pertwk Chapter 79 Illusionary Vehicle, Shadow of Konoha
Chapter 79 Illusionary Vehicle, Shadow of Konoha
Chapter 79 Illusionary Vehicle, Shadow of Konoha
Sousuke raised his head, his snake-like eyes fixed on the man on the second floor. This man had very weak chakra; he was just an ordinary person.
But behind him stood two burly guards, their entire bodies encased in black armor.
The two guards' body temperatures rose, their chakra was being mobilized, and they were ready to attack. Moreover, their chakra reserves were almost equal to Kaori's!
"The leader of the Black Tooth Gang?" Sosuke asked.
"The Black Tooth Gang is just a tool; you can call me and others."
The young man descended the stairs gracefully, followed by two guards whose armor clattered.
"Mr. Sosuke, you've ruined my business. This puts me in a difficult position."
"That's my business," Sosuke corrected.
"No, whoever can make money is the boss."
The man stopped, and the two guards continued forward.
"When the paper money in the Land of Fire wasn't worth much, I borrowed a lot to expand my business, but the expansion failed. Now, the paper money has appreciated, and my creditors are harassing me every day."
"I need money. Lots of money."
"Your water purification business is too tempting."
"I originally wanted to capture you and find out the formula for the serum. But you came here on your own."
Kazuto raised his walking stick and pointed it at Sosuke.
"Kill that woman. Capture this kid."
The two guards moved suddenly. They drew their swords from their waists, and blue chakra shot out from under their feet, moving at incredible speed.
"Kaori, step back."
Sosuke didn't dodge. His left eye, the snake pupil, contracted slightly.
In his vision, the chakra of the two guards was distributed on their legs and hands, and their attire included a sword—was that of a samurai?
Kaori will have a hard time dealing with this kind of tin can enemy.
Sosuke retreated and pulled the steel wire with his right hand.
"Explosive Array, activate."
"boom!!!"
A deafening explosion rang out inside the abandoned textile factory.
Sosuke detonated a string of explosive tags. This was something he had planned beforehand.
From the moment he entered the factory, he used steel wire to place several explosive tags in the surrounding shadows.
The shockwave knocked the two guards off their feet. Their heavy armor deformed in the explosion.
The man's smile vanished, and he stumbled backward, coughing repeatedly as he was choked by the smoke and dust.
"A madman—detonating explosive tags in a place like this?"
"I have a very clear understanding of the value of my life."
Sosuke emerged from the smoke. He had suffered some minor injuries, but was otherwise unharmed.
Kaori seized the opportunity, and her long sword was already held against Kazuto's neck.
The two guards tried to get up, but were locked in place by Sousuke's wire. Wearing armor could indeed prevent many injuries, but it also greatly reduced their agility.
"Don't move."
Sosuke walked up to Kazuto.
The man who had been so elegant just moments before was now covered in dust, his eyes filled with despair.
"Kill me." Kazuto closed his eyes. "Anyway, I'm going to die anyway because of the debts I owe."
How much do you owe?
"Thirty million taels." He gritted his teeth. "That's usury. The creditor is an arms dealer on the border of the Wind Kingdom. If I don't pay it off next month, they'll slaughter my whole family."
Thirty million taels. This was an astronomical figure in the eyes of ordinary chambers of commerce.
But in Sosuke's eyes, this was just a month's profit from water purification.
"Your guards are good. They are strong and loyal."
Sosuke looked at them.
"That formulator can also restore the color of clear water using cheap herbs."
"You are all elites."
Kaori, listening from the side, was completely confused.
What is the boss trying to do? This is their enemy.
"I'll give you thirty million taels."
Sosuke made a startling statement.
Kazuto was stunned. Kaori was stunned too.
Even the formulator hiding in the corner raised his head.
"What did you say?" Kazuhime thought he was hallucinating.
I said, "I'll help you pay off your debts."
Sosuke pulled out a stack of checks, which were credit certificates from the Takaya Trading Company. He made a few marks on them.
"Here is five million taels as a deposit."
"You can collect the remaining 25 million taels from the shop on Red Fan Street next month."
He took the check with trembling hands.
"Conditions—what are the conditions?"
"From this day forward, you, along with all your craftsmen and guards, will be employed by me."
This was a good investment. Sosuke didn't lack money, he lacked capable subordinates.
In Sosuke's eyes, these people were all talented. Talented people should not be wasted.
"You—you're not afraid I'll run off with the money?" He held the check in disbelief.
"You can run."
Sousuke smiled.
"But the Konoha Police Force has all the evidence that you forged military supplies."
"If you run away from the Land of Fire, you will be killed by the creditors of the Land of Wind. If you stay in the Land of Fire, you will be hunted down by the guards."
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"Only by staying with me can you be a legitimate worker."
Silence with people.
Then, he slowly bowed.
"Boss."
He lowered his head.
"The Black Tooth Gang and its men will obey your orders."
Sosuke nodded in satisfaction.
Just then.
The surrounding air suddenly became thick. A chilling coldness crept up my ankles.
He suddenly fell silent, his pupils contracting sharply.
"Here we go again."
"What? It's happening again?" Sosuke asked.
But there was no reply.
He knelt on the ground, clutching his own neck with both hands, his face turning purple, and making hoarse sounds from his throat.
The two guards also grabbed their own necks.
Sosuke was horrified.
"Kaori, be on guard."
He gave a low shout.
Clang. The long sword made a crisp sound as it hit the ground.
Sosuke suddenly turned his head.
Kaori Uzuki's eyes were also unfocused.
In her field of vision, countless white fabrics moved without wind, like the tongues of a hanged ghost.
Among those bolts of cloth, she saw a person.
That was her husband, Jubei Uzuki.
He was covered in blood, with a rope around his neck, and was dangling in the air.
"Kaori—why—why didn't you come to be with me—" Jubei's face was pale and swollen, his tongue was sticking out, and his eyes were bulging.
"Jubei—"
Kaori was in tears. Her hands rose uncontrollably and gripped her own neck.
That was despair, the pain that had been building up for months, and the collapse that followed a struggle on the edge of money and dignity.
"Kaori, wake up!"
Sosuke's sensory snake in his left eye began to writhe wildly in his eye socket.
In the images transmitted by Snake Eyes, faint purple chakra threads appeared in the air. These threads, as if alive, hung down from the shadows of the ceiling, densely intertwining in mid-air.
There it is!
In the dead corner of the ceiling beam, hangs an inconspicuous little wind chime.
The wind chime was entirely white, and looked as if it were made of ground bone. It was emitting a series of high-frequency vibrations.
That trembling sound was continuously emitting chakra fluctuations that interfered with the nerves in all directions.
This is what is known as haunting.
Zongsuke snorted coldly.
Snapped!
He rushed up to Kaori, raised his hand, and slapped her hard across the face.
This slap was extremely heavy and imbued with chakra, knocking Kaori to the ground.
Chakra interference and excruciating pain jolted Kaori awake from her hallucinations.
She gasped for breath, touching her burning cheeks, her eyes gradually regaining their clarity.
"That's... an illusion?"
Without saying a word, Sousuke pulled out a kunai, wrapped it with an explosive tag, and threw it!
The kunai traced a precise parabola, skimming across the dark roof beams.
Boom! The bone wind chime shattered instantly.
The sticky chill in the air quickly dissipated.
He abruptly released his grip and collapsed to the ground, retching uncontrollably. The two black-armored guards also slumped down, their rapid breathing emanating from beneath their visors.
"What is that?!" Kaori picked up the knife from the ground, her fingers still trembling slightly.
"have no idea."
Sosuke walked over and picked up a broken piece of the bell.
The fragments were engraved with extremely tiny incantations, a style so twisted and sinister that Sousuke was very familiar with.
That's the aesthetic of people like Orochimaru or Danzo.
"Kazuto." Sousuke looked at Kazuto. "You just said—it's happening again. Have you encountered this situation before?"
"Yes—yes," Kazuto replied weakly. "Several of the workers who went into this factory committed suicide. We usually—only dare to move around in this small area."
He didn't want to come here, but only here would no one come to arrest them for producing counterfeit purified water.
Sosuke stared at the fragment in his hand, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.
Why did someone set up an illusion here?
"We can't stay here. Let's go."
Half an hour later, Sosuke and Kaori returned to the West Street warehouse.
Sosuke was still thinking about that wind chime.
What is the purpose of placing that level of illusion vessel?
The instant the wind chime shattered, Snake Eyes seemed to see an extremely strong, purple, spiraling chakra reaction flash beneath the factory floor.
But he didn't go in to dig deeper.
He is not yet qualified to touch upon those deep secrets.
Kaori sat silently to one side. She was still recalling the image of her husband in her hallucination.
"Kaori," Sousuke said.
"Um."
"The dead cannot be brought back to life."
Sosuke took an envelope out of his pocket and handed it to her.
"This is the tuition fee reserved for Yugao to enter the Ninja Academy in the future. Your life now belongs to the Takaya Trading Company. Don't let those dead things from the past take it away so easily."
Kaori took the envelope.
"Yes, boss."
Meanwhile, in the abandoned textile factory.
A person wearing a mask stood quietly.
He pulled a notebook from his pocket and wrote down a line in small print:
[Observation Sample: Sousuke. Characteristics: Suspected of possessing some kind of eye technique, along with the ability to see through illusions and resist illusions. Danger Level: Upgraded to Class C.]
The masked man closed the notebook and disappeared.
That was Shimura Danzo's "root".
The shadow of Konoha has never left.
That very night, Sosuke officially entered the field of vision of this behemoth.