Uchiha Shisui's eyes flashed red, and his hands quickly made a sign, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
In an instant, a huge ball of fire rushed towards the Kusagakure Ninja whose body was still half in the ice mirror.
"That's scary."
The ice release ninja was prepared. The ice mirror sank directly into the ground, and not only that, the ice walls in the path of the fireball also disappeared completely.
On the other side, Kakashi had just killed a Kusagakure Ninja when alarms went off in his head. He quickly made a sign with both hands, "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
Whoosh...
A solid stone wall immediately rose from the ground, blocking the fireball just in time.
Kakashi looked in the direction the fireball came from. With less interference from the Chakra-filled ice wall, he saw the person using Ninjutsu at a glance.
"Sorry."
Shisui was briefly embarrassed, then said seriously, "I'll break the ice mirror!"
With the fog and ice mirror/ice walls as interference, they couldn't freely release Ninjutsu, and the opponent was elusive, making it difficult to fight up close, which would only give him a chance to delay.
"I'm counting on you." Kakashi nodded slightly.
He trusted Shisui's abilities, and after the "mistake" just now, Shisui shouldn't be too reckless.
"Susanoo, Activate!"
With Shisui's low shout, the completely green Susanoo was projected from his body, first as a skeletal frame, quickly covered with veins and flesh, and wrapped in Chakra-like armor.
Although only a partial body appeared, it made a big hole in the ice dome, and the spiral sword in its right hand swept around, instantly breaking the "Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals."
"Cough cough cough..."
The fog dissipated, and the ice release ninja appeared on a treetop not far away, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. Two Kusagakure Ninja stood beside him.
"That kind of Ninjutsu... the Uchiha clan's forbidden eye?"
The ice release ninja looked annoyed. "I'm really unlucky to run into this kind of guy here..."
Kakashi looked at the opponent, intending to continue attacking, when a Hyuga clan member in charge of guarding flashed to his side.
"Captain, two ninja squads are coming."
Kakashi frowned, but he quickly made a decision and ordered, "Let's go."
Right now, they were fighting on enemy territory. If they really kept fighting, they didn't know how much support the other side had, and their mission this time wasn't to fight the enemy.
"Yes!"
The Susanoo retracted, and with the sound of wind, two Konoha ninja squads disappeared into the jungle with the samurai.
The ice release ninja also did not continue to pursue, complaining to the ninjas who quickly arrived at his side, "You guys were too slow."
"Hmph, you sent the signal too late."
A strong man with two red dots on his forehead punched a large tree next to him hard, and bone blades came out of his body, making a big hole, he snorted coldly.
"It's all because of you, I missed a great battle."
...
Two days later, the Hokage's office.
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen scanned the mission report, his eyes slightly fixed, "Encountered an ice release bloodline ninja? Kusagakure Ninja?"
"Yes, later ninjas from the Kiri hidden mist village's Taketori clan, who have the Bone Scythe, also arrived."
Kakashi added, "It should be a Kiri hidden mist village missing ninja, later taken in by the Kusagakure Ninja."
When withdrawing, he was careful. He didn't simply run away, but slowed down and set traps along the way.
The opponent was indeed experienced, perhaps guessing what they would do, and didn't directly pursue them, causing those traps to be directly wasted.
But it wasn't without results. The Hyuga ninja in the team had participated in the battles against Kiri hidden mist village and recognized the identity of the leader of the supporting ninja squad as a famous bloodline ninja from Kiri hidden mist village.
Kakashi guessed that this should be a large-scale rebellion.
"That's hard to say."
The Third didn't commit, took a puff of his pipe, and in the smoke, asked a few more questions before letting Kakashi leave.
He turned his gaze to the other person in the room and asked, "What do you think?"
"Most likely, Kiri hidden mist village is working with the Land of Grass."
Orochimaru licked his lips. Through the ghost light's information, he knew that the Fourth Mizukage at this time, Yagura, was already being controlled by Obito, and he also knew from Kabuto that the Kusagakure had the shadow of the Akatsuki organization behind them, so it wasn't difficult to make this judgment.
But the Third shook his head, "The Land of Water has a serious internal war. Bloodline families and ordinary ninjas are fighting constantly. The Mizukage has been in seclusion for half a year. Kiri hidden mist village has no unified leadership."
If the Land of Water wasn't an island country, separated from the continent by a sea, the other four major ninja villages would have taken advantage of it long ago.
It's impossible for such a divided village to cooperate with them.
"Bloodline families, infighting..."
Orochimaru repeated, frowning slightly.
He had heard similar news, but never had time to pay attention to it. Hearing the old man say this, the unrest in the Land of Water seemed very serious?
Obito was messing around to vent his anger, and now how many bloodline ninjas had been wasted?
At this thought, Orochimaru felt a little sorry, but quickly collected his emotions and continued,
"Then it's very likely that Kusagakure is working with the bloodline families and taking them out from the Land of Water."
"That's what I think too."
The Third nodded slightly, puffed on his pipe, and slowly exhaled smoke.
"But the problem is, it's only been a little over ten days since Kusagakure destroyed the Land of Iron. How did they connect with the Land of Water in such a short time and organize them?"
How else could it be? Obito could be said to be the person who knew the Kiri hidden mist village the best, aside from the Fourth Mizukage. With him around, this matter wasn't difficult.
That's what he thought, but Orochimaru didn't say it. Instead, he said with a smile,
"We can talk about that later. The important thing right now is to bring the samurai from the Land of Iron to Konoha, and convince them to accept my experiments."
"I've already sent people to arrange the bringing."
The Third glanced at Orochimaru. "Convincing them is up to you."
"That won't do."
Orochimaru shook his head, a sly smile on his face.
"If I go to them, and the death rate is so high, it'll be easy to scare them off."
"In comparison, if they ask on their own, paying money and costs, they're more likely to stick with it."
The Third frowned as he listened. "You're really... despicable."
"Like father, like son."
Orochimaru smiled. "So, you might as well tell Mifune and the others about Kiri hidden mist village bloodline families taking over the Land of Iron."
"Let these people know how difficult it is to rebuild the samurai's village, and offer them an olive branch, showing your intention to let them join Konoha, and filter out some of the samurai with weak wills."
"As for the rest... after they know I have this kind of method, they'll come to me on their own."
How many times have you done this? How are you so good at it?
The Third looked deeply at Orochimaru, said "...I'll have someone arrange it," and then fell silent.
"Then I'll wait for your news."
Orochimaru smiled and reminded as he left, "Be careful of Danzo. He seems a little restless lately."
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