Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 174 The Elevator of Desperation: Cutting Through Melons and Vegetables

Three days later, at the Ogosho Port.

As night fell, the docks were brightly lit.

He Jie's family kept their promise.

The best berths and the largest warehouses were allocated to Takaya Shokai.

Cargo ships adorned with round fan flags are being loaded with cargo.

Tea, medicinal herbs, and ninja tools transported from Konoha.

These goods will travel north along the coastline, through the storm zone, and directly to the black market ports of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water.

"Mr. Sosuke."

He walked over with Abakusaburo, his attitude even more respectful than before.

"Everything is arranged. The first fleet can depart tonight."

"very good."

Sosuke stood on the pier, the sea breeze blowing his coat.

"Sanlang, remember our promise."

"This shipping route is exclusively for my goods. Furthermore, no one except you and the head of the Hejie family can know the contents of the shipment."

"clear."

Saburo nodded solemnly.

He witnessed Sosuke's methods firsthand. He brought down the Wasabi family without making a sound. Only by following someone like that can you have a good life.

After dealing with the port matters, Sosuke led his team back to the hotel.

"We'll go back to Konoha tomorrow."

Sosuke announced.

"Everyone worked hard on this mission."

The three men, including Iwai, smiled with relief. Ten thousand taels in hand, and without even a life-or-death struggle—this money was earned far too easily.

Only Maki seemed to have something on her mind.

"What's wrong, Maki?" Sousuke asked.

Maki knelt by the window, staring at the street below.

"Mr. Sosuke, something's not right."

"Something's not right?"

Sosuke looked at her with great interest.

"It's too clean."

Maki pointed to the street downstairs.

"A few days ago, at this time, the uncle selling grilled squid on the street corner was still calling out his wares. There are usually a few beggars waiting in that alley to scavenge for leftovers."

"And—stray cats."

Maki felt uneasy.

"There are usually a lot of stray cats around here, and they'll come out and rummage through the trash cans around this time. But now, there isn't a single one."

The room was silent for a few seconds.

Kenji, who was wiping his crossbow bolts, stopped what he was doing. Iwai and Rin exchanged a glance, quickly put down their food, and placed their hands on their ninja tool pouches.

Sousuke smiled.

"Very good observation, Maki. Your observation skills are up to par."

"Actually, the people around us were cleared out five minutes ago."

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"Clear the area?" Maki exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right."

Through the layers of floors and walls, Sosuke's left eye saw the source of heat.

The hotel was surrounded by a dense array of heat sources.

"It seems the wasabi family doesn't want us to see tomorrow's sun."

"That's reasonable."

Sosuke spoke calmly, as if he had expected this.

"They lost the competition, they lost the port management rights for the next five years, and they were branded as thieves who disrupted the festival. If I were the head of the Wasabi family, I would also seek revenge."

"It seems they've figured it out; it was us who did it."

"Everyone, prepare for battle."

Sousuke ordered.

"yes!"

The three Iwai quickly entered battle mode.

"boom!!!"

Just then, a loud crash came from downstairs.

Flames shot into the sky.

Thick smoke instantly billowed up the stairs and through the gaps.

"Fire!"

The bell covered its mouth and nose.

"They've blocked the stairwell! The fire is huge; it's flammable tung oil!"

Outside the window, shouts of battle could be heard.

"Shoot the arrows! Don't let them out!"

Those were the wasabi family's private soldiers.

Hundreds of warriors, armed with bows and arrows, surrounded the inn completely.

Fiery arrows rained down on the top-floor windows.

"Kenji, seal the window!" Iwai shouted.

Kenji immediately closed the window.

But the fire spread too quickly.

A wooden building is doomed once a fire starts. The floor began to heat up, and thick smoke billowed out.

"Boss, we have to break through!"

Iwai took out that huge steel plate shield.

"I'll hold the front and charge straight out the main entrance!"

"No.

Sosuke shook his head.

"The main gate is definitely riddled with traps."

Sosuke walked to the center of the room.

"Maki, watch."

"This is the ninja's way of fighting: in desperate situations, you have to know how to make use of the environment."

Sosuke forms a mudra with both hands.

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

But he did not spray water at the enemy.

He sprayed a large amount of water directly onto the floor.

Splash!

The water spread across the floor, but instead of extinguishing the fire, it soaked through the tatami mats and wooden planks.

"Earth Release: Hardening Technique!"

He then placed his hands on the soaked floor and channeled earth-style chakra into his body.

The wooden planks mixed with moisture and the underlying soil structure instantly became as hard as iron and their weight increased dramatically.

"Collapse!"

Sosuke stood up and stomped his foot down.

Boom!!!

The floorboards, already weakened by the fire, collapsed instantly after bearing the weight of the water and their increased density.

Not just this floor, but the immense weight, like a hammer, smashed through the fifth, fourth, and third floors.

The entire interior structure of the hotel was blasted through by this one kick!

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

The samurai who were lying in ambush downstairs, ready to charge up, never expected that the roof would collapse above them.

Countless planks and pebbles rained down on him.

The screams were drowned out by the roar.

Sosuke and his five companions, along with the collapsing floor, plummeted to the first-floor lobby as if riding an elevator.

The surrounding area was a sea of ​​fire.

However, because they were protected by the water barrier created by Sosuke, they were not burned.

"Cough cough————"

Maki climbed out of the ruins.

She looked around. The ambushers, buried in the rubble, were groaning or already dead.

Is this the boss's tactic?

Violence, directness, and imaginativeness.

"It's not over yet."

Sosuke stood in the center of the ruins.

"Since you're here, please invite the host out."

He looked towards the gate.

There, a group of people were standing.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a distorted face. He was the head of the Wasabi family.

He watched this scene with eyes wide with rage.

"Not dead?! How could he not be dead?!"

"So this is what Konoha ninjas are like—"

The head of the Wasabi family drew the long sword from his waist.

"Charge! We have so many of them, let's overwhelm them here!"

"kill!!!"

More than a hundred warriors, wielding swords and spears, charged toward the five people in the ruins.

This was an unequal battle. The disparity in numbers was enormous.

"Iwai, Suzu, Kenji."

Sosuke's voice was cold.

"Give Maki a lesson, let her see what the slaughter of ninja tools is."

"yes!"

The three men revealed cruel smiles. On the battlefield, they had even killed lightning-style ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village.

A mere group of ordinary samurai?

"Let's do it!"

Ling made the first move.

She threw out several flashbangs.

This was originally a tactical device used to deal with Sharingan or Byakugan, but now it's being used against ordinary people—it's like a game-changer.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

A blinding flash of light exploded in the crowd.

"Ah! My eyes!"

The dozens of warriors at the forefront instantly lost their sight, covered their faces and screamed in agony, pushing and shoving each other, their formation thrown into chaos.

"A great opportunity!"

Kenji stood on high ground, and the armor-piercing heavy crossbow in his hand whistled as it fired.

collapse!collapse!collapse!

Each arrow pierced a warrior's vitals with pinpoint accuracy.

Those ceramic arrows shatter upon entering the flesh, making them impossible to remove for treatment.

Meanwhile, Iwai, carrying that huge steel shield, charged into the crowd like a tank.

He grabbed the shield and swept across a large area.

The sounds of bones breaking and tendons snapping rang out in rapid succession.

With the power of chakra, this shield becomes a battering ram.

This is a massacre.

Maki stared blankly.

She held the kunai in her hand, only to find that she didn't need to lift a finger.

These three seemingly kind and approachable seniors become highly efficient killing machines once they enter combat mode.

They didn't use any fancy ninjutsu; they used props.

"Takaya Sosuke, suffer death!"

There are still some skilled warriors among them.

Four elite warriors charged forward.

"Maki."

Sosuke took a step back.

"These men are yours."

"Huh? Me?!"

Maki was startled. Although she had studied at school for a few months and passed the practical exercises, those were drills; this was real killing!

And it's one against four!

"Don't be afraid."

Sousuke's voice was firm.

"Do you remember what I taught you? Your advantage isn't chakra, it's ninja tools."

"Go! Take them down!"

Maki's legs trembled as she looked at the four fierce-looking samurai charging towards her.

But she couldn't back down; behind her was her boss. Moreover, she remembered her determination to change her fate.

"Let's give it our all!"

Maki shoved her right hand into her ninja tool pouch and pulled out a handful of round, black spheres.

"Flashbang!"

Bang!

The intense light exploded again.

The unsuspecting samurai were instantly blinded, screaming and covering their eyes.

"Ahem!"

Next up were smoke grenades. And they were specially made smoke grenades mixed with chili powder.

The space was filled with a pungent aroma.

"And then—"

Maki's hands were trembling, but she didn't stop moving.

She took out a scroll and tore off the seal.

"Manipulation Tool: Thousand Rain Poems!"

This isn't ninjutsu; it's a mechanism. A device resembling a launcher is sealed inside the scroll.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

Hundreds of thousands of stalks covered the area indiscriminately, like a torrential rain.

"Aaaaaah!"

Screams rose and fell. The four warriors, unable to see or breathe, were riddled with thorns.

The smoke cleared. Four people lay on the ground, their bodies covered in needles, groaning in pain.

Maki stared blankly at the scene.

Did she do it?

She single-handedly defeated four samurai?

"well done."

"Do you understand now? This is the true essence of ninja tool style. You don't need to be a master of taijutsu, as long as your firepower is strong enough, and as long as you're willing to spend the money."

"The lives of these four people are worth only tens of thousands of taels of ninja tools."

Maki looked at the person lying on the ground. Her worldview was reshaped at that moment.

It turns out that the weak really can become strong in this way.

The battle lasted for ten minutes.

The wasabi family's samurai were devastated. More than half of them were killed or wounded. The remaining men threw down their weapons and fled, crying and screaming.

Before the ruins, only corpses lay scattered on the ground, and the lonely head of the Wasabi family remained.

He gripped the knife, his hand trembling violently. There was no one left around him.

"How...how could this happen...?"

He looked at Sosuke approaching step by step as if he were looking at a demon.

"I am a nobleman from the Land of Tea! You cannot kill me! The daimyo will not let you get away with this!"

Sosuke walked up to him and looked at him quietly.

"A wealthy family?"

Sousuke smiled.

"Starting tonight, the Wasabi family will cease to exist in the Land of Tea."

"You hired a rogue ninja to disrupt the festival, set fire to the inn, and attempted to murder the envoy from Konoha."

"These charges are enough to warrant the confiscation of your property."

"and----"

Sosuke pointed to the street in the distance.

There, the firelight flickered.

The samurai from the Wagaku family finally arrived "late".

The leader was Saburo Akuta. He looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, a flash of horror in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by ecstasy.

To use someone else to do one's dirty work.

Sosuke not only helped him win the game, but also cleared away his biggest obstacle.

"Mr. Sosuke! Are you alright?"

Saburo rushed over, looking "concerned".

"fine."

Sosuke pointed to the Wasabi family head, who was slumped on the ground.

"This person is in your hands now."

"I think you know what to do."

Saburo stared at the head of the Wasabi family, his eyes turning ferocious.

"certainly."

"He committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and set fire to the hotel before his death."

"This ending is quite reasonable."

Sosuke nodded.

"Very good. Let's do it that way then."

He turned and led his squad away.

Behind them came the desperate scream of the Wasabi family head, but it quickly stopped.