Konoha, Land of Fire, April 2nd, Year 015
It had been two weeks since Seimei caught Hashirama teaching Tsunade gambling again.
Although there was a mild commotion afterward, for example, his Uncle Hashirama being beaten by Adamantine Sealing Chains, everything returned to normal soon enough.
However, he had to admit, when his usually gentle Aunt Mito got angry, she could quickly turn from a gentle soul to a cruel, grim reaper of judgment in the blink of an eye.
Just thinking about the beatings his dear uncle received sent chills down his spine.
The scenery was brutal. So brutal that it was almost inhumane.
He could only take little Tsunade away from the room and use his Tenseigan to witness the vicious golden chakra chains of Uzumaki Mito coiling around the waist of the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, and beating him senseless.
✳️ Flashback ✳️
Inside the spacious room, where Hashirama and Tsunade had been gambling, there were now only two adults with Kage-level power. An alert Hashirama, looking for a way to flee, and a fuming Uzumaki Mito, who wanted to do nothing but beat the shit out of her rebellious husband.
Hashirama had an apologetic expression on his face as he was trying to keep Mito, his wife, calm. He tried every possible method to calm her down.
But Mito wasn't having it.
Mito shouted, "Senju Hashirama, what do you think you are doing? Teaching how to gamble to a young child, who is your granddaughter, no less."
Hashirama scratched the back of his head awkwardly as he responded with a strained smile, "Mito, calm down. I can explain…"
But before Hashirama could utter another word, Mito interjected, "Explain? What's there to explain? I clearly warned you not to lead Tsunade astray with that pesky gambling habit of yours. But you just won't listen, huh?"
"Now, tell me. How will you explain this?"
Mito's chakra flared, and the pupils in her eyes turned into vertical slits. A dangerous aura filled with her own chakra and the violent chakra of the nine-tailed beast erupted around her.
Fortunately, she was a Kage-level kunoichi and a Fuinjutsu Grandmaster, and was perfectly capable of controlling the Nine-tails sealed inside her.
Seeing this, Hashirama tried to comfort her again. "Mito, my dear, it was just a dice game, not gambling. And we only bet snacks, not money. So…"
Mito cut Hashirama's speech once again as she said, "Enough. If words are not enough, I will use my golden chains to teach you a lesson. Adamantine Sealing Chains."
Soon, six golden chains made of chakra erupted from Mito's back and rushed toward Hashirama, ready to entangle him and whip him senseless.
Fortunately, Hashirama had already dodged sideways to escape from the claws of the golden chakra chains that were perfectly capable of sealing the strength and even chakra of all average Kage-level ninjas.
Although Hashirama dodged the chains, his back was drenched with cold sweat.
Still, the golden chains followed him relentlessly. Hashirama kept dodging, but there was no way he could avoid those chains forever while staying inside a closed room.
And sure enough, he was caught by the golden chakra chains within twenty seconds. The chains wrapped around his torso, completely binding him while pulling his bound figure toward Mito.
At this moment, Hashirama knew that he fucked up!
He was doomed.
Left with no other choice, he could only beg for mercy.
"Mito, you know I am still injured, right? You can't do this."
Hearing this, Mito let out a cold smirk and responded, "Don't worry, Hashi. My hits will only make you feel agonizing pain and leave some minor bruises. You actually won't suffer from any injury. I will be gentle for sure."
Hashirama panicked, "Wait, wait…"
Mito replied, "No more delays. It's time for you to receive your punishment. Adamantine Sealing Chains."
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Soon, Hashirama's painful screams echoed in the room.
Watching this, Seimei, who was observing his uncle's fate from a distance using Tenseigan, couldn't help but shudder.
He could only pray for his uncle's well-being now. Well, he deserved it.
Note to yourself: Never, never make Aunt Mito genuinely angry for any reason.
Seimei thought inwardly as he left with Tsunade.
Let his aunt handle his uncle. Whatever happened next would have nothing to do with him, Otsutsuki Seimei.
✳️ Flashback Ends ✳️
"Sigh~"
"Forget about it. Let's focus on the upcoming mandatory mission I'm about to take part in with Touma and Haneda."
Seimei muttered as he left the Senju compound.
His destination was the Hokage Office, where he planned to meet with Uchiha Touma and Ishimori Haneda before accepting the task details from the Missions Department of Konoha.
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When Seimei got closer to the Hokage Office, Haneda immediately noticed him and waved his hands toward him. "Hey Seimei, over here."
Hearing this, Seimei turned his head and saw Haneda waving at him while Touma simply gave a silent nod.
He immediately walked toward them and asked, "Did you wait long?"
Touma crossed his arms and replied, "No. I met Haneda on the way. We only waited for less than five minutes."
Haneda chimed in, "Yes. And since you're here, let's not waste any more time. Let's grab our mission and finish it as soon as possible."
Seimei nodded, "True. The fourth year is about to end. And Kirito-sensei has added a lot of lessons and drills to our class schedule. I just want to rest already."
Haneda chuckled, "The final assessment is less than a month away. This will be the final mission before we enjoy two months of year-end holiday."
Touma interjected, "We will deal with it when the time comes. Don't dilly dally anymore. Let's go."
Then, he walked into the boundary of the Hokage Building coolly.
Typical Uchiha. Aloof as heck, even when he was with his best friends. And this Uchiha Touma? He was nothing but a tsundere little brat.
When Seimei and Haneda saw this, they looked at each other, smirked, and followed Touma into the building.
Soon, they entered the Missions Department and took the scroll containing the mission that was specifically assigned to them.
Touma unrolled the scroll to see its content. Seimei and Haneda also peeked at the mission details from Touma's left and right sides.
Seimei said, "Finally, let's see what mission we have here."
Touma, who had already read the first few lines, mentioned, "It seems people are going missing in a location with multiple hills and lush greenery, which is around 200 kilometers away from Konoha."
After they finished reading, all three of them had an incomprehensible look on their faces.
Seimei rubbed his face and said, "So, let me get this straight. Villagers and merchants, along with their caravans, are vanishing from that place. And the first incident occurred nearly a month ago."
Haneda nodded, "Most people have no idea what's going on. And even the kidnapped people who somehow popped up again have gone half-mad."
Touma continued the flow, "After interrogating those nearly mad people, we didn't get any solid leads. And they kept raving about some yellow-eyed, green-skinned monsters, who tortured them to madness."
Seimei frowned and said, "Yellow-eyed, green-skinned monsters, they say? The clues suggest that these monsters are bipedal and have enough intelligence to develop a colony."
Touma also frowned hard and asked, "It's surely some kind of chakra beast, but I can't quite remember any chakra beast that has all these traits."
"Haneda. Seimei. Do you identify them?"
Both Seimei and Haneda shook their heads.
Haneda thought for a while and suggested, "It's probably some kind of extremely rare chakra beast that we don't know about. Either that or this kind of chakra beast is rarely spotted in the Fire country."
Hearing this, Seimei fell into deep thought. He racked his brain as he tried to piece together all the scattered information.
After a while, his lips couldn't help but twitch as he came to an absurd conclusion.
Yellow eyes. Green skin. Bipedal. Intelligent enough to build a hidden colony.
Abducts people. Loots the gold and other resources.
Don't tell me…
Is it some Shinobi world's version of Goblin?
What the fuck?
Seimei couldn't help but curse inwardly.
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