Chapter 114: Marching on the Capital!
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After dealing with the Hyuga matters, Uchiha Douhuan also left the Hokage office for the day, taking his sword to the new prison by the Naka River.
After rescuing Hiashi Hyuga from his clan, Kakashi had returned here and worked through the night, intensifying the interrogation and judgment of the remaining forces of the Utatane and Mitokado clans.
Since Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao admitted to receiving funding from Iwagakure, handling the matter became much easier for Kakashi.
Kakashi made a special trip to the Yamanaka clan, borrowing two ninjas who were formerly Jounin but later stripped of their rank and forced into retirement. As a gesture of goodwill, Yamanaka Inoichi personally escorted them on a trip to the Naka River Grand Hotel.
The captured ninjas from the two clans didn't even go through an interrogation process. After having their intelligence forcibly extracted using the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques, they were turned into imbeciles and then directly executed on the spot.
For rogue ninjas, except for a few with special status, this was the standard procedure in most ninja villages.
Furthermore, throughout the entire process, Kakashi thoughtfully had the current clan heads, who had already become one-armed bandits, as well as the two advisors who had been captured earlier, tied to chairs to watch the entire spectacle.
Watching the family ninjas they had painstakingly cultivated being eliminated one by one, the two advisors' eyes looked ready to split with rage. If their mouths hadn't been gagged beforehand, they would likely already have started cursing Kakashi and Uchiha Douhuan with the most vicious language.
Soon, Uchiha Douhuan also arrived. Seeing Uchiha Douhuan enter the interrogation room, Kakashi gave up the chair in the room.
After Uchiha Douhuan sat down, he looked at the four people tied to the chairs before him with an ambiguous smile.
Upon seeing Uchiha Douhuan, the two advisors struggled violently, their heads shaking constantly.
"It seems the two former advisors want to say something?" Uchiha Douhuan signaled Kakashi with his eyes. Kakashi waved to dismiss the others in the room, then stepped forward alone and removed the rags gagging the two elders' mouths.
"Uchiha Douhuan! May you die a horrible death!" As soon as Koharu Utatane could speak, she couldn't wait to curse at Uchiha Douhuan.
However, the next second, a baton landed on her mouth. Kakashi probably wanted to do this long ago; this time, he struck quite ruthlessly. With one blow, most of Koharu Utatane's old teeth were knocked out, and her curses came to an abrupt halt.
"Actually, I'm quite curious," Uchiha Douhuan began unhurriedly. "I clearly spared your two clans out of respect for Lord Third. In any other village, losers like you would have had your entire clans wiped clean. But why did you insist on courting death?"
"Hmph, an inherently evil Uchiha like you, what right do you have to be Hokage? Back when Lord Second suppressed Uchiha Setsuna's rebellion, he should have wiped out your entire clan!" Mitokado Homura also began to curse. However, as soon as the words left his mouth, he followed in Koharu Utatane's footsteps.
"You have the gall to mention Lord Second?" Uchiha Douhuan chuckled upon hearing this. "Did Lord Second teach you that you can collude with outside village forces to achieve your own goals?"
"Hmph, Uchiha Douhuan, you should worry about how you'll explain this to the Daimyo!" Koharu Utatane spat out a mouthful of blood and said indistinctly through her broken mouth. "Such a major incident happened in the village right after you took office as Hokage! The Daimyo won't let you off! Your good days are about to end!"
"Is that so?" Uchiha Douhuan smiled and pondered for a moment. "It seems that might be true. How should I explain it to the Daimyo? It really is troublesome, isn't it?"
"So, wouldn't changing the Daimyo solve the problem?" Uchiha Douhuan chuckled mischievously.
Just then, someone rushed into the interrogation room from outside.
"Lord Hokage! Urgent report from the Fire Capital! Orochimaru led an attack to assassinate the Daimyo! His Highness the Crown Prince is dead, and the Daimyo is heavily injured! The Guardian Shinobi Twelve are desperately resisting! Please, Lord Hokage, proceed to the Fire Capital for support immediately!"
This person's urgent report echoed throughout the underground interrogation room. Uchiha Douhuan and Kakashi both looked at the four people in the interrogation room with ambiguous smiles.
"Uchiha Douhuan... you... you..." Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura stared at Uchiha Douhuan in terror. From their expressions, it was clear this matter was inextricably linked to Uchiha Douhuan. Uchiha Douhuan's audacity completely surpassed their comprehension.
"Kakashi, send these two on their way. Then, gather the village's elite Jounin. We'll go support the Daimyo together."
The two advisors originally wanted to say more, but the next second, sharp kunai slit their throats. Their cries could only turn into weak gurgles like broken bellows. Life quickly drained from them, and they slumped powerlessly.
And Uchiha Douhuan also swiftly raised and lowered his blade, finishing off the remaining two. Then, carrying his sword, he walked out of the interrogation room and looked at the Daimyo's personal ninja who had come to deliver the intelligence.
"What? Daring to assassinate the Daimyo! Kakashi! Assemble all elite Jounin still in the village! I'll go support the Daimyo first, you follow as quickly as possible!"
"Understood!" Kakashi nodded and accepted the order, then rushed out of the Security Department at top speed.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Douhuan looked at the ninja who came with the report: "You come with me! Brief me on all the detailed intelligence on the way!"
"Un... Understood," the reporting ninja nodded, panting heavily.
The next second, after the two left the Security Department, Uchiha Douhuan directly lifted the other person, then stepped on lightning, transforming into a bolt of lightning and streaking towards the Fire Capital.
Kakashi's side also moved at top speed, gathering the village's elite Jounin and setting out from the village overnight to provide support towards the Fire Capital.
At this moment, within the capital city of the Land of Fire, Orochimaru controlled Manda, wreaking havoc within the Daimyo's palace. The originally magnificent palace was now largely reduced to ruins. Only in front of a small palace building were several ninjas desperately using various elemental jutsus and a golden chakra barrier shaped like the Thousand-Armed Kannon to resist the assault of one man and one snake. Meanwhile, the wandering ninja corps brought by Orochimaru ruthlessly slaughtered the samurai guarding the outer perimeter of the Daimyo's palace.
"Asuma! When will the Hokage's reinforcements arrive!" In front of the only relatively intact palace hall, a large monk dressed in priest robes clasped his hands together, fully focused on maintaining the Thousand-Armed Kannon barrier enveloping the hall. However, sweat poured down his face; he was clearly a spent force.
"I don't know! My old man isn't Hokage anymore!" Sarutobi Asuma retorted while using a series of Fire Style ninjutsu to repel Manda's assault on the barrier.
"Damn it! Wasn't this guy your father, the Third Hokage's, student before? Why would he suddenly appear to assassinate His Highness the Daimyo!" Beside Asuma, a man wearing a blank forehead protector yelled at Asuma. "I told you the nation's ninjas should completely obey His Highness the Daimyo! The position of Hokage shouldn't even exist!"
"Is this really the time to be saying that!" Asuma turned and yelled back. "Besides, this guy became a rogue ninja years ago! The village's pursuit of him has never stopped!"
"Stop arguing! I can barely hold on!" the large monk positioned between them gritted his teeth and said.
"Chiriku! Dispel the barrier first, go back and recover your chakra! Everyone else, charge with me! We absolutely cannot let him harm the Daimyo and the young prince any further!" Seeing the situation, Asuma roared.
The next second, the golden barrier shattered with a boom. Chiriku grunted and collapsed onto the ground, while the others guarding the palace hall all charged forward fearlessly.
Four of the ninjas, their bodies flickering with lightning, rapidly dashed to surround Orochimaru and Manda and began forming seals.
Four streams of lightning-natured chakra converged in the air, forming a lightning cage that enveloped Orochimaru and Manda.
"Lightning Release: Thunder Dream Lightning Chain!" the four attackers shouted in unison, increasing their chakra output.
"Combination ninjutsu?" Facing the lightning cage above, Orochimaru calmly looked up and assessed it for a moment before suddenly fixing his gaze on the caster closest to him. "Looks quite powerful. Can't let you complete this smoothly."
In the next instant, a giant snake burst out from the ground beneath the caster at the southeast corner, opened its crimson maw, and swallowed him whole. With one caster missing, the lightning cage hovering above Orochimaru and Manda instantly dissipated.
"Seito!" Asuma shouted, wanting to provide support, but a terrifyingly large mud dragon rose from the ground, continuously firing earth-natured chakra shells at him.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
"Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere!"
Facing the siege, Orochimaru calmly formed seals one after another, unleashing ninjutsu after ninjutsu. Although the Daimyo's personal Guardian Shinobi Twelve were all skilled Jounin, Orochimaru seemed to be strolling through a courtyard while facing them.
With the coordination of Orochimaru and Manda, these twelve ninjas perished one by one under ninjutsu and snakebites. Soon, only Asuma and Kazuma, the strongest among the Guardian Shinobi Twelve, remained on the scene. However, their stamina and chakra were already depleted from defending against Orochimaru's relentless storm of ninjutsu.
"It's time to end this," Orochimaru said, forming hand seals. "Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
The earth veins surged wildly at this moment. A massive mud dragon, comparable in size to Manda beneath Orochimaru's feet, rose from the ground. Chakra gathered in the mud dragon's mouth, slowly forming a terrifying earth-natured chakra energy sphere.
After the mud dragon let out a deep roar, the earth chakra cannonball shot towards the only remaining building in the entire palace complex, reflected in the despairing eyes of Asuma and Kazuma.
However, the next second, a clap of thunder echoed from the heavens. A flash of azure lightning appeared, shattering the earth dragon bullet.
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(End of Chapter)
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