Starting with the usurpation of Akatsuki, the ninja world was overthrown.

Chapter 39 Harm Heaven and Harmony, But Not Qinghe

Chapter 39 Harm Heaven and Harmony, But Not Qinghe

These past few days, despite Shiba Kiyokawa stirring up trouble in the Cat Village and instigating internal strife within Konoha, his personal training has not lagged behind for a single moment.

With continuous practice, he quickly digested and integrated the insights provided by the system, transforming them into his own unique strength.

During this process, Shiba Kiyokawa gradually discovers that he has quite a talent in the field of illusion.

Moreover, his approach to using illusion techniques differs from that of most ninjas.

He never insists on using illusions to kill or weaken enemies; in his view, deception itself is the goal!

There are many ways to kill an enemy, and there is no need to resort to illusions. However, illusions are the best tool for deceiving enemies and manipulating their emotions!

He is particularly adept at combining illusion with reality, blurring the lines between truth and illusion, making it difficult for people to distinguish between reality and virtuality.

For example, right now, Karasu and Masuda Kazuki are actually using Uchiha clan ninjutsu. Shiba Kiyokawa even specifically instructed them not to use the ninjutsu he used to know.

This realistic foundation became the best assist, gradually crushing the Root ninjas' mental defenses.

The ever-urgent "Great Fireball Technique," with its familiar flames, scorching temperature, and faint red eyes, finally caused the Root ninja's nerves to completely snap.

He roared with a death wish.

"You evil Uchiha! You will never be able to defeat Lord Danzo!"

Lord Ryoma will devour your bodies with insects, and the fire techniques of Wu and Po are far superior to yours; they will burn you to death. Lord Luo will gouge out your eyes and stuff your bodies into rock pillars!

This Root ninja felt he had no way out; the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan was known as invincible in one-on-one combat.

Fueled by the illusion, he went completely mad, shouting out all the vicious curses he had never dared to utter before.

Just as he was about to continue cursing and relentlessly attack the Uchiha clan's lineage, a sharp pain shot up from his tongue and quickly spread to his entire chin.

The excruciating pain brought him back to his senses, and everything before him was finally back to normal. The moonlight was completely silent, and there was no sign of any red-eyed Uchiha.

"Varied--"

He wanted to speak again, but by then the stinging pain had quickly turned into numbness and emptiness.

He felt his tongue and even his entire throat rapidly ulcerating and disappearing.

In terms of appearance, numerous black tadpole-like sealing runes overflowed from his mouth and quickly spread towards his neck.

Shiba Kiyokawa raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling a little regretful.

Seeing this, he didn't hesitate any longer. He used the Body Flicker Technique to appear in front of the Root ninja and stabbed him in the heart.

But death did not stop the tadpole-like runes; they continued to spread on the corpse, only now they spread upwards, quickly covering the Root ninja's entire face and head.

Ziyanghua and the others followed closely behind, and upon seeing this, they all gasped in astonishment.

"What is this thing? It looks so eerie and scary," Ziyanghua asked, still shaken.

Shiba Kiyokawa drew his sword and explained calmly, "This is the Seal of the Extinction of the Tongue, a secret technique of the Leaf Village's roots."

"So they are the roots you've been talking about all this time."

It was only at this point that Ziyanghua and her team confirmed the enemy's identity.

Masuda Kazuki said with some regret, "What a pity. If it weren't for this strange secret technique being triggered, he could have revealed even more information."

Everyone nodded in agreement, their gazes toward Shiba Kiyokawa filled with a sense of awe.

Compared to the Seal of the Tongue Disaster, Shiba Kiyokawa's illusions are just as bizarre and terrifying!

He easily manipulated the enemy's emotions, playing a seasoned ANBU ninja with ease and extracting a great deal of information from him.

Shiba Kiyokawa didn't have much to say about this.

He already knew that there were security measures in place at the root.

Moreover, the triggering of the "Tongue Disaster" seal precisely proves that the information the enemy gave before his death was true.

This thing actually helped him, providing a strong guarantee for the authenticity of the information.

"It's alright, we've already gained a lot this time. We've confirmed that the enemy's leader is Aburame Ryoma, and that there are two experts in Fire Release and one brutal ninja who is also an expert in Earth Release in the group."

After a pause, Shiba Kiyokawa added, "Furthermore, based on their fighting spirit and the surveillance over the past few days, this Root squad should not have any reinforcements."

Although this information was indeed very useful, the expressions on everyone's faces were still not optimistic.

"Even so, they are still very strong. I think I heard about that Aburame Ryoma a few years ago. He became famous during the Second Shinobi World War," Masuda Kazuki said sullenly.

As the highest-ranking commander of Root, Ryoma Aburame is entitled to use his real name instead of his code name, so he is quite famous in the ninja world.

Upon hearing this name, the morale of the group immediately plummeted.

Despite their initial confidence, they only truly grasped the vast difference in resources between the Great Ninja Village and the Rain Ninja after conducting actual reconnaissance.

Each of the twelve people from the root has outstanding qualities.

The lone cannon fodder in front of them was an easy target they had been eyeing for three days before finally managing to catch.

Now, upon suddenly learning that the enemy also has a renowned and powerful commander, everyone's morale plummeted even further.

But Shiba Kiyokawa smiled slightly, a smile that appeared cold and eerie under the moonlight.

The next moment, he uttered a bombshell: "No, I've already figured out a way to deal with them."

Everyone turned their heads in unison, their eyes wide with shock.

"Captain Qinghe, you have a solution? So quickly?"

"What should we do?"

Shiba Kiyokawa maintained his gentle, smiling expression and uttered a few words softly.

At that moment, everyone unconsciously felt that the moonlight was a bit cold, and the chill seeped into their bodies, making them all shiver.

Shiba Kiyokawa said, "We'll set the mountain on fire."

Finally, Shiba Kiyokawa kindly explained the brilliance of this tactic.

"Based on the current intelligence, the enemy team lacks water-style ninjas this time. The Aburame clan's insects have a great advantage in the forest, but the forest fire can completely break through this advantage of the enemy."

But that's not what everyone's attention is on.

Kenjiro stammered, "Captain Kiyokawa, isn't this... a bit too cruel?"

There are villages at the foot of the mountain. Even if no one is burned, those villagers rely on game from the mountains to survive the winter. Moreover, the consequences would be unimaginable if the wildfire got out of control.

The hydrangea also pouted and muttered succinctly, "It's against the natural order."

But Shiba Kiyokawa simply shrugged and dismissed everyone with a single sentence.

"Are you meeting me for the first time? When have I, Shiba Kiyokawa, ever cared about offending the heavens?"

It doesn't matter if it harms nature or people, as long as it doesn't harm Qinghe.

Finally, he stated firmly, "I don't care about the numbers; I just want the root of the problem to die!"

(End of this chapter)