The Fifth village Hokage:Uchiha Douhuan

Chapter 243: The Bratty Miko Deserves a Vicious Thrashing

"I just don't get it. The samurai of the Land of Demons are willing to die for me because I am their lord, but why do you ninjas from Konoha have to be so stubborn?" Shion asked, looking at Sasuke's cold face with a puzzled expression.

However, in the next second, Shiden was at her neck.

Looking at the blade so close to her, Shion swallowed hard and looked with fear at the frost-faced Sasuke before her. Sasuke's killing intent was released without reservation. Shion watched as Sasuke's eyes turned red bit by bit, and then three tomoe appeared one by one.

Under this mountain-like pressure, Shion wanted to say something, but she was shocked to find that under the envelopment of Sasuke's killing intent, she couldn't even speak.

"Since Miss Miko's prophecies are so accurate, then why don't you prophesize whether you will die at my hands?" Sasuke said unhurriedly, his voice like a thousand years of frost.

"Lord Ninja, please calm down," at this moment, Shion's guard, Taruho, hurriedly stepped forward to persuade.

"Heh heh, just a little joke," hearing Taruho's words, Sasuke smiled slightly and sheathed Shiden. The frost-like killing intent vanished in an instant.

Shion, having survived the ordeal, gasped for breath, her chest heaving violently. She looked up at Sasuke, her mouth opening and closing several times, but in the end, due to fear, she said nothing.

"However, there is one point I must correct you on, Miss Miko," Sasuke said unhurriedly. "I have no interest in dying for you. The reason I am insisting on this mission is because I intend to become the Hokage in the future. Therefore, there can be no blemishes on my mission record. Since I have already accepted this mission, then even if you don't cooperate, I will tie you up and drag you to the Land of Swamps to complete the sealing."

"Alright, Karin, Sakura, it might be more convenient for you two girls. Please ask Miss Miko to come on the road with us," at this time, Neji, as the team leader of this mission, also gave the order.

Sakura and Karin came up to Shion's left and right. Karin said with a blank expression, "If you please, Miss Miko."

From their posture, if Shion didn't cooperate, the two would probably just tie her up and drag her away.

For Karin, this was the first S-rank mission of her ninja career, after all. She didn't want her ninja career to encounter such a major setback right at the beginning. As for Sakura, Shion's dawdling attitude also made her very unhappy. She wanted to finish the mission quickly and go back to studying medical books.

The group's actions made Taruho, who was following beside Shion, a bit ashamed.

[When did Konoha's ninjas become like this?]

It wasn't that the officials of the Land of Demons hadn't hired Konoha ninjas before. After all, compared to Iwagakure, Konoha's reputation was undoubtedly more trustworthy. For the officials of small countries like them, Konoha was a better partner. However, the Konoha ninjas at that time were nothing like Sasuke and his team. They were on the verge of kidnapping their own client just to complete a mission. If it weren't for the fact that the five of them were all wearing Konoha forehead protectors, Taruho would have suspected they were from some yakuza organization in the ninja world.

Just like that, the group set off for the Land of Swamps, where Mōryō's body was sealed.

Although there was some unpleasantness at the start, the group's protection of Shion on the road was not relaxed in the slightest. Neji and Karin took turns using their Byakugan and Kagura Mind's Eye sensory abilities to scout the surroundings.

The first day passed in the blink of an eye. After the sun set, Neji chose a suitable place as a campsite, and the group took turns keeping watch.

In the dead of night, Sasuke sat on a tree branch not far from the group, holding Shiden. His eyes were slightly closed, and his ears twitched slightly, listening to the sounds around him, on guard against any possible enemies.

However, not long after, Shion, who was being protected and was asleep, suddenly woke up with a start, her face showing fear. The hair on her forehead was already soaked with cold sweat.

"Lady Shion, are you alright?" Taruho, as her personal guard, was also awakened by the noise and hurriedly went over.

"Taruho," after Shion recovered, she looked at this person who had been guarding her since she was a child. After some hesitation, she slowly said, "You don't need to participate in this mission. You should go back first."

Hearing Shion's words, Taruho was first stunned, then he reacted and asked in a low voice, "Did you see another vision?"

"Yes," Shion nodded. "So, you should go back first."

"Lady Shion, if this is my destiny, then I think it's useless for me to run away," Taruho said with a faint smile.

"I told you to go back now, didn't you hear me?" Upon hearing Taruho's words, Shion's composure instantly broke, and she shouted loudly, "It's one thing for those ninjas not to listen to me, but are you going to disobey my orders too?"

Shion's sudden outburst woke up the resting group, who all came to the center of the camp.

"What happened?" Neji asked after glancing at Shion.

"It's nothing. Lady Miko probably had a nightmare. It might be because she was too tired today," Taruho said to the crowd with a smile.

"Boring tricks," at this moment, Sasuke leaped down from the tree branch and came before Shion, looking down at her.

"What do you want to say?" Shion looked up at Sasuke. From this angle, she only felt a huge sense of pressure. Her hands unconsciously clenched the blanket, and her body couldn't help but shrink back.

"You just saw a vision of this young man's death, didn't you?" Sasuke asked unhurriedly.

Shion bit her lip and nodded.

"So, that means there will be a battle tomorrow," Sasuke said. "Tell me what you saw. What time was it? A rough idea is fine. If not, then tell us information like the direction of the shadows. And the enemy's attack methods."

Shion was a bit stunned by Sasuke's questions for a moment, then she recalled the vision of Taruho's death she had just seen. However, after being disturbed like this, she couldn't remember the specific details very clearly.

"It seemed to be daytime... and the rest... I don't remember," Shion said weakly.

"You can forget such important information?" Sasuke's brow furrowed upon hearing this, and he was also speechless inside. This Miko was really a useless piece of trash who couldn't help at all.

"Didn't you say you don't believe my prophecies?" Seeing Sasuke's disgusted look, Shion said, exasperated.

Sasuke and Neji ignored this person's impotent rage and directly began to discuss.

"If there's a battle during the day tomorrow, then everyone should get some rest early tonight. Tomorrow, Karin and I will increase the intensity of our scouting and perception to annihilate any possible incoming enemies in advance as much as possible," Neji said.

"If the prophecy is true, and those enemies can kill our mission target under our protection, their strength should not be underestimated. It's just a pity this useless person didn't get any useful information. Otherwise, if we could prepare in advance, our chances would be much greater," Sasuke said helplessly after glancing back at Shion.

"Young man Taruho," Neji called out to Taruho.

"Mr. Hyuga, is there something you need me to do?" Taruho walked up calmly and asked.

"Take this," Neji unfastened a machine from his left wrist and handed it to him. "This stores five instant A-rank ninjutsu, Rasengans. You can trigger it by pressing the button on the palm with your middle and ring fingers at the same time. With this, you should have some ability to protect yourself, or at least stall until we can provide support."

"Thank you," Taruho nodded with a smile, accepting the wrist guard from Neji, his face still showing a calm, emotionless expression.

"Hey, since you believe in your Miko's prophecy so much, aren't you worried at all? The one she prophesied to die is you," at this time, Karin couldn't help but speak up.

"What's the use of worrying? Everyone whose death Lady Shion has prophesied has never escaped their predetermined end. To be able to die to protect Lady Shion is also my honor," Taruho said with a smile, his face full of frankness, as if he was already prepared to die.

"Hmph, one after another, so boring," Sasuke snorted coldly, then turned back to look at Shion. "Hey, you charlatan over there, want to make a bet with me?"

Shion looked at Sasuke with some confusion.

"Didn't you say that no one whose death you've foreseen has ever escaped their predetermined fate?" Sasuke said with a light laugh. "Then this time, how about I break fate for you to see? If this young man survives tomorrow, then it means you, this Miko, are unskilled in theology. After the mission is over, you will come with us to the Naka River Shrine Theological Seminary and properly improve your theological level with the clergy of our Land of Fire. How about it?"

Upon seeing this, Neji's eyes flickered slightly. He understood Sasuke's meaning at this moment. If Sasuke proved that Shion's prophetic ability was not completely unchangeable, then the strategic value of this ability of Shion's would be too great. They had to trick her into coming to Konoha even if it meant lying. So, Neji silently took half a step back at this moment, letting Sasuke take the lead.

"Hmph, what if you lose then?" Shion, upon hearing this, said with some defiance.

"What, are you so eager for your guard to die just to continue proving your prophecy is right?" Sasuke retorted with a cold laugh.

"I... I didn't!" Shion was instantly flustered by Sasuke's words and hurriedly explained to Taruho, "Taruho, that's not what I meant."

"It's alright, Lady Miko," Taruho shook his head, indicating that he didn't mind.

"Go to sleep early. Wait until tomorrow for me to teach you a principle that all the clergy in our Land of Fire understand," Sasuke said with a light laugh. "And that is, the authority of a god needs to be granted by the kunai of a ninja."

The next morning, the group once again embarked on the journey to the Land of Swamps. Because of the prophecy, everyone was extremely cautious as they advanced today. Neji and Karin both pushed their reconnaissance abilities to their maximum range, striving to be able to discover the enemy's tracks at the first possible moment.

"They're here!" At noon, Karin, with her sensory ability active, suddenly spoke up to remind everyone that she had discovered the enemy's tracks. "Southeast direction, four chakra fluctuations!"

"Are you sure there are only four people?" Neji said with some disbelief upon hearing this, a hint of gravity appearing on his face.

After learning of the prophecy yesterday, both Sasuke and Neji had already prepared to face a large ninja army. To be honest, to be able to kill Taruho under the protection of the five of them, both of them instinctively felt that the other party had to rely on numerical superiority to make them unable to attend to everything at once. But now, the other party had only sent four people.

If according to the prophecy, just four people could break through their protection and kill Taruho, what kind of strength would these four people have? Four ninjas whose strength had reached the Kage level?

"Engage the enemy!" Neji shouted. Subsequently, he and Sasuke both activated the special machines hanging on their ears. The visual advantages of the Sharingan and Byakugan overlapped at this moment, and were then shared with their comrades.

"Something's not right. The chakra fluctuations of the attackers are not strong," Sasuke said, discovering an abnormality after seeing the chakra flow traces of the attackers with the Byakugan's ability to see through chakra pathways. "But at the back of their necks, there is an abnormal chakra fluctuation."

"Strength enhanced by external force?" Neji said. "Karin, get ready with the sealing jutsu!"

"Yes!" Karin nodded, then began to form seals, drawing complex sealing jutsu incantations on one blank scroll after another. If Neji's analysis was correct, the best way to counter ninjas who used external force to enhance their strength was sealing jutsu.

"Karin, you protect the two clients as well. The rest of us, let's go together!" Sasuke said.

As Sasuke's voice fell, a green figure beside him was the first to rush out. At this time, among the attacking enemies, a man with the most robust build, seeing this, took the initiative to meet Lee.

Lee's fist and the opponent's arm collided, emitting a huge dull thud.

The arm of the burly man who had blocked Lee slowly petrified under everyone's gaze. Lee withdrew his fist, shook his hand; that collision just now was not easy for her either.

"A body-enhancing ability? Just what I was looking for!" Lee grinned. On his way back, he took the initiative to remove the weights from his body. Subsequently, a verdant green flame rose on the surface of his body. After opening the Eight Gates, Lee leaped into the air, spun, and flew towards the opponent with a kick. "Front Lotus!"

After the two were locked in a fierce battle, Sasuke on the other side drew his sword and took the initiative to draw two people into the battle circle in front of him. Purple lightning floated on the surface of Shiden. His figure, stepping on lightning, was too fast to be seen, and with just a few slashes, he forced the two enemies he had entangled to retreat repeatedly.

(End of a chapter)

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