Chapter 67 Infiltration and Assassination
Generally speaking, at such a long distance, the triggering of normal traps cannot be heard, but now the traps in Onimaruyama Castle are largely made of fireworks and firecrackers, and the traditional ropes and bells are just decorations to deceive people. Therefore, if the infiltrating ninjas still avoid these traps according to their original habits, they will only expose themselves faster.

Although the ninja who exposed his position dodged urgently, there was a searchlight made from a lantern and a mirror every ten meters on the city wall. Once they were illuminated, ten crossbowmen would fire together. Even if the ninja moved around in various ways, it was useless. Covering fire was so unreasonable.

What's even more terrible is that the ninjas of Mori no Ninja disguised themselves as foot soldiers and mixed in the city walls. Under their quiet guidance, more and more ninjas were discovered on their way to sneak in. After all, they were in the same industry.

The brightened lantern is housed in a trumpet-like iron roll with a mirror at the bottom that can concentrate the light. Although the effect is not very good, it is already high-tech in this era and is very difficult to imitate because there is no mirror with such a high refractive index.

With such a powerful weapon, coupled with the unsparing coverage of crossbow arrows, the Otomo family's first infiltration completely failed. Many ninjas died tragically from the crossbow arrows, with no chance of escape at all.

"Bageyalu~" Shangye was so angry that he even made a tongue-twisting sound. The camouflage cloth in his hand fell heavily to the ground. The holes in it caused by crossbow arrows clearly proved why he was angry. If he hadn't been able to twist and avoid the vital points in time, he would have had no chance to get down the mountain.

And he was angry not only because he almost didn't come back, but most importantly because there were casualties but he didn't achieve his goal.

The Genin who was in charge of bandaging the wound retreated quickly after finishing his work. As a ninja, Ueno had calmed down and did not vent his anger on others. Instead, he carefully looked at the several crossbow arrows he had secretly brought back.

Straight wooden poles, sharp arrows, and most importantly, unified standards. Even the differences in length, thickness and weight are very small, which made Ueno's face darken.

"Send these crossbow arrows to the general." Ueno did not explain much, because he knew that with General Otomo Munemori's ability, he would know what he wanted to express at a glance.

"The Moroboshi family should not be underestimated." Ueno didn't care about his injuries or the dead ninjas. What he cared about was that the general's mission had not been completed so far.

"Order all teams to do everything they can to sneak into Onimaruyama Castle. If there is no opportunity, then create one with their lives. Once inside, immediately poison, set fire, assassinate, and destroy everything to minimize the war potential of the Moroboshi family." Ueno has already anticipated how brutal the upcoming war will be, so the Moroboshi family's war capabilities must be weakened in advance. The best way is to burn weapons and food. If the head of the Moroboshi family can be assassinated, it would be even better. Otherwise, the Otomo family will inevitably pay a huge price.

Although they had not succeeded in sneaking in before, they had already personally experienced the terrifying defensive power of Onimaruyama Castle. How many warriors of the Otomo family would be needed to fill this gap?

Faced with Ueno's cold order, several leading Chunins knelt down without hesitation, and then each led their own team and disappeared into the darkness.

Ueno took the secret medicine and despite his injuries, he personally led the most elite ninja team to sneak up the mountain again.

Although the Forest Ninjas have tried their best to search and block them, there are still ninjas from the Otomo family who sneak in, because some ninjas deliberately trigger traps to attract attention and allow their companions to take the opportunity to sneak in, making it impossible to guard against them.

However, Onimaruyama Castle is not as simple as they imagined. There are alarm traps everywhere, and the waterfall area is a barracks. There are foot soldiers patrolling day and night, and even the civilian area has foot soldiers on guard. At the same time, each row of buildings is far apart, and sand piles and water tanks can be seen everywhere, which makes it difficult to set a fire.

As for poisoning, they gave up after seeing the water flow of the waterfall. It would be useless to soak them in it as tea bags. Therefore, the conspicuous and important castle tower became the only choice for the Otomo family ninjas, because they wanted to die more meaningfully even if they died.

Ueno, who took the opportunity to sneak in, gathered all the subordinates he could contact through secret codes, and seven or eight ninjas rushed towards the castle tower in standard ninja running posture. They were surprised to find that they did not see any patrol team and did not encounter any obstruction until they saw the red ghost walking out of the castle tower.

"There is actually a ghost, and it's the most ferocious red ghost. Could it be an Onmyoji?" Ueno had encountered an Onmyoji before. If he had not given up the mission directly, he might not have survived until now. But the current mission is not something he can give up just like that.

"Leave three people to hold back this ghost, and the rest of you follow me in!" Ueno said resolutely, and a Chunin behind him rushed forward without hesitation with the remaining two Genin, because they were the least valuable.

Otomo Munemori attached great importance to ninjas, so the equipment they had was relatively good, at least they had shurikens, but after the three ninjas spread out, the shurikens they shot with special techniques could not even penetrate the opponent's armor and were bounced off one after another. This made the three ninjas a little defensive, because no one wanted to encounter such an enemy.

The red ghost, wearing a military coat and armor, a helmet with ghost horns exposed, and a steel baseball player's mask, didn't care about the opponent's attack at all. He swung the mace in his hand and smashed forward regardless of anything. The tracker had to say that he was an expert when he saw the posture.

Perhaps because she is a female, or perhaps because she is still young, the red ghost is unexpectedly agile. It seems that she relies on more than just recklessness to hunt wild boars in the mountains and forests.

The red demon was ferocious, but the three ninjas who were responsible for restraining him did not dare to move away, so they dodged very awkwardly. A slightly injured Genin was unable to dodge and was hit by the mace in the waist, collapsing on the spot. His lumbar vertebrae instantly broke into several sections. He was supported by the flesh around his waist, otherwise he would have been broken in pieces. However, the stuff in his stomach could not withstand the pressure and was squeezed out, immediately spraying all over his pants.

And this is not the worst. The worst thing is that this kind of injury is unlikely to kill immediately, so the person can still wail after flying seven or eight meters away.

But this guy was really ruthless. He used his intact hand to tremble and took out the short blade to pierce his heart, giving himself relief.

But after losing a Genin, the remaining two ninjas had a harder time facing the Red Oni, especially the consumption of physical strength, which made their movements sluggish and their reactions slow.

On the other hand, the red ghost's exercise was not even a warm-up. He swung the mace in his hand more and more vigorously, and the evil wind he created made the two ninjas almost breathless.

While the red ghost was chasing and hammering the two little mice, Ueno led the remaining four Chunins and rushed into the castle tower as quickly as possible.

The hatamoto guarding the castle tower responded immediately. Instead of using spears, they drew their katana and coordinated with each other to approach, trying to force the invading ninja into a dead end and kill them.

However, as a jonin, Ueno was very experienced and especially familiar with the structure of the castle tower. With the help of smoke bombs and grappling hooks, he miraculously entered the second floor of the castle tower at the cost of only one person.

(End of this chapter)