Chapter 124: Pessimistic Intelligence
The Rasengan's Spiral Wave tore a large hole in the tree trunk. The elite Sunagakure jonin fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.
Sasuke activated Wind Breath and, in an instant, rushed towards him. With one hand, he dislocated the jonin's jaw to prevent him from committing suicide with poison. His clones bound him with Water Strings. Seeing that the man was dying, Sasuke used his Water Healing Technique to temporarily keep him alive.
"Shun, are you alright?" he asked the Uchiha, whose eyes were red and bloodshot, his Sharingan deactivated from exhaustion.
"I'm fine, Sasuke-sama. I can still use illusions."
Uchiha Shun reactivated his Sharingan and focused on the dying Sunagakure ninja, casting a torture illusion. The jonin's willpower was tenacious, but under the power of Shun's genjutsu, he finally revealed the information before succumbing to his injuries.
The news was dire.
Danzo's main army, despite its four-to-one numerical advantage, had been defeated. Torifune had only survived by using one of his clan's secret pills. It turned out that the Sunagakure ninjas had two aces up their sleeve: poisonous gas bombs developed by old Lady Chiyo and the deterrence of their Jinchuriki, the monk Bunpuku. Although he didn't fight, his mere presence was a strategic threat.
After repelling Danzo, the Sunagakure forces had reduced their defense line and were now focused on annihilating the Uchiha and Umino forces trapped behind their lines. The Uchiha army had been completely defeated, and the survivors had scattered to try to escape through the mountains.
'As expected,' Sasuke thought. He had already predicted it. He even predicted that any Uchiha who managed to escape Sunagakure would only find Danzo's scythe waiting for them. Every pair of Sharingan was a treasure that Root would not hesitate to "claim."
"Shun, your three-tomoe Sharingan is very special," Sasuke commented, impressed that he could torture an elite jonin.
After a brief conversation, he obtained the information. It turned out that Uchiha Shun was the posthumous son of Uchiha Kagami, a former teammate of the Third Hokage and Danzo, who had died in the First Ninja War. As his family line had lost contact with the Hokage faction, Shun had not had an easy life in the clan.
"Shun," Sasuke said with a seriousness he rarely showed, "don't worry, we'll definitely be able to escape. And when we do, I'll be your son's master." It was a promise forged in the midst of despair. In his mind, he was thinking of the future Uchiha Shisui.
With Shun recovered, they spent the next half day hunting and eliminating all of Sunagakure's reconnaissance hawks in the area, blinding their pursuers. However, the number of Sunagakure ninjas surrounding them continued to increase.
"We must strike them hard to reduce their pursuit momentum," Sasuke told himself, as he mounted Shirotaka and absorbed information from his clones. "If we keep running like this, they'll catch us in less than a day."
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