Chapter 170 Never Forgive
Chapter 170 Never Forgive
"Thanks……"
I reached out and picked up the boiled egg, but what I was thinking was: Shikamaru doesn't like to eat this.
When I was a child, he often brought me breakfast. Although it was food he didn’t like, I always thought it tasted good.
...Shikamaru, what are you doing now?
After breakfast, Zabuza asked, "Are you going to destroy the forehead protector by yourselves, or do you want me to help you?"
I looked at Neji and Gaara and suggested, "How about Neji not going with us? His Byakugan can't be covered by the bandana. And since we're only going to accept a commission, it doesn't matter if Gaara and I go with us."
If only two of us went out with Haku, Gaara and I could use the Sand Village rebel ninja forehead protector lent to us by Zabuza instead of destroying our own forehead protector.
Neji can address the head of the Hyuga clan by his first name, but I don't know if he can muster the determination to destroy the forehead protector.
But he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll stay."
But how could Zabuza not realize this method of delaying?
"I don't want to push you too hard. I can let you go this time, but one day..."
Bai interrupted at the right time: "Okay, Mr. Zabuza, what Chaolu said is also a way, right? It will take several hours to travel back and forth from the Land of Waves by boat, so we have to set off now."
Zabuza could only humph, "Don't indulge her too much."
Gaara helped me wrap the Sand Village headscarf around my head, and finally the white veil hung down, covering half of my face.
I put the Sand Village's rebel ninja forehead guard around my neck, then took off my own Konoha forehead guard from my forehead and gave it to Neji for safekeeping.
Gaara also put on a headscarf, and at the same time turned the conspicuous gourd behind him into sand and gravel, transformed it into the shape of a puppet, and wrapped it with Zabuza's bandages. He looked like a puppeteer from the Sand Village.
Zabuza looked at us for a moment and nodded, "Looks like there's nothing wrong with it, let's go."
Gaara and I followed Shiro and left the Land of Waves.
Just in case, we didn't go to the town where I posted the mission and contacted Bai, but went to another black market a little further away.
There are many trivial and low-level tasks in the village, but the tasks here are almost all dangerous tasks that are expressly prohibited by public law, such as assassination, theft, sneaking into dangerous places, smuggling, etc.
Many tasks require private communication with the administrator here in order to be understood and obtained. Most of the tasks displayed openly are wanted bounty lists issued by various countries. As long as someone thinks they can take the order, they can bring the target person's head to collect the bounty. This is the most legal task in this underground world.
Bai followed the manager to a separate small room for a secret discussion. He and Zabuza both needed to purchase intelligence, while Gaara and I were in a place similar to a reception hall, looking at the wanted posters posted on the wall.
Bai meant that we could start by accepting bounty orders to get used to the rebel ninja's way of working.
They are divided into different regions according to different countries, among which the regions of the five major countries are naturally the largest.
"Look..." I found traces of the Byakugan in the Water Country area, and immediately asked Gaara to come and see it with curiosity, "This person named Qing... actually has Byakugan."
Gaara glanced at the bounty amount and said, "Do you want to accept the bounty on his life?"
His question was blunt and caught me off guard.
"The Byakugan of a branch family will be destroyed after death, so it can only belong to the main family. Considering his age... could his Byakugan be the same as the father of the current head of the Hyuga family? But if Hyuga Hiashi's father was a son-in-law, the main family would be his mother, so this could also be the eyes of Hyuga Hiashi's mother...?"
I wonder if Ningci knows about this?
If Neji wants to take back this Byakugan, I think I have no reason not to help him.
I said, "Let's consider him as one of the backup options."
Gaara pointed to another photo of the Water Country area, "That guy looks weird too."
I looked in the direction he said and saw a familiar name.
"That's Hoshigaki Kisame. One of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and the wielder of Samehada. He and Zabuza should know each other." Compared to not calling Kakashi "Sensei", I feel that I am more used to not calling Zabuza "Mr.", but even if I am not polite, as a rebel ninja, Zabuza deserves my respect, so I decided to get used to using honorifics for him as soon as possible. "Zabuza's photo must be on it... Ugh, Mr. Zabuza."
I had just finished saying that I should be respectful to him, but then I forgot to add the honorific.
Gaara's expression showed a hint of smile: "If you are really not used to using honorifics, I don't think you need to force yourself."
"But he is a nice guy, I think he deserves some special treatment."
"Yeah," Gaara nodded, very cooperative with me: "It's really his honor."
We looked at each other, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and I couldn't help but curl my eyes.
At this time, Bai and the manager came out.
Since there were outsiders present, we immediately stiffened our faces, became expressionless, and followed Bai away.
Only when they reached the street did Bai speak up, "Did you see any missions you're interested in on the wanted poster wall outside?"
"The one with the white eyes..."
"Ah, Qing?"
"I'm a little concerned about him."
"His white eyes are very eye-catching, but so far, no one has been able to take them away." Bai smiled gently and said, "You have good eyesight and specialize in biting off hard bones."
"Does Bai have any recommendations?" I asked. "You must be more familiar with wanted cases than we are."
"I……"
Bai was about to answer when suddenly a cat screamed miserably and fell from a nearby building. Bai reflexively caught it in his arms, but the kitten was no longer breathing and died in his arms.
Then, Bai's face changed and he threw the kitten's body away, but his hands had turned an ominous purple.
He collapsed to the ground, his expression in agony.
"Oh no...it's an ambush..." He said with difficulty: "Zhaolu...let's go!"
At the same moment, Gaara's sand suddenly flew up and blocked a strange-looking lion that was rushing towards us from behind - the lion crashed into his sand wall and turned into splashing ink.
ink……?
"Target spotted." On a rooftop not far away, a young man wearing a Konoha Anbu mask stood up, holding a pen in one hand and an unfolded scroll paper in the other, staring at us. "Former Konoha Genin, Asaka."
...Is that Mr. Sai?
The young man who looked like Mr. Sai was behind us, and in the shadows in front of us, a figure wearing a black cloak and a Konoha Anbu mask on his face appeared silently.
He said, "It's probably a little late to leave now."
I saw the strange purple color overflowing from the white collar and began to spread toward his fair cheeks.
"What a powerful poison." Gaara frowned and looked at the dead cat.
Since its body was covered in hair, it was difficult to tell whether its body had turned purple, but there was no doubt that Bai had come into contact with the poison in the cat because of the encounter.
"Poison?" said the man in the Konoha Anbu mask standing in front of us, "My poison is not something so superficial."
He raised his hands. The skin color of his exposed hands was different from that of ordinary people. It was the same purple color as Bai's body.
"It's like bacteria... a toxin that can penetrate any pore. Once it gets on you, it will directly invade your body and destroy your cells... there's no cure."
I opened my Sharingan.
"Even if it's the Sharingan...if I touch it, you'll definitely die."
Gaara's sand blocked the way between me and Bai. I squatted down, and Bai said with difficulty: "Don't touch me... This poison can be spread through contact...!"
"Have you forgotten how I removed the poison that Scorpion put on Mr. Zabuza?"
Bai was startled when he heard that. He looked up at me and met my Sharingan.
Just like I distorted Zabuza's fate, I distorted Shiro's fate of having his cells destroyed and dying.
He lay on the ground without getting up, and quickly formed seals to unfold the magic mirror ice crystal, trapping the purple-handed Konoha Anbu inside it, and then he himself escaped into the mirror.
I asked with a heavy heart, "How did you find us?"
"You actually ask such a question," the other party said, "it's really a waste of your relationship with the Aburame family."
I understand: "...bugs."
That used to be my most common trick - leaving bugs on the target.
But ever since I left behind the bell that Shino gave me, I've lost the ability to control and detect bugs.
His face was covered with frost, and he looked at him in the mirror: "Are you from the Konoha Assassination Team?"
He was trapped in the magic mirror ice crystal, but he was not panicked. He just looked at me, as if he only regarded me as his target: "We, the Aburame clan, don't have much presence in the village... It's hard for you to target Shino."
When I heard Shino's name, I was stunned.
The Aburame clan's ANBU said coldly, "How dare you use his feelings to achieve your goals? I will never forgive you."
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