A Death Sentence Carved Into His Forehead! (Please Vote!)

A Death Sentence Carved Into His Forehead! (Please Vote!)

Nearly everyone who came to watch wore an excited, reverent expression.

Because this was the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village—the guardian deity of Konoha!

The seeds of the Will of Fire instantly began to sprout in countless hearts.

Even Aoba, who had taken advantage of everyone's attention being drawn away to sneak beneath Hokage Rock, had to admit that Konoha was absolutely at the pinnacle of the entire shinobi world when it came to ideological indoctrination!

To put it bluntly... their brainwashing was top-notch!

So he decided to add some seasoning to this dish. His little hand involuntarily tightened around the long, narrow strip of cloth he had left behind. After testing its feel and confirming that, with his current strength, he could completely tear the entire piece of cloth open, he finally relaxed.

However, just then, he once again felt that gaze fixed intently on him...

When he turned around, he saw Jonin Mikawa's expression change dramatically. He was staring at him with a murderous look!

At that moment, their gazes crossed, and through this form of communication, they understood exactly what the other wanted to express.

Jonin Mikawa: "Whatever you're planning to do, stop right now! Otherwise, you're dead!"

Aoba's reply was: "No one can stop me from courting death!"

Their brief exchange of glances ended instantly!

Jonin Mikawa, whose ominous premonition seemed about to become reality, could no longer hold back. He blurred forward at once, rushing toward Aoba's location at incredible speed in an attempt to stop whatever he was about to do.

But by then, it was already too late...

Aoba withdrew his gaze and yanked downward without hesitation. The stuck side immediately tore open. The extremely sturdy cloth did not rip apart; instead, it pulled down the piece of cloth at the very top.

Everyone's attention had originally been focused on the Fourth Hokage's statue. But with Jonin Mikawa's movement, a small portion of the crowd immediately turned their eyes toward the child beneath Hokage Rock, who was tugging on something no one could identify.

"Huh? Why did someone's child run over there? Didn't anyone keep an eye on him?"

That was the first thought that popped into many people's minds...

But more people, still admiring the Fourth Hokage's statue, were astonished to discover that a section of the rock wall beside the Fourth Hokage had suddenly been "peeled" away, revealing something hidden inside!

It seemed to be another humanoid statue. However, compared to the Hokage statues beside it, this one was far too small, and its workmanship was incredibly crude.

But that was not what shocked them most. What truly stunned—and even terrified—them was the line of large characters painted in extremely eye-catching green paint across the statue!

"Fifth Hokage... Shimiya Aoba... reporting in!?"

A villager who muttered the words aloud instantly froze, his face filled with terror!

Who the hell had done this?

They had to be insane, right?

Didn't they want to live!!!

Only when the earthen-yellow cloth floated lightly down from the sky, descending before everyone's eyes, did they finally recover from their petrified state. The entire scene erupted into an uproar, as if a pot had exploded!

"Who did this! Who did this!"

"Who exactly is this Shimiya Aoba? Someone find him, now!"

"This is blasphemy! He must be severely punished!"

"Arrest the culprit and lock him up for life!"

"Wait, why does this Shimiya Aoba sound so familiar?"

"I remember now! Isn't he that brat who shouted, 'I want to become the Fifth Hokage!' at Lord Minato's inauguration ceremony?"

"Now that you mention it, I remember too. That brat is unbelievably bold! He actually dared to do something like this!"

The villagers gathered there were all worked up, shouting loudly for the culprit to be severely punished!

Meanwhile, Shimiya Aoba, the mastermind who had carried out the entire plan, was being held up by the furious Jonin Mikawa like a tiny quail.

There was nothing he could do. Escaping was impossible. The moment he pulled down the entire covering cloth, he had been caught.

Resist?

Give me a break!

A Chunin had nearly killed him ten times over. Did he really think he could resist a jonin?

And even if Jonin Mikawa took their past relationship into account and spared him, the other shinobi here definitely would not let him off!

At least he had that much self-awareness. So, for now, all he could do was show a good attitude, apologize where he needed to apologize, and accept whatever punishment he deserved... Anyway, the mission-completed notification had already sounded.

As a qualified unkillable cockroach, he would accept whatever consequences came his way!

Ahem, it wasn't as if he could avoid the consequences anyway!

"Do you really want to die? If you want to die, just say so. I'll send you on your way!"

Jonin Mikawa, his face black as the bottom of a pot, held him up in front of him with one hand, spraying saliva everywhere as he ranted!

At the same time, his other hand instinctively covered his heart. He had no heart condition, but he was not far from developing one!

How many months had this little bastard even been in Konoha?

And he had already caused so much trouble!

He had even dared to carve his own portrait onto Hokage Rock without permission, then leave behind such a suicidal message!

And that wasn't even the craziest part!

What drove him most insane was that this little bastard had actually dared to unveil it openly alongside the Fourth Hokage's statue!

This wasn't merely courting death. His forehead practically had the word "death" carved into it!

With the commotion this huge, what kind of powerful heart could possibly withstand it!!!

Others might not know, but Jonin Mikawa could already feel his heart rapidly weakening. He might drop dead at any moment, literally be angered to death!

Seeing Jonin Mikawa's face gradually twist, Aoba had no way to refute him. He could only offer an awkward smile. He knew that the trouble he had caused this time was indeed rather serious—perhaps even worse than what he had done at the Hokage inauguration ceremony.

But what could he do?

Life was hard. The damn system had forced him into this!

Yet he could not explain that, so he could only keep quiet. After all, anything he said at a time like this would be wrong.

"Jonin Mikawa, is this brat the culprit?"

At that moment, the other shinobi present also came to their senses and quickly gathered around Jonin Mikawa, glaring menacingly at the brat dangling from his hand.

Things had already reached this point, and judging from the fact that Aoba was not offering any rebuttal, it was obvious there was no room for a lucky escape.

Thus, Jonin Mikawa could only say with a dark expression, "He should indeed be responsible for this 'great deed.' But this isn't the time to investigate responsibility. Everyone, make sure to calm the villagers down first and persuade everyone to leave. As for what happens afterward... Lord Hokage will deal with it personally."

The shinobi present glanced at the enraged villagers. They could only nod silently and begin dispersing the crowd and persuading them to leave.

Finding a way to reduce the impact was the top priority right now!

P.S.: Thanks to Luoyu Qingfan, Mo Ran Chenxiang, and the others for the 1,100 reward; thanks to book friend 20190524044117349 for the 500 reward; and thanks to Shitu and Yueying Feizui for their tips.