blogombal Chapter 59 Illusion
Chapter 59 Illusion
Just as Akaishi and Lanwu finished discussing their tactics, Lanwu suddenly paused for a moment, then said, "Hide! They've come in—six Chunin and three hostages."
Clearly, this means that Lanwu's "shadow clone" outside has been canceled—when Minato discovers important information, he will cancel either Lanwu's or Akaishi's shadow clone and synchronize the memories there.
Not only can the main body actively cancel the shadow clone at any time, but the shadow clone can also cancel itself.
However, the two's shadow clones cannot yet "use shadow clones," so Minato can only transmit a limited number of messages to them, and can only transmit key information!
"Understood. Nine are from the Hidden Mist Village, and three have no chakra." Akashi said, arriving at the mine exit and jumping onto the mine roof. He used his chakra to stand upside down, then used a transformation technique to turn into a cluster of mineral crystals.
It looks like there's a piece of ore hanging above it.
Lan Wu glared at him upon hearing this, but she also knew that Akashi was emphasizing to her "not to care too much about the hostages"—although they might be the mission commissioners, they did not appear where they were supposed to be, did not make normal contact, and were replaced by people from Kirigakure. So, pretending to be stupid and killing them now is not a big taboo!
"That's good news. The seal hasn't been broken yet, but they've already sent in some people. It seems they didn't have time to completely break the seal before sending in Chunin. This way, even if their Jonin want to reinforce, they can't get there immediately." Lan Wu said, finding a corner and using the "Transformation Jutsu" to disguise herself as ore.
Six Kirigakure Chunin quickly arrived at the mine where Akaishi and Lanwu were hiding in a "2-2-2" formation.
The three merchants from the Land of Waves were traveling together. One was walking with the Mist Villager in front, and the other two were walking with the two Mist Villagers in the second group.
Two young Kirigakure ninja, a man and a woman, were immediately drawn to the ore as they entered the mine pit at the end of the mine.
"Thousand Cuts, this must be Bloodthirsty Star Iron, right?" The young female ninja said excitedly, holding up a torch in her hand.
"Hmm! It's very similar to the raw material that Lord Gojiju identified before!" The male ninja, known as "Thousand Cuts," was also somewhat excited at this moment.
The male ninja, known as "Thousand Cuts," had grayish skin and wore a headband with multiple loops. His hairstyle resembled a pineapple, while the female ninja looked fair and clean.
"As expected, it's twice as much as before... no, three times as much! Another ninja sword is secured!" More Kirigakure ninjas arrived from behind.
The two who came later were older and both male. They had somewhat similar facial features, but one had a single eye and the other had a scar on his face, as if they were telling the story of how difficult life was before Kirigakure.
None of the four were capable of seeing through Chishi and Lanwu's "transformation technique" with a glance, nor could they carefully distinguish each cluster of minerals.
"Lord Urami, we...we didn't lie," a merchant from the Land of Waves said somewhat timidly.
One-Eyed nodded, but Scarface then said coldly, "Heh, that's not necessarily true... Real Bloodthirsty Star Iron can be collected with blood. Whose blood would be best?"
The three merchants trembled at the words. One-Eyed glanced at them and then interrupted, "Alright, bring out the blood that Lord Gouju asked us to prepare in advance."
"Hmph." Scarface glanced at the three merchants with displeasure.
Although they didn't do anything wrong, the previous internal strife in Kirigakure not only resulted in very few hired workers being hired, but also caused the rogue ninja to continue to affect the Land of Waves. However, most of the Kirigakure ninjas nowadays are violent and can only be seen as "You actually secretly hired Konoha ninjas."
However, the one-eyed ninja prioritized the bigger picture, or perhaps because he heard "Lord Karatachi," Scarface stopped threatening him and took out the sealing scroll. After breaking the seal, several buckets of blood appeared out of thin air!
The two young men who entered first were imitating dolphin calls at the entrance of the mine, signaling to the two Chunin behind them.
Then the two of them, along with Scarface, each picked up a bucket of blood and began pouring it onto the ore.
Meanwhile, the last two Chunin, hearing the dolphin-like sound coming from ahead, breathed a sigh of relief and continued forward.
Because Lord Tsukusano was afraid of something going wrong, he only opened a small gap in the seal before hurriedly sending people in.
The Hidden Mist Village, which had been embroiled in internal strife for nearly twenty years, had ninjas who were both bloodthirsty and cautious. Even though they didn't think there would be anyone else here, they still entered in groups.
Shiokawa and Mingze, bringing up the rear, continued towards the end of the mine only after receiving the signal, but...
"Hmm? Mingze, isn't something... off? Were Momochi and Shioya's voices... really that far away?" Shiokawa felt increasingly strange as he walked—why did this mine seem endless? He thought he could see the exit of the mine pit at the beginning...
However, Mingze seemed not to hear him and continued walking forward.
"Mingze?" Shiokawa felt something was off and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder.
Mingze stopped in his tracks. After a tense silence that made Chaochuan nervous, Mingze suddenly said, "Chaochuan, you were the one who killed my brother three years ago, weren't you?"
"I... let me explain, back then..." Chaochuan's heart tightened upon hearing this.
Indeed, he was a commoner ninja, while Mizawa was a ninja clan from Kirigakure. During the previous internal strife, Shiokawa had also participated in the siege of the Mizawa clan. He couldn't be sure if any of his teammates' relatives had died at his hands.
but……
Prior to this, they had all been inspired by Lord Genren Karatachi to join the ranks of "healing Kirigakure" and "ending the internal strife," abandoning their past hatreds and determined to build a new Kirigakure...
No one mentions these things anymore.
But now...
Just as Chaochuan was tense, Mingze suddenly turned around, but what was revealed was a face covered in blood and with a distorted expression—it was not Mingze Buchuan who came with him at all, but rather... a member of the Mingze clan that he had killed before!
"You lowly commoner! Die!" Mingze's voice changed drastically and became hoarse as he spoke.
Chaochuan reacted immediately, leaping backward to dodge the poisonous gas spewed out by the other party. However, because they were in a mine, the poisonous gas gathered and did not disperse, sweeping over them with great efficiency. Chaochuan, who was already in a panic, immediately turned and ran away.
"Lord Urami, that lowly commoner Momochi has been killed, but Shiokawa escaped..."
"Chase him! We can't let him see Toshikano!"
"Hehehe, big brother, the Kaguya clan outside must have already made their move. Kusano might even be dead."
Shiokawa kept hearing sounds that terrified and irritated him...
This group was originally a "mixed bag," containing both commoner ninjas and ninja clan members. They came together because they all accepted Lord Karatachi's ideals, but...
Although Shiokawa had a vague feeling that something was wrong, the words he heard interrupted his thoughts. He immediately ran outside in a panic, wanting to inform Lord Kusano that these bastards from noble families were indeed still oppressing them, the common people, and that this operation was also a conspiracy!
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them...
There stood Mingze Fukawa, who had just been "in front" of him. Mingze said wearily, "Shiokawa, you're finally awake! Quickly..."
puff--
In his panic, Shiokawa didn't slow down at all and crashed directly into Mingze's arms, while simultaneously stabbing a kunai into Mingze's chest!
"You..." Mingze looked at Chaochuan in disbelief.
A surge of adrenaline washed over him, and only after seeing the shock in the other person's eyes did Shiokawa finally come to his senses...
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.
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