"Take off her clothes??"
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Everyone present froze after hearing those words. It took them a long while to recover, their hearts thrown into turmoil.
Sōsen suddenly looked at Ingetsu, gritted his teeth, and quietly clenched his right fist.
"Hotaru!!!"
Seeing the young miss about to suffer humiliation, the Tsuchigumo Clan's great elder turned red with rage and roared at the top of his lungs.
Smack—
Uchiha Nanpu kicked the old man to the ground, pinned him down hard, and said in a low voice:
"What are you shouting for? Behave yourself!"
Among the Uchiha group, Izumi, Kurenai Yuhi, Nonō, and the others also changed expressions.
They did not quite understand what Ingetsu was doing.
Kurenai Yuhi was the first to react. Seeing that Ingetsu's expression remained unchanged, as though he had no desires at all, she immediately relaxed.
Ingetsu would not do anything pointless.
He was not the sort to indulge himself recklessly.
There had to be a reason...
"Well, well, this is quite thrilling." Nonō raised a hand to adjust her round-framed glasses and sighed inwardly. It seems I've followed a leader with some strange fetishes... I wonder whether he'll do this to me someday too?
At that thought, Nonō suddenly squeezed her legs together.
The remaining merchant caravan members and guards were all furious but dared not speak.
They were surrounded by the Uchiha. Their anger was genuine.
But so was their fear. From the body language of these people around them, they could tell that those ninja blades truly might take their lives.
At Ingetsu's command, Uchiha Mikoto lowered her willow-like brows. After steeling herself, she slowly stepped forward and took Hotaru from Tamao.
Tamao stood to one side, chuckling stupidly.
Seeing how interested his big brother was in women,
he was relieved.
To reforge the glory of the Uchiha, they had to start by increasing the Uchiha population.
Hotaru's face turned deathly pale.
Thinking about what she was about to face, her mind went blank. She trembled like a little quail.
She had heard her clansmen talk about how rogue ninja and bandits in the Shinobi World dealt with young women.
Feeling the little girl's terror, Mikoto raised her head and looked directly at Ingetsu, saying in a low voice:
"You..."
Ingetsu remained calm and gave Uchiha Mikoto no chance to speak. Seeing her dawdling, he stepped forward and grabbed the little girl himself.
At this point,
the merchant caravan's hearts sank completely. They could only place their last hopes on Sōsen, who was crouching beside Ingetsu.
Sōsen gritted his teeth. His hands, which were holding his head, clenched into fists. It seemed he had made some decision and was ready to act.
If this man truly laid a hand on Hotaru, Sōsen would stop him. That was his bottom line.
Ingetsu glanced sideways at him and said calmly:
"I'm not interested in her."
"Uh..." Sōsen froze. Seeing through his thoughts had been exposed, he broke out in a cold sweat.
After saying that, Ingetsu placed his hand against Hotaru's back. Through her clothes, he sensed around for a moment and confirmed that there was no seal of the Forbidden Technique: Wrath of Heaven.
Only then did he withdraw his hand.
He was slightly disappointed.
At this stage, this successor of the Tsuchigumo Clan had not yet been implanted with the clan's forbidden technique by her clan leader.
Ingetsu had told Mikoto to remove her clothes only because he wanted to inspect her back.
The seal of Wrath of Heaven would twist the human back into terrifying, spiderweb-like scars.
This forbidden technique was exceedingly terrifying.
The user could absorb natural Chakra through their body and store it. The longer they accumulated energy, the greater its power. Its ultimate destructive record was instantly annihilating everything within a radius of several hundred kilometers after release.
It was comparable to a nuclear bomb!
If possible, Ingetsu naturally wanted to master such a forbidden technique. But if there was no opportunity, he would not force it.
His main task now was to resist Konoha's continued pursuit and complete his defection.
When everyone saw Ingetsu release Hotaru,
they all finally let out a breath of relief.
Only Tamao gloomily pondered whether his big brother was uninterested in this girl because she was not pretty enough.
Hmm, next time, he would catch prettier ones for his big brother!
Tamao made up his mind.
Ingetsu walked over to the oldest white-haired elder of the Tsuchigumo Clan, crouched down, and said indifferently:
"I'm not interested in your young miss, nor am I interested in the Tsuchigumo Clan."
"Then what do you want?"
The Tsuchigumo Clan's great elder nodded heavily.
From this young man's tone, the old man could tell that he truly disdained making things difficult for them.
Ingetsu said calmly:
"Continue on your way. We'll blend into your merchant caravan. Once we pass Mount Katsuragi, we'll leave on our own."
As he spoke, Ingetsu raised his right hand and gave the Uchiha a signal to withdraw.
The Uchiha sheathed their blades and retreated to Ingetsu's side.
The merchant caravan seemed to have regained half their lives. Everyone was terrified as they looked in unison toward the great elder, who held the highest status, and Hotaru, who was still shaken.
"Cough, cough... Continue... on the road!"
The Tsuchigumo Clan's great elder flushed red. Knowing he had no choice, he could only organize the merchant caravan to depart.
No matter what, they would discuss it after returning to their clan grounds.
Hopefully, this group of powerful people would keep their word and had not infiltrated the caravan to plot against their already declining Tsuchigumo Clan.
Ten minutes later,
the merchant caravan set off.
At Ingetsu's request, the caravan chose the middle of the three roads leading into Mount Katsuragi and slowly proceeded forward.
This was the route Ingetsu had selected earlier.
After all, Izumi had said all three paths were passable.
Rumble—
The carriage wheels turned as the merchant caravan slowly advanced.
But after that farce,
the atmosphere in the caravan was exceptionally grim.
The Uchiha defectors, Kurenai Yuhi, Nonō, and Hotaru, who served as a hostage, sat in the cargo bed of the second carriage, disguising themselves as caravan members.
The caravan members who had originally been in the carriage were driven to the back of the convoy to walk.
A notification that the mission had been completed appeared in Ingetsu's mind.
[Side Quest]: Disguise [Option]: 1. Lead the group into the Tsuchigumo Clan merchant caravan. Mission complete! [Reward]: Ninja Tool Bag.
The reward arrived.
Ingetsu turned his right hand over. Space rippled across his palm, and an ordinary white Ninja Tool Bag along with some wrapping bandages appeared in his hand.
The bag was heavy, packed full of ninja tools.
Seeing Captain Ingetsu use that miraculous Space Ninjutsu again, the Uchiha immediately became interested.
Hotaru had never seen such a method before. Her gem-like eyes stared fixedly at Ingetsu's palm, filled with curiosity.
Since these people had no designs on her,
most of Hotaru's fear had faded. She was only somewhat worried, unable to guess what these people wanted.
Opening the Ninja Tool Bag, Ingetsu looked inside by the torchlight.
He saw a kunai, ten Shuriken, a roll of steel wire, and an Explosive Tag.
They all looked ordinary.
Ingetsu took the kunai from the Ninja Tool Bag. The moment his fingers touched its cold metal handle, its method of use immediately surfaced in his mind.
Thud—
With a flick of his hand, Ingetsu threw the kunai from the Ninja Tool Bag at a tree outside the carriage. It struck the tree precisely and buried itself deeply in its trunk.
The movement was smooth and seamless.
It was so fast that only a few nearby Uchiha reacted and instinctively dodged to the side.
Only after the sound of the kunai striking the tree rang out
did little Hotaru suddenly turn around. Yet she could not see any trace of a kunai or Shuriken nearby.
Ingetsu lowered his head and looked at the Ninja Tool Bag.
The kunai he had thrown had returned to the bag, as though it had never been thrown at all.
Every ninja tool in this Ninja Tool Bag, including that Explosive Tag, could refresh after use and be used repeatedly.
As for when the thrown ninja tools disappeared, Ingetsu could control that as well. That was why Hotaru had seen nothing when she turned around just now.
"So that's its special feature," Ingetsu thought. It was better than nothing.
As he thought that, he was about to strap the Ninja Tool Bag to his right thigh when Kurenai Yuhi smiled, crouched in front of him, and said:
"Let me help you!"
As she spoke, Kurenai Yuhi took the Ninja Tool Bag from Ingetsu's hand, knelt before him, and carefully strapped it onto him.
The convoy continued forward amid jolts and bumps.
When they entered Mount Katsuragi and passed through a low-lying area suitable for an ambush,
[Side Quest]: Eliminate the Root Organization pursuit team. [Option]: 1. Eliminate the Root Organization team lying in wait on Mount Katsuragi. [Reward]: Forbidden Technique Replication Scroll!
The Side Quest prompt appeared again.
Ingetsu's eyes lit up.
PS: An explanation regarding the secondary creation abilities.
1. Green Medicine refreshes every day at 6:00 a.m. It can be used infinitely and enhances strength without limit.
When used on others, it can only heal injuries and has side effects, which will be explained later.
2. Storage Space will gradually expand.
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