Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Rat Thief
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During the Warring States Period, the average lifespan of a ninja was less than 30 years old. One generation separates us from others, which means we are separated by life and death. Even many civilians live longer than ninjas.
In times like these, why become a ninja?
Because they want to control their own destiny, civilians depend on luck if they want to live long. Most of them are lucky, but there are also many who are unlucky.
If a ninja wants to live a long time, it depends on his strength. Only by truly mastering the power can he survive in this era.
Caravans need to be escorted by ninjas or samurai to transport goods. Samurai are generally maintained by rich people, and those who have no money to support samurai can only rely on hiring. The idea of loyalty to the emperor is spread among samurai, and accepting employment is just a temporary measure, so most people Most of them are ninjas.
Ninjas include wandering ninjas and family ninjas. Compared with those wandering ninjas, family ninjas are more prestigious in the local area, and it is naturally easier to take orders. They are also more conspicuous.
"What?" A driver in the caravan looked at the forest in surprise.
"Did something rush by just now, wolf?" the coachman asked the person next to him.
Next to the coachman was a ninja. He looked at the coachman and then did not answer.
In fact, he didn't see clearly what it was, but with its size and speed, it might be something like a lynx or a small leopard, but it was nothing worth mentioning anyway.
Seeing the ninja's demeanor, the coachman knew that he didn't need to be nervous, so he continued on his way.
And in the direction the driver was looking just now, a huge rat head emerged from behind the bushes, staring closely at the retreating caravan.
This was a Kaito. Half a year had passed since the corpses were taken out on the battlefield.
In the past six months, he successfully obtained chakra, and his size began to grow explosively. He is now one meter long, and his tail is two meters long.
By the way, he met a lynx a few days ago.
He didn't know if that lynx was the one that he chased around in the first place, but he didn't care. Anyway, he chased that lynx around in the end.
He could bite the lynx to death, but he didn't do that. He just wanted to chase the lynx away. He felt very happy seeing the lynx in such distress.
The increase in size has brought many benefits, but it has also brought a lot of troubles. For example, it is difficult for him to live in human society now, so he needs to hunt or find food by himself.
For another example, if he wants to steal something, he can no longer rely on his small size. Now he needs a good plan, like now.
There were three ninjas in the caravan that just left, and those three ninjas were members of a nearby ninja family.
The ninja family is not big, it is a very small family, which means it has a certain style in this three-acre area.
But no matter how small the ninja family is, it is not something he can deal with. He must wait until its defense is weak before he can act.
And now is the time.
do what? To steal of course.
What to steal? What else can you steal from the Ninja Family? Of course it was to steal the ninjutsu scroll.
Kaito now has chakra, and his body size is growing rapidly with the increase in chakra. His current foundation is sufficient, so of course he will need ninjutsu to enrich himself.
Mouse confirmed that the caravan was gone and quickly ran outside the ninja family's mansion.
According to his observation, there are not many ninjas in this family, only ten people, and there are two children, which means the real defensive force is five people.
The five of us can say more or less, so we still need to find some means to come up with it.
For example, setting fire.
At night, the moonlight and starlight are blocked. Rats can see clearly with their night vision, but for humans, this night is really troublesome.
The dog in the courtyard suddenly barked, and the people in the room came out to check the situation in surprise. It was dark outside, and they could only see something the size of a bobcat confronting the dog in the yard. When the person ran out, the thing Ran away.
"What?" one person asked doubtfully.
"Looks like a bobcat," another person replied.
Others left the room and prepared to go back to sleep after understanding the situation. After this surprise, they were now even more exhausted.
At this moment, they smelled a burning smell, and then they discovered that the outside of their warehouse was on fire.
"Damn it, did the sulfur spontaneously combust?!" one of them said sadly.
There are many things in the warehouse that can easily become the source of fire. Nowadays, the ninja family needs to reserve some strategic materials, and they will also make some props, such as Molotov cocktails, flame bombs, smoke bombs, and more powerful ones will also make detonating charms, so sulfur Basically everything is in reserve.
The family rushed to put out the fire, but unfortunately this was an earth escape family and no one knew how to use water escape, so everyone could only carry water back and forth with a basin to put out the fire.
And when everyone was anxious to put out the fire, the rat sneaked into the yard again from the shadow outside the wall, and then sneaked into a room through the window.
Those are rooms where people live. From where those people came out just now, you can tell that those rooms are master bedrooms, and you can also tell from the style of the building.
Generally speaking, important things should be placed where you live to feel at ease.
In Japanese-style houses, there is no obvious distinction between the living room, bedroom, and kitchen. It is basically divided into one space, which is considered a small room.
Climbing in through the window meant entering a bedroom. Rat Pest didn't search very carefully, he just rummaged around casually. If he found it, he would find it. If he couldn't find it, forget about it. The important thing was to be quick.
There is one bedroom after another, and then there is a study and living room.
Finally, he found a scroll recording ninjutsu and a scroll recording spiritualism in a bedroom.
However, at this time, he was also discovered.
"Whoosh!" A shuriken flew towards him, and Kaito turned sideways to avoid it.
There were shouts outside the window, and fluctuations of chakra emerged from all around.
Mouse didn't panic about this. He opened the window and ran up the wall in a few seconds.
"Where to run!" A ninja formed a seal, and stone pillars sprang up from the ground, shrouding the rat .
Earth Escape·Stone Pillar Prison.
There was also a ninja seal who used Earth Release
Faced with such a blockage, Kaito's figure holding the scroll in his mouth did not lag at all.
His scarlet eyes clearly reflected the movement of the stone pillar. He moved sideways nimbly, his four claws clasping the surface of the stone pillar as a foothold, and easily dodged the joint attacks of the Stone Pillar Prison and Marsh.
The ninja family member behind him chased him, but he couldn't catch up with him.
Finally, those people gave up.