Chapter 99 "Living Towards Death"

In the inn of Yunin Village.

Hozuki Kizuki kept rubbing the broken sword with his fingers, carefully feeling the cut of the broken sword, and his expression kept changing like gradually heated water-

This face changed from disappointment and regret at the beginning to suspicion and curiosity, and then became as excited as a child who found a new toy, and then it became more and more intense.

"Teacher, how did you do it?"

He pointed the broken surface of the sword at Giyu.

"The feel of this broken surface does not seem to be broken by great force, otherwise it would not be so smooth. In theory, your broken chakra sword should be far inferior to the Thunder Blade·Raiga in terms of strength."

It's incredible.

The seven ninja swords of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen are the greatest wealth of the Hidden Mist Village. Each of them is worth tens of millions of dollars, and their quality can be seen.

Among them, the Thunder Blade·Raiga is a chakra weapon specially used to guide and amplify lightning. It must be able to withstand extremely high temperatures, so the hardness is also the first priority, but now it has become like this.

So Hozuki Kizuki couldn't help but be curious.

"I'm not your teacher."

Giyuu didn't know how many times he had emphasized this.

But after emphasizing it, he still patiently answered Kizuki Hozuki's doubts.

He stretched out his right hand, put his index finger and middle finger together, and a transparent water blade with an edge that kept rolling like a chain saw suddenly appeared, and it also made a hissing sound.

Kizuki Hozuki seemed to understand something, and immediately handed the half of the lightning blade with the handle to the water blade, and then he really saw it-

The water blade with a high-speed rolling edge actually slowly cut into the blade of Raiga, and kept making a piercing hissing sound, as if the broken sword was wailing in pain.

During the battle last night, Kurochu Raiga, who could perform large-scale lightning escape in combination with the weather, did cause Giyuu a lot of trouble at the beginning.

But with the deployment of the final form of water breathing, Nagi, no matter how strong the lightning escape was, it would only be decomposed into chakra to replenish itself when it hit Giyuu.

In desperation, Kurochu Raiga had to fight Giyuu in close combat, but his ninja sword technique was really terrible.

The two of them fought for less than three times before he could only raise his two swords to barely defend himself. It was at that time that the Thunder Blade Raiga was cut (sawed) off because of his resistance to Giyu's water blade.

The next second, Kurochu Raiga lost his life.

Back to the present.

Hozuki Hozuki saw this scene and threw Raiga to the ground with a clang like throwing away garbage, pointing at Giyu's right hand and saying loudly: "Teacher, I want to learn this!"

Whenever he thought of the desperate expression of his opponent when his weapon was destroyed during a fight, Hozuki Hozuki felt secretly happy for no reason.

A day ago, his dream was to master the seven ninja swords like his brother Hozuki Hozuki, and learn various cool techniques to dismantle the enemy's body.

But now——

"When I learn this technique, I must use it to destroy all seven ninja swords! In this way, the most precious inheritance treasure of Kirigakure will be cut off! This is what I should cut off!"

Hozuki Suigetsu used all four legs to crawl to Giyuu's side, smiling, as if he was going to give him a shoulder massage.

"Teacher! I don't want this sword. Anyway, I don't know how to use lightning escape. You might as well keep it and exchange it for money! But as a reward for your disciple, how about you teach me this technique? Before I learn it, I won't pester you to learn anything else."

"You guys, you really have no dignity at all..."

The Nine-tailed Fox lying on Giyuu's head looked down at Suigetsu and complained.

Hozuki waved his hand indifferently: "In this world, strength is dignity! My elder brother always says this. A guy with only dignity can't survive in the Hidden Mist Village!"

Giyu looked at the water blade at the tip of his finger, and then looked at Hozuki's eager face. After thinking carefully, he finally nodded.

"This is the reward for your help before. It has nothing to do with the so-called "disciple's gift". In any case, I will not teach you my swordsmanship."

Giyu emphasized again, "Our journey is very dangerous. After teaching you this technique, you should leave!"

"Teacher, whatever you say is what it is."

Hozuki got a satisfactory answer, his face was warm, and he looked like he would not be hurt no matter what you said.

"As for that hellhole of Kirigakure, how could you possibly find it without someone to lead the way? Bringing you all the way to the Mizukage, and then watching you kill him or be killed by him, are what I, as a disciple, should do! As for danger, my elder brother sent me to the Hot Spring Village just to let me avoid danger, but what happened? If it weren't for you showing up in time, I would have almost had my liver dug out and eaten... After thinking about it, Kirigakure is still safer!"

"..."

[You're really good at talking. ]

Giyuu was speechless, and secretly envied Hozuki's talent for talking.

At this time, his mental fatigue had already reached the critical value, and he didn't want to tangle with the other party anymore, so he took out the "textbook" notes that Itachi prepared for him when he was learning water escape from the scroll, and took the first page off the loose-leaf buckle.

"Since you insist on following, just learn it by yourself. If you can't learn it, come and ask me again."

"Oh!" Hozuki took the paper happily, and his eyes glanced over it roughly.

In smooth font on the front is Uchiha Itachi's basic analysis of this technique, including the order and rhythm of hand seals, as well as some knowledge on the properties and changes in chakra's forms.

The printed fonts on the back are the "homework" of Yiyong's study. Including the trajectory of this technique in the chakra meridians and the tips for changing its form.

All in all, regarding the principles and operation methods of Water Blade Slash, this paper is much clearer than the Second Hokage's Water Escape Scroll.

Even Gui Deng Shuiyue didn't expect Yiyong to be so generous.

"Teacher! I will definitely learn this technique as soon as possible!"

[I hope you can spend more time...]

After doing all this, Yiyong resisted the urge to yawn, lifted the Kyuubi off his head, and placed it on the table.

"What are you doing?!" Kyuubi roared angrily.

It’s obvious that I have just started to feel comfortable!

It feels like a human being is forcibly pulled out of a warm quilt in winter.

"It will take a while before the ship is built. I have to rest."

Yiyong explained expressionlessly, but with the deep dark circles under his eyes, he was particularly convincing, "If you haven't gone to sea yet, if you have something you want to buy, hurry up and buy it."

With that said, he put the water escape notebook in his arms, then took off the storage scroll and rolled it towards Gui Deng Shui Yue.

"If you must go to the Kingdom of Water with us, buy some supplies for me; as for the things you want to buy, consider them as payment."

Speaking of this, Yiyong suddenly remembered something and added: "Well, my twin brother likes to read little books. If there are any special comics here, please buy some for me, and other books in the scroll. Just put the books together.”

Anyway, it's on my way, so let's just ask this kid. After all, he is about the same age as Sasuke, so he should know what kind of comics Sasuke likes.

"No problem! I promise to complete the mission!"

Gui Deng Shuiyue immediately patted his chest with such force that his jelly-like body dented. "Teacher, leave everything to me! Please rest assured!"

Yiyong was unable to refute, so he stood up and pulled the sliding door leading to the inner room and walked in, like an old father returning home in 1996.

Gui Deng Shui Yue had sharp eyes, and he immediately noticed that there was a person with purple hair lying on the floor in the back room. He should be the child rescued by the teacher from Black Hoe Lei Ya.

As the sliding door closed, Gui Deng Shuiyue also retracted his sight, unfolded the scroll and poured out all the items classified as "books".

Gui Deng Shuiyue originally wanted to see if there were any villain books that he could refer to, but he didn't expect that he couldn't find the villain books, but instead he had many unexpected gains.

For example, the two books at the top, "Records of Major Events of Konoha's Hokage in the Past" and "Seals: Simplification and Efficiency", are written by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju respectively.

Even if you are not a ninja, you still know these two most important names in the world, let alone Kiden Suigetsu.

"Oh, aren't these all school textbooks? The teacher is actually a student of Konoha Ninja School. No wonder he always says that he is not a ninja. I didn't expect that he is so good. He doesn't forget to review when he comes out to play. He is really hardworking."

Kyuubi jumped onto Suigetsu's shoulder, speechless at Giyuu's sense of secrecy.

Anyone who sees these textbooks with obvious stances will guess that he is a student of Konoha Ninja School!

In this case, what is the use of the pseudonym "Tomioka Giyu"?

However, Kyuubi turned his head and thought, these books were forced in by Sasuke, and maybe the paralyzed kid had forgotten about it.

What a careless guy! On the contrary, Purgatory Anjuro, who looks carefree, is actually as considerate as his hair.

"Well, why does this book have a cover?"

Among more than a dozen textbooks, a special existence suddenly caught Gui Deng Shuiyue's attention, "Is it the subject that the teacher treasures so much that he reads it often, so that's why it's wrapped in a book cover?"

But as the cover was opened, Gui Deng Shuiyue's eyes suddenly lit up!

Kyuubi also showed an astonished expression!

Unexpected! Unexpected!

This little guy with facial paralysis who looks so serious could actually hide this kind of adult magazine secretly! He even wrapped the book cover with a guilty conscience!

"Is this the teacher's hobby? No wonder he looks so mature. It turns out it's because he likes to read 'adult books'."

Gui Deng Shuiyue flipped through the book very quickly. It was obviously not the first time he had read this kind of thing, but he preferred to kill people and was not very interested in big sisters in swimsuits.

At this time, what flashed in his eyes was not the curiosity of a pre-pubescent boy about the opposite sex, but a special touch of cunning.

"You should never judge a person's preferences purely based on appearance. This is a wise saying.

"However, the standards of the magazines from the Land of Fire are still too conservative. It's hard to get to Yunin Village, so how can we go back without bringing some specialties? When the teacher finds out the gift I prepared for him, he will definitely feel that he is being taken back. Understand it! By that time, he might be moved and teach me everything!"

Thinking of this, Kiden Suigetsu didn't hesitate anymore. After putting the things away, he quickly left the room as if accepting a prize. Only his and Kyuubi's voices came through the crack in the door.

"Hey, where are you going now?"

"Of course I'm going to buy a collector's edition photo album of the major courtesans in Yunin Village!"

"Don't forget to wrap the book cover!"

"I know it without you telling me! How can I embarrass the teacher?"

…

Meanwhile, inside, Giyong is clueless about what is happening outside.

He pressed his nose, slowly walked to the purple-haired boy with his eyes closed, kneeling down, and scanning him from top to bottom.

"You're awake." Yiyong was a little surprised.

The child's body was too weak. At first glance, there was no difference between being awake and sleeping.

The exposed Ranmaru opened his eyes, and his cute face was numb like a wooden sculpture, staring at the ceiling blankly.

"I just don't know how to face you."

Although he said this, Ranmaru still turned his head: "I know you killed Raiga, but I don't hate you. Raiga and I both know that this day will come sooner or later, but I didn't expect that the one who killed him was not the Mist Ninja we have been worried about."

At this point, Ranmaru asked in confusion: "I just don't understand, why don't you kill me too?"

"You are different." Yiyong replied expressionlessly, "Killing Kurochi Raiga because his lightning escape is too harmful. If he hadn't killed him, more people would have been killed last night. I didn't kill you because you don't have the ability to harm others at all."

"Is that so?" Ranmaru drooped his eyelids a little disappointed.

"It's just that Raiga is dead. I, a useless person, have neither the way nor the reason to live."

At this point, he looked up at the blade on Giyu's waist. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Giyu suddenly lying on the floor next to him without warning.

The two equally lifeless eyes exchanged glances.

"I know what you are going to say."

Giyu said slowly: "Ten hours ago, a Mist Ninja named Taketori Karumochi also asked me to do the same thing."

Hearing this, Ranmaru's face turned slightly red: "Did you agree to him?"

Giyu did not answer, but felt an indescribable anger that was gradually drowning his tired body and spirit.

What kind of past can make a child under ten years old burst out with such a strong vitality when he asked for death? !

Is this also a manifestation of "living towards death"?

For the first time, lifeless sounded like a compliment.

"I'm too tired."

Giyu felt dizzy and lay on his side with his eyes closed.

"Just like you, I don't have the strength to lift the knife anymore."

As silence fell, Giyuu fell into a deep sleep.

Ranmaru froze in place.

After a long time, he struggled to prop up his upper body with his arms and reached out to grab the knife at Giyuu's waist.

However, when his hand was halfway out, a gust of wind blew in from the gap in the window, and Ranmaru's delicate body shivered.

He withdrew his hand, looked at Giyuu who didn't even breathe, sighed, and slowly moved the quilt covering him over.