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Chapter 69 The dead find peace, the living clasp their hands in prayer

Chapter 69 The dead find peace, the living clasp their hands in prayer (Seeking monthly votes!!)

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The clamor surrounding the high-rise building is fading.

The fissures in the earth that had spewed flames gradually cooled, like a fountain that had lost its power and collapsed. The flames that had filled the entire building began to recede, and the fiery red flower clusters that had grown were refilling the soil.

After the flames receded, darkness returned, revealing the cratered structure of the building, leaving only a scene of devastation and ruin.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

The blood of the Hidden Mist ninjas evaporated into dried, black blood clots in the high temperature and flames of the explosion.

The charred remains fell from the sky like an exhausted petrel crashing onto the ground after the tide receded, splashing up small amounts of blood.

In the scorching and stifling darkness, amidst the ruins beyond recognition, everything was distorted by the intense heat. A charred figure fell to the ground, scattering dust and creating craters in the cracked earth.

At that moment, like ink spilled on paper, Yun Chuan's figure appeared silently.

The moonlight and rain from the silver waterfall soaked his body, revealing his well-proportioned physique in every detail, and he held a white flower that had been wet by the rain in his hand.

"Ahem!"

The charred figure lying on the ground, its chest rising and falling almost imperceptibly, looked up at the shadows obscuring the moonlight and managed a hoarse laugh: "It hurts more than I imagined."

Yun Chuan walked over to him, squatted down, placed his hand on his forehead, and whispered, "Don't speak for now. You still have a chance to survive."

Yun Chuan's hand was warm and strong, making Uzumaki Tetsuya feel life slightly returning to his body.

But he just grinned and said, "Forget it, didn't you say you'd live to die? How about I die like a hero?"

Having said that, he slightly opened his tightly clenched hand and handed the letter, whose four corners were charred, to Yun Chuan.

"Ahem! I have only one request, if there's a chance..."

Uzumaki Tetsuya coughed up a puff of smoke, a bitter smile appearing on his blurred face. He said in a low voice, "Please help me deliver this letter to my daughter, to Uzumaki Kushina in Konoha, by the hand of this incompetent father."

"Let her know the truth about the destruction of the country, and the ugly face of Konoha."

"...Okay." Yun Chuan gently took the letter, his lowered gaze becoming deep. "I will let her know that her father is not a coward."

"Ha, that would be perfect."

Tetsuya Uzumaki lowered his hand slightly, slowly closed his eyes, and chuckled softly, "I hope she still acknowledges me as her father..."

Yun Chuan placed the white flower in his hand on his chest. After he stood up, the white flower was gradually stained dark red by the drop of "blood," and then it shattered into petals that gradually scattered and withered.

The highest honor for humankind is a beautiful death.

"Death is never the end of life."

Yun Chuan narrowed his eyes and said in a meaningful voice, "It's just the wandering and slumber of the soul."

【Mission Name: [The End of the Vortex]】

【Mission Details: Witness the end of the [Vortex Country] and participate in it】

[Task Level: Blue]

[Task Deadline: 10 calendar days]

[Task Status: Completed]

Points held: 7200 (4200 + 3000)

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Due to the unique nature of ninjas, terrain is of little significance to them.

Whether it's mountains and rivers, dense forests and marshes, or deserts and snowfields, it can traverse them as if they were flat ground.

The only things that could be stopped by the special terrain were supply teams transporting goods and evacuating civilians.

If you travel by land, you need to send out a small escort team, which takes a long time and is easy to be intercepted.

Therefore, getting the people of the Land of Whirlpools to evacuate is not an easy task.

There is only one choice.

That means traveling by sea by boat.

Splash! Splash!

The glass of the giant ship reflected the distant waves crashing on the water, and the ripples of lights surged layer upon layer, finally breaking into bright spots of light in the white foam.

The entire crew sprang into action, concealing any contraband that might be subject to inspection and dismantling weapons into parts to hide them inside the ship.

A woman stood on the deck, gazing sadly into the distance at the receding village.

Behind her were many Whirlpool Clan members, their red hair swaying in the wind like a flame gradually igniting.

Amidst the waves of flame, barely perceptible dark shadows continued to move silently.

"Waaah, Daddy, no..."

Yizi was held in the woman's arms, her eyes red from crying. Exhausted from crying, she fell into a deep sleep, still murmuring to herself.

On that youthful profile, a faint light shone under the lamplight, along with the lingering traces of tears.

Parting is inevitable, and those who leave are more heartbroken than those who stay.

The greatest fear of death is that it brushes past us, leaving us all alone.

Inside the main control room of the giant ship, some crew members were vaguely agitated, but Mei Yu did not reprimand them, because he was also not at peace with himself.

"Kumokawa-sama."

Mei Yu gazed at the retreating figure before him. Although he already knew the answer in his heart, he still lowered his voice and asked, "Did we succeed in this operation?"

Those who knew the inside story naturally understood what this mission truly meant.

But they knew nothing about combat, only about navigation and espionage, so they could only wait anxiously on the ship.

"Um."

Yun Chuan lowered his eyelids slightly, turned to look at everyone, and said softly, "Thank you all for your efforts. Our first operation has been a complete success."

"..."

After a brief silence, the control room erupted in a frenzy.

A suffocating wave of heat swept over us, the noise was overwhelming and piercing our hearts, and the ecstatic face reflected in the glass was like a grand scroll spread out before our eyes.

The dense, accumulated clouds dissipated, revealing the light after the fog cleared.

"call!"

Mei Yu's brows relaxed, the wrinkles on her forehead smoothed out, she let out a deep breath, and a smile appeared on her face: "Great, we can do it, we really can do it!"

The enemy is Kirigakure, one of the five great ninja villages. This is the first time they have faced a ninja from a major power!

The first operation was a resounding success.

But when Mei Yu turned to look at Yun Chuan, all she saw was a pair of deep blue eyes, despite what should have been a joyful occasion.

Following his gaze, Mei Yu also fell silent.

In one corner of the deck, charred corpses lay scattered about, their deaths gruesome; those were the remains of the Vortex Clan.

"Now that the Uzumaki clan has become our ally..."

Yun Chuan let out a soft breath, his tone unusually calm as he said, "After we return, bury them in the cemetery, and have their names engraved on the monument to the fallen heroes."

The crew members looked at Yun Chuan's retreating figure, and at the remains of the fallen, silently mourning the souls of the dead.

However, they felt no regret or sadness.

"The dead have found peace," Yun Chuan said softly. "The living shall stand on the deck of the ship and pray with their hands clasped together."

Tears should be shed for the living, far more than for the dead.

If we keep their names in our memories, they will continue to live on.

Only by forgetting their names can they be forever preserved; that is true death.

"However, I didn't expect that they would leave me a gift as well."

Yun Chuan's consciousness sank into his mind, looking at the template that was glowing with white light, and his mood was complicated for a moment.

Defeating Tetsuya Uzumaki [Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools] may trigger a new template.

Name: Montana Marks [Major]

[World: Royal Order of the Order]

[Quality: White]