Escape From Konoha Chapter 216

The black moon crowd.

A team of bounty hunters with samurai as the main members.

The number reached a hundred, of which 80% were samurai proficient in swordsmanship, and the remaining members were made up of ninjas.

The leader's name is Kuroda, which is said to be his surname. His name is ominous. He was born in the country of iron. He once fought a swordsmanship duel with Mifune, the current general of the country of iron. The country of iron left the country of iron thirty years ago and wandered around the world of ninja.

When he reappeared, as a bounty hunter, he took down the head of a daimyo from a small country in one fell swoop, slaughtered the daimyo's mansion in that small country, and thus became famous in the underground black market, attracting the favor of many employers.

Then, as he became more and more active in the underground black market, a group of powerful warriors naturally gathered around him, working hard for him. Even some defected ninjas were impressed by his superb swordsmanship and joined his team .

In the end, a bounty hunter team named "Black Moon Crowd" was formed.

When its reputation was the loudest, even Xuan Yuanzhong shunned this team, making it difficult to confront it head-on.

On the rooftop of a field hotel, Yiji held various information about the Black Moon Clan, and had a general understanding of the Black Moon Clan that he was going to deal with next.

In addition to the leader Kuroda, there are many difficult warriors and ninjas among the black moon crowd.

After all, it is not a simple team that can run rampant in the underground black market for more than 20 years and can still stand tall.

According to the information provided by Kadotsu, the former bounty hunter, the swordsmanship of Kuroda, the leader of the Black Moon, may have surpassed the current general of the Iron Kingdom, Mifune, after a long period of honing between life and death.

Moreover, Kuroda's swordsmanship is different from Mifune's concept of "harmony". He attaches great importance to killing, and has thoroughly trained himself into a killing sword!

As far as swordsmanship is concerned, it is more dangerous than General Mifune of the Iron Country.

"Samurai... a product of the old era. I never imagined that such an existence exists in this era. The killing sword may bring me a lot of fun."

Kazuhime took out a photo of Kuroda. It was a white-haired old man with facial wrinkles all over his face. His eyes were calm and cloudy like stagnant water. Staring at it for a long time made people feel a sense of terror being swallowed by this pool of stagnant water.

"Besides, sword duels are more interesting than expected. After all, swordsmanship is what I'm worst at."

Kazuki touched the Kusanagi sword at his waist.

Although she has a sword of the same level as the Kusanagi Sword, she has not undergone systematic swordsmanship training. After all, she is a ninja, not a samurai, and will spend a lot of time on swordsmanship.

Even if Susanoo is turned on to use the Chakra Sword, it is only dismantled violently with the materialized Chakra. Compared with skills, she prefers to convince people with strength.

She was born with a body and chakra comparable to that of a tailed beast. It would be a real waste if such advantages were not brought into play.

Thinking of this, Kazuki put away the information and photos unhurriedly, stretched out the chakra wings behind her back, lightly shook the void, shook the air, set off an invisible wave of air, and flew away from the ground to the sky, like a shooting star in the sky lost sight.

At the junction of the Land of Taki and the Land of Iron, the headquarters of the Alliance of the Five Great Powers already has a decent scale. Just from the appearance, it can be expected that this is an extremely magnificent giant fortress.

Since the fourth generation of Raikage, the leader, and Konoha's Hokage Tsunade went to Turtle Island, only Tsuchikage Onoki, Kazekage Rasa, and Mizukage Terumimei remained at the headquarters of the alliance at this time.

However, as the country of samurai, the Iron Country is also an important part of the alliance. Therefore, Mifune, who is the general of the Iron Country, can barely be regarded as one of the high-level leaders of the alliance. contradictions between. And the Five Kages also respect Mifune very much. Even if the strength of Mifune is not as good as them, they are definitely the best under the Five Kages.

"The Black Moon...Your Excellency Tukage, have you contacted them yet?"

At this time, in the temporary conference room of the alliance headquarters, only Tukage, Kazekage, Mizukage, and General of the Iron Country started a short speech here.

meeting.

Mifune, who occasionally glimpsed some documents, suddenly raised his head to look at Tsuchikage Onoki, with a bit of surprise in his eyes. "Yes, the Black Moon Clan has a very powerful name in the black market, and their leader, Kuroda, is a tricky character. If used properly, it can have unexpected miraculous effects."

Onoki responded lightly, and didn't think there would be any problem in hiring the Black Moons. "Kuroda? The black samurai from the black market?"

Fengying Luosha also seemed to have remembered something, and said suddenly. Onoki nodded.

"That's right, in the era I experienced, the black samurai Kuroda was a person with extremely strong sword skills. His sword skills were once praised by the leader of the rain hidden Hanzo. However, I heard later that he used to be in the iron In the swordsmanship competition held by the country daimyo, I lost to Mifune-dono, and then I left the country of iron for some reason, and began to wander in the black market.”

After speaking, Ohnoki cast a questioning look at Mifune.

Looking at Kuroda's photo, Mifune couldn't help but sigh softly when he met those silent eyes like a pool of stagnant water.

"There is such a thing. But at that time, I was only lucky enough to beat him, but I didn't expect that he would leave the Iron Kingdom directly after losing. Originally, I wanted him to be my deputy, to work with him Working under the daimyo's command, I didn't expect...it's a trick of luck."

"It seems that Kuroda's strength is worth looking forward to being praised by His Excellency Mifune." Terumi Mei also joined the topic.

Although the era of the samurai has long passed, Terumi Mei will not underestimate this group too much.

Just like the witches in the kingdom of ghosts, and the ninja temples in the five kingdoms, before the era of one country and one village came, witches, samurai, and monks all flourished for a while.

Even if the influence starts to shrink now, if you underestimate it too much, you will suffer a loss.

"Kuroda's strength is very strong, and his swordsmanship is different from mine. The swordsmanship I insist on is 'harmony', while his is killing. If it is a battle of life and death, maybe I will be killed by him. Although he He is a samurai, but he will never stick to the tradition of a samurai, for him, as long as he can kill the enemy, it is the strongest swordsmanship."

Mifune's face became serious. "Unscrupulous?"

"Yes, he likes to frighten the enemy by killing. I heard that after he left the Iron Kingdom, he slaughtered the daimyo mansion of a small country because of the reward task, and he became famous. After that, he did all kinds of things. It's killing people, leaving no one alive, obsessed with killing. The so-called reward mission is just an excuse for him to find the strong to kill. This kind of thing is really..."

Mifune put down the photo and sighed again. In this regard, the three shadows did not say anything.

They only want to use the power of Kuroda and the Black Moons. As for Kuroda's character and means of doing things, it is meaningless to explore further.

What's more, the black market is a place full of fish and dragons, and there are no people of any kind. But there are no good people. Those who can survive on this platform and make a famous name must be those with countless blood on their hands.

"In addition to the black moon group led by Kuroda, the general strength of the Lei Guang group and the Shura group is also good. They are a group of difficult ninjas. If they are used well, they can bring us good benefits. At that time, some dangerous task, and hand it over to them.”

Luo Sha said aloud at this time.

"They are all veterans with rich combat experience. As long as the money is in place, even if it is a mission with a narrow escape, they will flock to it. This is the personality of a bounty hunter."

Ohnoki nodded in approval. Although the alliance has 120,000 ninjas, its strength is very limited, especially some dangerous missions, which are likely to cause huge losses to the alliance.

Then, entrusting these dangerous tasks to the bounty hunters who work hard for money will not only preserve the strength of the alliance itself, but also help suppress the arrogance of the enemy.

For the alliance, the loss is nothing more than some money.

"Next, you wait here for Raikage and Hokage to come back. While the reserve funds are still sufficient, the old man needs to contact some bounty hunters and let them serve as cannon fodder for the alliance."

Onslaught of bounty hunters exploiting the black market in war

Enemy, this is Ohnoki's usual method. The other three did not speak, but nodded, acquiescing to Onogi's approach.

Secret country.

The village with hundreds of villagers was no longer alive, and the fire burned the entire village and plunged the village into a sea of ​​flames.

The corpses in the village were burned by the flames, exuding a scorching and **** breath, rushing towards them.

Not far from the village covered by the fire, a group of figures wearing bamboo hats and black clothes were resting on the spot.

The leader is an old man over sixty years old, with gray hair, wrinkled face, a scar on the right cheek, and a pair of eyes that are as calm and deep as stagnant water, quietly staring at the village covered by the fire not far away, causing Flames flickered in his eyes.

The old man was dressed like an ancient samurai, wearing the black layered armor of the previous era. The black headband bound the white hair and tied it into a ponytail. His old and withered palms were placed on the samurai sword at his waist.

The handle of the samurai sword is black, which is the same color as the black armor on the old man's body, making it a seamless one.

"Mr. Kuroda, the hermit samurai in this village has been wiped out, and there are two remaining stations, namely the country of flowers and the country of iron, after which there will be a reward mission from the Alliance of Five Great Nations."

A warrior wearing a bamboo hat from the Black Moon Congregation stepped forward, bowed his head beside the old man Hei Tian, ​​with a respectful attitude and a bit of awe in his tone.

As the veritable leader of the Black Moon, the old man Kuroda's strength has already overwhelmed all the warriors and ninjas in the team. As one of the largest bounty hunter teams in the black market, the Black Moon Crowd is not short of funds.

They usually have only two jobs, one is to accept black market reward tasks, and only large reward tasks with a reward of more than 20 million taels are eligible to be accepted by them.

The second job is to find powerful samurai from all over the ninja world. Their leader, Kuroda, hopes to fight all the samurai with superb sword skills in the ninja world to hone his sword skills.

In this burned village, there was such a warrior.

But the samurai has long since retired, and vowed never to fight anyone again, and only hopes to live out his life in peace. So, in order to force him to act, Kuroda ordered the members of the Black Moon Clan to slaughter the entire village.

Furious, the samurai broke his oath and took up his sword again, seeking to avenge the villagers.

Perhaps because he hadn't held a sword for a long time, Kuroda saw that the sword skills of this hermit warrior were very dull. In disappointment, Kuroda killed him with a single sword.

In short, in this battle, the Black Moons could see that the leader, Kuroda, was very disappointed.

Perhaps in his opinion, the samurai's sword has become so dull that he is no longer worthy of being a samurai. After all, what the Black Moon people believe in is not money, but killing.

They like to fight with all kinds of powerful people, and feel that if they can die in the killing, it is something to be proud of. Money is just an excuse they are looking for to kill.

"...The Land of Iron."

The eyes that were originally a pool of stagnant water finally became a little fluctuating, and Kuroda's dark eyes swept over lightly.

"It's such a nostalgic name. Speaking of which, does this old man's swordsmanship surpass that of Mifune's?" Kuroda touched the only scar on his right cheek.

It was a mark cut open with a sharp knife.

Thirty years later, this scar still made him ache.

"Mr. Kuroda's swordsmanship is invincible in the world. This is an unquestionable fact. The so-called general of the iron country is just a man with a false name. After all, if things like swords are not stained with blood every day, they will become extremely dull."

The warrior on the side said firmly.

"Then, let's go, I hope that the next opponent will not disappoint the old man again." "Yes!"

The samurai and ninjas belonging to the Black Moon Clan all stood up, as many as a hundred people, and gathered beside Kuroda.

In the forest, under the leadership of Kuroda samurai, the Black Moon Crowd began to run rapidly, aiming at the direction of the Kingdom of Flowers, ready to challenge the samurai there.

Sudden,

Kuroda, the leader of the team, suddenly noticed something, stopped his galloping steps abruptly, and stood still in an open space. His eyes, which were originally deep and calm, suddenly became sharp and threatening. Through the gaps in the forest leaves, he probed deeper in the darkness.

Seeing Kuroda's movement, the rest of the people also stopped their figures by coincidence, and began to scan their surroundings vigilantly. "Come out, the old man has found you."

Kuroda said to a thick tree.

With the sound of a branch being trampled, a slender figure slowly walked out from behind the tree, and appeared calmly in front of Kuroda and the members of Hei Yue.

It was a young girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with waist-length black hair, and a white headband tied randomly between her hair, simply adorning her long hair.

The upper body is a tight black leather jacket, which exposes the skin of the shoulders. The lower body is a combination of black miniskirt and knee socks, and the tight shorts inside the miniskirt can be seen.

On the black belt leg ring on the right thigh, a flintlock gun is fixed, and on the left waist is a long sword with a sheath and a white hilt.

The clothes on his body are simple and convenient, as if he is trying to reduce unnecessary clothing materials as much as possible to avoid affecting the battle.

On an overly delicate face, there are not many expressive elements, only a pair of pitch-black eyes, staring at the people in the Black Moon crowd with half-smiles, as if they were laughing.

"If you're not mistaken, you are the Black Moon Clan, and you are the leader of the Black Moon Clan, Kuroda, who is known as the Black Warrior." The girl said after looking at the leader, Kuroda.

"Who are you....."

Before Kuroda could speak, the prestigious samurai who followed beside him saw the girl's face and immediately thought of something.

He quickly took out a pamphlet and searched for the list of rewards for girls.

"Chiba Kazuhime, Chiba Shiraishi, Minister of Oni Affairs, and the daughter of Uchiha Ruri, the current patriarch of the Uchiha clan in the country of Oni...a reward of 140 million taels. It's a big fish .”

Soon, the warrior compared the reward information on the roster and said.

Therefore, the other members of the Black Moon Clan looked at the girl—that is, Ichihime—with eager eyes. In this eagerness, there is an extremely cruel killing intent.

As the leader of the Black Moon Clan, Hei Tian was extremely surprised when he heard the amount of reward offered.

It's not that they are fooled by money, but that people who offer rewards of this level, if they are businessmen or officials, must hold a lot of wealth or power.

And if there are ninjas or samurai, they must be strong in the famous town

Judging from the other party's attire and aura, it was definitely not because of wealth and power that his bounty reached this level. Moreover, even he had heard of the name Chiba Kazuhime.

"The kingdom of ghosts... I heard that your parents were from Konoha's Baifang team, and the captain of the Baifang team, Hatake Sakumo, a ninja known as Konoha Baiga, was famous for using a Baifang dagger. ninja world."

Kuroda ignored Ichihime's words, and didn't care what the other party's intentions were when he came to find him. Instead, he used Ichihime's identity to think of Konoha Shirato who was once famous in the ninja world.

"It seems to be the case, but I am not interested in the affairs of the previous generation. I heard that you are a famous swordsman, so this time I will make friends with the sword. I hope you, the black warrior , don't disappoint me too much.”

Yiji smiled, drew out the Kusanagi sword with her right hand, and held the Kusanagi sword tightly in her hand in a standard sword-holding posture, without any bias.

Seeing Kazuhime's very standard sword posture, Kuroda also seemed to be aroused, and his eyes lit up.

"Even if the opponent is a woman, the old man will go all out. And if the old man's sword can be stained with your blood, the old man's swordsmanship will go a step further."

Kuroda can feel that Kazuhime is not an ordinary ninja, such a person, even a woman, is worth beheading.

So, holding his breath, he held the hilt of the samurai sword with his right hand, posing for an attack with a more precise posture than Ichihime.

Kazuhime saw Kuroda's posture. "Draw your sword and chop."

Yi Ji swallowed these three words.

As soon as the words were pronounced, Kuroda's figure flashed in front of Kazuki at a lightning-fast speed.

The samurai sword that was attached to the scabbard came out of the sheath instantly, and a cold crescent moon light was cut in Ichihime's eyes. The sharp breath made the skin of Ichihime's face feel the chill of the frozen blood.

Ding!

After Yiji made a decisive move, he drew out the Kusanagi sword, steadily blocking Kuroda's drawn sword.

Although the speed is very fast, if it is an ordinary ninja, it will definitely be astonished at such a speed of drawing a sword and slashing, and then during the process of being cast, Kuroda easily took off the head.

Seeing Ichihime easily blocked his first blow, Kuroda's wrinkled old face was not moved at all, as if he was not surprised by Ichihime's behavior.

The pitch-black figure dissipated from Yiji's eyes like a phantom. Yiji felt his back was like a thorn, and before he had time to think, his body turned instinctively and slashed out a sword hastily.

The Kusanagi sword collided with the samurai sword again, and sparks shot out, passing Kazuhime and Kuroda's eyes.

So fast! Even though she overestimated Kuroda's speed as much as possible, she still underestimated Kuroda's speed after the actual battle.

It was hard for her to imagine the speed that an old man over sixty could display.

Kuroda was still unmoved, and he didn't have any thoughts of sympathy and sympathy. The light from the samurai sword in his hand passed by one at a time, flying like shooting stars, making people dazzled.

Kazuhime didn't dare to blink at all, and if he made a mistake, Kuroda would touch her throat with a knife. This dangerous intuition kept warning Yiji.

This old man named Kuroda can definitely do this kind of thing.

Ichihime swung the blade violently, perhaps because she sensed Ichihime's great strength, Kuroda stepped back in a light posture, kicked his feet on the ground, and lightly released the power from Ichihime's blade, making her useless. Come back with success.

The swordsmanship is too standard and rigid, without much flexibility, but the speed and strength are very strong. After a short fight, Kuroda had already figured out the general situation of Kazuhime.

Ichihime was not discouraged when he saw Kuroda easily parrying the sword he slashed with all his strength. The opponent's skill was far superior to his own, and it was only natural that he could do this.

Yiji is very aware of her level of swordsmanship, and her swordsmanship depends on her own strong body.

For her, as long as she can hit the enemy, that's all.

"It seems that you, little girl, are indeed worthy of beheading."

After reconfirming this point, Kuroda's breathing rhythm began to change, and the light in his eyes became darker, but in the darkness, there was a faint light, which was very strange.

"I think so too. After all, I came here with the attitude of learning swordsmanship. Before I hack you to death, it's better to show all your swordsmanship. After all, you will be 'friends' with swords. "

Yiji smiled freely, she and Kuroda seemed not to be enemies, but a pair of old friends who reunited after a long absence. However, with her smile, Kuroda couldn't feel the warmth.

Kuroda didn't say a word, but continued to pose with the sword silently, his heels lifted slightly, the air shook, and the figure disappeared like a phantom again.

The sharp and cold sword light appeared in the air, easily cutting through the air barrier, coupled with Kuroda's lightning-like speed, no matter how experienced a ninja is, it will cause a headache.

In terms of swordsmanship alone, Yi Ji did feel unprecedented pressure.

Compared with her, the movements in Kuroda's hands seemed to have been tempered and formed instinctively. When he drew the knife, he seemed to strike the most delicate blow without thinking.

This level of swordsmanship is impossible to achieve without decades of hard work. Moreover, every cut directly hits a fatal position on Yiji's body.

As explained in the information, this guy's swordsmanship was born for killing. "Um?"

Relying on her extraordinary physique, Kazuki tried her best to resist all of Kuroda's attacks, but immediately felt the collision of the Kusanagi sword and the katana

Feeling, it seems a little strange.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Kazuhime felt the abnormality in Kuroda's sword style.

This kind of abnormality made Yiji feel a little familiar, as if he had encountered the same situation when fighting someone in the past. Illusion? Yiji frowned secretly, feeling vigilant in her heart.

The Kusanagi sword and the katana collided in the air again, sputtering sparks.

Perhaps it was because the battle was too intense, those members of the Black Moon Clan also spread out to the surroundings, not daring to approach the core battlefield.

In their eyes, whether it was Kuroda or Kazuhime, they moved as fast as lightning.

Rather than saying it was a battle between a samurai and a ninja, it was better to say that it was two black bolts of lightning colliding with each other at extreme speed.

After the collision of the sword and the samurai sword, the sharp airflow generated left obvious traces of wild beast minions on the surrounding land and trees, showing the tragic situation of this sword duel.

As for the person involved, Kazuhime finally confirmed something after blocking Kuroda's attack again, and her face changed slightly. "Hey, you don't use a sword at all—"

"too late."

The quiet words came from Kuroda's mouth softly, like whispers of no one in the middle of the night.

Kuroda's quiet and deep eyes suddenly became as sharp as a falcon, murderous. This chill is enough to freeze a person's blood flow.

With a twist of the wrist, the samurai sword danced with it. "Secret Sword Art Black Teeth!"

pitch black--

It flashed past Yiji's eyes.

With an almost tyrannical aura, the black sword light bit towards Yiji's chest.

The bang was not the sound of the blade piercing the flesh, but the samurai sword in Kuroda's hand, which broke in two. The Broken Blade was ejected into the air, and after spinning, it fell suddenly and landed obliquely on the ground.

Silence dominates the space.

Kuroda Furui Wubo's eyes finally lost their composure, as if seeing something unbelievable, looking at Kazuhime's chest that had not shed a drop of blood under the thrust of the samurai sword, his pupils widened in astonishment.

A feeling of unease emerged from the depths of his heart, causing Kuroda, who was holding a broken knife in his hand, to instinctively dodge back, retreating to a safe distance beyond the reach of Ichime Kusanagi.

"you·...."

Before Kuroda could finish speaking, a terrifying aura emanated from Kazuhime's body. Even Kuroda, who was used to killing, tensed up, making him speechless.

"What a mistake. This is probably the lack of information."

At this time, Kazuhime ignored Kuroda, held the Kusanagi sword with her right hand, and patted her forehead with her left hand, as if she had a very headache, and she was aware of her mistakes.

Immediately, she put down the palm resting on her forehead, raised her neck, and her black and white eyes were dominated by the red Sangouyu Sharingan, so that the scenery of the entire forest was reflected in these red eyes, coldly looking at Kuroda. Sweep here.

"I thought it was going to be a swordsmanship duel, but I didn't expect you, an old bastard, to hide the same tactile illusions as my mother in swordsmanship, which interferes with my five senses and delays my sensory abilities~www.mtlnovel.com~ No wonder When I did it before, it didn't feel right.”

"The sword of killing that this old man pursues is more convenient than traditional swordsmanship, and ninjutsu is more convenient to kill people. Moreover, victory is the most important thing, and it doesn't matter what method you use. Girl, this era belongs to ninjas, and swordsmanship must also keep pace with the times. progress, otherwise it will be out of track with the times.”

Kuroda answered it as a matter of course, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "..."

Yi Ji was dumbfounded.

Want to refute, but can't refute at all. therefore--

Yiji glanced around, the members of the Black Moon who were just watching the battle had already formed a tight encirclement to surround her.

"It seems that this is the only way to ask for advice on swordsmanship. Although it is a bit regrettable, I don't plan to remember the name of a person like you, because I am a little unhappy now. I am tired of playing, you can die for me now. "

Kazuki held the Kusanagi sword with her backhand, and under the astonished gazes of Kuroda and Heiyue, she let go of her palm, and the blade fell down and plunged into the ground.

Uchiha Fire Formation! "

As Yiji's words fell to the ground—Boom!

Boom!

The ground exploded, and a red pillar of fire suddenly spewed out from the ground and rushed to the sky.

And not one, but ten, twenty, more pillars of fire rushed to the sky, scattered all around, forming a larger encirclement.

The wall of burning flames connected the pillars of fire, sealing off the black moon crowd and the magician Yi Ji.

"Okay, since you are also a ninja, let's end the battle in a ninja way. Don't call me mean, you chose this path."

Looking at the Heiyue people who were already nervous and uneasy, their eyes finally fell on Kuroda, and a cruel smile appeared on Kazuhime's delicate and beautiful face.

Chapter end