Chapter 68 Death of Ninja

Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, Ueno's pupils shrank, and he lowered his head and shrank his body without any warning. In the blink of an eye, only a piece of clothing was left in the original place, which was then cut into pieces by invisible silk threads. It was the Tsuchigumo that had been waiting for a long time.

However, there are not many people like Ueno who possess amazing intuition and master the ninja secret technique of escaping from the shell. At least the three surviving Chunins under his command could not do it. One was chopped into pieces on the spot, and the remaining one was entangled and hung up by dozens of fishing lines connected to fish hooks, and even his breathing almost stopped, because the feeling of his skin being pierced and torn by fish hooks was too painful, and unless he had the courage to tear off all his skin, he could not break free.

Because his companions were caught in the net, they bought a little time and a Chunin managed to avoid the trap, but he did not run away. Instead, he decisively threw a kunai to help his brother, then leaped up and crashed directly into the door, trying to use his own flesh and blood to break a way for Ueno who was hiding.

Unfortunately, Tsuchigumo's methods are no joke. He is best at setting traps in complex buildings. Therefore, before he could touch the door, as the surrounding fishing lines bounced, the only remaining ninja suffered the same fate as his brother. He was hung in the middle of the building by countless fishing lines connected to fish hooks. He just hung there, letting the blood flow from his torn skin, but he had to hold back the trembling, because any tiny movement would cause his skin to be torn more seriously. And this time, no one came to see him off, so he could only endure the terrible pain and torture.

Faced with this situation, Ueno, who was hiding in the dark, remained calm. Even when his trusted subordinates were being tortured, he didn't even blink.

It doesn't matter whether he can survive or not now. He only has one chance to attack, and he must leave it to the head of the Zhuxing family, otherwise the sacrifice of all of them will be meaningless.

He thought so, but as he smelled the increasingly strong smell of blood, Ueno still couldn't help feeling a little sad. After all, those were his trusted men, and it would be wrong to go through life and death together with them!

Ueno was startled, but it was too late. His stiff movements and increasingly difficult breathing made him realize that he had been tricked.

"When." Ueno, who was having difficulty breathing, felt his heart beating harder and harder, as if it was being squeezed by earth and rocks. He struggled to speak.

At this time, the leech, with most of its body exposed not far away and a faint blood mist emanating from its skin, was playing with the kunai in its hand expressionlessly, with no intention of showing up to give the other party a ride.

Ninjas are guys who can sneakily attack others even when they are dead. Any carelessness will put themselves in danger of death, so the leeches will wait for the opponent's blood to coagulate all over his body.

This is the ability of the leech. It can quickly absorb the other person's blood through skin contact. In addition, it can also atomize its own blood into the air through the skin. As long as it is inhaled, the blood in the body will gradually coagulate.

However, these abilities are not without flaws. First of all, the sucked blood cannot stay in the body for too long, otherwise it will quickly rot and cause sepsis. Therefore, the leeches will vomit a lot of blood afterwards, and their own contaminated blood will be discharged together with the foreign blood that is about to rot, which will cause damage to their own vitality.

Secondly, the blood mist can only achieve the best effect in a relatively closed environment. Otherwise, even if women have an advantage in this regard, how much blood can be wasted?

But once it takes effect, the leech's ability is impossible to defend against, so Ueno can only become a stiff corpse with full of regrets.

The battle was over. Yan Xu had just put on his armor and picked up his sword. He was both excited and flustered. So when he knew it was all over, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't just take a piss and go back to sleep. He was no longer sleepy, but if he didn't sleep, he would be tired tomorrow. Helplessly, Yan Xu changed into loose clothes and took care of things while waiting for the excitement to pass.

Although all the invading ninjas were wiped out, the losses in Onimaruyama Castle were not small. More than twenty foot soldiers were killed in assassinations. There were also five fire points, dozens of thatched huts and tents were lost, and there were also poisons and traps, which needed to be carefully investigated by the ninjas.

The ninja's fighting ability is not very good, but the destructive power opened Yan Xu's eyes. As long as it cannot be defended, no one can predict how much damage it can cause. This is probably the reason why Otomo Munemori likes to use ninjas. Who doesn't like to win big with a small effort?

In fact, this is also related to the low level of the Forest Ninjas, because they have no experience in defending a city, and they don't even have much experience in invading. If it weren't for Tsuchigumo, Leech, and the Itachi and Kama brothers to help fill in the gaps, the situation would only be worse.

Sen Yu did not dare to conceal this and came to apologize immediately. His body was so round and straight when he knelt, and he looked very obedient.

Yan Xu did not vent his anger on the other party. They were just a makeshift team, but how could he expect them to perform as well as the top 500 teams? So, he just asked them to speed up the process of recruiting professional ninjas.

Originally, Yan Xu wanted to divide the ninja department into three parts, namely intelligence, protection, and offense. However, his current power did not require such a detailed division, and he did not have enough talents, so he simply divided it into two.

Since the Forest Ninja has a low starting point, don't rush to improve it. Try to expand at the bottom level and flatten the business scope, that is, focus on the collection and analysis of general intelligence.

In fact, this is equally important, because any force is not composed of a few people. Once there is action, it will inevitably cause waves. What Forest Ninja needs to do is to collect intelligence from the tail and find out the center of the intelligence.

For example, with regard to the Otomo family's actions this time, if Yi Yujing had not been very familiar with the Otomo family and had learned about the abnormality of the ship from his wife, Yan Xu would probably still be kept in the dark and would not have had time to fortify his defenses and make adequate preparations.

But if Mori no Shinobu also set up an intelligence network in the Otomo family, he could accurately infer from the movements of fishing boats, food, and personnel that the Otomo family was about to send troops, and then it would be time for the Moroboshi family's counselors and wise men to conduct analysis.

Therefore, the lack of ability of the Mori Ninja is not a problem. As long as he is willing to invest, he will definitely become an important force for the Moroboshi family by continuously absorbing the grassroots wandering ninjas.

However, ninjas are not only responsible for intelligence, but also for guarding, assassination and destruction, which cannot be ignored, and these are not things that ordinary ninjas can do. So Yan Xu plans to form an elite team with Tsuchigumo, Mizuji, and the Itachi brothers, these ninjas with special skills, to protect their own safety and complete some difficult tasks.

However, there are too few people now, and they can only undertake the task of guarding at most. If they are used for assassination and sabotage, let alone whether they can succeed, the reduction in their own safety alone will not be worth it.

(End of this chapter)