Shiyu smiled faintly, glanced at all the thieves, and found that they were all young faces.
"That's surprising! I originally thought you thieves were all vicious adults, but I didn't expect you to be so young. I'm curious, would your parents be happy to know that you've committed such heinous acts?" Shiyu asked, getting straight to the point.
The thieves were taken aback by the question and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Who are you?! Do you want to meddle in other people's business?" the leader of the thieves demanded sternly.
Shiyu replied, "You ask who I am? I am naturally your enemy. You killed villagers, burned grain, destroyed villages, and kidnapped children. Every crime you committed deserves death."
"Of course I wouldn't meddle in other people's business. They paid me to do this mission. I'm a ninja, here to deal with you, understand?" Shiyu's voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable authority.
"Ridiculous! You're just a brat, and you're all alone, yet you dare to call yourself a ninja!? Men, kill him!" This bandit leader was ruthless, constantly talking about killing, and clearly not part of the same group of young bandits.
"You're too noisy. I hope you're reincarnated as a mute in your next life, so you can live a quiet life without ever saying a word."
Shiyu showed no mercy; with a mere gesture, a beam of black light pierced the leader's head in an instant.
In reality, the so-called black light is just Truth-Seeking Orb controlled by Shiyu. The Truth-Seeking Orb kill enemies so quickly that they cannot be captured by the eyes, thus creating this fleeting light effect.
"What's going on?"
"The leader was killed instantly. He couldn't even put up a fight."
"Is this guy some kind of monster? Everyone, run!"
The young thieves took off running. They had never seen Shiyu kill in this way before, and they thought Shiyu had used some kind of sorcery.
"Sorry, but what I'm using isn't sorcery, but something far more terrifying! Wood Release: All Things in the Forest." Shiyu used Wood Release directly, and countless roots immediately rose from the ground, binding and immobilizing all the bandits in front of him.
They struggled desperately, but found they couldn't escape. Some gave up resisting, thinking they were going to die at the hands of the monster, while others naturally begged for mercy.
"I don't want to die! Immortal! Please don't kill us, we have our reasons!"
"Yes! Immortal! We didn't really want to kill them! If you wanted revenge, you shouldn't have come to us."
"If we don't hand over enough food, we'll die too. We're all children from poor families."
Shiyu then walked up to the terrified young bandit and asked, "I'll ask, you answer. If you dare to lie to me, you'll suffer the same fate as your leader."
"Uh, I understand, Immortal. Please ask," the young thief said, clearly terrified.
"What's your name?" Shiyu asked.
"My name is Xiao Liang," the person replied very obediently.
"You say you were forced by someone? Who forced you? Do you really have your reasons or are you just pretending?" Shiyu asked while observing the expression of the girl named Xiao Liang.
"We truly have our reasons! We are villagers from the border region of the Land of Grass, the Land of Rain, and the Land of Land of Rivers. We were forced to join a bandit group because of their invasion. They promised us that they would stop attacking our village after we joined."
Shiyu shook her head and said, "You guys are really naive. If I'm not mistaken, the bandit gang used you to attack other villages, and then used other bandit gangs to attack your village, right?"
"Yes, that's true, but as long as we pay the required amount of grain and money, they won't harm the village. In fact, they'll protect it if necessary," Xiao Liang said.
Shiyu laughed again, "They're just trying to protect their own interests and sources of income, not your village. Besides, I think the reason they haven't attacked the village yet is to fatten it up before making their move."
"It's like raising animals in captivity, taking everything from them, and then killing them for meat. It seems you've all been fooled."
"You're probably just a small part of the thief gang, right? Where is the real thief gang that controls you? Do you know?" Shiyu asked.
"I'm sorry, Immortal Excellency, I really don't know. But I do know that they come here every so often to collect grain and money. According to the schedule, they will come again in three days," Xiao Liang said.
"Very well, I'll make them pay the price then," Shiyu said coldly.
"Thank you for your hard work. I hope you can act in a play with me in three days," Shiyu said.
"This is no problem. However, you might kill the leader, and Xiao Liang is a bit slow on the uptake."
Shiyu smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry." Then Shiyu Yu used Transformation Technique to turn into the exact same appearance as the leader from before.
"My God! He's Immortal!" The young thieves around them were all stunned.
In truth, they were all being used by the real gang of thieves; they were victims too.
Next, Shiyu's task was simple: rescue all the kidnapped children and ensure their safe reunion with their parents.
The villagers were so moved that they wanted to kneel down before Shiyu naturally refused all their offers of kindness.
"Don't forget to return a bag of rice to me later." Shiyu said this on purpose, but in reality, she always remembered two things.
As the saying goes, if you're going to do something good, do it all the way. Knowing that the villagers were struggling financially, Shiyu did his first thing – he used his Wood Release to build a large number of houses for them.
Shiyu knew the villagers didn't have much food, so he did the second thing—he directly used his Yang Release Chakra to stimulate the growth of crops, and the crops were soon harvested.
"This is a ninja master! This is Immortal master!"
"Able to instantly create houses for us! Instantly bring us bountiful harvests! What else could this be but Immortal!?"
The villagers will never forget Shiyu's great kindness, and with food and housing in hand, their lives will naturally become much happier.
"This is the large bag of rice I promised you. I'm so ashamed. You've given us a bountiful harvest, are you sure you don't want more?"
"No need, it's a promise, one bag is one bag. This is my reward." Shiyu completed the task, and the aunt handed over the reward to Shiyu.
"It seems the grain requisition day has arrived; three days have already passed."