allendalepharm Chapter 301 Cruelty, Revenge
Chapter 301 Cruelty, Revenge
Chapter 301 Cruelty, Revenge
On the training ground behind the camp.
Taiyi was meditating and training when suddenly, the sunlight shone on his face and made it appear multicolored.
However, this strange sight did not last long, only a few breaths, and soon after, Taiyi opened his eyes.
Surprise, shock, and regret.
A variety of emotions intertwined in Taiyi's eyes.
Just now, thanks to the opportunity of his skill improvement, he was able to directly observe the existence of natural energy.
Although it was only for a brief moment, it allowed Taiyi to experience the unique scenery of natural energy.
The sheer magnitude and power of that force is completely different from the feeling one gets from chakra.
One is ruthless and selfless, like the impartiality of Heaven, while the other is full of personal imprints, making the difference immediately apparent.
Unfortunately, this observation only lasted for a moment, leaving Taiyi with no opportunity to gain further insights.
I glanced at my own panel.
As expected, no skill was developed.
That makes sense. If one could develop skills simply by observing, then what in the world wouldn't he be able to do?
However, Taiyi was not in a hurry. If there is a first time, there will be a second. Since the meditation upgrade allows him to feel the energy of nature, he believes that with continuous meditation practice, he will eventually be able to normalize this feeling.
At that time, will natural energy and the immortal mode be far away from us?
Taiyi stood up, stretched his slightly stiff body, and then made a series of cracking sounds from his bones.
Whether it was due to the improvement in mental strength or the perception of natural energy, Taiyi found that his mind had become exceptionally active.
Extending his right hand, a ball of flame condensed in his palm. As Taiyi's chakra was poured in, the flame almost instantly transformed into a bright gold, and even showed a tendency to further turn into incandescent white.
Sure enough, my feeling was right. My mind was more active, and even the power of my ninjutsu had increased significantly.
The fire-style temperature bottleneck that had been trapping me for so long has actually loosened up quite a bit today, which is truly a series of pleasant surprises.
Just as Taiichi was thinking about the next sword technique training, a strange noise in the distance caught his attention.
He stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked in the direction from which the sound came. Among the sparse trees, a beautiful figure with a full head of blonde hair and a broad chest emerged from the woods.
As the figure drew closer, exclamations of admiration followed: "Your perception has improved; you can detect my movements from this far away."
"I just had a small success," Taiichi said modestly, twirling his short sword with a graceful flourish before sliding it into its sheath behind his back. "Did you need something from me, Master?"
Tsunade paused slightly. She had only been surprised and asked the question casually, but she hadn't expected that he would actually make progress. How could ordinary people like them survive?
Well, in Tsunade's mind, she has already been categorized as an ordinary person. She just wonders what those truly ordinary people would think if they knew what she was thinking.
"What, can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong? It's perfectly normal for me to check on my disciple's cultivation progress, isn't it?"
Taiichi smiled wryly and quickly raised his hands to beg for mercy. Even if she was one of the Three Ninja, this was the most direct way to deal with an unreasonable woman.
Seeing this, Tsunade knew that the joke had to stop, so she immediately became serious and started talking about serious business.
"The first village to be massacred has appeared."
Her tone was calm, but that calmness contained a raging fire.
It is wrong for ninjas to lay a hand on ordinary people, let alone when the victims are civilians from the Land of Fire, people that Konoha is supposed to protect.
Taiyi's playful expression immediately turned serious, and he said in a low voice, "Wasn't this something we expected? Kirigakure has still taken this step after all."
"What does Tsunade-sensei need me to do?" Taichi stood up straight, waiting for Tsunade's instructions.
"Simple. I want you to find this group and leave them all on the land of the Fire Kingdom as a warning to others!"
The beautiful face uttered murderous words, yet Taiyi felt no sense of incongruity.
"I obey!" Taiyi immediately replied, "I'll set off right away!"
Tsunade tossed out a mission scroll, turned, and walked towards the camp, leaving behind only the words, "Go, and do a good job!"
Taiyi reached out and took the scroll. He opened it and saw a brief introduction to the mission and the location of the massacred village.
Taiyi checked the map and found that the distance was indeed not short. He immediately leaped up, spread his wings, and soared into the sky in a whirlwind.
An hour later, a wisp of black smoke rose from the horizon, its location suggesting it was the village that had been massacred.
Taiyi flapped its wings and increased its flight speed, covering several kilometers in less than a minute to reach the airspace above the village.
It folded its wings and slowly floated to the ground using its wind-style technique. A Konoha reconnaissance team immediately came up to it from a short distance away, and they were familiar faces.
"Hizashi, and Kai, I never expected to see you two here!"
Taichi greeted him warmly, took two steps forward and put his arm around Kai's shoulder. It was really lucky to meet so many Konoha ninjas in the camp.
"Kai, is your team following Hiashi on a mission?"
"Yeah," Kai flashed his dazzling white teeth and said to Taiichi with a smile, "Our team suffered last time because we didn't have a leader, so the camp arranged for us to work with the Hinata ninja."
Although the two were in the same camp, Taiyi was often on missions and only had the opportunity to meet when they were in the medical camp. They rarely saw each other otherwise.
"I've been mostly staying at the camp lately. If you have any free time during your mission, feel free to come find me. It's been a while since we sparred; I wonder how much your physical skills have improved!"
Taiyi was intentionally giving pointers to his friends, but in a very tactful way that didn't offend them, since they used to fight every few days during their school years.
"Ebisu and Genma, you should come too, otherwise I'm afraid Guy alone won't be enough for me to fight."
The two nodded excitedly. Who was Taiyi? He was Konoha's rising star. If they could get his guidance, how could their progress be small?
Moreover, they weren't in the same class as Taiichi; they only got this opportunity because of Kai.
"Alright, you guys, if you want to catch up, wait until we get back from the mission."
Hiashi waved to Kai and the other two, interrupting them before they could finish speaking, then turned to Taiichi and said, "I knew the camp would send you here for a mission like this."
When it came to serious matters, Taiyi immediately became solemn. He looked around at the village houses that had become ruins, and a nameless anger rose in his heart.
"So, did you find anything here?"
"Come with me."
As he spoke, he led Taiyi to the central square of the village.
The place was densely packed with corpses—the elderly, children, women, and young adults alike. Some were killed with a single blow, while many others were brutally murdered using various methods.
"Of the 158 people in the entire village, not a single one survived; they are all here."
Hizashi calmly recounted how, as a veteran Jonin, he had seen many such incidents, only that they usually occurred in other countries, and this time it was happening in the Land of Fire.
Unfortunately, apart from him being the only slightly older one, everyone else here was still in the chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) stage, with an inflated sense of justice.
Although it wasn't their first encounter, Kai was still filled with righteous indignation. "Taiichi, you must capture these Hidden Mist Villagers!"
Taiichi nodded silently, then looked at Hizashi again, waiting for him to continue.
"Judging from the traces, the massacre occurred this morning, about 3 hours ago."
The enemy consists of two squads, one of whom is a master swordsman, and the other is skilled in using wind techniques.
They retreated towards the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools.
"It seems they really did manage to break through the patrolling ninjas' blockade by taking a detour."
Taiyi muttered to himself, feeling helpless. The border was too long, and they were too few in number. It was really hard to guard against such a small force breaking through.
"I'll go after them right away. You can handle the cleanup here."
Taiichi gave his instructions and was about to leave when Hizashi called him back.
"Taiichi, don't we need to go together? Byakugan is quite useful for finding people."
"No, if the enemy retreats in a straight line, they're almost at the border by now. It would take me a long time to catch up with them on my own."
Taiyi refused without hesitation; this was not the time to be sentimental.
"Alright, then best of luck!"
Although it was a bit of a pity, Risa knew what was important and didn't dwell on it.
Tai nodded, turned around and soared into the sky, accompanied by a hurricane. His speed increased rapidly, and he disappeared from the four people's sight after a dozen breaths.
At this moment, Taiyi dared not be negligent. While flying, he activated his chakra perception and soul vision to quickly capture every detail on the ground.
He didn't believe that this group of Mist Ninja would actually dare to retreat in a straight line without making any attempt to change direction or conceal their intentions.
Sure enough, less than a minute later, it showed that there were two forks in the road.
Taiyi didn't argue and chased after them along a side path, leaving behind only a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
He chased for two kilometers, but the trail disappeared to the left and right. Undeterred, he used Thunder God Technique to return to the starting point and continued the pursuit along another road.
Although this is troublesome, Taiyi's speed is fast enough that it doesn't take long to verify the authenticity of a path.
This happened five times. At the end of the chakra perception, not far from the border of the Land of Fire, two teams of Hidden Mist ninja were silently making their way.
"Finally—we caught up with you."
The distance of three kilometers is only a matter of seconds for Taiyi in flight.
He flew through the air, his senses pinpointing the enemy ahead. He threw out three Flying Thunder God kunai with the momentum of the attack, and then his hands began to form hand seals.
The ninjutsu was activated the instant it flew past them.
Thunder escape·Thunder falling.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the clear sky, dozens of bolts appearing out of nowhere and striking the Hidden Mist ninjas below with perfect precision, as if they had eyes.
As we all know, lightning is faster than thunder; by the time you hear thunder, lightning has already struck.
Faced with this sudden sneak attack, the Mist Ninja's reaction followed the objective course of events.
Apart from two Jonin with keen intuition who dodged the lightning release, the other six team members were all instantly reduced to charred remains.
Unfortunately, the Flying Thunder God Kunai's landing point was avoided; otherwise, there would only be one person still alive below.
However, this only takes a little more time.
The two Kirigakure Jonin were filled with terror, still unable to figure out where the attack had come from.
Before they could even see the enemy, six of their men were struck dead by lightning. Had they not been quick-witted and dodged at the last second, they would probably be lying there as charred remains.
The two quickly approached each other, back to back, and cautiously surveyed their surroundings. However, all they could hear was the sound of wind rustling through the leaves. There was no sign of enemies, not even a single animal.
Just as they were on guard, Taiyi suddenly appeared in an open space only a dozen meters away from them.
Taiichi is now universally hated in Kirigakure. Not only Jonin, but even Genin know him.
So, upon seeing that the two looked exactly alike, they didn't exchange a single word and immediately fled in opposite directions.
This decisiveness and tacit understanding left Taiyi completely stunned.
"Do you think splitting up the races will make things easier?"
Taiyi instantly chased after one person, while simultaneously raising his left hand to create a shadow clone that chased after another Jonin.
How powerful can a Jonin who runs away at the sight of me be? Dealing with their shadow clones would be more than enough.
On the other side, the Jonin desperately used his teleportation technique without regard for the consequences, not daring to waste even a glance back, because Taiichi's infamous reputation in Kirigakure was too great.
Even so, the increasingly close commotion behind him told him that Taiichi was about to kiss him.
A fierce internal struggle raged in the mind of this high-ranking ninja: should he disregard everything and focus solely on escaping to seize that sliver of hope, or turn around and fight to the death, hoping to die with more dignity?
Hearing the commotion right behind him, the Jonin's face gradually contorted with rage. Since he couldn't escape, he might as well fight.
He suddenly increased the power of his instantaneous movement, leaping forward while drawing his sword and turning around, wanting to have a one-on-one swordsmanship duel with Taiichi, intending to leave a deep impression on Matsushita Taiichi with his sword even if it meant his death.
However, he had only turned halfway when he suddenly felt a pain in his ribs. Looking down, he saw that a short knife had stabbed him through from left to right.
He looked completely bewildered, his eyes filled with confusion: "How could this be? It was clearly still quite a distance away from me—"
"Fool! You didn't even realize you were under an illusion; you deserve to die!"
Taiyi curled his lip in disdain, twisted the short sword in his hand, and cut him in half at the waist.
"You'll suffer and die a agonizing death from this massacre of civilians!"
After saying that, he didn't bother to clean up the corpse, leaving it there as a warning to the Hidden Mist ninja: those who commit cruelty will surely be cruelly punished in return.
Meanwhile, Taichi's shadow clone caught up with another Jonin.
According to the information that Hizashi and his team gathered, this should be a ninja skilled in Wind Release.
Sure enough, before the shadow clone could get close, the fleeing Kirigakure Jonin suddenly turned around, his hand already forming the last hand seal.
Wind Release: Thousand Faces of Wind.
A massive amount of wind blades spewed from his mouth, truly deserving of his title as a Jonin.
However, when it comes to ninjutsu, Taiichi has never been afraid, and he is not intimidated by shadow clones at all.
The shadow clone at the forefront clasped its hands together, forming only three hand seals.
Wind escape·vacuum jade.
A massive whirlwind was blown out by Taiyi, its size more than enough to conceal the three shadow clones behind it.
The windball, carrying an invincible force, destroyed everything in its path, even carving a deep trench in the ground, not to mention the scattered wind blades blowing from the opposite side.
The power and effect of this attack startled the Mist Ninja.
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