Great Unification of the Ninja World

In the sky, the stars and moon are hidden, and the dark night dominates everything.

Inside and outside the Temple of Fire, the lights are brightly lit, the streets are empty, and the crowds are buzzing!

A young man in a white shirt was in the sea of ​​people in front of the temple, being squeezed here and there by the crowd, like a lonely boat, drifting indefinitely.

The young man looked at the temple door that was about to close, and felt anxious. He closed his eyes, raised his butt, and struggled to push away the people blocking the way one after another with both hands.

After a while, the crowd stopped. The young man with his eyes closed slowly opened his eyes when he heard the sound of the temple door creaking shut. In an instant, his eyes were full of surprises!

"Yo Xi, you actually squeezed in!"

He rubbed his sore waist and cast curious eyes ahead.

Inside the temple, smoke curls up, and the temple is like a forest. Glazed lamps can be seen everywhere, and the light shines in the front of the hall, making it look like golden light and the Buddha's light.

There is a huge bronze cauldron in front of the main hall. The cauldron is lined with monks and Fire Nation officials. The monks have their hands clasped together and look solemn, while the officials have serious expressions and are serious in speech.

In an instant, an indescribable feeling of solemnity and holiness hit his face. The young man involuntarily straightened his body and his expression became solemn and solemn.

At this moment, an old man with unshaven beard stood next to the young man. Looking at the serious expression of the young man, he chuckled and patted his shoulder and said:

"Young man, this is your first time in the Country of Fire!"

"You, how do you know!"

"People from the Fire Nation will not be shocked in front of the Fire Temple!"

The old man meant something implicitly, implying that the young man had never seen the world.

When the young man in white shirt heard this, his handsome face turned red, and the veins in his neck suddenly popped out. The words were on his lips, but he didn't know how to argue with the old man.

The young man is indeed not from the Country of Fire. His name is Sen Miao and he comes from the Country of Grass in the north of the Country of Fire.

A few days ago, he and his father came here for business. He heard that the Fire Temple was holding a daimyo succession ceremony today. Driven by curiosity, he came here after discussing with his father.

It's just that Sen Miao didn't expect that the Fire Country would be so unkind and unkind!

Just when the young man was feeling indignant, three loud noises resounded in the Temple of Fire, resounding through the sky!

clang--!

clang--!

clang--!

As the bell fell, Mist Ninja Sake escorted the main hall to the giant bronze cauldron.

Qingjiu stopped and stood aside quietly. His Highness strode forward, bowed solemnly to the officials and people of the Fire Country, and then stood silently beside the giant cauldron.

A rhythmic sound of footsteps followed, and the abbot of the Fire Temple walked step by step from the main hall, holding a holy fire.

The abbot came to the giant cauldron, first nodded to His Highness, and then nodded to everyone.

After a moment, he raised the holy fire high above his head, turned his body slightly, and solemnly displayed the holy fire to the audience.

The temple suddenly became noisy, with prayers, cheers, praises and applause!

In the crowd, His Highness Seventh Prince held the hands of Sato Ryoko and Kurosaki Toshitatsu and asked worriedly:

"Where's the third brother? Why hasn't my third brother come yet?"

Sato Ryoko and Kurosaki Toshitatsu looked at each other, their eyes full of worry, and their expressions were a little ugly.

After the atmosphere outside the main hall became heated, the abbot waved his hand and the whole place suddenly fell silent.

He gently put down the holy fire and slowly placed it into the giant bronze cauldron.

There was just a bang, and tongues of flame half a man's height instantly rose up, illuminating His Highness's cheeks red.

"The daimyo succession ceremony has now officially begun. I would like to invite Mr. Sato Haruyo to preside over the overall situation!"

Hearing the name of Sato Haruyo, the entire Fire Temple became lively again, and instantly turned into a sea of ​​joy!

Next to Sen Miao, the unshaven old man was shouting and jumping, his face flushed with excitement.

Sen Miao was not surprised when he saw the old man's funny behavior. Even he, who lived far away in the Country of Grass, had heard of Sato Harutoyo's virtuous reputation.

It is worth mentioning that this reputation was not blown out of proportion, but actually achieved by Toyomi Sato.

Building schools, building roads, alleviating the poor, and helping the people, everything he did was done in a practical manner, and the people of the Fire Nation saw it in their eyes, and it was a good deed that benefited them throughout their lives.

People in the Land of Fire may have some objections to the name, but when it comes to Sato Haruyo, no one will call him "sama" from the bottom of their hearts!

Even Mori Miao, who is a foreigner, felt that it was most appropriate for such a grand ceremony to be hosted by Mr. Sato Haruyo.

In the side hall, amidst the cheers and applause of everyone, Sato Haruyo walked toward His Highness and the abbot with his head held high and his graceful demeanor.

The firelight hit Sato Haruyo's face, and the sacred red concealed the unforgettable hatred in his eyes.

In the crowd, His Highness the Seventh Prince saw Sato Harutoyo, and his face instantly turned pale. He instantly let go of Kurosaki Toshitatsu's hand, and tightly hugged Sato Ryoko's legs with his hands, and his body began to tremble.

One glance, just one glance, made the young His Highness the Seventh Prince feel a splitting headache, as if Sato Harutoyo's every step in the distance was on the tip of his heart. It made him so scared! Fearful! Despair!

The pain on the skin that penetrates deep into the bone marrow and deep into the memory is like a hot iron, imprinted on the heart of His Majesty the Seventh Prince.

The nose of Sato Ryoko, who was being held by the Seventh Prince, was trembling, and tears had already wet her cheeks. She leaned down and held the little Seventh Prince in her arms.

Sato Harutoyo, her former father and current enemy, how much she cherished and respected her in the past, but now she feels so painful and despairing.

That man was once her god, and she was always just a plaything to that man...

Yes, plaything!

What a terrible word!

Her father, who had raised her for more than ten years, actually regarded her as a plaything!

In the past, Ryoko Sato lived in a false world. She stretched out her hands to the truth and longed for the truth!

Now, Sato Ryoko finally knows the truth, but she would rather live in the past, even to the point of death!

In front of the main hall, Sato Haruto stopped and pressed his hands on everyone, and the whole place became quiet again.

"I am Sato Harutoyo, the First Minister of the Country of Fire. I won't go into a long speech. Next, let's get straight to the point. Please activate the Holy Fire, Your Highness!"

After saying this, Sato Harutoyo made a gesture of invitation toward His Highness, then bowed his head respectfully, and at the same time raised a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The meaning of this smile is difficult to understand. I don’t know whether it is complacency or ridicule, whether it is a sense of disappointment that a great revenge has been achieved, or a lack of interest in the prospect of victory!

Maybe both!

His Highness on the side released the hand holding the dagger in his sleeve, came to the vicinity of the giant cauldron, took the ritual vessel from the abbot's hand, pricked his right index finger, and blood flowed out instantly.

Looking at the drops of blood condensing between his fingers, His Highness' eagle eyes flashed with tears.

Who can know the loneliness along the way?

How many lovers and relatives have left him!

His Highness smiled in despair, and in the next second a pair of eagle eyes ignited with blazing flames. Through the flames, what he saw was the tragic situation of his second brother, fourth brother and father who were killed by Sato Haruto.

His Majesty raised his palms up on the giant cauldron and smiled brilliantly when he felt the temperature of the holy fire!

Before the most sacred moment arrived, he decided to take one last look at Sato Harutoyo. This is what he thought and did.

His Highness' eagle eyes were burning with blazing fire, and he looked at Sato Harutoyo with endless hatred, as if he was looking at a dead man!

Sato Haruyo lowered his head and showed no expression.

His Highness suddenly felt bored. As long as he became a daimyo, he could kill as many Sato Haruyo!

Thinking of this, His Highness laughed wildly and turned over his palm, letting the blood drip into the giant bronze cauldron.

Drops of blood fell heavily towards the holy fire in the giant cauldron!

"Bah——!"

The tongues of fire instantly swallowed His Highness's blood.

In an instant——

The whole place was dead silent!

The next second the whole place was in an uproar!

"Why is there no pillar of fire reaching the sky!"

"Has God abandoned the Fire Nation?"

"Isn't your highness the blood of the daimyo?"

Looking at the unresponsive bronze cauldron and hearing the questions coming from below, His Highness felt dizzy. He seemed to be a drop in the ocean, abandoned by the whole world!

"Impossible! This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

"I am the son of Hara Yoshikamiyo! I will replace God! I will... How could this be possible? I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

His Highness' eagle eyes flashed with a look of madness in his eyes. He picked up the ritual vessel and made a cut on the back of his hand, and the blood dripped into the giant cauldron like a trickle.

At the same time, a group of Fire Nation officials nervously gathered around His Highness, looking uneasily towards the cauldron.

Until this moment, the giant bronze cauldron still showed no response!

"this……"

"Not even..."

"Your Highness, you!"

"Wow!"

The whole place was like a boiling oil pot, the sound was like a storm, and there was an earth-shattering momentum!

Listening to the curses and questions in the sound, and looking at the giant cauldron that still showed no response, His Highness staggered back.

"Bang!"

His Highness fell heavily at the feet of Sato Haruyo, and the dagger in his sleeve fell to the ground with a cold light.

Sato Haruyo kicked the dagger away with disdain, bent down, and sneered at His Highness.

"idiot!"

The moment he stood up, he regained his elegance.

"His Royal Highness is the only remaining son of His Excellency Daimyo. He failed to activate the Holy Fire. This is God's will! It seems that Hara Yoshi has..."

After Sato Harutoyo, the abbot of Fire Temple looked at Sato Harutoyo with a horrified expression. His legs were shaking uncontrollably and he could hardly stand still.

The man in front of him was actually stealing from the country!

The abbot, who was deeply trusted by all the daimyo of the past, naturally knew the secrets of Hara Yoshi.

It is true that Yuanji replaced God, and the inheritance of the Holy Fire is also true.

The inheritance of activating the Holy Fire is usually secretly passed down from the previous daimyo to the next daimyo.

But if any successor is dissatisfied, he only needs to kill all the other successors to activate the Holy Fire and aspire to the Kingdom of Fire without passing the inheritance!

Sato Haruyo said that His Highness is the only remaining son of His Majesty the Daimyo, so it must be a lie!

The remaining parents and children can definitely activate the Holy Fire!

There must be something wrong here!

Thinking of this, the abbot took a step forward, preparing to reveal Sato Haruyo's true face. Before he could speak, a low groan suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Illusion, the art of worrying!"

The abbot fell back in response.

Kiri Ninja Sake stretched out his hands to support the abbot and sneered.

'How can I let you, an old guy, ruin Lord Zhifeng's good deeds!'

His right hand pressed on the back of the abbot's heart, and a strong force instantly hit the abbot's body!

This is a method unique to Kirigakure ANBU. The force enters the body and does not hurt the arteries, but it squeezes the blood vessels and forms fatal blood clots. Even experienced ninjas or doctors cannot detect it at all.

'Sleep peacefully, you should be in the Pure Land when you wake up!'

After a while, Sake pretended to be panicked and shouted:

"The abbot has fainted! The abbot has fainted!"

The monk whose attention was attracted by the giant bronze cauldron came to his senses instantly and hurriedly surrounded the abbot.

"It's nothing serious, he's just unconscious! To maintain order in the temple, there must be no riots!"

"yes!"

Sake, who deliberately lowered his sense of existence, calmly retired from the monks, feeling quite as free and unrestrained as escaping from the mortal world of murder!

He stepped on His Highness's body lying on the ground and walked quietly behind Sato Haruyo.

Looking at His Highness who looked ashen at his feet, Qingjiu sighed and sighed in his heart.

In this world of cannibalism, losers have no value, let alone sympathy!

"Yuanji has lost his will! The top priority is..."

Just when Sake was filled with emotion, Sato Haruyo's passionate voice brought him back to reality. Looking at the people below who were bewitched by Sato Haruyo, Sake felt calm in his heart.

'In this way we can successfully get rid of the name of traitor and start over! But, what reason can we think of to make the three adults, Oniteng, Kaguya and Minazuki, not give up their lives easily?'

Thinking of this, Sake's eyes sparkled with tears.

A trainee ninja from Kirigakure Village needs to kill his closest companions and cut off his first and most authentic bonds if he wants to graduate.

Do you think this is cruel?

No! This is just the beginning!

After becoming a ninja, in order to ensure that secrets always remain secrets, you never know which mission, time, place, or who will give you a fatal blow.

Sake, I have had this experience, more than once.

He is the executor!

The blood of his companions was hot when sprinkled on his body, but his heart was cold.

As time went by, Sake knew more and more things, and finally it was time for him to be liquidated!

When his companion from the same village swung a sword at him, Qingjiu asked himself again why?

Can ninjas just be tools without emotions?

Sake is not afraid of death, he is just afraid of being alone and unwilling to do so!

In this world, he has felt a lot of warmth, some from the sun, some from the bed, and some from the fire, but he has never felt the warmth from his companions.

It's not that his companions can't bring him warmth, but this cold village doesn't allow it!

Yes, not allowed!

The village doesn't need sentient ninjas!

The more Sake thought about it, the more unwilling he became! He was really unwilling!

So he picked up the kunai and resisted. Although he didn't know why he was fighting, he was still numb and instinctively stabbed the opponent's vitals.

Sake is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to be killed either.

At least at that moment he didn't want to die.

There was no distinction between life and death between the two sides in this battle, and the passing Sandai Mizukage stopped this meaningless fight.

That day, the third Mizukage made Sake and the executor burst into tears with just a few words.

They are all people who are bound and hurt by the rules. No one is colder or more ruthless than the other!

In this world, as long as you are alive, no one can defeat loneliness!

There is no shame in crying! It is shameful to have no hope and direction and not know where to go!

After that, he and the executor decided to follow in the footsteps of the Third Mizukage and bring new glory to the village!

After several twists and turns, Sake and the Executor finally became the Shadow Guards of the Third Mizukage and became companions who protect each other.

It was only then that he and the executor exchanged names.

Coincidentally, the executor's name is Qingmai, and his name is Qingjiu.

For various reasons, they quickly became brothers who were closer than real brothers.

At first, Qingjiu and Qingjiu joined Gui Deng Yinyue's team.

At first, they had some objections to this weak-mannered captain and opposed him at every turn, but it didn't take long for the man to convince them with his devil-like strength.

Gradually, powerful ninjas like Minazuki Azuki and Kaguya Seiko joined their team.

The power of the Third Mizukage is getting stronger day by day, and the long-suppressed conflict in Kirigakure Village finally breaks out.

There was a huge conflict between the reformist faction headed by the Third Mizukage and the conservative faction headed by the Elder Council!

The key point of the conflict is that the Third Mizukage wants to abolish the village's liquidation secrecy system!

But this is nothing short of a bolt from the blue for the Elders! Their power and status all stem from this system! Therefore, hostility between the two sides is inevitable.

Kirigakure Village has the largest number of blood successor families in the ninja world. The blood successor ninjas not only represent high-level combat power, but are also the most rebellious group of people in the village.

Which ninja village doesn't love and hate blood successor ninjas!

Therefore, the liquidation confidentiality system was successfully born in Kirigakure Village. This system weakened the blood successor family's strength by reducing the number of blood successor ninjas, thereby ensuring the controllability of the blood successor family.

At the same time, the top management of Kirigakure Village relied on the liquidation confidentiality system to indirectly control the lives of all Kirigakure ninjas, intimidating the blood family and maintaining the stability of the village.

The Third Mizukage's decision-making was undoubtedly childish, naive and immature in the opinion of the Elder Council!

The third generation Mizukage felt that the elders were using public tools for personal use and were looking down upon human life!

No one on either side could convince the other. Seeing that chaos was approaching in Kirigakure Village, a secret letter gave Kirigakure Village a breath of relief.

One day three years ago, this secret letter appeared on the desk of the Third Mizukage.

After reading the secret message, the Third Mizukage immediately slapped the table and decided to attack the Country of Whirlpool!

He mobilized all the reformists, hoping to win a hearty victory and return clear skies to Kirigakure Village!

Naturally, Qingjiu and Qingjiu would not oppose their beliefs and were also among the expedition team.

In the early stage of the war, relying on the super strength of the three generations of Mizukage, Ghost Light Gingetsu, Minazuki Azuma, and Kaguya Seiko, Kirigakure's side defeated the Uzumaki clan of the Uzumaki Country steadily.

In the first round, Kirigakure’s attack on the Country of Whirlpool was overwhelming!

Immediately afterwards, although the Uzumaki clan tried their best to resist, due to the gap in numbers, strength, etc., Kirigakure Village gained an overwhelming advantage without paying much cost.

However, just as the Kingdom of Uzumaki was about to be destroyed, for some unknown reason, the Uzumaki clan neither escaped nor surrendered. Instead, they came out in full force and used everyone's lives to launch an extremely terrifying sealed ninja attack on the Third Mizukage.

Technique - the technique of sealing the four images in the chain!!!

Along with the sacrifices of the Uzumaki tribe, huge black spheres rose up one after another from the ruins of the Kingdom of Uzumaki, and instantly connected into pieces in the sky, turning into a gray sky.

Deadly silence! Coldness! Loneliness! Despair!

The Uzumaki clan uses life as a pen, splashing ink in the sky, and the thick ink pours down like a drop of water, with a force as strong as the sky!

In an instant, the darkness that covered the sky swallowed up the light, swallowed up the sea water, swallowed up the ruins, and swallowed up everything it wanted to swallow!

Nothing can escape the clutches of darkness, and a person as strong as the third Mizukage can only drink in hatred!

Only ink-like blackness remained in Sake's field of vision!!!

He ran towards the Third Mizukage with all his strength, but it was too late.

Sake's most beloved third generation Mizukage slept forever in that endless darkness! No bones left!

The Kingdom of Whirlpool is dead, and Kirigakure Village has also won!

But they are desperate!

There is no winner in this war!

The third Mizukage died, and the sun that symbolized the hope of Kirigakure Village will forever fall into the west sea and will never rise from the east mountain again!

Hope? Warmth? Companion? Change?

Everything lost its meaning with the end of the war and the death of faith.

In an instant, they lost everything!

The ghost lamp Yinyue who is like a demon and kills without batting an eye is crying!

Kaguya Kiyoko who fought until she coughed up blood for her faith cried!

Suzuki Azuma, who always had a smile and protected everyone's lives, knelt down in the water and cried!

it's all over!

Kirigakure Village is still the original Kirigakure Village!

The Mist Ninja is still a cold tool!

Nothing has changed!

The only thing that has changed may be their identities, from shadow guards to rebel ninjas, from heroes to targets of the village's liquidation!

The successive blows left all the shadow guards in a state of despair!

Qingjiu looked at the people who had lost their faith and felt despair, fearing that they would not be able to think about it, so he forced a smile and said to them:

"My lords, please fight for me!"

"How to do it?"

"Why don't you help me find a place to stay and a home!"

Ghost Lantern Silver Moon, Waterless Moon East, and Kaguya Qinggu nodded in agreement without even thinking.

Just like that, find a home——

Such a humble wish became the last hope for all of them to survive.

Although everyone’s life is worse than death, at least they are still alive, right?

As long as you are still alive, you may be able to see hope!

Sake thinks so.

He looked at Haruyo Sato in front of him and pondered.

Once Haruyoshi Sato ascends to the position of daimyo and gives them a place to settle down, the three of them will definitely lose the motivation to live.

Everything will be back to where it started!

For Sake, the three of them are companions and relatives. Once they leave, even if he has a home, what's the point of having an empty home?

A place with family is home, isn't it?

Houses, cars, etc. are all decorations and insignificant!

Sake doesn't need anything else, as long as these companions can live! In that case, then kill Sato Harutoyo and just wander around forever!

Thinking of this, Sake looked at Sato Harutoyo in front of him, his eyes suddenly turned cold. He indifferently stretched out his right hand and stabbed Sato Harutoyo's heart!