The attendant didn't understand. Ninjutsu and Chakra were common knowledge in Ninja Villages, but in the outside world, many people had no idea what they meant. This attendant's understanding of Chakra was limited to just a word.
"There's only this much dirt, what's it good for?" he asked.
Kazuma, as if presenting a treasure, pulled out ten more similar scrolls.
"Please inform the Daimyō for me. I have obtained a total of eleven scrolls of soil, which is definitely enough to cover the Konoha Village cemetery. As long as the Daimyō agrees, I will begin immediately."
The attendant dared not agree to such a major matter on behalf of the Daimyō. He needed to go back and report.
"I will go back and report to the Daimyō. You may withdraw for now."
Kazuma respectfully prostrated himself and bowed: "Yes."
Before leaving, the attendant asked, "By the way, what do you call this soil of yours?"
"I call it Creation Soil."
No sooner had he spoken than a clear burst of laughter rang out from outside the door: "Hahahaha, Creation Soil? What a terrible name, isn't this just Netherworld Soil? My luck is truly good, Old Iron will have bricks for his house."
Kazuma's pupils contracted. Looking at Ino slowly entering the room, he immediately signaled to his subordinates: intel leaked, kill them without mercy!
A Ninja, not wearing any forehead protector, was hidden in the corner. As soon as he saw Ino enter the room, he tightly closed his mouth, held his breath, and then silently crept out, a Kunai aimed at Ino's back.
"Pfft!" He was fast, but Ino was faster.
Ino didn't even turn around, her right hand swept down her leg.
Akusui, carrying a light blue Chakra blade, pierced into the Ninja's chin and out through his skull.
"Jiro!" another Ninja in the room roared, holding a long sword and slashing at Ino's neck.
He was met with a side kick. While his blade was still dozens of centimeters from Ino's bangs, his heart was shattered by Painful Sky Foot.
The immense force caused the man's spine to crack loudly, and his body slammed against the wall like a rag doll, making the house shake twice.
Ino's ferocity intimidated the Ninja hired by the Daimyō.
"Konoha Ninja? I know you, you are a Yamanaka Clan Ninja. I advise you not to get involved in this mess, do not bring disaster upon your clan!"
Kazuma was utterly obsequious when facing the Daimyō's attendant, but when it came to Ino, he instantly became arrogant.
Who knows what was wrong with this person; he could be a human, but he insisted on being a dog.
Not only did he act like a dog himself, but he also wanted everyone in his entire class to follow suit, and then he would hand the leash to his master. In Ino's eyes, this person was a lunatic; you couldn't find many such idiots in the entire Ninja World.
Ino sneered, not looking at Kazuma, but examining the Netherworld Soil.
The aura of the dead was very strong; it must be the product of continuously burying corpses and pouring blood in a special environment.
Many people, including quite a few Ninja, must have been buried alive in this soil. Their Chakra had all turned into resentment, remaining within the soil.
Ino was too satisfied.
She was just wondering how to trade Yin Kurama from the Shinigami. The value of the Five-Layer Rashomon was still a bit short, but now, good stuff had arrived, hadn't it?
The Shinigami's "house" was full of holes kicked in by the Ōtsutsuki and others, a whole bunch of them, big and small. Before, that "house" had no door and was drafty on all sides. Now, it was perfect to use this Netherworld Soil to make bricks.
Feeling the strong aura of the underworld here, she had left Hinata aside and rushed over. In her heart, the silly Shinigami was definitely her best friend! No arguments allowed!
"Don't bring disaster? What you're planning to do is what will bring disaster." Ino didn't want Hinata to wait long in the room. The Daimyō's name might have some deterrent effect on Konoha Ninja, but to her, it was nothing.
So what if she killed them? What could they do? Did the Daimyō have thousands of Ninja troops?
"Flower Release: Six-Petal Bloom!"
The tatami on the floor was broken through by vines, which then densely wrapped around the dozen or so Ninja in the room.
The Daimyō's attendant was the weakest. Vines wrapped around his limbs and spine, then pulled in opposite directions.
With a series of "crunch, crunch" sounds, the young, handsome attendant, highly favored by the Daimyō, was twisted into a ball of flesh by the vines. Both arms, both legs, and his spine were completely broken. Dark brown blood clots gushed from his nose and mouth, his eyes were lifeless, and he died on the spot.
Kazuma hadn't expected Ino to be so ruthless. He was still planning to argue with her, but his movements were a whole beat too slow. He took out a tin staff, cut off the vines wrapping around him, but by the time he went to save others, it was already too late.
"You! Traitor! How dare you harm the Daimyō's attendant! Are you trying to rebel?" His eyes seemed to shoot flames of anger, and Ino's look, as if she were staring at an idiot, only fueled his rage.
"Disrespectful! You vile woman, I will definitely kill you!"
He continuously attacked, helping several of his subordinates escape.
This guy had a screw loose, but as one of the former Guardian Shinobi Twelve, his strength was not bad.
Six-Petal Bloom couldn't hold him.
Ino's probing ended, and she immediately formed hand signs.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
A giant Shuriken was thrown out, one became two, two became four, four became sixteen!
Overwhelming, tens of thousands of Shadow Clone Shuriken rained down on Kazuma and the Ninja around him.
This move was completely useless against a "Gundam" like Susanoo, but in the current situation, against a few "thin-skinned, big-filling" Ninja, it was definitely a top-tier Ninjutsu.
Kazuma's subordinates included three elite Ninja: Fu Bu, Fudō, and Fu'en. Among them, Fu Bu had already been killed by Ino when she dealt with Tan Go, so now there were only Fudō, who specialized in Earth Release, and the Kunoichi Fu'en, who specialized in genjutsu and Sealing Technique.
Facing the "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique" invented by the Third Hokage, even Kazuma, whose taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and genjutsu were all commendable, was forced to retreat repeatedly.
The tin staff in his hand looked very Six Paths-like, but in reality, it was just an iron stick when used.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Kazuma wielded the tin staff like a windmill. Five seconds later, he forcefully ripped off the roof and came outside.
The quiet night of the capital was completely shattered. Upon discovering that they were engaged in a Ninjutsu battle, the night watch soldiers all began to beat their gongs and drums.
Kazuma stood on the rooftop, looking down.
Fudō and Fu'en were quite strong; they managed to escape from the impenetrable rain of Shuriken, but the other dozen or so Ninja were either riddled with holes like a sieve, or had their spines snapped by vines like the attendant.
The Ninja loyal to the Daimyō were previously quite numerous, but now, after Ino's Six-Petal Bloom and Shadow Clone Shuriken attack, only three of them remained after two minutes of fighting.
"Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!" Fudō roared, unleashing an Earth Release Ninjutsu that Jirobo had once used.
Using Earth Release Chakra, he dug out a giant rock from the ground, then with a forceful swing of his arms, he ferociously smashed the giant rock towards Ino.
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