Slaughter Beneath the Moonlight!

Whoosh!

A faint tearing sound rang through the air as Hyuga Setsuna, gripping an Anbu Standard Short Sword, slowly approached a scrawny man from behind.

The short sword in his hand traced a beautiful arc, like a brilliant flash beneath the dark night, slicing across the scrawny man's throat!

Blood sprayed out like dazzling fireworks, splattering everywhere. The rich crimson stained the Anbu's black cloak, the sharply contrasting colors blending together in a strangely harmonious fashion, like clusters of blood-red cherry blossoms!

Twenty-third!

He wondered how many Baiyue had dealt with on her side, his thoughts drifting slightly.

Otsutsuki Kaguya's cool voice sounded in his ear, bringing Hyuga Setsuna back to his senses.

"Setsuna, how did it feel to kill someone for the first time?"

The feeling of killing someone?

After glancing at the scrawny man who had died with his eyes still open, Hyuga Setsuna ignored him and continued walking forward.

"Grandmother, how would you feel after killing an ant?"

"There are still many who deserve to die tonight!"

After seeing what these people had done through his Byakugan, Hyuga Setsuna had long since stopped considering them human. They were merely vermin and ants living in this world!

Within the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya wore a gratified expression.

Setsuna, you have begun to grow.

Whoosh!

A figure suddenly appeared beside Hyuga Setsuna, watching him stroll along with apparent ease.

Gekko Baiyue's face immediately darkened as she said irritably,

"Have you finished dealing with the hidden sentries on your side?"

"Mm, Captain Baiyue, don't worry. They've all been dealt with. I didn't leave a single survivor!"

Seeing the faint bloodstains on his black cloak, Gekko Baiyue fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"Let's go. It's time to deal with the ones inside the stronghold."

With that, she took the lead, turning into an afterimage as she rushed ahead.

Hyuga Setsuna followed close behind.

Inside the mountain stronghold.

After taking care of several visible sentries.

Hyuga Setsuna stood silently on one of the stronghold's streets, conspicuous beneath the moonlight and impossible to ignore.

According to their plan, Hyuga Setsuna would draw out and deal with the grunts, as well as several Elite Chunin.

Meanwhile, Gekko Baiyue would infiltrate the Elite Jonin's room and carry out a surprise assassination!

Through his Byakugan, Hyuga Setsuna watched the grunts and three Elite Chunin continuously gather in his direction.

Not far ahead of him, a group of people had already assembled.

They gripped their weapons and glared furiously at Hyuga Setsuna in the distance.

"He's alone. How about we rush him together and kill him?"

"Are you an idiot? That guy is a ninja! A ninja!!"

"So what if he's a ninja? You coward, even if he is a ninja, we've got so many brothers here. What's there to fear? Brothers, grab your weapons and charge with me!!"

After cursing at that coward, one of them led the rest of his brothers charging forward, intent on killing Hyuga Setsuna!

Watching the grunts rush toward him, Hyuga Setsuna curled his lips in boredom. Then, a chilling, murderous wind swept through the street.

Like the aura of the Death God itself, tonight they would all return to death's embrace!

"Brothers, charge! Kill him!" "Kill! Kill! Kill!!"

Amid the crowd mixed with all manner of filthy curses.

Clad in a black cloak and wielding a Blood-Red Short Sword, Hyuga Setsuna charged into the crowd like the Death God incarnate.

No one was destined to survive tonight!

Squelch!

A bandit wielding a long blade slashed at Hyuga Setsuna's head, but he evaded it with a tilt of his head.

Then, the blood-red short sword silently swept across the man's throat, and he fell silent forever.

Behind him, three bandits stabbed their ninja kunai at Hyuga Setsuna simultaneously. If those strikes landed, he would die on the spot!

Facing the three incoming kunai, Hyuga Setsuna merely leaped lightly into the air. The Blood-Red Short Sword in his hand swept past their eyes in an arc like a full moon, beautiful as moonlight yet equally deadly.

The three bandits let out despairing screams, but their cries were soon drowned out by even more screams, louder and harsher than theirs!

Hyuga Setsuna could be seen weaving through the crowd, continuously swinging the Blood-Red Short Sword in his hand and reaping one life after another. Beneath the moonlight, he seemed to be performing a flawless waltz!

As time passed, more and more bandits fell upon this street.

Blood flowed across the street as well.

"Stop! ×3"

Seeing the bandits continue to die, the three Elite Chunin finally arrived!

Originally, they had intended to let these lackeys wear down Hyuga Setsuna's stamina, then kill him once he was exhausted and exposed an opening. Yet after more than a hundred had been killed, he still looked completely at ease.

It seemed as though his stamina had not diminished in the slightest.

In the end, they could only come out reluctantly. After all, these people would still be somewhat useful in the future. They could not let Hyuga Setsuna slaughter every last one of them.

Looking at the three ninjas standing before him, Hyuga Setsuna smiled warmly beneath his mask.

"You three finally came out. I thought you would keep watching them die."

The surviving bandits nearby also looked toward the three men with venomous resentment in their eyes.

They did not hate Hyuga Setsuna. If he killed them, it only meant they had been too weak.

But since the three leaders had already arrived, why had they watched them go to their deaths? They were the ninjas, after all.

Naturally, the three men noticed the bandits' resentful gazes, but they did not care. They were merely ordinary people.

"Judging by your outfit, you're a Leaf Village Anbu ninja, aren't you?"

"I didn't expect Leaf Village to have declined so badly that they sent a child like you to carry out a mission. Hahaha."

"Kid, it's your bad luck to run into us. Be a good boy and die!"

The three spoke one after another with arrogant sneers.

Hyuga Setsuna calmly watched the three men show off, then casually called out,

"Explode!"

At some point, the entire street had been covered in Explosive Tags, all of them burning as they activated.

At Hyuga Setsuna's shout, the entire street began to tremble. Explosions erupted one after another, billowing smoke rolling into the air.

Hyuga Setsuna stood on a nearby rooftop, admiring his handiwork.

Where had all those Explosive Tags come from?

Naturally, he had searched them off the dead hidden-sentry ninjas. The rest had been taken from the traps they had set.

Who was it that had said this before?

Make full use of everything and waste nothing!

Watching as the three men failed to emerge for quite some time, Hyuga Setsuna would have started wondering whether they had really been blown to death if not for his Byakugan!

Still, it would have been nice if there were cannons here. Then he could show these people what the power of truth really was!

Let them know!

Caliber was truth, and range was justice!

Second update complete!

Posting two updates a day feels like it's draining my body dry. I'm exhausted.

That's it for today's updates. I'm going to play Genshin Impact now!