freenovelworld Chapter 28 Ghost Brothers
Chapter 28 Ghost Brothers
Rain-Hidden Village, atop the tower.
This is the highest point in the entire village, and also the residence of the "demigod" Hanzo the Salamander.
Outside the tower, the rain never stops.
Inside the tower, however, it was warm as spring.
Hanzo the Salamander sat cross-legged on the tatami mat, quietly wiping his enormous scythe.
Before him knelt a trembling Amegakure chunin.
It was the survivor who escaped from Jiraiya and his group.
"...That's how it is. Lord Hanzo, those three brats from Konoha are simply... simply monsters!"
The Chunin's voice still carried lingering fear.
Hanzo stopped wiping his sickle.
He looked up, his face, hidden beneath a huge breathing mask, revealing no expression.
But his eyes were as sharp as a knife.
"monster?"
He spoke slowly, his voice sounding somewhat muffled due to the filtering effect of the breathing mask.
"Three Konoha brats wiped out three elite squads you led, so you call them monsters?"
"Yes...yes, Lord Hanzo!"
The Rain Ninja lowered her head even further. "That white-haired kid can use Earth Release techniques with a huge range; that blonde woman is incredibly strong; and the scariest one is the one with very white skin—his ninjutsu is extremely strange, specifically targeting vital points!"
Hanzo fell silent.
He put the sickle aside, stood up, walked to the window, and looked down at the village shrouded in rain.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi..."
He whispered the name.
"Is this your solution? Sending three brats as bait, are you trying to tell me that Konoha has no one else to rely on?"
A disdainful smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
In his view, Hiruzen Sarutobi's action was utterly foolish.
The Land of Rain is the main battlefield, a meat grinder.
Sending three geniuses to their deaths only proves the inexperience and incompetence of the new Hokage.
"It seems that the death of the Second Hokage has indeed dealt a heavy blow to Konoha."
Hanzo made his judgment.
"In that case, there's no need to waste any more time with them."
He wanted to use a resounding victory to show the entire ninja world who the true master of this land was.
We must crush those three arrogant insects from Konoha, and hang their heads on the gates of Amegakure as an insult to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Pass on my orders."
Hanzo turned around and spoke to the kneeling Chunin.
"Yes, Lord Hanzo!"
"Send the Ghost Brothers over there."
Upon hearing the words "Oni Brothers," the Rain Ninja trembled violently, fear flashing in his eyes.
Ghost brothers.
Fog flow, rain flow.
They were not native ninjas of Amegakure, but elite Jonin who had defected from Kirigakure in their early years.
The two brothers are of one mind and work together seamlessly, especially skilled in combining water-based attacks with poison techniques.
They are cruel by nature and take pleasure in torturing and killing their opponents. They are a force to be reckoned with, even by their own people, throughout the entire Amegakure village.
Because their methods were too bloody, Hanzo rarely used them.
But now, in order to give Konoha a warning, he decided to unleash these two most ferocious mad dogs.
"Tell them," Hanzo's voice was cold and devoid of emotion, "I want to see the heads of those three Konoha brats."
"Yes, Lord Hanzo!"
The chunin accepted the order and scrambled out of the room.
……
In another forest of the Land of Rain.
Two men, dressed in Amegakure uniforms and bearing a striking resemblance, were leaning against a large tree, listlessly sheltering from the rain.
They are the Demon Brothers.
The older brother, Wuliu, has a relatively calm personality and is currently resting with his eyes closed.
The younger brother, Yu Liu, seemed somewhat agitated, constantly scratching something on the ground with a kunai.
"Big brother, what is Lord Hanzo thinking? Sending us to deal with three Konoha brats is making a mountain out of a molehill, isn't it?" Yu Liu complained.
"Shut up."
Wu Liu didn't even open his eyes. "We will carry out Lord Hanzo's orders."
"I'm just bored."
Yu Liu curled his lip. "I heard that among those three brats, there's a pretty blonde girl. Hehe, once we catch her, we'll have some fun with her."
Just then, a messenger ninja from Amegakure appeared before them.
"Lord Kirigyu, Lord Amerigyu, Lord Hanzo has ordered you to set off immediately for coordinates 236, 431 to eliminate the vanguard of Konoha."
"understood."
Wu Liu slowly opened her eyes and stood up.
Yu Liu put away his kunai, a cruel smile appearing on his face.
He stuck out his tongue and licked his short knife, which was coated with deadly poison.
"Finally, something fun is happening."
The two brothers' figures instantly turned into two afterimages and disappeared into the rain.
They moved incredibly fast, traversing the complex forest as if it were flat ground.
Soon, they arrived at the designated area.
"Big brother, they're just ahead." Yu Liu's nose twitched; he could smell the scent of living people in the air.
"Okay." Wuliu nodded. "Same as always, I'll create the environment, and you reap the rewards."
"Alright!" Yu Liu rubbed his hands together excitedly.
Wu Liu quickly formed hand seals.
"Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!"
A mist, thicker than the surrounding environment and even carrying a slightly fishy-sweet smell, spewed from his mouth and quickly spread towards Jiraiya and the others.
This fog not only obscures vision, but it also contains a specially made toxin that can slowly paralyze the enemy's nerves through the respiratory tract.
On rainy days like this, this toxic fog is almost impossible to deal with.
"Kōnoha brats, are you ready... to slowly die in despair?"
Yu Liu looked at the forest shrouded in poisonous fog and let out a neurotic, sinister laugh.
He licked the blade, his eyes filled with a bloodthirsty glint.
"Are you ready to experience despair?"