Chapter 198: Theories, Bloody Princess and Crash Out

Chapter 198: Theories, Bloody Princess and Crash Out

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The Blind Assassin's departure from Konoha had gone without a hitch.

No one really got in his way as he walked out the gates, and the Blades had already departed, each going his own way or teleporting home.

Ken had enough trust in them to not monitor their every move, all three Blades he had brought with him could likely survive against just about every opponent they met.

No rouge group of Shinobi like the one that had attacked the Akatsuki would be able to entrap them.

But what bothered him the most was the sudden rise in the number of Shinobi in the world...

Peaceful times have led to more Genin having time to grow further, for more of them to graduate from their village perspective academy equivalent.

This was not that big of an issue on a wider scale, the forces of the alliance were growing alongside the number of Shinboi.

But the most annoying part was the growing number of Rogue Shinobi. Deserters in a sense.

Peaceful times made those with a more bloodthirsty nature lash out and depart, looking for greener pastures than the peaceful walls of the established Hidden Villages.

Plenty of them would end up forming organized groups or joining the Green Forest Union.

In a sense, it was good that the Dark Brotherhood was not going to run out of business from its initial source of income any time soon.

But it was also a bad omen, a rather shaky start to what was supposed to be long-lasting peace.

And of course, who could forget? The Green Forest Union, which had its members also somewhat trained in Ninjutsu.

Their footsoldiers were Genin at best from what Ken had heard, but their sheer number was great enough to allow them to be called a significant force in the Elemental Nations.

But they were not acting in accordance with any Noble Clan's wishes from Ken's limited knowledge.

They were all gathered around someone they called the 'Green Forest King', and were only really well-known for setting up toll booths across the entire Elemental Nations.

They could be said to be openly going against the Nobles by obstructing business in their lands as well as giving birth to a rather thriving underworld.

Ken could easily surmise that such a large group also engaged in smuggling of all kinds, as well as any other illegal activities that one could think of.

'So what's the most likely option? Nobles managed to tame the crazed rogue shinobi using money? Or have they managed to sway the Green Forest Union somehow?'

But the groups that Hanzo had described, and Ken had studied the corpses of, seemed to not belong to the Green Forest Union, they were all at a pretty high level by Hanzo's addition too...

'What exactly is going on... Or, maybe I am simply barking up the wrong tree? What if they're employing a different strategy altogether...'

For a brief moment, as the Blind Assassin passed through the green woods surrounding Konoha, a thought flashed through his mind.

'Have the Noble Clans managed to establish other hidden villages?'

The territories within the Three Corners Alliance were already places where the Nobles held little to no power anymore.

What no one expected was for the punishment to extend over 6 years and counting.

Changed or not, the fact that the punishment persisted only meant one thing... She was hardly willing to change in any way.

After Morita's promotion to 5th Blade, Yue's rank did not rise much. Rather, she stagnated completely, at least ranking-wise.

She was currently Number 3, right behind the sickle-wielding Assassin Akio, and the physically gifted Bull.

That fact had immensely frustrated her, and she felt that her lack of experience on the field was the cause of her losses, and she ended up blaming them on Ken.

The Blind Assassin had felt her resentment building up for a while, but he didn't think her crazy enough to act out... At least not up to that point.

She was missing from her room, nay from the entire compound. And Ken was sure that she hadn't gone to her father's place, as she was to always report to him when going to her father, and she'd even be given an escort to make sure that she wasn't in any danger on the route.

The Blind Assassin scowled, as his senses also passed over his office, finally getting the chance to inspect it further...

And as one would expect, a person was already waiting for him. A brooding masked man of medium height, carrying a large, living blade on his back.

It was none other than the First Blade, Tosho, Ken's right-hand man. The Blind Swordsman could tell just from his aura, though the living blade he had adopted was also a dead giveaway.

But this time, the odd thing was that he seemed to be missing a right hand...

The Blind Assassin's teeth clenched tightly for a moment, as he continued walking through the village they had built, straight to his office.

No one else seemed to be in bad condition within the Brotherhood, some others seemed to be missing as well, but they could've just been out on missions...

Ken as a snake, slipped through the small window in his office and slithered on his chair, a move that Tosho noticed immediately.

The Monster then transformed back into his usual self without even a puff of smoke, as he had already mastered the Transformation Jutsu.

"Tosho... Why is Yue, and your arm, missing?"

From the very faint scent of blood, Ken was sure that the wound had been inflicted in the same week.

Yet the arm was not reattached, meaning it was more than likely destroyed. Saburo was not the most capable doctor in the land, but he was still decent after all.

"Lord Ken, I regret to inform you... But it seems Yue has finally snapped."

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