Chapter 297

He sliced his palm open on the short blade, letting blood flow freely.

Soon,

a writhing stream of blood appeared on the dojo floor,

flowing slowly along the ground's grooves into the central trough at the very heart of the dojo.

Blood sacrifice.

It roughly means: if you fail the mission, commit suicide.

"Go, bring me that man's head."

In a raspy voice,

all ninety-nine Koga upper, middle, and lower ninjas launched themselves outward,

silently heading down the mountain.

"Ninja Chief, is it worth deploying half of the Koga ninjas for a Dragon Country person?"

A girl, no older than twenty, approached beside Oda Shinichi.

A short blade identical to the one Oda Shinichi carried was tucked into the girl's cherry-blossom robe at her waist,

though slightly shorter.

Looking at the girl, a hint of affection appeared in Oda Shinichi's eyes.

"Sakurako, you do not truly understand the strength of that Dragon Country assassin."

"I have seen scenes of him killing; his power far surpasses even our Koga upper ninjas."

"If these people fail to kill that Dragon Country individual, perhaps it is time for your younger sister to act."

Upon hearing these final words,

a shock flashed in Sakurako's eyes, followed by a streak of killing intent and unwillingness.

"Grandfather! I am an upper ninja now; I do not need that woman to act, I can do it myself!"

Oda Shinichi turned around, smiling, and shook his head.

"No, your cultivation is not yet sufficient."

"But she is different..."

"From the moment I brought her back, she was destined to be the strongest ninja; she is a person born for death."

Oda Shinichi's gaze passed over Sakurako,

looking toward the dim, dilapidated small house behind the dojo,

inside that house,

was imprisoned the most powerful ninja in history...

"That child, the only time she ever acted..."

"... was killing the assassin ranked second on the Dark Web... heh."

Dragon Country, An Guo Grand Courtyard, conference room.

Lin Fan and Song Jun were originally focused on watching the footage,

when a colleague from the Tenth Bureau beside them, upon seeing a message, suddenly grew serious.

"This is bad!"

"What's wrong?"

Lin Fan and Song Jun both turned their heads together.

The Tenth Bureau colleague spoke with a heavy tone.

"Brothers outside just sent word back: the Island Nation's Prime Minister An Jin-san has deployed their ninjas."

Hearing this, Lin Fan reacted first.

"Which Renzheliu Sect?"

"Koga."

"Hiss... Koga, one of the strongest ninja sects?"

Lin Fan was startled, then quickly began to think.

"No wonder; Koga was originally a sect serving the highest rulers of the Island Nation."

"How many ninjas have they deployed?"

The Tenth Bureau colleague smiled bitterly,

"Ninety-nine!"

"Eighteen upper ninjas, thirty-two middle ninjas, forty-nine lower ninjas..."

"Damn!"

Lin Fan directly swore, his face extremely gloomy.

"So many upper ninjas???"

"That old bastard Oda Shinichi has thrown half of Koga's ninja strength against Lu Shu!"

Song Jun, standing nearby, listened in confusion,

for regarding matters of ninjas, as a warrior, he indeed knew little.

"What's going on? What Koga, ninjas, eighteen upper ninjas? Are they very strong?"

The Tenth Bureau colleague glanced over and explained simply.

"Koga is one of the Island Nation's ninja sects."

"Alongside another sect, the Iga Sect, they stand as the two strongest ninja sects in the Island Nation."

"However, Iga mainly takes on mercenary work; whoever pays more, they serve; now they are trending toward becoming an assassin group."

"And the Koga clan has always served the highest ruler of the Island Nation, namely the current Prime Minister An Jin-san."

"An Jin-san must have realized that the ordinary soldiers of the Island Nation could not stop Lu Shu, so he dispatched the Koga ninja."

After the explanation, Song Jun grasped the gist and pressed on.

"Are the Koga Jounin very strong? How strong?"

"To describe it in terms of combat power comparison, it would be equivalent to our Dragon Nation's second-tier special warriors."

Lin Fan explained offhandedly.

"It's just that ninja are best at reconnaissance, concealment, and assassination; in this aspect, they are far superior to special warriors."

"As for the Koga Jounin, they are roughly on par with the top twenty assassins on the Dark Web assassin rankings!"

"The Chunin are roughly equivalent to assassins ranked around ninetieth."

With this description, Song Jun understood.

"So that means..."

"Right now, it's as if eighteen assassins ranked twentieth on the Dark Web have joined forces to hunt down Lu Shu?"

Lin Fan nodded seriously.

"Yes."

"Moreover, ninja are best at coordinated ambushes and killings."

"Eighteen Jounin joining forces is not merely eighteen assassins ranked twentieth; this is not a case of one plus one equals two."

Speaking to this point, Lin Fan also felt a severe headache.

This was only the deployment of Jounin.

What if, in the end, the Koga Ninja Leader, that guy Oda Shinichi, personally rushes over?

When the Dragon Nation's National Security personnel were operating secretly in the Island Nation before,

they were disturbed no less by that bastard Oda Shinichi; even the number of people who sacrificed their lives in his hands was not small!

Moreover,

the Koga clan can be counted as the Renzheliu Sect with the longest lineage in the Island Nation.

Who knows if there are any hidden, unseen ultimate weapons lurking in the dojo?

Thinking of this,

Lin Fan immediately looked back at the screen.

"No good, I must notify Lu Shu."

"If it really doesn't work, I should persuade him to come back, after all."

And in the screen,