Chapter 27: Ch. 27. Thrilling, Assassination and Counter-Assassination. [2]
In the forest, the spring water is tinkling, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, it is very peaceful.
Mizuki doesn't like the excitement at all, so the fishing spot he chose was also a place with no one around.
He sat quietly by the river and looked at the floats on the water.
Suddenly, the float moved slightly, causing small ripples to spread outward in circles.
Mizuki immediately became energetic and stretched out his hand, ready to lift the pole at any time.
The float shook slightly a few more times, and then suddenly sank.
Mizuki:
- "Coming!"
Mizuki quickly held the pole and lifted it up, and a small fish of two or two was brought out of the water.
At this moment, a sound broke through the air behind him.
Mizuki didn't take it seriously and just glanced back.
But just this look scared him so much that his adrenaline suddenly spiked.
The enhanced dynamic vision allowed him to clearly see three kunai flashing with cold light, shooting towards him in a square shape.
When he saw clearly, Kunai was already 2 meters behind him.
It's too late to dodge.
The next moment, three kunai were clearly shot into the back of his neck, left back chest, and right back chest, and penetrated more than three inches.
The knife is deadly!
The corpse fell forward and fell to the ground. A figure landed on the ground with both feet. He looked at the corpse on the ground and said:
- "Kill Chunin Mizuki. Mission accomplished!"
But at this moment, the corpse on the ground turned into a piece of wood with a "bang".
Root-ninja:
- [Substitution Technique]?"
- "When did he form the seal? Could it be that he had noticed the sneak attack from behind and formed the seal in advance?"
Although he was surprised, the man didn't care.
According to his information, Mizuki was just an ordinary chunin, and his ninjutsu was only the most basic [Three-Body Technique].
Another thing is that Mizuki came here to fish without any ninja tools.
He has no offensive ninjutsu and no ninja tools. He is still a rubbish chunin and cannot hurt him at all.
So he stood there, not afraid of Mizuki's sneak attack.
At this time, Mizuki was hiding behind a tree and couldn't help but sweat breaking out on his back.
If he hadn't used the draw card to draw dynamic vision today, he would be dead now.
Mizuki:
- "This man is wearing a mask and is a member of ANBU. No, this mask has complex patterns and no animal features. It is the ROOT."
- "Sandaime can't do it, so he just plays assassination?"
He didn't expect that Sandaime would stop playing and just start killing him.
My situation is getting worse and worse.
Being in Konoha but being targeted by the Hokage was such a hard life.
At this moment, Root-ninja turned around and looked at the big tree where Mizuki was hiding, and said:
- "Come out, I found you."
Mizuki walked out openly and did not run away:
- "The Root-ninja, it seems that Elder Danzo wants me to die."
- "I never expected that I, a little chunin, would be noticed by Elder Danzo. It's such an honor."
- "Do it!"
Root-ninja asked doubtfully:
-"You won't resist?"
Mizuki shrugged:
- "There's no point in resisting. You'll still die if you don't, so it's better to just do it."
Although the Root-ninja was confused, he didn't talk nonsense. He threw out a kunai and aimed it at Mizuki's throat.
During the whole process, he was staring at Mizuki's hands. Once Mizuki formed the seal, he would immediately take a more violent attack.
Looking at Mizuki again, he didn't move at all the whole time, as if he was really waiting for death quietly.
In the blink of an eye, Kunai was 1 meter in front of Mizuki. No matter what he did, it was too late.
Root-ninja had made up his mind, but at this moment, he saw a smile on Mizuki's lips:
- [Substitution Technique: Displacement]!
Root-ninja vaguely felt that something seemed to have happened, but before he could think about it, he felt a sharp pain in his throat.
Lowering his head, he saw that the kunai he had shot was stuck in his throat.
From the corner of his eye, he also saw that his position had actually been exchanged with Mizuki's.
"IM...POS...SIBLE..."
He couldn't figure out why the two people's positions were exchanged.
He reached out and grabbed the kunai, trying to pull it out and continue attacking Mizuki, but he had no strength left.
"Thump!"
The body fell to the ground, completely dead.
Mizuki:
- "Danzo really underestimated me. He only sent one person to kill me. Do you really think I'm a rubbish ordinary chunin?"
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Mizuki began to think about his way out:
- "Escape?"
- "Or, continue to deal with Sandaime?"
His brain was racing.
If he were to defect, given his current strength and no one to support him, the success rate would be extremely low. If you can't run far, you will be overtaken.
When the time comes, it will be a dead end.
Therefore, Mizuki chose to continue dealing with Sandaime.
In the Hokage's office, as soon as Guy and his team went out, Sandaime immediately took out the crystal ball, activated the [Telescope Technique], and looked directly at the stream in the forest.
However, the expected scene of Mizuki being killed did not appear. Instead, the Root-ninja died.
Third Hokage:
- "How is this going?"
Sandaime's eyes widened, thinking that he had seen it wrong.
Third Hokage think's:
- "How could Mizuki, an ordinary chunin, have the strength to kill a Root-ninja?"
- "The Root-ninjas were all carefully selected by Danzo and carefully taught and trained since childhood. They were much stronger than Mizuki in terms of taijutsu, genjutsu, and ninjutsu."
- "But what is the situation now?"
- "Forget it, it's Danzo who feels bad for losing a Root-ninja. However, Mizuki killed the Root-ninja, which is a good time to convict him."
He immediately shouted:
- "Come here, there is a murder in the forest east of the village. Follow me immediately to arrest the murderer."