Red Chakra billowed out.
"This? What is this?"
Seeing the Chakra, the two Lightning Release ninja paled in terror.
The next moment.
Two enormous red hands condensed from Chakra shot toward them and seized them.
"You're a Jinchuriki! You people from Konoha have no sense of honor!"
"Oh? You talk too much."
Crack!
The corpses hit the ground. They died cleanly.
Kawashiro really wanted to run.
But just as he tried to stand, he found himself being lifted by the red hands.
"A piece of trash like you dares to rebel?"
A mocking voice rang out. Kawashiro had only held his position for three days, and just like that, his reign came to an end.
After leaving the main hall, the female ninja removed her mask.
"Kushina, you really didn't need to come for this mission," an ANBU member said.
"I had my reasons for coming."
Kushina smoothed her long hair.
But then, doubts began to surface in her mind.
She and the two ANBU members had entered the Land of Hot Water expecting resistance. Yet only a few Chunin guarded the border of the Land of Hot Water. How had the rebel army dared to seize power with such defenses?
Even with those two Kumogakure ninja from earlier, their strength was far too poor.
Besides, she had rushed all the way to the Daimyo Palace. Why hadn't she seen Team 9?
Where had Team 9 escorted Minako?
Minako was the sole heir to the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Water.
After leaving the Daimyo Palace, Kushina decided to look for Team 9.
Rustle, rustle~~
As the dense weeds were pushed aside, Kakashi emerged from the woods, his hair sticking up like a chicken's nest.
Obito and Rin came next, followed by Minako.
At that moment, Team 9 looked like a squad of beggars.
Every one of them looked as though they had crawled out of the dirt—even Minako was no exception.
Minako even had a lump on her head.
"Senior Kushina?"
As soon as he left the woods, Kakashi spotted Kushina.
"It's Senior Kushina! We're saved!"
"Phew~~"
Obito and Rin let out sighs of relief together and collapsed onto the ground.
"Kushina!" Minako was overjoyed. She limped toward her.
"Minako."
Kushina came to meet her, a strange look on her face.
"Do you know? I nearly died."
"Really? Then this must have been an unforgettable trial."
"What about the rebel leader?"
"He's been eliminated."
After speaking with Minako, Kushina looked at Team 9 again.
"Wait a moment. Why is someone missing?"
At first, she thought Hankuang had been left behind. But why hadn't that dead-last yet appeared?
"Kakashi, where's Hankuang?" Kushina stared at Kakashi and asked in a solemn voice.
"He..." Kakashi's eyes dimmed, and he didn't know how to answer.
"Senior Kushina! As soon as we entered the Land of Hot Water, dozens of ninja pursued us. Hankuang, he... he went alone to draw them away," Rin said, her voice filled with sorrow.
"What?"
Kushina could barely hide her shock.
No wonder.
No wonder only a few Chunin had been guarding the Land of Hot Water when she entered. Most of the ninja had been drawn away by Hankuang.
But why Hankuang?
He was the ultimate dead-last who couldn't even use the Three Body Technique!
If it had been Kakashi, or even Obito and Rin, Kushina wouldn't have been surprised. But why had it been Hankuang, the weakest of them all?
"So you sent the weakest Hankuang to draw away the pursuers while you escaped safely?"
At that moment, Kushina was deeply disappointed.
Based on this alone, there was no doubt that Hankuang was the most suitable candidate to lead Team 9.
"Although you completed the mission, in my eyes, only Hankuang truly completed it."
Inside a naturally formed giant pit.
Hankuang stood at the edge of the pit, one hand on his hip and the other clutching an Explosive Tag.
Dozens of ninja were panting in the pit. They wanted to climb out, but they were deeply apprehensive.
"I'm telling you, my hand is shaking!"
Hankuang waved the Explosive Tag in his hand and threatened them.
You wanted to chase your daddy?
Now you're screwed, huh? You chased me right into the pit.
Chapter Sixteen: The Man Written into the Ninja Academy Textbooks!
Would dozens of Chunin be afraid of a Genin brat?
Of course not.
It was just that nobody was willing to be the first to charge up.
After all, whoever went first would have to face the Explosive Tag's detonation.
Seeing his subordinates, cowardly as rats, Akutagawa Shinichi could only step forward.
"Brat, do you really think you can get away?"
Akutagawa looked up at Hankuang, his voice grim.
The brat was merely a little fast. From the beginning of the pursuit until now, he hadn't counterattacked even once. His only method was the Explosive Tag.
"Looks like you're the leader."
Hankuang looked down from the edge of the pit, his tone utterly calm.
"How about this? Shall we make an Integrity Treaty?" he suggested.
"An Integrity Treaty?"
Akutagawa froze.
Wasn't this the treaty between Konoha and Kumogakure? Did this brat want to imitate it?
But then he laughed.
Integrity?
He didn't possess even the slightest bit of integrity.
In that case, he might as well hear what this brat's Integrity Treaty was.
"Go ahead. Let's hear it."
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