Chapter 44: Judgment
In the night.
Kenzo's figure moved like a shadow gliding across the forest canopy.
As for how fast exactly?
His normal travel speed is around 70—100 km/h.
While during combat it could reach up to 120—160 km/h.
And his maximum burst speed during Body Flicker will reach up to 200—300+ km/h.
Of course this was just a primary assessment. This will all depend on the terrain, his condition during battle, the environment, his opponent's strength.
This was after his system reward and his injuries already taken into account.
If not for his left arm, which caused his speed to drop by around approximately 10—15%.
His speed would have been even faster.
Previously his speed reached around 60—80 km/h normally before escaping the village.
With this you could see the drastic improvement he had after killing so many people and that's not taking into account his stamina and burst force which had increased the most. And the injuries.
As for reaching the village he was targeting.
It would take approximately around one hour to one and a half hours.
And by that time there was a real chance it would be morning.
So before then he had to kill the villagers in the village.
Because if morning arrives all of them will scatter in different locations dealing with their daily work.
And at that time killing them will be far more difficult and dangerous.
Shirugure village alone took him a pretty long time even though it was a small village it was still large in terms of small villages.
There were around one hundred and fifty to two hundred people there.
Going to each house and killing them already took a significant portion of his time.
And not to mention the second small size village he massacred quietly.
So it was no surprise that morning was about to arrive.
With that thought he quickened his speed even more.
It might seem a bit greedy of him to try to kill so many people in a single night.
But he had already suffered enough in his previous life and died of old age.
Time was like sand slipping through his fingers.
So even if his mind screamed for him to stop.
His lungs refusing to breathe.
His muscles refusing to move.
His body on the verge of collapse.
He would not stop.
Because.
He will never stop.
His heart.
His will.
The depth of his soul would never allow that to happen.
And that's because he walks on the demonic path.
Once he loses.
It means only death awaits.
While thinking so Kenzo finally arrived.
Jumping from branch to branch.
To finally see the outline of the village he was about to massacre.
His breath was only slightly uneven.
Even though he sprinted at his full speed for hours now.
Kenzo however didn't let this slight fatigue get to him.
His mind was as focused as a blade.
Coldly analyzing everything.
Like a predator observing its prey from the shadows.
"This village doesn't look ordinary."
Kenzo's vigilance sharpened instantly.
"There were lookouts and guards even though it was supposed to be only a small village and its size was definitely not too small compared to his second village."
"Still however it doesn't look like there is a skilled shinobi there or even a shinobi at all."
"Even though there are definitely traps and defences a skilled shinobi will never make their presence so obvious."
Yet still appearances can be deceiving.
It's still better to be cautious.
With that quiet thought.
He made single handed hand seals with his remaining right arm.
In this past month he had squeezed out as much time as he could to adjust to only his right hand.
This was a small result of his training.
Losing a hand is actually far more complex and involves many things like balance, jutsu release speed and the power behind it.
All of that took time to adjust to.
That's why he chose one month to recover as much as he could.
It wasn't a long time nor was it short.
With a puff a shadow clone appeared just like him.
Currently Kenzo was wearing a mask and a cloak.
After all this time he might face an actual shinobi.
Hiding his identity was only natural.
And so obviously the shadow clone was wearing one too.
Without needing to say anything.
The shadow clone understood its assignment and moved towards the village.
Its figure moved quickly through the trees before it stopped at the tree trunk.
And pinpointed the guards with precise vision.
After taking in the patrol routes of the guards.
He easily caught a flaw in it.
And with nimble movements bypassed them slowly by hiding behind objects.
After the shadow clone got close enough.
He used Body Flicker to leap over the small village wall.
His shadow clone was like a blur passing by the guards.
They were just ordinary mortals after all.
With Kenzo's immense speed.
It was incredibly difficult for even a jonin to catch his figure.
Let alone them.
As Kenzo entered the village he saw many houses but there wasn't a single normal villager.
All he saw were guards patrolling.
He saw many traps inside.
In particular there were many traps in a warehouse like building.
A wide low wooden structure reinforced with iron strips. No windows and only narrow vents for air.
That place looked important.
Kenzo's shadow clone like before easily bypassed all the traps and silently entered the small building.
Through the back entrance.
What he saw inside however was nothing short of horrifying.
For an ordinary person.
Dozens of children lay in chains inside small cages clustered together in an extremely narrow space.
There was even a chance they would die of suffocation that's how tightly they were packed inside each cage.
Like they were nothing more than cheap commodities waiting to be sent off.
However this wasn't the end.
There were people ranging from women to the elderly.
There were even a few pregnant women among them.
Lying in tattered clothing.
Their eyes were lifeless and hollow.
Each one of them was bound tightly to chairs.
Preventing them from even committing suicide.
This was the right side.
On the left side things were even more horrifying.
Many human organs were kept in glass containers.
Ranging from eyeballs to other human innards.
And beside it a metal operating table used for surgeries.
Residual blood still covering it.
He could smell the metallic scent of blood even from a relatively far distance.
Even though the sight was graphically horrifying.
Kenzo's clone only felt a slight discomfort before the feeling vanished away.
He had already killed so many people at this point.
So naturally he didn't feel much discomfort.
Nor did his thoughts wander to saving the captured people even for a second.
In his mind.
He was already thinking of the risks and benefits of massacring this place.
From the current appearance of the place it looked like human traffickers or maybe even slave traders.
Yes, there was slavery in this world too.
This was reality.
Even back in his world.
Humanity struggled for so long to finally ban slavery.
So how could this world not have it.
And by the looks of it they had an excess supply of human slaves.
And, were even selling human organs on the side.
As a side business.
The world seemed to still for a moment around Kenzo, as if waiting for his judgment.
(A.N) No AI was used to refine this chapter. Tell me if you like this one more or the previous chapters.