The Last Dance of Yoru

The night was deep. To avoid complications, a ghostly figure silently appeared in a corner of the Kaguya Clan's compound.

This was the Kaguya's newly established clan cemetery, where the scent of freshly turned earth mingled with a faint trace of blood.

"The Mizukage's so-called 'forgiveness' saves me quite a bit of trouble." Namikaze Yoru curled his lips into a cold smirk.

Having already confirmed no one was around, he summoned the system and said flatly:

"Pawn."

[Scan complete. Pawnable items detected as follows:]

[Ding! Kaguya Bloodline Remains (Intact)*33... Valuation: 80 Points/body]

[Ding! Kaguya Clan Member Remains (Damaged)*15... Valuation: 50 Points/body]

"Confirm."

Silently, as if a gentle breeze swept across the entire cemetery, the remains between the grave mounds vanished in an instant, leaving only empty coffins behind.

From the outside, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

[Current Pawn Points: 6260]

Namikaze Yoru noted that pawning a Kaguya Living Body was worth 100 Points, while remains were only 80, matching the Uzumaki Clan. The missing 20 Points likely accounted for the soul portion. Since the previous battlefield was beneath the Mizukage's building, he hadn't been able to approach and harvest them.

Having pawned so many Kaguya remains, the system shop naturally refreshed the Kaguya bloodline upgrades.

[Exchangeable Items:]

[Kaguya Sage Bone Exchange Points: 2000]

Looking at the surging Points, Namikaze Yoru was not satisfied.

Clans as stubborn and mad as the Kaguya were destined to be swept into the trash heap of history. He had merely given them a push.

He silently infiltrated the Yuki Clan's compound. The Yuki Clan's Ice Release was difficult to awaken, and most of the clan were ordinary civilians or common ninjas in name only, which gave Namikaze Yoru an opening.

Avoiding the buildings with strong chakra reactions in his perception, he chose a remote, unused house on the edge of the compound.

Opening the system list, he found the four previously pawned Kaguya living body ninjas, picked one at random, and redeemed it.

Instantly, a body appeared before him—like a vegetable, with only basic physiological functions and no consciousness.

He casually placed it inside the house and left a hidden Flying Thunder God Jutsu seal on it. Then came the most critical step.

He mobilized the Shikotsumyaku power he had exchanged for, carefully leaving traces of violent resistance on the floor and walls.

Perhaps because the bloodline concentration within Namikaze Yoru was high enough to cause resonance, the unconscious ninja's Bone Spikes unconsciously activated as well.

This unexpected turn startled him for a moment, but then he found it even more fitting—a happy accident.

Next, he mobilized the Ice Release power within himself, leaving frostbite marks on the target's body and internal organs.

After finishing everything, he carefully checked for any other flaws, then vanished from the room as if he had never been there.

The next day at noon, an anonymous letter with messy handwriting appeared inside Kaguya Kengenin's new residence.

The letter had few words, mostly a rough sketch of a map.

Kaguya Kengenin recognized it at once as the Yuki Clan's compound. One building on the edge was heavily marked, with the words "Truth Behind Clan Members' Disappearance" written on it.

After reading the letter, Kaguya Kengenin's heart shook violently. He couldn't make up his mind for a while. He spent the entire afternoon unable to focus on affairs, looking deeply troubled.

Only when night fell did he seem to steel his resolve. Relying on his familiarity with the village's terrain, he quietly slipped toward the Yuki Clan's compound.

There was a small incident along the way: Kaguya Kengenin's stealth skills were too poor. He was spotted by a Chunin on duty assigned by the Mizukage the moment he left his clan's compound.

Just as the Chunin was about to report it, Namikaze Yoru, who had been watching from the shadows, dealt with him in time, easily resolving the matter with overwhelming strength.

Fortunately, Namikaze Yoru had anticipated this. The "scene" was set on the edge of the compound. Even with Kaguya Kengenin's limited abilities, he managed to infiltrate successfully and discovered the clan member covered in "battle wounds."

Though the man was already in a living-dead state, Kaguya Kengenin recognized him at once as one of the clan members who had gone missing during the inn explosion.

"As I thought... the Yuki Clan has gone too far!" People often only believe what they want to believe. Kaguya Kengenin's eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

The traces of resistance left at the scene and the wounds on this clan member all pointed to the Yuki Clan.

Not only had they been spying in secret, but they had also captured and humiliated his people. He absolutely refused to believe this could happen without the Mizukage's protection.

The resentment that had already been festering from the stark contrast of their new clan grounds now consumed his reason entirely, swallowed by the flames of hatred.

He returned to the clan compound that night, under a moonless, windy sky.

Kaguya Kengenin gathered all the remaining combat-capable clan members, their hearts filled with pent-up anger and hatred.

There was no impassioned speech. He simply told them the cold reality he had witnessed with his own eyes.

"The Kaguya Clan will not tolerate such humiliation. The Mizukage is unjust; the Yuki Clan has gone too far. Let us become vengeful spirits and make them remember the Kaguya's fury for all eternity."

Kaguya Kengenin said this, leaving behind all Genin-level clan members and the youth as seeds for the future.

These few dozen remaining core members, like moths diving into a flame, carried their resolve to die and silently charged straight for the Yuki Clan's compound.

Though consumed by hatred, Kaguya Kengenin had not completely lost his reason.

He knew this was Kaguya's Final Swan Song—its purpose was not victory, but to make the Mizunuki pay a grievous price, to brand the Kaguya Clan's final curtain onto Kirigakure's history in the bloodiest way possible.

"Remember! Our primary targets are the Mizunuki Bloodline Awakened Elites and their bloodlines. Everyone seen in the Core Area... not a single one left alive." Kaguya Kengenin issued this cruel final order.

The night became their best cover; perhaps within their own clan grounds, they had not been overly vigilant. Most informed shinobi were pinned to the walls by several Bone Spikes before they could raise an alarm.

It wasn't until a Mizunuki Clan Jonin was ambushed that, shielded by his Ice Release bloodline, he shouted loudly:

"Enemy attack! It's those Kaguya Lunatics!"

The moment the words left his mouth, he was entangled by three fearless Kaguya shinobi. They completely abandoned defense, trading attack for defense, life for life.

Even with their bodies riddled with Ice Needles, they still drove their Bone Blades into their opponent's chests. This direct, life-for-life fighting style took out a large number of Mizunuki elites.

Such scenes played out across the Mizunuki clan grounds—tightly shut doors and windows were violently smashed open, cold Bone Spikes stained with the blood of the innocent.

The Mizunuki Clan was caught off guard. Accustomed to controlling the battlefield with Ice Release, they had never faced such a mad, reckless close-quarters brawl.

Especially the massacre targeting their blood relatives, which threw their minds into utter chaos.

This ghastly upheaval shattered the peace of Kirigakure's night.

By the time the Third Mizukage arrived with a large force of Anbu Elites, what they saw was a scene straight out of hell.