Hidden Mist Village, Water Shadow Building.
It must be admitted that Minazuki Sora is indeed someone of substance. He was able to take over as Water Shadow at lightning speed, clean up the mess left by the previous warmongering generation, and quickly resolve an impending disaster, which proves his intelligence and skill.
He invited Shin'yu and the others to the Water Shadow Building, not only completely disregarding the Hidden Mist Ninjas who had just been killed by them, but even treating them with courtesy, promising to send people to assist Shin'yu in verifying and investigating the Kaguya Clan, and even offering some help if necessary.
Setting up a banquet, exchanging pleasantries, showing weakness and complaining, expressing righteous indignation... After this series of procedures, Shin'yu and the others, who had originally come aggressively, were somewhat appeased by his almost fawning comfort.
You don't hit someone who's smiling, after all.
Soon, with the active cooperation of the Hidden Mist Ninjas, Shin'yu and the others arrived at the Kaguya Clan Territory and met the man named Kaguya Qiong.
"You are the current chairman of the 'Iron Cutting' Merchant Guild?" Shin'yu asked with his arms crossed, with a scrutinizing look.
Kakuzu and Uchiha Hikari stood to his left and right respectively. Behind them were Minazuki Sora and a dozen Hidden Mist Anbu Ninjas wearing masks.
"I am." Kaguya Qiong's expression was solemn. The other party had brought so many people, including the current Water Shadow, so even he had to be on guard.
This was a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a white kimono, with long black hair combed into a bun on either side of a lightning-shaped part. His face was slightly thin, and there were two poignant red moles above his eyebrows.
"What about Oikawa Genzo?" Shin'yu asked, narrowing his eyes.
Kaguya Qiong's pupils suddenly sank, and a look of panic flashed across his face. "How do you know this name?"
Kakuzu stepped forward and let out a muffled laugh. "He owes a debt, and we're here to collect it."
"How is that possible... Second Water Shadow clearly guaranteed it..." Kaguya Qiong widened his eyes, his face changing several times, finally leaving only a gloomy and fierce expression. "Hmph, it seems he also reached some kind of agreement with someone. Now that he's dead, the debt collectors are here immediately. How unreliable."
Light lost patience, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing slightly. "Do you know or not?"
"Of course I know, but... the person you're talking about has been dead for many years." Kaguya Qiong raised his eyes and smiled gloomily. "If I'm not mistaken, you are Samurai from the Land of Iron, right?"
Shin'yu ignored the other party's question and said calmly, "It doesn't matter, we'll find whoever killed him."
"That's a pity. Gengetsu Hozuki personally took action back then, but he's dead now." Kaguya Qiong's lips curled up, revealing a rogue smile. "Speaking of which, Oikawa Genzo was my master in swordsmithing. It's just a pity that he was executed by our Second Water Shadow just after he passed on the 'Hundred Hands Tradition' to me..."
As he spoke, he rolled his eyes. The blindfolded young man did not respond to his question directly, which meant that he had guessed correctly.
The other party was just a Samurai from the Land of Iron who had come to question him. Probably taking advantage of the death of the Second Water Shadow, they were ready to move and vainly attempt to regain their interests.
Moreover, he keenly noticed the Katana hanging on the young man's waist. The blade was slender, the scabbard was made of blue jiao skin, embroidered with special cloud-like patterns, simple and elegant, as if made by nature. Based on his many years of experience in swordsmithing, he recognized at a glance that this was the work of the "One Heart Tradition", a Guardian God Sword that needed to be enshrined in a shrine, and could not be held by ordinary Samurai!
Therefore, the other party's identity as someone from the Land of Iron was confirmed! And it was very likely that he was a noble from the Land of Iron Shogunate!
If I could get that sword... my skills would definitely reach a higher level!
"Tsk, that's a bit difficult." Shin'yu turned his head slightly, his tone implying inquiry. This action was to attract the attention of the Third Water Shadow, making him realize that he was "looking" at him.
Minazuki Sora was also a little hesitant. According to the previous discussions between the two, if the Kaguya Clan chose to play dumb or refused to cooperate, they would immediately take iron-blooded measures to suppress them.
Although he did have the intention of using Shin'yu's hand to teach the Kaguya Clan a lesson, the Kaguya Clan was also a member of the village after all. If they really did this, could the final result be good?
However, just as Minazuki Sora was in trouble, Kaguya Qiong suddenly let out a mocking laugh.
"What's wrong, are you out of moves already? How boring. I thought you would be well prepared."
He completely stopped pretending, slowly withdrawing his hands from his sleeves, looking down at everyone, his slightly contemptuous gaze sweeping across the faces of the Water Shadow and the Anbu Ninjas. "Minazuki Sora, do you think you can use a few incompetent Samurai from the Land of Iron to question me? Taking the opportunity to attack my Kaguya Clan? Don't forget, I am not only the chairman of 'Iron Cutting', but also the Clan Head of the Kaguya Clan!"
He reached out and waved, and dozens of white-clothed figures fell from all around, surrounding everyone in turn. They were all elites of the Kaguya Clan, each with a bloodthirsty smile on their faces.
At this, Shin'yu and the others remained expressionless, without any reaction, but Minazuki Sora suddenly became nervous.
"Water Shadow, everyone is a member of the Hidden Mist Village, there's no need for bloodshed, but I'll accept these three people you sent as a gift for now."
"Gurururu."
A dense and strange sound floated in the wind, and the Kaguya Clan members raised their arms one after another, with pale white bone blades emerging from their palms, accompanied by wisps of transparent tissue fluid, all flashing with the cold light of sharp blades.
This is the special Bloodline Limit of the Kaguya Clan, called "Dead Bone Pulse". Its horror lies in the fact that it can not only freely manipulate osteoblasts and osteoclasts through Chakra, but also control the concentration of calcium to strengthen the hardness of bones. Therefore, it is almost the nemesis of all taijutsu Ninja!
The Dead Bone Pulse endows the Kaguya Clan with strong recovery ability and bone hardness, which makes them unafraid of weapons on the battlefield, and everyone is a battle maniac who craves blood and slaughter.
"Three guests from the Land of Iron, please don't worry, whether it's Oikawa Genzo or Gengetsu Hozuki..." Kaguya Qiong showed a fierce smile, "I will send you to see them!"
He waved his sleeves and launched the attack first, white finger bones emerging from his fingertips, scattering like bullets.
"Ten Finger Drilling Bullets!"
Faced with the dense finger bones piercing through the air, Shin'yu actually laughed.
There was no need for him to take action at all. Kakuzu clasped his hands together, forming the "Serpent" seal, and a tall earth wall rose from the ground, intercepting all the finger bones, making a dense "bang bang bang" sound.
"Hmm? Ninja?" Kaguya Qiong was slightly taken aback, but didn't care. It was reasonable for the young nobles of the Land of Iron to hire two Ninja as bodyguards.
What he really cared about was whether the Hidden Mist Anbu would take the opportunity to attack the Kaguya Clan. Fortunately, the Third Water Shadow chose to wait and see, seemingly gathering momentum, but in reality, he had no intention of taking action.
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