Naruto: I, the villain template, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 172 Long-Range Sniping: The Combination of Kagura's Mind's Eye and Ninja Tools

"Namo, I thought the master of this place was a wise man."

Looking at Miyajo En standing atop the dragon's head, Huizhi clasped his hands together, raised his head slightly, and chanted a Buddhist mantra with a regretful tone: "I never expected him to choose to cooperate with a notorious guy like you. It's truly disappointing."

"After all, a sinner like you who cruelly slaughtered your own family cannot find peace even in death, and even I cannot bring you relief."

Upon hearing the old bald monk's words spoken with pity, Miyajo En, who always appeared frivolous with a smile, paused, and the slight smile that remained on his face gradually disappeared.

"A hypocritical bald monk."

Miyajo En looked at Hui Zhi and said indifferently, "What do you know?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the blood dragon beneath his feet split into several heads, which opened their massive jaws and began to bite at Huizhi in the distance.

Clearly, the other party's words ignited his murderous intent and completely enraged him.

Although the Blood Pool Clan, who lived in seclusion and barely survived, had long since declined and fallen, Miyajo En was still able to wipe out all his fellow clansmen by himself.

Although he is still young at just over twenty, his strength and talent are undeniable.

The Blood Dragon created by the Bloodline Limit: Blood Dragon Eye is more powerful than the Water Dragon Bullet, which is at a difficulty level of B, and is even visibly several levels stronger.

Even the most powerful ninjas from great nations would be torn apart and devoured by those blood dragons when faced with such power.

Unfortunately, Huizhi is not among them.

The origins of the faith of "Buddha" and monks are long lost to time, but at least it is certain that their history is as long as that of the priestess of the Land of Demons.

Long before the Five Great Ninja Villages appeared, and long before ninjas became mainstream, temples had already existed in the ninja world.

However, as ninjas became the mainstream of the era, monks, like samurai, had no choice but to bow down and submit to the daimyo of the five great nations.

The Fire Temple of the Land of Fire is a renowned ninja temple throughout the entire ninja world. Although its historical heritage and traditions are not as well preserved as those of the priestesses of the Land of Demons, the monks there also possess a unique ability to pass down through generations.

—A talent of the immortal race.

"Namo, although I don't want to kill needlessly, if you attack me..."

Hui Zhi slightly opened his cloudy eyes, calmly watching the several ferocious blood dragons rushing towards him. He formed a "未" shape with one hand and placed it in front of him, while pressing down on himself with his other hand.

Behind him, the Guanyin Buddha statue with its eyes closed radiated a soft golden light, as if one could hear sacred and solemn chanting.

Huizhi was also bathed in a golden glow, and the expression on his face highly overlapped with the serene and solemn face of the Buddha statue behind him, making people feel an urge to convert and believe in him at first glance.

Even the monks who were lucky enough to survive the explosion, after regaining their senses, looked at the Buddha statue with fanatical eyes, their hands clasped together and bathed in the Buddha's light, as devout as believers paying homage to their faith.

Even when facing the approaching blood dragon, it showed absolutely no intention of dodging.

The next moment, a golden arm appeared around the golden Buddha statue.

"Welcome - Thousand Hands Kill," Huizhi said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ferocious blood dragon lunged at him, and a muffled gust of wind howled down from above!

Bang! Bang bang!!

Huizhi was not devoured by the Blood Dragon, and even the monks behind him, including Juezhen, were not surprised.

The seemingly illusory golden Buddha statue suddenly had countless arms that materialized.

The golden fist shadow he unleashed charged towards the blood dragon, clashing head-on with the ferocious heads of several blood dragons.

The two powerful forces collided, and the resulting storms caused the fragile ground to crumble once again, creating a vast vacuum between the two.

However, the number of blood dragons was clearly no match for the hundreds of golden fist shadows. In an instant, they were surrounded and shattered by several fist shadows, turning into a spray of scarlet blood that looked like an extremely bloody red rain falling in the setting sun.

Bathed in the crimson rain of splattered blood, Miyajo En's expression was somewhat somber.

"Is this the talent of the immortal race?"

Looking at the serene yet solemn Buddha statue, his blood dragon eyes, glowing with an eerie red light, flickered slightly as he muttered to himself, "I can't see through it, but that brat said his older brother is very interested in this kind of thing."

"In that case, let's put in a little more effort."

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Meanwhile, in the center of the castle, a kilometer away from Miyajo En and Huizhi.

A black shadow, resembling a black bird, streaked across the sky and slowly descended, but the closer one got, the louder the howling wind could be heard.

If someone looked up and took a closer look, they would see that it wasn't a black bird at all, but rather a person wearing flying ninja tools.

The wings behind it, imbued with wind-style chakra, sharply sliced ​​through the rain curtain, the misty spray compressed into spindle shapes by the wind on both sides of the wings.

The wings and fuselage were as if welded together, without the slightest tremor in the wind and rain, and landed steadily on the marked rooftop of the building.

"call!"

The wings behind him folded up, and the thrush instinctively took a breath. The familiar smell of rain rushed into his nostrils like smoke, and the air he breathed became damp, as if a veil had been draped over him.

He frowned and waved his hand, trying to drive away the fog, but it was in vain, because the entire rooftop was flooded.

"How...how am I supposed to conduct the experiment?"

The thrush, carrying a metal box nearly as long as a person, looked down at the water that was almost up to its calves and was dumbfounded.

Although the weapon was barely managed to be developed, it was not only not shockproof but also not waterproof because of its high precision.

and……

"Why did those guys pick such a lousy place for me?"

The thrush looked into the distance, shrouded in a light drizzle, as if the dark clouds in the sky were pressing down on its head.

In this kind of weather, standing atop a building tens of meters high, it feels as if you can be ahead of the rest of the world and face the torrential rain up close, giving you a sense of loneliness as you stand alone against the gloomy sky and the fierce storm.

At this height and distance, visibility is extremely poor in this foggy environment.

Although a distance of over a kilometer is still within the firing range, the prerequisite for hitting the target is that you can see it clearly.

"Isn't this putting me in a difficult position?"

Just as the thrush was about to look up and call to the blood pigeon, a childish voice came from behind:

"Teacher, here! Here!"

Upon hearing the sound, the thrush instinctively looked in the direction of the sound, then turned its head to look at the edge of the rooftop.

Only then did they discover that a triangular, sloping awning had been built there using waterproof tarpaulin, with several sandbags piled up under it, just a few tens of centimeters above the accumulated water, making it the only dry spot on the rooftop.

Under the awning, a red-haired girl wearing a raincoat was jumping and waving at him.

"Yiko?"

The thrush looked surprised at first, then seemed to understand something, and resumed its previous lazy demeanor, saying helplessly, "So, Lord Shennong only sent me down here to deliver something to you."

No, that's not it.

Yuko Uzumaki stood under the awning, her hands behind her back, and smiled, "Because this place has the most suitable height and angle, but I'll have to trouble you, teacher, to be my observer."

"..." The thrush didn't say anything more after hearing this, nor did it feel resentful about having its credit stolen. It just sighed and nodded.

Immediately, he carried the suitcase to the awning, placed it flat on the sandbag next to Yoko, entered the combination lock, and clicked it open.

Inside the metal box lay a gun-shaped ninja tool with a cold, hard gleam. The blue and black gun body was well-preserved, as if you could still smell its freshness, and the pitch-black muzzle was enough to send chills down your spine just by looking at it.

"A new type of ninja tool was developed and produced based on the inspiration and blueprints provided by Lord Yunchuan."

The thrush's fingers gently stroked the gun, like fingertips brushing against a lover's skin. Looking at the red-haired girl beside him, he sighed, "Try it. It's much better than the models you used for practice."

"Is this the sniper rifle that Brother Yun Chuan was talking about?"

Yizi stared at the gun-shaped ninja tool with shining eyes, smiling brightly, "Those kunai guns before were pretty good, but I always felt their range was too short, so I mentioned it to Yunchuan-nii. But I never expected you guys to actually make one!"

"What do you mean the range is too short? It's clearly your perception range that's outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, the bird thrush retorted irritably, "The effective range of the kunai gun has exceeded 40 meters. Under normal circumstances, very few ninjutsu can reach that distance, and it can also fire in rapid succession."

You should know that the current weaponry level in the ninja world is still stuck with flintlock pistols, those unreliable things that can't fire in bursts, have poor accuracy, short range, and are prone to accidental discharge and barrel explosions.

With the advent of ninjutsu and ninjas, even flintlock pistols were popular among nobles and merchants for a time before being abandoned.

In comparison, their previously mass-produced kunai guns were truly groundbreaking.

However, their research institute's current focus, besides improving flying ninja tools, is still, as Lord Yunchuan said, to reduce the size of the kunai spear, making it easier to carry and conceal, and to be able to attach wind release chakra to it to increase its power, speed, and penetrating power.

"So, this is the only one of its kind right now, teacher?" Yoko asked curiously, ignoring Tsubasa's complaints.

"yes."

Bird Thrush nodded helplessly: "After all, neither we Sky Ninja nor your clansmen are good at this. We worked day and night to finally create this ninja tool that barely meets Lord Yun Chuan's requirements, and we were lucky."

"Without skilled personnel in this field, and without breakthroughs in technology and materials, it would be difficult to achieve large-scale production."

"Moreover, only you and Lord Nagato can currently use this kind of long-range sniping tool."

At this point, the thrush paused, hesitated for a moment, looked at the girl who looked only seven or eight years old, and whispered, "Are you sure you're okay? After all, this is your first time shooting 'live targets,' right? If it really doesn't work, let me..."

"I can do it."

Before the bird could finish speaking, Yoko interrupted it.

Meeting the thrush's gaze, Yoko simply smiled: "Teacher, have you forgotten? My accuracy rate is actually higher than yours now."

"No, that's not what I meant. This is your first time killing someone..."

The thrush instinctively shook its head, but when it met those eyes, it swallowed the rest of its words.

"I heard that bald guy is connected to the daimyo of the Land of Fire."

The girl looked towards Huizhi in the distance and whispered, "I've been preparing for this day for a long time."

"We can't kill the Daimyo and the Hokage yet, but killing that guy shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Unlike most of her kind, she did not choose the "support" path.

Or rather, she had considered choosing that path, since she was currently the only member of her tribe with the ability to "heal life."

This ability allows the user or others to bite through their skin to absorb life force, rapidly restoring their own or others' chakra and healing injuries. The healing effect is even enough to reconnect severed limbs...

Becoming a logistics staff member was the best choice for her, and it would also allow her to make the most of her special abilities.

But when she made this decision, it was rejected by Lord Kumokawa, who had rescued them from the Land of Whirlpools.

"Your father doesn't want you to use this ability to harm yourself," he said. "And I won't let his daughter end up as a human blood bag."

Therefore, in order to respect her father's last wishes, she chose another path.

Perhaps it was because of her obsession with revenge, or perhaps it was because she already possessed that talent; she simply received a drop of Yun Chuan's "blood," and her "Kagura Mind's Eye" was successfully awakened.

At Yun Chuan's suggestion, she chose to practice using ninja tools.

As it turns out, this was the right choice.

Kagura's Mind's Eye allows one to see through others and also see into the distance. It is a ninjutsu exclusive to the Uzumaki clan, with a maximum range of tens of kilometers. It can sense unusual behavior with chakra.

Furthermore, if a specific chakra is known, it can also sense detailed location and movement, the number of opponents and their characteristics, and even their speed of movement. It is one of the strongest detection ninjutsu known in the ninja world.

With the awakening and development of this ability, she surpassed the bird that taught her at an extremely fast pace, increasing the effective range of the kunai gun to over 100 meters. She could accurately pinpoint the enemy's location without making contact and hit the enemy from a safe distance.

No matter how complex the environment, it cannot affect her performance. Unless a specific technique is used to interfere with her senses, she can take down dozens of air ninjas in a complex environment with just a kunai spear.

Now, after so much practice and so long of waiting, this day has finally arrived—the day to test our results.

"But……"

"Okay, teacher, trust me!"

Interrupting the hesitant bird again, Yoko crouched down and lay on the sandbag, setting up the sniper ninja tool covered with a waterproof sheet. She skillfully adjusted her posture and scope, exhaled softly, and whispered, "Trust me, I'll blow his bald head off with one shot."

After saying that, she slowly closed her eyes, opened her Kagura Mind's Eye, and captured the figure a thousand meters away.

That seemingly gentle golden chakra, in her perception, exuded a nauseating aura.

(End of this chapter)