The residential house next to the dungeon is a two-story wooden structure with a distinctly Japanese style.
On the dining table in front of Su Xiao is a grilled fish, a bowl of rice, and a bowl of cloudy soup, the breakfast delivered this morning.
For Su Xiao, these things are not enough to fill the gaps between his teeth, but fortunately, he has food in his storage space.
Although he negotiated a deal with i Terumī last night, the first phase of the main quest is not complete, which ans i Terumī has no intention of recruiting Su Xiao, in other words, discarding him after use.
Su Xiao does not want to beco that discarded person, so he needs to leave as soon as possible.
If i Terumī had shown so sincerity last night, Su Xiao would have helped her kill a few people to establish an initial cooperation between them.
Unfortunately, i Terumī does not want to spend a penny on him. To her, Su Xiao is a prisoner dood to struggle in despair, unable to make any waves in the Hidden Mist Village.
Cooperation requires a premise: each party’s bargaining chips. In i Terumī’s view, Su Xiao has none.
Unfortunately, i Terumī does not understand Su Xiao, nor does she know what crazy things Su Xiao is capable of doing.
At this mont, Su Xiao seems to be in no danger, but that is not true. i Terumī will surely kill him, sooner or later.
Forget about doing three things for her; Su Xiao is not willing to do even one thing for i Terumī, even if it ans dying here. He is soone who will fight back when threatened, and compromise is not his style.
Surrounded on all sides, this is Su Xiao’s current situation.
There are countless ninjas around, so fighting his way out is impossible. As for teaming up with potential allies...
Sadly, the Hidden Mist Village only has the ’Peacemaker Faction’ and the ’Warring Faction’ now.
Because of the assassination of the Fourth Mizukage, the ’Warring Faction’ wants to tear Su Xiao apart, and as for the ’Peacemaker Faction’, they already talked last night; they can’t be allies.
"Bu Bu, are you afraid of dying?"
Bu Bu Wang, who was gnawing on a roast lamb, looked up.
"Woof."
Clearly, Bu Bu Wang showed no hint of fear.
"Tonight we’re going to assassinate the ’target’, it’s ti to test how fast you can run."
Leaning back in the chair, Su Xiao began to conserve his strength; success or failure depends on tonight.
This current predicant is unavoidable; characters in the plot aren’t fools, and they all have their own ideas. Su Xiao was never ant to develop within the Hidden Mist Village from the start. Fortunately, the glorious achievent of assassinating the Fourth Mizukage will be beneficial for future plans’ progress.
It’s a poor start, but as long as he survives it, Su Xiao has confidence in completing what cos after.
...
At one o’clock that night, Su Xiao pushed open the door.
As soon as he stepped outside, Qing, who was monitoring him, sprang into action instantly, and five Jonin disappeared into the night.
To i Terumī, Su Xiao is a sword, a sword for eliminating dissent, but this sword’s origin is unclear and it’s dangerous—sothing to be disposed of after use.
Under cover of night, Su Xiao moved among the buildings, concealing his aura, trying to avoid detection,
Following closely behind, Qing removed his eyepatch, the blood vessels on one cheek bulged, as his White Eye activated, constantly monitoring Su Xiao’s movents.
Su Xiao’s course was heading toward a Jonin’s residence, one of i Terumī’s assassination targets.
This Jonin was already 69 years old, more senior than i Terumī, having been a trusted aide of the Third Water Shadow and later assisted the Fourth.
In the Hidden Mist Village, plagued by years of civil war, 69 years is considered a high age. However, at such an age, body functions greatly deteriorate, and as this Jonin specialized in Taijutsu, his skills have declined even further.
This is also why Su Xiao picked him. His house is on the edge of the Hidden Mist Village, offering Su Xiao an opportunity to escape after eliminating him—at least it seems so on the surface.
Why kill him first? To make the watchers drop their guard and to create chaos as a diversion.
But is Su Xiao’s escape plan really this simple? Of course not.
...
From Su Xiao’s course, Qing guessed who Su Xiao was going to assassinate.
"Is it really like this..."
Qing sighed, quietly instructing a Jonin beside him, who then changed direction towards i Terumī’s residence.
"You two, go to the village edge and inform the guards to heighten their vigilance."
Just as Qing finished speaking, he suddenly noticed Su Xiao’s footsteps stop ahead, and then he made a sharp turn.
Qing was puzzled; the intent to flee was already obvious. What was the aning of this careening away? Furthermore, the target had been eating non-stop; was it a desire to gorge before dying?
Instead of continuing toward the Hidden Mist Village edge, Su Xiao headed towards the village center, towards another target location.
This puzzled Qing; was Su Xiao not planning to escape? Or had he discovered sothing?
Su Xiao began leading Qing on a roundabout journey through the village, each change in direction taking him toward the location of another target.
Five minutes later, i Terumī joined Qing.
"What’s going on?"
i Terumī seed to have been roused from sleep, her words punctuated by yawns.
"That guy is acting a little strange; he’s been circling around the village."
"Circling... where has he gone?"
"He went to..."
After listening to Qing’s report, i Terumī felt a sense of unease.
"He didn’t go to assassinate the target?"
"No, he approached target residences but would leave soon after; is he scouting the terrain?"
"Possibly..."
i Terumī pondered for a mont and then suddenly rembered sothing.
"How did he kill other prisoners in the dungeon?"
Qing considered for a few seconds before replying, "Probably Exploding Talismans, but they’re used up. I checked with my White Eye; he didn’t have anything suspicious on him, just a knife and so fruit, or else we wouldn’t have let him wander freely in the village."
"Fruit... sothing’s off, stop him imdiately."
i Terumī leaped forward, swiftly rushing towards Su Xiao.
At this mont, Su Xiao stood on a street at the edge of the Hidden Mist Village, always hiding his aura; otherwise, he would have already been spotted by the ninjas within the Hidden Mist Village.
The Mist Ninjas weren’t particularly cautious; after all, this was their village, where they live every day. If these sleeping Mist Ninjas had been alert, they might have already discovered Su Xiao.
Su Xiao discarded a fruit pit he’d been holding; it was a fruit native to the Hidden Mist Village, shaped like a mango, he’d been eating it along the way.
Taking out another of the sa fruit, Su Xiao continued to eat, seemingly having a peculiar fondness for the slightly bitter taste.
If soone picked up one of the fruit pits discarded by Su Xiao, they would find each pit had tooth marks with holes, and inside, a faint white object was visible.
Su Xiao was almost sick of eating, but he had to continue. This was to evade a certain X-ray vision.
After a burp of fullness, Su Xiao discarded another pit.
Smack.
A soft footstep ca, and i Terumī appeared on a nearby rooftop at so unknown point.
"What do you want to do?"
i Terumī’s gaze was hostile.
"Just reconnaissance, no need to be nervous."
Su Xiao took a deep breath, his powerful stomach quickly digesting the fruit he consud.
"Why are you tossing those fruit pits, what’s your purpose? Forget it, it’s not important, those pits have already been dealt with."
"Oh, really? Then... did you deal with the contents inside the pits too?"
At this point, Su Xiao was wearing his Lan Kai Windcoat, and as he extended his arms, an endless stream of tiny white spiders crawled out from his sleeves, numbering at least hundreds.
i Terumī’s pupils contracted, a sudden acceleration of her heartbeat for so unknown reason.
"Lava Jutsu: Monster Corrosion Technique."
i Terumī ford a seal with her hands, inhaled deeply, and then expelled a massive wave of lava!
The overwhelming lava surged towards Su Xiao. Although i Terumī only suspected Su Xiao, she attacked imdiately, not wasting a single word.
i Terumī’s judgnt was correct, but her attack was far too late. The best choice was to burn Su Xiao to death in that cell, not allowing him to leave in the first place.
Just as the lava was about to incinerate Su Xiao, he detonated the Alchemy Bomb.
Boom!
Flas soared skyward; the lava aid at Su Xiao was blasted away. Not only did the explosion occur near Su Xiao, but every location he passed through also exploded.
The fire raged fiercely, and one-tenth of the buildings in the Hidden Mist Village were shattered or set alight by the blast, and in an extrely short span of ti, the conflagration spread, with screams resounding in the night sky.
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