Chapter 539: Trap

*Coo, coo~*

The sound of birds came, and the two in the room looked out the window.

*Coo, coo, coo~*

The bird calls became more urgent.

"Let's go."

Su Xiao opened the window, jumped out from the window, and ran quickly into the forest not far away, with Deidara following closely behind.

Not long after entering the forest, Su Xiao heard low conversation.

"I won't say anything."

According to the source of the sound, Su Xiao found Sasori.

Sasori was hiding inside Hiruko at this time, with a Kirigakure ninja lying beside him.

The Kirigakure ninja's body trembled slightly, unable to make any movements other than speaking in a low voice.

Sasori didn't sneak into the Kirigakure; he was waiting around the Kirigakure, catching those Kirigakure ninjas who left the village to execute missions.

This Jōnin was caught by Sasori not long after leaving the village, poisoned, and paralyzed all over.

"What did you ask out?"

Su Xiao picked up the Jōnin lying on the ground, letting the other party lean against a tree.

"Bai Ye!"

That Jōnin looked at Su Xiao in surprise.

"You recognize me?"

"I guarded you."

That Jōnin glanced at Su Xiao indifferently, with some disdain in his eyes.

"What's your name? Forget it, let's just call you Inutarō, not a bad name."

Su Xiao squatted in front of Inutarō, and Inutarō sneered.

"Call me whatever you want. Kill me or cut me, whatever you want. Don't think about getting any information from my mouth; I've received professional training."

Inutarō was very calm; after all, he was a Jōnin and didn't know how many life-and-death situations he had experienced.

"You guys know how to interrogate?"

Su Xiao looked at Deidara and Sasori. He wasn't very interested in interrogating this Jōnin; the other party's psychological defense was solid and required violent means.

"Know some, but the possibility of asking anything out isn't high."

Sasori wasn't proficient in interrogation; he was proficient in making puppets.

"Don't look at me. My interrogation method is to cut off his limbs, which shouldn't be useful."

Deidara shrugged, signaling he had no way.

"Then it can only be me, although I don't really like violent interrogation."

Su Xiao took out a dagger, and Inutarō was somewhat surprised.

"Just this? Are you looking down on me?"

Su Xiao stabbed the dagger into Inutarō's chest, and Inutarō just frowned.

"Pain tolerance is not bad. To prevent you from screaming later, it's better to block your mouth first."

Su Xiao tore a piece of rag from Inutarō's body to block the other party's mouth, covered the dagger with Blue Steel Shadow energy, and slowly invaded Inutarō's body.

"*Ugh! *"

Inutarō's eyes widened in anger, the whites of his eyes filled with blood.

"Use your 'heart' to feel it. Before the chakra is exhausted, this pain won't disappear."

Ten seconds later, "Inutarō" was already a puddle of mud, his gaze dull, tears and snot flowing together.

"Dead?"

Deidara kicked Inutarō, but there was no reaction.

Su Xiao grabbed one of Inutarō's ears and cut it off with the dagger. Inutarō still had no reaction.

Throwing the ear away casually, Su Xiao pried open Inutarō's tightly closed eyes.

"His nervous system is about to collapse. He probably still has the ability to speak."

Su Xiao pulled the rag from Inutarō's mouth, and Inutarō looked at him dully.

"Kill... kill me."

Inutarō's voice was dull and numb, filled with both pleading and longing.

"Answer me a few questions."

Inutarō turned his head to the side, still refusing to betray the Kirigakure.

"Good backbone."

While speaking, Su Xiao cut Inutarō's throat with the dagger, his movements clean and neat.

【You have killed Jōnin Akai.】

【Jōnin Akai is a common plot character. You have obtained 0.6% of the World's Source, for a total of 10.6% obtained so far.】

【Your talent "Spirit Eater" has been activated, permanently increasing mana by 13 points. Current mana is 1476 points.】

The gain wasn't large. This Jōnin wasn't defeated by Su Xiao, and was just a side character, although he had some strength.

"This I have no way. Shall we catch another one? I don't believe all Kirigakure have such firm willpower."

"There is still a Genin."

Sasori flashed away and returned not long after. Hiruko's iron tail was carrying a Genin tied up like a zongzi.

"Genin..."

Su Xiao felt the hope wasn't great. A Genin knew too little information, but there was also an advantage: they were easy to interrogate.

"Answer a few questions and I'll let you go."

That Genin nodded desperately, and Deidara pulled the rag from the Genin's mouth.

"*Huff, huff~*, who are you guys..."

This Genin, who was carried in mid-air, breathed heavily until he saw the corpse of the Jōnin.

"Akai-sensei."

This Genin swallowed hard with difficulty, and his lips began to tremble.

"The quality of Kirigakure is so poor now?"

Deidara examined the Genin who was about to be scared to pee, clearly somewhat surprised.

"What is the situation of the radical faction in the Kirigakure now?"

Su Xiao asked the information they wanted to obtain. As long as this information was confirmed, the three would know what to do next.

"I won't..."

*Bang. *

Deidara punched the Genin in the abdomen, and Su Xiao walked up with the dripping dagger.

In the pitch-black forest, surrounded by three vicious villains wearing red clouds on black backgrounds, this feeling could only be described as terrifying, not to mention there was a corpse nearby.

"Answer the question. You have one chance."

The pressure of being surrounded by three vicious villains like Su Xiao was great. There was no need for interrogation at all; the Genin's psychological defense collapsed.

"I... I haven't heard of any radical faction."

The Genin wasn't lying, so Deidara pinched his neck.

"I wasn't lying. I really don't know what a radical faction is. Didn't you say you'd let me go if I answered the question? Wait, wait."

*Crack. *

The Genin's neck was snapped by Deidara. Believing the enemy's words, it seemed this Genin had just graduated not long ago.

"What now? Keep catching?"

"Hmm, I'll go."

Sasori controlled Hiruko to walk away, while Su Xiao and Deidara waited in place.

A few hours later, the sound of clothes being dragged on the ground came. This was the sound only Hiruko could make. Sasori had to change an Akatsuki uniform every half month on average, which was a heavy expense.

Seeing Hiruko at this time, Su Xiao raised his brows.

"This is, caught a squad?"

At this time, a string of ninjas was hanging on Hiruko: one Jōnin, three Genin.

This time Sasori interrogated them. Sasori's interrogation method was much bloodier.

After three Genin died, that Jōnin, who was on the verge of collapse, surrendered. It wasn't that all Jōnin had as much backbone as Akai.

"After... after the village was peaceful, the Mizukage-sama began to annex the radical faction. Plus, the three leaders of the radical faction disappeared mysteriously. No more opposition appeared in the village. The radical faction disintegrated during this period. Now everyone listens to the Fifth Mizukage-sama; there is no opposition."

When that Jōnin spoke, he looked longingly at the dagger in Su Xiao's hand; he had already been tortured by Sasori until he was no longer human.

A slash across the throat. This time there wasn't even World's Source; Su Xiao only obtained 12 points of mana.

There was no so-called radical faction anymore. If this news was true, then this mission was a trap.

"Things are getting more and more complicated. This has already exceeded the scope of the mission. I don't agree to continue this kind of mission."

Deidara expressed his position first.

"Agree."

"Seconded."

Although Su Xiao had a grudge against Terumī Mei, he didn't want to be used as a gun.

"I'll contact the leader."

Sasori performed hand seals, using the Magic Lantern Body Technique, while Su Xiao and Deidara waited.

Of the three in the squad, Nagato trusted Sasori the most. Every detail of the mission was conveyed to Sasori by Konan, and if there was an accident during the mission, it was also Sasori who contacted Nagato. ===== CHAPTER 540 =====