Chapter 5: Kora
It was only a couple of months before the river alliance came into direct confrontation with Igi and Kora.
By then the system happily released the B-rank jutsu.
I was fully prepared.
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Main clan hall
Lord Kano:" In two days we will leave for battle towards the border of Kora city, your armor is ready".
I was no longer surprised by his calmness.
Aki: "Thank you father, do you know if there are any major ninja clans with the river alliance."
I needed to have as much information as possible.
Lord Kano: "No, I already sent several Ninjas to investigate the area, there is no important information most of their troops are composed of Samurai and some wandering Ninjas, anyway I won't put you with the front troops you will be a little behind along with Yori and Kento as escorts, I need more of your medical skills, but if necessary you will enter combat."
Aki: "If I fight in the front, I will have no problem causing damage to the enemy, but if my healing skill is the most useful at the moment, it won't be a problem father."
Lord Kano: "I trained you myself, I know your abilities very well, but between your uncle and I we can keep the enemies at bay, I don't know how long this campaign will last so I need as many members to survive this war, prepare your things, you can retreat"
This time, I felt in his voice a greater concern in the last words, but it was obvious one cannot be chief of a clan that does not exist.
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Yori was my cousin, and although my behavior was always very mature, I managed to develop a good friendship with him, he was only a couple of years older than me, but I was not 6 years old, although adding my two lives would be 31.
I decided to meet him at the training camp.
Aki: "Oh look who we have here."
Yori: "Ummm, dodge."
Three Shuriken came out of his hand in my direction, I quickly used Kuchiyose: Raikō Kenka and summoned my sword, to block them, the action only lasted two seconds.
Aki: "You know, this is not the way you normally greet someone."
Yori: "You know that in two days we're leaving for the border?"
Despite being young, he always managed to worry about everything, and I think he always calculates all possible outcomes of an action.
Aki: "Yes, I have just been informed by Lord Kano, you will be with me and Kendo as far as I know."
I said it that loose way.
Yori: "Why don't you look nervous, I have never been in a battle, I have already done several missions, but they are escort, according to my father, many clan members will die."
Apparently all members descended from the main family tend to care a lot about the welfare of the clan, I'm glad.
Aki: "I don't have experience in battles either, but if you want to have experience in one I guess you'll have to go to one."
Yori: "It's a bit of a silly phrase you know, but it's unfortunate that it's true."
His expression changed to a combination between indignation and being thoughtful
Aki: "Come on I've practiced with you many times, and your skills are the best among the clan members"
Yori: "But I never beat you, you were personally trained by Lord Kano I guess it's a normal thing that it never happened"
Aki: "You know if you had joined, I wouldn't have minded to share the blows"
Yori: "I wanted to train myself, not to be tortured..., but I think if I had been more aware, I should have asked for your training."
The concern was obvious, I needed him to relax.
Aki: "If you want I can kick you myself, although well I've been doing it during all the training sessions".
Yori: " You know, sometimes you are capable of causing someone to seriously want to kill you."
Aki: "That's the aptitude, well let's practice".
Yori: "I have some things to do, your grandpa will send some tools to arm us from Kora, "
Aki: "call him by his title, I don't really consider him as my grandfather"
Yori: "He's the governor of Kora who wouldn't want to have him as a grandfather."
Aki: "I, I'll leave you, I'm going to prepare my tools".
Yori: "Well, don't get lost"
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Yes, the governor of Kora city is my grandfather, six generations ago the Ryu clan was a moderately populated village, at that time the ancestors of the ninja clan who had separated from the main clan that descended from Asura Ōtsutsuki, came to this village, they took little money so they were poor.
The head of the Ryu clan who ruled the Village saw an opportunity and married his daughter to the leader of the ninja clan named Kurokawa, over time and having no proper surname of the clan members, they decided to take the name of the clan leader and join it with the name of the village clan, as they reached out to them when they needed it most.
Thus the Kurokawa-ryu clan was born, and to keep the alliance in force the patriarchs of the Ryu clan make sure to always marry women from the main branch of the family to the heirs of the Kurokawa-ryu clan.
We are practically to be considered a clan army, and that is why the clan took so much responsibility in defending Kora.
But truth be told, Kora is a city of almost ten thousand inhabitants and I am not aware of its finances, but I do know that the economic support it gives to the clan is little, mostly tools bought by them at Lord Kano's request.
The only thing that could be said that they have given to the clan, which can cost a lot, are the lands where they are. That yes, they are extensive with 4 training camps and the clan village, but there is no luxury whatsoever in these territories.
Now that they are threatened they have just realized the need to arm them, A person with such poor eyesight, can't be my grandfather.
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Days passed until this moment, I was wearing the characteristic armor of the clan, before it seemed to me that the Kasa was not very useful, but apparently it has sharp edges and can be thrown as a weapon, that makes it great.
We had left approximately a couple of hours ago from the Clan, we had with us one hundred and twenty ninjas, which was already almost the maximum that the clan had.
In the years I had been in this world, I had not seen so many clan ninja mobilized.
The samurai army that Kora had hired and his own samurai from his guard had already left a few days earlier to protect the border.
I think we are close, as smoke is seen from several sources very close, it would have to be the camp.
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About a thousand samurai were camping here, they had already erected the tents that would correspond to us, apparently the eastern sector of the camp corresponded to us.
And that's where we were headed.
We had to build a defense for this area, for now I could not make use of all my techniques, but happily the clan members already knew that I was skilled with the Doton and using the Doryū Jōheki I built a wall.
I didn't do it to show off, but because it was the easiest thing to do, even so the samurai who had been building their sections of the wall for a couple of days now didn't look at me kindly.
Raiko: "Well done Aki, now occupy your tents and I need two ninjas to start scouting the area, Ohara and Gen come along."
I wasn't chosen for this mission so I'll go and select a tent.
Raiko: "Aki, get in the second big tent next to Lord Kano's tent, we will use it as a medical tent".
A while you are going to be me sleeping in the medical tent, it was not the most advisable thing to do, but if it was something that my father had ordered before I could not refuse.
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In the end the night invaded us, and although I had already seen people die when Dr. Mori operated, the idea of killing people was still uncomfortable.
One day I stabbed a corpse to feel the sensation of the skin being pierced, and the shock you feel when you press against the skin and it opens up is frightening.
But this must feel worse is to finish off someone alive, and you will resist with everything in your power.
I hope the Katsuryoku no Ken sword will be very useful to me.
-System shows status
[Showing status]
Name: Aki Kurokawa-ryu
Age: (25)6 years old.
Clan: Kurokawa-ryu
Chakra Level: Jounin
Kekkei Genkai: Kurokawa-ryu
Skills:
Ninjutsu: A
Taijutsu: A
Genjutsu: B
Kenjutsu: A
Techniques SS Rank: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu
Techniques Rank S: Ura Shishō Fūinjutsu,
Techniques Rank A: Shadow Multiclone Jutsu
Technique Rank B: Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Bullet Dragon Flame),The Doton: Doryū Jōheki (Earth Element: Earth Wall Style), Suiton: Bakusui Shōha(The Water Element: Water Blast Wave Collision), Fūton: Atsugai (The Wind Element: Pressure Damage), Kuchiyose: Raikō Kenka (The Summoning: Lightning Flash of Sword Creation).
Techniques Rank C: Doton: Dochū Senkō, Doton: Doroku Gaeshi, Doton: Retsudo Tenshō, Fūton: Daitotsuba, Fūton: Repusshō, Suiton: Mizuame Nabara, Suiton: Takitsubo no jutsu, Suiton: Teppōdama
Techniques Rank A: Mystic Palm-Rank A-Shōsen Jutsu.
Affinities: Water, Earth, Wind
Weapons: Katsuryoku no Ken
Titles: Local (Healer)
Store Points: 0
[End status]
I think there's no reason not to give my best tomorrow.
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