69novels Chapter 50: The Ninja Coming-of-Age Ceremony, The Mutated Humans
Chapter 50: The Ninja Coming-of-Age Ceremony, The Mutated Humans
Su Nuo's wide-area perception is essentially aimed at curse power.
Since there is no cursed power in the ninja world, this perception naturally gives rise to negative emotions associated with cursed power.
Negative emotions are energy naturally derived from the chakra released by ninjas; they carry some information about living beings.
Everyone experiences negative emotions, to varying degrees.
Furthermore, negative emotions cannot be converted into curse power in the ninja world, so they can remain for a long time.
Fu Heiyao's malicious perception arose from this.
Both he and Sukuna perceive a person's magical power by observing the intensity of negative emotions emanating from that person's body.
However, Su Nuo observed more than he did because of his powerful soul.
However, the perception of curse power also has its limitations; although it is concealed, it can only perceive the general outline.
Depth perception can only be achieved through close-range touch.
It was only when Fukuyo met Mito that he sensed the immense chakra within her and her dragon-like physical attributes.
When Fukuyo unleashed his malicious perception, sweeping across the Amamiya mansion and extending it to the entire Tsuru-no-cho, he suddenly realized the Amamiya mansion's hidden depths.
Besides them, there were a considerable number of chakra reactions throughout the Amamiya mansion.
Roughly estimated, there are nearly ten ninjas with chakra strength reaching the standard Chunin level, and dozens of Genin.
Minato and Nawaki were stunned when they learned of the information that Fushiko had sensed.
What does this mean?
It's important to understand that the ratio of ninjas to ordinary people is one in a thousand, and the ratio of genin to chunin is one in a hundred.
This process has eliminated a lot of people.
What is the purpose of a nobleman in a small town keeping so many ninjas under his command?
Or perhaps these people are not the guardian ninja of Tsuru-no-cho, but have other motives.
"Have you found any trace of the missing person?" Sakumo asked.
"It's hard to say," Fu Heiyao shook his head. "Unless I see it for myself, it's difficult to tell."
"In that case, let's proceed according to Minato's plan." Sakumo nodded, then walked straight out of the room, through the corridor, and into the library.
The samurai who was talking to the steward near the "Hatake-sama" paper house immediately came to greet Sakumo when he arrived.
"Get me a map of the area around Tsuru-no-cho, and also find information on the bandits in the area."
Shuo Mao didn't waste any time with unnecessary words.
The samurai, unsuspecting, immediately ordered the steward to return to the archives and search for information about the bandits.
Previously, some people suspected that the disappearance was caused by bandits.
It's quite normal for ninjas from Konoha to focus their attack on this.
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Having obtained information about the bandit activities, Sakumo drew several circles on the map according to the information and then led the three out of the city overnight.
"I know you're confused, but ninjas aren't allowed to interfere in internal affairs," Sakumo explained to the three.
"As long as they don't threaten Konoha, the village has never interfered in the family affairs of these nobles."
"We just need to report back to the Hokage after we complete the mission."
Minato and Nawaki nodded thoughtfully. They remembered that the ninja code explicitly prohibited ninjas from interfering with the rule of nobles.
Fu Heiyao crossed his arms, inwardly disdainful.
He certainly understands this principle.
The root cause of the distorted ninja system and the core of maintaining the daimyo's rule lies here.
If ninjas, with their immense power, could also interfere with the rule of nobles at will, then this foolish system should have ended long ago.
However, this set of rules does not apply to Fu Heiyao.
He instinctively loathed these guys who had plunged the ninja world into stagnation.
There is no doubt that Fu Heiyao will begin to clean up these parasites once he becomes powerful.
As for now, it doesn't matter whether they are nobles or warriors, whether they live or die, or what they do.
As long as these people don't try to kill themselves in front of him, Fu Heiyao, who is still in the ninja rookie stage, is too lazy to bother with these idiots.
Led by Shuo Mao, the group soon arrived at a mountainous area, by which time it was completely dark.
The group gazed across the dim darkness at the brightly lit mountain village across the way.
"Yao, sense the situation at the mountain stronghold." Shuo Mao instructed Fu Hei Yao to sense the enemy.
In terms of perception, Fu Heiyao was even better than him, and Shuo Mao was not one to show off, and besides, he was never the protagonist of this mission.
His main responsibility was to ensure the safety of the three people.
Fu Heiyao nodded, then activated Su Nuo's senses to probe the mountain stronghold. After a while, he said, "There are about eighty-nine people in the stronghold."
"Six of them have traces of chakra, but they are not much stronger than those samurai. They should just be ordinary people who know how to refine chakra."
There were also some very faint traces of chakra, gathered together, doing something unknown.
Just as ordinary people can be affected by illusions, the power of spell perception can also sense the negative emotions of ordinary people.
Fuheiyao can mark any negative emotions that have occurred to him.
Sakumo nodded, then looked at the three men expressionlessly and said, "Fukuko, Nawaki, and Namikaze Minato, your mission tonight is to wipe out this mountain stronghold."
Eliminate any potential threats and search for clues that might lead to the disappearance of the missing person.
While the investigation didn't have to be so "high-profile," Sakumo's purpose wasn't just to investigate.
He was holding a ninja "coming-of-age ceremony" for the three of them.
Killing and shedding blood are the first tests that every ninja must face.
Nawaki and Minato's expressions turned serious, and even Fushiko Kuroyo became earnest.
A qualified ninja must undergo bloody trials; this is the path every ninja must take.
It's not a glamorous profession, but rather the life of an assassin who kills in the shadows.
In the ninja world, there isn't a single powerful ninja whose hands aren't stained with blood.
On a dark and windy night, four men sneaked into the mountain stronghold under the cover of darkness.
Sensing the sentry in the darkness, Fu Heiyao slightly raised his hand, and several invisible slashes instantly made the vigilant sentry look like Louis XVI.
However, thanks to Fu Heiyao's skillful manipulation, two people were not completely dead.
Sakumo looked at Minato and Nawaki, and the two understood and picked up kunai.
Looking at the bandit in front of him, who was terrified and barely breathing, Rope Tree's arm trembled slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and plunged the kunai into the bandit's heart.
Despite their mental preparation, the two still turned pale when they felt the eerie sensation of the kunai piercing their hearts and tearing their flesh.
However, both of them had good mental fortitude. Both Nawaki and Minato quickly adjusted their state and overcame the psychological pressure in no time.
At the same time, their eyes also changed simultaneously; their once clear eyes now held a sharpness and decisiveness.
Once the two had recovered, Shuo Mao immediately signaled them to follow Fu Heiyao deeper into the mountain stronghold.
The Imperial Chef is quite authoritative when it comes to crushing vegetables; even Sakumo, who was secretly observing, thought that Fukuyo's killing speed was too fast.
Often, with just a slight lift of the hand, a slash can arrive in an instant, piercing the enemy's throat or severing them at the waist.
However, Fukuyo also realized this and decided to give Minato and Nawaki more room to maneuver by using less efficient close-quarters combat.
However, covering the fist with the solution resulted in the enemy's gruesome death.
Often, when Fu Heiyao throws a punch, the enemy is instantly chopped into pieces by several slashes, making Sakumo exclaim how violent it is.
Ten minutes later, every living creature in the entire mountain stronghold, even earthworms, was chopped in half by Fu Heiyao.
Gazing at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood surrounding Fukuko, Nawaki and Minato suppressed the urge to vomit.
"Yo, don't you find this disgusting?" Nawaki asked with a pained expression.
"You'll get used to it," Fu Heiyao said.
In the past two years, he has seen many of Su Nuo's memories, and many more that are even bloodier than this.
I had already adapted to it long ago.
"Congratulations on taking your first step into becoming ninjas." Sakumo appeared quietly and congratulated Minato and Nawaki.
Shuo Mao then turned his gaze to Fu Heiyao, his eyes filled with admiration, and praised him generously:
"Unparalleled killing speed, formidable mental fortitude, Fukuyo, you're simply a born ninja!"
Fu Heiyao remained noncommittal.
The group then used the firelight from the mountain stronghold to search for possible clues.
"There are still some who have slipped through the net, or possibly missing persons." Following the faint traces of chakra he sensed, Fu Heiyao arrived at a dark underground storage room.
This is the spot where he had previously sensed the seven or eight clusters of chakra.
The three people behind him, aware of Fu Heiyao's powerful senses, followed silently.
The moment the door opened, a putrid, bloody stench assaulted his nostrils, and Fu Heiyao pushed aside the clutter blocking his way.
Even the battle-hardened Shuo Mao was momentarily stunned by what he saw.
The reason is simply because the scene in the underground storage room is too physically uncomfortable.
The ground was covered with dark red bloodstains and black scabs, with broken bones and rotten flesh scattered everywhere, a filthy and dilapidated scene that was shocking to behold.
In the dim light of the fire, several pale, bloated monsters huddled in a corner, covered in blood, trembling and too afraid to move.
Upon sensing the firelight, the monster's bulging eyes instantly filled with terror, and it frantically twisted its several deformed and superfluous limbs.
The swollen tumors on its surface rubbed against the ground, making a sticky, grating noise that made people feel nauseous.
"My God, what kind of monster is this?!" Rope Tree blurted out.
Rope Tree, who had endured the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, managed to hold back his vomit, but he could no longer control himself when he saw these grotesque and monstrous creatures.
"Is this a human?" Fu Heiyao frowned, his voice filled with disbelief.
Upon close proximity, Fukuyo could discern that these people's chakra belonged to ordinary humans, rather than the special chakra of monsters.
He subconsciously reached out to touch them, and upon closer inspection, he discovered a faint trace of negative emotional chakra within the bodies of these monsters.
"Kid, looks like you're in pretty good luck."
The provider of perception, Ryoumen Sukuna, could also sense this power, which was similar in nature to cursed power but was actually completely different.