Chapter 189: Concluding the Mission

The Konoha ninjas rested for 6 hours. Everyone recovered most of their chakra. During this period, Mieko and Shunko's wounds were healed twice more. The wounds that could be seen were all healed. Only the internal wounds remained as no one had the expertise to deal with them.

When everyone was well rested, Akihiko said, "Work with Sora to get all the children out. I will contact Hiroshi."

He left the underground barrier. And opened a scroll and led it on the ground and made a hand seal.

At the next moment, a man was summoned. He opened his eyes and looked at Akihiko and asked, "Are the children safe?"

The man was a clone of Hiroshi, the leader of Kusagakure.

Akihiko nodded, "They are. But we are very far away from any village. You'll have to call your forces here to escort them safely."

Hiroshi nodded and handed Akihiko 6 scrolls and said, "You can summon them. They will make the arrangements."

Akihiko took the scrolls. He was about to summon them when Hiroshi's clone bowed deeply and clasped his hands together in front of him as he expressed his thanks. "Akihiko-san," he said, his voice full of emotion, "I cannot express how grateful I and the entire Kusagakure are for what you have done. We will never forget it."



He stayed bowed for a few moments longer, his head lowered as a sign of respect and gratitude, before straightening up and looking at Akihiko with a deep sense of appreciation. Akihiko nodded and said, "It's fine. We too don't want to see young children having to suffer. I am glad that they are safe."The roots of this story extend from novell bìn origin.

Hiroshi's clone smiled. Akihiko opened the 6 scrolls and activated them. 6 Jounins of Kusagakure appeared. Hiroshi's clone instructed them to follow Akihiko's instructions and asked them to arrange for the children to be sent back.

All 6 Jounins used whatever means they had to send messages to the villages from where the children went missing. When the villages got the messages, they immediately sent their forces out to bring the children back.

Meanwhile, Akihiko informed Hiroshi's clone about the Jashinists that kidnapped the children. Hiroshi's face grew grim after hearing how strong and numerous the enemies were. He upgraded the Mission rank to S.

Akihiko passed a few scrolls to Hiroshi's clone and said, "These contain dead bodies of kidnappers. You can use them to placate any anger towards you."

Hiroshi accepted the scrolls and thanked him again.



Fujin got up and began forming the vacuum core. Soon, he poured wind chakra into the jutsu and expelled a Vacuum Cannon at the tree in front of him. The cannon hit the tree at the center. It didn't just create a hole in the tree, rather the impact of the jutsu exceeded the width of the tree. The top half of the tree was sent flying into the air. Any tree up to 150 meters in line with that tree was destroyed similarly.

A smile formed on Fujin's face, 'Powerful. Very powerful. I don't think any normal defense can withstand this attack. The only ones that possibly could resist might be Raikage's defense and Sussano. I wonder how this attack will fare against Gaara's defense and Rashomon.

Still, the preparation time of this jutsu is more than twice that of the Vacuum Bullet. The chakra needed is close to 8 times it. I need to modify the vacuum core to be more efficient for such a huge size. And I need to see if I can achieve a similar result by using less wind chakra. Otherwise, breaking defenses would be the only thing this jutsu is capable of.'

Fujin began working on his ideas. He tried changing various shapes for the vacuum core but didn't have any success in improving the jutsu. He trained until his chakra ran out. Not having any success, he went to his home and freshened up and rested for a bit.

In the evening, he bought a few Dango and went to see Mieko. After reaching the room, he saw that Mieko and Shunko were both resting in the same room.

He walked to Mieko's bed and said, "Hey? How are your injuries?"

Mieko snatched the box of dango from his hands and said as she opened it, "I am doing well. It's just that since I was hit by such a strong lightning jutsu, the doctors want to keep monitoring my internal organs for a few days. I'll be released in four days."

She opened the box and began eating rapidly. Fujin's eyes twitched as he said, "You know that they can't run away, right?"

Mieko said with her mouth full, "They ran away last time!"

Fujin needed a few seconds but realized what she meant. He replied, "Ah, your mother! That makes sense. Hahaha."

Fujin's laugh annoyed her but she kept eating till she finished every last dango.

A smile appeared on her face. She looked at Fujin and said, "Now if she gets angry, I can put most of the blame on you."

Fujin waved his hand and said, "Running away is my speciality. So don't worry, she won't have anyone but you to yell at."

Mieko snorted in displeasure.