--- Haori's final act against the Seven-Tails in the battle could be seen as a finishing blow to an 18th-level disabled person. The reason f
Haori's final act against the Seven-Tails in the battle could be seen as a finishing blow to an 18th-level disabled person. The reason for doing it was to prevent it from attacking again…
It's a bit far-fetched. Needless to say, the credibility of this is debatable. Anyone with a little bit of sense can see that his actions were aimed at "killing" rather than "injuring." But even so, what else could Takigakure do?
They could only question the existence of basic trust between people, but they couldn't blame Haori for killing the tailed beast.
Faced with this blatant act of poaching, Takigakure was powerless to refute it. Because everyone knows that the law of the jungle is the basic law of the ninja world. No matter how beautifully you dress it up, its essence won't change. And no one will violate it.
If you say that Haori's actions were bullying the weak… that's not accurate. But he was indeed using his power to intimidate them, because he could really beat the entire village and there wouldn't be any problems. This was no longer the time when he had to carefully hide in Iwa, and then pretend to be dead to escape.
Of course, Haori wouldn't be that cruel to do something like massacre the village. After all, he was still somewhat at fault. If they really charged at him, his choice would be to quickly leave with Kakashi and Tenzo, not to actually start a war.
The reality is that Takigakure couldn't beat Haori, nor could they stop him. So, their choice was very rational:
Of course, they forgave him!
But out of consideration for leaving behind beautiful hope and thoughts, Haori still made a promise to the village: If the tailed beast was resurrected again, he would provide after-sales service and come back to the village.
Konoha had received a large sum of mission money from them. This was a legitimate business transaction. They had to be honest.
This attitude made Takigakure's attitude more peaceful. At least, the tailed beast crisis was temporarily resolved…
The idea was good, but the reality was that until Zesetsu, the village head, died of old age and the younger leader, Zesetsu, took over, after years of long waiting, the tailed beast still didn't resurrect.
So, the old village head made a grand wish and a resolute vow before he died: After his death, he would turn into a stone bridge, enduring five hundred years of wind, five hundred years of sun, and five hundred years of rain, just so that the Seven-Tails could cross this bridge…
Of course, this is all for later.
After dealing with the Seven-Tails, with their goal achieved, Haori and the other two left the village.
From beginning to end, they didn't stay there for even a day.
But in this short period of time, the unbalanced battle that took place not only stunned Takigakure, but also gave Kakashi and Tenzo a deeper understanding of Haori's strength.
While Kakashi was picking up heads on the battlefield under the name of genius, Haori was playing in the mud at the ninja school. And now, their strength was already on different levels. This proved a simple, real, and cruel reality:
Pay-to-win players are the best, especially those who are willing to put in the effort.
In the past, when Haori was dealing with this kind of target, he always preferred to use cannon attacks. But now, he didn't do that. This meant that he was confident that he could achieve a crushing victory over the tailed beast without using his trump cards…
In reality, the Invincible Windmill Shuriken does have a better visual effect than the Railgun, with both power and attack range—unless Haori launches another Gate of Rebirth.
But there were still questions outside of the battle.
"Haori, why did you kill the tailed beast? With your abilities and judgment, you couldn't possibly not know that you could have completely sealed the tailed beast before you delivered the final blow." Kakashi asked.
Haori's previous explanation was clearly an excuse to deal with Takigakure. Kakashi wouldn't believe it, and he couldn't believe it. So, he thought that Haori had a special reason for doing this.
At this time, the few of them were on their way back to Konoha. But unlike when they came, when they were pressed for time, the return journey was more leisurely. So, they didn't choose to fly again.
"It was just a matter of convenience. Don't you think tailed beasts are an anomaly in this world? They're violent and have incredible destructive power. Being strong is fine. The key is that they don't die… So, the existence of tailed beasts is heresy. I want to try killing them a few more times to see if I can kill them." Haori's explanation was half-true and half-false. In short, he meant that since he had nothing better to do anyway, he might as well fix a world-class bug.
Kakashi: "..."
What should he say? No matter what, Haori's actions were just needlessly increasing Konoha's workload. Tailed beasts can't die. That's the conclusion. They would have to repeat the Seven-Tails' sealing work later.
Haori could see Kakashi's reaction, but he didn't care. He had just said it casually. He didn't expect Kakashi to understand this approach. But after explaining this, Haori's footsteps suddenly stopped.
"Next, you two should return to Konoha and report this to the Third Hokage. I'm going to temporarily leave the team and return on my own later."
"Wait… what are you going to do again?" Kakashi asked.
Huh, why did he say "again"?
Generally, ninjas are strictly prohibited from leaving their team during a mission. And according to past experience, when Haori acted alone, it meant he was going to cause trouble. So, Kakashi was very wary at this time.
Although he couldn't stop Haori from doing whatever he wanted, he at least needed to find out what he was going to do.
"Tell the Hokage that I'm going back to the Swamp of the Land of Hot Water. He'll understand." Haori said.
If he was going to the Swamp of the Land of Hot Water, then that wasn't something to be suspicious of. Because Haori had been traveling back and forth between Konoha and the Swamp of the Land of Hot Water for years.
Was Haori telling the truth? That might make Kakashi feel relieved.
After saying this, Haori didn't wait for their further reaction. He quickly and decisively left the team.
Seeing this, Kakashi could only helplessly shrug.
"Kakashi-senpai, what do we do now?" Tenzo asked.
"What else can we do? Go back to Konoha as he said." Kakashi said. As for following Haori… first, he wasn't suspicious enough for that. Second, they would have to be able to keep up.
That guy could instantly teleport.
So, it's really annoying when you have a ninja who's very unconventional and loves to act independently, especially when this ninja is also very strong.
...
After the two of them left with a sense of pain, a moment later, Haori's figure reappeared in the same place.
It didn't matter where he performed the reverse summoning. He just didn't want the two of them to see the process. Because the place Haori was going to wasn't the Swamp of the Land of Hot Water at all.
In this situation, he just happened to be going to Ryuchi Cave.
He took out Orochimaru's vial of blood. He smeared some of the blood on his palm. Then, Haori began forming hand seals. Then, his figure disappeared.
"It's a bit dark." Haori muttered to himself.
The summoning didn't have any unexpected problems. He arrived in an unknown space. But it was supposed to be a bit dark. As the name suggests, Ryuchi Cave. Naturally, it had to be a cave. Insufficient light was normal.
But even though it was a cave, you could see the top when you looked up. In reality, the space here was very large, so there wasn't a sense of oppression. There was only coldness.
You can understand why. This place was actually a snake's nest. Who knows, maybe there would be a giant python disaster or something later. In a snake's habitat, there's no way humans could be comfortable.
"The problem is how to find the White Snake Sage. It looks like I might get lost here."
Haori was currently in a space similar to a central hall. There were paths in all directions. You could tell at a glance that this was a vast underground space. And trying to find a specific target in a space like this was definitely not easy.
In reality, even Orochimaru had found the White Snake Sage by chance.
So, should he really rely on his sensory abilities in Sage Mode?
But Haori didn't know that at the same time he appeared here, in a dark place in Ryuchi Cave, a pair of large, cold vertical pupils suddenly snapped open.
Haori had been causing trouble for ten years, and he had been reckless his whole life. This had led to him having enemies wherever he went, or at least people who didn't like him.
But in a place like Ryuchi Cave, rather than saying he had enemies, it would be more accurate to say he had enemies… snakes.
And it was a very arrogant and conceited snake. So, it saw Haori as a piece of meat in its mouth.
This thing's only regret was that it never watched the news. It didn't know that Haori had just killed a being that was N levels higher than itself. It wasn't its fault. It was a tragedy caused by a lack of information.
Challenging Haori was like challenging Bear Grylls. Besides helping to prove that he was at the top of the food chain, it had no other meaning.
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