Naruto handed a scroll to Nowaki and Kana, which contained the list of personnel involved in this operation.
Sasuke, Neji, Hozuki Suigetsu, fifteen Jonin selected from the "root", and ten outstanding students of Schola Progenium.
The names Nowaki and Kana are clearly listed.
Naruto's voice was exceptionally clear, "But for you, this trip has another purpose."
He did not deliberately emphasize his tone, but simply stated an established fact. "Land of Hot Water, Valley of Hell. I will personally take you in during this trip."
Kana's eyes suddenly shrank. She, who had always been silent, spoke for the first time, with a subtle tremor in her voice. "All?"
"All surviving Blood Pool people will be liberated." Naruto gave an affirmative reply, "I promised you."
He looked at the flames that instantly ignited in the eyes of the two brothers and sisters, mixed with the desire for revenge and the hope of rebirth, and said nothing more. Promises are only fulfilled with actions. Words are the cheapest things.
He turned around and faced the other people who were neatly lined up.
"This operation has no rules and only one goal - Purification."
When Naruto's group left the village quietly, like a drop of water blending into the night, at the other end of Konoha, Schola Progenium's training ground was brightly lit and in full swing.
Might Guy stood in front of all the students, his iconic green tights shining brightly under Kakkō.
"Oh oh oh oh! Burn, young warriors!" Kai gave his iconic thumbs up, revealing a shiny White Fang, "After in-depth exchanges with Mr. Commissar, I decided to pass on my unique skills of pressing the bottom of the box to you!"
He took a deep breath and shouted with a volume that could knock off the roof, "That's it--Eight Gates!"
The whole place was silent at first, and then erupted into a shocking uproar.
"But!" Kai changed the topic, "If you want to learn this supreme Taijutsu, you must pass the extreme physical fitness test that I tailor-made for you! Guys who cannot burn their youth with will are not qualified to touch this threshold!"
In the crowd, the two brothers Kaguya Kei and Kaguya Ken looked at each other. For the first time, their bloodthirsty and impatient faces showed an expression called "fanaticism".
"Taijutsu's... limit?" Kei licked his lips, and all the bones in his body were making squeaking sounds of excitement.
"Sounds like it's more interesting than fighting with that thick-browed boy." Jian's lips curved into a ferocious arc.
For these two natural fighting maniacs, the so-called limit is exactly what they long to touch.
Traveling day and night, Naruto and his party arrived at the border town of Land of Hot Water.
This place is different from any place they imagined to hide Nurgle. The streets are clean and tidy, and the air is filled with the unique smell of sulfur hot springs and the aroma of food. Tourists wearing various yukata come and go, with comfortable and relaxed smiles on their faces, creating a prosperous and peaceful holiday scene.
"The information is correct?" Suigetsu held a Senbon in his mouth and looked around casually, "This place looks more enjoyable than Konoha."
Sasuke didn't speak. His Sharingan had already been turned on, but the sight he saw was normal.
Only Naruto walked at the front of the team, his steps steady but his eyes extremely cold.
He saw those tourists and townspeople wearing almost uniform, satisfied and peaceful smiles on their faces. Deep in their eyes, there was an empty but filled sense of happiness. When passing by others, they would subconsciously draw a simple symbol on their chests with their hands, and then their smiles would become more sincere.
That is not peace from the heart, but a mental state that is Pollution ed.
In the world of Warhammer, he has seen too many such "paradises". When the people of a world are highly unified in spirit, full of happiness, and no longer have worries and disputes, there are usually only two possibilities.
Either the brilliance of Emperor is here in person, or the corruption of Chaos has penetrated deep into the bones.
And here, it is obviously not the former.
"Follow closely." Naruto only said two words before leading the team into an inconspicuous alley.
Night has completely fallen.
After passing through several such narrow and dark alleys, the world in front of me suddenly changed.
Compared with the glamorous hot spring street outside, this place seems to be the backside of the world. The rotten stench of poverty, disease and despair wafts in the air. Low and dilapidated houses are huddled together, and the walls are covered with various twisted and weird symbols using unknown paints.
Among them, a black logo composed of an inverted triangle and a circle appears most frequently.
That's the emblem of Chaos Cult.
At the end of the alley, there is an abandoned central square. At this moment, the square is crowded with people. Hundreds of people have gathered here, but there is no noise. They surround a temporary high platform made of stones in the center, with fanatical and pious expressions, and murmured words, converging into a low, scalp-numbing buzz.
The light of the torch illuminated their faces, making them look particularly ferocious.
On the high platform, a middle-aged man whose body had been stripped naked and whose hands and feet were tied to a wooden frame with thick hemp ropes was trembling violently due to extreme fear. With a rag stuffed in his mouth, he could only scream "wuwu".
A man wearing a black priest's robe and a pale bone mask on his face was holding a nearly two-meter-long black spear high. The tip of the spear shone with an ominous dark light.
"The wailing of the blasphemer is the most beautiful music dedicated to Lord Jashin!"
The priest's voice was hoarse and high-pitched, full of morbid passion.
He did not stab the heart directly, but slowly, with a gesture of enjoyment, pointed the tip of the spear at the man's abdomen, and then stabbed it in!
"Pfft--"
The sound of spears piercing flesh was particularly harsh in the silent night.
The man's eyes widened in pain, and his body twitched violently.
When the believers in the audience saw this scene, not only were they not afraid, but they burst into even more fervent prayers. Their eyes were full of excitement and satisfaction, as if they were admiring a grand fireworks.
The priest pulled out his spear, brought out a warm rain of blood, and aimed it at the man's shoulder.
The second spear, the third spear...
He deliberately avoided all vital points, and every puncture was just to cause more pain. The man's shrill wail was blocked in his throat by the rag, turning into a desperate whimper. His life was being delayed bit by bit in the most cruel way.
In the shadow of the alley, Sasuke's fists clenched instantly, and Hozuki Suigetsu's cynical expression completely disappeared. He held the handle of the knife behind his back, his face so gloomy that it could drip water. As a person from Kirigakure, he considered himself not a good person, but the scene in front of him had exceeded his understanding of "evil".
Under Neji and Byakugan, one could clearly see the chaotic chakra in the man's body and the rapidly passing vitality. He closed his eyes, unwilling to look any more.
Naruto remained expressionless. He just said to everyone behind him in a very low voice, "Remember this feeling."
"This is 'heresy'."
On the high platform, after enjoying the long enough wailing, the priest finally lost his patience. He raised his spear and prepared to pierce the man's heart to complete the final "sacrifice".
The believers in the audience also pushed the fanatical atmosphere to its peak.
At this moment, the bone-faced priest's movements suddenly stopped.
He turned his head suddenly, his pale mask facing the dark alley where Naruto and others were.
"Haha... Are there still a few rats that dare not face the glory of the gods, hiding in the shadows, spying on the sacred rituals?"
The words just fell.
"Shua--"
In the square, hundreds of fanatical believers turned their heads as if they had received a unified order. Their eyes, which had been eroded by fanaticism and drugs and had lost their focus, suddenly lit up with a strange red light at the same time, locking on the alley entrance!