Qian Yun Turns the Tables on the Enforcement Squad

Fog?

Qian Yun suddenly realized that the purpose of their Hidden Mist Technique was to pinpoint the target's location within the fog before killing them.

With that thought, Qian Yun hurriedly used the Wind Cleansing Technique.

A fierce gust swept through, rapidly thinning the mist over the island. Of the original eighteen people, nine had already slipped into the camp.

He used the Wind Cleansing Technique again.

Yagura Karatachi and the others had already been subdued, their bodies bristling with senbon needles as their memories were being read.

Qian Yun was badly frightened, afraid someone would Flash Step over and kill him the next second. Besides, several people were watching from the perimeter.

He pulled out a large handful of smoke bombs and flung them over. The camp was instantly filled with smoke, which continued spreading outward.

One of them drew his sword and stared at Qian Yun, his face turning pale in an instant. Was he about to kill him in one blow?

Thud, thud!

The man was about to Flash Step over and cut down Qian Yun when he suddenly toppled forward. Then the others collapsed one after another.

They definitely were not pretending. Against a small fry like Qian Yun, there was no need to put on an act.

Puff puff puff...

Yagura Karatachi suddenly Flash Stepped repeatedly, killing five people in the blink of an eye. Shark Teeth and the others finished off the remaining few.

They began pulling out the senbon needles, each of them swaying unsteadily.

Several more people at the perimeter made their move. They still opened with senbon needles, as if this group was obsessed with reading memories.

They cast the Hidden Mist Technique again, seemingly determined not to stop until one side was dead.

Qian Yun prepared to use the Substitution Technique again, but the four people outside did not take him seriously at all. They cast the Hidden Mist Technique once more.

You brought this on yourselves.

Wind Cleansing Technique, go!

The mist was blown away again, and the four people entangled with Yagura Karatachi immediately Flash Stepped backward.

These people were too cunning. Yagura Karatachi and the others were already exhausted, blood continuously pouring from their wounds.

They looked as though they could collapse and pass out at any moment.

Qian Yun grew anxious. You have to hold on.

For Lord Qian Yun, you can sacrifice yourselves.

Thud! Thud!

To Qian Yun's speechlessness, Yagura Karatachi and the others had also inhaled the knockout smoke. Friend and foe alike collapsed throughout the camp.

Qian Yun was dumbfounded, then instinctively looked toward the four people outside.

They looked back as well, making Qian Yun's scalp tingle.

Death was right before him.

"Wait! Don't cut off my head, I'm afraid of pain!"

Qian Yun suddenly shouted, raising his hands in surrender. He could no longer think of any way to escape.

Before absolute strength, he felt that all schemes were futile.

The four exchanged glances. One of them flung out a senbon needle, then Flash Stepped over.

Seeing that Qian Yun could not move, the man put a blade to his neck before extending a large hand.

He was being far too careful.

Memory reading again.

Qian Yun hated this technique. Before he could think of a solution, he suddenly discovered a wisp of soul invading his mind.

Inside his mind, Qian Yun watched the other person's soul tentacle release soul power. He stepped forward and poked it with a finger.

It was a little soft.

It was even much softer than abalone.

He pinched the soul tentacle between his fingers and pulled. It was like chewing gum, stretching longer and longer.

When he pulled again, the other person's entire soul flame was dragged inside. It seemed to be trembling, constantly retreating backward.

Only then did Qian Yun realize that the other person could not take human form.

Heh heh heh...

"You think you can leave after coming here?"

Qian Yun's soul rushed over, grabbed the other person's soul flame, and kneaded it over and over.

The other person seemed incredibly fragile. After only a few kneads from Qian Yun, it had already collapsed.

[ Ding: Defeated ninja Klee. Obtained traits: Spirit, Physique, Soul, Senbon Mastery, Swordsmanship Mastery... ]

Qian Yun froze. So long as he killed the other person's soul directly without damaging the body, he would obtain all of their traits.

This was a milestone discovery.

Fuse them all.

In an instant, Qian Yun felt himself undergo another transformation, as though he had inherited every ability of this Hidden Mist Enforcement Squad member.

Sensing the camp through the mist, he found that the other three were reading memories again.

Although he did not know why Yagura's anesthetic had failed earlier, it should still work.

Qian Yun quietly cast the Hidden Mist Technique, this time increasing the dosage a hundredfold.

There was one thing he had lied about: he could use composite ninjutsu, the principle being similar to the Three Cleansing Techniques.

And now, his control over the Hidden Mist Technique had reached an exquisite level.

The mist in the camp thickened slightly, but the three people reading memories did not notice.

Thud! Thud!

The three collapsed. Still uneasy, Qian Yun tossed out another large handful of drugged smoke bombs, then waited for half an hour before cautiously walking over.

He crushed their souls one by one.

However, Qian Yun gloomily discovered that crushing a soul inside the other person's mind did not grant all their traits.

He used the D-rank Memory Reading Technique, dragged the last person's soul into his own mind, then crushed it.

[ Ding: Defeated ninja Bass. Obtained traits: Spirit, Physique, Soul, Senbon Mastery, Sealing Mastery... ]

Fuse immediately.

The surging power made Qian Yun tremble. He was now confident he could face Yagura Karatachi head-on.

Still, on second thought, he should not do something stupid.

Most ninjas who died in battle did so because they were overly confident in their own strength, just like these Hidden Mist Enforcement Squad members.

After fusing all the traits, Qian Yun looked at Yagura Karatachi and finally sighed.

Fine. Consider it repayment for what I owed your ancestors in my past life.

Besides, sending them back would probably cause trouble for Hidden Mist's higher-ups.

After searching through the ninja tool pouches, Qian Yun found that the Enforcement Squad members' supplies were basically identical.

Other than food and water, they only had blank sealing scrolls. There was nothing else.

After searching around, Qian Yun unexpectedly found something in Bula's ninja tool pouch.

An A-rank Memory Reading Technique, an A-rank Water Mirror Technique, and an A-rank Mystical Palm Technique. Besides those, there was even a supplies sealing scroll.

Didn't he not know sealing techniques?

And why did a mere errand runner have so many good things on him?

Thinking of his medical beast-hide book, Bula's identity became even more suspicious.

Qian Yun read the scrolls, then put them back. He did not even touch the supplies sealing scroll.

He had originally wanted to read the Hidden Mist Enforcement Squad members' memories, but after thinking it over, he decided against it, afraid of leaving traces behind.

Once such a thing was confirmed, it would no longer be a matter of whether Yagura pursued it. The entire Hidden Mist Village might hunt him down.

What should he do now?

Since he could not bear to kill Yagura, he might as well treat their injuries.

He had nothing else to do anyway. He could treat it as conducting human experiments.

He dragged the survivors into the tents and began preparing plasma for transfusions.

Other than Yagura, the survivors were Shark Teeth Hoshigaki Riki and the big man Hozuki Seigetsu.

Only three remained.

Hoshigaki Riki had also lost too much blood. The wound on his chest was horrifying, and Qian Yun felt his chances of survival were slim.

Forget it. Who told this guy to patiently teach him fighting techniques?

He would help him one more time.

After feeding him a healing pill and making some medicinal food for him, Qian Yun finally felt at ease enough to move the corpses.

Bodies decayed quickly in summer. Those who had died at noon had already begun to stink by evening.

Yagura and the other two did not wake up until three full days later. Each of them was terribly weak, their gazes dull and vacant.

Were these the aftereffects of memory reading?

Qian Yun had no way to treat something like that.

It seemed only Tsunade of Konoha Village could handle it.

Qian Yun bustled around caring for the three of them, and he now somewhat regretted not reading the corpses' memories.

The weather grew hotter and hotter. At first, Qian Yun used disinfectant to spray the rotting bodies, but later Yagura and the others could no longer stand the smell, so they set them on fire and burned them clean.

Fortunately, Qian Yun's work over the past month had not been in vain.

First, the Virus Nourishment trait had upgraded to green. Second, through constantly catching fish and shrimp to stockpile food, his Water Affinity had also upgraded to green.