radicalducati Chapter 96 The assassination attempt fails, and the master and disciple renege.
Chapter 96 The assassination attempt fails, and the master and disciple renege.
As midnight approached, a young figure, taking advantage of the darkness, stealthily patrolled and guarded the area, then darted out of the village like a raccoon dog...
"I didn't expect to succeed so easily. Now, all I have to do is hand over the scroll and the Thunder God Sword to Teacher Aoi, and I can become a Chunin." Idaten murmured excitedly, his heart pounding as he touched the things in his arms!
He never expected things to go so smoothly; it all seemed like a dream, and he managed to get his hands on it so easily.
Unbeknownst to him, a kilometer away, an eye was watching his every move with equal delight.
[I can't believe it really is tonight! Looks like my wait wasn't in vain! But is this a plot device or what? A mere genin managed to steal the Thunder God Sword and a forbidden technique scroll from a heavily guarded ANBU squad. This is just too much of a plot hole...]
In the dimensional room, Ishikawa activated his red-eyed X-ray vision, staring at Idaten and secretly sighing. After confirming Idaten's movement route, he immediately reached for the doorknob, returning to his peak condition.
Two minutes later, under Nohara Rin's suspicious gaze, Ishikawa made an excuse and ran out.
Anyway, he only had a few minutes left in the time-space connection, so he wasn't worried about Nohara Rin discovering anything by watching him with her red eyes...
Meanwhile, in the small grove surrounding Konoha.
"Idaten, I never thought you actually got the Thunder God Sword and the Forbidden Scroll!" Looking at the panting, expectant student, the fully armed Green Aoi excitedly took the Thunder God Sword and the scroll.
He didn't actually have much hope for Idaten; in any case, whether he succeeded or not, he was determined to defect from Konoha to Amegakure that night.
Unexpectedly, this guy actually gave him a pleasant surprise!
"Teacher, can I become a Chunin now?" Idaten, unaware of Midori Aoi's ambition, asked with innocent excitement.
At this, Green Aoi's lips curled into a faint smile. "Of course, he's just a Chunin from Amegakure. Come with me..."
Without giving Idaten a chance to speak, Green Aoi turned and left.
They are still within Konoha's territory, and Anbu or patrolling ninjas may appear around them at any time. They still need to escape the Land of Fire first!
"A Chunin from Amegakure?" Seeing Aoi-sensei Idaten standing frozen in place as if struck by lightning, he had a vague sense of foreboding.
He hesitated for a moment, then, seeing Aoi-sensei's figure getting further and further away, Idaten gritted his teeth and quickly caught up. He had to find out what was going on!
'Lightning Release: Swift Arrow...'
Suddenly, just as the two were about to cross the Konoha wall one after the other, a white lightning bolt flashed out from the shadows and flew straight towards Aokui's face.
"Oh no!!" Green Aoi, who was already feeling guilty, changed her expression drastically and immediately drew the Thunder God Sword and channeled chakra into it.
In the blink of an eye, the unadorned hilt of the Thunder God's Sword suddenly burst forth with golden light, and a nearly three-foot-long chakra lightsaber instantly took shape.
"Snap... Sizzle..."
The instant Thor's Sword appeared, its blade, crackling with lightning arcs, collided violently with the lightning arrow, generating a piercing electric shock...
In the blink of an eye, just as the Thunder God's Sword collided with the Swift Arrow, a sharp blade flashing with white light suddenly erupted from beneath Green Sunflower's feet!
Faced with this sudden and continuous attack, even the experienced Green Sunflower's pupils contracted and her hair stood on end.
Green Aoi dared to defect from Konoha, so she must have some skills and was not an ordinary Chunin. At the critical moment, she turned her foot and burst out with chakra to dodge the fatal blow.
However, due to the large and rapid movement, the forbidden scroll in his arms was flung into the air!
【This is troublesome…】 Seeing the carefully planned assassination fail, a hint of disappointment flashed in Ishikawa’s eyes, but his left hand casually grabbed the scroll and stuffed it into his ninja tool pouch.
All the attacks seem long, but they actually happen in the blink of an eye, leaving you breathless and extremely dangerous!
"Who do we have here? It's Kakashi's student." Stepping back to create some distance, Green Aoi glared at Ishikawa with a sinister look. "You genin brat, why did you attack your chunin teacher?"
A pair of cold eyes fell on the white fang longsword, his gaze filled with apprehension. Although he, as a Chunin of Konoha, had never witnessed the sharpness of Konoha's White Fang, he had heard of Kakashi's fierce swordsmanship.
"Yes, why did you attack Aoi-sensei? Mitarashi Ishikawa." Idaten, who couldn't see the situation clearly, pressed on with his question, his eyes filled with jealousy and anger as he looked at Ishikawa.
They were all genin who graduated at the same level, so how did Ishikawa become so strong?! He even forced Aoi-sensei to retreat and almost got injured, damn it…
"I don't want to talk to idiots." Ishikawa completely ignored Idaten's idiotic question and turned his gaze to Midori Aoi, disregarding his existence.
"Although I don't know what you're up to, it's definitely not a good thing to run away with the village's important possessions in the middle of the night! If you have a clear conscience, then come with me to see the Hokage and explain the situation."
Honestly, if he hadn't caught the thief red-handed, he would never have let Idate hand over the Thunder God's Sword to Midori Aoi. But if he didn't hand it over, how could he confirm Idate's intention to defect? He might even be framed. So he had no choice but to do it this way.
However, Ishikawa wasn't stupid, nor was he arrogant enough to leave the village to fight Green Blue Aoi alone. He was currently intercepting her on the outskirts of Konoha; regardless of whether he could defeat her, as long as reinforcements arrived, he would secure the credit!
"Idaten, if you are caught stealing the Thunder God Sword and the Forbidden Scroll, all that awaits you is Konoha Prison. If you don't want to spend the rest of your life in jail, cooperate with me to kill him and defect to Konoha." Green Aoi knew Ishikawa's intentions perfectly well, and immediately grinned maliciously, revealing her true intentions.
"What?! How could this be?!" Idaten, who had already suspected something, was instantly dumbfounded. He never expected things to turn out this way.
But as his teacher, Green Sunflower, had said, if he were caught stealing the Thunder God Sword and the forbidden scroll, his fate would be dire. No, he didn't want to go to jail! He was so young; how could he be imprisoned for life? How could he face his elder brother, Ibiki, then?
Thinking of this, Idaten's eyes suddenly changed, his gaze turning icy as he stared at Ishikawa, drawing his kunai and unleashing a fierce outburst. "Damn it, I don't want to go to jail!"
"Idiot." Seeing this, Ishikawa knew exactly what this guy had decided. Since he was determined to go all the way down the dark path, Ishikawa wouldn't be soft-hearted just because he had been deceived.
Killing him wouldn't be necessary, lest it jeopardize his promotion to Chunin. However, seriously injuring him would be no problem at all…
Almost instantly, the sharp white fangs sliced through Idaten's kunai, tearing a gash in his chest and splattering blood everywhere!
Amidst Idaten's contorted expression of resentment and pain, Ishikawa kicked him away and, with undiminished momentum, slashed at Midori Aoi...
"Hahaha, although it only lasted less than a second, I still want to thank you for buying me time, Idaten." Green Aoi stepped back, retrieved the Thunder God Sword, formed hand seals, and laughed. "Trying to stall me while waiting for reinforcements? You brat, I saw through your ridiculous trick long ago."
"Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique..."