Chapter 58: I'll Send You to See Him
Having only killed a single genin, Li Jie xuan was naturally unwilling to stop there so easily.
After dealing with Matsukawa Koichi's corpse, Li Jie xuan turned back, pushed aside the burning debris, and squatted down again…
Seeing this, Hyuga Yizhen, watching from afar, couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth and sighing. "Captain… he squatted back down again."
The others exchanged looks and sighed in unison.
This was just too despicable…
Meanwhile, fifty kilometers away, inside the rocky cave—
"What's going on? Why hasn't Matsukawa Koichi come back yet?"
Tu Fei Fengta frowned, a vague sense of unease rising in his heart…
"He should be fine. The Leaf doesn't even dare come out right now!" One of his subordinates sounded optimistic. They had been pressing the Leaf hard for days now—it felt great.
Another ten minutes passed. Tu Fei Fengta suddenly stood up. "Let's go. We'll take a look!"
The Sand Village had practically wagered its entire fortune on this war. Just one chūnin squad consisted of ten people—two chūnin and eight genin.
Leaving behind only one chūnin and three genin, everyone else followed Tu Fei Fengta toward Wolveshame Village…
When Tu Fei Fengta arrived, Brother Wang was still sitting on the ground in a daze, thinking that when his wife got back, she'd definitely skin him alive.
"What happened here?"
Brother Wang repeated the same explanation as before. Tu Fei Fengta frowned. "Where's the ninja who came earlier?"
"When he went in, the fire was still blazing. He never came back out after that!"
"Did you hear any sounds of fighting?"
"No…!"
Brother Wang nodded firmly.
Hearing this, Tu Fei Fengta's brow furrowed even tighter.
No sounds of fighting?
With Matsukawa Koichi's ability, there was no way he could be killed silently by a chūnin.
Could it have been a jōnin?
But Tu Fei Fengta quickly dismissed that idea. If it really were a jōnin, why resort to such sneaky methods? They could've just charged straight in—there was no way Tu Fei Fengta's group could have stopped them.
Once all other possibilities were ruled out, the remaining answer—no matter how unbelievable—had to be the truth.
Matsukawa Koichi had burned to death!
Having reached this conclusion, Tu Fei Fengta led his group straight into the fire site. By now, the flames had weakened considerably. Only scattered embers still burned quietly between the ruined houses. But after searching for a while, they still couldn't find Matsukawa Koichi.
Just then, a faint crying sound suddenly rang out…
"Waa… waa…"
It sounded like a baby crying, though very weak.
Following the sound, Tu Fei Fengta pushed aside the rubble and unexpectedly discovered Matsukawa Koichi's body. His corpse had already been burned into a charred stump. A sharp roof beam had pierced straight through his chest—though even that beam had been burned black, its original shape no longer recognizable…
Pushing aside Matsukawa Koichi's body, a badly injured Li Jie xuan opened his eyes in confusion, his mouth weakly opening and closing.
"Uncle… don't leave me…"
At that sight, even a man of iron would shed tears, and even the Buddha would show compassion…
Case closed!
Matsukawa Koichi must have been trying to save this child when a fire-weakened beam collapsed, piercing straight through his heart.
And in his final moments, Matsukawa Koichi had used his own body to hold up this small pocket of space for the child to survive…
Matsukawa Koichi—well done!
Everyone couldn't help but feel deep respect for him, even though he had usually been rather quiet.
But he was a great man!
"Hurry up and get the child out!"
Tu Fei Fengta frowned. These genin really had no sense at all.
The only female ninja in the squad volunteered and carried Li Jie xuan out. The generous softness pressing against him made Li Jie xuan shudder violently.
As expected—two years old and twenty years old were completely different sensations…
Still, Li Jie xuan wasn't in a hurry. When Tsunade turned twenty, he feared even both hands wouldn't be enough to handle it!
Raising a girl took patience—but right now, that wasn't the important thing…
Li Jie xuan weakly opened his eyes and reached out toward the chubby Tu Fei Fengta. "Koichi… uncle…"
"This kid doesn't want the beauty—he wants an uncle!"
Everyone froze for a moment. The female ninja holding Li Jie xuan even felt a bit wronged. Her chest was clearly so generous—children usually loved it…
"He probably mistook me for Matsukawa Koichi…"
Tu Fei Fengta nodded proudly again and again. "Good boy. You've got good taste. Come on, uncle will hold you!"
"Uncle Koichi!"
Li Jie xuan stretched out his arms eagerly and grabbed Tu Fei Fengta's arm tightly.
Feeling the strength coming from his arm, Tu Fei Fengta couldn't help but pause. "This kid's surprisingly strong…"
But he didn't think much of it, assuming Li Jie xuan was just emotional. He affectionately pulled him into his arms.
"Little guy, your Uncle Koichi has gone to a very faraway place. You'll never see him again."
"So gentle, Captain!"
"Captain, I'm moved to tears…"
Just as it should have been a warm, heartfelt moment, Li Jie xuan suddenly nodded coldly.
"I know."
"What?"
Tu Fei Fengta looked at Li Jie xuan in confusion, unsure if he'd heard correctly.
"Pff—"
Without warning, a sharp kunai viciously pierced straight through Tu Fei Fengta's heart.
Li Jie xuan gently pushed him away and broke into a grin.
"I may never see him again—but I'm planning to send you to see him!"
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