V.3 Chapter 20

Yugito with her long, blonde hair bound with taut bandages and dark eyes sat on a chair in a big tent.

She leaned back on the soft chair and lightly massaged her shoulders and did some stretching. When she got up from the chair, she yawned.

"...I am going to sleep. Anyone outside, take these files to Vice-Commander." Yugito said as she walked further inside the tent and opened the bandages tying her hair.

She sat on the bed and opened the drawer right beside it to take out the diary she wrote every night.

"Huh? Where is my diary?... Is it on the table??"Yugito walked back to the area she previously was in to look for her diary.

When she got there, she noticed that the files were still lying on her table. She also noticed that no movement or noise was coming from the outside.

"This is…" As Yugito was saying, she was interrupted by a presence who came right behind her.

A sharp dagger was placed at her throat as the man said,"...Weird, right?"

Yugito hit her elbow at the man's stomach and pushed his hand away quickly and jumped opposite to him.

When Yugito saw the man's face, she recognized him.

"You're the one destroying camps…Kiyotaka, I presume."

Kiyotaka gave no reaction and looked at Yugito with a cold expression.

He then threw a dagger at Yugito to make a distraction while he charged from a different direction.

Yugito quickly used Matatabi's chakra and formed a thin coat of red chakra around her. With the help of the chakra, her physical skills were amplified a lot.

She caught the dagger thrown at her with one hand and tried to stop Kiyotaka's kick with the other.

She was able to stop Kiyotaka's kick but ended up getting pushed away a little.

"Wow, that is too much strength." Yugito complimented Kiyotaka as she broke the dagger from the pressure in her hands.

Some pieces of the broken dagger caused her palm to bleed. As she looked at her palm, the wound was healing at a visible speed.

"I heal pretty fast," Yugito said as she rushed at Kiyotaka.

She clenched her fists and went straight for Kiyotaka's face.

Kiyotaka did not react at all and stood in one place, without even changing his cold expression. When Yugito's fist finally made contact with Kiyotaka's face, Kiyotaka dissipated into smoke.

Now, he appeared again, standing on Yugito's back. He Stabbed her in her shoulder and was about to cut her throat when she used her momentum to escape Kiyotaka.

"That was… too fast," Yugito said as she held her bleeding shoulder. Her shoulder healed at a fast pace too.

All the while it healed, Kiyotaka stood peacefully looking at her shoulder.

"I haled again… Can you not speak or something?" Yugito asked as she once again got ready to fight.

"... You can heal fast, but how much can you heal?" Kiyotaka said and disappeared right after.

Yugito, who was still confused by Kiyotaka's words, got stabbed right in the stomach after Kiyotaka appeared again.

She held her stomach with one hand and took out a kunai using her other.

Kiyotaka again appeared in front of her and this time, he made some quick movements. Within a few seconds, he punched her in her ribs and face and stabbed her all over the body.

This caused all her locomotive systems to be severely damaged and she fell.

Kiyotaka now stood above Yugito, looking down at her with a cold expression. The fight had also given some wounds to Kiyotaka. He had a dislocated left shoulder and a cut on his thigh as blood flowed out of it uncontrollably.

"Why are you doing this?" Yugito asked. She wanted to buy some time, enough for her to make a plan to get out.

Kiyotaka tilted his head slightly and looked at Yugito in her eyes coldly. Without saying any words, he pulled Yugito's hair and cut her throat, separating her head from the rest of her body.

Kiyotaka carried her head to the outside of the tent.

Outside, he picked up a large wooden stick and put it on the ground. He then stuck Yugito's head on the stick and turned around.

He walked through the creepily silent camp in the middle of the night. Not even a single living soul other than Kiyotaka remained in the area.

As Kiyotaka reached the entrance of the camp, back to where he had killed Asahi, Masaru and the others, he once again looked behind and said in a cold voice," Pathetic."

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-On some other day, In the morning, Konoha-

Yukan stood in the shower after his morning training. During this time, he has been doing all the housework while Kushina has been trying her best to plan the wedding.

Yukan started training in using other weapons like the dagger, halberd, other kinds of swords etc.

Currently, he was sitting on a stool as the water fell on his back.

"Haiz, what is the date today?... I have a way, hey system, how much more time till my next template is unlocked?" Yukan asked the system.

[Replying to the Host, 15 days are left]

"15 days… so it is mom's death anniversary in three days and my birthday is next month… Red lantern festival next month too."

Yukan said as he smiled happily. He then got out of the shower and started his day's work by starting to make breakfast for Kushina.