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The streets and alleys were suddenly filled with the figures of Fog Hidden Pursuers.
This organization seemed to have poured out of Hidden Mist Village, surrounding the six-story building in the center of the street.
"This is bad!"
Seeing the seals being formed in their hands, Uchiha Shi immediately recognized them.
This was the Water Release: Great Exploding Water Shockwave, a technique performed collectively by multiple pursuit ninjas.
The technique had an extremely wide coverage area, capable of creating a small sea! The initial release of water pressure was so terrifying that it could even crush steel plates!
Once the technique's scale fully unfolded, half of Hot Mist City would be submerged!
And the three of them were right in the range of the technique's first wave, which had the strongest impact!
Uchiha Shi's eyes turned fierce as he skillfully pulled out four kunai from Terumi Mei's ninja tool pouch on her waist!
Using his index finger, he generated a strand of Earth Grievance Wire from his wrist, wrapping it around the tail rings of the kunai, and then threw them, embedding them in the rooftops nearby.
He then immediately hugged Terumi Mei, turned, and leaped high into the air, swinging them up to a higher position.
He even turned back to remind his little brother:
"Fugaku, play dead, don't make a sound!"
Fugaku was about to curse, but then he saw Uchiha Shi's smooth operation as he carried the beauty away.
He was stunned, thinking to himself, I just wanted to ask you for some food, you don't have to be so scared, do you?
The next moment, dozens of water columns crashed down behind Fugaku, and several thousand tons of water landed with a thunderous boom, instantly destroying the six-story building in the center of the street.
Immediately after, a massive tsunami, several meters high, surged forward, crashing down!
In an instant, the shadow of the water wave blocked Fugaku's entire field of vision.
He turned his head in a daze, his eyes shifting from shock to awe and then to fear!
Boom!
The wave crashed down, and the entire Hot Mist City fell silent!
The wind carried droplets of water, cold and piercing.
Breaking the silence were the black shadows leaping from the rubble of the buildings, the passionate and unyielding ninjas.
Bearing their missions, walking in the darkness, immersed in hatred, and racing under the banner of justice, they clashed on their respective paths of the ninja way.
In just a moment, the cries of the severely injured civilians echoed through the city.
With this painful wail, the clashing sounds of kunai and shuriken marked the beginning of the Third Great Shinobi War.
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Uchiha Shi pulled the wire, twisting his body, and narrowly avoided the oncoming tsunami.
He continuously shot out kunai and shuriken, embedding them in high places along the way, using the wire to swing and leap.
Terumi Mei, too, was too preoccupied to scold Uchiha Shi for stealing her ninja tools in front of her.
She immediately realized something was wrong, turned around, and looked over the towering waves, shouting in alarm:
"How did the Third Mizukage know Lord Yagura's location? This information was only known to me and Hozuki Suigetsu!"
"But I kept a close eye on Hozuki Suigetsu and made sure he was sealed. He shouldn't have had any issues."
Eliminating all impossibilities, the most unlikely possibility could be the truth.
Terumi Mei's face turned blank as she muttered to herself:
"Could it be... could it be that I was exposed?"
In a sense, Terumi Mei was right.
Hearing this, Uchiha Shi fell silent for a moment, recalling the mysterious subtitles that appeared in the castle last time.
[The Third Mizukage looks down on you.]
Now it seemed that it wasn't a glitch in his abilities.
That day, the Third Mizukage of Hidden Mist Village must have been present, following Hozuki Suigetsu.
Perhaps he had long detected Hozuki Suigetsu's disloyalty and decided to use it to his advantage?
Uchiha Shi couldn't tell, but at that moment, Terumi Mei's ninja tool pouch was already empty.
He could only hug her, swing a few times, and leap high into the air, landing on the rooftop of a four-story building.
He hoped that this building, not in the direct path, would not be destroyed by the water shockwave.
Landing on the rooftop, Uchiha Shi looked out, only to see that the once bustling and prosperous capital of the Land of Hot Springs was now filled with wails and cries.
This sudden attack had instantly shattered the peaceful dreams of the people in the hot springs.
Buildings collapsed, and the city was submerged in water.
Every visible rooftop was crowded with terrified civilians.
Women, holding their children, collapsed on the rooftops, sobbing in pain; merchants, who had lost all their assets in an instant; middle-aged people, who had lost their loved ones and were now in a state of shock and numbness.
On the surging waves, countless bodies floated.
A body that Uchiha Shi found somewhat familiar drifted past him, it was the owner of the candy shop who had just earned a substantial sum of money from Terumi Mei.
Half a minute ago, he might have been smiling and counting his money, watching the growing affection between the young couple with a motherly smile.
Sighing with old age, he had marveled at the beauty of youth.
Now, half of his body was crushed by a collapsing wall, his face twisted in extreme fear.
He died with his eyes open, not even knowing why.
Uchiha Shi's face turned cold.
"Sigh."
He took a deep breath, suppressing the anger deep within him at the injustice and tragedy unfolding before his eyes, feeling powerless to stop it.
Suppressing the hatred of wanting to confront the culprit and demand an explanation.
Suppressing the urgent desire to change everything.
Continuously reminding himself that he, Uchiha Shi, had anticipated this. The true face of this world was indeed so cruel.
In a world where strength was paramount, and he, Uchiha Shi, was just a passerby.
"Sigh."
Uchiha Shi shook his head, exhaled, and reached down to the rooftop, pulling out a tile and tying it with Earth Grievance Wire, throwing it to the survivors floating past him.
Pulling them to safety.
After Terumi Mei helped save two people, she immediately frowned and said:
"Shi, we should leave here quickly."
"These pursuit ninjas are after Lord Yagura. There might be even more terrifying battles here soon."
She furrowed her brow, her eyes filled with worry, "Even the Third Mizukage might appear..."
Uchiha Shi frowned slightly, not responding, but narrowed his eyes, while saving people, he used his Sharingan to look into the distance.
There, two figures were running on the surging waves as if they were walking on flat ground, heading this way.
One had green hair and purple eyes, a scar like a seam under his left eye, shorter than Uchiha Shi, with a doll-like face, holding a hook-shaped staff with a green flower-like decoration at the top.
This person was none other than the future Fourth Mizukage, Yagura of the Kiramei Clan!
The other had white hair and purple eyes, a blank expression, and carried a large, bandage-wrapped ninja sword on his back.
It was none other than the 'prodigy' of the Hidden Mist Village, Hozuki Suigetsu, whom Uchiha Shi had recently battled!
"It's them?" At this moment, Terumi Mei also recognized the figures, her eyes lighting up with relief, "Thank goodness, they're safe."
However, beneath Terumi Mei's relieved voice, Uchiha Shi silently stood up.
Then, he lifted his shirt, touching his abdomen.
Touching the Ouroboros pattern formed by the Zero-Tailed Beast, his eyes turned cold!
(End of Chapter)