novelbin Chapter 547 - 546: Human Traffickers, Deserve Death!
Chapter 547 - 546: Human Traffickers, Deserve Death!
Kitsuchi’s mood was extremely foul. With an anxious heart, he led Ryun to Xiaogou Valley Village.
Although Ryun had mentally prepared himself, perhaps the conditions in Xiaogou Valley Village were poor, with not enough to eat, when he actually arrived at Xiaogou Valley Village and saw the miserable state, he could not help but suck in a sharp breath.
Ninety percent of the places where the villagers lived were thatched huts, and the farming equipment they used was still made of wood. The villagers were sallow and emaciated, not getting enough food.
The elderly were starved until they looked like skeletons, their eyes turbid and unclear, clearly having lost all hope for a good life.
Sakumo clenched his fists tightly, giving Kitsuchi a cold look. Your Iwagakure is really something. The village isn’t built well, yet you spend lavishly on equipment, ten billion spent just like that.
Kitsuchi blushed under the gaze. This couldn’t be blamed on him. The villagers of Xiaogou Valley Village were completely unreasonable. If you urged them to farm, they would only say, how much money does farming earn? Tell them to engage in trade, but the geographical location of Xiaogou Valley Village, the stinking ditches in the village, and the lack of specialty products made it impossible for them to prosper and become strong.
Give money directly? They had tried that before, but it only encouraged the laziness of the villagers here. They lay around in their houses all day, like useless people.
Finally, Onoki ordered the aid to stop. The villagers did not protest, as if they had long anticipated this day would come, sneering at Onoki, Kitsuchi, and the others.
Ryun’s mood was heavy. Although this was the slum of Iwagakure, now that the ninja world was unified, these villagers were also his people. Seeing his own people living in such a wretched state, how could he be happy.
He looked at Kitsuchi, hoping Kitsuchi could give him a reasonable explanation.
Kitsuchi helplessly explained the actual situation in the village and what the Iwa-nin had done before. They had no choice but to designate this area outside the civil administration zone.
Hearing this, Ryun fell silent. To be honest, if that was the case, it really couldn’t be blamed on Kitsuchi and the others. The villagers here had lived like this for too long, becoming numb and holding no hope for life.
Moreover, they knew nothing about the outside world, feeling they just lived one day at a time like this.
People often have one thought, that poverty leads to a desire for change. But people also have another thought, since everyone is poor, then let’s all just give up.
What’s the use of trying hard? In the end, aren’t we still living a poor life in the village.
Ryun looked at Kitsuchi and said, "Next, you, me, Madara, Sakumo, and Kakashi will come with me to visit the local people."
The others are not to disturb the civilian residences.
"Yes." Both the Anbu and the Iwa Anbu answered in unison.
With that, Ryun led the four of them towards the nearest house.
Ryun signaled Kitsuchi to knock on the door. After all, he was a native of Iwagakure, which should make him more convincing than an outsider like Ryun.
Kitsuchi sighed, then spoke. He used the Iwagakure dialect, and only then did someone come to open the door.
The person who opened the door was a skeletal man. He grinned at Kitsuchi, "Lord Kitsuchi, why have you come to the village again? Could it be that the Iwa-nin haven’t given up on us? Are you here to give us money?"
He bared his big yellow teeth, his breath emitting a foul odor. Kitsuchi frowned, enduring the discomfort, and said, "The Hokage has come to Xiaogou Valley Village to investigate civil affairs. Step aside."
The villager was stunned. Hokage? Who is the Hokage? They had only heard of the Tsuchikage, and didn’t know what a Hokage was.
This really wasn’t their fault. Information here was very blocked, and many locals who left never came back.
The villagers would only think they had died, not that they had prospered and were living well.
Ryun ignored the thoughts of the Xiaogou Valley Village villagers and walked in. As a result, he saw a woman covered with a blanket curled up on the bed.
Her snow-white skin was clearly different from the dark, sallow skin of the villagers. Her eyes held some panic and disappointment with life.
She was young but already filled with an air of death. Looking at the yellow-toothed man, the man chuckled, "You must be that so-called Hokage, right? Well? How does my newly bought girl look? Cost me five hundred ryo."
"You want to have a go? Ten ryo per time." He lewdly laughed.
Hearing this, Ryun’s face visibly darkened. The woman, upon hearing the words ’Hokage’, had a flash of light in her eyes. She quickly threw off the blanket, not caring if she was decently dressed, and knelt on the bed.
"Hokage-sama, save me. Hokage-sama. I was originally a villager from Caixu Village within the Land of Fire. While on my way to Konoha to visit relatives, I was captured by several shinobi."
"They took me and several other girls here, selling us to villagers for five hundred ryo each. We said we could give him money, but he mocked us."
"I simply don’t like Konoha. Who cares about your money."
Then he sold them to local bachelors, where they suffered inhuman torture every day. She even heard that some had already been first x-ed then killed, cooked into meat soup.
Kitsuchi suddenly knelt on the ground. "Hokage-sama, spare me. I truly did not know about these things. Hokage-sama, when I came to investigate a month ago, this wasn’t happening."
Unexpectedly, the girl spat, "They knew you were coming. Afraid you would take us away, they chained us up like dogs in a cellar."
Kitsuchi’s face turned pale. He damned well wanted to execute every single person in Xiaogou Valley Village. Damn it, buying and selling women was one thing, but they were Konoha women.
What a damned bunch of vile villagers.
Ryun gave Sakumo a look, wanting him to take action. But Madara directly pulled out his scythe, and with one slash, beheaded the yellow-toothed man.
This terrifying scene startled the woman, then she screamed out loud. Her scream, though somewhat piercing and tragic, attracted the attention of the villagers.
Everyone, with the mindset of watching a spectacle, came to the yellow-toothed man’s house. If it weren’t for the Iwa Anbu and Konoha Anbu standing at the door, holding shining kunai and long swords, they would have already gone in to watch the excitement.
Ryun glanced at Madara. Madara lowered his head. He had not done his job properly, otherwise how could these girls suffer like this.
Ryun’s left eye Mangekyo Sharingan appeared. The Samsara skill activated, restoring the injuries on the Konoha girl, over a dozen big and small wounds.
After restoring them, he lowered his head and apologized, "I am sorry. It is my fault. As Hokage, I failed to protect my people."
The woman quickly got up and shook her head. "It’s not your fault, Hokage-sama. We know the contributions you have made these past few decades. The people live and work in peace and contentment. It’s just, just..." She wanted to say something to Ryun to make him not blame himself.
But thinking of her own experiences, she couldn’t say it. Tears welled up as she cried.
Ryun took a deep breath, took off his long robe and outer garment, and was left wearing only the shirt inside.
After the girl’s emotions stabilized, he said, "Do you know where the other captured Konoha girls are?"
Ryun inquired. The girl stopped her tears, then nodded. "Yes, yes. I know."
Ryun nodded. "Stay by my side and point them out to me."
After saying that, he took the girl and appeared at the doorway. The villagers instantly boiled over. "Where did these outsiders come from. Get out of our village."
"This girl was bought by someone in our village. Where are you taking her."
"Leave the person here, otherwise don’t think you’ll leave this village safely."
Poor mountains and wicked waters breed vile people. They clamored for Ryun to hand over the person and quickly scram.
The girl was so scared her face turned white. Seeing the hungry, greedy looks in the villagers’ eyes, she trembled all over. She tugged at Ryun’s sleeve.
Ryun’s face was gloomy. He waved his hand. The next moment, led by Sakumo, the Anbu raised their blades and struck, killing on the spot the villagers who had just been unreasonably savage, spewing filthy language.
Instantly, the remaining villagers were scared by the scene before them. These outsiders killed without hesitation, showing no mercy. They were devils.
The old man at the village entrance, his originally cloudy eyes burst forth with a glint of sharp light. He tremblingly got up, then leaning on his cane, walked towards here. His eyes held excitement.
When he reached Ryun, he fell to his knees with a thud. "This commoner is the administrator of this village. I have come specially to plead guilty before my lord."
"This commoner first requests my lord to execute all buyers and sellers of women in the village."
"This commoner second requests my lord to kill all those who rape fathers and daughters."
"This commoner third requests my lord to behead this incompetent administrator. For thirty years, ignored, excluded, no one took what I said seriously."
"I could only pass each day in a daze. Now, seeing your decisiveness in killing, I finally feel hope." The old man knelt on the ground, bowing his head to the ground, continuously kowtowing.
Ryun had someone help him up. "Since you knew the situation here, why didn’t you go seek help." Ryun was puzzled. This administrator didn’t seem like someone who colluded with the villagers.
"They sent people to watch me every day, preventing me from going out to report. Also, when people from above came to inspect, they hid me, not letting me meet the envoys." At this point, the administrator began to cry.
Ryun was silent, looking at Kitsuchi again. Kitsuchi gritted his teeth. "Please rest assured, Hokage-sama. I will give Konoha an explanation."
But Ryun spoke up. "Not an explanation for Konoha. An explanation for all the girls who have been trafficked under heaven."
Ryun corrected.
Kitsuchi nodded. "I understand." Then, under the guidance of the girl who had been trafficked from the Land of Fire, and under Kitsuchi’s command, the Iwa Anbu raised their butcher’s blades, toward those who bought and sold women, the human traffickers, hacking down.
Splash splash, the heads of the evildoers were severed, blood flowing into the stinking ditches.
The smell in the stinking ditches became increasingly bloody and foul. The villagers’ eyes no longer revealed greed, but were clear. They looked at Ryun, honest and well-behaved.
Ryun looked at them with utter disgust.
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