When Sasuke woke up, he found himself lying inside a large tent. He was covered in bandages, like a mummy.
A familiar voice sounded from beside him. "Sasuke, you're awake?"
Another mummy with yellow hair hobbled over, leaning on a crutch.
Sasuke's face showed a surprised expression, but he forced it back. He tried to maintain his usual cold demeanor.
"Hmph, I thought a certain idiotic dead-last had finally gotten himself killed."
Naruto scratched his head. The movement pulled at his wounds, making him wince.
"Actually, I thought I was a goner this time too. That octopus bastard hit me so hard."
"But it's like at the most dangerous moment, a terrifying surge of Chakra suddenly erupted from my body, and I managed to withstand that blow."
He tried to recall, his eyes somewhat confused. "Maybe Kurama finally remembered to pay his rent this time? After that, I didn't know anything."
Sasuke nodded. "You're alright now?"
Naruto said, "No matter how serious the injury, I'm usually fine after a good night's sleep."
As he spoke, he awkwardly used the hand not holding the crutch to carefully pick up a steaming bowl of soup nearby, intending to offer it to Sasuke.
Sasuke gritted his teeth, trying to prop himself up to take it. This small movement alone felt like it tore at all his broken bones and ripped muscles.
A heart-wrenching pain instantly swept through his entire body, making his vision go black, and cold sweat immediately soaked the bandage on his forehead.
Satoshi pushed aside the tent flap and walked in, his dark jacket stained with large patches of dark red. A strong smell of blood assailed Naruto and Sasuke's noses.
He said, "If you keep using your eyes like this without rest, you'll go blind very soon."
Sasuke bit his lower lip, enduring the pain, but his gaze involuntarily fell upon Satoshi's blood-stained jacket.
He laboriously lifted his chin, pointing at the glaring stains. "Are you alright?"
Satoshi waved his hand. "I had nothing better to do, so I went to Kumogakure's defensive line for a stroll and conveniently killed a few ninjas who were in the way."
"Cough, cough..."
Sasuke began to cough violently.
Just then, the tent flap was suddenly flung open with a whoosh.
An enraged Jiraiya rushed in.
He immediately started scolding Naruto and Sasuke. "Sasuke, Naruto, undisciplined and disorganized!"
"This is a battlefield. You are playing with your lives. No one can clean up after you every time. Don't you know..."
After he finished, he glanced at Satoshi and saw Satoshi watching him with his hands in his pockets, as if saying, 'Go on, I'm listening.'
Come to think of it, Naruto and Sasuke even called Jiraiya their grand-teacher, so a few scoldings were normal.
Jiraiya asked, "And you, Hokage! Can't you notify us before you act? What will the village do if you die?"
Satoshi scratched his head. "Alright, I'll inform you now. I'm going out for a bit."
Jiraiya looked at his Hokage student. "What are you up to now?"
Satoshi picked up his twin blades. "Going to Kumogakure to get some local specialties."
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Land of Lightning, Kumogakure, Raikage's Office.
"One person killed over seven hundred of our ninjas who entered the Land of Frost?"
"Yugito and Bee are missing, and all of our logistics supplies have been cut off?"
"Our operation might have been exposed?"
"Those cowards from Kirigakure took advantage of our weakness and forced us out of the Land of Frost?"
"Go to hell!"
BANG!
The sturdy and heavy office desk exploded like paper, sending wood splinters flying. Documents and scrolls on the desk were torn and scattered by the violent airflow.
With just one encounter, Kumogakure suffered such heavy losses. How could this war be fought?
Darui, who had narrowly escaped with his life, stood aside, head bowed, not daring to breathe.
If he hadn't been swept by the blast wave down a cliff and luckily caught on a tree, he would probably have been killed too.
"Raikage-sama" Dodai picked up a scroll from the ground and gently wiped the blood from it.
"The more difficult the situation, the calmer we must be."
He placed the scroll back into A's hand. "We are facing an enemy as troublesome as Tobirama."
A snorted, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart. "Map."
Just as A picked up a pen, intending to mark something on it, he received a message.
Konoha's Hokage, Satoshi, had single-handedly entered the heartland of the Land of Lightning. Wielding twin blades, he was rampaging and killing, occasionally setting off bombs.
This caused widespread panic, and the Daimyo was extremely scared. He issued twelve consecutive orders, demanding that this dangerous ninja be captured.
"Bastard!"
A, who had calmed down slightly, went berserk again, punching and destroying the whiteboard.
"This brat has such guts, daring to barge into the Land of Lightning to seek death."
"We must capture him, he definitely holds a secret."
Kumogakure had always extensively collected secret techniques and Kekkei Genkais from various villages, so they naturally coveted the Sharingan on Satoshi.
This young man in his twenties had performed too astonishingly. Since his appearance in the Ninja World, he had suffered no defeats. He even brought Jiraiya along as a sidekick to raid Akatsuki's base.
In their last battle, he even had the slight upper hand.
This kind of power made A extremely envious.
A believed that if they could unravel the secrets of the Uchiha...
Forget it, just let Satoshi breed like crazy in the village. There are plenty of young women and married women here anyway.
In a few years, Kumogakure would become the village with the most Uchiha.
However, there was still one problem: how to capture him.
A thought seriously for a moment and said, "Invite Ōnoki over. We will work together to capture the Hokage. His Kekkei Genkai is very important to us."
Dodai nodded with a look of relief. The Raikage was finally willing to use his brain.
"Go quickly."
"Understood."
Several Kumo ninjas pushed open the door and then flew back in, tumbling an unknown number of times on the ground.
A familiar figure appeared in the office.
Seeing the Kumo ninjas, he showed no tension at all, even greeting them.
"A guest has arrived, aren't you going to offer some water?"
The ninjas present widened their eyes. How did this guy get in?
An enemy, who was still wreaking havoc in the Land of Lightning yesterday, had now broken into the heavily fortified Kumogakure.
And he even snuck into the office!
And he wanted water?
You brat, do you think you're the Daimyo?
"How did you get in? Where are the guards!"
Satoshi pulled out a large handful of bloody headbands and threw them onto A's face.
"They're all here."
This ultimate humiliation completely ignited A's last shred of reason. He instantly entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and his entire body rushed forward like a bolt of lightning.
Lariat!
Satoshi's Chakra erupted violently, and a golden eyeshadow appeared on his face. He raised his arm, blocking A's hand chop head-on.
"Hmph!"
Satoshi kicked sideways, striking A between his chest and abdomen.
A grunted, the violent impact making him stumble back several steps, crashing into the pile of ninjas.
Satoshi mocked, "Didn't you eat? I'm asking you, did you not eat?"
"Raikage-sama, are you alright?" Dodai scrambled up, trying to help A.
"I'll kill you!"
A charged again. His speed, amplified by Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was terrifying, only slightly slower than the Yellow Flash of yesteryear.
However, the White Flash was even faster.