Land of Rivers, Destruction
Land of Rivers, Three Days After Its Fall, Afternoon, Land of Rivers.
The convoy escorting the Land of Rivers Daimyo's Son was moving along the road.
Just what is that thing...
The Samurai couldn't help but glance at the dark figure behind them, even in broad daylight.
He had seen people with dark skin before. Many people in the Land of Lightning were born with dark skin. As an armored Samurai guarding the Daimyo's Son, he had traveled to many places and seen many strange people.
He had even seen people with green skin from the Land of Water, but someone so black that he couldn't make out their eyes, nose, or mouth, only a vague outline... Even the shadow people from the set next door looked more human than this thing.
He had really never seen anything like it.
Weird.
"Someone is approaching," the dark-circled teenager said softly.
The Samurai didn't bother wondering about the shadow following the carriage anymore and stopped to prepare for battle.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!" More than twenty masked Ninja surrounded the carriage but didn't attack directly. The leader of the Ninja took off his mask, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.
It was a Land of Rivers Ninja.
The Samurai lowered their swords and gestured to the Konoha Village and Sand Ninja Village Ninja to indicate safety, then one of them went inside the carriage to talk to the Daimyo's Son.
Lin Ke stood on the carriage, watching quietly. He felt like something was off.
If they were really there to welcome the Daimyo's Son, shouldn't they have come earlier? They had been wandering around the Land of Rivers for half a month, and only now did they show up in the war zone. They should have come a long time ago.
The Daimyo's Son climbed out of the carriage, calling out to the leading middle-aged Ninja with a smile and inviting him into the carriage to talk. Clearly, he didn't want 'outsiders' to hear their conversation.
Lin Ke tactfully moved a little further away, telling his three subordinates to distance themselves from the carriage as well.
"Bang! Crack!"
In just a minute or two, the carriage was suddenly torn apart by a force. The middle-aged Ninja who had just gone inside flew out. In the shattered carriage exposed to the sunlight, the Daimyo's Son cowered in a corner, with two shadows standing up to block him on either side.
Are they here to assassinate, kidnap, or simply to recruit Rebels?
Lin Ke pondered, not rushing to act. As the Ninja approached, his shadows had already quietly infiltrated beneath their feet. Ending the battle was just a thought away.
It wasn't arrogance. With the strength of Ninja from a small country, even two hundred of them wouldn't be enough for him alone, let alone twenty.
Having been in the chaotic Land of Rivers, he didn't know what was going on. The information was too limited.
The middle-aged Ninja was caught by two Ninja working together. While spitting out blood, he looked at Lin Ke with hatred—
Or rather, at the Konoha Village Forehead Protector.
The other Land of Rivers Ninja didn't hesitate at all. Even though their leader had been defeated in one move, they still rushed forward one after another.
"Thud!" X26 After a series of uniform thuds, all the Land of Rivers Ninja were pinned to the ground by shadows that suddenly emerged from beneath their feet. Some of them reacted and tried to escape using the Substitution Jutsu, but their physical abilities were only about the same as a Konoha Village Genin. How could they escape the shadow attacks of a Special Jonin template?
"Gulp~" The youngest armored Samurai swallowed, the sound particularly loud in the quiet wilderness.
Lin Ke slowly walked over, glanced at all the Land of Rivers Ninja who were looking at him with resentment, and said calmly, "Now we can have a good talk—"
"Why do the weak fight?"
Cool! Kankuro couldn't help but want to whistle and silently wrote down the sentence—
He would use it in the future!
So handsome... Temari looked at the short figure, feeling like her eyes were about to sparkle.
As a Ninja who grew up in the harsh environment of Sand Ninja Village, she greatly admired the strong.
Because the village's situation was not optimistic, gender was not the focus of everyone's attention. Even women had to work hard for the village.
From beginning to end, she didn't need to be like a woman, because being able to fight was enough.
Powerful, handsome, and intelligent, in this environment, she didn't need to fight, and it all struck her heart at once.
"Kill us," the middle-aged Ninja gasped, saying fiercely, "Konoha Village's lackeys!"
Lin Ke smiled and looked sideways at the Daimyo's Son. As a bodyguard, how could he do something that overstepped his client?
He already had some guesses, which was why he hadn't directly killed these people.
However, even so, if necessary, he wouldn't mind taking out a group of possibly innocent ninja himself.
"Why..."
The Land of Rivers Daimyo's Son stood up, barely recovering from his shock. He first expressed his gratitude to Lin Ke with a look, then stood up and asked loudly, "If you want my life, just tell me the reason, and you can take it at any time."
"Your Highness!" The Samurai next to him hesitated.
He does have the air of a wise ruler, but it's probably too late.
Lin Ke stood by with his hands down, glancing at Yakushi Kabuto, who was watching the excitement from behind the carriage under the shadow's guard.
I wonder when the village's support will arrive. With this guy around, I feel like Orochimaru or Danzo will come knocking.
"..."
The middle-aged ninja painfully closed his eyes, took a breath, and said, "Your Highness, the Land of Rivers is finished. The capital fell three days ago..."
The Land of Rivers Daimyo's Son was struck as if by lightning. He subconsciously said, "That's impossible. How could the Rebels break through the capital?"
"Your Highness, we surrendered." The middle-aged ninja opened his eyes, his tone heavy. - Border of the Land of Rivers.
"Whoosh!"
A man with deep golden hair, wearing a black cloak with red clouds, and a 'blue' ring on his finger landed, looking at his companion who was crouching beside him, almost lying on the ground. "Scorpion, no need to be in such a hurry."
The strange man called Scorpion glanced at the blond man and said, "We need to complete the mission as soon as possible. The capital of the Land of Rivers fell three days ago. If we delay any longer, we might have to face an entire country, Deidara."
"Hee~"
Deidara revealed a malicious smile, "Then let's just destroy this country and let them experience art properly..."
Scorpion didn't respond, but said, "Besides the leader's mission, I also need to meet the person sent to Orochimaru's side. That guy seems to have important actions to carry out in the Land of Rivers."
"Why not just kill that guy and take back 'Empty'?" Deidara said excitedly, "Just blow up everyone I don't like!"
"You just want to take this opportunity to make a scene, don't you?" Scorpion said coldly.
"What? Don't you want the world to see your art, Scorpion..."
As Deidara spoke, the two disappeared from the spot.
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