The Ordinary Life of a Clear-Ryu Ninja Chapter 743

“The victor is king, the loser is a bandit. What else can I do but surrender?” Natsuhi released the hand seals for the [Peacock Method]. “But you just said, it’s best to keep your word.”

Tōji smiled. “Don’t worry, I just want to raise the status of Otogakure, I’m not some kind of murderer. Even if the name Hoshigakure disappears, the Hoshi ninjas will still live in Otogakure, it’s not like they won’t have a way to live. Besides, the living environment in Otogakure is much better than this Hell Valley.”

“What?!”

“Don’t be nervous, I’m just saying ‘if’.” Tōji retracted his kunai and stopped absorbing Natsuhi’s chakra.

Natsuhi sighed, turned around, and led Tōji into the cave. As they walked, she said, “Even if you really want all of us from Hoshigakure to move out of here, there’s nothing we can do but comply. The ninja world has always been a place where the strong prey on the weak, especially during this period when the Five Great Shinobi Villages are obsessed with war.”

“So, if Otogakure becomes the sixth great ninja village, it will have a say.” Tōji followed Natsuhi into the cave and saw the sickly Hotarubi, which made him think of a phrase—“not long for this world.” “That meteorite causes too much harm to the human body.”

“Do you in Otogakure really have the ability to cure this kind of illness?” Natsuhi no longer brought up the merger; she clearly wanted to know how to save her husband now.

Tōji reached out and felt Hotarubi’s internal condition. “Send him to Otogakure as soon as possible, your husband might still be salvageable.”

With Yakushi Kabuto’s medical skills, he could at least prolong Hotarubi’s life for a year or so; after that, it would be hard to say.

“Then…”

“Don’t be ‘this’ and ‘that’ again. He’s already like this, how much worse can it get? Let my companion send your husband to Otogakure for treatment. As for you, go to the village now and help me stabilize the situation.” Tōji suddenly smiled cunningly. “By the way, if the Daimyō of the Land of Bears no longer needs Hoshigakure, then it won’t be considered Otogakure destroying Hoshigakure.”

“As expected, you’re still up to no good,” Natsuhi muttered under her breath, then resignedly said, “Forget it, the ninja world is already in such chaos. Let the sky change if it changes.”

“Those who know the times are wise. Following Otogakure, life will definitely be much better.” Tōji carried Hotarubi horizontally in his arms and walked out of the cave.

Jūgo took the patient from Tōji, and Tōji instructed Jūgo to send the person to Kabuto.

Afterward, Tōji and Natsuhi walked out of the forest together and arrived at the edge of Hell Valley again.

“Aren’t you going in to watch me handle Hoshigakure?” Natsuhi asked, seeing Tōji stop in his tracks.

“I’m still waiting for Akahoshi,” Tōji explained with a smile. “Akahoshi will escape with that star, then be pursued all the way, and finally can only go to the Land of Waterfalls. All three directions of Hell Valley are blocked by my people. So, I’ll have to go to Takigakure to arrest Akahoshi and retrieve Hoshigakure’s precious star.”

With Tōji’s current sensory abilities, he could tell from the edge of Hell Valley that sporadic fighting was still ongoing in Hoshigakure.

“Everything has been arranged by you…” Natsuhi murmured, seemingly having no interest in learning more about Tōji’s plan. “So, what should the new leader be called?”

“A name, huh?” Tōji remembered that he had never publicly revealed his name to the people of Otogakure. The Otogakure ninjas always called him “Lord” or “Leader-sama.” Only a few people from Konoha knew he was Tōji, but they didn’t mention his name either.

“Inoshishi,” Tōji recalled the name he used during his years as a spy—Wild Boar.

“Inoshishi?” Natsuhi found it very strange but said nothing more.

“My subordinates always call me Leader-sama. If I have to have a name, then use a codename, Inoshishi,” Tōji said. “Akahoshi has successfully escaped to the west. You can go back to Hoshigakure and act as the interim Hoshikage.”

“Understood, Leader-sama.”