chsdbacks Chapter 44 He was as calm as a madman
Chapter 44 He was as calm as a madman
At this very moment, at the edge of the barrier surrounding Takigakure Village.
Those spies who desperately tried to escape fell into a trap the moment they stepped outside the barrier; it was a densely packed pit of insects.
Grayish-black insects swarmed out of the pit, quickly crawling all over their bodies, gnawing at their flesh, and causing them to die in agony, until they were left with only a piece of clothing.
Everyone who wanted to escape stopped in their tracks.
The leaders and elders of Takigakure Village, who had caught up with them, also showed expressions of fear.
Although they all knew that there must be someone plotting behind this, they never imagined that this person would have such terrifying strength.
It's not just illusion magic, but also this terrifying insect control technique.
"This is..." Everyone guessed the identity of the person behind it, and an elder tremblingly announced his name.
"The Aburame clan's insect control technique... It turns out that the Konoha rogue ninja Aburame Shisei, who had been lurking all along, was actually hiding in our village."
That's a ninja who defected from Konoha!
A person's name, a tree's shadow.
Since the founding of Konoha Village, only two people have openly defected from the village: one is Madara Uchiha, and the other is this insect controller who leaves no trace.
He was given this title because any enemy who encountered him would be devoured clean by insects.
Congratulations, you got it right!
A calm voice sounded from behind them.
The group turned around abruptly, as if facing a formidable enemy. Aburame Shicheng had appeared behind them unnoticed, smiling and greeting them, "Hi."
"But now is not the time for greetings. To prevent leaks, I still need these people and I need to take them with me. You don't have any objections, right?"
At this moment, Shibuki, the leader of Takigakure Village, was on the verge of physical collapse. The side effects of the Hero Water were beginning to take effect, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices and leaving him almost unable to fight.
The other two elders also had no choice but to take out the Hero's Water and hold it tightly in their hands.
They didn't respond to Aburame Shisei's words, and they didn't dare to stop him from doing so.
Seeing this, the four surviving spies immediately shouted, "Gentlemen, now that you've seen through his true form, do you think he'll let you go? This Konoha rogue ninja is ruthless by nature; to date, no ninja who has witnessed his true abilities has survived. Now, our only chance of survival is to fight him together!"
The other elders were indeed moved after hearing this.
Unexpectedly, Yu Nu Zhicheng only glanced back at them, and all his thoughts vanished.
"Heh, what are you saying?" He turned his head back, pointing to his headband. "Look at my headband now. I'm a ninja from Takigakure now. Why would I attack my own people?"
The spies knew that incitement was futile, so they had no choice but to fight to the death.
Two of the strongest among them exchanged a glance and unleashed their signature moves to attack Aburame Shisei; the other two tried to break through the encirclement and escape.
However, as soon as he leaped onto the tree, a swarm of insects, darkening the sky, poured out from the trunk and devoured him completely.
The other person also took the opportunity to escape to a distance, only to find that in the endless darkness, there were countless insects all around—this place had already been surrounded by a swarm of insects and turned into a cage!
After the two men died, the remaining two ninjas who attacked Aburame Shisei were frozen in place, clearly having unknowingly fallen into an illusion.
Aburame Zhicheng walked up to them, created two insect clones, carried them on his back, and headed into the village.
Then, he glanced at the tense elders out of the corner of his eye and said sincerely with a smile, "Don't be nervous. As I said before, I am now a ninja of Takigakure. I'm not here to break this place up; I'm here to join it."
"Of course, even if you use the Hero's Water, you are no match for me, and you will only waste a good material."
The elders of Takigakure Village were not fools. No one believed his words, but they could all hear the threat in them.
He was right. Just now, Aburame Shisei had already shown that what remained here was not the real body, but only a remotely controlled insect clone.
Even if they have the ability to destroy this clone, so what? As long as he doesn't show himself, they will all die from the backlash of the Hero's Water in the long run.
At that moment, the dying Shibuki forced himself to sit up and managed to ask, "What...what is your purpose?"
"Seeking refuge," Aburame Shisei replied simply.
Shibuki was skeptical, but had no choice but to believe it. He took a step forward, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
He asked again, "Why did you attack the village today?"
"I didn't attack the village." Shisei Aburame shook his head. "I just wanted those spies to disappear from the village without a trace. When I first arrived at Takigakure Village, I felt that it was peaceful and serene, like a paradise."
But some people, some things, always try to shatter my illusions. So those things are pests living near my house, and I want to get rid of them. I just want the village to return to its original state.
The other elders and leaders, upon hearing this, thought the man had gone mad. For the true face of the ninja village lay in rampant killing and deception; the so-called peace and tranquility were nothing but a daytime illusion.
His expression, especially when he spoke and acted, was terrifyingly calm; he could even laugh. Indeed, those who become strong are either geniuses or madmen.
After suspecting he was mentally unstable, the elders dared not resist too much, thinking that if they went along with him, they could not only survive, but the village might also gain a powerful ally.
Once this thought crossed my mind, my body relaxed slightly.
Just then, the leader of the Shemu tribe coughed up a mouthful of black blood and collapsed to the ground, the side effects of the Hero Water had reached their limit.
He was powerless to reverse the situation.
Aburame Shisei appeared before him, squatted down to examine the body closely, and exclaimed, "What a precious corpse!"
Then he said to the other elders, "Do you still want him? If not, I will take him away as material."
"You are desecrating a corpse!" The only female elder among the four elders stepped forward, her face showing obvious resistance.
In the ninja world, a person's body should be buried after death, or at the very least, cremated into ashes.
The fact that the person before us intends to use the corpse for ninja experiments is undoubtedly a desecration of the dead.
Fortunately, the other three elders reacted quickly. They knew their own strength and immediately pulled the man back into the group.
"You can take the body; I'll figure out something else for the rest."
"Thank you all very much for your generosity." Aburame Shisei bowed slightly to them.
It was just a simple action, yet it made the four elders feel increasingly uneasy.
They felt a chill run down their spines, especially when they saw the insects that had almost surrounded the entire village flying back one after another and crawling into Aburame Shisei's sleeves.
"There's one more thing," Aburame Shisei said with a smile as he turned his head.