Chapter 115: Escape
Through the thin water mirror, Uchiha Setsuna finally discovered the strange phenomenon. He quickly opened his three-tomoe Sharingan to understand better.
"How could this happen?" his face suddenly changed. Sasuke rotated the telescope in various directions. "We're surrounded!" Setsuna staggered, almost falling off Shirotaka's back.
They were about to face a siege from three sides, with a total of at least seven or eight hundred people. Sunagakure had deployed almost its entire main force on this front. Didn't they fear that Konoha's main army would break through their own defense line?
"Who leaked the information?" Setsuna asked, realizing that someone had betrayed them.
Sasuke didn't even need to analyze it; he knew it had been Danzo. In other words, the Uchiha Corps wasn't an assault force; they were bait. A three-hundred-man bait so Danzo could claim his glory. The life or death of the Uchiha... Shimura Danzo couldn't care less.
"While the encirclement hasn't closed yet, we must break through," Sasuke proposed.
"Sasuke, where should we escape?" Setsuna asked, knowing the situation was dire. His attitude towards Sasuke had greatly improved.
Sasuke made a quick strategic analysis: the east was an ambush, the north was the enemy base, and the west led further into their territory. They could only break through to the south and then try to return east through the mountains. Internally, he knew the chances were slim unless Danzo broke Sunagakure's line quickly, and he didn't have much hope for that. His true contingency plan was to continue south and escape by sea.
Setsuna agreed with the analysis and immediately ordered the troops to turn south. Sasuke returned to the rear, sending a large number of shadow clones to scout.
After advancing less than five kilometers, they finally encountered the blockade of the Sunagakure ninjas, who were accelerating to close the trap. The Uchiha Army, seeing them, deployed a combined fire ladder.
"Fire Style: Eight-Step Ragnarok!"
Such a powerful attack set the forests on the left ablaze, creating a natural barrier and a gap in the encirclement. The Uchiha Corps seized the opportunity to break through. However, Sasuke's battalion, which was in the rear, found itself in a precarious position; if they followed, their flank would be exposed.
Uchiha Setsuna had no intention of stopping. He wanted to implement the ruthless tail-cutting tactic, using Sasuke's battalion to delay the enemy and buy time for his own to escape.
'Of course, I can only rely on myself,' thought Sasuke, who had already foreseen such a plan.
He immediately ordered his troops to maintain their direction but to deviate slightly, breaking the encirclement at a different point.
"Don't hold back the detonating tags!" he shouted, fearing that his subordinates, accustomed to being poor, would hesitate to use their valuable supplies. "Escaping is more important!"
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