Jiraiya looked at the three disciples in front of him.
Some were cleaning up severed limbs.
Some were rescuing the girls.
Minato was lining up the bandits neatly.
???
Neatly lined up.
"Minato, what are you doing? Why are you lining them up?"
"Jiraiya-sensei, wasn't our mission only to eliminate the bandits? We finished the fight a little early, and there's still some time left, so we might as well do something else. Don't worry, Jiraiya-sensei. We'll be quick and won't delay our return to the village."
"Oh… that's fine then."
Damn it, do I really care about that?
Still, Jiraiya didn't say anything.
He wanted to see what these disciples were planning. Somehow, it felt different from what they usually did.
Hyūga Hizashi had already rescued the girls from the cellar.
They had been tortured until they barely looked human.
Every one of them had withered faces and skeletal bodies.
The oldest was only eighteen. The youngest was eight. Quite a few were even pregnant.
Their eyes were filled with lifeless emptiness.
"Thirty-six in total. All the ones still alive are here. The dead… are mostly down there too. Take a look and decide what to do."
Hyūga Hizashi spoke calmly, though the scene in the cellar had clearly shaken him.
"Oh. Nice work, Hizashi."
Hyūga Hiyasu put down the severed hand he was holding.
Still too rough…
How could someone chop off hands and leave them scattered everywhere?
Cleaning up is such a hassle.
Next time I'll improve.
"Minato, are you done lining them up?"
"Yeah, just finished."
After finishing his work, Minato quickly jumped over to Hiyasu.
Jiraiya followed as well.
Now he also wanted to see what would happen next.
"Minato, do you want to do it, or should I?"
"You do it. You guys taught me too many methods—I don't even know which one to use."
"Alright, I'll give you a demonstration first. Trust me, my method is definitely the best."
Hyūga Hiyasu said with a smile as he stepped forward.
"Hello everyone. I'm Konoha genin Hyūga Hiyasu. We came here on a mission to eliminate these bandits. But I'm a bit tired, so I need everyone's help. Would you be willing?"
The battle hadn't even lasted fifteen minutes.
Tired my ass.
Jiraiya thought.
The women said nothing at first.
After a long moment, a slightly older girl stepped forward.
The eighteen-year-old.
She spoke very respectfully.
"Is there something we can help you with, sir?"
Thud.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!"
Clang.
Hyūga Hiyasu tossed over a bandit and a long blade.
"How about helping me kill him?"
Gulp.
The girl nervously swallowed.
"You look like you've never killed anyone before. I'll demonstrate."
"Hizashi."
Hyūga Hizashi tossed another bandit over.
Hyūga Hiyasu grabbed him.
"Gentle Fist Modified."
A tachi sword flew into Hyūga Hiyasu's hand.
"Everyone watch closely. This place is called the neck. Aim here and swing hard. This is called beheading."
Slash.
The headless corpse sprayed blood like a fountain.
The blood dyed the white kimono beneath Hyūga Hiyasu's newly acquired deep-blue vest completely red.
"Hizashi."
"This one's called splitting in half. Cut straight down vertically. Don't get it wrong. It doesn't even take much strength, so feel free to try."
"Hizashi."
"This one's called disembowelment. Usually only idiots use it. They say it hurts terribly. You can try it later if you want."
"Minato."
"This one's called digging out the heart. Huh—turns out bandits' hearts are red too. How rare. Bring another one… Ah, this one's red too. Honestly, I thought creatures like them would have hearts some other color, like beasts."
"Minato."
"This one's called waist-cutting. With this move they'll scream like ghosts for several minutes. Normally I wouldn't tell anyone about it."
...
Hyūga Hiyasu demonstrated many more execution methods.
Jiraiya's eyelids twitched violently as he watched.
He even felt like vomiting.
But seeing Hizashi standing calmly beside him and Minato still smiling as usual, he forced himself to endure it.
Kids these days…
They're seriously too much.
And why didn't Jiraiya stop them?
Because he saw the eyes of the women in front of him slowly begin to change.
They started to grow excited.
Life slowly returned to them.
"Ah!"
An eight-year-old girl in the crowd finally couldn't hold back anymore.
She picked up a knife from the ground and rushed forward.
She found a fat bandit with a thick beard and stabbed him in the stomach.
"Ahhh! Give me back my sister! Give my sister back!"
It was like opening Pandora's box.
All the women grabbed weapons and rushed forward.
Those without knives used stones. Others bit with their teeth.
An hour later,
Every bandit had been sent to the Western Paradise.
Truly a deed of immeasurable merit.
Hyūga Hiyasu casually washed off the blood.
"Alright everyone, if you're done with your revenge, please step aside. We need to clean up the scene."
The girls were crying loudly.
Hearing Hiyasu's words, they quickly returned to the spots where they had stood before killing.
"Minato, this time Shiken's favor goes to you."
"Hiyasu, thanks. I'll repay you next time. Now I can finally give Kushina a gift. I've been saving up for a long time."
"How about waiving my bride price instead? That's the big expense."
Minato fell silent.
If I don't respond, then the issue doesn't exist.
Minato took out a sealing scroll.
He released it.
A large gourd appeared.
"Aburame Gourd."
Jiraiya couldn't help sighing beside them.
"The Uchiha's special vests… and the Aburame clan's Secret Technique gourd too. This generation of kids really has great relationships."
Uchiha Kamito: I gave them the vests to keep everyone alive. As for him making us carry those gourds—what's that for? To make us work for him, obviously! Damn it. Jiraiya-sama really has no eye for this if he thinks they're comparable.
Aburame Shiken: Just answer this—are they valuable or not? And when you meet a strong enemy, didn't I let you use them? Besides, every time you help me do something, I pay you.
Uchiha Kamito: Shameless profiteer.
Aburame Shiken: Then don't use them.
Uchiha Kamito: Well… that's not necessary.
Aburame Shiken: Cheap bastard.
Countless black kikaichū insects flew toward the corpses.
In an instant, only skeletons remained.
Hizashi opened another scroll.
This time it produced a white gourd.
White kikaichū insects flew over.
Even the bones disappeared.
Hmm.
If these insects were used against those lunatics from the Kaguya clan… the image would be too beautiful to imagine.
Jiraiya thought mischievously.
But if the entire ninja world handled corpses this way…
Wouldn't the Edo Tensei technique that Orochimaru is researching become completely useless?
"Well everyone, we're leaving now. Ahh, I'm exhausted. Looks like we can't take those bandits' stolen goods with us. Please help yourselves and deal with them."
After saying that,
Team Jiraiya officially concluded the mission.
The girls waved goodbye one after another.
"Goodbye, White-Eyed-sama! We'll be forever grateful to you!"
White-Eyed…
That's actually not bad.
Hyūga Hiyasu smiled slightly and waved back.
Hyūga Hizashi also waved excitedly.
White-Eyed—that must be referring to me.
They must remember my heroic figure when I rushed into the cellar to save them.
Hiyasu only knows how to kill people. Someone that disgusting couldn't possibly be White-Eyed-sama.
Punishing the wicked is divine.
Eliminating evil is divine.
Promoting good is divine.
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