hotmtlnovel Chapter 186 I was given a chance, but you didn't use it.
Chapter 186 I was given a chance, but you didn't use it.
Chapter 186 I was given a chance, but you didn't use it.
Returning to this familiar place, Kaoru Uzumaki looked at the village that had imprisoned her like a nightmare for several years, and for a moment she felt as if she were in a dream.
She had once given up all hope, feeling that there would be no light left in her life.
At that time, every grass ninja around her seemed powerful and awe-inspiring in her eyes, making her feel powerless to resist.
But now, in just over a year, everything has changed!
The grass ninjas who were once high and mighty and could humiliate her at will are now all kneeling tremblingly before her.
Lying prostrate on the ground, he looked as pathetic as a stray dog.
The Akatsuki didn't just come knocking on our door this time; they spent several days clearing out all the elite Grass Ninja who were out on missions before finally coming to force us to surrender.
Therefore, the remaining ninjas of Kusagakure had no intention of resisting whatsoever.
Those with a rebellious spirit had gone out to fight a few days earlier, and then all of them died.
Moreover, as a notorious fence-sitter village, Kusagakure has been swaying back and forth between Konoha and Iwagakure for decades, and has long lost its fighting spirit and pride.
It is both unexpected and reasonable that he has revealed such an ugly side of himself.
"Hehe, hahaha!"
Faced with this scene, after a moment of stunned silence, Kaoru Uzumaki suddenly burst out laughing.
The laughter went from suppressed to loud, and as they laughed, tears streamed down their faces uncontrollably.
Xiao Nan couldn't help but reach out and hold her hand.
"Sister Xiangye, are you alright?"
Whirlpool Xiangye kept wiping away her tears and said, "I'm fine, Xiaonan, I'm fine. I was just thinking about some things from the past."
Thank you, Xiao Nan, Qing He, thank you for pulling me out of hell, thank you for giving me a new life!
Upon returning to Kusagakure, Kaoru Uzumaki's gratitude towards the Akatsuki organization once again flowed forth like a spring.
"Sister Xiangye, you don't have to force yourself. You can speak up if you have any thoughts," Xiao Nan encouraged her.
But at this moment, Kaori's mind was exceptionally clear. "No, let Kiyokawa decide everything. I don't want my experience to interfere with your judgment. You've already given me enough."
She knew that Shiba Kiyokawa had brought her here on purpose, and that if she wanted to vent her anger, everyone would support her.
But at this moment, Kaoru Uzumaki didn't want anything.
Her eyes were fixed on Shiba Kiyokazu without blinking, her gaze overflowing with tenderness.
As for the grass ninja in front of her, she didn't even glance at him.
Seeing this, Shiba Kiyokawa no longer hesitated, stepped forward, and patted the leader of the Grass Ninja on the shoulder.
"Your wife and children live in the fourth house on the right at the back, your clansmen live in the surrounding courtyards, and the third from the bottom kneeling in that row on the left is your disciple, right?"
The leader of the Grass Ninja trembled even more violently, his eyes filled with fear.
Then Shiba Kiyokawa took out a stack of explosive tags and casually stuffed them into the other person's hand.
"I'll give you two choices: either take these, stand up and fight to the death, kill me here, and protect your family and village behind you;"
Either take these with you and bring me back the head of the Daimyo of the Land of Grass before sunset today.
"The path you take is yours to choose."
The leader of the Grass Ninja was completely stunned upon hearing this, and raised his head in utter horror.
"You...you want to kill the daimyo?!"
In his traditional ninja mindset, how could a ninja attack a daimyo?
Wouldn't that be cutting yourself off from the entire ninja world?
In response, Shiba Kiyokawa quickly reached out and grabbed the other man's neck, but did not use force; he merely stopped the leader of the grass ninja from continuing to shout loudly.
"You can also choose the first path. As long as you kill me, you will still be the only ninja village leader in the Land of Grass."
Faced with Shiba Kiyokawa's encouraging smile, the Grass Ninja leader trembled for two seconds, his hand gripping the explosive tag clenching and unclenching several times.
In the end, he lowered his head in dejection.
"I understand. I will complete this mission. Please spare my people and disciples."
The Akatsuki leader in front of us recently ended the legend of the Yellow Flash. What can he possibly use to fight against him?
Shiba Kiyokawa smiled and released his grip, commenting with a hint of regret, "I gave you a chance, but you didn't do it."
After saying this, he led the Akatsuki troops into Kusagakure, took stock of the inventory, counted the number of people, and accepted the surrender of Kusagakure.
As for the leader of the Grass Ninja, he quickly set off with several of his most trusted subordinates to the capital of the Grass Country, which was not far from here.
Before setting off, the leader of the Grass Ninja didn't even realize that Chihiro, who had transplanted the Byakugan, was following them all the way with a team of reconnaissance ninjas.
The Byakugan truly lives up to its reputation as the most useful eye technique on the battlefield.
With this eye, the Akatsuki's surveillance range was greatly increased, and the poor Grass Ninja were completely unaware.
Accepting the surrender of the Grass Ninja was a bit tedious, but not difficult at all. The Akatsuki members were more than capable of handling it, so Shiba Kiyokawa was quite relaxed during the time he waited for the Grass Ninja leader to return.
With nothing else to do, he wandered around Kusagakure Village.
He saw a lonely house in a corner of the village and went inside out of curiosity.
As soon as he entered the room, he was pulled into the arms of a warm and soft body.
"Sister Xiangye?"
He had barely uttered a word when a pair of soft lips forcefully sealed his mouth.
After a long while, the two separated, and Uzumaki Kaoru, with a dazed look in her eyes, said, "This is where I used to live."
"..."
Shiba Kiyokawa was momentarily stunned.
He and Konan arrived later in the operation to rescue Kaori Uzumaki, so he had never actually seen where Kaori Uzumaki lived before that.
Looking around the house now, I realized that this remote little house was so cramped, with an area of less than ten square meters. Apart from a bed, a low cabinet and a table, there was no other furniture, not even a stove to start a fire.
Back then, the Grass Village controlled everything about Uzumaki Kaoru, including food, which was delivered regularly. She was not allowed to cook for herself at all. They treated her as a valuable asset, not as a person.
Thinking of this, Shiba Kiyokazu felt a pang of heartache again.
Seizing this opportunity, Shokuyo Kaori tiptoed and whispered in his ear, her breath sweet as orchids.
"I'm aware of the organization's recent activities. Hiruko told me you're researching the inheritance of bloodline limits, right?"
At first, Shiba Kiyokawa didn't understand why Uzumaki Kaori was saying these things.
The next moment, Uzumaki Kaori gently nibbled his ear, seducing him, "So, wouldn't you consider researching the inheritance of the Uzumaki physique?"
"Sister Xiangye, you've gone astray."
"I just... couldn't bear it anymore after coming back here, Qinghe. I'll keep it from Xiaonan. I won't fight her for her. Please, don't abandon me."
Just then, Konan, who was taking stock of the Kusanagi ninja's inventory in a nearby village, vaguely sensed something and looked up in one direction.
However, a member of the Akatsuki organization happened to call her shortly afterward.
"Sister Xiao Nan, don't turn around."
"What?"
"The sealing node we're looking for is right in front of you. Once you open this seal, you'll find the Kusagakure ninjutsu scroll storage room."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Nan indeed didn't turn her head again and focused on dealing with the sealing node.
Behind her, the solitary little house, far from the other buildings in the village, remained quiet from the outside.
Ultimately, they decided to go for the harem route. After all, things have already come to this, and they can't possibly arrange for someone else to be Karin's father.
(End of this chapter)