NRaO Chapter 55 (Patreon)

Uzushiokage’s Point of View

How many have I killed? Hundreds? Thousands? It was endless—an endless wave of enemies. I was the only one left at this point still killing my way through the enemies trying to get to our resources. I was weakening though, an army of ants would eventually overwhelm an elephant. I brutally killed the next dozen ninjas attacking me in an attempt to scare them off just long enough to catch my breath.

At my weakest point, two new enemies appeared to fight me. The Raikage and Kazekage stood before me. I fought and repelled the Raikage once already, it appears he’s here with the backup to kill me now. Both could have attacked but they allowed me to see who my executioners were before they acted. The younger Raikage felt more dangerous than the blue-haired Kazekage but both were monsters. I gripped my sword tighter as I knew the moment they attacked could be my last.

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BOOM! BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM!

I looked at her in irritation as she took her time and whisper-yelled at her. “Hurry the hell up. We don’t know how long your father can hold off the ninjas and if we take too long we’ll have to abandon the Uzumaki legacy to the enemies.” The bright red hair shows her clan affiliation as it took a considerable time to convince her not to fight but instead secure her people's legacy and future.

Koruna was the village head's daughter and the niece of Mito Uzumaki. Her hair was cut short and she was by far one of the strongest people in this village, possibly as capable as her father. Not only was she strong, but also sexy and the best news out of all of this is her husband just died defending their home… So she was on the market again.

I obviously wasn’t thinking about that right now but… In a few years, she might be open to dating again, possibly even sooner if everything goes perfectly with her clan. I had already secured several future wives and concubines, so if the worst were to happen and the enemy found out our hiding place underground the Uzumaki bloodline would be secured.

She finally managed to make it through her own family's security seals as she stood up and said. “I’m in. Let’s go.” We both walk in and I throw out two summoning scrolls before a half dozen puppets come out and begin storing the scrolls inside themselves for the future. They would work at making sure the ancient scrolls wouldn’t be mishandled as the insides held them perfectly stable.

Not only were there special ninja techniques, formation scrolls, and secrets of the clan. There were tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of ryo, along with weapons and armor on a level never seen since the warring states period. The Uzumaki put away their bloody past and focused on growing their power through financial means instead. That was clearly a mistake. Putting away the first set I began loading up all the gold and specialized items I could into new puppets as Koruna shakily gathered everything of value she could find. 

Just as we were finishing up, I could feel her father's chakra signature fade away. As the signatures of the Raikage and Kazekage came rushing towards me, I finished setting up the trap seals and grabbed hold of the new Uzushiokage. The chakra-hiding scrolls are the only reason they weren’t aware that the main reason they were invading had already been stolen right from underneath them as a trap was laid for when they broke the seals.

I had become as great at formations and creating seals as the Uzumaki with my own specializations in slave, curse, and trap marks. We faded into the ground just as they rounded the corner, both calling in their seal crews to begin work on dismantling the trap seal I put in place of the defense seal the Uzumaki had to guard their fortunes.

It was hard not to laugh at their future fate. Not only would they open the vault to see nothing of value inside, but the next moment most of the island would explode. The entire island was protected with seals but since I had access to the inner seal I could make changes, that change being the moment the vault seal is dissolved all of the chakra inside the formations would run wild.

I had also been leaving behind thousands of explosive seals and barrels full of alcohol and gunpowder. The moment they broke through they might get the sense that something was going to happen, but unless they acted together then it would be a death sentence for every army that was here, essentially inverting the fate of the Uzumaki to the invading army.

We make it into the cave system and I reluctantly let go of Koruna before saying. “Come. You must lead your people out from underneath the island before it explodes.” Her eyes went wide by my statement before she began to guide her people towards the exit.

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Third-Person Point of View

The four Kage stood around the vault waiting for their formation specialists to finally break through. Some of those were traitors from the same village they just invaded. They looked each other over as the Raikage asked. “What happened to your arm old man?” The Tsuchikage looked like he swallowed a lemon as he spoke. “Someone attacked me to buy time and he had an attack that bypassed all my defenses.”

All three of the other Kage looked at him stunned. The Tsuchikage might be the strongest out of everyone there and for someone to casually bypass his defenses was utterly ridiculous. That person would have to be at an equivalent level and could have possibly defeated the Tsuchikage but chose not to. Out of curiosity, the Mizukage asked. “Why didn’t he finish the job?”

Once again looking upset at the situation the Tsuchikage answered. “The assassin was only focused on buying time. The few minutes of me keeping my guard up and waiting for attacks was enough for him to somehow remove the rest of the people from the buildings I hadn’t destroyed.” For the umpteenth time, everyone who heard him speak looked at him completely shocked.

The smarter Kage had that thought rolling around in their brain just as an ear-splitting shattering sound came from the massive island-sized formation that was finally broken through. Decades of battles and sheer instinct led the four to know something had gone horribly wrong the moment the seal was broken. All four began to perform defensive jutsu as the world around them turned to fire.