Chapter 417: Super S-rank Ninjutsu: Mind's Eye
The time returns to the moment the chaos in Konoha began.
Ishiro, Orochimaru, Kakuzu, Rasa, Ryosuke, and the yet-unseen Obito Uchiha.
Six Kage-level outsiders, each with ill intentions towards Konoha, had suddenly appeared in the village.
Although Obito had not yet shown himself, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others still felt the life-and-death crisis that Konoha was facing.
Coupled with the huge commotion that had just erupted on the Uchiha clan's side, Tsunade and Hiruzen knew they could not delay. Otherwise, the destruction of Konoha could be right before their eyes.
"Master, you go deal with Kakuzu. As another five-element user, your experience should be enough to suppress him," Tsunade began to assign tasks.
"I will be responsible for Orochimaru." With Jiraiya and Minato gone, the only one in Konoha who could contend with a giant summon on the level of Manda was Katsuyu.
"Notify Shisui. His mission is to stall the Tsuchikage. We're not asking for victory, just that he makes no mistakes." Tsunade still did not know that Shisui had awakened his Mangekyō, so she believed he had no chance of winning. She had only given this strange order because she had heard from the sensory ninja that Shisui was chasing after Ishiro. Although she didn't know the reason, she still hoped he could hold Ishiro off for a while.
"Notify Danzō. Have Root monitor the Uchiha. Doesn't he always talk about dealing with them? This is something he is good at. If he can't do it, I will strip him of his advisor position and disband his Root afterwards."
"Also, tell him to use the Seven-Tails and stop the Kazekage. Afterwards, I will acknowledge his control over the Seven-Tails."
Towards Danzō, Tsunade chose a mix of hardness and softness.
"Shikaku, Kakashi, assemble the Anbu and the regular ninja. Coordinate with the Seven-Tails to fight the Kazekage."
Hiruzen sighed after hearing Tsunade's arrangements.
Tsunade was using a powerful force of Konoha to guard against their own people. This arrangement was certainly not reasonable. But there was no other way. Even Hiruzen himself was not confident in sending Danzō to participate in a life-or-death battle against an external enemy. On the contrary, when it came to dealing with his own people, Danzō was exceptionally skilled.
So, although Rasa was closest to Danzō, Tsunade had taken the long way around, mobilizing Danzō and instead sending out Kakashi, who had not yet reached his peak. Using the Anbu to replace Root was also due to this consideration; Danzō would not let his Root fight to the death.
After giving her orders, Tsunade said to Hiruzen, "Master, I'll have to trouble you. Your side is the key to breaking this situation today."
In Tsunade's arrangements, the other battlefields were either at a clear disadvantage for Konoha or were evenly matched. Only Hiruzen against Kakuzu had a hope of winning in a short time. Tsunade was pinning her hopes on Hiruzen killing or repelling Kakuzu quickly, and then reinforcing the other fronts. Only then could Konoha's crisis be resolved.
Hiruzen nodded, summoned Enma, and rushed in the direction of Kakuzu.
Soon, the entire ninja force of Konoha began to move according to Tsunade's arrangements.
In the Root underground base, Danzō already knew that Rasa was attacking his side.
He hesitated, wondering whether to temporarily retreat. He, Danzō, shouldered the heavy responsibility of Konoha's rise and could not take risks at a time like this.
However, before he could give the order to retreat, the Anbu with Tsunade's message arrived.
After hearing the Anbu relay Tsunade's intentions, Danzō hesitated for a moment but ultimately did not defy her.
Compared to the Kazekage, dealing with Fugaku Uchiha would undoubtedly be much safer. Temporarily handing over the command of the Seven-Tails was not a big problem. To be able to exchange it for Tsunade's acknowledgement afterwards, this trade was not a loss. Danzō just needed to let that new Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Kinoe, take some risks. At worst, he could just get another Kinoe later.
So, Danzō didn't think for too long before agreeing.
Soon, the chaotic Konoha, according to Tsunade's will, was divided into several relatively independent battlefields.
Hiruzen Sarutobi versus Kakuzu.
Tsunade herself versus Orochimaru.
Kakashi leading a large army and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki against Rasa and Ryosuke.
Danzō and his Root in a standoff with the Uchiha clan.
Ishiro and Shisui Uchiha playing hide-and-seek.
Only one person was currently being ignored: Obito.
Standing on Minato Namikaze's head on the Hokage Rock, Obito's crimson three-tomoe Sharingan looked down on the chaotic village below, selecting his target.
The one he wanted to deal with most was not the Konoha high command, not the Uchiha clan, but Ishiro, who was darting all over the village. Obito, who had suffered many losses at Ishiro's hands, very much wanted to kill this guy who seemed to have been very clear about his Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities from the very beginning.
However, Obito remembered that Ishiro had a strange sensory ability that could distinguish between his tangible and intangible states. With the intelligence in Ishiro's hands, and his special sensory ability, he was too much of a counter to him.
But Obito didn't know that Ishiro's Mind's Eye was currently in an unusable state.
Although the connection between his Mind's Eye and that unknown existence had been severed, the three consecutive changes had left this sixth-sense-like ability not yet fully mastered by him. A major reason why he was unwilling to turn back and fight Shisui was because he was waiting for his Mind's Eye to recover.
Ishiro was not afraid of Shisui, but he was worried that he would be ambushed by others while the two were fighting. This was Konoha, and he was fighting on enemy territory. He couldn't be too reckless.
Of course, Ishiro had another purpose.
After leading Shisui on a winding chase for a while, Ishiro finally stopped at the door of an ordinary villager's house.
Tsunade had not given the order for evacuation. It wasn't that she didn't want to, but that she didn't dare. The crisis Konoha was facing this time was not in just one place. If something went wrong at any point and a Kage-level combatant rushed into a shelter, then there would be no need for the village to exist anymore. So, the civilians of Konoha were all still in their own homes.
Ishiro did not delay and quickly broke in.
There were three people inside, a young couple tightly holding their daughter. The three were all civilians, and at this moment, they were looking in terror at this uninvited guest who had broken in, was carrying someone on his back, and clearly had ill intentions.
Ishiro wasted no words with them, knocking them out before they could scream. Then he used a porcelain platform to lift the three of them, along with Sōkai and the Gedo Statue fragment, into the air.
Then, Ishiro slowly turned to face Shisui, who had arrived at the door.
Ishiro did not open his eyes. At this moment, his Mind's Eye had recovered.
He didn't really hold Shisui, who had just awakened his Mangekyō, in high regard. His soul had already reached the third stage. He had the Priestess's bell on the outside and the divine weapon, the Yata Mirror, on the inside. With these three, he was not afraid of Shisui's genjutsu at all. It was only out of caution that he did not make eye contact with him.
Shisui had already received Tsunade's order. His mission was to stall Ishiro, not to kill him. So, if Ishiro did not take the initiative to attack, he would not rashly break the stalemate. As long as Ishiro didn't deliberately destroy Konoha or kill its ninja or civilians, Shisui did not plan to fight him.
Sensing that Shisui was just blocking the door and had no intention of coming in, Ishiro thought for a moment and also did not immediately break the stalemate.
He pushed his Mind's Eye to its maximum, on the one hand to feel the changes in this S-rank ninjutsu, and on the other to understand the current situation in Konoha.
Originally, in his normal state, his Mind's Eye could sense a distance of 1,000 meters. The Mind's Eye was most compatible with sage chakra, so in Sage Mode, it had a tenfold boost, able to sense up to 10,000 meters. Being able to sense so far was because he had hitched a ride when Obito had awakened his Mangekyō. That time, the sensory range of his Mind's Eye had taken a qualitative leap.
This time, on the three Uchiha, his Mind's Eye had been upgraded again. Although it was not as exaggerated as with Obito, he estimated that it had roughly doubled with each change.
Three changes. Now, his Mind's Eye could reach 8,000 meters in his normal state, and 80,000 meters in Sage Mode.
Coincidentally, he was in Sage Mode right now.
So, when Ishiro fully opened his Mind's Eye, it was equivalent to opening a heavenly eye, covering the entire war map.
"This... this probably isn't an S-rank ninjutsu anymore. An 80-kilometer sensory range. The Mind's Eye under Sage Art should be my first Super S-rank ninjutsu," Ishiro thought.
Opening his all-map view, Ishiro shifted his attention from the incredible sensory range of his Mind's Eye back to the battlefield.
The first thing that attracted his attention was not the various ongoing battles, but the White Zetsu clones moving underground in Konoha.
"So many?" With a rough count, he found that there were at least dozens of White Zetsu clones wandering underground, shuttling back and forth between the various battlefields.
Then, following the White Zetsu clones, he discovered Obito on the Hokage Rock.
"Hehe," Ishiro let out a soft chuckle.
Outside, Shisui heard the laugh and tensed up. He thought Ishiro was about to make a move and quickly focused his attention in preparation. He now also knew about the change in his own eyes. He was silently feeling the majestic pupil power within them, and also adapting to the changes brought by his new power.
After a while, seeing that Ishiro had not made a move, Shisui relaxed a little.
But soon, he saw some small rocks leave the house and head in a certain direction.
Shisui thought for a moment but did not stop them. He didn't want to provoke Ishiro right now either. If the two could remain in a standoff until the chaos of the night was over, that would be for the best.
With his global view, Ishiro easily found Kakashi.
He then controlled the fine rocks to quickly arrive in front of the army where Kakashi was.
Seeing this, Kakashi subconsciously wanted to dispel the rocks, but he quickly suppressed the impulse and also stopped the actions of the others. Kakashi had personally experienced Ishiro's Porcelain Release. He wanted to know what he was up to.
Soon, the rocks formed three characters in front of him: Hokage Rock.
"Hokage Rock?" Many people saw this scene, including Kakashi. They all muttered the words softly while turning their heads to look in the direction of the monument.
They saw that on top of the Fourth Hokage's statue, there was a faint figure of a person.
A thought stirred in Kakashi's heart, and then an uncontrollable killing intent surged out.
He turned to Shikaku Nara. "Senior Shikaku, that person is the Uchiha traitor, the instigator of the Nine-Tails' rampage, and also the fuse for the series of changes tonight. I will go and deal with him."
Shikaku also saw the person. He hesitated for a moment, then agreed. Tsunade had handed over command to him before she had left to face Orochimaru. He couldn't rigidly execute her orders. Now that a new, powerful enemy had appeared, it was necessary to hold them off. Otherwise, if they let an enemy of unknown depth run free, then Konoha would be in too much danger tonight.
Although he was not optimistic about Kakashi, Shikaku also knew that this guy was very good at stalling for time.
So, he said, "Be careful. We're not asking for victory, just that you make no mistakes. When the Third defeats his opponent, these people will all retreat."
(End of Chapter)
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