novelhk Chapter 43 Tonight, everyone will sleep peacefully.
Chapter 43 Tonight, everyone will sleep peacefully.
Tonight, the sky is clear and the moon hangs high, with stars twinkling.
Aburame Shisei stood quietly on the high place, waiting.
Soon, the village was enveloped by a faint, ethereal aura.
These are the pheromones emitted by those stinky bugs, and they are now doing their utmost to bring this scent to its peak.
But the price paid was enormous; most of the stinking bugs were already listless, and many were even shriveled up, having completed their final mission in this life.
Aburame Shisei also knew that these insects had reached their limit, which was also the limit of what he could control.
"We can begin, hehe!" he chuckled softly, his hands beginning to form hand seals.
The movements were neither too fast nor too slow, one seal, two seals, three seals.
Yin-Si-Yin-Si-Chen-Mao-Yin...
There were thirty-three seals in total; this was a grand gift he had prepared for Takigakure Village.
He wanted to put all the villagers and all the mentally exhausted ninjas into a genjutsu-induced slumber, and also to prevent too many people from noticing his methods.
After all, with so many people around, things can get messy. If others accidentally find out what happened tonight, things could get ugly.
"Illusion: Breath of Sleep"
An invisible wave spread out from him, merging with the pheromones released by the stinky bugs, amplifying its effect dozens of times.
This composite ninjutsu, which combines biological pheromones with genjutsu chakra, is Shisei Aburame's original creation, and its effects far surpass those of ordinary genjutsu.
For a moment, the entire Takigakure village seemed to be put on pause.
Some villagers were lying in their homes sleeping, their breathing becoming more steady and deep; some villagers went out to relieve themselves in the middle of the night and suddenly collapsed, falling into a deep sleep; some ninjas noticed the situation in the back mountain and were rushing to provide support, but suddenly fell from the trees and fell asleep; the patrolling genin teams collapsed to the ground one after another, their weapons clattering to the ground.
The scene shifts back to the battlefield at Togo Shrine.
The leader of the Shiki clan and several elders were the first to notice the abnormality. Although they had more chakra and slightly stronger resistance, they still felt dizzy.
"This is bad, the person behind this might have made their move!"
An elder exclaimed in surprise, barely managing to support himself.
"What kind of illusion is this? It covers the entire village!"
At this moment, many people were already shocked: what kind of ninja could perform such a wide-range ninjutsu? Even the legendary Uchiha clan probably didn't have such an ability.
At this moment, the spies were also swaying precariously, and many ninjas had already collapsed to the ground.
Kisuke, the spy from Amegakure who orchestrated this conspiracy, never expected that there would be such a ninja pulling the strings behind the scenes.
At this moment, he felt extremely sleepy, and even after repeatedly using illusion magic to dispel it, he could only barely stay awake.
However, the leader and elders on the other side seemed to be on steroids. Knowing that escape was hopeless, he began to persuade the spies from the other ninja villages: "Gentlemen, if this continues, we'll all perish here! Why don't we shake hands and make peace for now, and break out together!"
Even the spies hiding outside Togo Shrine had never seen such a bizarre illusion.
At this moment, many people have already begun to flee.
They believed that as long as they left the village, escaped the illusion's range, and reported the matter, they would have accomplished a great feat.
Little did they know, something even more terrifying awaited them outside.
Those who are stronger and have gotten to where they are today are not stupid.
They knew that even if they rushed out now, they might not succeed.
But before that, if they can release the tailed beasts and create chaos, they can increase their chances of escaping.
The leader of Takigakure Village would naturally not allow such a thing to happen.
He stood in front of the altar, his eyes fixed on the enemy, a determination he had never shown before.
"This is the village my grandfather and father protected with their lives! Every tree and every house here carries the memories of generations! I will never allow you to destroy it!"
After delivering a moving speech about protecting the village, Shibuki took out a small bottle of his treasured Hero's Water from his pocket and drank it down without hesitation.
Yes, he's going to fight this hard.
As for why he said so much before taking action?
Aburame Shisei guessed that the leader probably didn't want to die like that either.
As long as he holds the Hero's Water in his hand, his words will create a sense of pressure.
Unfortunately, his method failed; the enemy did not retreat, and he still could not escape death.
After drinking a bottle of Hero's Water, his chakra increased tenfold, and his speed and strength also increased dramatically under this pressure.
The Jonin Kisuke, who was breaking the seal, couldn't even withstand a single blow before being slammed against the wall by Kisuke's Gale Palm, his fragile body torn to shreds.
Seeing this, the other ninjas disregarded their previous alliance and scattered and fled.
Even though they knew that there was a ninja skilled in illusions controlling everything behind the scenes, they still had no choice but to risk their lives to escape.
Whether they can escape or not depends entirely on luck.
The leader of Takigakure has already taken the Hero's Water and is certain to die, so how could he possibly let these ninjas escape?
"Stop!" Shibuki shouted, chasing after the strongest one.
The elders, who were still lucid, began to hunt down and eliminate the escaped spies.
Outside the village, a dozen ninjas were chasing and killing each other, with some falling to the ground and being killed by the elders.
Inside the village, however, all was silent; even the birds and beasts were fast asleep. The only sounds were from insects and the black figures that followed them, hunting and reaping lives.
These figures were actually Aburame Shicheng's clones, silently reaping the lives of one spy after another based on information gathered from previous surveillance.
He would appear quietly, release insects to devour his opponent, and then disappear quietly, appearing in front of the next spy.
These spies, whether ordinary villagers or newly graduated genin, none of them could escape; they were all treated equally without exception.
He didn't even spare the corpses lying in the woods.
During this time, he also encountered several acquaintances: one was Xia Ri, who was lying on the ground fast asleep after being injured; the other was Shi Bo, who had died with his eyes wide open after being pierced in the chest by a kunai.
You Nu Zhicheng didn't say much, but just sighed, shook his head, and finally manipulated the insects to devour Shi Bo's corpse.
As for Xia Ri, he planned to capture her and put her in the basement. As for what to do with her body, Aburame Shisei had other plans.
Just then, a strange movement came from the barrier in the distance, and all the clones looked up at the distance in unison.
They all grinned, "Looks like someone wants to leave, but too bad this is a cage!"
After saying this, many of their bodies transformed into swarms of insects and disappeared, gathering in one place in the sky and flying towards that location.