Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 194 Private Army's Debut, Liu Bo's Funeral

The streets of Konoha. It's raining again.

The Shimura family's procession moved very slowly.

Several elite ninjas from the Shimura clan were escorting a stretcher. Lying on the stretcher was Shimura Danzo, the man who once held immense power in Konoha.

This dark-hearted man is now just a dying old man with a collapsed sternum, broken limbs, and coughing up blood.

"Hurry up—to the Hui area—"

Beside the stretcher, a Jonin named Shimura urged them in a low voice. He could feel the gazes cast upon him from all around. Those hiding behind the windows...

A gaze from the depths of the alley.

That was mockery, spying, and even—murderous intent.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

"Is this... the taste of defeat?"

On the stretcher, Danzo was not unconscious. His one eye stared at the gloomy sky, his heart filled with resentment.

"Tsunade—Hiruzen—and the Uchiha—"

"I will not lose—as long as I return to my clan's territory, as long as I have enough time—"

He was still plotting a comeback. As long as he didn't die, he had countless ways to get back on his feet.

Sudden.

The procession stopped.

Because there was a person standing in the middle of the road ahead.

A woman with red hair.

She wasn't carrying an umbrella; the rain soaked her long dress, which clung to her body, revealing her slender figure. But the air around her seemed to be on fire.

It was a visible, red chakra aura.

"Uzumaki—Kushina?"

Jonin Shimura recognized her.

"Lady Kushina, please move aside. We need to transport the wounded—"

"Wounded?"

Kushina looked up.

Her eyes no longer held their usual gentleness, nor the madness of the Nine-Tails' rampage.

That was extreme coldness. It was the deathly stillness of having lost everything, leaving only the obsession with revenge.

"That's the murderer who killed Minato."

Kushina's voice was soft, piercing through the rain.

"He's not wounded. He's a sinner."

"Splash—"

Four steel chains shot out from behind her, instantly blocking the street from all sides.

"Keep the person here."

Kushina took a step forward.

"Or, you can all die together."

"Protect Lord Danzo!"

Jonin Shimura roared and drew his long sword.

"She's all alone! Go!"

Several Shimura ninjas rushed forward.

But they faced the enraged Uzumaki clan and the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.

"roll!"

Kushina waved her hand.

The Vajra Chains swept across.

"Clang! Clang!"

All the ninja tools were flung away. Several Shimura clan ninjas had their ribs broken by the chains and were sent flying.

This is absolute power suppression.

Kushina walked step by step toward the stretcher.

"Danzo————"

She looked at the old man struggling on the stretcher.

"When you betrayed Watergate, did you think about this day?"

A high-density chakra ball condensed in her hand.

The Rasengan, and one made with the chakra of a tailed beast, would surely kill Danzo if it were used.

She wanted to use this method to avenge Minato.

"Stop! Kushina!"

In the distance, several members of the secret service rushed out.

"If you kill him, you'll be a rogue ninja! The village won't let you get away with it!"

Kushina paused for a moment. A rogue ninja?

"So what?"

She raised her hand, ready to strike.

Just then, a hand grabbed her wrist.

"If you become a rogue ninja, there will be no one to inherit Minato's legacy."

A calm voice rang in her ear.

Kushina was stunned. She turned her head.

I saw the man wearing an eye patch.

Sosuke Takaya.

"Mr. Sosuke—let me go."

Kushina gritted her teeth.

"I'm going to kill him. I'm going to avenge Minato."

"I know."

Sosuke didn't let go; instead, he held on even tighter.

"But you shouldn't be doing this dirty work."

"You are the honorary president of the scholarship. Your hands should be used for teaching and nurturing students, not for killing this kind of trash."

"If you kill him, you will go to jail, be deprived of your freedom, Minato's house will be taken back, and his ninjutsu will be lost."

Do you think Minato would want to see you like this?

These words were like cold water, extinguishing Kushina's thoughts of taking everyone down with her.

She trembled, and the chakra ball in her hand dissipated.

"But—I'm not reconciled—"

She burst into tears.

"I'll do it."

Sosuke released her hand and shielded her behind him.

He looked at the old man lying on the stretcher, his single eye flashing with a killing intent even deeper than Kushina's.

"Lady Kushina, you cannot have any stains on your record. But I am different."

Sosuke straightened his rain-soaked cuffs and revealed a sinister smile.

"I am a businessman. It is only natural for a businessman to clear out bad debts."

"Takaya Sosuke!"

Danzo, lying on the stretcher, let out a roar like a broken bellows.

"What do you want to do?!"

"You dare touch me? I am a hero of Konoha! Hiruzen has already confined me to my quarters; you have no right to kill me!"

Danzo was gambling. He was betting that Sousuke wouldn't dare openly disobey the Hokage's orders. As long as he could return to the Shimura clan's territory and activate the barrier, he would be safe.

Given enough time, he can recover from his injuries and make a comeback.

Just then, dozens of dark figures descended. The ninjas of the Shimura clan had arrived!

Danzo breathed a sigh of relief; he was safe.

"Wow, that was fast!"

Sosuke smiled. He raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Smack."

In the rain, countless dark shadows suddenly appeared on the rooftops all around.

It's not the secret service. Nor is it the security force.

That was the Legion of the Incomplete.

Genzo stood at the front, his metal left leg resting on the eaves, emitting a cold metallic luster.

Behind him were fifty retired ninjas equipped with tactical prosthetics, and a hundred fully armed mercenaries.

This is a private army. An army that obeys only money and contracts.

Sosuke's voice was as cold as ice.

"You burned down my orphanage and harmed my people. I haven't settled that score yet."

Sosuke pointed downwards.

"Clear the area."

"kill!"

With a single command from Yuanzhao.

"Snap! Snap!"

Fifty limbed ninjas simultaneously raised their arms.

The mechanism popped open.

shhhhhh! ! !

A dense rain of senbon and kunai, mixed with explosive tags, covered the streets.

"Defense! Earth Release Team!"

A Jonin named Shimura shouted.

Several earthen walls rose up.

But, the next second.

"collapse!"

A huge crossbow bolt, whistling through the air, pierced through the earthen wall.

A wandering samurai had already set up his city-breaking crossbow.

Boom! The earthen wall exploded.

"You're a madman—you're a madman—"

Danzo was terrified. He had never expected that Sousuke would dare to wage a large-scale battle within the village, and even use a battlefield weapon like the castle-breaking crossbow.

He had spent his entire life plotting in Konoha, but he had never seen such a direct, table-flipping style of fighting.

"Take me away! Quickly!"

Two Shimura clansmen set up Danzo, intending to use the Body Flicker Technique to escape.

"Trying to run away?"

Sousuke moved. He raised his right hand, palm facing Danzo.

"I've been preparing for this moment for a long time."

Sousuke's left eye, a snake-like pupil, locked onto Danzo.

"Water Release: Flowing Waves Funeral".

Suddenly, the floodwater on the street came to life.

They transformed into a silent, silken stream of water, instantly catching up with Danzo.

"This kind of soft, gentle water escape—"

The Shimura clansman wanted to use Wind Release to disperse the water flow.

However, the water suddenly became incredibly viscous the moment it came into contact with them. Moreover, several yellow talismans were mixed in with the water.

【Reverse Vortex - Golden Binding Talisman】.

This is an S-rank sealing talisman hand-drawn by Kushina herself.

Snapped!

The talismans were affixed to Danzo and the two assassins.

"Buzz" 6

The black vortex spell was activated instantly.

"Well!"

The chakra of the two assassins instantly froze, their bodies stiffening like stones, and they fell directly to the ground.

Danzo was the same.

He was completely immobilized, his entire body locked up.

"This is... a sealing technique from the Uzumaki clan?!"

Danzo looked at Kushina in horror.

Kushina looked at him coldly, her eyes filled with only pleasure.

The water flow did not stop.

They resembled a giant python, wrapping around the immobile Danzo layer by layer, forming a huge water sphere.

Danzo was suspended in mid-air, like a fly encased in amber.

His injuries were excruciatingly painful due to the pressure of the water.

"Lord Danzo."

Sosuke stood at a distance, watching the arrogant old man.

"You always said that you are the root bathed in darkness."

"Actually, you're wrong. You're just a rat hiding in the gutter. And the fate of a rat is to be killed."

Sousuke activated his chakra.

Among the layers of flowing water, besides the sealing talisman, there was another type of talisman paper mixed in.

Detonation tag.

Moreover, it was placed on Danzo's chest, back, and limbs. At zero distance.

"No—Hiruzen—save me—"

Danzo let out a silent cry from inside the water sphere.

Finally, genuine fear was revealed in his eyes. It was the fear of death.

Goodbye, Darkness of Shinobi.

Sosuke said softly.

"burst."

boom!!!!!!

A dull, loud bang. The water sphere exploded, and blood splattered everywhere.

Danzo's body was blown to smithereens. Not even a trace of bone remained.

The entire room fell silent.

The ninjas of the Shimura clan and Sosuke's private soldiers all stopped fighting.

They looked at the spilled blood.

A powerful and ruthless figure, the second-in-command of Konoha, Shimura Danzo.

And so, his body was never recovered; he died at the hands of a merchant.

"it's over."

Sousuke lowered his hand.

He turned around and looked at Kushina.

"Let's go home."

Kushina stared blankly at the blood on the ground.

After a long while, she let out a long breath, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders.

"Um."

She walked over and took Sosuke's arm.

Although her hands were trembling slightly, her eyes were brighter than ever before.

Just then, several powerful auras descended.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, with his Anbu, finally arrived.

He looked at the mess on the ground and the pool of blood, his face turning ashen.

"Sousuke—what did you do?"

Hiruzen's voice trembled.

Danzo is dead. This level of political assassination is enough to trigger a civil war in Konoha.

Sosuke remained calm.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the rainwater off his hands.

"Lord Hokage."

Sosuke spoke calmly.

"Just now, Lord Danzo was attacked by enemy spies while being escorted. My caravan guards happened to be passing by and tried to help, but unfortunately—"

"The enemy's firepower was too intense. Lord Danzo—has died in the line of duty."

To lie through one's teeth.

The hundreds of people present included members of the Takaya Trading Company and members of the Shimura clan.

No one dared to refute it.

Because they saw the man's power. A power that disregarded the rules.

Hiruzen looked at Sousuke, then at the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who was holding Sousuke's arm.

He remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he waved his hand, signaling the secret service to withdraw.

"A lavish funeral."

Hiruzen uttered two words and turned to leave.

His silhouette instantly aged him ten years.

He knew that the world in Konoha had changed.