"Crystal Release: Crystal Mirror."
A pure and flawless crystal mirror appeared before Torifū, reflecting his image.
"Crystal Release: Crystal Clone Technique." As the ninjutsu was activated, the image in the mirror slowly walked out, indistinguishable from Torifū's main body.
The two Torifūs nodded to each other, understanding each other's intentions.
The clone then walked towards the Kumo spy, while the main body waited for an opportunity to act.
...
"Damn it, why is this cursed forest like a maze? I should have just taken the main road since I'm pretending to be just an ordinary person now." Tanabe Sanji grumbled and complained.
"Ugh, if only I were stronger, I wouldn't have been sent as a spy."
Just as Sanji continued cursing his misfortune, a child suddenly ran into his path. The unexpected sight startled him so much that he nearly jumped.
"What the hell—whose unlucky kid is this? Popping out of nowhere like that, trying to scare me to death?!"
Clone Torifū smiled and said, "Hehe, sorry, uncle. I saw that you seemed a little lost."
Sanji's eyes flickered with calculation as he quickly composed himself, feigning exhaustion. "Yeah, that's right. I'm from the capital. My younger sister married into Konoha, so I came to visit her... but I got lost in this damn forest."
" Oh, then let me take you out of here. I know this place pretty well."
Sanji immediately put on a grateful look, "Really? Thank you so much. That would be a huge help!"
Anyone who didn't know the truth would believe that he was a poor lost brother who came to Konoha to visit his relatives, but unfortunately, the first person he met was Kumotsuru Torifū.
"Uncle, guiding you isn't free, I want a reward for taking you out. I'm hungry now."
Sanji inwardly sneered at the kid's attempt to extort him, but the smile on his face didn't fade.
" Let me check what I have."
He pretended to put his hand into his satchel, rummaging through its contents. After a brief moment, his movements ceased.
" Come closer, kid. I've got some pancake for you.."
Torifū's clone grinned innocently and approached.
When the two were a meter apart, Sanji suddenly lunged, whipping out a razor-sharp kunai from his satchel, and viciously stabbed it into Torifū's chest.
"Haha, stupid kid, don't try to play ninja games like adults in your next life."
Looking at Torifū spitting blood, Sanji mocked, "You're a decent actor, I'll give you that. But I've been doing this for over twenty years—you seriously underestimated me."
But he didn't get the desperate look he wanted to see before death, only a smile.
"You're the one who's going to die."
CRACK!
A sharp, crystalline shatter rang through the air as the "wounded" Torifū disintegrated into countless razor-sharp shards of crystal.
Each fragment was as lethal as a finely honed blade, and they rained down on Sanji like an unrelenting storm. There was no escape, no room to dodge.
Within moments, his body was riddled with gaping wounds, resembling a human pincushion. Though still alive, he was barely hanging on, unable to fight back.
From behind a tree, the real Torifū stepped out, gazing down at the bloodied, barely-breathing Sanji.
"I never underestimated you," Torifū said flatly. "You just overestimated yourself."
"C... Crys... tal...?" Sanji rasped with his last ounce of strength.
"That's right, these are all real crystals. If you had actually managed to kill me, maybe you could've made a fortune selling these crystals." Torifū joked.
"Spare... spare me. My daughter... just born."
"Sorry, but I have something I need to protect too."
"Crystal Release: Crystal Pentagonal Prison Technique."
A brilliant flash of white light flared beneath Sanji, and in an instant, a massive, transparent crystal engulfed his body, sealing him within an inescapable coffin.
Sunlight pierced through the treetops, casting a dazzling array of prismatic colors over the crystal coffin. It was breathtaking—an artistic masterpiece of both beauty and brutality.
Sanji's final expression, frozen in crystal like an insect trapped in amber, was both exquisite and haunting.
That was the true terror of the Crystal Prison Technique—once caught, death was inevitable.
Torifū snapped his fingers. With a thunderous shatter, the crystal prison exploded into a fine dust, scattering into the wind like a magnificent funeral display.
Torifū would not let go of anyone who tried to break the peace.
"Seriously though, this spy made it all the way to Konoha's doorstep, and no one even noticed."
"If it weren't for me, Torifū, Konoha would be doomed sooner or later!"
[Chaos Event ended. Completion Rating: C+. Reward 1400 Peaceful Value Points.]
[Because the host directly killed Tanabe Sanji, resulting in the failure of Konoha's higherups plan, Chaos Value increased by 5 points.]
…..???
"Huh?"
"So I wasn't supposed to kill him?! What was I supposed to do? Give him a bath? Treat him to a nice meal?!"
"This dog system is just playing with me, right? I went through all that effort outwitting him and solved the mission you game me, but in the end, you stabbed me in the back?"
"I'm like a Widow Empress now! And I've lost my Emperor son! How am I supposed to seize the throne?!"
"You bastard system, you are supposed to be my lifeline, not screw me over!!"
[T/N: Original was a cultural joke, googled it a bit and tried to make sense of it: I'm like Wu Zetian widowed now! I've lost Li Zhi!]
"I want to see which bastard came up with this ridiculous plan! I'm going to find the Hokage! If I don't get an explanation today, I'll make that Senju Hashirama kick the bucket 6 years early!!"
As soon as he said that, Torifū returned to the village with a belly full of anger. Along the way, many pedestrians saw him and thought it was someone's child who had been bullied and was going to find his mother.
No one would believe that this six-year-old white-haired boy was now holding the idea of taking down the First Hokage. After all, Senju Hashirama, with his True Several Thousand Hands could turn you into the size of his kidney stones.
When he arrived at the Hokage Building, Torifū greeted the gatekeepers one by one and explained that his purpose was to take down Senju Hashirama... cough, cough, sorry, he got it wrong, it was to retrieve his father's will.
Seeing no reason to stop him, the gatekeepers let him pass without issue.
Inside, security was almost nonexistent—after all, who would dare to assassinate the First Hokage?
But the moment he arrived inside, Torifū put on an innocent face.
"Uncle, I'm the head of the Kumotsuru clan. I'm here to ask Hokage-sama to retrieve my father's will."
The guard in front of the office was from the Senju clan and was very kind, "Then go in quickly. Hokage-sama is inside."
Although they were guards, they didn't actually have to do anything.
Haha, no one would dare to assassinate the First Hokage, right? No way, no way?
After three knocks, a deep voice came from inside the room, "Come in."
Opening the office door, Torifū saw the true face of the First Hokage for the first time, the person who made the entire ninja world submit, the God of Shinobi! Senju Hashirama.
Hashirama, who was working, recognized the white-haired child who came in at a glance, "You are Torifū, the son of Kumotsuru Yama, right?"
"Hokage-sama knows me?"
Torifū didn't expect that the Hokage would remember a small character like him.
"I remember everyone in the village, and your parents were also my capable subordinates, but it's a pity that they died young."
"My parents sacrificed themselves for the village. As long as the village is still there, they are still there."
He still didn't know what kind of belief his parents held when they sacrificed themselves. Obviously, the village had just been established, and the sense of belonging wouldn't be so strong, but they still chose to give their lives for the village.
And this sentence was also from Torifū's heart. Although the future village would be corrupt and dark, now that he had awakened the system, many things could be changed.
Hearing Torifū's words, Hashirama immediately slapped the table and said loudly, "Well said! As long as the village is still there, they are still there!"
"You came here today for the will, right? Yama entrusted the will to me back then, waiting for this day."
Then he opened the secret drawer under the table, took out a yellowed envelope, and handed it to Torifū.
Torifū was about to reach out to take it when the office door was suddenly violently opened! And a ninja stormed in furiously. He thought it was really some blind ninja who came to assassinate the First Hokage.
"Big Brother! I have something to discuss with you!"