Chapter 53 Aren't all ninjas like this? The captain of the Iwagakure team who is in charge of the mission of escorting the nobles of the Rain Country is named Kari. He was once an elite of the Iwagakure blasting team. He has hedgehog-like hair and a pair of fierce eyes. At this moment, he was explaining the follow-up details of the mission to his teammates while looking at the map. His tone was serious and full of murderous intent. “After we complete the escort, we will take this waterway first, land here, and then go directly into the Land of Fire to join up with the main force. If you encounter any Konoha ninjas along the way, kill them without mercy!" However, this murderous confession was interrupted the next moment by the sound of a quarrel outside. "These damned unruly people are actually rebelling and refusing to pay taxes?! Who gave them the courage? I am a noble who was personally appointed by the daimyo! Ahhh! You ninjas must help me! You must help me! Otherwise I will go to the Hidden Rock Village to complain to your Tsuchikage!" Shou frowned. Although murderous intent surged throughout his body, as an elite of the Great Ninja Village, the disciplines of the ninja precepts had left a deep mark on him. No matter how brutal he was when facing hostile ninjas, he could not lose his temper at all when facing the employer who had entrusted him with the task. He could only walk out of the house irritably and signal his teammates who were on guard patrol outside with his eyes.
"What's going on? What happened?" Before his teammates could say anything, the middle-aged, portly noble from the Rain Country started shouting first. "You can't just leave like this, you have to help me!" Shou suppressed his temper, his eyes suppressing the urge to blow everything up, and explained as gently as possible: "Our mission is only to escort you back to your hometown. We will be responsible for the battles along the way, but what is happening now has nothing to do with us." The middle-aged nobleman rolled his eyes and reacted quickly, "How is it irrelevant? Now those unruly people have already picked up pitchforks and weapons! They just want to harm me! Dealing with them is also part of protecting my safety, and it is also part of your mission!" Seeing that the Iwagakure ninja was showing signs of losing control of his temper, the rich businessman rubbed his hands, hit him with a stick, and then gave him a sweet date. "Of course, as long as you deal with those troublemakers and protect my safety, I can consider upgrading this mission to S-rank afterwards. As you know, your Tsuchikage and I have always been friends, and our relationship is incredibly good!" Shou's brows furrowed once again, but this time the murderous aura around him was obviously restrained a lot. This nobleman was quite generous. Although the task level he issued before was A-level, the reward paid according to the maximum standard was almost the same as the reward for an ordinary S-level task. If he keeps his promise and upgrades the commission level again, it will be a considerable income for the village. Now that they have just declared war on Konoha, the village is short of money. So Shou thought about it and agreed. As for whether those civilians of the Rain Country are innocent, no one cares! They then quickly arrived at the scene of the conflict near the town. The tax collector hired by the nobles was being chased away by a group of villagers wielding pitchforks, begging for mercy. But when the noble arrived with a group of Iwagakure ninjas, the tax collector immediately performed a Sichuan Opera face-changing on the spot, instantly slipped to the side of the noble, straightened his back, and arrogantly shouted at the villagers. "You bold and unruly people are really rebelling! You dare to disobey the nobles who were personally appointed by the daimyo? You really don't know how to live or die!" The villagers in the front row shouted angrily, "What kind of bullshit nobles are you? You weren't here when we were in the most difficult time last year! You weren't here when those wandering ninjas came in and killed more than a dozen people in West Village! You weren't here when the rainstorm washed our houses down! You weren't here when the people in the town didn't have enough food to eat! Now that we have finally lived a stable life, you have come back. Why?!" There was a little girl who looked only in her teens, who bravely stood at the front holding a wooden stick and shouted, "It was the Akatsuki organization that saved us! We don't recognize any nobles! I only recognize the big brothers and big sisters of the Akatsuki organization!" The middle-aged wealthy businessman looked at the rioting villagers with disdain in his eyes.
The Iwagakure ninja beside him gave him a full sense of security. He even took out a silk scarf and fanned his nose with it, as if he couldn't stand the polluted air. "Mr. Shou, you saw it all, right? These unruly people, no, these thugs! They don't listen to teachings and even dare to take up weapons to threaten my safety! Quick! Help me kill them all! This is your mission!" Shou frowned again. He frowned more today than he had in the previous week combined. A young Genin with a conscience asked, "Captain Shou, are we really going to do it? These are all civilians." Shou only thought about it for less than a second, and then gave the order without hesitation: "Go! Anyway, they are not civilians of our Land of Earth!" This may be the sadness rooted in the nature of the ninja profession. They are disciplined by the rules set by the daimyo and nobles, but they turn around to help the evil and continue to deepen the damage caused by the rules to the world! The young Genin still felt a little reluctant, probably because he had just left the Ninja Village and had never seen such a scene. But the older Chunins and Jonins took action without hesitation after receiving the order! Shou walked towards the little girl in the first row in front of him without saying a word. His ability is blasting, which can make any object that his body touches explode instantly, so he does not need weapons and does not often use ninja tools. He just silently rushed to the little girl and punched her innocent face. The little girl was very pretty, simple and beautiful, but at this moment, Shou felt a kind of morbid joy in his heart because he was about to ruin this beauty. He didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Perhaps in his mind, aren't all ninjas like this? But the next moment, a gust of wind blew! "What?!" Shou cried out in horror before his fist was fully thrown out. The violent gale blew him high into the sky, and he spun uncontrollably with the eye of the wind. The sharp air blades hidden in the whirlwind kept cutting his body, cutting the ninja vest on his body into pieces in a blink of an eye, and leaving criss-cross wounds on his body! "Master Hunter?!" The rest of the Iwagakure ninjas finally reacted and shouted in anger. The little girl closed her eyes out of fear at first, but when she opened them again, she was out of danger and in a reassuring embrace. She recognized the person holding her at a glance. "Big brothers from the Akatsuki organization! Great! You're finally here! You've come to save us again!" Shiba Qinghe touched the girl's little head with one hand, and then handed her to Yahiko's arms. At this moment, Yahiko's expression was extremely complicated. Because not long ago he was still trying to stop Shiba Kiyokawa from intervening in this matter, but now, the scene before him was invisibly torturing his conscience and kindness. The little girl's words were like a sharp knife stabbing into his heart. "Big brothers from the Akatsuki organization, uncles and aunts in this town all said that you are the heroes who saved us. I have finally waited for you! I was so scared just now!" Then she turned her head and gave Yahiko who was hugging her an innocent smile, "Big brother, was I very brave just now?"
At that moment, Yahiko was completely helpless when questioned by a powerless little girl, and he almost wanted to escape in such a panic. Recommend a friend's Naruto fanfiction Naruto really doesn’t want to become the Pirate King!
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