Chapter 20: The Fledgling Blood Trial

The moon is dark and the wind is high at night, when people are killed and set on fire.

On a winding and winding mountain road, a rickety cluster of light slowly moved forward. About thirty tall and fierce men, holding torches soaked in pine oil in one hand and long, narrow katana in the other, carried nearly twenty weeping young women and a group of frightened and trembling peasants, driving ox carts full of grain and goods beyond the depths of the forest. Every now and then, there would be bursts of wild laughter and shouting, followed by miserable howls of pain, and the shrill screams characteristic of women.

This is a group of bandits composed of wandering samurai and fugitives wanted by the Fire Country, burning, killing, and plundering all kinds of evil in the border area of the Fire Country, causing untold suffering to the surrounding people. However, this group of bandits came and went like the wind and their whereabouts were secretive, coupled with the large number of bandits and the incredible value of force, which always made the encirclement and suppression of the government in vain.

Sou! Sou! Two black figures, one tall and one short, walked through the mountains and forests like ghosts, and in a short time they caught up with this group of bandits who had returned with a full load. One of the tall figures nodded faintly, and the other shorter figure rushed out like a gale.

"The Technique of Multiple Shadow Clones!" With a slightly immature snort, this small figure flickered, and ten identical shadow clones appeared out of thin air, and then rushed into the group of bandits from behind with lightning speed.

"Who?"

"Be careful! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The sudden attack made the thieves instantly aware, and they turned around in astonishment while clenching the hilt of their knives and making a defensive posture.

However, the speed of the attacker was astonishingly fast, and ten figures burst forward like ghosts, and ten black kunai emitted a cold light under the reflection of the torches, and then these kunai slashed through the throats of the ten thieves like the scythe of death.

In a terrified howl, the mortally wounded bandits threw away their torches and swords, and one by one they clasped their necks tightly with their hands. Still, a puddle of blood splattered from between their fingers.

Boom! Bang bang ...... Under the nearly twenty katanas that reacted, those shadow clones turned into white smoke and disappeared. In the blood-colored eyes of the bandits, a child about seven or eight years old appeared.

A half-length black hair fluttered slightly in the wind, and on a small face carved in pink, two vermilion canine tooth marks were particularly obvious. With a white hoodie and black trousers, she looks like a cute little Shota next door. But in the light of the fire, the metallic forehead guard with a flame pattern on the child's forehead was explaining a cold truth to the bandits.

"Damn! It's the ninja of Konoha! One of the one-eyed bandits swallowed hard and cried out through gritted teeth.

"Konoha ninja, this is in trouble!" The thieves looked at each other, and the prestige of Konoha made their hearts tremble involuntarily.

"Just him? Even if it's a ninja, it's just a child. A tall bandit with a bandage on his head came out, looked around, and said with a sinister smile.

"Yes, we are outnumbered, kill him!"

In the clamor of the bandits who were about to move, the corner of the child's mouth that rushed in slightly raised a sneer. Then I saw a surge in his hoodie, and then a flash of white light, a white-haired puppy jumped down, and then quickly turned into a snow-white ninja the size of a small calf.

"Hey! Imp, report your name! The bandit with his head bandaged was clearly a leader, and he raised his long katana and pointed diagonally at the little ninja who looked like a child.

The little ninja didn't pay attention to the bandit's words, but instantly pinched the seal with one hand. Boom! Boom! Accompanied by two clouds of smoke, two identical children appeared in front of everyone. Compared with the cute Shota before, his eyes are brighter now, and he even emits a misty blue light. and the corners of his mouth, faintly revealing two sharp tiger teeth. What is even more obvious is that his hands, which were originally pink and tender, have grown several times, like ten short daggers, flashing with a cold light.

"Yukimaru, let's go! Snow Tooth Dance! The two transformed children let out a cry in unison, and then leapt into the air, and in an instant turned into two rolling tornadoes, sweeping towards the stunned bandits.

In the whistling wind, many bandits only felt chills in their bodies, and subconsciously swung their katana at these two tornadoes. However, the bandits soon discovered that their movements were much slower, and even their blades were covered with a thin layer of frost at some point.

In the sound of gold and iron, these bandits let out a terrible howl of pain. Their blood-drenched and broken bodies, along with the shattered swords in their hands, were thrown out in unison.

"Ahh Seeing that the tornado was about to rush in front of him, the bandit leader let out a loud cry in horror, burning his whole body and spirit, and wielding the most brilliant and dazzling sword of his life.

Sou! The sword slashed through the night sky with an incomparably swift crescent slash, slashing past the intersection of the two tornadoes. However, the face of the bandit leader was shocked. Because his self-proclaimed unparalleled knife seemed to be cut in the air. Because at the moment of the knife, a cold chill hit him, making his movements suddenly slow down a little. In such a slight moment, his amazing blow turned into uselessness.

Poof! With two dull sounds, the bandit leader's body suddenly trembled, his face turned pale instantly, and his eyes instantly turned red. He lowered his head and looked at the two terrifying bloody holes in his chest and abdomen, and a deep despair flashed in his eyes.

"You ......" the bandit leader said only one word, and a mouthful of blood gushed out. Then, the tall body smashed to the ground like a stone slab.

Two clouds of white light flashed, and two tornadoes disappeared at the same time, and the figure of the child and the ninja dog appeared between a pool of blood and the corpse of the thief. He slowly looked around at the blood-red Shura field, and the little face that was still with baby fat was actually a pale color.

"It turns out that this is the ninja world! This is killing! The child took a deep breath, calmed the heartbeat like a drum in his body, and his eyes, which were a little trance-like, instantly regained their clarity.

An older man stepped forward with courage, and his wrinkled face was full of tears. As the elder of the village, he has naturally heard of the costumes of the ninjas of Konoha Village in the Land of Fire. Although the ninja in front of him was too young, the old man did not dare to be disrespectful at all. This kid killed more than thirty powerful bandits in the blink of an eye, a veritable powerful ninja.

"Little brother, it's Konoha ninja, right? Thank you very much for your help, otherwise we would have died. After the old man finished speaking, the farmers and maidens also gathered around, and although they were frightened by the corpses on the ground, they were full of gratitude to the little brother-like child in front of them.

This child, oh, to be exact, is a six-year-old Konoha Shinobi Tsukasuka, and he is also in a hurry in the face of everyone's crying for the rest of his life. Because there were a few bold girls, who were blushing, stretched out their hands and pinched his pink little face.

"I'm a Konoha ninja, Inuzuka tree. That, this grandfather, you should hurry up and take everyone back to the village. From today onwards, you don't have to worry about thieves anymore. Hey! Inuzuka reached out and scratched the back of his head, squinting and smiling. Yukimaru whined twice, squatting on the ground, and it also had an expression of enjoyment under the touch of several girls.

Yukimaru is now three years old, and he can freely control his body shape on weekdays, shrinking into his owner's hoodie, looking like a harmless baby dog. But only the owner of Inuzuka Tree knows how great the skills of this magical ninja dog are. The joint ninjutsu "Snow Dance Kill" that he just performed with himself was originally just the wind ninjutsu "Tongya" of the Inuzuka clan, but under the "chill" ability attached to Snow Pill, the lethality of this ordinary ninjutsu has increased several times.

After a period of commotion, the villagers got up the ox cart and hurried down the hill under the leadership of the old man.

Inuzuka Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and then seemed to have no strength in his body, and squatted on the ground. The evening breeze in the mountains blew the torches scattered on the ground and swayed, and the shadow behind Inuzuka continued to lengthen and shorten with the firelight, like a lifelike magic shadow.

"Are you scared?" A slightly old voice came, and a tall figure appeared in front of Inuzuka Tree, and asked in a somewhat low tone.

"Patriarch, this is a trial that belongs to me, and I am killing a thief who has committed the most heinous crimes, how can I be afraid? It's just that, after all, it's the first time...... Killing people always has to get used to it. Inuzuka looked up at the visitor, and his pale little face had regained a trace of blood.

Inuzuka Shigeru smiled, stretched out his hand and touched Inuzuka Shu's little head, his eyes were uncontrollable surprise and pride. This child, who has just turned six, breaks the seven-year-old graduation record held by the talented ninja Kakashi Hachiki a few years ago and becomes the youngest shinobi in Konoha Village. Because Inuzuka is too young, this record is too shocking, so that the Uchiha Shisui, who originally graduated with him early, has a lot less attention.

In order to celebrate Inuzuka's graduation, and also to fulfill the promise made two years ago, the third generation of adults made an exception to take out the "Book of Seals" and taught the "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique" to Inuzuka Tree, who is unusually abundant in Chakra. At the same time, Bo Feng Shuimen also officially accepted this genius disciple and began to teach strictly and carefully. It is even said that Inuzuka Yi and Inuzuka Claw, who are full of joy, are two beautiful mothers, but they have put a lot of thought into cultivating their sons. If it weren't for the fact that the little guy was too young, the two of them would be eager to teach the Inuzuka clan all those powerful ninjutsu.

Shigeru Inuzuka, as the patriarch of the Inuzuka family, watched the little guy grow from a milk doll to a little ninja. Although he is only a six-year-old shinobi, in the eyes of Inuzuka Shigeru, who is familiar with Inuzuka Tree's strength, this child's strength is not inferior to Konoha's Nakashinobi. This kid is a real genius.