Chapter 134 It's meaningless in the face of my kunai
On the Iwagakure side, the Tsuchikage Onoki led his forces in a direct sea attack on the Land of Lightning, forcing the Third Raikage A to return to his headquarters to defend it.
The Tsuchikage and the Raikage...
Both of them are extremely strong and each has its own strengths.
Onoki can fly, and A has a Lightning Release Chakra Mode, with their offense, defense, and speed all at their maximum
These two are a classic example of someone who can't do anything to the other.
When Onoki saw that A had returned to defend, the fighting was fruitless.
He retreated by sea and circled to the Land of Hot Springs, where he landed as a third-party force.
After all, Iwagakure specializes in Earth Release ninjutsu, and can only unleash its full potential on land.
Because of their past experiences, Iwagakure was very wary of Konoha.
Although they did not openly join forces with Konoha this time, they almost avoided fighting Konoha and just kept attacking Kumogakure.
Although Konoha is too powerful and has always been the target of everyone in the ninja world, Onoki is still very clear-headed.
Since he can't defeat Konoha, he can weaken Kumogakure, which has the strength to compete with Iwagakure for the second strongest ninja village, and is even slightly stronger.
That would be a good result.
However, Iwagakure remained quite cautious, always on guard against Konoha.
Because of the Kirigakure incident, other ninja villages changed their views on Konoha.
In the past, Konoha was not aggressive towards other countries, so even if other ninja villages suffered defeats in battle and their strength was weakened, they did not have to worry about Konoha taking the opportunity to attack.
But with the example of the Hidden Mist Village, everything is different now.
Konoha, the village known for its kindness in the ninja world, actually killed the Mizukage and wiped out Kirigakure!
Indeed, they didn't wipe out all the Hidden Mist ninjas or destroy the Hidden Mist Village, but a complete surrender... isn't that still equivalent to being wiped out of the ninja world?
This really scared the other three major ninja villages.
Although Onoki still decided to target Kumogakure first, he became much more wary of Konoha.
Taking advantage of the Iwagakure's involvement, Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya managed to bring the Konoha Ninja Army to a halt, with no further action taken.
Although they wanted to achieve a brilliant victory, the Konoha ninja army had previously fought against the Kumogakure with almost half the manpower and suffered considerable losses.
The appearance of Iwagakure is merely as a third party, not as an ally or reinforcement of Konoha.
They will not cooperate with the operation and may even suddenly turn against Konoha if Konoha is at a disadvantage.
Therefore, after much deliberation, Minato Namikaze decided to remain inactive, both to allow the Konoha ninja army to rest and to wait for an opportunity.
Seeing this, Iwagakure also stopped its large-scale attack on Kumogakure and slowed down its offensive.
Kumogakure would never force himself to fight two opponents at once.
Thus, the three factions of Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure were locked in a stalemate on the battlefield...
The underworld.
A few days later, Hozuki Gengetsu finally recovered and reappeared.
Upon hearing the news that Mu was gone, Hozuki Gengetsu was somewhat shocked and angry.
"What?
You killed the bandaged man?"
"That's right, you're next, you eyebrowless guy!"
Sasori pointed at Hozuki Gengetsu and said arrogantly.
"Pah! What utter arrogance!"
Hozuki Gengetsu roared:
"Hey kid, who are you? Red hair... are you some kind of evil brat from the Uzumaki clan?!"
"I don't know what nonsense you're spouting. I have nothing to do with any vortex clan," Sasori said coldly.
"That's not necessarily true...
Kakuzu spoke to Hozuki Gengetsu:
"This kid is Chiyo Sunagakure's grandson, a junior who's only a teenager.
You don't know him."
"Oh? Chiyo's grandson?"
Hozuki Gengetsu was taken aback, then said:
"That might actually be considered a brat from the Uzumaki clan.
Chiyo's husband's father seems to be a member of a branch of the Uzumaki clan that left."
"Is that so?"
Kakuzu didn't care; it was all someone else's business anyway.
When Sasori heard about his ancestors, he was slightly stunned, but then he didn't pay much attention to it.
"Hmph! Whatever, I've never even met my grandfather, and I have no interest in his bloodline!"
"No need to dwell on these old, tired stories! Let's get started!"
"Hehe! You're quite energetic, kid.
Although you're only half a member of the Uzumaki clan, your personality is quite to my liking.
Hozuki Gengetsu laughed and even summoned his clone, Steam Violent Might.
Sasori's expression turned solemn as he was about to take out the Wind Shadow Puppet.
At this moment, the Souji placed a hand on his shoulder and said:
"I'll do it today."
"Um?"
Sasori and Kakuzu looked at Souji with some surprise.
"This situation is a bit special, and I want to resolve it as soon as possible."
The Souji smiled and took out a kunai.
Seeing this, Hozuki Gengetsu also looked at Souji with great interest and laughed:
"You're the young man from Konoha who killed the boy from the Karatachi family and subdued Kakuzu.
I remember your name was Mochizuki Souji?"
"Exactly."
"Well, although I don't have much of a relationship with the Karatachi family, they are still the Mizukage, and that kid is my junior.
Moreover, I heard that you forced Kirigakure to surrender completely, which is equivalent to destroying our Kirigakure..."
Even if I'm already dead, I won't let you off the hook!
Hozuki Gengetsu abandoned his previous relaxed attitude and his expression became serious.
The Souji remained calm and composed.
"I feel quite sorry about this, but for the sake of the future of the entire ninja world, there was nothing I could do, and then..."
"You can't beat me."
"Heh...you dare to say that?
Looks like you think I'm as useless as that kid from the Karatachi family..."
"No, I know very well that you are quite strong, but it means nothing in front of my kunai."
Souji said calmly as he threw the kunai away.
The kunai flew towards Hozuki Gengetsu.
"Um..."
Hozuki Gengetsu looked at the kunai with a serious expression, not taking it lightly just because it was a mere kunai.
Facing such an opponent, one cannot be careless, let alone throw kunai; one cannot even be careless when blowing on them.
Hozuki Gengetsu cautiously left behind a clone called "Steaming Pavilion," while another clone called "Steaming Dangerous Might" launched an attack on Souji.
Meanwhile, his main body silently made its way to a hidden spot.
However.
Kunai completely ignored the dense fog and clones generated by the giant clam, changed direction, and chased after Hozuki Gengetsu's invisible main body!
"It can actually break through my mirage?"
As the second Mizukage who had experienced countless battles, Hozuki Gengetsu showed no panic even when he saw that his clones were ineffective.
Just as they were about to respond, the next moment...
The kunai flickered slightly and suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Oh, this!"
Hozuki Gengetsu's eyes widened instantly; this time, he was genuinely shocked!
The kunai pierced Hozuki Gengetsu's chest, and the fatal effect from the system's causal law instantly caused Hozuki Gengetsu's body to begin dissipating into specks of light.
"Is this the technique you used to kill that brat, Karatachi?
This is truly... completely incomprehensible..."
Hozuki Gengetsu stared at the kunai on his chest, showing no panic even though he knew he was about to completely dissipate.
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