The Hyuga Ninja of the Rat Squad discovered their target, Senju Bo, three kilometers away.
"Squad Leader! Target sighted!"
The Rat Squad Leader's eyes, visible through his mask, sharpened: "This location is only a few kilometers from the command center. We cannot attract Senju Nawaki's attention. We must stop Senju Bo!"
The three small teams of the Rat Squad quickly rushed towards Senju Bo.
Pursuers were ahead, and blockers were behind him.
Senju Bo took out a secret medicine.
This was an Akimichi secret medicine given to him by an Akimichi Clan teammate before his sacrifice.
After consuming the secret medicine, one could burn flesh and blood to generate a large amount of Chakra, but if not controlled properly, one could also die violently from excessive Chakra extraction.
With nothing left to lose, Senju Bo swallowed the chili pill, facing death as if returning home.
Every cell in his body groaned as he squeezed out all of his body's potential.
His entire body surged with Chakra, and before the Anbu could reach him, he unleashed his last Ninjutsu.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
A large amount of water suddenly appeared beside Senju Bo, like a geyser.
The Rat Squad Leader, who had rushed closer, was somewhat surprised. Senju Bo's strength was much greater than reported in the intelligence. He quickly prepared his defenses.
He was no match for a Water Release of that scale.
At the same time, the Rat Squad Leader did not flinch. Even if it meant death, he could not allow Senju Bo to approach the front-line command center any further.
"Earth Release: Earth Wall!"
An earthen wall stood before the Rat Squad Leader.
He saw Captain Huang Quan appear in the distance behind Senju Bo.
However, Senju Bo's Water Release was not aimed at the Rat Squad Leader at all.
The water dragon shot straight into the sky.
The water dragon's body showed minimal bending and shaking, almost soaring straight up into the sky.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the blue water column was exceptionally conspicuous.
Captain Huang Quan was still two hundred meters away from Senju Bo, but he felt uneasy.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
A massive flame bullet traversed over two hundred meters, rushing towards the Water Dragon Bullet in the air.
Night Light secretly clicked his tongue from the side; the attack range of this Fire Release was truly exaggerated.
The flame bullet was still a few moments too slow, hitting the lower half of the Water Dragon Bullet.
After ascending, the Water Dragon Bullet suddenly deformed and exploded outwards.
Several small water dragons dispersed, forming a Senju Clan crest in the air!
Even with Captain Huang Quan's resolve, he paused in place, feeling a great sense of foreboding.
The others continued to rush towards the soaring water dragon.
Inside the command camp, Senju Nawaki, who was sparring with his teacher Orochimaru, turned his head in confusion.
He saw the Senju Clan crest in the sky!
"That's a Senju Clan distress signal! Enemy attack! Rock Ninja have reached the vicinity of the main camp!"
No sooner had Nawaki's words fallen than he jumped, disappearing with Body Flicker Technique.
Orochimaru was somewhat confused. Even if it was an enemy attack, why didn't they use Konoha's standard distress signal flares? Why use this obscure Senju Clan distress signal?
After Konoha Village was established, the Senju Clan's distress signal had not appeared for decades.
Adhering to the principle of training Nawaki, Orochimaru followed closely behind Nawaki, neither too far nor too close.
Nawaki was a genius, and Orochimaru wanted Nawaki to make his own judgments and decisions from the very beginning of his Ninja career.
What he had to do was to help Nawaki analyze when he occasionally made mistakes.
If he guided him in everything, he would not be able to cultivate a disciple who surpassed himself.
Not only did Nawaki leave the camp, but other Senju Clan Ninja on the front line also rushed out impatiently.
Looking at the Senju Clan crest formed by the Water Release in the sky, Captain Huang Quan turned and said, "Fox! You take your squad to find Senju Nawaki, who is rushing here. Do not stop him for now; monitor him!"
Night Light nodded and left with his squad.
After Senju Bo completed all of this, he let the Water Release fall, as if a flood had occurred within a few tens of meters around him.
Senju Bo himself was also submerged by the Water Release.
In the water, the Rat's Ninja blade pierced Senju Bo's chest.
The Rat Squad Leader himself was somewhat surprised. Why was it so easy?
When the Water Release completely disappeared, he saw Senju Bo, whose blood vessels had burst all over his body, making him as thin as a skeleton.
His skin was torn by the bursting blood vessels and clung to his bones, making Senju Bo look neither human nor ghost.
One or two minutes later, Konoha Ninja from the front-line main camp arrived and saw many Konoha ANBU, as well as a corpse on the ground.
Senju Nawaki stepped forward, staring at the corpse.
The corpse wore a Kirigakure forehead protector, and its entire body was charred by Fire Release, turning into an oblate spheroid.
Facing Senju Nawaki's questioning gaze, Captain Huang Quan said:
"The Anbu apprehended a Kirigakure Spy. This Kirigakure was skilled in Water Release.
He also tortured a Senju Ninja to extract the Senju distress signal, intending to come to the Konoha main camp to carry out destruction. He has already been killed by us."
Senju Nawaki said nothing, feeling somewhat skeptical deep down.
The Anbu's explanation could be self-consistent, but Nawaki always felt something was off.
After a moment of hesitation, the Senju Ninja from the front-line main camp left.
Night Light found Captain Huang Quan and said, "Captain, Senju Nawaki did not meet anyone on the way, and nothing unexpected happened."
Captain Huang Quan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Good, the mission is finally over."
Night Light thought to himself, 'That's great.'
However, if you, Huang Quan, relax, that would be even better.
Ten minutes later, a middle-aged Senju Ninja was dispatched to strengthen patrols due to the chaos.
As he passed a tree, he suddenly froze.
There was a symbol on that tree. It was a special contact symbol between the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan!
The middle-aged Ninja had only heard his father speak of such a symbol; it was from the Sengoku period, before the Village was founded.
Only when the Uzumaki Clan contacted the Senju Clan would they use that cipher system.
He walked towards the tree, bent down, and found a scroll beneath the cipher.
Looking at the distorted grass around the scroll, he judged that the scroll had been placed there at least two days ago.
Who could it be?
Wasn't the Uzumaki Clan wiped out?
Who placed this scroll here two days in advance?
The Village said that only one member of the Uzumaki Clan remained, Vortex Kushina.
Picking up the scroll and glancing at it, the Senju Ninja's pupils constricted violently.
What?
What this scroll says...
The Senju Ninja quickly closed the scroll, feeling a lack of oxygen in his brain and a dizzy spell.
Konoha Village had known about the Uzumaki Clan's destruction long ago and had even participated in it?
The reason the Uzumaki Clan was caught off guard, with the entire Village having no chance to escape, was because the Konoha ANBU had leaked all of Uzushiogakure's coastal reconnaissance points to Hidden Mist Village in advance?
The Anbu rescuing the Whirlpool Princess was just a performance?
Everything was for Konoha Village to have a new container for the Nine-Tailed?
Calming his breathing, the Senju Ninja suddenly thought of the young clan leader.
Fire Release rose, burning the scroll.
He stepped hard on the tree trunk, erasing the cipher of the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan.
Being over 40 years old, he was experienced and did not panic.
He patiently waited until his patrol duty ended, returning to the main camp as if nothing had happened.
If he made it known to everyone, the Senju Clan would immediately have to break with the Village.
A civil war in Konoha, at a critical time during the Ninja World War, would lead to catastrophic consequences.
The Village was the life's work of the First and Second Hokage; others could ruin Konoha, but the Senju Clan could not.
He decided to report to Princess Tsunade or Young Master Nawaki first.
Princess Tsunade was on a mission and not on the front lines, so he could contact Young Master Nawaki first.
Several days later, the Yellow Dog Squad was on its way back to Konoha.
A communication hawk suddenly flew across the sky.
Captain Huang Quan stood on a tree trunk, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
The communication hawk quickly descended, delivering a scroll.
Night Light saw from a distance that Captain Huang Quan's mask was instantly drenched in cold sweat.