Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

You, Black Charcoal Serpent, prey on the people and are unpopular?

Or is it that the Black Charcoal Clan obtained their kingdom illegitimately and had no ruler or father?

If it weren't for the little bit of emotional support you give me, would I have to go through all that trouble for you every day, and then still have to provide you with emotional support afterward?

No matter what I say, it's wrong. If you have the guts, just kill me and see who's willing to work themselves to death for a leader like you!

Just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, a voice broke into the scene from afar.

"Reporting to your Excellencies, regarding the divine shadow this morning..."

"No mention of gods!!!"

The ninja who came in to report was interrupted by the piercing roar of the giant snake, Kurozumi, before the snake's body swept him away.

The ninja, who had smashed through several corridor walls, coughed up blood, feeling as if his internal organs were on fire.

Even so, he dared not delay in the slightest.

He forced himself to his feet despite the pain and knelt before Orochi again. "I am so sorry, sir. It was a slip of the tongue!"

"The giant shadow incident this morning has been identified as the work of pirates who invaded Wano Country from the outer seas. Furthermore, these invaders have already landed in Kuri and are heading towards a village near the coast!"

The two characters "九里" (Jiǔlǐ) are like sharp thorns, piercing the heart of the black charcoal serpent.

Unconsciously, I recalled the man who ruled Jiuli, and the words he said before he died.

—Orochi, someone will surely take over my duties and challenge you again!

The man's demeanor, appearance, and the domineering aura emanating from his body—every detail was clearly reproduced before Kurozumi Orochi.

"Kill them, Fukurokuju! Take men and raze that village that's been in contact with pirates! Go now!!!" Startled by the memories, he retreated from his phantom beast form and collapsed to the ground.

The black charcoal serpent screamed like a mouse whose tail had been stepped on.

"Yes!"

Fu Lu Shou respectfully nodded to the giant snake, then rose and withdrew.

After stretching his limbs in the outer corridor, he went to the Oniwabanshu and selected Kazekage, Raijin, and Kazejin, ordering each of them to take fifty ninjas to the village mentioned in the report.

The large and imposing group used invisibility magic to set off from Huadu and headed towards the location of Bianli Village.

Chapter 344 Ah, actually I'm a ninja too~

"Hmm, five ants~!"

Inside Bianli Village, Xiaoyu held a fresh roasted meat, eating it with gusto.

The villagers of the surrounding Bianli Village also got a share, lighting bonfires in the night and experiencing the long-lost feeling of having their stomachs filled with food.

Even a little bit of meat made these elderly, weak, women and children, dressed in tattered clothes, feel like it was New Year's Day.

No, perhaps according to overseas calendars, today is indeed the boundary between 1517 and 1518 in the Haiyuan calendar.

According to these people from overseas, it is indeed the New Year.

"I never expected that our boss could make barbecue taste like this. I thought it would be poisonous!" Xiaoyu, who was tired from playing, ran back to Xiaoying's side with a piece of rib in her mouth.

poison?

Is the food I cooked poisoned?

Sitting in front of the campfire, a pink-haired girl drinking homemade liquor had a few veins popping out on her forehead.

After setting down the wine cup, he raised his hands and cupped Xiaoyu's face, quickly rubbing it.

"This mouth? Did this mouth really say that? How could such a cold mouth, with a temperature of only thirty-something degrees, utter such icy words?" Sakura's eyes widened in anger, her throat spitting out flames.

"Well, Sakura-nee, children say the darndest things!"

Ace, caught between the two, tries to save Tama.

"Ugh...ugh, I'm sorry!" Xiaoyu struggled, "I wasn't talking about the boss's cooking!"

While playing around with Sakura, Tama explained things to her.

Centered on the weapons factory located in Suzuhiro, Fuyushima, the water resources of the surrounding areas have been polluted by the discharged toxic wastewater.

The plants and animals that grow using these water sources accumulate toxins, which can cause poisoning in consumers, and in severe cases, even death.

Jiuli originally had some environmental protection measures in place because it housed Huadu's grain production base.

However, as the number of factory orders has increased in recent years, pollution has spread further, causing the soil around Bianli Village to be gradually polluted as well.

The wild boar that Xiaoyu was chasing had also escaped from a semi-polluted area, and she had already prepared herself for the possibility of being poisoned after eating it.

After all, the slow-acting toxins could be endured, but a few days of hunger could take a life directly. These starving people could tell which was more important.

"whispering sound!"

With a thud, a small crater appeared beneath Ace, who was also sitting by the campfire.

His fist was deeply embedded in the ground, and fine dust mixed with smoke slowly rose up. "This is simply driving people to their deaths!"

"Mmm, that means, ah, oh!"

Taking advantage of the moment, Xiaoyu quietly slipped to Ace's side, grabbed his hand, and asked expectantly, "So, big brother, can I join you guys?"

"No, you have to be strong enough to become a pirate!"

Ace's anger vanished completely upon seeing Tama's quick-witted demeanor.

If a young child can maintain a calm mindset and move forward steadily in this environment, an adult like him cannot be inferior to a child!

"That's a really cunning excuse. Big brother didn't even give a standard answer. It's just something to fool kids!"

Xiaoyu put her hands on her hips, puffed out her cheeks, and stuck her tongue out at Ace.

"How about this then!" Ace turned his head to the side towards Sakura.

The cool moonlight slid down the girl's delicate face, the wine she had drunk flowed down her fair skin, her long, beautiful pink hair was loose, and the wine clung to the corners of her pursed lips, giving her an air of ascetic charm that was both contradictory and real.

The gaze moved from bottom to top, from the slender, beautiful legs encased in jet-black velvet stockings, to the gracefully curved waist outlined by a tight white lining, and finally settled on the only slightly protruding breasts, a regrettable sight.

The boy withdrew his regretful gaze and revealed a mischievous grin: "When you've grown into a 'seductive' female ninja, we'll take you out to sea!"

"A seductive female ninja, huh? I get it!"

Xiaoyu's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she clasped her hands together in a mudra, saying, "Bear with it!"

"Pfft! Cough cough cough..."

The alcohol went into his trachea, and a violent coughing sound came from the side.

Under Sakura's almost murderous gaze, Ace grabbed his cowboy hat, put it on his head, got up, and ran into the crowd.

Sakura chased after her, while Tama laughed beside her.

Everything seemed so perfect, if only there weren't those ninjas lurking in the dense forest, exuding a chilling killing intent.

call out!call out!call out!

Three ninjas dressed in sleeveless kimonos with mesh linings covering their skin emerged from the shadows.

The thrown bombs and shurikens destroyed the central campfire and surrounding buildings, and the fire spread instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the black-clad ninjas following behind them surrounded all the villagers from three directions.

"You bastards, how dare you steal food from Peach Blossom Farm!"

The ninja in the lead, with his disheveled hair and a scroll in his mouth, stepped forward and reprimanded the surrounding villagers.

"No, sir, no, we hunted in the wild..."

A villager carrying a steak approached the ninja with the scroll in his mouth, trying to explain, but the kunai that fell with Armament Haki severed his chest along with his voice.

The sizzling, greasy pork chop was overturned on the ground, and blood spread through the mud, gradually soaking it.

"Uncle Tuojiro, no!"

Seeing the man fall to the ground after being slashed, Xiaoyu covered her mouth and collapsed to the ground.

"Hmph! Even if it was hunted in the wild, it is still Lord Orochi's property."

The disheveled ninja revealed a sinister smile, "You criminals who stole state property, I, the Kazekage, will execute you!"

With that smile, Feng Ying's figure became transparent, and his aura disappeared as well. Only a wisp of silvery-white cold light remained in the air, tracing an arc and piercing Xiao Yu, who was shedding tears.

"Uh!"

Seeing the blade rapidly approaching her, Xiaoyu closed her eyes and crossed her arms to block it.

when!

A strong wind swept through, and the crisp clanging of metal echoed throughout the burning village.

The kunai, originally aimed at Tama's head and imbued with Armament Haki, was stuck in the girl's abdomen, unable to advance any further.

"Wind Shadow, huh? You seem to have a very dangerous name!"

Her cherry-pink hair fluttered in the air, and her emerald eyes narrowed, as if dark lightning was surging within them.

The girl, exuding a fierce aura, gently raised her hand and formed a hand seal under the man's eyes.

—Wood Release: Descent to the Other Shore!

"How is this possible? This is a kunai with an imposing aura!" Kazekage's eyes were wide and bloodshot.

As a gentle breeze blew by, a delicate floral fragrance lingered around his nose.

Before anyone knew it, the flames around them had gone out, and a sea of ​​pure white flowers covered the entire village. The petals danced in the wind, and everything was so quiet and beautiful.

but....

Fengying's vision began to blur, and he clutched his neck with both hands, as if trying to squeeze out whatever was obstructing his breathing.

In places unseen by the naked eye, his lungs and respiratory tract had completely aged and deteriorated to the point where he could no longer even sustain basic breathing.

The brain feels suffocated and, driven by the survival instinct, issues a command to secrete adrenaline, causing the heart to beat faster and deliver more blood to the pulmonary artery.

puff!

A large spurt of blood burst from Fengying's mouth and nose, and his eyes, now devoid of color, crashed heavily to the ground.

Sakura remained completely unfazed, as if stepping on a withered branch, and stepped over the Kazekage's corpse, placing her hand on Tama's head.

"Don't cry, I'll tell you a secret, actually the boss is a ninja too~"

Chapter 345 Want to be a ninja? I'll teach you!

"Wind... Wind Shadow!"

The other two members of the Orochi Oniwabanshu—Wind Blade and Lightning Blade—were dumbfounded.

The flowers bloomed across the mountains and fields, and Feng Ying, whose power was roughly equal to theirs, died just like that.

"What exactly happened? Is that woman a sorcerer?" Wind Blade drew his katana from his waist, his Armament Haki covering his entire body as he lowered his center of gravity, ready to strike.

"Everyone on alert! Get out of her magic range!" Lei Ren turned around and loudly commanded the other ninjas to retreat.

"Hey, these guys are in trouble." Ace, who had slung his knife over his shoulder, quietly stepped back a little and chuckled gloatingly.

Having sparred with Sakura many times, he knew that treating ninjutsu as a Devil Fruit ability would be a huge mistake.

Of course, he wouldn't leak this information, because the same pain isn't considered pain if it's shared by more people!

Standing in the middle of the flower field, Tama hugged Sakura's leg, "Big Sister, you're a ninja too?"

"Hmph, of course!" Sakura hoisted Tama onto her shoulders and let her ride on them. "As the big sister, I'm the one who operates in the shadows and performs dazzling ninjutsu!"

"Don't portray ninjas as clowns performing acrobatics. We serve our lord in the shadows—the sharpest swords!"

Seeing his profession insulted, Lei Ren roared in the distance, his silver hair standing on end in fury. As he swung his arms, countless kunai and shuriken were flung toward Sakura's location.

Ding Ding Ding!

Numerous ninja tools were launched down, either piercing the ground or striking the soil and rocks, making a clanging sound that echoed in the open sea of ​​flowers.

"Interesting. Are you sure you want to discuss with me what a ninja is?" The pink-haired girl, who had grown up in one of the world's five major ninja training institutions, opened her eyes excitedly.

With a light step, Sakura used a special ninja foot technique, her chakra boiling, and carried Tama across a long distance, flashing to a black-clad ninja.

Black-clad ninja: ? ? ?