"You didn't hear me? Do I need to repeat myself?" Tōshirō said leisurely. "I believe what I said was clear enough that there should be no issue with hearing it."
Yamamoto's face was ashen. "What compensation for emotional distress?"
"You don't understand a term that is so self-explanatory?"
Tōshirō pointed to the bite marks on Karin's mother's arm. "The bite marks on her body were left by people from your village, weren't they?"
Yamamoto didn't deny it and said in a deep voice, "So what?"
"She's a woman. There are differences between men and women, and she's a mother, no less. Don't you know that your actions can cause her emotional trauma?"
This bastard is deliberately looking for trouble...
Yamamoto cursed inwardly and gave his explanation. "We provide her and her daughter with shelter, and she uses her abilities to help the village. This was agreed upon from the beginning. You can ask the woman yourself if you don't believe me."
Tōshirō seized the loophole in his words, his gaze becoming sharp. He asked coldly, "In that case, how dare you ask me for compensation for 'taking care' of them?"
A cold, sinister chill enveloped Yamamoto's body, and he shivered in a literal sense.
Yamamoto's eyes widened in shock, reflecting the terrifying coldness swirling around Tōshirō. It was as natural as breathing. In this state, Tōshirō was giving off a tailed beast-level amount of chakra.
Damn monster!
Yamamoto gritted his teeth, cursing inwardly.
"You've got a lot of nerve to try and deceive me."
Tōshirō's mouth curled into a sneer. "And don't think I don't know that you've been constantly suppressing and demeaning them to establish your authority and then continuously exploiting her."
Sweat beaded on Yamamoto's forehead. Under Tōshirō's powerful intimidation, he gritted his teeth and said, "What do you want?"
The enemy, at most, was just trying to take this opportunity to assert his dominance and establish Konoha's strength.
After all, this wasn't the first time a small country had been bullied by a major power, so it wouldn't be a big deal.
As for what he wanted to get from them, it was probably just money.
However, he had underestimated Tōshirō's ambition.
Tōshirō reeled in the coldness, flicked his fingernails, and said unhurriedly, "I hear your Hidden Grass Village has a jutsu called the Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu. I'm quite interested in it. Let me take a look, and I'll forgive your actions."
Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu?
What was that?
The Hidden Grass ninja present looked at each other. They had no idea their village had such a ninjutsu.
Yamamoto's expression was calm, but his heart was already in turmoil.
Impossible!
How does this guy know about this jutsu?
This jutsu was one of the two greatest treasures of the Hidden Grass Village.
Not to mention outsiders, even very few people in the village knew about it.
The people who knew about this jutsu, including himself, could be counted on one hand. How did an outsider like Tōshirō know about it?
Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu?
Yamamoto denied it three times. "I don't know. I've never heard of it. Don't speak nonsense."
Tōshirō saw that he wouldn't back down until he saw the coffin, so he didn't bother to argue with him. His eyes turned red, and the tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, connecting into a new pattern.
Spirit fire
A massive pillar of blue flame erupted from the ground.
The sudden and huge pillar of fire shocked everyone. Despite the blazing flames, the people felt no heat from it. Instead, they felt a chilling cold.
However, an even more shocking scene unfolded.
The pillar of fire spun rapidly, forming the upper half of a giant, blue humanoid creature that gave off a bone-chilling aura.
In an instant, a colossal claw lunged at Yamamoto. It was as swift as the wind and as violent as a wave. Its speed was so fast that it didn't seem to belong to a creature of that size.
Even Yamamoto, one of the strongest people in the Hidden Grass Village, couldn't react in time and was roughly grabbed in its palm.
"Damn it!"
Yamamoto roared, desperately trying to struggle, but all his efforts were useless against this merciless claw.
"Lord Yamamoto!"
Seeing Yamamoto being captured, some of the Hidden Grass ninja rushed forward fearlessly.
The Soul Fire's eyes widened, and a ring of blue flames erupted from it, forcing back the charging ninja.
"Aah! Aah!"
Screams filled the air, which awakened Tōshirō's sadistic side, and he let out a laugh of pleasure. "Heh ha ha ah..."
"Mom, I'm scared..."
The surrounding temperature dropped rapidly. Karin trembled as she saw Tōshirō's brutal side and clutched her mother's skirt tightly.
"Don't worry, Mom's here..."
Karin's mother placed a hand on Karin's shoulder and comforted her in a soft voice.
In reality, she was no better off than her daughter.
She was only able to remain calm because of her identity as a mother, which was barely holding her together.
Karin's mom looked at the white-haired boy.
On the outside, he seemed like an innocent, harmless child, but in reality, he was more terrifying than any wild beast.
She had heard that this young man was going to take them in and take care of them. This should have been a happy thing, but after seeing his brutal side, Karin's mother was filled with worry. She didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Yamamoto's mouth was wide open as he looked at the blue flames scattered around them, his face filled with shock and fear.
He...
He defeated all of the village's elite ninja in an instant.
What kind of monster is this guy?
Tōshirō made the Soul Fire bring Yamamoto in front of him. His mouth was slanted as he said calmly, "I said, you better think carefully before you answer my question."
Yamamoto's body trembled.
Tōshirō's tone sounded casual, but if he took it as just that, the pressure he was putting on him would crush him.
He wasn't overreacting. He knew that the man in front of him was a madman who would absolutely do something like that.
His cold and sinister eyes said as much.
Suddenly, he noticed the snowflake-like pattern in Tōshirō's eyes.
This is...
Mangekyō Sharingan!
"What's wrong? Are you deaf? Why aren't you answering me?"
At the sound of the undisguised mockery, Yamamoto shivered and suddenly understood something.
I see. This damned madman was after the village's treasure, the Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu, from the very beginning. Taking the Uzumaki mother and daughter was just an excuse.
"Damn it! Let go of Lord Yamamoto!"
Seeing Yamamoto being held like a little chick, some of the Hidden Grass ninja were still unwilling to give up despite the vast difference in power. They were restless, wanting to fight Tōshirō to the death.
"You all better not act rashly~" Tōshirō's eyes swept over the Hidden Grass ninja, a hint of a frivolous smile on his face. "It's difficult to step on an ant without killing it, you know~"
Tōshirō increased his dōjutsu power and summoned a complete Soul Fire.
It descended like a god, its majestic presence causing everyone to shiver in fear, awakening the ancient fear of nature and gods in the depths of their hearts.
"So... big..."
Even in its kneeling posture, the Soul Fire was easily ten meters tall. The Hidden Grass ninja were as small as ants in front of it.
Thump, thump, thump...
The weapons in their hands fell to the ground with a clatter.
Everyone's shoulders slumped, their arms hung limp, and their morale was so low that they gave up on fighting. Some even knelt down.
What's the point of fighting?
The guy in front of them was on a completely different level from them, mere mortals.
"I understand..."
Yamamoto closed his eyes in resignation.
The corners of Tōshirō's mouth turned up, as if to say, You should have done this sooner. Why did you make it so difficult?
After the plague god left, it felt as if a giant dark cloud was hanging over the Hidden Grass Village, casting a heavy psychological pressure on everyone.
"Lord Yamamoto... Was that a good idea?"
Upon hearing his subordinate's question, Yamamoto looked at him as if he were an idiot.
"What else could we have done? Should we have tried to stop him? You? Or me?"
The person who asked the question fell silent.
The giant monster the plague god summoned could kill a large number of people with a single, ordinary punch.
And seeing how he was still so at ease after using that jutsu, they all suspected that if he had wanted to, he could have slaughtered their entire village without a second thought.
"Damn it! These great nations are too overbearing! Are we just going to endure this humiliation forever?"
A Hidden Grass ninja wailed, and his words struck a chord with everyone present.
Yamamoto clenched his fist and immediately called for a meeting with the elders to discuss the matter.
At the meeting, the two factions of elders, who would usually get into fierce arguments over their differing opinions, were silent.
This was because the Hidden Grass Village had always been divided into two factions: the pro-war faction, "Grass Fruits," which wanted to revitalize the Hidden Grass Village, and the anti-war faction, "Grass Flowers."
But this time, the elders of the anti-war faction, "Grass Flowers," chose to remain silent.
This was because the Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu that Tōshirō had stolen was from their side.
"How glorious the Hidden Grass Village once was. And now, we've fallen so low that a single person can bully us right at our doorstep."
An elder from the "Grass Fruits" faction grew more and more agitated as he spoke. He even slammed his fist on the table to vent his emotions.
Someone else agreed and said in a deep voice, "It seems we can only rely on that thing again."
"Are you... talking about..."
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about."
"But it's not that easy to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss."
Hearing this, everyone lowered their heads.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss was said to be a tool used by the Sage of Six Paths. In the past, the ancestors of the Hidden Grass Village had almost unified the world after obtaining it.
But for some unknown reason, the once-powerful Hidden Grass Village was suddenly destroyed. After that, two new factions were born within the Hidden Grass Village: one that advocated for the continued use of the Box of Ultimate Bliss and another that opposed it.
This was how the "Grass Fruits" and "Grass Flowers" were born, and they had been arguing ever since.
Their differing opinions were one thing, but the main reason was that the Box of Ultimate Bliss was extremely difficult to open. It required a tailed beast to serve as a guide.
But the tailed beasts were all controlled by the great nations, and the Hidden Grass Village couldn't even get close to them, let alone open the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
"Why don't we send someone to Konoha to verify this?" an elder from the "Grass Flowers" faction suggested. "Could Tōshirō have acted on his own?"
"Verify what? Tōshirō is a Konoha ninja," an elder from the "Grass Fruits" faction scoffed.
"As far as I know, Konoha, under the Third Hokage's leadership, wouldn't be this overbearing," the elder from the "Grass Flowers" faction responded.
Besides holding on to some illusions about Konoha, the elder believed that even if they were going to steal a ninjutsu, they would do it secretly.
If that wasn't an option, they should at least destroy the evidence.
He shared this thought with everyone present.
The elder from the "Grass Fruits" faction sneered. "He didn't steal it; he took it as compensation for emotional distress."
He was so frustrated he could cry.
He could have just taken it by force, but he had to come up with a reason.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. They weren't afraid of a thug with power; they were afraid of a thug who was also clever.
The two factions discussed it back and forth and finally came to an agreement.
They would send someone to Konoha to verify the situation, and at the same time, they would find a way to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
"Damn you, Uchiha Tōshirō... We'll remember this. This isn't over."
(End of Chapter)
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