Using the technique of reflecting fish in the earth, Yoru carried the maid's corpse underground and slipped away from the Treasury Temple.
In an alley, Yoru found the White Ram Squad following the coded message.
Seeing the squad leader throw down a corpse, White Ram rushed forward to examine it. After checking, he said, "It's a ninja. There are many signs of training on his body. Her strength is not bad, at least Chunin level."
Yoru said, "I plan to use the groundbreaking ceremony of the hydroelectric power station to lure the target noble out of the Capital. The problem now is that there are not only us and Sand ninja in the Capital, but also stone ninja spies.
Onoki attaches great importance to intelligence and has placed spies all over the ninja world.
After the hydroelectric power station is built, the Land of Rivers will no longer rely on the Land of Earth's coal. I have learned that the stone ninja spies in the Capital are planning to sabotage the groundbreaking ceremony, which will also ruin my plan.
White Ram, your mission is to find the stone ninja spies and notify me. I will go and eliminate the stone ninja."
"Captain, our squad can handle eliminating the stone ninja. You should focus on completing the groundbreaking ceremony."
Yoru had seen those stone ninja spies in his previous life, and they were all quite strong. He said,
"We can't let the stone ninja spies escape, otherwise they'll ruin our plans. But we can't kill them all either; otherwise no one will create chaos, and we won't have a chance to fish in troubled waters."
White Ram nodded repeatedly. Since some stone ninja had to be preserved, the company commander should personally control the scale.
When Yoru returned to the Treasury Temple, he saw that Chisa was exhausted and had fallen asleep.
Yoru thought to himself, Chisa is tired too, let's skip it tonight.
In the following days, Yoru spent his days working on the blueprints and construction plans for the hydroelectric power station, and his nights admiring Chisa's switching between intellectual beauty and wild beauty.
The day before the groundbreaking ceremony, Yoru and the White Ram team went to the thermal power plant outside the Capital.
The thermal power plant had stopped operating due to a lack of coal, and the chimneys and cooling towers were no longer emitting smoke.
Walking through the thermal power plant, Yoru felt that the world was very fragmented. There were both the supernatural abilities of ninjas and scientific products such as electrical wires.
The thermal power plant was shut down, and many craftsmen had gone home, leaving only the core craftsmen and workers.
Yoru and the White Ram squad moved through the dormitories, killing four stone ninja spies based on White Ram' intelligence.
Yoru said, "The remaining stone ninja spies are just enough to create chaos, but not enough to completely ruin our plan. Let's go. Tomorrow is the day we complete our mission.
Assassinating disobedient nobles is one of the highest-level missions for the Anbu, so we can't be too careful.
Taking half a month is normal, don't you think, White Ram?"
White Ram nodded perfunctorily. It wasn't about taking a little time; he was completely obsessed with the bespectacled girl.
He had heard rumors in the Capital that the daimyo's sister, Koi Chisa, the Grand Treasury Minister, had fallen for the new Governor. The residents of the Capital speculated that the daimyo's sister might be getting married.
The next morning, the groundbreaking ceremony began.
Koi Chisa, wearing a fitted long dress and glasses, spoke on the importance of the hydroelectric power station from the platform.
The wind from the river blew through the canyon, ruffling the hair of Koi Chisa.
A strand of hair fell across her eyes, and Koi Chisa gently brushed it aside with her delicate hand.
Yoru felt a bit of regret. After today, they might never see each other again. If they did meet again, he hoped it would be to protect her.
Life is always full of regrets, especially for ninjas, and Yoru was a clandestine ANBU ninja who couldn't see the light of day.
Among the craftsmen, four stone ninja spies suddenly jumped up.
"Kill the Governor!
How dare he not use the coal from the Land of Earth!
The Governor must die!"
"Earth Style: Stone Pistol Jutsu!"
Stones flew toward Yoru.
Koi Chisa moved swiftly, her slender figure concealing considerable strength. She drew her sword, shielding Yoru, and shattered the flying stones with a series of blows.
Yoru thought to himself, If Koi Chisa were truly as frail as she appeared, she wouldn't have lasted more than an hour last night, would she?
Seeing the stones shatter, Koi Chisa breathed a sigh of relief and turned to grab Light and take him away, only to find him gone.
She quickly looked around and saw Light putting on a mask.
That mask… Anbu?
The mask bore the insignia of the Hidden Rain Village.
Hidden Rain Anbu?
Yoru and the White Ram team had already had the insignia engraved on their masks, impersonating Hidden Rain Anbu.
Yoru informed White Ram about the defenses of the two nobles, and White Ram and the team members precisely allocated the number of explosive tags. The Sand ninja guards, in particular, received special attention.
Yoru, sword in hand, instantly plunged into the thick smoke.
As the thick smoke cleared, the two nobles both had their throats slashed open by ninja swords, blood spurting out.
Yoru waved his hand and said to White Ram and the others, "Retreat! Back to the Land of Rain!"
He had barely left when he heard cries behind him.
"Light! Who are you! Don't go!"
Yoru didn't slow down; Chisa abandoned the foundation-laying ceremony and desperately chased after him.
White Ram noticed that the Fox Squadron Leader had slowed down a bit. A captain's strength shouldn't be this slow, especially while fleeing.
Yoru occasionally looked back at Chisa, who was desperately chasing after him.
Until he saw Chisa's legs weaken and she reached her limit, Yoru stopped.
He said to White Ram, "You take the squad and go first; I'll deal with the tail."
White Ram glanced at the pursuing Chisa, then turned and left.
Women are so pitiful; they never know if a man is truly sincere toward them.
In this respect, the women of the Aburame clan have a significant advantage. Whether a man is sincere can be seen from his parasites.
A man's words can lie, but the hormones in his parasites don't.
If a man's heart changes, his parasites will show a physiological aversion.
Yoru stood behind the river, waiting for Chisa to come over.
The two faced each other across the water.
Tears welled in Chisa's eyes, reddening them as if she wore pink eyeshadow. She clenched her fists, panting, and asked,
"Light! Who are you?! Why did you lie to me?"
Yoru didn't answer, but said, "Miss Chisa, there's one thing I didn't lie to you about. The hydroelectric power station's blueprints are real, the construction plan is real, and it's true that the power station can generate electricity using the unique canyons and rivers of the Land of Rivers.
Protecting the hydroelectric power station is my final gift to you.
Goodbye, Miss Chisa."
Yoru raised his hand, formed the hand seals for the Body Flicker Technique, and vanished in an instant.