Naruto Bloodline Theory? It's Just Trash — Chapter 27

The fight from earlier seemed as though it had never happened.

"Young Lady, what do we do next?"

Ryu and the other two stared at Asuka, waiting for her orders.

Konoha's people had already arrived.

Would a conflict break out over the auctioned corpses later?

"I don't think so..."

Asuka shook her head.

At the very least, Konoha's two shinobi would not clash with the powerful figures and wealthy nobles present.

Asuka looked around, searching the crowd for that familiar figure.

Onstage.

After a brief speech, the Auctioneer revealed the first item.

"A corpse from the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family!"

Right from the start.

The corpses of Hokuto Hyuga and Gekko Clan, which should have been reserved as the auction's grand finale, were brought out ahead of schedule.

Seeing Konoha's shinobi brawling earlier.

The Auctioneer had temporarily adjusted the auction order.

Kaede Yamanaka and the now-calm Shido Akimichi immediately turned toward the stage.

Shinobi with Kekkei Genkai possessed immense value for research and exploitation.

Whether alive or dead, many factions wanted to get their hands on them.

"I bid ten million ryo." Someone raised an arm.

"Eleven million."

"Twelve million."

Before long.

The corpses of Hokuto Hyuga and Gekko Clan had been bid up to a combined total of fifty million ryo.

Their value lay in the bloodlines they carried, which was why they could fetch such a high price.

Furthermore, Many People present wanted to do Konoha a favor.

Naturally, the price kept climbing.

When the Auctioneer brought down his hammer and announced the winning bidders for the corpses.

The wealthy merchant who had obtained them walked over to Shido Akimichi and Kaede Yamanaka with a beaming smile.

The two sides exchanged a few words.

The merchant stated that he would transfer the corpses to Konoha.

Shido Akimichi and Kaede Yamanaka immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed their mission had been completed without incident.

However, the other party also raised a condition.

His bodyguards had just been killed, and he no longer felt safe.

Therefore, he hoped the two of them would serve as his guards and escort him home after the auction ended.

Only then did Shido Akimichi and Kaede Yamanaka realize.

The nameless extras who had just been killed were the thugs the merchant had hired.

An awkward yet polite smile bloomed across Kaede Yamanaka's face.

The atmosphere was harmonious.

In the face of profit.

Human lives were worthless.

No one cared about the deaths of a few nameless extras.

Soon.

The second auction began.

This time, it was a living person.

"A refugee from the Land of Rain. Look at that figure, that pretty face..."

A Girl with a beautiful face and a delicate figure was dragged out.

With the Auctioneer's introduction, she once again became the center of attention.

Human trafficking.

It was even more common in wartime, when ordinary people were left displaced and homeless.

The people present wore all manner of expressions and gazes.

Meanwhile, a pair of eyes radiating darkness was also watching from afar.

"Hehehe... Mingren, you're becoming more and more bloodthirsty."

Shennong laughed from the side.

He saw deep killing intent in his disciple's eyes.

The original purpose behind the invention of Dark Chakra.

Was the belief that human nature was inherently evil.

Shennong believed this was a hopeless world, that wherever there were people, there would be darkness.

And the human heart... was clearly the starting point from which all darkness was born.

Mingren ignored him and quietly watched the scene, waiting for the auction to continue.

There was no harm in waiting a little longer.

He would watch first.

"When the time is right, I'll kill them all!"

Mingren swept his gaze across the room, locking onto the powerful figures and wealthy nobles present.

One extravagant, smug face after another was reflected in his eyes.

These people bid on human beings. They were no better themselves.

On the other side.

Konoha, which shouted about the Will of Fire and waved banners of love and peace.

Simply turned a blind eye.

They pretended they had not seen any of it.

Their playing-dead reaction was naturally entirely within Mingren's expectations.

In the Original Work.

Kakashi Hatake's Team 7 fought Zabuza and his group to the death.

But wasn't Gato the root cause of that conflict?

As long as Gato was eliminated, everything could be changed.

Yet in truth, Kakashi Hatake and the others would rather fight dangerous elite Jonin like Zabuza.

Than dare deal with an ordinary wealthy man like Gato.

At that thought, the anger in Mingren's heart flared violently.

His furious thoughts transformed into Dark Chakra.

Once ignited, it could no longer be stopped.

[Strength... 9.1!]

"More..."

Mingren murmured inwardly.

"Let me see just how ugly you can be!"

There was no such thing as incompetent rage.

All anger and dark emotions would become the source of Mingren's strength!

[Strength... 9.2!]

After the long auction finally ended.

Even more ugliness and darkness had been displayed before Mingren's eyes.

Asuka naturally saw it all as well.

She had never imagined.

That such a dark place could be hidden within her own country.

Her arms trembled with rage.

She clenched her fingers, wishing she could kill everyone at the scene.

But she knew.

The powerful figures and wealthy nobles attending the auction had influence and power.

Touching them would bring catastrophic disaster upon the Land of Rain.

The tangled web of connections meant that everyone knew, to some extent, even more formidable figures.

Touch one thread, and the whole body moved.

This was an enormous problem.

But was she supposed to let evil continue to flourish, right here upon the land she loved and protected?

"Then, thank you all for attending today's auction. Until next time—"

The smiling Auctioneer was so delighted by today's gains that he could barely close his mouth.

He was going to be rich.

Even a tiny share would be an astronomical sum of money...

However.

Before he could finish speaking.

A palm-sized stone was hurled out.

It whistled through the air.

With a bang.

The Auctioneer, who was only an ordinary man, had his head explode.

As the headless corpse fell, the hall instantly froze.

Slaughter Blossoms

What... happened?

The hall was silent.

Amid the stunned crowd, someone stepped forward.