Yagura: I Was So Foolish, Truly (Please Vote)

"A genin around ten years old?"

Kaguya Steel Bone pondered briefly. "Yes, of course there are!"

At his call, about five boys soon came outside.

"They're all genin who just received their forehead protectors this year. My grandson, Black Bone, is among them. Lord Yagura, you can take whoever you fancy!"

Hearing Kaguya Steel Bone's words, Yagura could not help sneaking a glance at him.

Is he hinting that I should choose his grandson?

No, the Kaguya Clan should not be capable of such Mind's Eye!

I must be overthinking it!

"What is it, Lord Yagura?"

Karatachi Yagura's gaze left Kaguya Steel Bone somewhat puzzled.

"No, it's nothing." Yagura shook his head. "Then please recommend the strongest one among them, Clan Head. After all, I don't know much about them."

"The strongest one?"

The smile on Kaguya Steel Bone's face suddenly turned excited. He rose to his feet and shouted:

"Tell me—which one of you is the strongest?"

"Me!"

"Obviously me!"

"Me, me, me!"

The five boys all raised their hands eagerly, each claiming to be the strongest. The sight left Yagura rather dumbfounded.

But Kaguya Steel Bone seemed completely unsurprised and continued:

"Since all of you think you're the strongest, I hereby announce that the Kaguya Strongest New Genin Tournament begins now!

"The arena is this courtyard. A no-rules free-for-all—the final winner will be the strongest!"

Before Karatachi Yagura's stunned eyes, the five Kaguya boys immediately descended into a chaotic brawl.

"Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets!"

"Fist Bone!"

"Bone Slash!"

"Mad Scratch!"

For a moment, bone fragments flew everywhere and shouts rang out. Every now and then, a bone bullet smashed through the wall and flew toward the two of them.

"Clan Head Kaguya... is this really okay?"

Karatachi Yagura's voice was somewhat dry. He had only known that the Kaguya Clan was warlike and crazed, and he had witnessed their suicidal fighting style during missions. But he had never imagined that they could start fighting in their own home over a single disagreement.

And it was even this kind of no-rules melee.

I was so foolish, truly. I knew the Kaguya Clan Head's brain didn't work quite right, yet I still asked him to help me choose someone.

Yagura wept inwardly.

"Don't worry, they play like this all the time!"

Kaguya Steel Bone said carelessly, as though he did not take it to heart at all.

His attitude gradually rubbed off on Karatachi Yagura. After his brief surprise, Yagura turned his attention to the five boys fighting in the melee.

They all wore loose gray robes, their hair tied in strange topknots, with two red dots between their brows that were particularly eye-catching.

But with ten eye-catching red dots appearing all at once, Karatachi Yagura was nearly unable to tell who was who.

Fortunately, an elite jonin was still an elite jonin. Such a trivial matter could not stump him.

Although these people wore the same clothes, the same makeup, and the same hairstyle, and even had similarly bloodthirsty smiles on their faces, the weapons in their hands differed.

The Kekkei Genkai inherited by the Kaguya Clan was called Shikotsumyaku, an ability that allowed them to freely control the growth of the bones inside their bodies.

Through their own will, they could control the division, density, shape, position, and other properties of their bones. Thus, for Kaguya Clan ninja, their strongest weapons were their own bones.

Depending on their individual habits, they would shape their bones into whatever weapons suited them best, such as swords, gauntlets, whips, or hand spikes.

Though these weapons could not compare to famed weapons like the Seven Ninja Swords or the Kusanagi Sword in terms of absolute hardness or special abilities, their ability to regenerate endlessly and transform at any time could still make enemies suffer greatly.

Among the five boys currently brawling, one wielded a massive bone blade, one controlled a thin sword, two wore gauntlets, while the last had not shaped his bones into a weapon at all and merely gripped the bone spikes extending from his palms.

"Clan Head Steel Bone, which one of them is your grandson?"

After watching for a while, Yagura found that the Kaguya Clan's Shikotsumyaku was indeed powerful. It was not only effective offensively, but also excellent for defense.

They had been clanging away for quite some time, yet everyone still looked full of vigor. It felt like they could keep fighting all day.

But while they had the time to keep fighting, Yagura did not have the patience to keep watching a bunch of weak genin peck at each other. So he simply asked directly.

The Clan Head's grandson, even if he was not the strongest, certainly would not be weak. Besides, from Yagura's observations, there was not actually a huge gap between the ten boys. After all, they were all extremely tough.

"That boy with the greatsword is my grandson, Black Bone!"

Following Kaguya Steel Bone's finger, Yagura shifted his gaze toward the boy in the middle of the battlefield, who was currently fighting two opponents at once.

Clang!

Kaguya Black Bone brought his blade down in a heavy overhead strike, forcing the opponent before him back two steps. Then, using the rebound force, he bent backward smoothly, dodging the attack from behind while also taking the chance to slash his attacker's calf.

He then leaped into the air, first using the broad side of his blade to block an incoming bone bullet before flicking his left hand and scattering a volley of bone bullets himself.

"Five-Finger Piercing Bullet!"

A sharp whistling tore through the air as five bone bullets crashed down with piercing shrieks, even detonating a ring of airwaves midair.

Yagura's pupils contracted as he said in surprise:

"Those bone bullets of his..."

"That's right. Black Bone has rather precise chakra control. He carved acceleration grooves into every finger bone that left his body, so the power of his Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets is just a tiny bit greater than everyone else's."

Kaguya Steel Bone raised his hand and pinched his thumb and index finger together, indicating a very small distance.

That was only a tiny bit greater?

Karatachi Yagura was speechless. Other people's Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets did not even produce sonic booms, let alone such piercing shrieks!

If someone were unfortunate enough to be struck directly by such a bone bullet, they would likely suffer more than a penetrating wound. The injured area might even explode outright.

Although he was internally ranting about Kaguya Steel Bone's "ordinary-type" remark, Karatachi Yagura, who aspired to restore the glory of the Mist Village, did not hold back his praise for Kaguya Black Bone.

"It seems Clan Head Steel Bone truly has an outstanding successor! Given little Black Bone's age and strength, his future is limitless!"

"You flatter him, Lord Yagura."

Kaguya Steel Bone once again revealed that rather exaggerated smile.

"I'm merely stating the facts. Clan Head Steel Bone, there's no need to be so modest."

Yagura shook his head slightly. "Then little Black Bone it is. He will take one of the spots for this trip to the Cloud Village. However, over the next few days, I'll need to bring him to meet his other two teammates and build some coordination."

"I told you already—you can take anyone you fancy whenever you like!"

Kaguya Steel Bone waved his hand generously, seeing off Karatachi Yagura and his own grandson.

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