Obito was currently quietly hiding in a corner, his eyes filled with shock as he looked at the two Yagura.
He also couldn't tell which one was real.
Everyone's method of distinguishing by chakra instead became the source of confusion for everyone.
Obito completely didn't know how he had just been burned by Amaterasu.
Rengoku clearly didn't even have time to look back, and the place he was burned was the back.
Afterward, Susanoo exploded, blasting everyone out.
But now he couldn't use Izanagi, so he didn't dare to come out and act recklessly.
He only dared to hide to the side, watching this battle through to the end, to understand what the final result would be.
Seeing the AB combo falling into a disadvantage, suddenly another Tailed Beast Bomb fell into the battlefield.
Amid the violent explosion sound, Yugito Nii, wearing the Tailed Beast Cloak, stepped into the battlefield.
Behind her followed Cee and other powerful Kumogakure elites.
At this moment, the situation changed again. Another Kumogakure Jinchuriki joined the battle, and brought along so much effective strength.
Now, who wins or loses became uncertain.
But just then—swish, swish, swish—three figures also landed.
They were Ao, Ken, and Terumi Mei.
Both Yaguras canceled their Tailed Beast transformation, turned back to human form, and stood together.
Rengoku also retracted Susanoo, standing not far from Yagura.
"Raikage, it seems you all don't have the upper hand."
Raikage had gone through a long-range raid, lost an arm, and fought at high intensity until now.
He knew that they no longer had the advantage, and Cee was also signaling Raikage and the others.
Raikage also understood that Yugito Nii's current condition was not good.
He looked at his severed arm, "Uchiha Rengoku, I'll remember this grudge."
Raikage threw down this harsh line, then waved his hand. A group of people slowly began retreating.
Rengoku had no intention of chasing. Right now, he already held the advantage, and the gap between Raikage and him would only widen in the future.
Although he had now revealed his Amaterasu, Rengoku would only learn more ocular techniques later.
Knowing Obito was nearby, he also didn't plan to take risks.
Even if Yugito Nii now looked strong but was weak inside.
After Kumogakure retreated for a distance, Yugito Nii suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a big mouthful of blood.
Just now forcibly condensing the Tailed Beast Bomb wasn't easy to endure.
The people of Kumogakure quickly surrounded her, and Cee rapidly began treating Yugito Nii.
Raikage and Killer Bee both looked extremely unpleasant, Kumogakure suffered badly this time.
"Retreat!"
The Kumogakure group picked up speed and quickly retreated toward the direction of the Land of Lightning.
Over here, Yagura, seeing the enemies retreating, drew a water mirror on the ground.
Rengoku used the same old trick, impersonating a mirror clone of Yagura, and walked into the mirror.
The intel agents still observing from afar were all dumbfounded, one of the Yaguras was actually a reflection recreated by the Mizukage himself.
Yagura's Water Mirror Technique was his signature secret technique.
But before, the mirror clones reproduced by the Water Mirror Technique would never last too long.
They didn't expect that now it could even replicate himself.
And it even replicated Tailed Beast Chakra, now Kirigakure's top combat strength needed to be redefined.
Rengoku and Yagura exchanged a glance, then quickly left the scene with several people from Kirigakure.
At this point, none of the other scouts dared to follow anymore.
Because the likelihood of dying was too high.
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Rengoku and the Kirigakure group moved a long distance, nearly reaching the coastline.
Yagura gave Ao a look.
Ao immediately activated his Byakugan, scanned around, and then made a hand signal indicating safety.
Rengoku took out a storage scroll, unsealed it, and brought out half of the boxes.
Yagura had a smile on his face, "Terumi Mei, go open and take a look."
Although Terumi Mei found it a bit odd, she still walked over and opened the box.
At once, countless large bills dazzled her eyes.
"Hiss…", The Kirigakure people couldn't help but gasp.
Ken and Ao also went to open the other boxes, all filled with large denomination banknotes.
Terumi Mei, who had been preparing to take over as the Fifth Mizukage, knew clearly how lacking in funds the village was.
Seeing this much money now, she was overjoyed.
Yagura was equally delighted inwardly, but on the surface had to remain calm. After all, he was the Mizukage.
"Pleasure working together."
"Pleasure working together."
Rengoku and Yagura exchanged a fake but cordial glance, then laughed heartily.
His laughter also infected the people of Kirigakure, they too relaxed.
Yagura gave Terumi Mei and the others a look, "Still not packing up the stuff?"
Everyone suddenly came to their senses and quickly began searching themselves for storage scrolls.
They didn't bring such large storage scrolls, but Ken, being ANBU and often on missions, had a larger scroll prepared.
He dumped out some of the mission supplies inside to make room for all the money boxes.
Rengoku looked toward the other side of the sea, "Soon, I'll be taking over as the Uchiha clan head. Come visit if you're free."
Yagura nodded, "If I can come, I will."
Rengoku waved his hand, "I'm off." Then his figure disappeared.
Yagura looked at Rengoku's departing back with some emotion, "The Uchiha really are monsters."
Terumi Mei and the others had finished packing the money. At this moment, she curiously asked, "Lord Mizukage, what's up with this money?"
Yagura smiled, "This time, regarding the matter between Konoha and the Uchiha, Kumogakure was planning to send people to probe."
"Rengoku went alone, captured Yugito Nii, and demanded a ransom of three billion."
Terumi Mei and the others all looked astonished.
They didn't expect that Rengoku would capture a Jinchuriki, and that he'd be so generous.
They just estimated it a moment ago, Rengoku probably gave them about half of the money.
"Kumogakure didn't want to pay the ransom, so they deliberately tried to surround and kill Rengoku?", Ken instantly figured it out.
Yagura nodded slightly, "You all know the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha."
"This time it was meant to deliberately make things difficult for the Uchiha, so Rengoku had no reinforcements."
"It's just that the Third Hokage underestimated Rengoku's combat strength."
"They didn't expect he'd contact us."
"We of Kirigakure have had grudges with the Uchiha in the past, but there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."
"Right now, we urgently need recovery. The future can be discussed later."
Everyone present was part of Kirigakure's high-ranking officials, and they understood what Yagura meant.
Today, Kirigakure and Uchiha Rengoku openly allied, some inside Kirigakure might be dissatisfied.
So they had to understand the benefits of allying with the Uchiha first.
Terumi Mei, Ken, and Ao exchanged glances and found their views aligned.
Terumi Mei spoke, "Please rest assured, Lord Mizukage, we understand, this is a temporary strategy."
Yagura responded, "Let's return to the village. There's still a lot to take care of."
"Yes, Lord Mizukage."
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