Chapter 150: The Kannabi Bridge Destruction Plan!
First, he was sealed by Namikaze Minato with the Four Symbols Seal. Then, he was injected with a potent poison by Orochimaru.
The Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, lay weakly at Nara Keisuke's feet with his eyes tightly closed, like a lifeless corpse.
"We've captured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, which can be considered as cutting off one of Iwagakure's arms." A satisfied smile appeared on Orochimaru's pale face. "In the upcoming war, without the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Iwagakure will no longer be able to handle a multi-front war as easily as before. Plus the heavy losses from this battle... Konoha's opportunity to turn the tide of the war has arrived!"
The Third Great Ninja War could almost be seen as a continuation of the Second. In the early stages of the war, aside from the isolated Kirigakure, the four great villages of Konoha, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure were in a massive brawl, fighting like cats and dogs. Due to its geographical location, Konoha was simultaneously bearing the pressure of a three-front war, and the strain was immense. If it weren't for the fact that Konoha's comprehensive strength was truly powerful, the ninja from the other villages would have long since reached their gates!
Even so, incidents of puppet brigades and explosion corps attacking the towns surrounding Konoha still occurred. And on the main fronts, Konoha, limited by its special situation of facing enemies on three sides, had always been at a disadvantage.
But after today's battle, setting aside the Suna and Kumo fronts for the time being, at least when facing Iwagakure in the future, Konoha would no longer need to bear any extra pressure. Even if the greatest hero of today's battle was Nara Keisuke, as the supreme commander of the front, winning the war against Iwagakure... 'This is also quite advantageous for the upcoming contest for the position of Fourth Hokage!'
Orochimaru was in an incomparably cheerful mood, but he was not carried away by it. "The battle on the front line is basically over. Next, I need to continue to arrange counter-attack plans for the remaining positions. Minato, Nara-kun, you two continue to carry out the previous mission of destroying Iwagakure's logistics and supply lines!"
Iwagakure's thousand-man force that had invaded the Land of Grass had met with a disastrous end of near-total annihilation in this campaign. Aside from the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, even their "village-guarding treasure," a Jinchuriki, had been lost. Konoha had to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop! In this situation, the importance of the missions for Keisuke's and Minato's squads, instead of decreasing, had increased.
"Yes! Lord Orochimaru!" Namikaze Minato nodded crisply.
Seeing the Yondaime's enthusiastic reply, Keisuke, who had been wanting to discuss the disposal of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, temporarily held his tongue.
"Big Brother Minato, let's act together." Keisuke created a [Shadow Creature] and gestured for Minato to "get on board." "Since our two squads have accepted the same mission, perhaps we can coordinate our actions."
Namikaze Minato, with swift and decisive action, flickered and leaped onto the back of the [Shadow Creature]. The lacquer-black shadow eagle carried the two of them as they flew rapidly away from the Konoha defense line, heading towards the Iwa rear.
"This is a very convenient ability, Keisuke." Minato stood on the back of the [Shadow Creature], admiring the high-altitude scenery with great novelty. "It's been a while, and I didn't expect your strength to have improved to this extent."
Although he hadn't been able to personally witness the scene of Keisuke's divine might, just seeing him single-handedly suppress Ōnoki was enough to leave Minato breathless with admiration!
"You're the one, Big Brother Minato," Keisuke replied, steering the [Shadow Creature] and turning his head. "Especially the title 'Yellow Flash,' it's truly amazing!"
"Mm... huh?" An expression of confusion appeared on Minato's face. Is he focusing on the wrong thing? The thing a ninja should be most concerned about is someone else's title?
However, this was a topic Minato could also smoothly pick up. "Actually, I'm not very fond of the title Yellow Flash. I always feel it's too ordinary," he said with a smile. "If I could choose something like Super Flash—"
"Big Brother Minato, let's discuss the title problem next time." Keisuke somewhat impolitely interrupted him. "We're about to fly over the Iwagakure defense line. Can you confirm your squad's position?"
"No problem." Minato closed his eyes, and his sensory ability spread out in all directions.
And while he was sensing the position of his subordinates, Keisuke was also sensing the position of Shisui and the others. A moment later, Minato opened his eyes and clearly reported the location, direction, and distance almost simultaneously.
'The Yondaime's sensory ability is really strong...'
Keisuke controlled the [Shadow Creature], carefully adjusted the direction, and first headed for the location of Team Minato. He had not yet sensed the position of Shisui's group. Since that was the case, he would rendezvous with Team Minato first!
With the extreme speed of the [Shadow Creature], Keisuke and Minato quickly arrived at the vicinity of a lush forest. Giant mushrooms grew in the forest, indicating the humid climate here. Just as the [Shadow Creature] was approaching, a continuous bird-like cry sounded from the forest below.
Chirp—Chirp—
It was as if a thousand birds were chirping at the same time, the sound noisy and ear-piercing.
'This is...' Keisuke's eyes widened slightly.
But Minato had already left the back of the [Shadow Creature] a step ahead.
In the forest.
A small, slender figure, connected by streaks of silvery-white lightning, was moving rapidly through the trees. Its trajectory seemed erratic and incomparably flexible. But if one looked closely, one would find that this trajectory was actually composed of a series of straight lines.
"Ninth!"
"...Thirteenth!"
"...Seventeenth!"
A low muttering, mixed in with the noisy roar of lightning, was barely noticeable. Hatake Kakashi's right hand was凝聚ing an extremely bright lightning-style chakra. The highly activated palm was continuously splitting cells, providing it with abundant chakra. A self-created A-rank technique, Lightning Release: Chidori!
Kakashi's indifferent eyes looked towards the last enemy. From under his mask, he softly called out the other's number. "Eighteenth!"
As his voice fell, his figure, like a bolt of lightning streaking through the dark forest, shot towards the enemy with incomparable speed.
"Don't get too arrogant! You little brat!" The Iwa Jonin Mahiru held a tachi and shouted, "I've already seen through your movements completely!"
Kakashi turned a deaf ear and just silently raised his right hand, preparing to pierce the enemy's body in one blow as he had done before. And at this time, Mahiru only slightly sidestepped by a very small margin.
The dozen or so numbers Kakashi had just called out were actually all shadow clones created by Mahiru. Aided by the memory images transmitted back from these clones, Mahiru had summarized and judged the flaw in the Konoha brat's lightning jutsu. An attack like this, a high-speed, single-point charge, could only be launched in a simple straight line. Even a slight change in position would be enough to successfully evade the attack. Just like now. Mahiru sidestepped slightly, at the same time raising the tachi in his hand, just waiting for the Konoha brat to voluntarily crash into his blade.
Kakashi's pupils widened slightly, the sharp tip of the blade reflecting and enlarging in his eyes. If he continued to charge forward, he would definitely be disemboweled by this tachi and die on the spot!
In that split second.
Swish—
A figure, as if traveling through space, directly descended between the bodies of Kakashi and Mahiru. His left hand pressed against Mahiru's right leg, his right hand caught Kakashi's waist, his entire person in a one-handed handstand. Under his force, Kakashi, who had been charging straight into Mahiru's blade, was thrown backward, narrowly avoiding the attack.
Although his body was still grazed by the blade, leaving a not-so-shallow wound, it was much better than the expected situation. And Mahiru, the wielder of the sword, had not yet had time to react to what had happened before the Konoha brat who had just crashed into him had disappeared, along with the lightning that had been shining in the dark forest.
"Wh-What the hell?!" Mahiru tightened his grip on his weapon. "He's gone? Was that a shadow clone too?"
The Iwa Jonin's gaze shifted to the drop of blood on the tip of his blade, and his heart calmed slightly. But he immediately found a thick, large tree and hid behind its shade, his back against the wood to guard against a sneak attack. "And what was with that golden flash just now..." A fleeting image flashed through his mind. "It couldn't be him, could it..."
Just at that moment, an ordinary kunai extended from behind him and, as if it had done it a thousand times before, was skillfully placed against his neck.
"It really is you." Feeling the coldness on his neck, bean-sized drops of cold sweat appeared on Mahiru's face. "The Golden Flash—"
Swish—
Master Men had finished mowing the lawn.
Outside the forest.
Nohara Rin raised her hands. A faint green light was released from her palms as she was using medical ninjutsu to treat the wounds on Kakashi's body. And at the side, Uchiha Lick-dirt—ah no, Uchiha Bring-dog—that wasn't right either, Uchiha Kenji, wearing goggles, was muttering and complaining about something.
"Stop arguing, you two." Namikaze Minato's figure appeared beside his three subordinates.
"Sensei!" Seeing Minato's appearance, Uchiha Obito decisively stopped his complaints. "Why are you back so soon? Didn't you say you were going to support the front line, and that this mission was all up to us?"
"Although I also feel it's very sudden, the battle on the front line has ended," Minato explained. "Our next mission is to join forces with another squad to continue the Kannabi Bridge destruction plan."
"Another team?" Rin finished the initial treatment on Kakashi and was taking out bandages from her medical pouch. Hearing Minato's words, she couldn't help but turn her head. "Minato-sensei, didn't you say before that only our squad would be carrying out this mission?"
Kakashi at her side also cast a slightly puzzled glance.
"Rin, you treat Kakashi's wounds first. I didn't get there in time... Kakashi's injuries right now are indeed not optimistic. Let's all rest here for a while." Minato sensed Nara Keisuke's departure and knew that he had gone to rendezvous with his own subordinates first, so he didn't explain too much. "In short, the plan has changed."
(End of Chapter)
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