Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 224 Attack on the Warehouse

After killing the lord and dealing with the surrounding guards, Mi Shou sealed the lord's body into a scroll, then turned to look at Shennong.

At this time, Shennong was thin, with a wrinkled face, sparse and dry hair, and sparse teeth when he opened his mouth.

Who are you?

Shennong was hunched over, his voice was dry and hoarse, and his expression was terrified, as if he was very worried that Mi Shou would attack him.

Perhaps Nagato was simply too eager to save lives to care about killing others.

Perhaps Nagato was worried that staying any longer would attract the attention of Konoha ninjas, so he didn't check whether the enemy was completely dead.

Perhaps Nagato was just careless.

Regardless of the circumstances, this guy in front of us, who managed to escape from Nagato's clutches, is clearly not to be underestimated.

Perhaps the other party is just feigning weakness, and if I'm careless, I might find myself in danger.

These thoughts flashed through Mi Shou's mind. Instead of approaching Shennong rashly, he silently took two steps back, blocking the laboratory's exit.

He has completed his mission and can leave at any time; now he just wants to reap extra benefits.

The laboratory is very spacious, and the facilities look very expensive; perhaps they are researching something extraordinary.

If they could extort some information, it might be of some help to Oniichiro.

"Old man, who are you, and what are you researching?"

As Mi Shou spoke, he created four shadow clones that surrounded Shennong from all sides, making his threatening intentions very clear.

This guy seems tough to deal with too, what bad luck.

Shennong cursed under his breath, and seeing that Mi Shou was not wearing the Ninja Village headband, he guessed that the other party was going to blackmail him.

Feeling his own weakened body and assessing the enemy's strength, Shennong chose to compromise.

"I am Shennong, the Void Ninja, who researches various medical ninjutsu here. I'm giving you these materials as payment for my life."

Shennong took out a scroll from his waist and casually tossed it to Mi Shou.

In fact, besides studying various medical ninjutsu, they also study the nature of chakra here.

Shennong's true goal was to create monsters similar to the Tailed Beasts, but he wouldn't tell Misato about it.

Mi Shou knew that Shennong was holding back, but since he wasn't entirely confident of defeating him, he chose to quit while he was ahead, put away the scroll, and left.

Now that we know about Shennong, we might be able to use him in the future.

Mi Shou ignored Shen Nong's next move and went straight back to find Kazuma.

"You're back so soon?!"

Kazuma looked at the composed and calm Mikami in front of him, his tone somewhat shocked.

According to the intelligence he knew, the target lord had a group of ninjas under his command, and their strength was not weak.

According to his prediction, if Mikami wanted to kill the target, he would have to infiltrate, investigate, analyze intelligence, find the enemy's weaknesses, and formulate a battle plan.

Even if everything goes smoothly, it will still take several days.

Mimori said, half-jokingly, "I was lucky. The target seemed to have offended a powerful figure, and after a fierce battle, he suffered heavy casualties, which allowed me to complete the mission easily."

He Ma was speechless.

Heaven has no eyes; how could someone as arrogant as Abe Morikazu have such good luck?

Mikami then asked, "What about my payment?"

Kazuma frowned and said, "Don't worry, I'll have someone forge a chakra weapon for you right away."

Mimori emphasized, "It has to be big enough! Not some useless little thing!"

The ninjas from these small clans all have the mindset of nouveau riche.

Kazuma slightly raised his chin: "I will forge you a large, long sword, which will definitely satisfy you."

After discussing the payment, Misato left immediately.

Kazuma, on the other hand, had to get busy.

Chakra metal is extremely precious and is stored in a heavily guarded warehouse that is inaccessible to ordinary people. The management of the warehouse is not in the hands of Kazuma, nor even in the hands of Mori.

The warehouse was under the control of another confidant of the daimyo of the Land of Fire.

If Kazuma wants to access the resources, he can only apply through the proper procedures.

Fortunately, he was a close confidant of the Hokage, so the process was quick, and the next afternoon, a special person went to the warehouse to retrieve a batch of chakra metal.

Throughout the entire process, Misato secretly followed them and eventually found the warehouse where the chakra metal was stored.

This is a lush, green mountain. On the mountainside is a huge rock cave entrance, with a heavy stone door tightly closed.

The guards here include not only the daimyo's subordinates, but also Konoha ninjas.

This place is also a key target for enemy attacks, so it is heavily guarded.

Mi Shou only glanced at it from afar before immediately leaving.

He saw ninjas from the Hyuga clan.

We must kill the Hyuga clan ninja first, otherwise even if we steal the chakra metal, we may still be hunted down.

Mi Shou began preparations, and when darkness fell, he began his operation.

"Look, what's that?"

Numerous large rocks shot out from the mountain peak, creating a continuous rumbling sound that threw the guards into disarray.

The Hyuga clan ninjas immediately looked up and activated their Byakugan, seeing enemies hidden among some huge rocks, and immediately warned their comrades loudly.

"Watch out, there might be enemies hiding in some of the rocks?!"

They were already avoiding the guardians of the rocks, and upon hearing this, they became even more vigilant, keeping a close watch on all the rocks.

Among some rocks, Mikami's shadow clones attempted to launch a sneak attack, but were easily dealt with thanks to a warning from the Hyuga clan ninjas.

A Hyuga clan ninja was intently watching the rocks in the sky, pointing out the enemies hidden among them to his comrades, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right leg.

A sharp, long knife pierced the ground and went through his right leg.

"what!"

His scream attracted the attention of the surrounding guards, who reacted very quickly.

A Konoha ninja slammed his fist into the ground, creating a deep trench that instantly killed the shadow clone of Mikami.

"The knife is poisoned!"

The medical ninja examined the injury and, seeing that the Hyuga clan ninja's wound was rapidly turning black and rotting, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately began treatment.

"Damn it, I can't cure the poison, and the antidote is useless!"

The Hyuga clan ninjas died quickly, and the commander ordered, "Retreat to the warehouse!"

The warehouse was built very sturdily and was not afraid of being hit by these rocks.

At the same time, entering the warehouse can also prevent the enemy from using a feint attack.

At this moment, Mi Shou had already used earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese fantasy novels) to sneak into the warehouse.

This is a long passageway surrounded by smooth rock walls.

At one end of the passageway was the actual gate to the warehouse.

Standing in the passageway, Mi Shou felt quite lucky to have found the warehouse so quickly without any prior information.

He lifted his foot and rushed towards the door, but suddenly stopped, sensing something was amiss.

How long have you been running?

How far is the gate from me?

Why do I feel like I should already be at the door?

Mi Shou looked up at the gate a dozen steps away, and two conflicting thoughts arose in his mind.

A voice told him that he had just entered the place and that he would reach the doorway in a few steps.

A voice told him that he had been running for a while and should have reached the door long ago.

Two conflicting thoughts kept swirling within him, and Mi Shou felt slightly dizzy, with a urge to vomit.

Is this an illusion?!