Chapter 98
The roar was deafening. Amid the dim light, countless splinters of wooden walls shot toward Haruto Saito. Hidden Yi reacted almost instinctively, striking out without hesitation. The moment he opened his eyes, his blade flashed, slashing forward with lethal precision. His cold gaze locked onto Haruto Saito, whose body was wreathed in swirling black mist.
Without thinking, Haruto Saito dissolved into black smoke and vanished from the wooden building.
"The Black Warrior!" Hidden Yi's blade cut through empty air, leaving him momentarily stunned.
The Land of Rain had always been a chaotic place filled with warriors of various backgrounds. Hidden Yi had, of course, heard the legendary tales of the Black Warriors. These enigmatic figures, known for their ability to appear and disappear like ghosts, had stood at the pinnacle of the shinobi world for over a thousand years. It wasn't until the rise of the ninja clans during the Warring States period that the Black Warrior lineage was thought to have died out.
However, the legend of the Black Warriors had never truly faded. Instead, the stories had only grown more bizarre and mysterious over time.
Strange. Too strange.
Hidden Yi had been assigned the mission of protecting Tanabe Teiji based on solid intelligence. The information he received indicated that a rogue, low-ranking ninja from the Rain Village would join forces with a few Uchiha shinobi to carry out an assassination attempt on Tanabe Teiji.
The heightened security around Tanabe Teiji was not just for this particular assassination attempt. It was also a precaution for the future.
The Leaf Village had already discovered that Tanabe Teiji was secretly funneling war funds to the Rain Village. Even if this assassination failed, Konoha would undoubtedly send more operatives.
But no matter the circumstances, no matter what unexpected factors emerged, the ones coming after Tanabe Teiji should have been Leaf ninjas. How could it possibly be a Black Warrior who had vanished nearly seventy years ago?
Had a new generation of Black Warriors emerged?