Little Rats in the Night

This was way too hard!

Why had he come out with Tsunade? He couldn't hold her while sleeping, and he couldn't tease her either.

After all, someone as handsome as him could easily make women lose control of their urges!

By the campfire, Hikari casually poked at the flames with a branch, keeping the fire burning. To his left were Might Guy, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki.

To his right was Tsunade, the big-breasted woman.

The four of them slept comfortably by the fire. Only Hikari sat there helplessly, staring at the flames with a bitter feeling in his heart.

After Kurenai Yuhi had led her team away, Tsunade had overruled all objections and directly assigned Hikari to take the first watch while the other four went to sleep.

That woman's boobs were so huge. Could they be fake?

Should he reach out and feel them?

Tsunade, lying there asleep, unconsciously crossed her arms over her chest, as though she had sensed someone's deep-seated malice.

Huh, just when I was about to say this was boring, someone showed up.

I'll go have some fun and see what kind of people that old man Danzo sent over.

With that thought in mind, Hikari briefly looked over the four of them. Only after confirming that their breathing was steady and nothing seemed amiss did he form hand seals.

Ninjutsu: Wood Style Clone Jutsu!

There was no puff of smoke. A clone of Hikari appeared in the distance, while Hikari himself closed his eyes.

Ninjutsu: Mind Transfer Jutsu

Using the Spirit Transformation Jutsu to control my own clone—no one but me can pull that off!

At that moment, Hikari failed to notice Tsunade's delicate hand clenching into a fist when he used the Ninjutsu: Wood Style Clone Jutsu, as though she were desperately holding something back.

But Hikari no longer cared about such things.

With his sensory abilities, any unfamiliar Chakra or life signature appearing within a ten-kilometer radius was clear to him as day.

"According to the lord's orders, we strike to kill tonight. Put on your Iwagakure forehead protectors, and try not to use any signature ninjutsu so they don't notice us in advance!"

Nine black-clad ninja were assigning tasks, utterly unaware that a figure had appeared on a tree branch directly above them.

Hikari stood there, quietly watching as the nine changed into Iwagakure attire before finally speaking.

"Ahem, you guys are having quite a party in the middle of the night, huh?"

"I thought you'd use the Transformation Jutsu to turn into women and change into bikinis! But this is it? This is it?"

Hearing the complaint in Hikari's voice, the leader could only think of two words.

Fuck me!

Where the hell did this little bastard come from?

"Earth Ox, what about your sensory ninjutsu?"

"Captain, he never appeared in my sensory ninjutsu. He feels no different from a tree!"

Upon hearing that answer, the black-clad leader's eyes widened slightly.

The fact that this person had approached them so easily, and that they had failed to notice him until now, spoke for itself.

They were in deep trouble.

"Who are you?" the leader probed Hikari, while one hand behind his back kept making signals.

"I'm your father! Bah, I wouldn't want a useless son like you!" Hikari lightly leaped down from the tree and landed in front of the black-clad leader's horrified gaze.

"Don't resist. From the moment you looked into my eyes, you were already caught in my genjutsu."

The black-clad leader could not help turning around, only to find that his brothers were nowhere to be seen. All that remained was a lush green field.

"I have a lot of questions for you, so I need to remove your curse mark first. I hope you'll cooperate properly. Understand?"

The black-clad leader was about to say something when Hikari gently pinched his face and grabbed his tongue with both hands.

Tongue Severing Curse Mark!

"Orochimaru really did research plenty of things for Danzo back then!"

Hikari had not studied this curse mark much, but that did not prevent him from removing it.

There were seven types of energy in the ninja world: wind, fire, lightning, earth, water, yin, and yang.

When the seven types of Chakra were mastered to their limit, one could form their own unique Truth-Seeking Orbs. That level could also be called "Six Paths Mode."

Most things like Sealing Jutsu and curse marks relied primarily on yin-nature Chakra. As long as the Chakra within them was removed, the curse mark would cease to exist.

It was the simplest and most overbearing method.

Ordinary people truly could not use it.

With a swipe of his finger across the black-clad leader's tongue, the black curse mark vanished completely.

"I'm free! I'm free!"

Hikari wiped his saliva-covered finger on the black-clad leader's clothes, his brow furrowing involuntarily.

Disgusting.

"Speak. What did Danzo send you here to do?"

The black-clad leader cautiously glanced around. Right now, he could not distinguish what was real from what was fake.

His eight subordinates had all vanished, so this place was very likely a genjutsu.

Among the entire Hidden Leaf Village, only the genjutsu of Yūhi Shinkō's line and the Uchiha clan could affect the environment to this extent.

Slap!

A palm struck the black-clad leader's head. "Answer, or die!"

Hikari had no interest in fooling around with him. Since this man had come, Danzo had likely already prepared for him to die.

"My name is Tsuchiwa, and I am Lord Danzo's subordinate. This time, I came under orders to assassinate the Hokage while posing as Iwagakure ninja. If we succeed, Lord Danzo will question Iwagakure, then become Hokage and unify the ninja world."

Unify the ninja world?

That decrepit old fart Danzo?

He really must have gone senile. Did he think just anyone could unify the ninja world?

He lacked the destiny of a protagonist, yet had caught the protagonist's disease.

If Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha had said that, Hikari would not have hesitated to advise Tsunade to surrender first.

But what the hell was Danzo?

He could not even beat Jiraiya, yet he wanted to unify the ninja world. Nice idea.

For the rest of his life, all he could do was dream about it.

"What is your ninja registration number?"

The black-clad leader fell silent for a moment before answering, "I was trained by Lord Danzo. I never went through the village's assessments."

"Looks like you're the sacrificial pawns Danzo threw out to provoke conflict between Tsunade and Iwagakure!"

Hikari sighed and gently placed a hand on the black-clad leader's head.

"Remember, don't be reborn at Danzo's side in your next life. That guy can't be relied on!"

"No, please don't kill me!"

Slap!

With a soft sound, white fluid flowed from the black-clad leader's seven orifices, and he collapsed limply to the ground.

"Since I'm sending Buddha to the Western Heaven, your deaths should still serve some purpose."

After saying that, Hikari lightly stomped his foot. The black-clad leader's corpse sank into the ground, and the earth soon returned to normal without any sign of disturbance.

The flowers, grass, and trees remained lush. If not for the few footprints, no one would have imagined that more than ten meters beneath this patch of earth, nine fresh bodies had been added overnight, providing the land with a little extra nourishment.

This truly was a terrible world!

The wind blew softly, and Hikari's figure vanished from the spot in a flash, without taking a single cloud with him.