Chapter 137: Pakura's Unit Routed
"Hehehe, ahahahaha." Pakura looked at her "comrades'" eyes, then suddenly lowered her head and let out a wild laugh.
The laughter grew louder and louder, and at the same time... more and more tragic.
After a long while, she slowly stopped laughing.
She glanced around, then suddenly did something that surprised everyone.
She did not try to persuade her comrades, nor did she show any intention of surrendering. Instead, she directly subdued the ninja who had been leading the commotion.
"Ugh... let, let me go, no," the jounin, who had been dreaming just moments before, was suddenly jolted awake.
A strange flush appeared on Pakura's face. She leaned close to the man's ear and whispered, "Didn't you want to take my place? Why are you begging for mercy?"
Feeling the undisguised killing intent from Pakura, the man had long since awakened from his beautiful dream.
"I... spare my life... Captain," the man said. He had the strength of a jounin, but at this moment, he didn't dare to move.
He was very familiar with Pakura's abilities, and he knew very well what would happen if he was touched by her hand.
Thinking of the countless mummy-like corpses he had seen before, the man couldn't help but shiver.
At this moment, he was filled with regret for his naive thoughts. He had actually wanted to take her place. Now that his mind was gradually clearing, he knew what his final fate would be.
But why had he done that before... suddenly, the man thought of a person, the blood-soaked Sand ninja. It was all because of his instigation and the encouragement of the crowd that he had done such a thing.
For this, he wished he could kill that person with his own hands right now. But the top priority was to quell Pakura's anger.
Just as he was preparing to say something, Pakura suddenly looked around again, a strange smile on her lips. "Now, does anyone else want to oppose me?"
As she spoke, a large amount of white smoke suddenly rose from the man's body in her hand.
"Scorch Release: Great Steam Kill."
"Aaaah!!!"
The man's screams could not shake Pakura's killing intent in the slightest, and so he died in this excruciating pain.
Seeing this scene, the Sand ninja unit was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over them, and they woke up.
"I... what was I doing just now? I actually wanted Captain Pakura to step down. I..." Countless people had the same thought in their minds.
Just as they were about to express their apologies, Pakura suddenly said coldly again, "Now listen to my orders. The entire army will charge at the enemy. Kill the enemy at all costs."
"Yes, sir," after a moment of hesitation, the Sand ninja slowly replied.
Then, these people charged madly at the distant interception squad in a scattered formation.
Having calmed down, they had completely understood that if they couldn't kill the enemy as soon as possible, it would only be a matter of dying sooner or later. In that case, they might as well fight.
Unfortunately, these people did not notice the mocking smile that flashed across Pakura's face.
"You betrayed me first, so don't blame me for being ruthless."
The Uchiha, who were in the distance, had witnessed Pakura's means of turning the situation around. While they were amazed, they were also prepared to retreat for the night.
But what happened next was somewhat beyond their expectations.
Because these Sand ninja were charging at them in such a disorderly manner. From the looks of it, they were planning to fill the traps with their lives.
The group exchanged a look, all with a strange expression.
Although they couldn't figure out why this had suddenly happened, it didn't stop them from starting their slaughter.
Seeing a few Sand ninja being blown to pieces by hidden explosion tags, a layer of black patterns suddenly spread across Kyosuke's face.
"Cursed Seal State One: Activate!"
He then charged forward with his clansmen, his Kusanagi sword taking a life with every swing.
Tonight was destined to be a night of slaughter.
"Whew..." In the cave, Kyosuke let out a small breath and then leaped up from the ground.
At this time, this battle had already lasted for more than two hours. During this time, although Kyosuke had tried his best to only use his swordsmanship to kill the enemy, his chakra and stamina had quickly bottomed out.
So, he could only retreat to the cave to rest under the cover of the two clan shinobi.
Now, feeling that he had the strength to fight again, Kyosuke was preparing to return to the battlefield.
"Hah!" Hyuga Saori dodged a sneak attack from a puppet master, then shattered the puppet with a backhand strike and charged at him.
"Gentle Fist Art: Eight Gates Collapse."
Her fingers quickly tapped eight times on his body, and then Hyuga Saori turned and charged at another person without looking back.
Behind her, the puppet master was stunned for a moment. Just as he was preparing to make a move, the chakra in his entire body suddenly went berserk.
Splurt. He spat out a large mouthful of blood, and then he was silent.
At the same time, Kyosuke, leading the two clan shinobi, had also returned to the battlefield.
"Master, that ability of yours..." Thirteen said to Kyosuke with hesitation.
As someone who was always by Kyosuke's side, how could she not have noticed his peculiarity?
Especially when she found that every time he used this ability, he would have to endure a period of pain. That was why she couldn't help but try to persuade him.
Kyosuke naturally understood what she was thinking. He turned and gave her a comforting look, then said nothing and continued to run toward the battlefield.
Behind him, Thirteen, the clan shinobi, shook her head helplessly. She then exchanged a look with Seven, and they also sped up and followed.
The fierce battle began again.
"Shisui Style: Body Flicker Technique."
From the very beginning, Kyosuke had targeted a rather tricky Sand ninja and, using the Body Flicker Technique, had charged at him.
After a bit of trouble, Kyosuke finally killed the enemy with a single sword strike.
He took a slight breath, and taking advantage of the opportunity when no one was around, he looked up and assessed the situation on the battlefield.
Although the Sand ninja still had a numerical advantage, after several rounds of Chidori Group's renewed baptism, their combat-ready numbers had dropped to 500.
The huge difference in casualties had successfully destroyed the courage they had just barely mustered.
However, to completely defeat the Sand ninja, these efforts were not enough.
But then, something happened that completely shattered the Sand ninja's last psychological line of defense.
Because the jounin corps, led by Pakura, had, at some point, disappeared from the battlefield.
At first, these Sand ninja naively believed that this was a plan by their leader, Pakura, to defeat the enemy.
But when the Sand ninja were gradually being routed, and Pakura and the others had still not appeared, it was only then that they clearly realized that they had been abandoned.
When this news spread, the morale of the Sand ninja unit almost instantly dropped to freezing point.
Then, a large-scale rout was inevitable.
As far as Kyosuke's eyes could see, almost all the Sand ninja were fleeing madly in the direction they had come from, no longer caring about the mission.
Seeing this situation, the Uchiha people couldn't help but cheer with abandon.
They knew that the interception mission was now complete.
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