manynovel Chapter 234 Investigation Results
Chapter 234 Investigation Results
Chapter 234 Investigation Results
"The operators of the underground black market in Watergull City are the Boat House family. These scumbags not only traffic people and contraband, but also monopolize the island's food trade —"
Since following Uchiha Izumi, she had seen countless heartless and depraved individuals, but she had never encountered anything like the case of Mizuki Castle. "If it were just for profit, that would be one thing, but what's most hateful is that they deliberately created famine, forcing poor people who couldn't afford to raise their children to sell them!"
"Those people had no food, so they even ate the cats! They caught and ate so many cats!"
Jiro Tachibana was so angry that he couldn't even speak properly, and he was flailing his arms as if he wanted to tear someone apart.
"The intelligence I've gathered is pretty much the same. A few years ago, there were several underground black markets in Watergull City that kept each other in check. But in recent years, the Boat House has suddenly risen to prominence and swallowed up the others."
"Although the operation to infiltrate the black market was stopped by Raiga Kurosuki, as a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, it was easy for him to gather some simple information in the towns of the Land of Water," said Juzo Biwa in a deep voice.
"Let's start with the boathouse family! Let all sinners receive their just deserts!"
Uchiha Izumi gritted her teeth and spoke. This was the first time she had presided over such a large-scale purge. Given the size of the Watergull City black market, they could probably gather several hundred criminals with red-named crimes. "In the name of [Absolute Justice]!"
"The opponents are probably much more formidable than you imagine. Just from what I know, there's a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and several rogue ninjas at the Jonin level."
With his arms crossed, Juzo Biwa glanced at Izumi Uchiha's somewhat immature figure and couldn't help but remind her, "Besides that, we also need to be wary of those guys who profit from the black market. They might take advantage of the situation, or they might join forces with the Funaya family—"
"Is your senior trying to persuade me to give up?"
Uchiha Izumi frowned, her calm tone tinged with displeasure.
"No, I mean the opponent is very strong—"
Juzo Biwa gripped the hilt of the Executioner's Blade, his voice brimming with murderous intent, "That's why I have to take action too."
"Meow! There's more meowing!"
Tachibana Jiro strained to stick his paws out from under his thick paw pads. "I'm going to get justice for the other cats!"
From then on, the two people and the cat reached a consensus. After exchanging a glance, they quickly disappeared from the spot.
As night falls, the black market warehouse in Watergull Castle is brightly lit and bustling with activity, unlike the castle town streets where only a few lights are scattered around.
Gang leaders are fighting for their share of food in their respective territories, which will determine not only how much money they can make in the future, but also how many henchmen they can recruit and even their own lives.
For this reason, the way gang leaders compete for their share is quite bloody. They will send their men to participate in a fight where there is no distinction between friend and foe, and the share of food they receive in the following period will be determined by how long their men survive. The last one standing gets the largest share, while the first one to die gets the opposite.
In order to gain more profits, or simply to survive, gang leaders use all sorts of methods, such as training henchmen who are good at escaping, hiring highly skilled swordsmen, or even employing wandering ninjas and rogue ninjas.
Of course, the result of this was that in order to pay the salaries of the rogue ninjas, the gang leaders had to increase the exploitation of the civilians in their own territories. Those civilians who could not survive had no choice but to sell their children or even their wives to the gangs, who then resold them to the Funaya family, who controlled the black market. In this way, a criminal chain was formed, starting with the control of food and ending with the trafficking of people.
When the two people and the cat used their transformation technique to sneak into the black market warehouse, the deathmatch there had already reached a fever pitch. Most of the participants had died, leaving only two wandering ninjas, one rogue ninja, and one ronin samurai alive.
"These damned scum! Juzo-senpai, don't hold back! None of them are innocent!" Uchiha Izumi glanced at the hundreds of red names before her eyes, and in a fit of shock and rage, she decisively ordered Juzo, "Kill them all!"
"Hmph! Just what I wanted!"
Pipa Juzo decisively raised his guillotine and charged at the nearest gang leader before anyone in the warehouse could react.
"Who goes there!"
The gang leaders who managed to rise to prominence in Watergull City were all quite capable. Almost at the same time that Juzo Biwa launched his attack, the gang leader he had his eye on had already reacted.
Clang! Pfft!
Unfortunately, no matter how fast the reaction speed was, it couldn't save the gang leader in the face of absolute power. The moment he drew his sword, the heavy guillotine blade, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, cut him and the sword in two!
"Enemy attack!"
"They're here to cause trouble! Get them!"
"Kill them!"
However, this brutal scene did not frighten the gang leaders present; instead, it aroused their ferocity, and they all led their subordinates and thugs to rush towards Hibiki Juzo.
Only a few well-informed rogue ninja noticed the guillotine in Biwa Juzo's hand and instinctively stopped in their tracks.
As rogue ninjas operating in the Land of Water, they might not remember Juzo Biwa, a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, but they would definitely recognize the famous broken sword, the Kubikiribōchō!
"Go to hell, you scum!"
Pipa Juzo grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and swung his Executioner's Blade mercilessly at the charging enemies, instantly unleashing a storm of blood and gore.
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Ordinary gangsters were no match for him, and with the permission of Uchiha Izumi, Biwa Juzo showed no mercy. In just a few breaths, he cut through the crowd, leaving behind a trail of severed limbs.
Seeing this scene, Uchiha Izumi's eyes twitched. Although she had witnessed Izumi-senpai killing many people and was no longer a novice who had never seen blood, such a bloody and cruel massacre still made her instinctively feel nauseous.
However, after only glancing at the dense list of crimes above the heads of the other red-named individuals, Uchiha Izumi abandoned all inappropriate pity and drew her specially prepared katana to confront the gangsters who were eyeing her.
"The sinful man—"
Uchiha Izumi's Sharingan spun rapidly, instantly capturing the crime above her enemy's head. She then locked eyes with him, and the genjutsu of her three-tomoe Sharingan froze the gangster in place. "Death!"