I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 71 Killing is Killing

Masayo Miwa sighed, "You're so amazing, yet you deliberately hid yourself and remained unknown until today. You must have worked so hard."

"It's worth the hardship for freedom. If I became famous, I, as an Uchiha, wouldn't just run away from the village after taking a C-rank mission."

"That's true, meow. You've already clashed with Root twice when you weren't famous. If you were famous, I don't know how much trouble it would cause."

"Konoha Village is so scary..."

Uchiha Yu ruffled Miwa Masayo's hair and retorted, "You're wrong. Konoha Village isn't scary."

"Actually, I started planning my defection when I was four years old, but through the intelligence I gathered, I discovered that Konoha Village was already the safest place in the ninja world, even for an Uchiha.

"Outside the village lies the real hell."

He sighed deeply and pointed to the four prisoners, saying, "Each of them exudes murderous intent; they've clearly just seen blood."

"Masayo, think about the direction they came from, and you'll know who they killed."

Miwa Masayo remained silent for a long while before slowly asking, "The villagers of Kumari Village? But... but the ninjas of Sunagakure Village have no reason to kill people, do they?"

Uchiha Yu sighed, "Mitsuwa Masayo, the ninjas you've encountered are all from Konoha, so you've developed a misconception."

"The ninjas of Konoha are well-educated. Even if a Root ninja kills someone, he needs a reason, such as 'I am an Uchiha,' or 'I am interfering with their mission.'"

"But the ninjas from other villages are not so civilized; their reasons for killing are unreasonable."

"Or rather, ninjas don't need a reason to kill, but they do need a reason not to kill."

Uchiha Yu pointed at the leading Sand Village ninja, his red Sharingan flashing, and asked, "Tell me, why did you kill those villagers from the Land of Rivers?"

The Sand Village ninja replied blankly, "Lord Keisuke Unno ordered the massacre of the village, and we killed people according to orders."

"What's the background of this Keisuke Umino? What do you think his motives were for ordering the killings?"

"Lord Keisuke Umino is Lord Ebizo's son. He failed to complete his mission and did not find any trace of the Third Kazekage. It's possible that he was in a bad mood and wanted to relax."

"We just happened to run into some lowly people from the land of rivers, so we killed them without a second thought."

"A village massacre. I just happened to witness it to relax, so I killed them all..."

Even though he knew this would be the outcome, Uchiha Yu was still speechless with anger and murderous intent rising in waves.

Humans are not plants or trees; how can they be without feelings?

It had only been a few days since he parted ways with the villagers of Kusen Village and Uchiha Yu, but their images and their conversations with him were still vividly clear in his mind.

The village chief, on behalf of all the villagers, thanked him for his help and made every effort to give him the greatest possible compensation. These living people are still vivid in our minds, yet they are now dead.

Keisuke Umino killed someone simply because he was in a bad mood.

Uchiha Yu is in a bad mood right now, and he also wants to kill someone.

Miwa Masayo and Uchiha Yu shared the same thought. With a meow, Miwa jumped off his shoulder and strode south: "Let's go, let's go to Kumori Village, meow."

Uchiha Yu didn't pack any bags or anything like that; he just took out a few pieces of equipment and followed the tabby cat southwards.

"This ninja world is bad, very bad. For most people, it's like hell."

"I had no ability to protect myself before, and could only hide in Konoha to save my life. Now I am strong enough to protect myself, but I can't tolerate other people's evil deeds in front of me. I feel like I've been kicked in the face, and I'm furious."

Undoubtedly, such emotions would greatly arouse the restlessness of the mind, but Uchiha Yu did not suppress him. The best way to solve the problem now is not to forcefully suppress him, but to vent his emotions!

Uchiha Yu's gaze gradually sharpened, and he murmured, "I don't yet have the power to change the ninja world like the First Hokage, but I have the power to make a change today, so let's make a little bit of a change."

As the man and the cat jumped off the landslide dam, the four Sand Village ninjas on the top of the dam suddenly caught fire and turned into four blazing torches.

The excruciating pain released the illusion's suppression, but no one could break free from the earth's restraints; they screamed and desperately tried to save themselves.

However, ninjas whose tendons have been severed cannot use ninjutsu. Even if there is a large lake nearby, they can only let the flames slowly engulf them and eventually burn them into ashes flying everywhere.

"Keisuke Umino, you're just killing people because you're in a bad mood, aren't you?"

"I'm in a bad mood, so... I've come to kill you."

……

While on their journey, Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo exchanged information about their target.

It was actually a question posed by Masayo Miwa.

Because she doesn't usually pay attention to such things, she has almost no knowledge of other ninja villages, and she doesn't even know who Ebizo is.

Uchiha Yu was stunned. He asked, "You don't know Ebizo?"

"I don't know her, meow. I only know the Third Kazekage and Chiyo from Sunagakure. I don't know anyone else, meow."

"Ebizo is Chiyo's younger brother and one of the top five puppeteers in Sunagakure. He is an absolute big shot."

"Then you still dared to kill his son, meow?"

"Kumori Village was massacred by that bastard, and this 300-kilometer stretch of the Land of Rivers has become a complete no-man's land. Force is the only way here."

"Just like that fool said, if you kill him, you kill him."

"Why does Keisuke Umino say and do this? It's because he's powerful, of course."

"Now that I'm stronger, why can't I say that, why can't I do that?"

"What about his father, meow?"

"Ebizo's status in Sunagakure was comparable to that of Danzo Shimura, but in the no-man's land, his power was meaningless."

"After killing Keisuke Umino, I'll go to great lengths to clean up the mess and leave no clues. How could Ebizo possibly know it was me?"

"Anyway, Ebizo won't be here."

Uchiha Yu knew that if Ebizo appeared, he would immediately retreat and keep this matter in mind for later.

Having clear-headed thoughts is certainly a good thing, but it's not worth trading your life for it. Who doesn't have some regrets in their heart?

Two hours later, Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masase followed the river to Kumori Village.

What should be called the "former" Kyusen Village has now become a stinking mass grave, filled with severely rotten corpses infested with maggots.

With just a simple examination, Uchiha Yu was able to determine that the villagers had died a horrific death.

The killers were likely six to eight ninjas. They could have killed them with a single blow, but they deliberately attacked their abdomens and limbs, preventing the villagers from escaping. Their intestines were exposed, and they slowly bled to death in excruciating pain.

The person who gave the order deserves to die, and the person who carried it out is also a damned bastard.

After examining the bodies, the two immortals silently memorized each one. They did not collect the villagers' bodies, but instead used their memories as the villagers' graves.

After a moment of silence, they followed the trail left by Keisuke Umino and continued westward.

(End of this chapter)