Chapter 775 Samurai

Black Moon Congregation.

A bounty hunter team with warriors as the main members.

The number of people reached a hundred, of which 80% were warriors proficient in swordsmanship, and the remaining members were composed of ninjas.

The leader is named Kuroda, which is said to be his surname. His name is ominous. He was born in the Iron Country. He once fought a swordsmanship duel with Mifune, the current general of the Iron Country. However, he was defeated by Mifune in the swordsmanship duel.

When he reappeared, as a bounty hunter, he took down the head of a daimyo from a small country in one fell swoop, and slaughtered the daimyo's mansion in that small country. As a result, he became famous in the underground black market and attracted the favor of many employers.

As he became more and more active in the underground black market, a group of powerful warriors naturally gathered around him, working hard for him. Even some defected ninjas were impressed by his superb swordsmanship and joined his team.

In the end, a bounty hunter team named "Black Moon People" was formed.

When its reputation was the loudest, even Xuanyuanzhong shunned this team, and it was difficult to confront it head-on.

On the rooftop of a field hotel, Yi Ji held various information about the Black Moon Clan, and had a general understanding of the Black Moon Clan that he was going to deal with next.

In addition to the leader Kuroda, there are also many troublesome warriors and ninjas among the Black Moon.

After all, it has been able to run rampant in the underground black market for more than 20 years and still stand tall. No matter how you look at it, it is not a simple team.

According to the information provided by the former bounty hunter Kadotsu, the swordsmanship of Kuroda, the leader of the Black Moon, may have surpassed the current general of the Iron Kingdom, Mifune, after a long period of honing between life and death.

Moreover, Kuroda's swordsmanship is different from Mifune's concept of "harmony". He attaches great importance to killing and has thoroughly trained himself into a killing sword!

In terms of swordsmanship, he is more dangerous than General Mifune of the Iron Kingdom.

"Samurai... a product of the old era. I can't think of such an existence in this era. The sword of killing may bring me a lot of fun."

Ichihime took out a photo of Kuroda. It was a white-haired old man with facial wrinkles all over his face. His eyes were as calm and cloudy as stagnant water. Staring at it for a long time made people have a terrifying feeling of being swallowed by this pool of stagnant water.

"Besides, sword duels seem to be much more interesting than expected. After all, swordsmanship is what I'm worst at."

Ichihime touched the Kusanagi sword at his waist.

Although she has a sword of the Kusanagi sword level, she has not undergone systematic swordsmanship training. After all, she is a ninja, not a samurai, and will spend a lot of time on swordsmanship.

Even if Susanoo is turned on to use the Chakra Sword, it is only dismantled violently with the materialized Chakra.

Compared with skills, she prefers to convince people with strength.

She is born with a body and chakra comparable to that of a tailed beast. It would be a real waste if such advantages are not brought into play.

Thinking of this, Kazuki unhurriedly put away the information and photos, stretched out her chakra wings behind her back, and lightly shook the void, shaking the air, setting off an invisible wave of air, and flew away from the ground to the sky, like a meteor disappearing in the sky.

At the junction of the Land of Taki and the Land of Iron, the headquarters of the Alliance of the Five Great Powers already has a decent scale. Just from the appearance, it can be expected that this is an extremely magnificent giant fortress.

Since the fourth Raikage, the leader, and Konoha's Hokage Tsunade went to Turtle Island, only Tsuchikage Onoki, Kazekage Rasa, and Mizukage Terumimei remained at the headquarters of the alliance at this time.

However, as the country of samurai, the Iron Country is also an important part of the alliance. Therefore, Mifune, as the general of the Iron Country, can barely be regarded as one of the high-level leaders of the alliance. His daily work is to mediate the conflicts among the Five Kages. And the Five Kages also respect Mifune very much. Even if the strength of Mifune is not as good as them, they are definitely the best under the Five Kages.

"The Black Moon people...Your Excellency Tuying, have you contacted them yet?"

At this time, in the temporary meeting room of the alliance headquarters, only Tukage, Kazekage, Mizukage, and General Iron Country had a short meeting here.

Mifune, who occasionally glimpsed some documents, suddenly raised his head to look at Tsuchikage Onogi, with a bit of surprise in his eyes.

"Yes, the Black Moon Clan has a very powerful name in the black market, and their leader, Kuroda, is a tricky character. If used well, it can have unexpected miraculous effects."

Onoki responded indifferently, and didn't think there would be any problem in hiring the Black Moons.

"Kuroda? The black samurai from the black market?"

Kazekage Luosha also seemed to remember something, and said suddenly.

Onoki nodded.

"Yes, in the era I experienced, the black samurai Kuroda was a person with extremely strong swordsmanship. His swordsmanship was once praised by Hanzo, the leader of Ugakure. However, I heard that he lost to Mifune-dono in the swordsmanship competition held by the Daimyo of the Iron Country, and then left the Iron Country for some reason, and began to wander in the black market."

After finishing speaking, Onogi cast a questioning look at Mifune.

Mifune looked at Kuroda's photo, met those silent eyes like a pool of stagnant water, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"There is such a thing. But at that time, I was only lucky enough to beat him, but I didn't expect that he would leave the Iron Kingdom directly after losing. Originally, I wanted him to be my deputy and work with him under the command of the daimyo, but I didn't expect... It's a trick of luck."

"To be highly praised by Your Excellency Mifune, it seems that Kuroda's strength is worth looking forward to."

Terumi Mei also joined the topic.

Although the era of the samurai has long passed, Terumi Mei will not underestimate this group too much.

Just like the witches in the kingdom of ghosts, and the ninja temples in the five major countries, before the era of one country and one village came, witches, samurai, and monks all flourished for a while.

Even if the influence starts to shrink now, if you underestimate it too much, you will suffer.

"Kuroda is very powerful, and his kendo is different from mine. The kendo I insist on is 'harmony', but his is killing. If it is a life-and-death battle, maybe I will be killed by him. Although he is a samurai, he will never stick to the samurai tradition. For him, as long as he can kill the enemy, it is the strongest swordsmanship."

Mifune turned serious.

"Unscrupulous?"

"Yes, he likes to scare the enemy with killing. I heard that after he left Iron Country, he slaughtered the daimyo mansion of a small country because of the reward mission, and he became famous. After that, he did all kinds of actions, killing people, leaving no one alive, and obsessed with killing. The so-called reward mission is just an excuse for him to find the strong to kill. This kind of thing is really..."

Mifune put down the photo and sighed again.

Regarding this, the three shadows didn't say anything.

They only want to use the power of Kuroda and the Black Moons. As for Kuroda's character and behavior, it is meaningless to explore further.

Besides, the black market is a place full of fish and dragons, and there are no people of any kind. But there are no good people. Those who can survive on this platform and make a famous name must be those with countless blood on their hands.

"In addition to the Black Moon group led by Kuroda, the overall strength of the Lei Guang Group and the Shura group is also good. They are a group of difficult ninjas. If they are used well, they can bring us good benefits. At that time, some dangerous tasks can be handed over to them."

Luo Sha said aloud at this moment.

"They are all experts with rich combat experience. As long as the money is in place, even if it is a mission with a narrow escape, they will flock to it. This is the personality of a bounty hunter."

Onoki nodded in approval. Although the alliance has 120,000 ninjas, its strength is very limited, especially some dangerous missions, which are likely to cause huge losses to the alliance.

Then, entrusting these dangerous tasks to the bounty hunters who work hard for money will not only preserve the strength of the alliance itself, but also help suppress the arrogance of the enemy.

For the alliance, the loss is nothing more than some money.

"Next, you wait here for Raikage and Hokage to come back. While the reserves are still sufficient, the old man needs to contact some bounty hunters and let them serve as cannon fodder for the alliance."

Using bounty hunters on the black market to attack the enemy during the war has been Ohnoki's consistent method.

The other three did not speak, but nodded, acquiescing to Onogi's approach.

The country of secrets.

The village with hundreds of villagers was no longer alive, and the burning fire burned the entire village and plunged the village into a sea of flames.

The corpses in the village were burned by the flames, exuding a scorching and **** aura, rushing towards them.

Not far from the village covered by the fire, a group of figures wearing hats and black clothes were resting on the spot.

The leader was an old man over sixty years old, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and a scar on his right face. His eyes were as calm and deep as stagnant water. He stared quietly at the village not far away that was covered by the fire, causing faint flames to dance in his eyes.

The old man was dressed like an ancient samurai, wearing the black layered armor of the previous era. The black headband bound the white hair and tied it into a ponytail. His old and withered palms were placed on the samurai sword at his waist.

The handle of the samurai sword is black, which is the same color as the black armor on the old man's body, making it a seamless one.

"Mr. Kuroda, the hermit samurai in this village has been wiped out, and there are two remaining stations, namely the country of flowers and the country of iron, after which there will be a reward mission from the Alliance of Five Great Nations."

A samurai wearing a bamboo hat from the Black Moon Clan stepped forward, bowed his head beside the old man Kuroda, with a respectful attitude and a bit of awe in his tone.

As the veritable leader of the Black Moon, the old man Kuroda's strength has already overwhelmed all the samurai and ninjas in the team.

As one of the largest large bounty hunter teams in the black market, the Black Moons are not short of funds.

They usually have only two jobs, one is to accept black market reward tasks, and only large reward tasks with a reward of more than 20 million taels are eligible to be accepted by them.

The second job is to find powerful samurai from all over the ninja world. Their leader, Kuroda, hopes to fight all the samurai with superb sword skills in the ninja world to hone his sword skills.

In this burned village, there was such a warrior.

But this warrior has long since retired, and vowed never to fight anyone again, only hoping to live out his remaining days peacefully.

So, in order to force him to act, Kuroda ordered the members of the Black Moon Clan to slaughter the entire village.

The samurai was furious, broke his oath, took up his sword again, and wanted to avenge the villagers.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't held a sword for too long, Kuroda saw that the sword skills of this hermit warrior were very dull. In disappointment, Kuroda killed him with a single sword.

In short, in this battle, everyone in the Black Moon could see that the leader, Kuroda, was very disappointed.

Perhaps in his opinion, the samurai's sword has become so dull that he is no longer worthy of being a samurai.

After all, what the Black Moon believe in is not money, but killing.

They like to fight with all kinds of powerful people, and feel that if they can die in the killing, it is something to be proud of.

Money is just an excuse they find for killing.

the land of iron.

The eyes that were originally a pool of stagnant water finally became a little fluctuant, and Kuroda's dark eyes swept over lightly.

"It's such a nostalgic name. Speaking of which, does the old man's swordsmanship surpass that of Mifune?"

Kuroda touched the only scar on his right cheek.

That was the mark cut open with a sharp knife.

Thirty years later, this scar still makes him ache.

"Mr. Kuroda's swordsmanship is invincible in the world. This is an undoubted fact. The so-called general of the iron country is just a person with a false name. After all, if things like swords are not stained with blood every day, they will become extremely dull."

The samurai on the side said firmly.

"Then, let's go, I hope that the next opponent will not let the old man down again."

"yes!"

The samurai and ninjas belonging to the Black Moon Clan all stood up, there were as many as a hundred people, and they gathered beside Kuroda.

Between the forest, under the leadership of the Kuroda samurai, the Black Moon Clan began to gallop rapidly, aiming at the direction of the Kingdom of Flowers, ready to challenge the samurai there.

Suddenly, Kuroda, the leader of the team, suddenly noticed something, stopped his galloping steps, and stood still in an open space. His eyes, which were originally deep and peaceful, suddenly became fierce and threatening, and penetrated the gaps in the forest leaves, looking deeper into the darkness.

When the rest of the people saw Kuroda's action, they also stopped their figures by coincidence, and began to scan their surroundings vigilantly.

"Come out, the old man has found you."

Kuroda said to a thick tree.

Following the sound of a branch being trampled, a slender figure slowly walked out from behind the tree, and appeared calmly in front of Kuroda and the members of Hei Yue.

is a young girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with waist-length black hair, and a white headband tied randomly between her hair, simply adorning her long hair.

The upper body is a tight black leather jacket, which exposes the skin of the shoulders. The lower body is a combination of black miniskirt and knee socks, and the tight shorts inside the miniskirt can be seen.

A flintlock gun is fixed on the black belt leg ring on the right thigh, and a long sword with a sheath and a white hilt is on the left waist.

The clothing on his body is simple and convenient, as if he is trying to reduce unnecessary clothing materials as much as possible to avoid affecting the battle.

On an overly delicate face, there are not many expression elements, only a pair of dark eyes, staring at the people of the Black Moon with a half-smile, as if they were laughing.

"If I'm not mistaken, you are the Black Moon Clan, and you are the leader of the Black Moon Clan, Kuroda, known as the Black Warrior."

The girl turned her eyes to the leader Kuroda, sized her up and said.

"Who are you"

Before Kuroda could speak, the prestigious samurai who followed beside him saw the girl's face and immediately thought of something.

He quickly took out a pamphlet and searched for the list of rewards for girls on it.

"Chiba Kazuhime, Chiba Shiraishi, Minister of Military Affairs of the Oni Country, and the daughter of Uchiha Ruri, the current patriarch of the Uchiha Clan in the Oni Country... has a reward of 140 million taels. It's a big fish."

Soon, the warrior compared the reward information on the roster and said.

So, the other members of the Black Moon Clan looked at the girlthat is, Ichihime, with eyes full of eagerness.

In this eagerness, there is an extremely cruel killing intent.

As the leader of the Black Moon Clan, Hei Tian was extremely surprised when he heard the amount of reward offered.

It's not that they are confused by money, but that people who offer rewards of this level, if they are businessmen or officials, must hold a lot of wealth or power.

And if there are ninjas or samurai, they must be strong in the famous town

Judging from the other party's attire and aura, it is definitely not because of wealth and power that the bounty has reached this level.

Moreover, even he had heard of the name Chiba Kazuhime.

"The country of ghosts... I heard that your parents were from Konoha's Baifang team, and the captain of the Baiya team, Hatake Sakumo, a ninja known as Konoha Baiga, once famous in the ninja world with a Baifang dagger."

Kuroda ignored Ichihime's words, and didn't care what the other party's intentions were when he came to find him. Instead, he used Kazuhime's identity to think of Konoha Shirato who was once famous in the ninja world.

"It seems to be the case, but I am not interested in the affairs of the previous generation. I heard that you are a famous swordsman, so this time I will make friends with the sword. I hope you, the black warrior, will not disappoint me too much."

Yiji smiled, drew out the Kusanagi sword with her right hand, and held the Kusanagi sword tightly in her hand in a standard sword-holding posture, without any bias.

Seeing Kazuhime's very standard sword posture, Kuroda seemed to be aroused, and his eyes lit up.

"Even if the opponent is a woman, the old man will go all out. And if the old man's sword can be stained with your blood, the old man's swordsmanship will go a step further."

Kuroda can feel that Kazuhime is not an ordinary ninja, such a person, even a woman, is worth beheading.

Holding his breath, he held the hilt of the katana with his right hand, posing for an attack with a more precise posture than Kazuki.

Kazuhime saw Kuroda's posture.

"Draw your sword and chop."

Yi Ji swallowed these three words.

As soon as the word was pronounced, Kuroda's figure flashed in front of Kazuki at a lightning-fast speed.

The samurai sword attached to the scabbard came out of the sheath instantly, and a cold crescent moon light was cut in Ichihime's eyes. The sharp breath made the skin of Ichihime's face feel the chill of frozen blood.

Ding!

Ichihime cut out the Kusanagi sword in a decisive manner, and firmly blocked Kuroda's drawn sword.

Although the speed is very fast, if it is an ordinary ninja, it will definitely be amazed by the speed of drawing the sword and slashing, and then Kuroda easily took off the head during the operation.

Seeing Kazuhime easily blocked his first blow, Kuroda's wrinkled old face was not moved at all, as if he was not surprised by Kazuhime's behavior.

The pitch-black figure dissipated from Ichiki's eyes like a phantom, and Ichiki felt a thorn in his back, and before he had time to think, his body instinctively turned around and slashed out a sword hastily.

The Kusanagi sword collided with the samurai sword again, and sparks shot out, passing Kazuki and Kuroda's eyes.

So fast! Even though she overestimated Kuroda's speed as much as possible, she still underestimated Kuroda's speed after the actual battle.

She couldn't imagine that this is the speed that an old man over sixty can display.

Kuroda was still unmoved, and he didn't have any thoughts of sympathy. The light from the samurai sword in his hand was faster than one, flying like shooting stars, making people dazzled.

Ichihime didn't dare to blink at all, if he made a mistake, Kuroda would touch her throat with a knife.

This dangerous intuition kept warning Kazuki.

This old man named Kuroda can definitely do this kind of thing.

Ichihime swung the blade violently, perhaps because she sensed Ichihime's great strength, Kuroda stepped back in a light posture, kicked his feet on the ground, lightly released the power from Ichihime's blade, and let her return without success.

The swordsmanship is too standard and rigid, without much flexibility, but the speed and strength are very strong. After a short fight, Kuroda had already figured out the general situation of Kazuhime.

Kithime was not discouraged when he saw that Kuroda easily dispelled the sword that he slashed with all his strength.

Yi Ji is very aware of her level of swordsmanship, and her swordsmanship depends on her own strong body.

For her, all she needs is to hit the enemy.

"It seems that you, little girl, are indeed worthy of beheading."

Confirming this again, Kuroda's breathing rhythm began to change, and the light in his eyes became darker, but in the darkness, there was a faint light, which was very strange.

"I think so too. After all, I came here with the attitude of learning swordsmanship. Before I hack you to death, it's better to show all your swordsmanship. After all, it's the sword that makes friends."

Yiji smiled freely, she and Kuroda seemed not to be enemies, but a pair of old friends who reunited after a long absence.

However, her smile made Kuroda unable to feel the warmth.

Kuroda didn't say a word, just continued to put on the posture of the sword silently, his heels were raised slightly, the air was shaking, and the figure disappeared like a phantom again.

The sharp and cold sword light appeared in the air, easily cutting through the air barrier, coupled with Kuroda's lightning-like speed, no matter how experienced a ninja is, it will be a big headache.

Only in terms of swordsmanship, Kazuhime did feel unprecedented pressure.

Compared to her, the movements of Kuroda's hands seemed to have been tempered and formed the instinct of the body. When he drew the knife, he seemed to make the most delicate blow without thinking.

This level of swordsmanship is impossible to achieve without decades of hard work.

And every cut is a fatal position on Yiji's body.

As explained in the information, this guy's swordsmanship is for killing.

"Um?"

Relying on her extraordinary physique, Kazuhime tried her best to resist all of Kuroda's attacks, but immediately felt the collision between the Kusanagi sword and the samurai sword, which seemed a little strange.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Kazuhime sensed an abnormality in Kuroda's sword style.

This abnormality made Kazuki feel a little familiar, as if he had encountered the same situation when fighting someone in the past.

Illusion? Yiji frowned secretly, feeling vigilant in her heart.

The Kusanagi sword and the samurai sword collided in the air again, sputtering sparks.

Perhaps it was because the battle was too intense. The members of the Black Moon Congregation also spread out to the surroundings, not daring to approach the core battlefield.

In their eyes, whether it is Kuroda or Kazuhime, they move as fast as lightning.

Rather than a battle between a samurai and a ninja, it is better to say that it is two jets of black lightning colliding with each other at extreme speed.

After the collision of the sword and the samurai sword, the sharp airflow generated left obvious traces of wild beast minions raging on the surrounding land and trees, showing the tragic situation of this sword duel.

As for the person involved, Kazuhime, after blocking Kuroda's attack again, finally confirmed something, and his face changed slightly.

"Hey, you guys don't use swords at all"

"too late."

The quiet words came from Kuroda's mouth like whispers in the middle of the night.

Kuroda's quiet and deep eyes suddenly became as sharp as a falcon, murderous.

This coldness is enough to freeze a person's blood flow.

Wrist twisted, and the katana danced with it.

"Secret Sword ArtBlack Teeth!"

pitch black

flashed past Kazuki's eyes.

The black sword light bit Ichiki's chest with an almost tyrannical momentum.

The bang was not the sound of the blade piercing the flesh, but the samurai sword in Kuroda's hand, which broke in two.

The Broken Blade was ejected into the air, and after spinning, it fell suddenly and landed obliquely on the ground.

Silence dominates the space.

Kuroda Furui Mubo's eyes finally lost their composure, as if they had seen something unbelievable, looking at Kazuhime's chest that had not shed a drop of blood under the samurai sword stabbing, his pupils widened in astonishment.

A feeling of uneasiness emerged from the depths of his heart, causing Kuroda, who was holding a broken knife in his hand, to instinctively dodge back, retreating to a safe distance beyond the reach of Ichime Kusanagi.

"you"

Before Kuroda finished speaking, a terrifying aura emanated from Kazuhime. Even Kuroda, who was used to killing, tensed up, making him unable to speak.

"What a mistake. This is the lack of information."

Ichihime ignored Kuroda at this time, held the Kusanagi sword with his right hand, and patted his forehead with his left hand, as if he had a very headache, and pointed out where he made a mistake.

Immediately, she put down the palm on her forehead, raised her neck, and her black and white eyes were dominated by the red Sangouyu Sharingan, so that the scenery of the entire forest was reflected in these red eyes, and she coldly swept towards Heitian.

"I thought it would be a duel of swordsmanship, but I didn't expect that you, an old man, are hiding the same tactile illusion in swordsmanship as my mother, which interferes with my five senses and delays my sensory abilities. No wonder the hand feels wrong when I do it before."

"The sword of killing that I practice is more convenient than traditional swordsmanship. Ninjutsu kills people more conveniently. Moreover, victory is the most important thing. It doesn't matter what method you use. Girl, this era belongs to ninjas, and swordsmanship must keep pace with the times, otherwise it will be derailed."

Kuroda answered it as a matter of course, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Yiji was dumbfounded.

Want to refute, but can't refute at all.

therefore-

Yiji glanced around, the members of the Black Moon who were just watching the battle had already formed a tight encirclement to surround her.

"It seems that this is the only way to ask for advice on swordsmanship. Although it's a bit regrettable, I don't plan to remember the name of a person like you, because I'm a little unhappy now. I'm tired of playing, so you can die for me now."

Ichiji held the Kusanagi sword with her backhand, and under the surprised gazes of Kuroda and Heiyue, she let go of her palm, and the blade of the sword fell down and plunged into the ground.

"Uchiha Fire Formation!"

Following Ichihime's words

Boom!

Boom!

The ground exploded, and a red pillar of fire suddenly spewed out from the ground and rushed to the sky.

And not one, but ten, twenty, more pillars of fire rushed to the sky, scattered all around, forming a larger encirclement.

The wall of flaming flames connected the pillars of fire, sealing off the black moon crowd and the caster Yiji.

"Okay, since you are also a ninja, let's end the battle in a ninja way. Don't call me mean, you chose this path."

Looking at the Black Moon crowd who had started to feel nervous and uneasy, their eyes finally fell on Kuroda, and a cruel smile appeared on Kazuhime's delicate and beautiful face.

(end of this chapter)