Chapter 18: A man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot grow fat without night grass
Inside the cave, the battle continued.
However, the situation at this time was very different from before.
After Fujiwara Tetsuya dealt with his opponent, he and Aburame Mokujin teamed up to eliminate the other two rogue Ninja.
They were able to free up their hands and jointly confront Harukawa Nomaru.
Uchiha Mikoto's condition was not good.
Her dark hair was disheveled, and at some point, trickles of blood had seeped from the corners of her mouth.
Although her Sharingan provided some restraint,
the gap in power was not so easily bridged.
In the Taijutsu combat, Uchiha Mikoto was almost overwhelmingly suppressed by Harukawa Nomaru.
"Konoha brats! You deserve to die, all of you!"
"Why! Why did you have to provoke me!"
"Why, why won't you even give me a way to live!"
Looking at the cold bodies surrounding him,
Harukawa Nomaru's eyes grew increasingly frenzied.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
At a critical moment, Yuhi Shinwa, who was hidden in the shadows, made his move.
The rising earth wall blocked the powerful earth dragon.
In the nick of time, he saved Fujiwara Tetsuya and the other two.
"Jonin!"
The moment Harukawa Nomaru saw Yuhi Shinwa, he quickly flashed backward, his fingers rapidly moving, clearly preparing a powerful Ninjutsu.
"Quick reaction! But, it's too late!"
"Because, the moment I appeared, you were already caught in my Genjutsu."
Listening to the voice in his ears, Fujiwara Tetsuya only felt his eyelids grow heavy.
When he opened his eyes again, he was already outside the cave.
Not far away, Harukawa Nomaru was being interrogated by Yuhi Shinwa.
As for Uchiha Mikoto and Aburame Mokujin, they were comforting the young girls, women, and children who had just been rescued from the cave.
"So, Murano Jihei was your former leader?"
"That's right!"
"We came back here precisely because we knew he was the mayor of Sakura Falling Town."
"We had hoped he would lead us again! But, after more than ten years of peaceful living, that bastard Murano Jihei has completely lost the honor of being a Ninja, only wanting to protect the foolish residents of Sakura Falling Town."
"The traces of Ninja combat near the town..."
"We caused those too!"
"That day, Murano Jihei didn't agree to our proposal, so we tried to forcibly take him away! But who would have thought that after more than ten years, Murano Jihei's strength hadn't declined at all!"
"We were defeated!"
"But we weren't reconciled! So we used the residents of Sakura Falling Town as leverage, constantly demanding money!"
"All for the sake of forcing Murano Jihei to comply."
Harukawa Nomaru clearly had an unimaginable obsession with Murano Jihei, his former leader.
However, considering the so-called 'foolish loyalty' of this era,
Fujiwara Tetsuya simply accepted it.
"Alright! I understand!"
"In exchange, I will leave you a complete corpse!"
Looking at Harukawa Nomaru in front of him, Yuhi Shinwa's eyes held no pity.
Harukawa Nomaru had his own convictions, and that was not wrong!
But his mistake was that, to achieve his goals,
he inflicted his evil upon a group of unrelated people.
Right is right!
Wrong is wrong!
Since he made a mistake, he should pay a sufficient price.
"Thank you!"
"If possible, please allow me to be buried with my fallen comrades."
"Tetsuya!"
"Yes, Yuhi-sensei!"
"This person, I'll leave him for you to handle! No problem, right?"
"No problem, Yuhi-sensei!"
"I'll take care of it cleanly!"
Just as Yuhi Shinwa was still considering whether his request seemed too urgent,
Fujiwara Tetsuya, suppressing the joy in his heart, was already pushing Harukawa Nomaru towards the nearby forest.
Harukawa Nomaru's strength was not weak!
At least at the peak Elite Chunin level.
Killing him would definitely provide a lot of Slaughter Value.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for killing an Elite Chunin, gaining 97 points of Slaughter Value."
97 points, huh?
That's quite a lot!
Listening to the pleasant voice in his mind, Fujiwara Tetsuya's lips slowly curved into a smile.
Including the four rogue Ninja from before,
his current Slaughter Value had reached 185 points.
For the sake of the Slaughter Value!
I'll reluctantly bury you all together!
Kicking Harukawa Nomaru's corpse, Fujiwara Tetsuya found a soft spot and buried Harukawa Nomaru and the seven rogue Ninja together.
As for the ordinary bandits, they certainly wouldn't receive such preferential treatment!
Becoming food for the beasts of the mountain was their final fate... Sakura Falling Town.
Because they were escorting two or three dozen rescued hostages,
Fujiwara Tetsuya and the others' speed was undoubtedly slowed down significantly.
It wasn't until evening that they returned to Sakura Falling Town.
"Nanako!"
"Ichiro!"
"Thank you! Konoha Ninja-sama!"
Family reunions!
Naturally, they were accompanied by tears.
However, neither Yuhi Shinwa, Uchiha Mikoto, nor Aburame Mokujin had any interest in such touching scenes.
After exchanging a few polite words, they took Fujiwara Tetsuya and headed towards Murano Jihei's residence.
"You've arrived!"
"It seems Nomaru and the others were successfully dealt with by the four of you."
Murano Jihei clearly had anticipated the arrival of Yuhi Shinwa and the other three.
"Mr. Murano! I need an explanation!"
"Before that, you concealed the information that there were seven Ninja among the bandits?"
"You should know what that means?"
Looking at the teacup in front of him, Yuhi Shinwa's eyes showed no fluctuation.
Only, the aura around him was constantly rising.
Even though Yuhi Shinwa tried his best to restrain himself, Fujiwara Tetsuya, standing behind him, still felt a crushing pressure like a collapsing mountain.
"I apologize! I caused you trouble!"
"Concealing these matters was not my intention!"
"It's just that, at present, Sakura Falling Town can barely gather enough remuneration for a C-rank mission."
"So, to resolve the threat posed by Nomaru and his group! I could only conceal some information!"
Facing Yuhi Shinwa's interrogation,
Murano Jihei gave a bitter smile and knelt directly.
He was clearly at his wit's end.
"With your strength, solving those rogue Ninja! It shouldn't have been a difficult task, should it?"
At this moment!
Yuhi Shinwa finally noticed the aura that Murano Jihei inadvertently revealed.
It was a genuine aura, possessed only by powerful individuals who had reached the Jonin level.
"If I were a few years younger, it certainly wouldn't be a problem!"
"But now, my condition has already begun to decline!"
"Moreover, Nomaru and his group held many innocent residents! Unless absolutely necessary, I was unwilling to fight them to the death."
"This matter! Ultimately, it was all my doing, and it has nothing to do with the residents of Sakura Falling Town! I implore the four of you not to take your anger out on them."
"I will report this matter truthfully to Hokage-sama! As for how to deal with it, a dedicated person will negotiate with you at that time!"
"But, rest assured! We are Konoha Ninja, not rogue Ninja!"
Holding the steaming teacup, Yuhi Shinwa said nothing more.
After drinking it all, he took Fujiwara Tetsuya and the other two and left Sakura Falling Town directly.
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