Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Kakuzu
The team was assembled, and the one leading it was neither a senior ninja from the guard team nor a high-ranking elder of the Uchiha clan, but an older generation ninja who was rumored to have died long ago.
Uchiha Setsuna was an outstanding ninja when Konoha was first established. It is said that he often regretted not following Uchiha Madara and was a die-hard hawk among the Uchiha.
After the establishment of Konoha, he rarely took action. Some people said that he hid behind the family and secretly contacted the Eighth Generation of Uchiha, forming a light and dark combination like the Third Generation and Danzo.
But after Fugaku came to power, news spread that Uchiha Setsuna had died of old age, and even several elders held a small funeral for him...
Someone in the team raised the question of whether such an old ninja still had the ability to command a large army and maintain combat at the level of a jonin.
Uchiha Setsuna did not say anything, but just pointed at the two heads of the guard team, Uchiha Tetsuka and Inahina, who were also the strongest jonin among the younger generation, except for Shisui and Itachi!
With the cooperation of two upper-middle level jonin, Uchiha Setsuna performed with ease, not only using his eye technique to fight against the two at the same time, but also using a wooden stick instead of a ninja sword to hit the two's vital points many times. You know, even the elite among the jonin, the gap between them and the ordinary jonin can't be so big!
Some people suspected that Uchiha Setsuna had opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, but he just smiled.
Soon the team was assembled, and you, several ninja school students, and some apprentice genin trained by the clan were also in the team.
You released the transformation technique, but you did not become an adult. Instead, you changed your appearance and still looked like a child. The same was true for adult ninjas. This half-true, half-false disguise was the safest.
Soon, you all left the main gate of Konoha under the pretext of purchasing supplies.
Although you were very skeptical of this lame excuse, you did make it out.
After all, ordinary sensing ninjas can only know that you are ninjas, but have no way of confirming your true identities. Are you a group of Chunin and Genin who are abandoned, or real elites? A rash attack will only lead to a break in the stalemate between Uchiha and Konoha!
Just like that, you and your group escaped from Konoha without any danger.
At the same time, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally decided to impose house arrest on the Uchiha clan, but announced to the outside world that there were spies from the Kumogakure clan infiltrating, and asked each family to lock their doors and reduce communication with the outside world.
Day 5
You learned the art of teleportation while on the road.
Since all of you are ninjas, with the help of Hyouryo Maru and Shunshin Jutsu, you only need a small amount of time to eat and rest to complete long distances.
It only takes one more day for you to reach the capital of the Fire Nation.
But just when you feel safe, a group of bounty ninjas run towards your team in a panic, as if they were being driven away by something extremely dangerous, so much so that even the rhythm of the ninjas' breathing has been disrupted.
You originally thought that this group of fleeing bounty ninjas were just passing by. After all, bounty is not as important as life. But when they saw you, they suddenly stopped, and some of them even started to form seals with their hands.
Uchiha Setsuna immediately realized that something was not right and ordered you to retreat quickly and form a formation, with the Jonin outside and the apprentice ninja inside, and the Chunin ready to fill in!
The jonin in the front row formed hand seals and released ninjutsu, while the chuunin in the back worked together to release the "Genjutsu: Sharingan". Ordinary genjutsu cannot be released in a stacked manner, but as the most basic power application of the Sharingan, the "Genjutsu: Sharingan" is an exception. If there are enough people, even the tailed beasts can be controlled. This is one of the reasons why Danzo is so afraid of the Uchiha.
Under the intensive illusion attack, the fleeing bounty ninjas stood there defenseless, and the Uchiha clan's fire escape arrived in an instant, but just as the sea of fire was about to engulf this group of ungrateful ninjas, a thunderbolt fell into the crowd.
A tall ninja wearing black clothes and with only a pair of green eyes showing appeared in front of you - Kakuzu
Realizing that the newcomer was extremely dangerous, Uchiha Setsuna drew his ninja sword and jumped out of the formation. While slowly approaching Kakuzu, he gestured to the people behind him to use illusion to test him first.
With your combined efforts, the "Genjutsu Sharingan" seems to have really worked, and Kakuzu stands still as if he has been successfully controlled by you. Uchiha Setsuna senses that the time has come, leaps up, and swings his sword towards Kakuzu's forehead.
The ninja sword slashed towards Kakuzu who did not dodge, and the collision of the swords caused sparks. At this moment, Kakuzu suddenly attacked, grabbed the ninja sword with his bare hands, and pulled it hard, causing Uchiha Setsuna to stagger, and then he took the opportunity to punch him.
Fortunately, Uchiha Setsuna released the instant body-flickering technique in time, threw away his ninja sword, dodged to the side, and quickly formed seals with his hands.
But at this moment, a group of pitch-black tentacles emerged from the ground and directly pierced through Uchiha Setsuna's legs. In desperation, Uchiha Setsuna actually gave the order to release a large-scale fire escape to burn Kakuzu to death!
Although it is hard to bear, this is the only solution. You have to endure the sadness of killing your clansmen and at the same time use your most proficient fire escape to devour Kakuzu and Uchiha Setsuna together.
But at this moment, a powerful water cannon attacked from the rear of the team formation. The ninjas who were still releasing Fire Styles had no time to react and were knocked over by the strong water flow. Some of the Fire Styles in their mouths were even choked back into their throats by the Water Styles, and their internal organs were burnt on the spot.
With one strike, this group of people and horses, which had many senior ninjas working closely together, were thrown to the ground, their formation was broken, and many people were seriously injured on the spot.
A powerful shadow-level warrior is so terrifying!
Before you could react, a bolt of lightning came out from nowhere and flew into the crowd soaked by water like a light cannon, with broken limbs and blood flying everywhere. Even if you were not hit, you would be paralyzed by the electric current conducted by the water. The Uchiha ninja suffered heavy losses.
Half of your body was burned and you collapsed on the ground, but you still tried your best to shout to everyone to use Thunder Release.
But suddenly, Kakuzu's black tentacles emerged from your defeated formation, and the tentacles turned into sharp blades, piercing through every ninja indiscriminately. Some people drew their ninja swords to chop the tentacles, but sparks flew.
So someone followed your advice and tried to release Lightning Release, but you were all covered in water, and the Lightning Release you released did break the tentacles' defenses, but it couldn't find their vital points and kept hitting more and more ninjas. Moreover, you were all covered in water, and if one person released Lightning Release, he would almost certainly hurt other ninjas by mistake.
Fortunately, things seemed to be turning around. After a while of slaughter, the tentacles quickly retracted back into the ground as if they were poked in a painful spot.
However, because you lost your ability to fight and collapsed on the ground, you were not targeted by Kakuzu for the time being and thus escaped.
At this moment, the smoke from the fire escape cleared, revealing a figure.
Kakuzu's body was burnt all over, his tentacles drooped limply, and a broken sword was inserted into Kakuzu's back.
And Uchiha Setsuna, who you thought was dead, was standing not far away intact, but...