NABC Chapter 216 Did the village really suffer such heavy losses?
Chapter 216 Did the village really suffer such heavy losses?
Chapter 216 Was the village really damaged that badly?
Having passed the second trial, the air inside the cave quickly returned to normal, and the oxygen content began to rise rapidly.
However, at this moment, Takita had completely lost consciousness. His clean and tidy clothes, which he had arranged before leaving the house, and his carefully combed hair, were now covered in blood.
The boy lay motionless on the ground, clearly in a deep coma.
Seeing this, Princess Ichikishima dared not neglect him too much. Since this kid had completed the trial and had attracted the attention of the White Snake Sage, then naturally she would have to take care of him.
She transferred a small amount of pure chakra to Takita, who was lying on the ground. Although the boy looked disheveled, most of his problems were probably caused by lack of oxygen and excessive chakra loss. Although he had many wounds, none of them were fatal.
After casually giving him a little chakra, Princess Ichikishima vanished from the spot.
Although he has temporarily passed the trial, this is only the second stage. There is still the final and most unique trial to come.
It's not difficult, but it's not easy either... for some people, it might be very easy.
The final test is simple: it tests both the physical strength and willpower of the test-taker.
This part is handled by Princess Tsurugi of the Three Goddesses, but Takita's condition is not very good right now, so she is not about to start the third trial immediately.
Let's continue once this kid has recovered a bit...
Takita remained unconscious in the cave, but fortunately his injuries were not serious, and he was expected to wake up in a day at most.
......
Meanwhile, in Konoha Village, they had almost given up searching for Takita's whereabouts because they couldn't find him.
They were completely clueless, neither the other families assisting in the search nor their own Feathered Clan.
Takita may have taken all the relevant information with him, making it impossible for them to find it.
Inside the Uchiha clan's territory, Itama and Genichi were not in a good mood. They had tried, and even went out with the main force to search, but the result was obvious: they couldn't find any useful clues at all.
Itama sat opposite Genichi, his head bowed low, lost in thought.
"Square rooms..."
"Hmm? What's wrong, Yan Yi? I..."
“It’s okay,” Yan Yi suddenly said. “If Takita told me exactly what he did, then in my opinion, he wouldn’t do something so foolish without any certainty.”
Itama was stunned; he didn't know what Yan Yi meant.
Seeing the boy's confused expression, Yan Yi explained again, "Based on what you told me about him, well... Takita is actually very smart, he is a very rational person."
"Although I've forgotten everything about him, the feeling you give me is just like that."
Yan Yi gently patted the shoulder in the partition, looked at the clouds outside the window, and murmured softly, "We should believe him. He said he was going to the Holy Land, and he will definitely come back with the best news. And... it probably won't be too long."
......
Within the Hagoromo clan, Takita's older brother, Hagoromo Kōta, hasn't slept at all for the past two days. He's afraid to sleep, fearing that if he does, he'll wake up to find out that his younger brother has met with disaster.
He knew Takita well, and sure enough, Takita acted strangely at dinner that day.
He actually wants to go find this so-called holy site himself... How dangerous! Takita definitely understands how dangerous this decision is better than he does, but why...?
Why? Even if Kota wanted to ask that, it wouldn't make a difference. Because he knew why; he understood Takita, so he knew very well that Takita had definitely thought it through long ago.
Now that his younger brother has made up his mind, there's no going back. Takita didn't act on a whim; he must have given it considerable thought...
So Kota couldn't do anything but try his best to maintain everything Takita had entrusted to him with, all while feeling extremely worried.
Keeping his clansmen calm and preventing the family from experiencing too many changes is the only thing he can do now.
If Takita returns safely... he will definitely not let his "willful" younger brother disappear before his eyes again.
......
Since they had no leads, they simply gave up the search. The Feathered Clan understood this well, and they also decided not to continue looking for clues.
If Takita really went to Ryuchi Cave, they probably would never find him. Looking back at the letters Takita left behind, it's clear he wasn't entirely without confidence.
So all everyone could do was pray that he would return safely, and everything else seemed to return to normal.
For example, right now, Hashirama is compiling a report on the losses from the last war. The losses were actually quite significant, but since they were nominally fighting for the Land of Fire, the losses couldn't be borne solely by Konoha.
He compiled a detailed battle damage report and planned to go to the capital of the Land of Fire to meet the daimyo. His sole purpose was to obtain money.
With so many comrades from different villages dying, the Daming Prefecture can't just ignore it, can it?
He was still compiling the battle reports, and the more he did, the more embarrassed he felt.
"Um... Ban, should we cut some more? Isn't this a bit too much?"
Hashirama looked at the words "heavy casualties", "greatly weakened fighting force", and "the Land of Fire is in extreme danger, with less than one-tenth of its fighting force remaining" and felt a headache coming on.
In fact, they did not suffer any heavy losses at all; it's just that for some reason, Ban insisted that he write it this way.
"Don't worry about it, just write it like this. We suffered such heavy losses in this battle, and most of the village was destroyed. It has only just been rebuilt. Asking for more money is not unreasonable."
Madara didn't even glance at Hashirama, but simply sat on the table with his arms crossed, speaking with an air of righteous indignation.
"what?"
Hashirama nodded, seemingly understanding, then picked up his pen again to write...
"Our village... um... suffered extensive damage... um..."
Hashirama didn't think anything was wrong at first, but he realized it as he wrote.
"Hey Aban, when was our village damaged?"
"During wartime."
"Is there?"
"Yes, of course. The houses were all destroyed, and almost everyone was dead, but we managed to drive them all away with great difficulty."
"All right..."
“It’s not ‘okay,’ you have to say ‘that’s it!’, understand? Everyone in the village was affected by the disaster, so it will take a lot of money to rebuild.”
The two of them asked and answered each other, and a battle report was fabricated out of thin air... no, it was completed.
So the interviews were left to Hashirama. Madara was only responsible for looking after the house; he wasn't good at anything else.
In Madara's eyes, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was nothing more than a corrupt regime that he could easily wipe out. If he had to choose, Madara even considered replacing him and abandoning all pretense of a Daimyo.
Of course, these ideas are just thoughts he has at the moment, since the ninjas don't have the extra energy to manage an entire country right now.
This is no simpler than building a village. On the contrary, although there seem to be many ninjas, compared to the population of civilians, the number of ninjas is less than one-twentieth, so he can only dream about it.
Hashirama, carrying the "battle report," embarked on his journey to the capital of the Land of Fire. He was going to meet the daimyo and, incidentally, ask for money.
Madara stayed in the village, and he had his own plans. Even though Hashirama didn't want any more conflict, Madara couldn't swallow his anger. He wanted to quickly increase his strength and strive to... subjugate all the surrounding countries by next year.