Chapter 20: 19- The Horror Named Inaba
"Get in positions, do not engage, I will handle it myself, all of you circle the parameter, and ensure he can't escape."
I crouched on a high branch, and gave orders to my ANBU subordinates using a voice transferring chakra thread, which worked kind of like telephone wires, except you didn't need telephones, having a brain would do.
As for why the ANBU were my subordinates, easy, cause I'm built different… Well, no this was because, unlike others, Tobirama sensei was also teaching me how to lead, so my focus wasn't just on growing stronger, but also practicing strong leadership and teamwork skills.
Right now, I was here on a mission to eradicate a rogue chunin, an unfortunate soul who was fed up of the war and ran out of the village, leaving everything behind thinking he won't have to fight anymore…
Sadly, the Iwa shinobi found him, and he had to act as a spy for them if he wishes to live, so of course he would be dealt with just like any other ninja who betrays the village.
So, here I was, to hunt him down, with a team of Anbu operatives, easy to say that the rogue chunin is thoroughly fucked…
With my level of sensing, of course we didn't need to track him at all, I just ordered to have him surrounded, poor blud is still having a meal peacefully and has no idea what's about to happen to him.
I had my chakra suppressed so deep that even a Jonin-level sensor would think I was just another random civilian walking through the woods. As for how I did this? Simple, smart me cooked up a jutsu which relied on perfect chakra control to control your own chakra signature. Neat, right?
I didn't give it a flashy name... or a name… It was just a basic chakra control trick.
I looked towards the direction of the chunin, fine chakra reached my eyes, and soon, the rogue chunin a kilo meter away came into my view. And no, I did not see things in black and white like Byakugan…hehe… just kidding.
Alright I'm gonna troll him a bit.
It has been over an year since I learned chakra sensing from sensei, and since then I had researched this quite a bit, so, with all my wisdom, a created a technique, something which can cast dread onto the hearts of everyone.
Yes, I can now cast genjutsu on anyone falling within the radius of my chakra sensing, if I can sense their chakra, I can cast genjutsu on them, and this worked particularly well within the region I can sense clearly.
To an ordinary shinobi, this might not mean too much, but for me, I can now cast S-rank illusions directly on anyone in the land of fire, and weaker illusions as we go further, but yeah, I can cover about half the continent with illusions.
It was practically a nuke in shinobi terms, well not exactly, but yeah, the range is about the same.
-The rogue chunin POV-
'Hmm this ramen is really good… sigh, if I could just hide somewhere where no one could find me, I really don't want to go back in all these bullshit wars…
Sigh, maybe I can just feed some information to the Iwa continuously and they would leave me…
Though I don't know what those fuckers are thinking targeting a rogue shinobi like me, wouldn't it make more sense to plant spies within Konoha?'
Heavy thoughts ran through my head as I slurped down the ramen with a blank expression, I am Ren Oikishi, an ordinary chunin, at least that's what I like to believe,
I ran away from Konoha over a month ago, because of the frustrations I had over the war, those damned Kage act all high and mighty, and start wars over useless shit,
And it is ordinary people like me who die for their desires, why do I need to die? I just want to live…
And then those Iwa shinobi, just when I thought I was free from Konoha, they caught me, and demanded me to spy on Konoha…
Like how does that even make sense? I am not even in Konoha anymore.
So, of course, I did what any sane man would do, I agreed readily, like what? They had me surrounded, and I would prefer not dying today, or I could have just continued fighting the war.
All this happening puts me in so much stress, that I think I am about to go bald soon.
I took a deep sigh, and picked up another bite of the ramen and ate it.
But my stupor my broken, by the strange metallic taste in my mouth, it was a familiar taste, of blood…
I looked at my bowl, and there, instead of the ramen, the noodles was replaced with raw intestines, and the broth with blood…
I looked at the shop owner, and there he was, dead, stomach cut open, eyes wide with fear…
I suddenly noticed the strange quiet around me, I frantically turned around, and… everyone was dead, in a gruesome manner too…
Alright, this is weird, and strange, probably a genjutsu, a weak attempt though, although I don't know how he used the genjutsu on me, but this genjutsu is far too stupid.
So, I disrupted my chakra.
But, the change I was expecting did not happen, still the same, and now, I finally felt it, dread, the same dread which motivated me to run away from Konoha…
I put up my guard, and instantly felt a burning and numb sensation on my arms, which I had placed in front of my body to protect my vitals.
Kumo shinobi, lightning style, five of them… just my luck...
I panicked, cold sweat oozed out of my head, that one was a jounin right there… I can't survive that probably…
Weren't Kumo shinobi known for their brute force and small brain? How the hell did they manage to kill everyone without me noticing… something was wrong, very very wrong…
But I had no time to think about it, so I did what I could think of, Run away.
I just pumped all my chakra and continuously used body flicker, maybe, just maybe, I can outrun them…
I could feel the lightning coated kunais sweeping past me, some grazed by me, I could only grit my teeth and continue.
But, A kunai found it's way and landed straight on my left ass cheek, and I sudden pain made me stop, the kunai stuck had jammed my hips, I knew I was done for, but what happened the very next second…
Another kunai grazed me… but this time, again cursing my bad luck, it grazed through my balls… took them with it…
This was it, I let out a sharp shriek as fell down, tears and snot covering my face, as I looked towards the incoming Kumo shinobi in horror, they walked towards me casually, but each step they took filled me with dread…
Then suddenly…it all vanished.
Even the pain, as if it was all an illusion…
But it can't be, the pain, it was all real…
It was like a blink, the moment I opened my eyes, I was inside a white room, sitting on a sofa.
An old man with white skin and horns in a white dress was in front of me.
"Who… who are you?" I asked, something about this old man screamed danger.
"I am Hagoromo Otsutsuki, or as you may know, The Sage of Six Paths." The old man replied.
"That is just a legend." I argued
"And yet here I am." The old man smiled
"Prove it."
The old man raised his hand, and touched my forehead, "I have granted you the power of God, you can try it."
"What?" I felt an insane amount of chakra flowing through me…
As if on instinct, I clapped my hands, and, a forest descended, the room vanished, and in front of me, an ancient forest appeared…
This…this was the ability of the God of Shinobi… wood style…
That old man, he really is the sage of six paths…
"Believe me now?"
"Yes… forgive me, sage…"
"Don't worry child, the reason I have granted you this power is because I pitied your life… now, go, use this power, and life your life freely as you wish." The Sage of six paths gave a warm smile.
"Really?? I can have all that power just like this, without the need to do anything?"
"Yes, my child."
"So, how exactly, am I supposed to go out of here?" I asked curiously
The sage waved his hand, and a portal appeared on the ground… Strange jutsu, but hey, he's literally the God, who am I to ask.
"Just jump, and you would arrive back to where you were."
I smiled, and was about to jump, but before that, I checked my balls, yup, they are there.
"Don't worry, I made you new ones."
"What?" wait, leave it, I don't want to hear the next part, I am just happy I have my balls back.
I jumped through the portal, stretching my arms, I closed my eyes and had a happy smile, feeling the wind.
Finally, my trashy life is over, time to be a god.
When, sharp, piercing pain hit me all over, I opened my eyes, and,
Earth spikes, over a dozen, were piercing my body…
My soul left my body before I could think my next words.
-rogue chunin POV ends-
Inaba looked at his work with a satisfied smile, he had approached close to the rogue chunin, and was just outside the store the rogue was previously in.
The Anbu next to me, looked at me and asked,
"Did he just run up to the town tower and jumped at the earth spike you casted beforehand?"
"Yes, he did exactly that." I replied with a sweet smile.
"Gulp!."
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