Taking Up the Mantle!!

" Taking Up the Mantle!! " ( 意志を継ぐ者!! , Ishi o tsugu mono!! ) is chapter 12 of the Konoha Shinden manga.

## Summary [ ]

Mirai removes her civilian clothing and dons her forehead protector . This allows Ryūki to identify her as a shinobi , prompting him to berate Tatsumi for bringing her. Mirai demands to know his reasons for kidnapping so many young women, to which Ryūki responds that he is trying to save the world by achieving immortality. Tatsumi is upset to hear that Ryūki's offer to help her meet her dead mother was a lie, but Ryūki insists that that part can still be true: she can see her mother after he's killed her. Mirai saves Tatsumi, though is injured in the process.

Mirai recognises the name of the deity that Ryūki worships: Jashin . She recalls when she secretly read about her father 's killer, Hidan , a follower of Jashin who could not die. She and Ryūki discuss Hidan, with Ryūki insisting that Hidan was a hero to the world, saving those he killed from the tyranny of peace. Mirai scoffs at the concept and vows to stop him. Ryūki instructs his followers to attack Mirai. She quickly defeats them all with Flying Swallow , her father's jutsu taught to her by Shikamaru .