Chapter 485: Pretending to be Alive
The waves washed half of a boat onto the shore.
A Water Release had destroyed the vessel. Sprawled across its planks was a young fisherman named Yokoshima.
The moment he scrambled onto the beach, he shoved his fingers down his throat. He gagged and retched, forcing himself to vomit up all the seawater in his stomach.
Moments ago on the ocean, he had encountered a group of ninja sprinting across the water. With a casual jutsu, those ninja had smashed his family's small boat to pieces.
The Water Release had swept his father away, burying him in the sea. Yokoshima had heard the sickening crunch of his father's breaking bones.
Pushing himself up from the sand, Yokoshima staggered toward his small fishing village.
He had to get his family and everyone else in the village out of there.
Why hadn't the nobles' officials warned them that ninja were fighting nearby?
The closer he got to the village, the slower his steps became.