Chapter 44: Hongchi Yue Yan: What the fuck are you calling a little girl? I'm a dude! A real dude!
Looking at Tsukumo no Kisuke, who was completely dead, Hongchi Yue Yan threw down the blunt sword Kabutowari. Then he grasped the Beheading Prison Chop in his other hand, added Lightning Bolt to it, and threw it with all his might at Biwa Jujumaru, who couldn't stand up.
During this time, Hongchi Yue Yan also swatted away Karashi Ibiki, who was trying to sneak attack with the Explosive Sabre Kibaku, with his tail.
The Beheading Prison Chop can only absorb iron in the blood to repair itself. Unlike the Thunder Sabre Fuguki Suikazan, it can't be attached with Lightning Bolt. Forcing Lightning Bolt on it is just a waste of chakra, but Hongchi Yue Yan doesn't care.
The Beheading Prison Chop wrapped in Lightning Bolt was extremely fast. Even if Biwa Jujumaru, who heard the sound, wanted to drag his seriously injured body to avoid it, it was already too late.
Watching as more than half of his abdomen was pierced by the Beheading Prison Chop, Biwa Jujumaru suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. Most of his internal organs had already Ruptured by the previous attack, and now he was completely beyond salvation.
Before his consciousness gradually faded, Biwa Jujumaru looked with blurry eyes at the golden beast that was chasing and attacking Karashi Ibiki, and couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.
"Really... as strong as a monster... I'm really not willing to accept this..."
On Hongchi Yue Yan's side, he snatched the Explosive Sabre Kibaku from Karashi Ibiki's hand, then cut Karashi Ibiki diagonally in half with a backhand swing. After that, Hongchi Yue Yan injected chakra into the Explosive Sabre Kibaku, and the generated Explosive Tag blew up Karashi Ibiki's body in mid - air, and the pieces flew everywhere.
At this time, an unknown Mist ninja who had been accumulating chakra on the side pointed the sword Samehada at Hongchi Yue Yan from afar.
"Samehada · Release!"
A large group of bright blue chakra balls was released from the front end of the enlarged Samehada and charged towards Hongchi Yue Yan with an irresistible momentum.
The unknown Mist ninja was confident that even the Kages of the Five Great Nations wouldn't be able to survive a direct hit from this move that had exhausted his chakra.
Looking at the chakra ball flying towards him, Hongchi Yue Yan raised his right claw, condensed a dazzling thunder spear with a single claw, and then suddenly threw it out.
Part of the extremely compressed thunder spear turned into a pitch - black color symbolizing absolute destruction. In just the blink of an eye, the thunder spear pierced through the chakra ball and, with a roaring momentum, shattered the upper body of the unknown ninja.
Kubikiribocho Zabuza, holding the sword Samehada, watched as the lower body of the unknown ninja fell to the ground and the twin - bladed sword Samehada clanged to the ground. The corner of his eye twitched uncontrollably, and he cursed "Damn it" inwardly.
Where did Konoha get such a monster! Judging from the appearance of that little guy when he first showed up, he was just a genin who had graduated a few years ago! At most, consider him a chunin. However, such a young ninja killed the famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Village in just a few moves, and it took less than five minutes! What the fuck is this! It's more like being used as a hammer by someone!
Watching Hongchi Yue Yan slowly walking towards him, Kubikiribocho Zabuza felt as if each of his steps was stepping on his heart.
Although the thought had already come up after half of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist Village were killed, Kubikiribocho Zabuza had no more petty thoughts at all.
As for resistance? He had no way to resist at all. Even though Kubikiribocho Zabuza considered himself the strongest among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, he definitely couldn't easily take out the other six like Hongchi Yue Yan did.
With a thud, Kubikiribocho Zabuza simply knelt down.
"Please spare my life, sir! As the leader of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and a front - line senior commander, I know a lot of intel."
Hearing this, Hongchi Yue Yan paused. After killing those Seven Ninja Swordsmen, most of his anger had subsided. If Kubikiribocho Zabuza hadn't surrendered, Hongchi Yue Yan would have had no problem killing him. But since he had surrendered, he had to give Lord Orochimaru some face. Anyway, he himself hadn't suffered much loss.
As for killing him to obtain the Purple Treasure Chest, he could wait until Lord Orochimaru finished the interrogation. So, Hongchi Yue Yan wasn't in a hurry.
Hearing this, Orochimaru walked over. Despite Kubikiribocho Zabuza's expectant gaze, Orochimaru ignored him and chatted with Hongchi Yue Yan with great interest.
"Hongchi - kun, your [ninjutsu] is really badass. If it were the first time I saw it, I might even get instantly taken out by you."
Hearing this, Hongchi Yue Yan twitched the corner of his mouth. He doesn't think Orochimaru, who survived until the Boruto era in the original story, could be easily defeated. After all, he was the one who could still survive under the rule of having to sacrifice himself to obtain the Shinigami's soul.
Without obtaining some divine - beast templates with rule - based abilities, Hongchi Yue Yan doesn't think he can defeat Orochimaru.
By the way, among the divine beasts with rule - based abilities, the one Hongchi Yue Yan most wanted was Yveltal, which had the title of Shinigami. There was no other reason, just because it was cool and powerful.
Shaking his head, Hongchi Yue Yan pulled his wandering thoughts back and looked at Orochimaru.
"Lord Orochimaru, you're kidding. You're one of the Sannin. How could I ever be a match for you? The most important thing is the current situation."
Hearing this, Orochimaru shrugged. The purpose of chatting with Hongchi Yue Yan was to put psychological pressure on Kubikiribocho Zabuza so as to get more information. It didn't matter if Hongchi Yue Yan didn't cooperate.
Seeing Orochimaru's gaze finally turn to him, Kubikiribocho Zabuza felt relieved. He quickly explained the benefits he could bring to Konoha after his surrender at the fastest speed in his life.
"Right now, Konoha is in a desperate situation, surrounded on all sides (like being in a siege). If you spare my life, I'll tell you the defense map of the Mist ninja on the front line and The Plan, big and small, in the near future. This will definitely be a great help to you, who are short on troops."
Orochimaru said nothing and just stared at him quietly, as if calculating the benefits, showing no sign of hurry.
Orochimaru wasn't in a hurry, but Kubikiribocho Zabuza was. His life was on the line, so he started to persuade Orochimaru with his glib tongue.
"Orochimaru, as the supreme commander of The Battle, you should know the benefits of getting the intelligence from me. Even just obtaining the defense map of the Mist ninja frontline would be enough for you to end the war here. By then, you can gain great military achievements and relieve a lot of pressure on Konoha."
After a moment of silence, under the expectant gaze of Kubikiribocho Zabuza, Orochimaru slowly spoke.
"Hongchi Yue Yan, do you trust him?"
Hearing this, Hongchi Yue Yan firmly shook his head, causing the thunderous hair at the back of his head to crackle.
"No. Even if the intelligence he gave is true, we still need to confirm it. However, as long as the Mist ninja on the frontline aren't stupid, they should know what we're probing. By then, his intelligence will be nothing but trash."
Hearing this, Orochimaru smiled.
"As expected of Hongchi Yue Yan. I think the same as you. Instead of letting him go, I prefer to kill him and then have the ninjas of the Yamanaka Clan probe the intelligence in his mind. This way, we can also prevent him from lying."
Now Kubikiribocho Zabuza was in a hurry and quickly said, "There's a seal in my mind. Once an external force tries to probe it, the seal will destroy my brain. Then you won't get anything."
"Pfft."
Orochimaru couldn't help laughing. Just as he was about to reach out and pat Hongchi Yue Yan on the shoulder, he realized that Hongchi Yue Yan couldn't be touched now. Then he gave a shrug.
"You probably don't know that the person beside me is from the Uzumaki Clan. I believe you should know the power of the Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique without me explaining."
"How is that possible!? The only one from the Uzumaki Clan should be that Nine-Tailed Fox jinchuriki. This little girl can't possibly be from the Uzumaki Clan."
Hongchi Yue Yan: (▔皿▔╬)?
"What the fuck did you just call 'little girl'? I'm a dude! A dude!"
Since they had already decided to kill Kubikiribocho Zabuza, Hongchi Yue Yan didn't hesitate anymore. With a flick of his long tail, he chopped off Kubikiribocho Zabuza's head.