Chapter 106 This traditional practice in the ninja world is truly shameful!
Konoha, Hokage Building.
The Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was looking at the report file in his hand, his pipe clenched between his teeth.
The battle against Kumogakure went relatively smoothly.
Although their forces were only half the size of the enemy's, thanks to the valiant efforts of Minato and Jiya, they successfully halted Kumogakure's advance with minimal casualties.
According to the battle records in the archives, Minato fought against Raikage's son, Raikage, many times and always gained the upper hand, seemingly showing considerable improvement recently.
Minato is indeed outstanding. It seems that choosing Minato to succeed as Hokage was the right decision.
However, Orochimaru would probably be very unhappy about this...
He had always believed that Orochimaru would be the best candidate to succeed as Hokage, but in the last great battle, Orochimaru's student, Nawaki, who was also Tsunade's younger brother, accidentally fell into an enemy trap and died.
Furthermore, having witnessed death multiple times on the battlefield, Orochimaru's personality underwent a drastic change...
Orochimaru's thinking was originally inclined towards negativity and coldness due to the loss of his parents at a young age, but it was still within the normal range.
However, since the last war, Orochimaru has obviously gone more and more extreme, becoming completely obsessed with researching ninjutsu, and all of them are dangerous research that cannot be made public...
Although she disguised herself well on the surface, she couldn't hide it from him, who was a teacher.
Orochimaru still has the desire to succeed as Hokage because of a faint childhood dream and his respect and admiration for his teacher.
This is also why he is still willing to pretend to be Hokage on the surface.
Orochimaru is meticulous and has an extremely high sense of pride.
If he even gives up the idea of becoming Hokage, given his current extreme personality, it's hard to say what he might do...
"I just hope it won't harm Konoha..."
The Hokage sighed softly, then thought of another person who was giving him a headache.
Mochizuki Souji!
Not long ago, reports were also sent to the Hidden Mist faction.
Because the Hidden Mist Village had even fewer troops and worse conditions, the Hokage initially thought it was a request for reinforcements or other forms of support.
Even the more optimistic guess was that the report indicated there was no battle against the Hidden Mist Village.
But when he opened the file, he was shocked!
Mochizuki Souji, accompanied by a mysterious puppeteer subordinate and a celestial dragon summoning beast, killed two members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and then wiped out the entire Kirigakure force of two thousand!
His original expectation for that area was simply to moderately block the Hidden Mist and prevent the coastal areas of the Land of Fire from suffering too much damage.
The fact that Kirigakure doesn't plan to go all out at this time is also a good thing for Konoha, as it will put much less pressure on them defensively.
That's what I originally thought...
Who would have thought that Souji would be so fierce, killing so many Kirigakure members as soon as he arrived!
This could seriously escalate the conflict with Kirigakure, and the pressure on Konoha will increase significantly!
Souji is usually a very composed person, why is he acting so impulsively this time!?
Even if you're good at fighting, you don't have to fight so fiercely all at once!
It seems we'll have to send the support originally intended for Minato to the headquarters first...
However, this would leave Konoha's defenses even weaker, and Iwagakure and Sunagakure might start making moves again...
Just as the Hokage was fretting, an ANBU ninja appeared, somewhat flustered, and said:
"Report! A message has been sent to the Mist Shadow Front!"
Sensing the emotions of the ANBU ninja, the Hokage's expression immediately turned serious.
This doesn't seem like good news!
What happened?
"Yes! According to the report, Lord Mochizuki Souji... has led 5,000 ninja troops in an attack against the main force of Kirigakure..."
"What!?"
The Hokage was startled, so much so that he dropped his pipe!
"Ryunosuke, focus on dodging!"
"Definitely! Each of these waterspouts looks incredibly powerful. Even I would be badly affected if I were hit by one!"
Ryunosuke flew carefully, focusing on dodging the approaching waterspouts.
At the same time, I felt a bit annoyed. What bad luck! Why did I have to summon such a powerful opponent?
However, every time he accepts the summons, he receives a lot of those very spicy rice balls as a reward, so he really doesn't want to refuse.
He just can't help but complain that this time the opponent is too strong, and even he feels quite dangerous!
The Souji's expression also turned somewhat serious.
As expected of the Mizukage, don't be fooled by the fact that in the original work, Yagura was easily beaten by the corrupted Obito and controlled by Obito's Sharingan for his entire life, making him seem like a weakling.
In reality, he was one of the Five Kage, so he couldn't possibly be a real weakling.
If he was easily defeated by the corrupted Obito, it could only mean that the corrupted Obito was a hundred times stronger, and that his Sharingan was incredibly powerful.
At this moment, the Water Shadow unleashed a water tornado formation.
More than ten huge water tornadoes moved along unpredictable paths, constantly surrounding them in the middle, and getting closer and closer.
Judging from the feedback on the crisis perception, as Ryunosuke said, each of these waterspouts is extremely powerful and cannot be easily taken head-on.
It seems that even the Mizukage takes his record very seriously, and immediately unleashed a powerful attack.
Several waterspouts approached, and some huge bubbles appeared around them.
"Utakata's Bubble Technique, the Jinchūriki of the Six-Tails?
So he brought the Jinchūriki after all. But to make a child who's only a few years old participate in such a great battle..."
"This traditional practice in the ninja world is truly shameful!"
The Souji shook his head slightly, took out two kunai, used the Kunai Giant Body Technique to transform them into giant kunai over two meters long, then threw them forward and shouted:
"Ryunosuke! Use these two kunai as shields! Charge out!"
"Ah?"
Ryunosuke was a little dumbfounded.
Using a kunai as a shield?
Can kunai be used like this?
However, at the crucial moment, Ryunosuke didn't think too much.
He stretched out his two front paws and pressed them against the side of the giant kunai, just as Souji had said, using them as a shield in front of him!
Ryunosuke flapped his wings with all his might and flew forward like an arrow!
Two waterspouts were spinning towards us, accompanied by extremely strong winds.
However, when the waterspout collided with the giant kunai, the parts that came into contact with it were suppressed by the chakra.
The powerful gale and seawater dissipated because they lost the chakra within them.
Ryunosuke emerged straight through the waterspout!
It went so smoothly that even Ryunosuke himself couldn't believe it!
Not only Ryunosuke, but the Mizukage was also dumbfounded!
"Huh... how did you do that! You passed right through my waterspout without a scratch, is this some kind of secret technique!?"
The Mizukage was both shocked and furious that his powerful ninjutsu, which consumed a large amount of his chakra, was so easily broken through by his opponent.
"Utakata! Use the power of the Six-Tails!"
"yes..."
Utakata frowned, let out a soft breath, and communicated with the Six-Tailed Rhino in his mind.
In an instant, a massive amount of chakra surged from Utakata's body, forming half of the Six-Tails Saiken!
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