[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

"Taijian, I have to leave alone for a while."

When Hashirama said these words to him without warning, he was holding a scroll engraved with a sealing formula in his hand.

"..."

In front of him, the intuitive elder brother who always made decisions on a whim made the planner's Tomona immediately break a nerve or two.

"why?"

"Don't show such an angry expression, Tobuma."

Even so, Hashirama laughed heartily, without seeming to reflect on himself.

"It's good news—Hinata's attitude has begun to ease. In order to show my sincerity, I will personally go to the place designated by them to negotiate. If it goes well, the alliance will also..."

"Let's not talk about why only one of the parties designated Senju and Hinata's negotiation venue." He said word by word, "As the patriarch of Senju, there is absolutely no reason to go to the meeting alone."

"However, in Tokima, the blood successors of the Hyuga family have always been coveted. Compared with them, Senshou is a prosperous family. I think it is not unreasonable for them to worry about being wiped out..."

"At least four or more secret guards must accompany them."

"It probably can't be done, after all, the other party is the Hyuga clan with 'white eyes' with excellent investigative ability."

"In that case."

Said between the doors.

"Just give up allying with them."

"impossible."

Hashirama restrained his smile, his demeanor changed suddenly, and his eyes revealed an unusually strong spirit.

"Hyuga is a fairly closed ninja, and is very vigilant against the outside world. If we win their cooperation, it will also become a very influential precedent for other ninjas...so, I can't give up on this One chance, even with the risk of being tricked and ambushed."

Hashirama's words were slow but unquestionable.

"Uchiha and Hinata have many similarities, Togama, so if Madara can learn from it..."

"Big brother."

Tokama interrupted him with a cold expression.

He is very clear that Hashirama has never given up his desire to resolve the hatred with Uchiha. There have been many quarrels between the two because of their differences on this matter. Hashirama is a stubborn person, but Togama will not easily Give up your position.

However, this time, when the conflict was on the verge of breaking out, Tobima backed down a step.

"I accept your decision, but I will replace you in the negotiation with Hinata - the technique of Flying Thunder God has basically matured, and if an accident occurs, I have greater confidence than you in getting out."

He said.

"Only this, I will never give in."

Hashirama was slightly moved, he thought he would encounter greater resistance here at Tobima... This also made it difficult for him to refuse Tobima's request arbitrarily.

"Okay, I promise you."

Hashirama carefully handed the scroll to the other party.

"This is the sealed scroll that Hyuga gave us. It contains the date and location of the meeting... If the seal is torn off, Hyuga will receive a message that the sealing technique has been broken, which means that our side has accepted the meeting and the corresponding conditions. .”

Tobima took it without hesitation.

"Always be alert to potential enemies and dangers, and be sure to return safely."

Hashirama still couldn't help showing a worried look, as if he still had unfinished orders.

"Also, Tomona, I know you don't approve of my attitude towards Uchiha..."

"Yes, my opinion has not changed."

He readily admitted this.

"But about this time—I will do my best to make an alliance with Hinata."

Tokai opened the seal of the scroll.

Cheng paused his pen, sighed slightly, and then closed the scroll.

Quan Nai happened to see her standing on tiptoe and trying to put things on a high place. He walked up to her and placed the scroll on the top shelf for her.

"Cheng, did you write something else?"

"For this volume, it's about the stock count and consumption of ninja tools and medicines... Speaking of which, Quanna, the next resupply date is coming soon, right? If it's not too much trouble..." she asked , "Can I go with you?"

As a large-scale ninja, Uchiha's supplies are consumed very quickly. In order to improve confidentiality and prevent supply activities from becoming a striking clue in the eyes of hostiles, Uchiha signed a contract with a specific supplier.

In this way, the date of the transaction is only agreed upon by both parties, the location of the transaction is also in a rather hidden location, and the number of executive personnel required is very small, which greatly improves the security of this activity.

"Why does Cheng want to go?"

Senna asked.

"Although I have little contact with the situation on the front line, I am very familiar with the common injuries in the clan... I always feel that it is not flexible enough to write a list in advance without knowing the actual type and quantity of medicines supplied. .”

After hearing Cheng's reason, he thought for a while before giving a reply.

"I was originally the executor of the next supply. If this is the case, let's exchange it to this time, so that my brother should not object."

Quanna said.

"At that time, let me take you there."

Tokai opened the scroll, glanced at it quickly and put it away again.

He was already very close to the location provided by the Hyuga Clan.

Tobima slowed down his forward speed, and as he approached, the number of chakras that could be captured increased... Finally, more than twenty ninjas with distinctive Hinata characteristics appeared in a posture as if they were facing an enemy. displayed in front of him.

"You are... Thousand Hands."

The leader was probably Hinata's patriarch, and he looked at Tobima with scrutiny.

"Didn't Senshou Zhujian come?"

"Everyone should have confirmed that I am the only one attending the appointment."

Tomona took a step forward and drew out the long knife.

His actions caused a commotion, and Hinata's ninjas became tense, and they all entered a state of preparation for battle.

But the hilt of the knife turned in his hand, and the blade turned back, and he inserted it into the ground with his backhand. Then he let go of the usual weapon that a ninja must never let go of, and walked towards the Hyuga clan who still didn't know the enemy or friend.

"Just me alone is enough to represent the will of Senshou Hashirama... and the entire Senshou family."

"Are you that Uchiha's medical ninja girl?"

Cheng raised his face from the medicine list and smiled at the shopkeeper.

"Yes, first meeting."

The shopkeeper who signed the contract with Uchiha is a kind-hearted old woman who has raised many cats. Many Uchiha's ninja cats also come from here.

"Do you like cats?"

"like."

"Really..." The old woman narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, "Then I will give you a special discount."

"Hey, can I?"

"At my age, it's not surprising that seeing young girls is easy to be happy." Her smile faded a little, "Also, even from the purely cooperation point of view, I also hope that Uchiha can last a long time. live on."

"Me too……"

Cheng paused.

"I hope so."

At this time, Quanna, who had finished supplying ninja tools, also returned from the arsenal.

"Cheng, are you all right?" He said, "The weather looks a bit bad, let's go back early."

Cheng glanced at the sky outside, and the clouds that were accumulating showed a kind of dim grayish white.

It did look like it was going to rain.

"...The above is the promise that Qianshou can make in the alliance relationship."

After Tomama finished speaking, she quietly observed the other party's expression.

Hinata patriarch pondered for a while.

"We have such self-knowledge... Qianshou's strength is above ours." He said, "Based on this fact, the conditions given by Qianshou can be said to be very generous and tolerant-but precisely because In this way, we cannot easily agree..."

"'Will there be a trap behind this alliance', it is inevitable to have such considerations... Rather, it means that you are seriously considering the feasibility of the alliance—indeed, in Under favorable conditions, we still have more far-reaching intentions."

Said between the doors.

"What we want is to reduce the casualty rate, a stable growth environment, sufficient time for stable development, or...an era of peace."

"...It's really unimaginable that even though he is a ninja, he has such naive and self-important thoughts."

Hinata patriarch said so, but his expression was slightly moved.

Tobuma did not refute this sentence.

He believes that this is probably an appropriate evaluation.

"Then, I have already conveyed Senju's attitude and sincerity. I hope Hinata will seriously consider our proposal and give us an answer as soon as possible."

"We will take it seriously."

Tomona nodded, and was about to turn around when the Hinata patriarch stopped him.

"If there is a next meeting, let Hashirama bring your clansmen along."

"..."

He took hold of the hilt, pulled it up, and retracted the scabbard.

"I'll pass it on."

Suddenly there was a muffled thunder rolling past.

Feima looked up at the sky, just in time to see a fleeting arc of light passing through the dark clouds.

"It's still the end of summer after all."

Quan Nai heard the girl in his arms speak softly.

He was distracted for a while just now, and it took him a while to realize that she was talking about the thunder just now.

It reminded him of the impending rain.

Judging by the weather, they probably couldn't arrive before the rain, Quanna slowed down, and began to consider whether to find a place to shelter from the rain for a while.

Cheng seemed to interpret this move as hesitation, she put her arms around his neck and patted his back tenderly.

"Cheng...?"

Quan Nai couldn't help feeling a little confused. He wanted to turn his face to look at her, but because the two were too close, he accidentally touched the tip of her ear.

His heart beat extra hard for this, but Cheng didn't seem to notice it.

"Was it me who meant it wrong?" She blinked, "I thought you hated thunder as much as you did when you were a child."

Quanna was slightly startled, and then he slowly recalled that he had indeed had such a period in the past... It may not be that he hated thunder, but what he hated was the sweltering weather before the rain, the blurred vision in the rain, and There are slippery, inconvenient surfaces after the rain.

He didn't tell anyone about it, because in this day and age, a ninja, even a child ninja, has no right to be willful.

"When Quan Nai was young, she would cover her ears when thunder struck, so... I guessed like that without authorization." She asked, "I'm sorry, did I guess wrong?"

"No, Cheng."

Senna said in a low voice.

"...Even my brother didn't find out about it."

The throbbing at this moment was so real, Quan Nai couldn't help raising her hand, and stroked the girl's black hair with her palm.

Quanna remembered what distracted him just now.

Before Cheng knew it, he bought a hairpin.

Pearls, butterflies and sakura spikes.

Now it is carried by Quanna close to her body, near her heart.

He hadn't been able to find the right time to present it to Cheng... No, it had nothing to do with the timing.

Not ready, it's just him.

I'm not ready to reveal my whole self, I'm not ready to break the tranquility at this moment, and I'm not ready to cross to the tomorrow that no one knows.

It's just that Quan Nai suddenly felt that waiting might just be wandering back and forth.

He had to take this step.

So, right now.

"Cheng."

Cheng looked up at him.

"I……"

Quan Nai suddenly stopped, and the dazzling lightning pierced the sky at this moment, freezing everything in a pale moment.

He turned his head, as if he was listening to something in the distance, the hand that was about to take out the hairpin, turned to hold the handle of the knife.

"...Cheng, you stay here."

He said.

"No matter what happens, don't come out."

The door shuttles through the dark forest, and above the branches and leaves that block the sky, there is a gloomy sky.

He kept his promise to his brother and fulfilled his mission brilliantly—but in fact, even though he had some complaints about Hashirama's means of realization, in terms of results, this alliance also met Tobuma's expectations.

However, their differences still exist behind the events, on another hidden and crucial node.

If both he and Hashirama are idealists, then at least Togama is the less naive and fearless one.

Will the alliance with Hyuga really make the relationship between Senju and Uchiha develop in the direction Hashirama expected?

It's hard to think so.

Joining with another ninja who has blood inheritance limits is more likely to lead to the vigilance of the other party and make the relationship between the two more tense. The past hatred has accumulated layer upon layer, becoming a bad debt full of entanglement and blood that can never be written off.

Take Senju Tomona himself as an example, even if he can give up his hatred for Uchiha, there is no guarantee that the other party can do the same.

In the final analysis, Senju and Uchiha, their respective pains can only be borne by themselves, and the only common emotion is hatred.

Thousands of Hands suddenly noticed a trace of chakra fluctuations that were not obvious.

This is--

The sound of the wind and the gloomy sky interfered with his ability to distinguish changes in the environment, but this Chakra instantly raised his vigilance and fighting spirit to the peak.

He wasn't unfamiliar with it, rather... quite familiar.

He drew his sword out of its sheath and flew forward at an extremely fast speed. He could feel another wave of chakra approaching rapidly. They seemed to be two lightning bolts. The moment they collided, there was a shocking explosion. crack.

"It really is you, Feijian."

"Quina, long time no see."

In the next second, it was raining heavily.

Hiding among the dense leaves, Cheng's breath, as well as the shock she received, were all covered under the heavy rain.

...That's right.

Your name is Tobima, and your surname...is Senju.

But in any case, this is no longer a battle she can intervene in.

She was watching the battle from a height through the rain curtain. Both of them moved very fast, so she had to open Sharingan to strengthen the pupil power.

Tobima and Quanna's combat power levels are close, and the battle is indistinguishable for a while, only the sound of gold and stone meeting swords and swords is heard frequently splitting the overwhelming rain.

After another fight, there was a sign of physical exhaustion in the door, and he seemed to have discovered his own flaw, and quickly retreated to open the distance. Cheng noticed that his wrist turned slightly, and he threw three kunai .

The moment her eyes fell on Ku Wu Shang, the sound of rain stopped suddenly.

It was impossible for the rain to recede so decisively, so Cheng realized that only his own time was passing, which was prolonged extremely slowly by his thinking.

She saw a familiar mark on the kumara.

Tobuma once showed her this technique, and at the same time told her the function and meaning of this technique—the Art of Flying Thunder God, which saved her life.

Immediately, Cheng guessed what would happen next.

And Quanna, who knows nothing about this kind of space ninjutsu, cannot foresee a miserable future like her.

From her perspective, the three kunai seemed to be stagnant in the air, and they were still quite far away from Quanna.

Then, let's limit the scope of swinging the knife in Tomona.

She visually measured the length of the long knife held by Tomona, the distance between Kunai and Quanna, and the distance between herself and Quanna.

First of all, her advantage is far beyond Tomona's reaction speed.

Secondly, she does master the teleportation technique for short-term displacement.

In addition, with the precise control of Chakra, it is possible for her to directly abandon the seal.

As for the flaws... Cheng's body and chakra cannot support her to continue this state for a long time.

But it doesn't matter, all that matters is that moment.

enough.

Cheng thought.

The completion of the entire thinking process only took about one micron of raindrops.

Quanna, and Feima, don't know what happened in Cheng's heart, and what kind of determination they have.

Toboma was concentrating on the flight trajectory of Kunai, Quanna could easily avoid it, but that was all, he would not know that these Kunai were the props he used to cross the space, judging from Toboma that Kunai had entered When the blade was within reach, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The figure of Tomona disappeared from Quanna's field of vision and reappeared. The instant shortened distance made Quanna have no time to leave his attack range. Strong danger signals blared in his mind, but in the battle between powerful ninjas In the middle of the world, this lag is deadly enough, and Quanna's reason and instinct know this.

At the moment when he could almost see death, a force slammed into his arms, and Quanna fell backwards from the impact, but did not feel any more pain.

For Tobima, this was a moment that caught him off guard.

His knife fell, but what he killed was not the enemy he imagined.

"You are……"

His red pupils widened in surprise, reflecting the blood-stained girl.

Cheng tried her best to adjust her breathing, but the huge wound from her shoulder and neck to her waist and the terrible pain made her understand that she probably couldn't be optimistic about the ending.

She tried to look at Tobima, but Cheng couldn't think of what to say to him.

She couldn't blame and resent him, because if Quanna had the upper hand, he would definitely swing the knife without hesitation.

At the same time, she couldn't forgive him on her own.

Because she will die soon.

In the longer term, the people who bear this pain will be Quanna and Madara.

So, in the end, with deep guilt, the person she looked at was Quan Nai.

Cheng no longer had the strength to stand up, Quanna hugged her body, the pain began to numb, Cheng didn't know if he touched her wound, but she could see her blood wet Quanna's hand.

Senna's hands were shaking.

A ninja is unshakable on the battlefield, and Cheng knows this.

"Quina, it hurts."

So she said.

"Take me back, will you?"

Perhaps it was the splash of rainwater on the ground that reminded him of the circles and ripples created by stones jumping over the Nanhe River, and Hashirama suddenly remembered something that happened a long time ago.

At that time, Uchiha Madara was still a like-minded teenager with an unknown surname to him, and Madara confessed his wish to him by the Nanga River.

He brought up his dead brother, and the only living brother.

besides……

He said that he still has a person who must be protected.

She can't fight and won't be able to become a strong ninja in her life, but she is a gentle child, so staying away from the battlefield is not a bad thing for her.

The child's name is Cheng.

Hashirama raised his head, and he saw Higama returning from the rain.

Togama's expression was as stern as usual, so Hashirama didn't notice something immediately.

"Mission accomplished."

He said.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Hashirama nodded, and talked about the clues he found from his memory just now.

"By the way, Tobima, I remembered, the girl I knew named Cheng was—"

"It's Uchiha."

Said between the doors.

"She's Uchiha."

"...Takama, what happened?"

Hashirama noticed something strange about the other party.

"Why are you still holding a knife?"

"..."

Toikama lowered his head, only to realize that he had been holding the handle of the knife tightly in his hand.

There seemed to be something subconsciously preventing him from sheathing the knife.

what is it then?

He quickly got his answer.

is her blood.

His blade was stained with her blood.

Those bloodstains have long been washed away by the rain, but the weight is clearly remembered in the leaf.

He saw his hands, and from then on, the girl smiling at him and the girl in the rain began to overlap gradually, and he realized that they were the same hands, which had saved her.

Choosing not to pursue it is a correct choice.

Because a ninja must not be shaken on the battlefield.

Feijian spoke, the voice clearly came from his throat, but it seemed to be an echo from the abyss.

"I killed her."