pipa Juzo looked at the ice sculpture in front of him.

A person is frozen inside the ice sculpture.