Chapter 137 Clues
Chapter 137 Clues
Dongcheng District, in an abandoned shipyard.
Several old, semi-finished and dilapidated hulls lie in the factory building. The discarded wood placed everywhere has long been stained brown by the humid environment and covered with moss.
In a corner of the factory, Loquat Juuzang was sitting on a bed made of broken wooden boards. His eyes were sunken and his eyebags were dark. His waist and abdomen were wrapped with thick bandages. There were many scabs on his exposed upper body. The decapitating sword that had broken into two parts had been repaired and placed beside him.
A ninja wearing a fog ninja forehead protector and a gray ninja uniform stood in front of him.
"Are Josuke and Ye back?" Loquat Juuzang raised his head and asked the ninja in front of him.
"Not yet." The ninja replied.
Hearing this, Loquat Juuzang's brows frowned, and his blood-red eyes fell into doubt.
"Captain, what's wrong?"
"It doesn't feel right." Loquat Juuzang's voice was a little hoarse and his eyes were sinister. "Usually the two of them go out to find out the news and come back soon. It's been nearly a day now."
"Captain, do you mean something happened to them?"
Loquat Juuzang nodded, his eyes wandered uncertainly for a while, then he suddenly raised his head and said: "Go and call back Ichiro who is on guard outside, let's get out of here."
"Okay." The ninja immediately walked out.
Loquat Juzo held the beheading sword and stood up, but the moment he stood up, he immediately covered his abdomen with a painful expression on his face.
"Damn it!" He cursed sternly with his eyes, and immediately shook the big knife in his hand.
Every pain reminded him of the experience of escaping from death a few days ago. If the decapitating sword hadn't blocked most of the power of the kid's technique, and he hadn't endured the technique head-on, he would have died long ago.
There is such a kid in Konoha's Uchiha, and he needs to report it to Master Kirikage after he goes back. he thought to himself.
After waiting for a while, the two ninjas under him did not come back. He looked confused, and then shouted: "Takiichi"
The sound came out, but there was no response. The surrounding area was quiet, except for the sound of the rushing river outside the shipyard.
The uneasiness in Loquat Juuzang's heart became more and more serious. Then he gritted his teeth and immediately picked up the beheading knife and prepared to leave, but the next moment he immediately raised his head and looked at the ruined ship on the right.
"Who is it? Come out," he said with a gloomy face.
Two figures walked out from the shadow of the hulk, stopped more than ten meters in front of him, and looked at him with playful expressions. They were Qingyu and Tsunade.
"It's you," Loquat Juuzang said with a horrified expression.
His heart sank in an instant. Needless to say, since the other party had found this place, all his subordinates must have been eliminated, so now he was the only one facing the enemy in front of him.
Qingyu looked at Loquat Juuzang with a nervous look on his face, his hand tightly holding the handle of the knife, his veins bulging, his knees sinking slightly, and his legs ready to exert force at any time, showing that he could run away quickly if the situation went wrong.
After thinking about it, Qingyu smiled and said, "It's us. But don't be nervous. We're not here to kill you, we're here to make a deal with you."
Loquat Juuzang was startled, a little confused, but his eyes were still alert, and his hoarse voice sounded, "What kind of deal is this?"
With his strength and current injuries, facing this situation, the only way to escape was to escape. The reason why he did not act immediately was because he was thinking of a good opportunity to ensure that he could escape without being caught up.
After all, with his injuries, even if he could escape, if he didn't find a good route and was chased, he wouldn't be able to drain the opponent's endurance.
"A deal using four of your subordinates as bargaining chips."
"What?" Loquat Juuzang looked at Qingyu with eyes like fire, but he was stronger than others. Even if he wanted to escape, he had to wait for an opportunity, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and asked: "What do you want?"
Aoyu looked at Tsunade, who nodded slightly, and then Aoyu asked: "Tell us, who is the employer who ordered you to assassinate Kitazawao?"
Loquat Juuzang was startled for a moment, then his angry expression turned into a ferocious smile and said: "I didn't expect that this is what you want to ask about. I originally wanted to trouble him, but now I can let it go to you."
"Who is it?" Qingyu said.
Loquat Juzo smiled sarcastically, "That's your employer's good brother Kitazawa Yumasa."
Qingyu raised his eyebrows, but he didn't feel too disturbed in his heart. After all, he had heard quite a lot of stories about brothers' feud in his previous life.
However, he would not believe it so easily, so he tried with a fake smile: "You should know the consequences of lying to us, right?"
Loquat Juuzang said without any hesitation: "If I were to lie to you as a normal employer, I might keep it a secret, but for him, hey, I'm worried that I don't have a chance to deal with him."
"Reason." Qingyu smiled.
Hatred appeared on Loquat Juuzang's face, "After I was injured by you, I fled to this city to join my subordinates, and then sent people to Kitazawa Yumasa to get the reward. But not only did I not get it, but he sent people to follow me. Want to silence.
"After we killed the ninja who came to silence him, we sent people to assassinate Kitazawao, but unfortunately we failed. Humph, if I hadn't been injured, how could he have survived to this day."
Qingyu's thoughts swirled in his mind, considering how credible these words were.
Just now they caught the two ninjas who were planning to assassinate Loquat Juuzang's subordinates. When they were about to interrogate them, the other party bit the poison sac in his mouth and committed suicide.
However, although no information was obtained from the interrogation, nothing was found.
While he was at Kitazawao's underground base last night, he asked the group of ninjas for a small black ninja night suit. Based on this, he discovered that although the uniforms worn by the two dead soldiers who committed suicide were different from his own, the material of the clothes was the same.
The ninjas in the Land of Sawa only serve the Daiming family and do not accept civilian tasks like the five major countries. Therefore, all this shows that the two dead soldiers are also ninjas affiliated with the Daiming Residence.
Besides the daimyo, the only people who could mobilize the ninjas in the daimyo's residence were the daimyo's two sons.
Looking at it this way, his words are quite credible. Qingyu thought in his heart. But I have to try it again.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Qingyu shook his head and said with a faint mocking smile: "You Mist Ninja ninjas can't even assassinate people from a small country like the Land of Ze. As one of the five major ninja countries, it's a bit reluctant. "
"Hmph." Loquat Juuzang looked ugly and blurted out angrily: "There is a mysterious ninja beside him who helped him save his life."
Aoyu's eyes flashed, he looked at Tsunade, and immediately asked: "Who is the mysterious ninja?"
"I don't know, my subordinates didn't see each other's appearance."
"I couldn't even see my face, and I was beaten back. Your subordinates are too useless." Qingyu continued to stimulate the other party.
Loquat Juuzang looked extremely angry, but he had no way to fight back. After all, as a ninja from the Mist Ninja Village, one of the five major countries, it is indeed a shame to be defeated in a small country like the Land of Ze.
He thought for a while and continued: "However, it is not that there is no information. According to the subordinate of mine who escaped, although he did not see the other party's appearance, he smelled a special fragrance on the other party."
"Smell" Qingyu asked doubtfully, "What does it smell like?"
Loquat Juuzang shook his head, "He didn't know the exact name, but he said the smell was the aroma of burning in the temple."
Tanxiang Qingyu's heart was shocked, and he suddenly had a guess.
At this moment, Loquat Juuzang's eyes narrowed, and he jumped back. At the same time, the seals of his hands changed, and it was completed in an instant.
"Water Escape from Great Waterfall"
His mouth suddenly opened, and a huge stream of water spurted out with a bang, impacting the two of them with abundant power.
Aoyu and Tsunade could only jump to the side to avoid the impact of the high-pressure water flow.
As the water surged through the factory, the dilapidated glass window on the south side shattered, and the figure of Loquat Juzo jumped out of the window and fell into the long river outside the shipyard.
Aoyu and Tsunade stood on the keel of a ruined ship, looking out the window.
"It's a pity that he ran away." He said with a little regret.
Originally, his idea was to ask for information and then kill Loquat Juuzang. After all, the two sides were already mortal enemies, and in the future, during the Third Ninja War, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen would also lead to Matt Dai's death, so he took this opportunity to kill him, but he didn't expect that the opponent would catch him and escape.
Although they can continue to pursue now, they still have other tasks, and the flow of the river will affect the accuracy and range of the perception technique, making it difficult to pursue.
"Forget it, let's go, we'll find another chance later." Tsunade said, turning around and leaving.
Qingyu took a deep breath and turned to follow.
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