Naruto: Starting as the Third Hokage with Tears in His Eyes

Chapter 624 The Final Madness, the Coup Begins!

Fresh blood dripped from the tip of the bone spur, one drop at a time, onto the cold floor.

despair.

despair.

The sound echoed in the empty office, like the prelude to a crazy drama.

On Kaguya Honebami's deathly pale face, in her equally pale pupils, the last line of reason had crumbled.

He felt no pain from his palm being pierced; instead, he felt an unprecedented sense of freedom and fervor rising from the depths of his spine, burning every nerve in his body.

We lost?

No, winning or losing at the negotiating table is nothing more than a boring game played by the weak to gloss over the truth.

He, Kaguya Honebami, was born to fight, to carve chapters of terror into the flesh and blood of his enemies with the sharpest bone blade.

That damned, living map, that damned, golden vein, and that damned, pitying smile on the Hokage's face... everything was just a catalyst.

It urged him to return to the most primal and purest destiny of the Kaguya clan.

He murmured softly, the twisted bone spur slowly retracting from his palm at his will, the wound healing at a visible speed, "...something real."

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, locking onto the Konoha flagship that loomed like a steel behemoth in the distant harbor.

"To utterly destroy you is... the highest form of respect, Hiruzen Sarutobi."

He laughed nervously, his laughter low and hoarse.

The tribesmen behind him, the warriors who had just been shaken by the mineral vein, were now gradually infected by the primal killing desire as they looked at the blood on their chieftain's palm and the renewed madness in his eyes.

"Pass on my orders."

Kaguya Honebami's voice turned cold and clear, "Tonight, let those fools blinded by wealth and food...remember the true color of the Blood Mist Village."

"yes!"

The misty harbor under the cover of night was quieter than ever before.

The tense atmosphere of the daytime seemed to have been completely melted away by the damp, cold night fog on the sea, disappearing without a trace.

Konoha's steel flagship rested silently at the dock, like a resting behemoth, with only a few lights lit for vigilance.

On the deck, Hozuki Shio was lying on a huge nautical chart, holding a charcoal pencil and drawing with great interest.

"Brother, look, tomorrow we'll go to the Sea Vortex Market first, I heard their sea urchins are the freshest! Then at noon we'll go to 'Mist Reef Tavern,' their grilled fish is amazing! And in the evening, we'll go to…"

She chattered on and on, her eyes sparkling with anticipation for the food tour.

Hozuki Kaigetsu, standing to the side, was intently adding new details to the "Three-Year Revitalization and Development Plan for Kirigakure" document.

"The port's tidal power station can be connected in parallel with seawater desalination equipment to generate electricity using surplus power at night, thus ensuring a freshwater supply for residential areas during the day..."

His voice was filled with an irrepressible excitement, as if he could already see a brand new, modern Kirigakure rising from the ground.

The brother and sister, one immersed in a fantasy of food and the other engrossed in infrastructure plans, both subconsciously believed that the awkward confrontation during the day was the lowest point of their journey through the mist.

Peace has arrived.

All they need to do is wait for dawn, for Hiruzen Sarutobi to formally sign the agreement with the Kirigakure leadership, and then a new era will begin.

However, it was midnight.

"ah--!"

A heart-wrenching scream, so piercing it seemed to tear eardrums apart, shattered the tranquility of the village without warning.

The pain and horror contained in that voice made Uchiha Shisui, who was resting with his eyes closed on the deck, suddenly open his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, a blood-red chakra signal flare, trailing an eerie tail flame, exploded with a bang in the dark sky above Kirigakure!

The crimson light, like the single eye of a demon, enveloped the entire village in an ominous red glow.

"What's going on?!"

Hozuki Shio was startled, and the charcoal pencil in her hand fell to the ground.

Hozuki Kaigetsu also looked up from the scroll of the revitalization plan, gazing solemnly towards the village.

The next second, explosions rang out!

The once-dormant village was suddenly engulfed in boiling oil, as if a pot of boiling oil had been poured into it.

Flames rose from all directions, accompanied by more screams, the sharp clash of weapons, and the roar of collapsing buildings.

In just a few seconds, the entire Hidden Mist Village plunged from a lifeless dreamland into a raging inferno.

"Enemy attack! It's the Kaguya clan!"

A member of the Konoha ANBU on guard appeared on the deck, his voice urgent yet calm.

"Kaguya... Honebami!"

Hozuki Kaigetsu clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms. In an instant, the image of Kaguya Honebami's face from earlier that day, utterly enraged and driven mad, flashed into his mind.

He thought he had completely crushed the opponent's pride with Konoha's blueprint and strength, but he did not expect that a beast driven to the brink would not wag its tail and beg for mercy, but would only launch the most frantic and reckless counterattack.

"It was me...it was me who drove him crazy..."

Haiyue's lips trembled as a deep sense of self-blame and helplessness welled up inside her.

"elder brother!"

Hozuki Shio also realized what was happening. She rushed to the ship's side, watching the familiar streets engulfed in flames, her purple eyes blazing with rage. "Those bastards!"

From the flagship's towering deck, the view of hell was unobstructed.

Countless ninjas dressed in Kaguya clan attire, like demons crawling out of hell, with bloodshot eyes and crazed smiles on their faces, launched a merciless massacre of their former colleagues and neighbors.

Their targets were terrifyingly clear—all the strongholds of the Elder and Moderate ninja factions were attacked almost simultaneously.

The gate of an elder's residence, bearing the character "Yuan" on its banner, was smashed open from the inside by a thick bone spear.

Kaguya Honebami, shirtless and covered in blood, was holding an old man with white hair and beard in her hands.

That was the respected elder of the Gen family of Kirigakure, who had always advocated cooperation with Konoha.

"Why... Honebami... We're both comrades from Kirigakure...?"

The old man coughed up blood, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Kaguya Honebami grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white shark teeth, her smile cruel and twisted.

"Fellow countrymen? No, you are parasites that have tarnished the glory of Mist Village!"

He roared, his arm muscles bulging, and the bone spear extending from his spine suddenly exerted force, pinning the old man's body firmly to the wall behind him with a soft thud.

Blood instantly stained the entire wall red.

Listen up!

Kaguya Honebami roared at her equally crazed clansmen behind her, "Wash away the village's shame with blood! All those who betrayed the glory of the Blood Mist will only face death!"

"Ooooooooooo!!"

Fanatical shouts echoed in the firelight.

This coup was so efficient it was outrageous.

As the signal flare soared into the sky, Kaguya's clan assassins had already raided the village's armory, secret service outposts, and the residences of all the high-ranking members.

The command system that Kirigakure had inherited for hundreds of years was completely paralyzed in an instant.

Countless high-ranking members of the Hidden Mist Village, still dreaming of the future, died under the bone blades of their own people before they even had a chance to sound the alarm.