boom! ! ! ! !
A powerful energy storm raged across the wasteland, raising huge sands all over the sky. Ordinary people simply could not stand firmly in this environment.

The storm was not a natural phenomenon, but the result of a battle between two people.

They are none other than Killer Bee and Ōnoki.

The two of them can be said to be the first-tier ninjas among the ninjas of this era, and can even be said to be the ceiling of the first tier.

The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki's waist at this time was not as fragile as it would be many years later, and his chakra had not diminished with the aging of his body. Even though he was not at his peak strength at this time, he was definitely stronger than he was during the Fourth Ninja World War.

Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, is a perfect Jinchuriki who can cooperate with the tailed beasts. Killer Bee's swordsmanship can suppress Sasuke who has opened the Mangekyō. The Eight-Tails is also the most powerful of the tailed beasts except the Nine-Tails.

[Dust Release] that decomposes all matter, and [Tailed Beast Ball] with incredible destructive power.

The aftermath of the battle between the two was very shocking, but neither of them could defeat the other immediately. As long as Ohnoki did not impulsively come down and fight Killer Bee in close combat, it would be difficult for Ohnoki to lose.

Killer Bee tried his best to hold back Ohnoki, trying to buy time for the Fourth Raikage to evacuate.

Ohnoki didn't want to get entangled with Killer Bee and really wanted to kill the Fourth Raikage to weaken the power of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Whenever Ōnoki saw other ninja villages, he would shake his head and sigh that the talent in the Iwagakure Village was dwindling and there was no one to succeed them.

You have to know that Ohnoki was already 79 years old during the Fourth Ninja World War, and he was 68 years old at this time, and he was very worried.

They were worried that after his death, Iwagakure Village would be unable to resist invasions from other villages.

In the whole village, no one except him successfully learned [Bloody Elimination: Dust Escape].

Without [Bloody Elimination: Dust Release], how could he be a match for the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?
Therefore, he wanted to cripple Kumogakure while he was still alive.

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Seven ninjas dressed in Kumogakure uniforms, carrying the unconscious Fourth Raikage, ran rapidly through the dense forest.

The Fourth Raikage originally thought that the person hiding underground was Ryoma Aburame, but he didn't expect it to be the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, which caught him off guard and caused him to fall.

If the defense of the [Thunder Armor] was not strong enough, he would have died now.

Even though he managed to survive, his injuries were very serious. Therefore, after the Hidden Cloud Guard appeared, he fell into a coma soon after and was carried away from the battlefield by the Hidden Cloud Jonin.

Kumogakure cannot lose the Fourth Raikage Ai!
Among the five major ninja villages, the Hokage Village ranks first, and the second is the Hidden Cloud Village. But if the Fourth Raikage Ai is lost, the status of the Hidden Cloud Village will immediately vanish into thin air.

film!
The Kage of a Village is not just a leader for a ninja village, he is also the highest deterrent to the enemy country, just like a nuclear weapon.

Once the Fourth Raikage Ai dies, other villages will surely pounce on him like vicious wolves. As the saying goes, vicious wolves only bite sick ducks.

"careful!"

The ninja walking in front shouted and shot out a dart from his hand.

"Boom boom boom!!!!"

In the dense forest ahead, a large number of explosive talismans were detonated.

The ninjas that followed were the most elite troops of the Cloud Shadow. At the moment of the explosion, they immediately formed a formation to protect the Fourth Raikage tightly, preventing those hiding in front from harming the Raikage.

At this time,
Around the area where they were, ninjas wearing black cloaks and animal masks appeared one after another, holding sharp blades and slowly surrounding them.

"Don't relax, these are Konoha's ninjas." The leading Kumogakure jonin had cold sweat on his forehead and felt heavy in his heart.

The ninjas that gathered around this side exuded a strong aura, and their number was three times as many as theirs. The gap above was too obvious, which made him feel determined.

"Master Hi is being held back by Ōnoki. He can't come. We can only rely on ourselves here."

Hearing this, the Hidden Cloud Ninja no longer showed any fear on his face, but instead had a more determined look in his eyes.

"We are responsible for holding them back. Quickly take Lord Raikage away."

The leading Cloud Shadow Ninja shouted loudly and rushed towards the ninjas on the opposite side, fighting with a ninja wearing an animal mask.

Deep in the dense forest, Zang, with a bandage on his head, narrowed his eyes and walked slowly towards the direction of the Raikage with his crutches.

Danzo ignored the Hidden Cloud Ninja who wanted to block his progress, because the Root Ninja he brought with him would naturally solve the problem for him.

This time he came to the frontline just to have a chat with the Raikage Ai, then he would return to Konoha with a show of fists to succeed the Fifth Hokage, thus fulfilling his dream of several decades.

The result changed too quickly. The carelessness and bad luck of the Fourth Raikage gave Danzo a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as Danzo killed the Raikage Ai here, his reputation would definitely surpass that of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Teacher Tobirama! Today I will prove that your choice back then was wrong."

"I am more suitable to be Hokage than Hiruzen." Danzo muttered to himself.

Over the past few decades, he would often dream of the scene when Tobirama escaped with their successor. He hoped very much that he would have a chance to choose again, and at the same time, he regretted very much why he hesitated at that time.

pity……

Time is like running water, it can never flow backwards.

Therefore, Danzo wanted to become Hokage. After returning to the Pure Land, he ran to Senju Tobirama and told him that he was wrong.

When he was still a few steps away from the Fourth Raikage, the jonin who was supporting the Hidden Cloud Village immediately threw the Fourth Raikage out, drew his long sword, and slashed at Danzo.

"Ugh..." The Fourth Raikage's body hit a big tree. The intense pain woke him up. What he saw was a ninja head wearing a Kumogakure forehead protector flying up.

"I didn't expect you to wake up."

"you……"

Danzo looked at the awakened Raikage Ai, his eyes swept over Raikage Ai's body, and analyzed that Raikage Ai had lost his ability to resist after enduring Ōnoki's [Dust Release]. Danzo immediately relaxed.

"Danzo, if you dare to kill my Kumogakure Ninja, I will not let you go." Raikage Ai roared emotionally.

The Hidden Cloud Ninjas are very united, and so is he, the Fourth Raikage. How could he remain indifferent after seeing Danzo and his men slaughtering the Hidden Cloud Ninjas with his own eyes?

"Alright! There's no need to say harsh words in your current state. Just go and die!"

"Your subordinates are waiting for you below." As soon as he finished speaking, Danzo raised the black kunai in his hand, and a light blue wind blade extended from the kunai, slashing towards the neck of the Fourth Raikage Ai.

At this time,
Two figures appeared from somewhere, and they attacked Danzo from different directions.

"Lord Danzo!"

When the Root Ninja saw that Danzo was in danger, he immediately gave up his opponent and went to support and protect Danzo.

"This is..." The Fourth Raikage looked at the two ninjas wearing Kumogakure clothes who had just appeared, and a hint of surprise and confusion flashed through his mind.

The two ninjas wearing Kumogakure clothes and masks who had just jumped out made the Fourth Raikage feel both familiar and unfamiliar.

It's no surprise that the person dressed that way is a member of the Anbu.

However, he knew all the members of Kumogakure Anbu, except for the two people who just appeared. He didn't remember Anbu ninjas of such size. In particular, the swordsmanship used by these two Anbu ninjas was very good, and they killed seven or eight Root ninjas in a short time.

Without waiting for the Fourth Raikage to continue observing, the Hidden Cloud Ninja, who had just lost his opponent because the Root Ninja went to support and protect Danzo, picked up the Raikage lying on the ground and was about to run away.

"do not want!"

"We can't abandon our fellow villagers..."

The ninja who was supporting Kumogakure said, "Lord Raikage, they all sacrificed themselves for the village. We can't let their sacrifice become meaningless."

"You must return to the village to heal your injuries."

After saying this, without giving the Fourth Raikage a chance to continue speaking, he took him and ran away.

"I never thought that Kumogakure actually had masters like you hiding." Danzo said suspiciously.

Danzo was a very cautious person. Even though he knew that the Raikage Ai was seriously injured, he still brought more than three times the number of jonin of Kumogakure to intercept and kill him.

As a result, several of the people he brought with him died in a single breath.

Such strength is enough to attract Danzo's attention.

Or it was enough to kill Danzo. The two newly appeared Hidden Cloud Ninjas displayed sword skills that clearly showed they were ninjas with the strength of Kage level.

Just when Danzo was in doubt, the number of ninjas he brought with him was reduced to three.

But Danzo still hadn't collected all the intelligence, and most of the cannon fodder were dead.

“Since the Raikage has left, I will kill you first and then chase them.” As Danzo spoke, he took out a black kunai, ready to fight the two masked Kumogakure himself.

Danzo did not take action immediately. He continued to quietly observe his only three remaining subordinates fighting with the enemy. He had no intention of helping. A look of suspicion flashed in his eyes: "It is unlikely to break through to the level of Kage with Yunliu swordsmanship, but it is not impossible. However, it is really strange that two of them appeared at the same time."

There are no large ninja clans in the Hidden Cloud Village itself, and ninja clans with blood limits are even rarer, so their Hidden Cloud Village is mainly famous in the ninja world for its ninjutsu and swordsmanship.

The most famous people in ninjutsu are undoubtedly the Raikage and his son, and the most famous in swordsmanship is Killer Bee.

Killer Bee also practiced swordsmanship, but his swordsmanship was not the ordinary style of Cloud Flow Swordsmanship. It can be said that no one in the Hidden Cloud Village has achieved the level of Kage by using Cloud Flow Swordsmanship. When Danzo saw the two of them today, he was naturally confused.

"呲~~~"

The throat of Danzo's last subordinate was cut, and at the same time, Danzo took action.

The timing of his attack was very clever, as he made his attack just in the vacuum period when the masked Kumogakure's old strength had just been lost and new strength was regained. His attack was a killing move, and the chakra attached to the kunai in his hand was extended and pulled to form an invisible energy blade more than one meter long. With one sword, he broke through the air and directly beheaded the Kumogakure ninja.

The moment he turned around, Shisui's Mangekyō hidden in his right eye was activated, and the eye technique of [Kotoamatsukami: Slow] was effective, directly freezing the ninja who wanted to sneak attack him.

"Ninja! This is a war of intelligence. I have already figured out all your intelligence. The only difference is that you are all dead." Danzo said with contempt. He turned around and stabbed the kunai into the body of the remaining Cloud Ninja again.

but……

next moment,
Danzo, who had a confident look on his face, spat out a mouthful of blood. He was struck by severe pain and looked down to find that a sharp blade had cut his body in half from behind.

"Do not……"

"Do not……"

"How can I die here?"

"I'm only one step away. As long as I return to the village, I can become Hokage. I..." Blood gushed out of Danzo's mouth, and at the same time, the organs in his abdomen slipped out. The whole scene was bloody.

Danzo, who only had the upper body, looked at the ninja wearing the Kumogakure ANBU uniform from behind him, and hatred and unwillingness flashed in his eyes...

"Are you the hidden backup of Kumogakure? If so, come with me!"

Danzo tore open his clothes, revealing the [Inner Four Symbols Seal] engraved on his body, and slapped the ground with both hands, wanting to drag the Cloud Hidden Man who attacked him to death with him.

only……

He missed the target with his grasp, and at the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his eyes. His face changed drastically in an instant: "Illusion!"

The changing scene in front of Danzo's eyes and the chopped-off body were all just illusions, but the Shisui Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye had been taken away, leaving only an empty and bloody eye socket, which was extremely horrifying and bloody to watch.

"You...you are not Kumogakure ninja."

“Who exactly are you…” When he said this, Danzo’s face suddenly changed.

"You are the Uchiha, the evil Uchiha."

"definitely is."

"You are the only ones who can make me, who possesses the Mangekyo, fall into an illusion."

When Danzo thought of this, his face became extremely interesting.

"Oh~~ You finally recognized us." Uchiha Tiehuo took off his mask, revealing his face. At the same time, the two ninjas who appeared beside him before also took off their masks.

"Danzo old dog!"

"Everything you just experienced in the illusion should be real."

"But I suddenly felt that when I killed you, I shouldn't let you know who killed you."

"How can we let the innocent souls of the Uchiha family who died in vain rest in peace?" Uchiha Tiehuo said in a cold tone.

The two Uchiha who came with him remained silent and looked at Danzo with the same cold eyes.

"You Uchiha are born evil. When Tobirama-sensei rebelled in Setsunari, he should have killed you all to prevent future troubles." Danzo snorted coldly, with no intention of begging for mercy or admitting his mistake.

While Danzo was provoking Tetsuka, wanting them to be blinded by anger, he was also trying to find a way to activate the Wood Release Cells in his body so that he could die with the three Mangekyō Uchiha in front of him.

just,

Since Tiehuo dared to show up like this, he must be prepared.

The eye technique of an Uchiha who came with him was a formal sealing technique, which directly sealed all of Danzo's ninjutsu.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Take Danzo back to the clan's land. I want to use his life to commemorate the dead souls of the Uchiha family." Uchiha Tetsuka said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a flame flashed from one of Uchiha Tiehuo's eyes, and the flame quickly formed a gate of light in the void.

The Uchiha who had just used the pupil technique to seal Danzo mentioned Danzo and was about to walk into the light gate when he turned back to Tiehuo and said, "Be careful when you capture the two-tail."

Tiehuo nodded and said: "Don't worry, the power of the Mangekyo can even control the Nine-Tails, the Two-Tails is just a toy." (End of this chapter)