Chapter 419: Bonds?
On the Fourth Hokage's statue, Kakashi, having been tipped off by Ishiro, quickly arrived in front of Obito Uchiha.
Kakashi did not attack directly but intended to start with a dialogue. "Who are you?"
Obito's face was covered by a mask, revealing only a single three-tomoe Sharingan, which stared intently at Kakashi.
Seeing that he wasn't speaking, Kakashi continued alone, "You are also a member of the Uchiha clan. Why would you attack the village?"
"Do you know that because of you, a rift has formed between the Uchiha clan and the village? The two sides are now like fire and water."
"You are unworthy of the name Uchiha. You are not worthy of possessing the Sharingan."
Obito spat out a single sentence: "You are the least qualified to criticize me."
After speaking, he took out a kunai, preparing for a fight with Kakashi.
Kakashi also took out a kunai. With his other hand, he lifted the forehead protector over his left eye, revealing a three-tomoe Sharingan of his own.
He said, "I will not allow you to disgrace the Uchiha's name. I will protect the family honor that Obito was so proud of."
With that, the two clashed, kunai in hand.
In this life, Kakashi had not neglected his training, while the "dead-last" Obito had not yet undergone his decade-plus of growth. So, after only a few exchanges, Obito was being beaten back in the taijutsu confrontation.
However, Obito did not use Kamui. He chose to continue using taijutsu even as he took the blows. Fortunately, he had the White Zetsu body and Wood Release cells within him, so the injuries Kakashi inflicted had little effect.
The longer Kakashi fought, the stranger he felt. Why did this fight feel so familiar?
However, he knew that this person was a vicious ninja, so he did not hold back.
After a few more rounds, Kakashi stabbed his kunai into Obito's abdomen.
But a shocking scene appeared before him. After Obito pulled out the kunai, the wound miraculously healed at a rapid pace.
Taking a deep breath, Kakashi decided not to conserve his chakra any longer. He formed hand seals, and in the next moment, a flash of lightning gathered in his palm.
"Lightning Release: Chidori!"
The Chidori brought Kakashi not only power but also a faster thrusting speed.
He flickered to the side, dodging Obito's Great Fireball Technique. Then, coordinating his Chidori with his three-tomoe Sharingan, he charged towards Obito.
Facing this attack, Obito, who was already inferior to Kakashi, had no ability to resist without using his Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities.
Soon, he was pierced directly through the heart by Kakashi's strike.
Kakashi felt no joy. He only felt a wave of anguish, as if he had lost something very precious again, just like when he had pierced Rin Nohara's heart with Chidori.
He was distracted. After his heart was ruptured, Obito used Kamui to leave.
Before he left, Obito seemed to hear Kakashi muttering to himself: Obito.
But at this moment, Obito's own condition was even worse. He wasn't sure if what he had heard was correct.
Arriving in the Kamui dimension, he did not activate Izanagi. Instead, mustering his last strength, he tore the head off the White Zetsu part of his body and, to its confused expression, cast a genjutsu.
Then, this White Zetsu clone exhausted all the life force in its body and, coordinating with the Hashirama cells in Obito's right side, repaired his shattered heart.
...
At the border of the Land of Earth and the Land of Waterfalls, two thousand Iwa-nin were cleaning up the battlefield.
The fifteen hundred Konoha ninja who had previously blocked their path had all been killed, while the Iwa-nin had only suffered very light casualties.
The victorious Iwa-nin were thrilled whenever they thought of the massive-scale Earth Release ninjutsu that Kitsuchi had used in the battle. They all discussed it excitedly.
"So Lord Kitsuchi has also become Kage-level! This is great!"
"Yeah, the Bi-Weekly Report was right. The rise of our Iwagakure is in this Fifth Great Ninja War!"
"Counting Lord Kitsuchi, our village already has four Kage-level shinobi! We've already surpassed Konoha!"
"That's right, the village has already risen. The paper said that if it weren't for Lord Tsuchikage's love of peace, we would have been the new hegemon of the ninja world long ago," a young genin said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the atmosphere around him was a bit off. He looked at the seniors around him and asked with confusion, "Was I wrong?"
The crowd exchanged glances for a moment, then hurriedly agreed.
"Right, right, you're right."
"Yes, that's right, Lord Tsuchikage loves peace!"
"Of course Lord Tsuchikage loves peace! I'll fight anyone who objects!"
Although he had received everyone's support, the young genin still felt that something was strange.
In this battle, Kitsuchi had displayed his Kage-level strength for the first time.
Although he was Kage-level, he didn't have any particularly special abilities. He only had two elemental natures, and the second one had barely been developed, so he almost only knew Earth Release. But he could use it with extreme skill. If he were to encounter a Kage of the same level, the relatively singular offensive and defensive means of Kitsuchi might make it difficult for him to gain an advantage. But for bullying ninja below the Kage level, his large-scale earth ninjutsu was perfectly suited.
Although there were fifteen hundred Konoha ninja, with the cooperation of two thousand Iwa-nin, Kitsuchi had easily completed the harvest.
Not expecting to encounter a Kage in this army, the Konoha side hadn't even had time to arrange a retreat before their path was blocked by a large-scale earth jutsu.
"Lord Kitsuchi, the battlefield is cleaned up. Shall we continue to the Land of Lightning or the Land of Water?" an elite jonin asked excitedly about the next move.
Kitsuchi shook his head. "We're not going. We've wasted too much time annihilating this Konoha army. If we go to the Land of Lightning now, we definitely won't make it in time for the battle."
"The village's defenses are empty. We'll return to the village first. We can't be careless about Kumo's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki."
The elite jonin asked, puzzled, "Lord Kitsuchi, it hasn't been long. Even counting the time to clean up the battlefield, it's been less than a day."
In the past, a Great Ninja War would often last for years. One day was really nothing. The supplies carried by these two thousand Iwa-nin were calculated for two months of expenses.
Kitsuchi shook his head. "This war is different. Lord Tsuchikage gave instructions before he went to Konoha. This might be the shortest Great Ninja War in history. The whole thing might not even last a few days."
"And in the early stages, all surprise attacks by the various villages will be completed on the first day, because on this day, everyone's Kage is tied up."
"Afterwards, when the Kage of the various villages are free, an independent army like ours will be ineffective."
"Yes." Although the elite jonin didn't quite understand, he still went to relay the order.
...
In Kirigakure.
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, had already fully transformed.
The massive form of the Two-Tails, Matatabi, brought immense pressure to both sides fighting not far away.
However, the complete Two-Tails did not bring much help to the unfavorable situation of the Kumo forces.
Ikura created four shadow clones and, targeting the newly transformed Two-Tails, unleashed a combo.
"Five Elements Great Consecutive Bullets Technique!"
Ikura, in coordination with his four clones, simultaneously used ninjutsu of five different elements. Five different A-rank ninjutsu! The greatest characteristic of this technique was that when the five elements were chaotically fused, they both enhanced and repelled each other. This disordered state ultimately caused the five elements to completely lose control and produce a huge explosion.
Under Ikura's control, the explosion point of the jutsu was right on the body of Matatabi. One huge explosion directly knocked the complete Two-Tails almost unconscious. And this kind of combo, Ikura unleashed three times in a row.
Three huge explosions directly knocked the complete Two-Tails back to Yugito's human form.
Darui had sensed something was wrong when Ikura had used the technique for the first time. He immediately gave the order to retreat and, at the same time, had Shiya break away from Mangetsu Hōzuki to go and support the Fourth Raikage.
But for the entangled Kumo-nin, how difficult it was to retreat. The original army of five thousand had already suffered considerable losses after the slaughter. At this time, in a hasty retreat, less than half of the ninja ultimately made it back from this mountain range. And the main force of the Mist quickly finished off the Kumo-nin who were bogged down in the mountains and pursued them again.
Darui couldn't be bothered with the routed Kumo-nin. Seeing that Ikura was about to seal Yugito, he quickly activated Kumo's secret Lightning Release Chakra Mode, rushed to Yugito's side, picked her up, and ran.
Seeing this, Ikura used several ninjutsu in succession but failed to hit Darui.
"So it's the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Although it's not perfect and doesn't have the霸道 degree of offense and defense of the Fourth Raikage's, its speed is really fast," Ikura mused.
At this time, on the side of the Kiri army, Megumi, leading her six disciples, quickly came to Ikura's side. "Senior Ikura, are you alright?"
Ikura nodded. "I'm fine."
Looking at Megumi's group of seven and seeing that no one was too seriously injured, he said, "Let's pursue the Kumo-nin together."
"Although Kumo's losses are great this time, it's not what we expected. If the other battlefronts go smoothly, our Iwagakure's greatest enemy will be Kumogakure."
"So, it's good to kill a few more of them now."
Megumi thought for a moment, but then said, "Just now, that Kumo-nin who uses Sage Art went in the direction we came from. She should be going to support the Raikage."
"Instead of chasing down ordinary Kumo-nin, it's better to go and check on the Raikage's side."
Ikura said, "The Raikage is too fast, and his defense is astonishing. We won't be able to catch up. On the contrary, it would be easy for him to get close and kill us."
Megumi said, "I know sensory ninjutsu. At that time, we can attack from the shadows. Our goal is not to kill the Raikage, but to kill the one who knows Sage Art."
A thought stirred in Ikura's heart. He looked at the surrounding terrain. "Alright, let's go there. When the Raikage retreats, he will definitely come to rendezvous with his subordinates."
"Without him, his several thousand subordinates will not be able to leave the Land of Water safely. We'll go over there and hide, and wait for him to come."
Megumi looked at the position Ikura was pointing to, then calculated her sensory range, and nodded.
(End of Chapter)
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