Chapter 421: Danzō's Regret
Konoha Village.
After throwing Shisui Uchiha's Susanoo, Ishiro was already thinking of ways to stir up more trouble.
This time, he locked onto Rasa.
Rasa was one of the two people on the field in the most unfavorable situation. The other was Ryosuke.
Ryosuke and Rasa had been separated by Shikaku Nara's tactics early in the battle. Ryosuke's Magnet Release was too damaging to the Konoha army, so Shikaku had dispatched a portion of his elites, led by Kosuke Maruboshi and Might Guy, to blast Ryosuke and his Third Kazekage puppet to the side.
Kosuke Maruboshi was not carrying his iron wok but was wielding a wooden sword, fighting the enemy with Water Release and the Konoha-style kenjutsu. Might Guy, on the other hand, had removed all his weights and opened six of the Eight Gates. The two of them, plus many elite ninja, had actually managed to tie down Ryosuke.
However, Ryosuke had held the advantage before. The reason the situation was bad now was because Might Guy had forcibly opened the Seventh Gate. The power of the Seven-Gates Guy was too terrifying; the Third Kazekage puppet was on the verge of being shattered. In fact, if this puppet had been alive like a normal ninja, it would have been dead by now.
But the Seventh Gate was still too much for Guy; he couldn't maintain it for long. So, Ishiro still turned his sights on Rasa.
Rasa was facing the most enemies tonight. He had to deal with both the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Kinoe, and the Konoha army. Although he had later taken advantage of the distraction from the mud-cased Susanoo to seal the Seven-Tails, his own consumption had been immense.
After that, he was wildly hacked at by the frenzied Shisui Uchiha. Rasa had no opportunity to leave with the Jinchuriki.
Standing in a house on the outskirts of Konoha, Ishiro assumed the starting stance for his Light Release. After a moment's thought, he aimed at the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, who was floating to the side after being sealed by Rasa.
Rasa's senses were not to be underestimated. If he aimed directly at him, he would be discovered in advance, so Ishiro decided to take out the Seven-Tails first.
After a brief moment of brewing, a beam of blue light shot out, accurately hitting the Jinchuriki. That Kinoe, who had been the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki for who knows how long, was vaporized on the spot. At the same time, the Seven-Tails' chakra immediately began to dissipate.
Rasa, who was in the middle of a battle, was startled and lost his focus for an instant. The Konoha army, which reacted a beat later and was not startled, seized the opportunity with a wave of group ninjutsu.
However, Rasa quickly came back to his senses. He once again used a large amount of Gold Sand to protect himself at close range. But this time, the bombardment from the Konoha army was too close, and the aftershocks of the jutsu still injured him.
Rasa could no longer be bothered with snatching anything from Konoha. He shouted to Ryosuke and quickly fled into the distance.
Seeing this, Ishiro sighed. He knew the opportunity was lost. His Light Release just now had still affected the Konoha army, causing their follow-up attacks not to keep up. Otherwise, in coordination with his attack, Rasa would have been dead today.
Seeing that it was no longer possible, Ishiro took Sōkai and the other four and quickly flew to a high altitude. However, he did not leave immediately but slightly distinguished the direction, then once again released a blast of Light Release at a certain building below.
Only then did he leave in a grand manner.
His target was the Hyuga clan's main house.
When Hiashi Hyuga saw his main house destroyed again, he should understand Ishiro's warning. He would not be foolish enough to apply the Caged Bird Seal to Neji Hyuga.
As Ishiro used Light Release on the Hyuga main house, Kakuzu had already retreated. In terms of escaping and self-preservation, he was second to none.
Orochimaru, seeing that Ishiro and the others had all left, also let out a soft chuckle and chose to retreat. His goal for this trip had already been completed.
And with the departure of Ishiro and the others, the only battle left was at the Uchiha clan compound.
And this battle at the Uchiha compound made Danzō regret it so much his intestines turned green.
Originally, he had chosen to confront the Uchiha clan because he didn't want his Root to fight a desperate battle with the enemy. Who would have known that this group of Uchiha would be like madmen, fighting a life-and-death battle with them without any regard for their own lives.
Fortunately, Danzō didn't yet know that the Seven-Tails Tsunade had promised him was already gone. Otherwise, he might have been even more upset.
No, he probably couldn't be bothered with the Seven-Tails right now, because his own condition was very poor.
The Uchiha clansmen tonight were different from the Uchiha in his memory. They seemed to be filled with an expectation for battle, each fighting as if their life depended on it.
At the beginning, Danzō and his Root were caught completely off guard. Now, he knew the reason.
"It's Izanagi! It's actually Izanagi! This group of Uchiha actually stole the Izanagi that the village had collected as a top secret!" Danzō's anger could no longer be suppressed.
"The Uchiha clan is really going to rebel!" Danzō looked at Fugaku Uchiha and said coldly.
Then, without waiting for a reply, he launched an attack on him. He felt that dealing with a mere clan head of the Uchiha was more than enough. Just a three-tomoe Sharingan. I have one too.
But he soon stopped thinking that way. He soon no longer had a three-tomoe Sharingan.
Because Fugaku Uchiha had activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. The powerful pupil power directly plunged Danzō into a genjutsu. In the end, he had to rely on Izanagi to escape from it.
However, Fugaku was not the Shisui from the original story; he gave Danzō no opportunity to launch a surprise attack and gouge out his eyes.
After losing his Sharingan, Danzō chose to flee at the first opportunity.
And his Root elites did not all escape. Only about half of them managed to break free from the Uchiha's suicidal fighting style. Those guys were clearly trying to experience the pleasure of transforming death into a dream on them.
As the Root ninja fled the Uchiha clan compound, Konoha finally returned to peace.
Throughout the village, only the unrestrained laughter of the Uchiha members, who had just vented their frustrations on the Root members, remained.
The sky was already darkening. The laughter of the Uchiha echoed over the dilapidated village, seeming particularly eerie.
Shisui, having deactivated his Susanoo, looked towards the clan compound, his eyes still bleeding, his heart filled with unease as he listened to the laughter.
Having the same emotion was Kakashi on the Hokage Rock.
The moment he had pierced Obito's heart, his own emotions had been affected by his Sharingan, once again resonating with Obito's. At that moment, Obito seemed to have broken his last link with this world, and his whole person had become even more gloomy. And Kakashi's own mind was also greatly affected, his spirit becoming very tired.
After Obito left, Kakashi had collapsed on the ground. It was only when he heard the unrestrained laughter of the Uchiha that he struggled to get up. He looked in the direction of the Uchiha compound, his eyes full of worry.
The Uchiha did not immediately rebel. In their battle with Root, many of them had been injured. More importantly, many of them had become one-eyed, and a few more exaggeratedly, were blind in both. These Uchiha needed to replace their three-tomoe Sharingan.
In addition, they had also witnessed Shisui's exaggerated demon god statue. They also had to wait for Izumi to grow up. Not having seen that their own clan head also had a Mangekyō when he fought Danzō, they needed a pair of eyes that could fight against Shisui's.
Soon, the Uchiha, who had suffered almost no losses, returned to their respective homes.
Hiruzen came to Tsunade's side, his face full of guilt. "Tsunade, I failed to quickly repel Kakuzu, causing the village to suffer heavy losses. I will take responsibility for the failure this time."
There was nothing he could do. Kakuzu fought very cautiously. He loved money, but he cherished his life even more. From the beginning, he had not penetrated deep into Konoha, only carrying out his slaughter on the periphery. When Hiruzen arrived, he had become even more careful. Although Hiruzen had fought fiercely, and had Enma's assistance, by the time the battle was over, he had only destroyed one of Kakuzu's hearts.
This time, if it hadn't been for Kakashi unexpectedly repelling Obito, and if it hadn't been for the Tsuchikage, Ishiro, turning against them and attacking Rasa, the situation in Konoha would have been even worse.
But even so, Konoha's vitality was greatly damaged.
Tsunade waved her hand. Now was not the time to assign blame.
"Quickly gather the seriously wounded. I need to start the treatment work."
"The matter of tallying the casualties will be left to Shikaku."
"As for Danzō's side, I'll have to ask you to appease him, Master. The Seven-Tails is gone, and his Root's losses are probably not small. Don't let him stir up any more trouble."
Hiruzen nodded and went to find his old friend.
Ever since he had handed over power and resigned from his advisor position, he had not been close with Danzō. This time, Danzō must be very sad. He should go and comfort him.
Konoha began to count its casualties. The other villages also began to contract their forces.
On this day, the entire ninja world had fought too intensely. No one was clear on the situation of the other villages, so everyone adopted a relatively conservative strategy.
After A caught up with the Kumo army, he did not continue to turn back and fight the Mist but chose to return to the Land of Lightning. It was already impossible for them to annex Kirigakure. To continue fighting now and suffer heavy losses with the Mist would only benefit Iwagakure. A was still thinking of competing with Iwagakure for the position of hegemon.
And with A's return, the Kiri army also warily stopped its pursuit.
When A led his subordinates to leave the Land of Water, Ikura and Megumi also led the six candidates and left.
With the battle having just rested, no one was sure if everyone would change their stance after assessing the balance of power. If Kirigakure chose to be hostile to Iwagakure, then Ikura would be in danger. If he continued to stay in Kirigakure, the probability of them turning hostile would also greatly increase. The Mist might think that killing Ikura could weaken the new hegemon, Iwagakure, which would not be a loss for them. At that time, even if Iwagakure wanted revenge, they would have some scruples due to the loss of a Kage.
But if Ikura did not give them this opportunity, the Mist, on the contrary, would not easily choose to turn hostile. Even if they had made a decision, they would not be so quick to put it into action.
Of course, these were all just in case.
Kirigakure was still the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Having just fought a great battle with Kumo, they would not dare to offend Iwagakure right away.
(End of Chapter)
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