Chapter 23: Ideas of Change and Assassinations

The four of them refined all the details they could think of within the framework proposed by Qingsi, making sure to accomplish their goal in one go.

After all, if they fail this time, it also means that their Kirigakure identities will most likely be exposed, and they will definitely face huge political resistance.

An ordinary person, although a general who controls a large number of troops in a country, was able to cause several Mist Hidden Village elites to go to great lengths to assassinate him, so it can be said that his death was worthy.

In the next few days, the weather was very good, so good that there were sunny days for several days in a row, which was rare in the Water Kingdom, a country with frequent clouds and fog all year round. It seemed as if the Six Paths Sage also wanted to send the general off and let him take a good look at the last sunrise for a few more days.

At the beginning, Kiyoshi, Yagura and Chinano were in the mood to go out to the street and experience life every day. With the outgoing and talkative Yagura by their side, the two boys quickly became familiar with Chinano, who was four years older than them.

The relationship between the three people gradually changed from simple teammates to friends.

But after a long wait, there was no rain, which made Qingsi and his companions impatient, because the mission time was only one month, and now half of the time had passed. Although they did not know the specific conflict between the daimyo and the general, since the daimyo government gave a month and there was no extension, it meant that if the mission time was exceeded, even if the target was killed, it would be useless to the daimyo, which also meant the failure of the mission.

However, impatience would not have any effect on the weather in the Water Kingdom, so they could only suppress their anxiety and continue to wait patiently.

While waiting, they continued to collect relevant intelligence every day, enriching the character profile of the target in order to make the plan perfect. Qing Si and others had a clearer understanding of the target to be assassinated.

As a great nobleman under the name of the Water Country, it can be said that the general is not a good person.

No, it can even be said that there are few good people in the entire aristocracy. If all the nobles of the Water Kingdom were brought out and killed, there might be a few nobles who were wrongly accused, but if nine lucky people were randomly selected out of ten people and killed, there would definitely be some who slipped through the net.

Enslaving civilians, treating them as grass, imposing heavy taxes, and leading a decadent and corrupt life are all commonplace.

They committed gangsterism, raped women, had no humanity, were cruel and ruthless, and would beat and kill people at will if they were dissatisfied with the slightest thing. These aristocrats were simply capable of all kinds of evil.

They plundered land and killed people for fun by any means. They abused public power unscrupulously and enriched themselves at the expense of the public. They were corrupt and degenerate at will and committed crimes. This is the true portrayal of most of the nobles in the entire ninja world. As the rulers of the world, they were above everyone else. The Onmyoji of the ancient times, the samurai and ninja of the Warring States period were just tools in their eyes.

As a newly-debuted Kirigakure ninja, Kiyoshi's first mission was to assassinate a stranger he had never met before. Although ninjas are mercenaries who exist to complete missions, this mission constantly challenges Kiyoshi's inexperienced and unformed bottom line, who has memories of living in a peaceful era in his previous life. Kiyoshi previously just endured the discomfort in his heart to fulfill his duties as a Kirigakure ninja and an elite member of the Anbu.

But as he continued to gather intelligence on the general and learn more about the nobles, he gradually became calm about the task of assassinating such a scum. Even for the daimyo, the respect that Qingsi had for the ruler of this country was gradually disappearing.

In his previous life, he received education under the red flag, and in this life he has never received orthodox ninja education. Although Qingsi was born into the ninja clan, he grew up in a closed and remote village.

After awakening his past life memories, Qingsi gradually developed his own thoughts. He did not think that the ninja world should be like this. Although Qingsi did not fully understand the various political systems of the Blue Star in his previous life, at least the deformed one-country-one-village political system of the ninja world made him feel extremely wrong.

To put it bluntly, a ninja village is a gathering place where mercenary organizations gather together, but it is the largest violent organization in a country, and it is also subject to the economic control of ordinary people, which is really ridiculous. The ninjas who hold the high-end power in the ninja world are actually led by the nobles. This seems a bit ridiculous to Qingsi.

The prosperous social scene in the previous life and the memory of the first Ninja Clan era a thousand years ago. Although Qingji did not agree with Otsutsuki Hagoromo's slightly naive idea of ​​making everyone reach mutual understanding, he did not deny that the earliest Ninja Clan did have a beautiful scene.

The essence of the chakra power in the ninja world is actually the love, hatred and vengeance of the Otsutsuki family. Although there are some local fairy creatures involved, it is harmless.

The essence of the struggle in the ninja world is the struggle for interests. Struggle is actually an alternative continuation of politics. When the interests required cannot be achieved through peaceful means such as negotiation and exchange, the party in need is likely to resort to force, that is, war.

Qingsi, who had already seen through the essence of these things in his memory, slowly began to have some ideas in his mind.

A spark of change slowly ignited in Qingsi's heart, and it will burn brighter and brighter in the future. As Qingsi's thoughts continue to mature, it will eventually sweep across the entire ninja world.

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Five days passed quickly, and just when Qingsi and his companions had given up hope and had to admit that the mission had failed, a long-awaited heavy rain suddenly arrived.

The weather was like the mood of the Sage of Six Paths, changing at any time. One minute the sun was shining brightly, and the next moment dark clouds appeared, and heavy rain hit the Land of Water unexpectedly.

Time slowly came to night, and darkness enveloped the entire city.

It was the second half of the night, the time when people were most tired. Even the energetic ninjas gradually lost their vigilance after nearly a month of high-intensity defense.

The rain continued to fall, perhaps because it had not fallen for half a month, and the rain did not weaken at all. Under the night sky, the rain was pouring down, as if a curtain of water was hanging between the sky and the earth. The continuous rain blurred the vision, as if the whole world was shrouded in rain.

The time to act has come!

Qingsi and the other three put on the clothes they had prepared long ago to hide their identities. Although they were confident that they would not be discovered, they still decided to change their clothes to ensure that everything would be safe.

Thanks to Qingsi's excellent perception ability, they arrived at the outskirts of the main courtyard without alarming anyone in the front yard.

"Water Release: Kirigakure Jutsu!"

As the captain who is good at water jutsu, Feng took the lead and carefully mobilized his chakra to prevent it from emitting too obvious fluctuations.

The thick fog was controlled by the wind and slowly spread from the periphery to the target location. The heavy rain had already obstructed the vision, and the slowly dispersing fog did not arouse the suspicion of the guarding ninjas.

In the yard in front of the target house, five ninjas gathered under a tree in the yard, hiding from the rain and chatting casually.

"The mission will be completed soon! Big brother, after we get the reward in a few days, we will go and have some fun together. I have been guarding here every step of the way for more than half a month, and I am really bored. I shouldn't have taken on this protection mission for the huge reward!" One of the short ninjas complained.

"Bear with it, Fourth Brother! I have no choice. This old guy is willing to spend money. zzzzz, five million taels, just enough to keep him alive for a month, which is equivalent to us robbing him a dozen times. These damn nobles are really rich!" The tall and strong eldest brother among the five wandering ninjas explained with a slightly emotional tone.

As wandering ninjas, they often robbed merchant caravans, but the knowledge passed down for thousands of years meant that as ninjas, they had never had any thoughts about the nobles.

Therefore, when the general guessed that the daimyo was likely to kill him, he hired the notorious five wandering ninja brothers to protect him for this month.

As for why he did not issue a mission to the Hidden Mist Village, on the one hand, he did not trust the Hidden Mist Village, which nominally belonged to the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and on the other hand, being greedy for money, he did not want to pay a huge price to issue a mission to the Hidden Mist Village, one of the five major ninja villages.

The money he paid to hire these five brothers for a month would probably cost him double or even triple the price if he wanted to hire ninjas of similar strength in the Hidden Mist Village.

However, the general who had no knowledge of ninjas did not know the difference in strength between ninjas from large ninja villages and those from small ninja villages or even wandering ninjas. As jonins, the jonins from large ninja villages could easily beat the jonins from wandering ninjas. Not to mention that wandering ninjas were mostly ordinary ninjas, while the large ninja villages not only had all kinds of strange secret techniques, but also had extremely mysterious bloodline limits.

About ten minutes later, the thick fog had completely enveloped the general's house and the small courtyard in front of it. Chino Kizuna and her water clones and the copies made by Yagura Water Mirror Technique, who had already approached the Five Waves Ninja with the flow of rainwater on the ground, were ready to attack.

In the distance, Qingsi, with his nervous eyes, stared at the five men, ready to make a finishing move at any time.

"Do it!" Feng controlled the mist to emit chakra fluctuations.

The eldest of the five was a jonin, but he had only become a jonin because he had accidentally eaten a strange grass in his early years, which made him extremely strong and powerful. The second oldest was just an ordinary ninjutsu jonin who had just been promoted, and the other three were just ordinary wandering ninjas.

Thinking that something was wrong, the two jonin noticed something was wrong and their attention was instantly drawn to the chakra fluctuations in the air. Before they could be alerted or react, Chinano and Yagura's attacks arrived. Yagura was responsible for killing the little guy who complained at the beginning, and the rest were left to Chinano and her three water clones.

The five wave ninjas who had no perception ability were completely powerless to resist the action planned to the extreme by Qingsi and the other three.

In an instant, three people with the strength of elite Chunin had their throats slit and died. Although the eldest and second in command, who were both Jonin, tried to dodge and avoided Chinano's fatal blow, they were shot through the heart by a ten-finger bullet from Seiji, who had been locking onto them from a distance.

Chinano, her water clones, and Yagura beside them caught the bodies of the five people, and at the same time covered their mouths tightly to prevent them from uttering their last cries of death.

The rain was falling more and more urgently, as if it was coordinating with their actions. The sound of raindrops hitting the ground perfectly covered up the subtle sounds of their attacks.

Seeing the three people succeed, Feng quickly dissipated the chakra that maintained the Mist Hidden Technique, and the wind chakra swirled around his body, and he quickly rushed into the house.

The general was still sleeping at this time, unaware that the five wandering ninja brothers, whom he had hired at a huge expense, had all gone to see the Sage of Six Paths.

Yin-Mao-Xu-Wei-Chen, the five seals were completed in the blink of an eye.

"Wind Release: Wind Cut Technique!"

Without any hesitation, Feng used the Wind Cutting Technique to cut across the general's neck. The extremely concentrated wind attribute chakra gathered together to form an extremely sharp wind blade, which easily cut through without causing a single drop of blood. The general who controlled most of the army of the Water Country died quietly in his own home.

After confirming the target's death again, Qingsi and his four companions erased all traces of their presence, took away the bodies of the five wandering ninja brothers with a scroll, and returned to the inn in the thick night.