chsdbacks Chapter 154 Good meat always attracts unwanted attention.
Chapter 154 Good meat always attracts unwanted attention.
Chapter 154 Good meat always attracts unwanted attention.
"Ah, that feels so good~"
Shukaku rolled around comfortably in the desert, letting the sun beat down on it.
He likes this dry and hot environment.
"Hey, little kitty, don't forget the well-digger when you drink water!" Ann reminded him from the side, "It was because of me that you were able to escape the Sand Village's pursuit."
"Okay, okay, I know, I know. It's just threatening the daimyo, right? I've learned my lesson. I can go by myself next time," the ungrateful big cat said dismissively.
"Is that so? Then look forward to meeting the people of Sunagakure at the Daimyo's place!" An looked at it with a half-smile.
"Tch! I knew you weren't up to any good." Shukaku muttered a few words of dissatisfaction, stretched out his limbs, and slacked off.
"Anyway, I will never obey you."
"Tailed beasts will never be slaves!"
"At worst, I'll just die again. Anyway, the Sand Village has dropped the pursuit. Once I'm resurrected, I'll be free to do whatever I want."
"Really? Heh—" An chuckled coldly, "What an innocent little kitten!"
"Do you really think you'll never truly die?"
"I have good news for you. An Akatsuki organization is also capturing tailed beasts and plans to combine the nine tailed beasts into one to revive the Ten-Tails."
"So? What are your thoughts on this news?"
"What?!" Shukaku was immediately startled, rolling over and sitting up abruptly. His eyes widened in terror as he stared at the approaching figure. "The Ten-Tails?"
"That thing wants to destroy the world, how can we let it come back to life?"
"It's alright." An waved his hand with a forced smile. "Anyway, he'll be absorbed by the Jinchuriki immediately after being resurrected, so it won't affect anything."
"That won't do either!" Shukaku scrambled up to An, lowered its large head, and cried out in terror, "The old man said that the Ten-Tails must not be revived under any circumstances, otherwise the whole world will be in danger of destruction."
"What does that have to do with me?" An shrugged, giving up entirely. "If the sky falls, someone tall will hold it up. Just let the Sage of Six Paths come out and do the job!"
"But the old man is dead!" Shukaku exclaimed.
"That's not necessarily true, maybe he's not quite dead yet!" Ann said meaningfully.
"Anyway, it's not my turn to be a savior, and I don't care about that."
"I just want to tell you, little kitty, if you submit to me and obey my commands, even if you are sucked into the demonic statue of the heretic in the future, I will have a way to get you out."
"But if you don't listen to me, then I naturally won't care whether you live or die."
"This—" Shukaku hesitated for a moment.
The reason he refused to yield was, of course, because he felt he would never die, but if he were used to revive the Ten-Tails, he would truly die.
Even tailed beasts are completely unable to remain calm in the face of death.
An wasn't in a hurry and waited patiently.
Whether it succeeds or fails, it's just a minor move; success brings joy, and failure brings happiness as well.
After a long time, Shukaku finally gave in.
He reluctantly moved closer to An, puffing out his cheeks, and said, "I knew you wanted to use me as a weapon too. Fine, for the sake of peace in the ninja world, I'll do as you say for now."
"But don't be too happy yet. Your intentions are impure, and I won't approve of you."
"After the Ten-Tails crisis is resolved, you must set me free."
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"Hehe, sure!" An agreed without even thinking.
In any case, when this Ten-Tailed Crisis will be resolved is entirely up to him.
After subduing Shukaku, An sat on its head and pointed forward.
"Let's go. We'll head to Otogakure to meet up with Orochimaru, and while we're at it, we'll see how Konoha is doing."
"It's been a long time, I really miss them."
Shukaku grunted, clearly unhappy about being used as a mount, but it didn't say anything more and obediently strode off towards the Land of Rivers.
The Land of Wind and the Land of Rain are actually adjacent, so you could go back directly, but Anke wasn't so obedient as to go back and hand in the mission. Now that she was out, she naturally wanted to have a good meeting with her old friends.
The Land of Fire and the Land of Wind are separated by the Land of Rivers; to reach the Land of Fire, one must first cross the Land of Rivers.
The land of rivers is a so-called "neutral country," which is a country that is too weak to pose a threat to its neighbors and can be bullied however it wants.
The reason why it occupies such a large territory and has not yet been annexed by neighboring countries is purely due to the political game between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, which left this buffer zone here.
There is also a ninja village in the land of Kawa, called "Takumi-gaku" (Hidden Village of Craftsmen). As the name suggests, it is a hidden village built by a group of blacksmiths.
Takumi Village is famous for producing high-quality ninja tools. The five great nations outsource most of their ninja tools, such as kunai and shuriken, to this village.
The founder of Takumi Village was named "Seimei," a very skilled blacksmith who also knew some ninjutsu and pioneered the creation of many powerful ninja tools.
With these ninja tools, Takumi Ninja Village was able to suppress rogue ninjas who roamed around the country and barely maintain the security situation in the River Country.
But that's it.
The number of powerful ninja tools determines the number of high-level ninjas. Before a qualitative change is achieved, the number of ninjas is the standard for evaluating the strength of a country.
In terms of the number of ninjas, the Takumi Ninja Village, composed of a group of blacksmiths, is undoubtedly a weakling. It is bullied by various countries and cannot fight back, otherwise it will lose its status as a "neutral country" and will only be worse off.
The people of Takumi Ninja Village were naturally unwilling to accept this situation and had been trying to change it, hoping to make Takumi Ninja Village a truly powerful ninja village and the Land of Rivers a powerful nation in the ninja world.
On this day, as Turtle Demon was hammering away at his blacksmith's block, a beautiful woman suddenly rushed in excitedly.
"Leader, leader—the tailed beasts are here!"
"Oh." Turtle Demon's expression remained unchanged as he continued hammering away at the iron, saying dismissively, "Let them come. They're not going to attack a small village like ours anyway; they'll probably just pass through here."
"With a war raging outside, isn't it perfectly normal to use the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts?"
"Peacock, you need to be more composed!"
"No!" Peacock hurriedly explained, "It's not a Jinchuriki crossing the border to go on an expedition. Someone has stolen the Tailed Beast from Sunagakure and is currently passing through our Land of Rivers, heading towards the Land of Fire."
"What?!" Turtle Demon was startled. "The Sand Village's tailed beast has been taken by the Leaf Village?"
"It's not Konoha Village, it's Uchiha An, the rogue ninja from Konoha Village who defected to Amegakure."
Peacock excitedly urged, "Chief, this is the tailed beast we've been dreaming of! It usually hides in the Sand Village, but now that it's finally escaped, we can't let it go so easily!"
"I've found out that there's only Uchiha An and One-Tailed Beast in this group, no one else."
"Since he was able to steal the Tailed Beasts from the Sand Village, we can certainly steal them from him as well."
"That's right!" Turtle Demon slapped his thigh, casually tossed the hammer in his hand, and walked out. "Quickly notify Dragon Eye and Green Tiger. We all need to mobilize and retrieve that tailed beast."
"Whether or not we can revive our ancestors depends on this one!"
"Okay!" This was exactly what the peacock had been waiting for. It immediately turned and ran to notify its companions to come and gather.
A moment later, the four fully armed individuals, each carrying their most cherished ninja tools, rushed out of Takumi Village to intercept the Tailed Beasts.