It is still the 38th year of Konoha, and the weather has been gloomy in recent days.
Shimizu Kento's funeral was held together with the ninjas who died with him.
Before the funeral, Shimizu Mitsuki visited Kento's body.
Fortunately, Shimizu Kento's body was still intact, according to the mission description that Anbu could tell him.
A few days ago, on the eastern coastline of the Fire Nation, some front-line outposts were breached by unknown enemies. However, the enemy did not occupy these outposts. Instead, they entered the Yushui Port area within the Fire Nation's coastline through the torn gap.
The mission of Shimizu Kento's team is to investigate this group of enemies in the dark. The investigation goes smoothly. According to the information sent back, the enemy's true identity is Mist Shinobi's Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
However, the evacuation was not smooth. The enemy seemed to be planning to use themselves as bait. When the investigation team discovered them, the enemy also noticed the investigation team.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen are composed of seven Elite Jōnin, each of whom holds a ninja sword with special powers. Legend has it that the seven of them can conquer a small country overnight.
Facing such an opponent, it is not easy for the investigation team to pass the information back to the village. After all, there are only two people in the investigation team who have the strength of Elite Jōnin, Shimizu Kento and Uchiha En, and four of the other six members are Chūnin.
Moreover, the enemy had made sufficient preparations in Yushui Port. When they were discovered by the investigation team, only Biwa Juzo, Xiguashan Pufferfish Demon and Hozuki Chiren showed up.
The remaining three were lying in ambush outside Yushui Port. Under the pincer attack from both sides, the balance of victory naturally tilted towards the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Shimizu Mitsuki didn't know the specific process of the battle, but one can imagine how serious the situation was when facing such an opponent.
Under the desperate cover of Shimizu Kento and five other ninjas, Uchiha En and another Jōnin from the Aburame clan sent the information back to Konoha Village.
Konoha Village reacted quickly, and Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately sent Jiraiya to lead a team to Yushui Port for a pursuit mission.
However, the team came up empty-handed. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen did not lead any subordinates. The seven Elite Jōnin were very flexible in their actions. They followed the perception of the Inuzuka clan Jōnin and came all the way to the coastline that was torn open at the beginning.
It was obvious that this was a fishing operation by Kirigakure. He took advantage of the powerful strength and mobility of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and after achieving certain results, he retreated quickly and returned to Mist Shinobi.
It can also tie down some of Konoha's high-level combat forces. After all, after Konoha knows that the enemy is Mist Shinobi's Seven Ninja Swordsmen, it is impossible for it to continue to send out weak ninjas.
In fact, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were lucky, because if they had evacuated a little slower, they would have been chased by Jiraiya's team, and there would inevitably be a few fewer people among the Seven.
...
Back to the funeral.
Shimizu Mitsuki was dressed in black mourning clothes, looking at Kento who had already been buried.
There were some family members of other sacrificed ninjas around, and some children, like Mitsuki, covered their faces and sobbed uncontrollably, but they tried hard not to make any sound.
The Third Generation leader also came and presided over the funeral for the fallen ninja.
"Where the leaves dance, the fire lives. The flames will continue to illuminate the village and allow new leaves to sprout."
This was the first time Shimizu Mitsuki actually heard these words from Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth. He didn't feel anything special, but the eyes of the funeral attendees around him brightened.
"This world is full of wars, and people's spiritual worlds are truly empty."
Shimizu Mitsuki thought that the ninja world was just a huge pyramid scheme.
After the funeral, Shimizu Mitsuki walked toward his home, thinking of the man at the funeral who had the Uchiha family crest embroidered on his back.
He should be Uchiha En, Kento's friend. Shimizu Mitsuki had planned to thank him after the funeral, after all, he had given him such a valuable gift.
But the other party didn't seem to have any intention of talking to him and left in the middle of the funeral.
When he returned to Shimizu's house and was about to open the door, it opened from the inside. Shimizu Mitsuki was startled and immediately prepared to jump back to create some distance.
"Don't be nervous, it's me."
Uchiha Yan walked out of the door slowly and spoke to Mitsuki who seemed to be frightened.
Shimizu Mitsuki was now completely confused. Although infiltration was a basic skill for ninjas, Uchiha Yan had just opened the door directly from the inside.
He clearly remembered that he always locked the door when he went out.
He had thought that Uchiha En and Shimizu Kento had a special relationship, perhaps they had been teammates since graduation, but he didn't expect that Uchiha En even had a copy of his house key.
Shimizu Mitsuki thought about it while looking at Uchiha Yan, and was about to invite him to visit his home again, but in his sight, Uchiha Yan's eyes changed.
The black pupils transformed into three rotating magatama, and then quickly changed into three water drop shapes connected end to end.
Mangekyō Sharingan! Shimizu Mitsuki was shocked, and he was even more confused as to why Uchiha Yan showed him these eyes, but he was no longer confused immediately.
Uchiha Yan stopped releasing the illusion, and quickly picked up Mitsuki, who was about to fall, and put Mitsuki on the sofa in the living room. After doing something, he left.
After a while, Shimizu Mitsuki woke up and looked around.
"I went home after attending the funeral. At the door, I ran into Kento's teammate Uchiha En. I was wondering how I fainted."
The system prompt panel has been updated after not appearing for a long time.
[Host: Shimizu Mitsuki]
[Skills: Chakra Refining Technique, Body Replacement Technique, Transcription Seal - Heaven's Constant Standing (One-time)]
[Prayer Harvest: None]
[Mail: No new mail]
Shimizu Mitsuki was a little dumbfounded. How could he suddenly have an additional skill, and it was a one-time skill.
He did know about the transcription seal, which was an advanced sealing technique that sealed ninjutsu in other things and would be automatically released when the set conditions were met.
In the comics, Itachi sealed his Amaterasu into Sasuke's eyes. Considering that the last person he saw before he fell into a coma was Uchiha En, a simple analysis will make things clear.
This so-called [Ten no Changli] should be Uchiha En's eye technique, Mangekyō Sharingan? Could it be that it was activated because of Kento's death?
It seems that I still underestimated the bond between Uchiha En and Shimizu Kento.
Thinking this, Shimizu Mitsuki clicked on the introduction of [Transcription Seal - Heaven's Eternal Standing].
[Transcription Seal - Heaven's Constant Standing: When the Host receives fatal damage, time will be reversed, and the Host's body will be retraced to the state 24 hours ago]
Shimizu Mitsuki had anticipated from the name of this eye technique that it would be related to time.
After all, the name Ame-no-Tsuchitsu means the god in charge of time in Japanese mythology.
But he didn't expect the effect of this technique to be so powerful, it could be called a mini version of Izanagi.
"It seems that Uchiha Yan is worried about the safety of Kento's orphan, so he came here to buy insurance for himself."
Thinking of this, Shimizu Mitsuki suddenly felt upset.
It may be difficult for people who have not been reincarnated to understand this feeling.
He was not the real child of Kento Shimizu, but a fake from Blue Star. Even facing the death of Chiyoko and Kento, he was just comforting himself.
But he had accepted many gifts from his parents in this life. Shimizu Mitsuki could certainly continue to comfort himself that as a child he could not refuse.
But this time Shimizu Mitsuki didn't want to make excuses for his indifference, he wanted to do something.
"At least you have to improve your own strength first, and find a way to avenge Chiyoko and Kento, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Kirigakure."