Leaving Yomi Castle, Yayoi, Kichou, and Kakuzu rushed toward the border where the Night Kingdom and the Land of Grass met.
While increasing his speed, Yayoi also explained the basic situation of the operation.
“According to the information gathered by the Aburame clan, the ones causing trouble at the border this time are the Kusanagi clan of the Land of Grass.”
“Kusanagi?”
Upon hearing this, Kakuzu slightly raised his eyebrows and said in a voice containing surprise, “The ones wielding the legendary ‘Kusanagi Sword’ ninja clan?
But this time it turned out to be this clan.”
Kichou, who had known the purpose of this trip in advance, was not surprised upon hearing Yayoi mention the Kusanagi clan.
However, her palm quietly gripped the blue hilt of the spirit sword Beast Cutter at her waist.
Compared to the Kusanagi clan, Kichou cherished the Kusanagi sword that her clan had mastered.
The Kusanagi Sword in the ninja world far exceeded ordinary ninja tools.
There were countless legends about the Kusanagi Sword.
This weapon was the crystallization of the techniques of ancient top craftsmen, and its formation date was similar to the Beast Cutter in her hand.
However, unlike Beast Cutter, the Kusanagi Sword was not a single weapon but a general term for sword-type weapons.
Even with the Hyuga clan’s information network, it was impossible to accurately determine how many Kusanagi Swords existed in the ninja world.
Not only were they sharp and sturdy, but the Kusanagi Swords also possessed unique special abilities similar to Beast Cutter.
When these special abilities were combined with a ninja’s power, they unleashed extremely terrifying power.
“Speaking of the Kusanagi Sword, I remember that the Uchiha clan once found a Kusanagi Sword in the ninja world.”
Kichou seemed to have noticed something and began to speak about what she knew regarding the Kusanagi Sword.
Yayoi’s expression was calm, but his gaze briefly turned toward Kichou.
“What’s wrong?”
“It is said to be a formless spiritual weapon, which the Uchiha ancestors sealed into the Uchiha bloodline using forbidden techniques.
If it encounters a suitable host, the Kusanagi Sword will reveal its original form through the Uchiha Sharingan.
In the past, the ancestors of the Hyuga clan encountered a Uchiha ninja wielding a spirit-type Kusanagi Sword and knew about such things.
The abilities and characteristics of the Kusanagi Sword should be related to sealing techniques.”
According to Kichou’s account, Yayoi instinctively recalled the “Sword of Totsuka” used by Uchiha Itachi in the original work.
Orochimaru had searched for legendary relics for many years but could not find them.
If that was the case, it made sense that Uchiha Itachi possessed the “Sword of Totsuka.”
The Kusanagi Swords Yayoi knew of, other than Itachi’s Sword of Totsuka, were the Kusanagi Swords that Orochimaru had collected in the original work.
One of the weapons that gave the immortal snake demon a headache was probably due to its characteristic of further increasing durability.
There was also a Kusanagi Sword that appeared when fighting Uzumaki Naruto in his Four-Tails form.
It could freely extend and contract, and its length could be as long as desired.
The Kusanagi Sword given to Uchiha Sasuke focused on conducting chakra — it was light and sharp.
These three Kusanagi Swords were sufficiently powerful.
Although he possessed the Sword of Totsuka as a jewel, Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword collection looked quite ordinary.
“Since this Kusanagi Sword is in the hands of the Uchiha, it can be eliminated first.
The Kusanagi clan still does not have the ability to take anything from them.”
Yayoi made his own judgment, but he did not pay much attention to the Kusanagi clan.
They were people who wielded the Kusanagi Sword.
Although the Kusanagi clan, who had lived in the Land of Grass for generations, might have the surname “Kusanagi,” in reality, the only connection between this family and the Kusanagi Sword was that their ancestors had possessed a Kusanagi Sword more than two hundred years ago. The source of this chapter is novelping.com.
After that, the Kusanagi clan ancestors took the surname “Kusanagi” and built the Kusanagi clan in the Land of Grass.
Excluding legendary weapons like the Kusanagi Sword, at their peak, the overall strength of the Kusanagi clan was nothing more than a second or third-rate ninja clan.
There were no systematic secret techniques within the clan; they had all gradually developed by stealing and imitating ninjutsu from other clans.
“Did Lord Yayoi personally intervene this time because of the Kusanagi Sword?”
Kakuzu turned his face and asked.
Like Yayoi’s thinking, the ninjas of the Kusanagi clan were not worth paying attention to.
Only the Kusanagi Sword was the true core.
Without the existence of something like the Kusanagi Sword, Kakuzu did not think Yayoi would have taken personal action against the Kusanagi clan.
“According to the information, the Kusanagi clan possesses an interesting power called the Kusanagi Sword.
Furthermore, the ninja and samurai units stationed at the southwest border were routed in a short period and escaped with many casualties.”
At this point, Yayoi’s gaze gradually turned cold.
The commander of the units stationed at the southwest border of the Night Kingdom was one of the two ninjas who had recently been granted the Jonin rank by him.
Like Kakuzu and Kurobe, these two border Jonin were among the first people who had followed him and fought together in battles across the country, and were truly the most trusted and reliable advisors.
Although these two Jonin were only injured and not dead, the unit had suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, when he learned that the southwest border had been attacked by an unknown party, he immediately reassured the two Jonin and ordered them to lead the remaining forces to quickly withdraw from the enemy’s attack point and reorganize.
He immediately dispatched Jonin from the Aburame clan to gather information about the unknown enemy at the southwest border.
Eventually, the Jonin of the Aburame clan used their secret insect manipulation techniques to uncover the truth behind the attack on the southwest border forces of the Night Kingdom — they were wandering ninjas from the Kusanagi clan of the Land of Grass.
The Kusanagi clan, ostracized by other ninja clans in the Land of Grass, could not survive there and began to turn their attention to the Night Kingdom.
Judging from the situation, they intended to carve out territory as a place for the clan’s recuperation and recovery.
The reason they chose to go to war with the Night Kingdom without declaring war and attacked its southwest military base was to test the Night Kingdom’s military power.
“So, this time we don’t need to leave any survivors?”
Kakuzu’s voice also contained cold killing intent.
Yayoi said nothing, but his cold attitude said everything.
Then the three stopped talking and accelerated forward.
At 3 PM, the three officially arrived at the forest on the southwest border of the Night Kingdom.
“Shogun.”
A dark shadow flashed in front of Yayoi and the other two.
She was about the same age as Yayoi and was wearing the black trench coat and sunglasses characteristic of the Aburame clan.
It was none other than a Jonin of the Aburame clan who had previously been investigating information about the Kusanagi clan.
“Good work, Haruto.
The wandering members of the Kusanagi clan haven’t left yet, have they?”
Yayoi called the name of the Aburame clan ninja in front of him.
Including Clan Leader Yurō, the Aburame clan had a total of sixteen Jonin.
Yayoi had memorized the faces and names of all the Jonin and had actually met them.
Among the many Jonin of the Aburame clan, Aburame Haruto had average strength, but his information-gathering ability was top-class within the group.
That was why he had specially sent them to investigate the attack on the southwest border.
He had not disappointed expectations.
Haruto had only been here for a few days and had already completed a detailed investigation of the raid.
That was why Yayoi had reacted quickly and led the team here.
“They haven’t left yet.
Judging from the recent movements of the Kusanagi clan ninjas, it seems they plan to stay in this forest for a long time.”
Aburame Haruto shook his head and spoke of the conclusions he had drawn from his recent observations. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
“Are they planning to use this as a base and gradually expand?”
Is this confidence, or is it completely foolish?”
Kakuzu’s voice was cold, sentencing all the ninjas of the Kusanagi clan to death.
“Then let’s finish this quickly.
Kichou, use your eyes to confirm the situation.
Haruto, lead the way.”
Yayoi immediately gave the order and asked Kichou to directly confirm the situation of the Kusanagi clan in the forest.
Although Haruto’s insects could roughly grasp the situation of the Kusanagi clan, to obtain more accurate information, Kichou’s Byakugan was needed.
Haruto pointed in the direction, and Kichou gathered chakra in her eyes.
The blood vessels around her eyes began to bulge violently, and her pure white pupils emitted high-concentration white light, illuminating the direction Haruto was pointing.
“How is it?”
Yayoi turned his face and asked.
“About ten kilometers away, there is a group of people gathered.
This should be the Kusanagi clan’s assembly point.
Excluding ordinary people, there were a total of forty-seven ninjas.
Among them, two clearly possessed chakra far surpassing the other ninjas and had probably reached the Jonin level.”
In just an instant, Kichou had completely grasped the enemy’s situation using her eyes.
There were also finer details than the enemy itself.
She also identified several of the various traps surrounding the camp and was able to sneak into the camp stealthily.
This was the terror of the Hyuga clan’s Byakugan.
Traps, ambushes, enemy numbers — everything could be seen at a glance, allowing one to quickly counter the enemy.
This shameless tactic — only the Hyuga clan could ambush others, while no one else could ambush them — was one of the reasons the Hyuga clan had stood firmly in the ninja world for many years.
Upon hearing this, Kakuzu had no opinion, while Haruto looked at Kichou in surprise.
He had not thought that Kichou’s Byakugan could see from ten kilometers away.
Simply concentrating in one direction extended the distance far beyond what ordinary Hyuga clan ninjas could achieve.
As far as he knew, many adult Hyuga clan ninjas only had a Byakugan limit of six or seven kilometers.
Kichou’s relaxed and comfortable appearance clearly showed that a distance of ten kilometers was far from her limit.
“Let’s begin.”
Yayoi and the other three immediately began to act and walked toward their destination.
Ten kilometers was a distance that ninjas could not reach in an instant, but it was by no means far.
Especially among the four, none was weaker than a Jonin.
(The original setting was that the Sword of Totsuka resided in Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and automatically obtained a unique weapon when the eyes were opened.
In theory, this should be Itachi’s own item and not something found outside.
Unless Itachi showed it, no one else could know of the existence of the “Sword of Totsuka.” On the other hand, Orochimaru miraculously knew of the existence of the “Sword of Totsuka” and searched the ninja world for many years, believing that the Sword of Totsuka was one of the weapons in the Kusanagi Sword series, which was quite contradictory.
Therefore, the setting was reset.
The “Sword of Totsuka” was discovered by the ancestors of the Uchiha clan and sealed into the Uchiha bloodline by a certain technique.
If it encounters a host recognized by the “Sword of Totsuka,” this relic will automatically awaken within the Uchiha bloodline.)
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