After leaving the Anbu base, Yōkō first went to Yakushi Nonō's orphanage.
When Kurumi saw it was Kōji, the kind donor from last time, she quickly brought him inside the orphanage.
Kurumi specifically showed Kōji the orphanage's poor conditions, especially the empty kitchen.
Unfortunately, Kōji wore a mask, so she couldn't see his expression.
If he sympathized with the orphanage, he might donate again.
The orphanage dining hall had a small blackboard with the meager daily menu written on it.
Yōkō glanced at the blackboard; sure enough, there was Yakushi Nonō's code.
The code indicated that Yakushi Nonō was actively investigating.
Yōkō left 50,000 Ryo and departed from the orphanage.
Over the next few days, besides performing village surveillance missions, Yōkō would secretly use binoculars from a distance every day to check the orphanage's menu blackboard.
Until one day, Yōkō suddenly saw a piece of information.
The code indicated that Otsu and Bo had left the village to perform a certain mission in the Land of Rivers.
Late that night, Yōkō summoned the Stone Panda Hakuji and informed Uzumaki Yuka about the general intelligence regarding Otsu and Bo.
In the scroll, Yōkō specifically cautioned that this intelligence might not be entirely reliable and to be extremely careful.
Root selected talent from Yakushi Nonō's orphans every year. Yakushi Nonō harbored hatred for Root and Danzo in her heart, but it was uncertain how much she trusted Yōkō.
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The full moon hung like a silver platter.
Yōkō emerged from the underground training ground. He still hadn't received any news from Yuka today and didn't know if she had found Otsu and Bo.
By a river in the Land of Rivers.
Uzumaki Yuka adjusted her Kappa Oni mask; a few drops of sweat fell from beneath it.
Beside her, Uzumaki Kaichō and Uzumaki Genchō wore a Grieving Oni mask and a Sorrowful Oni mask respectively.
After successfully avenging the Shimura and Sarutobi clans last time, the Uzumaki survivors in the rainforest cried for a long time.
After waiting so long, the Uzumaki clan had finally begun their revenge.
They decided to pull themselves together and seriously prepare for vengeance.
The first step was establishing the Uzumaki clan's assassination unit, the Oni Division.
A certain Uzumaki ancestor, with sealing techniques powerful enough to rival the gods, once sealed the Shinigami (Death God).
The many evil spirits beside the Shinigami were also sealed one by one.
Since that time, the Uzumaki clan began passing down special secret techniques related to the Shinigami and evil spirits.
With the Uzumaki clan annihilated, the Uzumaki remnants emerged from hell, each heart filled with vengeful malice.
They were evil spirits barely surviving in this world.
While other clan members trained hard, practiced sealing secret techniques, and secretly searched for summoning creatures, Uzumaki Yuka, Uzumaki Kaichō, and Uzumaki Genchō, being the strongest, formed the Oni Division.
Uzumaki Yuka was very anxious. If Otsu and Bo returned to Konoha, the intelligence Fox risked to transmit would be wasted.
Every act of revenge was built upon Fox's risks; they had to value every opportunity.
She glanced at the night sky from time to time.
High in the distant sky, an owl flew silently through the night.
This owl possessed powerful night vision and was a newly contracted summoning creature by Uzumaki Yuka to enhance reconnaissance capabilities.
The owl had a wingspan of 3 meters. Not only was it large, but its eyesight was much stronger than a normal owl's, capable of seeing a mouse on the ground from 2 kilometers away.
The night belonged to the owl.
Uzumaki Yuka had a pair of such owls.
The two owls swiftly flew over the night sky of the Land of Rivers, searching for their targets on the ground.
Soon, the owls discovered two people moving quickly through a river canyon.
The two wore hooded cloaks and moved at high speed.
The owl sped up, arriving further ahead. Seeing the two in the canyon wearing masks, the owl hooted from high in the sky.
The other owl, hearing the special low-frequency call, immediately turned to notify Uzumaki Yuka.
Upon receiving the news, Uzumaki Yuka excitedly summoned the Stone Panda Hakuji.
In the late night, Yōkō suddenly woke from his bed.
Just hours ago, he was worried about whether Yuka could find the targets.
Unexpectedly, he now received the message.
Beside him, Kyōi slept soundly, her curves magnificent under the thin blanket she disliked covering herself with.
Yōkō covered her with the thin blanket and disappeared into the ground below.
Summoning the Stone Panda Hakuyū, Yōkō was reverse-summoned to the Land of Rivers by Hakuji.
Seeing the Oni masks worn by Uzumaki Yuka and the other two, Yōkō commented, "Yuka, your aura has changed after putting on the Oni masks."
This shinobi clan had finally weathered the instability following their annihilation, accumulated a certain amount of strength, and begun to fight back.
The blood debt of thousands would not be easily forgotten.
"Fox, I found two Root ninja! They are only a few dozen kilometers from the Land of Fire border."
Hearing that Uzumaki Yuka had contracted two large owls as summoning creatures, Yōkō praised her profusely.
What they needed most was reconnaissance ability. Yōkō had the Byakugan, but Yuka did not.
With ninja beast owls, Uzumaki Yuka's search and capture capabilities became stronger and more concealed.
Yōkō said, "Leave the rest to me. I'll handle it."
Uzumaki Yuka couldn't help but say, "Fox, we also want to take revenge personally. We established the Oni Division for revenge."
Yōkō shook his head. "I understand your urgency, but we cannot let the enemy find any clues leading to you.
It must be an independent assassin carrying out the killings in secret.
That way, the difficulty of investigation is immense, making it almost impossible to identify the perpetrator.
If you appear nearby, you might inevitably be tracked by some strange tracking secret techniques."
Uzumaki Yuka and the other two watched as Yōkō disappeared into the river.
Otsu and Bo were moving swiftly through the canyon. They had just met with a spy from Sunagakure and exchanged some important intelligence.
Root was responsible for Konoha's spy network. Root ninja were usually very busy, constantly needing to exchange intelligence with spy handlers from other villages.
A figure suddenly emerged from the water surface, appearing before them.
He formed a single hand seal and used a ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
Otsu was very familiar with the Dragon Fire Technique; he had been on very good terms with the Sarutobi clan since childhood.
Using a ninjutsu that normally required seven seals with just one hand seal?
Otsu struck first, also using just one seal.
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!
Wind Release was countered by Fire Release, but Otsu managed to buy a little time.
Bo took advantage of this moment, using a Water Release just before being engulfed by the fire dragon.
One used Wind Release, the other Water Release, coordinating seamlessly. They actually managed to produce an effect similar to the Hurricane Water Vortex Technique used by Naruto and Yamato in the original story.
The alternate identity, White Ghost, couldn't use the Self-Cursing Body Binding Seal.
Enemies bound by the Self-Cursing Body Binding Seal would have muscles twitching in resistance, potentially leaving behind intelligence even after death. Otherwise, Yōkō could have killed the two more quickly using that seal.
Facing the Root duo's Wind and Water Release combination, Yōkō also formed the hand seal for Shadow Clone.
One Shadow Clone on the left, another on the right, each forming a single hand seal.
Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!
The Mastery-level Wind-Fire combination ninjutsu filled the entire river canyon.
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