Chapter 125: The Great Waterfall Art
To encircle the Umino troops, the Sunagakure ninjas continued to increase their forces. The army led by the couple, Arashi and Ruriyu, already reached five hundred people. And now, another force pursued them from the east: Ebizo's personal army, with three hundred men.
After more than a month of recovery, Ebizo had already recovered from his injuries. His pursuit force, composed almost entirely of elite puppet users, was formidable. In comparison, Sasuke's army, with less than one hundred genin and barely a handful of special jonin, was outnumbered at least three to one. Their only advantage was Shirotaka's aerial reconnaissance capability.
Ebizo, unlike the cautious Arashi, was confident in his own strength and advanced very quickly. After half a day, he found traces of Sasuke's troops. Using his Sand Eye to investigate, he discovered that they were "fishing and cooking" in a river valley.
"White Blood Demon," Ebizo hissed, his eyes burning with hatred. "This time, I must make you pay with blood for the lives of my disciples!"
Hatred, however, did not blind him. He led his army in a silent approach. When the Umino troops finally "detected" them, they were already less than two kilometers away.
"Oh no, the Sand ninjas are catching up to us!"
"Run!"
The Umino camp fell into "chaos." They abandoned their pots and fled. Sasuke and Might Duy, mounted on Shirotaka, covered the retreat. Ebizo, euphoric at the impending revenge and detecting no traps, ordered the charge.
Soon, the Sunagakure army entered the valley, about to reach the fugitives. But at that moment, the Umino troops stopped dead in their tracks. A large group of chunin formed hand seals and raised an earth dam, blocking the valley's exit. They turned, formed a battle line, and popped ration pills into their mouths.
"No! It's a trap!" Ebizo finally realized.
Then, a deep roar came from the upper part of the valley. The river water, released from its channel, rushed towards them, a tsunami of mud and rocks.
"Earth Style Defense!" Ebizo ordered. But at the critical moment, one of Sasuke's clones interrupted their combined ninjutsu with an infrasonic discharge. Luckily, Ebizo was prepared and ordered his puppet users to form a Thousand Faces Puppet Formation as a defensive wall.
High on the cliff, Sasuke observed.
"Gulp!" He swallowed the Yellow Curry Pill and several honey energy blocks. He released ten shadow clones, and then more, until an astonishing twenty-five clones stood by his side.
"Damn it!" Ebizo saw Sasuke and his clones forming hand seals and realized he was trying to use the water torrent itself for an ultimate ninjutsu. He abandoned his army and ran upstream to stop him.
But Might Duy, who was next to Sasuke, directly opened the sixth of the Eight Gates: the Gate of View. He lunged at Ebizo and delivered a kick. Ebizo used a puppet to resist, but he was knocked down.
Seeing that the water was already overflowing like a waterfall, Ebizo could only retreat, leaving Sasuke and his twenty-five clones free to act.
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