A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

Kakashi's eyes lit up. A new eye technique? It seems this kid has really amassed quite a few spoils.

Actually, it's more than just spoils of war. For Yang Lei, the biggest gains were the awakening of the Tenseigan and the Sage Body, as well as the Nine-Tails' chakra nature, the Sarutobi clan's Fire Release ninjutsu scroll, and even Sakura's goodwill. Aren't these all his gains from this trip out of the village?

"Pupil technique?"

As expected, Yang Lei successfully diverted Asuma's attention. Seeing Kakashi open the cloth bag, Asuma looked at Ranmaru with surprise.

As ninjas, especially Jonin, they were already used to life and death. Neither the corpses of enemies nor the corpses of their comrades could stir their emotions.

Of course, even after the mission is over, I will still feel sad for the death of my comrade.

"All right."

Yang Lei finally snapped Asma out of her daze, saying, "Let's set off now! The sooner we finish, the sooner we can come back and get some sleep!"

0128 Kado's Castle

After saying goodbye to Kakashi and Might Guy, Yang Lei and Asma didn't even have time to rest or drink water before continuing their journey without stopping.

Although Kurenai Yuhi didn't explain it too clearly or directly, the Third Hokage's meaning was already understood by the spirit.

Since Gato is unwilling to make contact with the Land of Fire and would rather ally with the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village, Konoha Village will definitely choose Tazna, who is pro-fire.

Don't underestimate the Land of Waves just because it's a small country. Even the smallest island nation is worth fighting for.

To put it bluntly, if a war breaks out between major powers, such as when the Land of Fire and the Land of Water clash again, the Land of Waves will serve as a buffer zone, preventing the war from spreading to the Land of Fire.

Not only the Land of Waves, but also the Land of Rain. During the Third Shinobi World War, the Land of Rain became a battlefield for three major powers, and also a buffer zone for them.

This shows that in times of peace, things are fine, but once war breaks out, small countries caught between large countries will not get any advantage.

In fact, the real world is like this. Great powers do not easily engage in direct war. Instead, they use smaller countries around them to test and deploy their forces. But once the great powers face each other directly, the situation becomes uncontrollable, and a new world war will break out again.

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"Is this Kado's house? It's really wealthy."

Walking briskly, Yang Lei and Asma soon arrived at the grand castle of Kado. Looking ahead, the castle appeared magnificent even in the darkness before dawn.

"Can one enrich oneself by amassing the wealth of a nation?"

Asma snorted with disdain. He had figured it out: all the wealth of the Land of Waves had been taken into his own hands by Gato, which would naturally lead to the impoverishment of the people of the Land of Waves.

"Let's go."

Yang Lei pulled the Kusanagi sword from his hand with a clatter, looked at Asuma and said, "Let's finish this quickly so we can go back to sleep, or we can ask them to come here to rest."

"Ah."

Asma nodded and together with Yang Lei, they climbed over the wall and entered the castle.

"Be careful."

As soon as he landed, Yang Lei touched Asuma and, having already activated his Byakugan and Sharingan, reminded him, "There are four guards at the main gate, and about twenty guards at each of the four windows on the second, third, and fourth floors. Some guards are sleeping in the main hall on the first floor of the castle. Kado is on the third floor, seemingly waiting for news from Zabuza and the others."

Yang Lei is most relaxed when he is with Asuma, because even Hinata, whom he likes, cannot let her see that he has Byakugan and Sharingan. It would be difficult to explain and would make her feel awkward.

After all, Hinata is still the eldest daughter of the Hyuga family. If she doesn't tell the family about Yang Lei, she will definitely be labeled as a traitor.

But if she tells her family, how will she face Yang Lei in the future?

Therefore, in order to avoid making Hinata feel awkward in the middle, Yang Lei decided not to tell her from the beginning.

Asma was different; he already knew many of Yang Lei's secrets, so he didn't need to worry about Yang Lei watching them again.

"I'll draw the enemy's attention outside, and you'll be in charge of assassinating Gato. Is that alright?"

After hearing Yang Lei's information, Asma made a decision without hesitation: he would draw the enemy's attention from the outside, and then Yang Lei, who had the ability to use his pupil technique, would carry out the assassination mission.

After all, the environment inside the castle is still unknown. If Asma were to go in, Kado could easily find him by hiding anywhere.

Yang Lei is different; he can completely lock onto Kado, so there's no need to worry about not being able to find him.

"it is good."

Without further ado, Yang Lei nodded and got ready. Since the decapitation sword was too big and would be a bit of a hindrance, he took it off and put it aside. When Asma wasn't looking, he reached out and swiftly put it into his personal space.

Yang Lei has always believed that only methods unknown to everyone are true trump cards. Therefore, even when facing Asma, he might still hold back some trump cards, such as the existence of his personal space, which Asma was unaware of.

That makes sense. Asma did the same thing. Even though he knew Yang Lei had the talent to learn any skill after just one glance, he still didn't teach him his special skills.

It's not that Asma is being secretive, but everyone's growth and ultimate achievements are different. Yang Lei has his own growth path, and his current strength already surpasses Asma's. Asma can no longer teach Yang Lei.

Asma knew this too. In addition, the Third Generation had already told him about the Demon Ape Clan of Flower Fruit Mountain's plan to invest in Yang Lei. He knew that Yang Lei would learn a lot once they returned, so he shouldn't waste his time.

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That's why Asuma didn't train Yang Lei; he simply gave him the Fire Release ninjutsu scroll that the Third Hokage had given him, and spent most of his time training the new Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

However, on the other hand, Asuma is actually too insecure. In addition to his Fire Release talent, he also has Wind Release chakra properties, while Yang Lei doesn't know many Wind Release ninjutsu, maybe only two. If Asuma is willing to teach him, Yang Lei would be very happy to learn.

After all, Sarutobi hadn't told Yang Lei about Enma and the Third Hokage's decision yet. He didn't know that if it weren't for the Third Hokage's interference, he would have been able to go to Huaguo Mountain for further studies.

It's clear that the third generation old man is indeed a bit... well, you know.

. . . . . .

Enough with the chit-chat, let's get back to the sidelines.

After the two decided on their roles, Asuma raised his left hand and took out two smoke bombs from his ninja tool pouch behind him. He drew his chakra blade with his right hand, gripped it tightly, took a deep breath, and charged out.

“．ˇ煙霧彈”.

Asma deliberately shouted and threw out a smoke bomb. Before the four guards could even see who it was, he had already rushed up to them, swung his chakra blade, and chopped off their heads.

“Enemy attack.”

A sharp scream suddenly rang out from the silent castle, followed by a chaotic commotion. It was unclear how many people the cowardly and wicked Kado had gathered, but a huge horde rushed out of the castle, startling Asma.

"'There are some guards sleeping in the lobby on the first floor'?" Asma turned and shouted at Yang Lei, "Is this what you call 'some'?"

It's no wonder Asuma acted this way. Gato knew his atrocities had already incurred the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people. So, he recruited more than three hundred people in the castle to stand by, not counting the wandering samurai who were initially taken by Zabuza to attack Konoha, nor the more than one hundred rogue ninjas he recruited later. This shows how large his operation was and how much fear he had in his heart.

Faced with Asma's questioning, Yang Lei shrugged indifferently. Although there were more than 300 people here, they were all ordinary people. They looked fierce, but they were all useless. If he made a move, he could take care of them all with just one ninjutsu.

"It's my turn!"

0129 Assassinate Kado!

"It's my turn to take charge."

Seeing that Asma had successfully drawn the enemy's attention, Yang Lei noticed that Kado was in a panic and trying to run away from the castle. Without hesitation, he rushed forward.

"drink."

Reaching the castle quickly, Yang Lei gathered his chakra and stomped hard on the ground, launching himself into the air and hurtling towards a window on the third floor.

"There are enemies here too."

The guard at the window happened to be there and discovered Yang Lei's presence. He was immediately alarmed and shouted a warning.

"Pfft."

At this moment, Yang Lei had already reached the window, swung his knife forward and cleaved the window open, also severing the guard's head in the process.

"Noisy."

With a light hum, Yang Lei ignored the dozen or so guards rushing towards him and strode away. Having already pinpointed Kado's location, he naturally didn't need to search for him bit by bit.

Originally, Yang Lei and Asuma had the strength to charge in head-on. As mentioned before, those three hundred-plus people were nothing to worry about. Yang Lei could have easily taken them all out with just one ninjutsu.

However, this castle is incredibly valuable, and who knows how much wealth it contains? Some of the more powerful ninjutsu are difficult to control. If this castle, which holds the wealth of the entire Land of Waves, were to be reduced to ashes, it would be heartbreaking. 203

Therefore, Yang Lei and Asma tacitly chose assassination instead of a more bold, unrestrained, and domineering frontal attack.

The civil and criminal laws of the Land of Waves are in disarray, and so is Dazna. You can't even afford the high-level mission fees, so he has no choice but to apply for ordinary C-level escort missions.

Not only did they lack the funds to pay for the ninja escort mission, but Dazna was also facing financial difficulties regarding the materials needed to build the bridge. This country was desperately in need of money.

Therefore, after learning about the current situation of the Land of Waves through Kakashi's description, the Third Hokage directly issued another instruction during the mission: after successfully assassinating Gato, they should give Gato's assets to Tazna and the people of the Land of Waves, so that Tazna could have sufficient funds to continue building the bridge, and the people of the Land of Waves could also enjoy a better life.

In other words, the fate of this castle had already been decided in advance?

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"Pfft."

Looking at Yang Lei, he was dealing with one guard after another as he walked. Although he was small and short, his strength was far beyond that of those useless adults.

"They're all dead now."

After killing the last guard, Yang Lei gave a slightly impatient snort. His 705-degree all-around view with his white eyes allowed him to easily see the surrounding environment, so although he seemed nonchalant, he was actually concentrating on dealing with the situation the whole time.

"Dong dong dong."

Walking forward, Yang Lei finally arrived at the door of a room on the third floor. He politely raised his hand and knocked on the door, then called out to the inside, "Kado, open the door, I'm here to take your head."

Kado, who was inside trying to figure out where to hide to escape this predicament, almost coughed up blood. He thought to himself, "How can you talk like that? I'm definitely not going to open the door for you if you're so blunt."

"Squeak."

It was no use for him not to open the door. He heard a piercing sound from the door and saw that the heavy door he had paid a lot of money to build was suddenly pierced by a sharp blade.

"found it."

Outside the door, Yang Lei glanced at the door with his Byakugan and found the lock. He gathered his Wind Release chakra into the blade of his Kusanagi sword, and the three-inch, three-foot-long straight blade was suddenly covered by a layer of chakra. With a gentle push, Yang Lei pierced the door and broke the lock.

Hello.

Pushing open the door, Yang Lei waved to the dumbfounded Kado, drew his Kusanagi sword, and walked forward, raising his sword to strike Kado.

"Spare my life."

At the last moment, Kado came to his senses and knelt down on the ground with a thud, pleading, "Please spare my life, I'm willing to spend a tenth of my wealth to buy it."

"Only one-tenth?"

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A smile flickered across Yang Lei's face. He wasn't in a hurry to kill him anymore, and deliberately asked, "Is your life only worth one-tenth of your wealth?"

No, no, no, no.

Kado quickly shook his head. Seeing that Yang Lei seemed to have that kind of intention, he quickly said with a smile, "Well, just tell me how much money you want to let me go."

"I want all your assets."

Yang Lei said this.

“This,” Kado wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and pleaded, “Isn’t this a bit too much? Can we reduce it?”

"never mind."

Yang Lei suddenly felt a little listless. He had originally thought that Kado was a tyrant who would agree to his terms without hesitation after hearing that he could escape with his life, and then he could say the line: "If I kill you, all your property will still be mine."

But then Kado started haggling, what a clueless guy, wasting his sudden burst of humor.

Yang Lei didn't even consider that while he had a natural sense of humor, Kado didn't; he was practically terrified.

"Let me send you on your way."

Unwilling to waste any more time with Kado, Yang Lei finally swung his sword and chopped off Kado's head. He rolled his eyes and saw that Asma outside was not in any danger. He had already killed more than half of the three hundred-plus men. After thinking for a moment, he muttered, "Maybe we shouldn't rush to stop them. Let Asma kill them all. It'll be a one-time solution."

At the same time.

Shaking the blade of the Kusanagi Sword, which was devoid of blood, Yang Lei turned his head and looked around, his eyes gleaming as he muttered to himself, "I might as well steal some things too."

As mentioned before, the Third Hokage's instructions clearly stated that Gato's property should not be destroyed as much as possible, and that the money should be distributed on the spot after Gato was killed, so that the people of the Land of Waves could have some peace and quiet.

In particular, Dazner has run out of money to buy materials to build the bridge. Although it will last for a while, it will certainly not be enough to connect the Land of Waves and the Land of Fire.

Now, Cado's assets are incredibly important and timely, allowing Dazna to purchase more building materials. As long as there are enough people and nothing unexpected happens, the bridge can be built quickly.

"Cado has way too much money."

Yang Lei stepped over Kado's corpse and walked forward, muttering to himself, "I don't need all of it. Taking a little is enough for me. After all, I still need to pursue Hinata. I'll have some vacation time after I go back, so I should ask her out. How can I do that without money?"

"Besides, we took care of Gato. It's already great that we left the money to the people of the Land of Waves. Taking a little as my reward is nothing."

"In the end, they didn't know that I had embezzled Cardo's money, so come to me, my gold and silver treasures."

While muttering to himself, Yang Lei suddenly slashed forward with his Kusanagi sword, easily cutting open a safe.

"Shh."

A dazzling, multicolored light shone from the safe, which contained a large safe full of gold and various gemstones, as well as two large diamonds the size of Yang Lei's fist.

0130 What the hell are "second wife" and "third wife"?