Soon
The group arrived at the execution ground. As soon as they reached the entrance, a ninja dressed in Jonin combat uniform came out from inside.
Upon seeing Uchiha Kō, his eyes lit up. "Lord Hokage!"
Uchiha Kō nodded. "Is everything prepared inside?" Uchiha Kō inquired.
"Yes, Lord Hokage!" The Jonin's eyes were resolute, but when he looked at the six little ones behind Uchiha Kō, he couldn't help but be moved.
However, adhering to the professional ethics of Jonin the execution ground, he didn't say anything, only looking at the six little ones with a pitying expression in his eyes.
At Uchiha Kō's signal, the execution Jonin led the way, Uchiha Kō led the six children inside.
A distinct, foul odor emanated from the air, mixed with the smells of feces, urine, and fish, causing the six children to frown.
"Teacher, where is this?" Namikaze Minato suddenly asked.
Uchiha Kō didn't answer; instead, Shimura Danzō up, "This is Konoha's execution ground, a place used to end the lives of criminals and missing-nin."
Namikaze Minato nodded, while the other five people's expressions changed. Uchiha Fugaku suddenly understood what Uchiha Kō was going to do, and his lips twitched.
Although he knew this day would come sooner or later, he had considered that this was his first time carrying out a bandit suppression mission and his first time carrying out an escort mission, but he never thought that they would be asked to do this kind of thing!
Hyuga Hiashi and Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who hadn't been getting enough rest, perked up and stared intently at Uchiha Kō's retreating figure, unconsciously swallowing hard.
Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza didn't react much. After all, they were used to hearing about who was executed and what happened to who. However, what they didn't know was that hearing about it and doing it yourself, seeing it with your own eyes, were completely different things.
Uchiha Kō believed that it was too late to have them kill people on the battlefield or during missions, as it might affect their performance. It would be better to have them kill some death row inmates themselves, so that they could fight with all their might!
As for the psychological trauma? If you can't get over that, then you shouldn't be a ninja anymore; you should just go home.
Upon reaching the center of the execution ground, the execution ground Jonin waved his hand, and twelve staff members escorted six struggling, hooded death row inmates to the scene.
Then, Uchiha Kō ordered them to remove the criminals' hoods.
In just a moment, their faces were revealed. Some looked indifferent, some wept bitterly, some begged for mercy, and some had bloodthirsty expressions as they looked at Uchiha Kō and the six little ones.
The six children looked timid and somewhat uneasy. Uchiha Kō said, "Today, I will practice the Ninjutsu I taught you with real people."
"You have thirty minutes to learn the Chakra circulation method and the Taijutsu energy path. We'll try to kill you with one blow." Uchiha Kō was a little tired, so the Jonin the execution ground immediately moved a stool over and placed it behind him.
The six children hesitated, Uchiha Kō frowned. "What? Does my word not carry weight?"
Upon hearing this, the others felt a chill run down their spines. Namikaze Minato took a deep breath, opened the Wind Release: Wind Dagger scroll, and mastered it in just five minutes.
He then channeled his Chakra, and two scimitars of wind appeared on his arms. He walked toward one of the death row inmates, whose appearance was fierce.
The death row inmate, his hands and feet bound, had a ferocious expression on his face. No matter how bloodthirsty he had just displayed, he was filled with fear as the blade was about to sever his head.
"No, don't come any closer! You brat, let me go, please let me go!" The death row inmate trembled all over, and yellow filth flowed from his genitals.
Namikaze Minato ignored his words, raised his right hand, and the Wind Curved Blade severed the death row inmate's head. The death row inmate, who had been trembling and wailing, no longer resisted and fell straight forward.
A bloody smell emanated from him and spread around him, and the other death row inmates turned even paler, clearly their previous arrogance was just a facade.
Now that they've seen blood, they've all been reduced to their original state! Namikaze Minato's clothes are now covered in blood, he's sheathed his Wind Dagger, his right hand is trembling, and his heart is cold.
"I... I killed someone..." Namikaze Minato was somewhat numb at this moment, and after seeing the headless corpse he had killed, he couldn't help but vomit.
The other five kids, seeing this, couldn't help but vomit as well.
"Go ahead and vomit. It's better to vomit now than to be weak and vomit in battle later on," Uchiha Kō said calmly.
"Minato, you did a good job. Take a break and empty your stomach. Once you're rested, keep killing. If each of you doesn't kill ten people today, don't even think about going home." The first half of the sentence was a praise for Namikaze Minato, while the second half was addressed to the remaining five people.
The others had already vomited up their lunch. The Jonin calm, but in his heart he greatly admired Uchiha Kō. "You are this one," he thought. "When I was 8 years old, he was still playing house at school."
However, it is foreseeable that from this day forward, these six children will become true ninjas, true geniuses.
After vomiting for five minutes, Sarutobi Shinnosuke made up his mind, his eyes hardened, and he summoned an iron rod. Then he used the Crimson Lotus Staff to smash the heads of the five death row inmates with heavy blows, sweeps, and diagonal slashes. The red and white objects were trapped on the ground and scorched by the flames.
The faint aroma of meat filled the air. Sarutobi Shinnosuke, he leaned the blood-stained end of the stick against the ground, panting heavily, his hands trembling slightly as he held the iron rod.
It wasn't because of excessive energy expenditure, but rather because the sensation from the touch, the smell of brain matter mixed with blood and the aroma of roasted meat lingered in my head.
He suddenly burst into tears. Uchiha Kō clapped his hands, signaling the twelve men to continue retrieving the death row inmates, while he himself got up and went to Sarutobi Shinnosuke's side, patting him on the shoulder.
"You did a good job. The sins committed by those five death row inmates could not be atoned even if they died ten times. What you did was a good deed." Uchiha Kō patted Sarutobi Shinnosuke's head.
Soon, six more death row inmates were pinned to the ground, and the rest of the prisoners also braced themselves.
After comforting Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Uchiha Kō gestured for them to continue, while in his mind he was counting down the days for each of them. After tonight, they would be much more mature.
Around 5 p. m., after Hyuga Hiashi used the "Flash Through Arm" technique from Tai Chi Fist to smash the head of the last death row inmate, he seemed to have lost all his strength.
Uchiha Kō supported him from behind. The other five members had already gotten used to it; after killing ten people, they were all accustomed to it.
Moreover, they were all death row inmates, and with the psychological counseling and support from Uchiha Kō, it was easy for them to accept the fact that they had committed murder.
"Good boy, well done. Come on, today your teacher will treat you to a bath and buy you clothes." Uchiha Kō laughed. Today, everyone's clothes were covered in bloodstains, and they were all drenched in sweat.
Tsunade didn't go home either; she'd be bored going back alone, so she treated the kids to a hot spring and bought them clothes!