25 Chapter 22. " At night, demons go out to hunt.”
Closer to night.
Somewhere in the nearby forest.
Pakura's party had already decided to stop for the last night before crossing the border.
Not far from their camp, there was still a sand AMBU squad monitoring the situation.
At the moment, I was the one who was watching the delegation from one of the branches of a tall tree in this dense forest.
Once we are in the Land of Fire, this area will come across quite often, after all, there is a suitable climate for a large number of trees and other vegetation, this is not Suna...
Now was the most dangerous time - we were closer to the village of Liszt than to our own country.
I do not know what the purpose of our delegation is, but if there were no references to such a global meeting in history that I would remember, then there are two options:
The fact that such a mission exists is a consequence of my decisions.
Or...
Someone prevented this meeting from taking place.
And I think I know who it could be…
From this point on, I decided to place traps during the stops and hide the famous set - my puppets, in different places.
...
Some time later.
The salamander burrowed into the ground at the front of the camp, 50 meters away, to block a strong long-range attack if it took place or to trap a couple of enemies in a cage.
Kuroari and Karasu-hidden and camouflaged in the trees, so that you can suddenly take control, and attack from the back or slam the solitary death chamber.
My mother and Father are always at hand, in my bag.
Of course, there are a few more explosive seals, projectile throwers, and other small "goodies" throughout the camp.
It's only a two-day drive from here to Liszt village, so with this stop, I won't be spending too much resources.
Sometimes, I send Isu to check out the neighborhood.
Just recently, he returned and reported the approach of a group of enemies.
"People, lots of them, black, masked ..." he said quickly, in a hurry, and I gave him a new assignment:
"Root ... wake up the others, I'd better go straight to the delegation." After that, I didn't waste any more time and rushed over to them.
Unfortunately, Danzo's henchmen quickly bypassed my traps, they were experienced assassins, but having basic knowledge will not help them in open combat...
As soon as I got to the camp and jumped down in front of the eight ninja from our village who were still asleep, I quickly brought them to their senses and at the same time removed the seal on Pakura's memory.
When this girl sees me and finds out about my membership in the NSA, she may hesitate or try to protect me, and this will only add to the problems, and I will need to discuss something with her.
The people from the Root appeared from the shadows, then 6 pillars of light burst into the sky, and a huge translucent dome covered the area to cut off the rest of the squad from getting here.
Judging by the fact that the pillars were not behind, but under the dome, the barrier is not particularly strong, and my team will be able to quickly get through it from the outside, even without killing the activators.
Of course, there are exceptions, but this is not the construction of crimson lights.
Apparently, they planned to deal with the sleeping ninja and retreat, and later, if necessary, give battle to ANBU sand.
When the rest, 14 people, came out from behind the trees, I laughed maliciously and decided to stall for time by surprising them with some "shocking" information..
["Inappropriate laughter."]
"So your rat king decided to make such a stupid move?" I asked, but I knew I wouldn't get an answer.
There was a cursed seal on the tongues of all the Root members, preventing them from talking about the Danzo and their secrets.
-Well, have you swallowed the" tongues"? ... or is there no qualified speech therapist at the Root? I added mockingly.
As much as the words I'd said about Danzo and Korn, they were surprised by my age.
Due to the presence of someone from the ANBU on our side, the rats were in no hurry to attack.
Probably, they thought that others could have leaked through the barrier, and now they are sitting somewhere and waiting for the moment to strike.
But, after my last words, one of them spoke:
"The boy must die first.
We were 9 to 14, but they didn't know yet that they had "slammed" their own grave.
In the next moment, I decided to make the first move, as they were a little distracted, and one of the "rats", in the farthest part of their squad, stood right on Sanshouo.
I put my left hand out in front of me, but they didn't immediately understand what I was doing, and then a huge salamander burst out of the ground, on the back of which a dome with a shield was already closing, and a hidden weapon was activated.
"First go," I said at the moment Sanshouo appeared, and the enemies turned back to me, taking up fighting positions, but with my right hand I had already thrown the threads towards one of the trees and directed them at myself.
Karasu flew in my direction and with hidden blades in his hands beheaded the second root member from the back.
The surprise effect passed, and a big fight broke out between us, but in an open confrontation against Pakura, they had little chance, she had already fried three, it's a pity that we have so many weaklings who do not take out this fight.
Some of us are already noticeably depressed and may die at any moment.
I was jumped by two people who were not connected to the battle, out of the remaining 9, haha, thought I was some kind of feeble puppeteer? but... I immediately reacted and jumped back, kicking one of them off the shoulder, and was behind my puppet, and then sent it to finish off the disoriented "debil".
It was not difficult to finish off the second one, I broke the contact of my left hand with Karusu to pick up Kuroari from a nearby tree, and "hammered" the poor man with the first one's limbs into the coffin.
Two Chunin from the delegation still managed to die in the end, but at this point the barrier was removed, and the surviving members of the Root-6 people who installed the dome, and 3 ninja from the recent skirmish, decided to retreat.
They were followed by all the members of the ANBU sand and the delegation, except me, because I had something much more important to do.
...
I collected every corpse and severed limb...
The cursed seal doesn't disappear when you die, and you can't buy such equipment even on the black market.
Pakura, with whom I will discuss everything in advance before their visit to the village of Liszt, will have a very "interesting" conversation with Hiruzen.
No, of course, I'm sure he won't kill Danzo anyway, and he won't let go of the rat root, because he's too soft.
But I can do this myself in the future, but what interests me is to bargain for one interesting seal…
The secret technique of the second Hokage and Minato Namikaze "Yellow Lightning", or rather the formula of the flying god of thunder.
No one will provide me with a self-help guide or a personal mentor, but I already know everything about it.
I'm pretty sure he won't want the fact of the attack publicized, and if you add our agreement to cooperate and approve his stupid offer, which Pakura is going to discuss, he will give her a reliable seal formula.
Minato has not yet become famous as "Yellow Lightning", and they do not yet realize the full potential of this technique, and Hiruzen definitely got it from his teacher.
Without a good reaction and precise control of the chakra, it is generally useless, but with my skills and knowledge, it will be easy to master this spatial ninjutsu.
That's when... hold on, " bitches", it was necessary to take the code name Zenitsu Agatsuma…
"We'll see who the Lightning is," I couldn't resist saying out loud.
