Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 423 Trend
The Mist Ninja and Light Ninja entered into a fierce attack and defense.

It seems to be very intense.

But it is obvious that the Light Ninjas have an absolute advantage. Even though the Mist Ninjas have dispersed to attack and tried their best to avoid the disadvantages brought by the lack of high-end combat power, Suigetsu and Yugao can still easily defeat the attacking Mist Ninjas in two fronts. They don't need to transform into tailed beasts, but simply borrow the chakra of the tailed beasts to unleash power far beyond that of ordinary jonin.

He slaughtered countless Mist Ninjas almost like chopping melons and vegetables.

The Light Ninjas below are also equipped with chakra armor and new weapons, and can often fight one against two under normal circumstances. It is difficult for the Mist Ninjas to break the defense of the chakra armor, and the weapons held by the Light Ninjas can further threaten the lives of the Mist Ninjas. Although it is currently impossible for everyone to have a set of chakra armor, the nearly three thousand Light Ninjas who were sent to the front line by Menma to resist the Mist Ninja army this time are all elite soldiers wearing chakra armor.

This is a huge trouble for the Mist Ninjas below the rank of Jonin.

Even for a jonin, it is difficult to break through the defense of chakra armor.

Even though this was a chakra armor that Menma instructed his researchers to simplify some functions and weaken certain defensive capabilities for the sake of mass production, it was still not something that could be destroyed by ordinary techniques. One had to either rely on physical skills to win in close combat, or use large-scale ninjutsu to directly cover the person and the armor together, to kill the light ninjas wearing chakra armor.

But no matter which of these two methods is used, the requirements for the Mist Ninjas are too high.

It is also based on this point.

It was only in the first few days of the war.

The death and injury ratio between the Light Ninjas and the Mist Ninjas was an exaggerated 1 to 3. The Mist Ninjas, who wanted to seize strategic points with lightning speed from the beginning, were instead severely damaged by the Light Ninjas.

You know, this group of so-called Light Ninjas were previously the Grass Ninjas and Taki Ninjas who were looked down upon by the ninjas of the five major countries, but now they can easily suppress them. This really makes the Mist Ninjas start to doubt their lives.

This is not a frontal large-scale military battle.

The other side's tailed beasts were wreaking havoc, causing our side to be defeated in the battle.

Instead, they were small-scale clashes in batches on different battlefields. It was fine if one or two places were defeated by Jinchūriki like Suigetsu and Yugao, but why did the Mist Ninjas always lose in encounters in other places? ?
After more than ten battles.

A senior ninja commander from the Hidden Mist Village who was first deployed to the front line felt that this was a huge joke played by God.

"Special armor that can absorb ninjutsu? And those guns and shells that are far more terrible than conventional weapons? Damn it, all these stinking things that are not ninja style!!!"

The country of Sichuan.

On the northern front line.

On a flat ground slightly to the east, the Mist Ninjas set up a separate forward camp.

Hyacinthus, the Jonin who serves as the commander of the Mist Ninja on the front line, has a gloomy look on his face at this moment.

You know, when he led his army to River Country.

Hyacinthus is very confident. She defeated the enemy and won with a strong force. But she is not that arrogant. Although she does not approve of Mei Terumi very much, she knows that she cannot compare to Mei Terumi who is the successor to the Fifth Mizukage recognized by her own master.

Even such a talented person died at the hands of the so-called Celestial Shadow of the Hikari Village - Uzumaki Menma.

What ability does he have to defeat the enemy! ?

Even if Uzumaki Menma doesn't take action.

He has many tailed beast jinchūriki under him.

Aren’t they just sending out two people directly this time?
One of them is the Six-Tails Jinchuriki of their Hidden Mist Village. What's more, the other party's army also has nearly three thousand people, which is almost equal in number. They also have an absolute advantage in high-end combat power, so it would be a joke for them to win.

The order Hyacinthus received at the beginning was just to eliminate the outer Hidden Light Ninja strongholds, and then kill as many of the Hidden Light Village's manpower as possible, and find out the Hidden Light Village's force deployment. Hyacinthus really didn't think this was a difficult task.

But reality gave him a loud slap in the face.

Not a single stronghold that was to be eliminated was destroyed.

In terms of casualties, the enemy had inflicted such an exaggerated loss ratio, and the enemy's troop deployment had not been fully explored. None of the expected tactical goals had been achieved. How could Hyacinthus accept this! ?

Wait, how is he going to report to Master Yuan?
Admit your failure directly?
This is even more painful than killing him.

"Also, Master Hyacinth, there is another piece of information that I don't know..."

In the following position.

A Chunin who came to report obviously had an important piece of information that he hadn't said yet, but his face showed a very embarrassed expression, as if it was very difficult to say.

"Hmm? Any more information? Tell me now. Is there a breakdown somewhere? Is there anything else you can't tell me?"

Hyacinthus said, looking at her subordinates unhappily.

The war has come to this point.

Hyacinthus herself felt extremely embarrassed.

I never expected any advantage.

The tactical goals set do not necessarily have to be achieved in full, but at least one or two should be completed.

As long as we can stabilize the situation.

He is worthy of his own ninja village and his own master.

But now we are at a complete disadvantage, and Hyacinthus still doesn't believe it. Can the situation get worse than it is now?
It can't be that the Hikari Village is launching an all-out attack, right?

Do you really think that the threats from other ninja villages are gone?
If Menma Uzumaki was such a simple-minded guy, Hyacinthus would be happier.

"It's not that there's a collapse somewhere, but our reconnaissance ninja has determined that the other light ninja who uses the power of the tailed beast should be from the Hozuki clan, and the tailed beast chakra on that guy should be from the three-tailed beast!"

The Chunin took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and told out the most important information.

"The Hozuki clan? Humph, what a haunting bunch of guys. Wait, what did you say!? The Three-Tails' chakra!? Are you sure!?"

Hyacinthus turned around abruptly, staring at his subordinates with wide eyes and an obviously fierce expression, and shouted harshly.

It was nothing that there were ninjas from the Kizuna clan in the enemy's army. In the previous bloody fog battle, the three major ninja villages of their village had disappeared into thin air. It was normal for some of them to slip through the net and escape.

Hyacinthus doesn't take it to heart at all.

But Sanwei Isobu is no joke.

Ever since their Fourth Mizukage passed away unexpectedly, they had no time to retrieve the Three-Tails, causing the Three-Tails to disappear along with Karatachi Yagura. Their Kirigakure lost the Three-Tails, and had originally planned to wait until their own ninja village had recovered and found a suitable Jinchūriki candidate before launching a comprehensive search to capture the Three-Tails again.

But didn't expect it.

Our own ninja village hasn't even taken action yet, and the Three-Tails has already been captured by someone else! ?
And it has to be the Hidden Light Village! ?

"Yes, Master Hyacinthus, we are all very familiar with the Three-Tails' chakra. Several colleagues in the reconnaissance squad have also repeatedly confirmed that it is indeed the Three-Tails' chakra!"

The Chunin also nodded heavily and said in a very affirmative tone, "Three-Tails, Six-Tails."

This is the most precious combat power and property of their Hidden Mist Village. The ninjas of the Perception Class, Sealing Class, and Barrier Class of the Hidden Mist Village are very familiar with the chakra of the Three-Tails. In the previous few sealings of the tailed beasts, they had assisted the high-end combat power of their own ninja village.

The most recent one was when Uchiha Madara conspired to control the hunting troops of the Hidden Mist Village and sealed the Three-Tails into Nohara Rin's body, causing Nohara Rin to commit suicide. After the Three-Tails' chakra dissipated, the ninjas from the Sealing Squad and the Perception Squad followed their own Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karuta, and found the resurrected Three-Tails somewhere in the Land of Water. That time, Yagura Karuta himself served as the container and sealed the Three-Tails into his own body.

that time.

Yagura Karuta is also one of the rare perfect Jinchūriki in the ninja world.

It may be due to the suppression of power, or it may be that he really got the approval of Isofu. In any case, Karuta Yagura can fully exert the power of the three-tailed Isofu.

That was the last time the ninjas of the Hidden Mist Village came into contact with their own Three-Tails.

Now, after so many years, they met the Three-Tails again, and it was on the enemy's side. How could the Mist Ninjas not be shocked! ?

This means that.

Both of our tailed beasts have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

"Asshole! Asshole! How dare the Takigakure and Kusagakure villages rob our Kirigakure's things? Damn it! Send the message back to the rear immediately and report to Master Yuanshi!"

Hyacinthus said with a ferocious face and a very angry expression.

"Yes, Master Hyacinthus!"

It is extremely difficult for a large ninja village to become powerful.

But it is not an easy thing to decline. The five major countries have been in a three-way balance of power for more than sixty years.

Apart from the limitations of the times and the restrictions of special objective factors that have prevented development, the ninja village system and ninja village power have already developed to a very mature stage.

Whether it is the size of the ninja army, the cultivation of the power of the tailed beasts, or the extension in other aspects, apart from the emergence of Menma's Hikari Village, the five major countries can be said to be completely at the forefront of the times.

The Sand Village, which has been defeated time and time again, can still maintain the last dignity of a great power, let alone the Mist Village?

As for entities like the Five Great Powers, as long as they are not bled out using special methods or beaten to death with one blow, they can all make a comeback after being given a certain amount of time.

However, it is such a big country.

Now they are facing their own desperate situation.

The successive deaths of high-end combat forces and the loss of the two tailed beasts.

What’s more crucial is that the supreme leader has been controlled once again.

The Hidden Mist Village has already reached the brink of destruction, and this step in war is the final step towards their destruction.

But the Mist Ninjas will never know that the one who led their destruction was the 'Master' they trusted the most.

The battle situation on the front line.

In just a few days.

It spread throughout the ninja world.

It should be said that the setback of the Hidden Mist Village was something that was expected by the ninja villages of various countries. In the eyes of other ninja villages, the Hidden Mist Village is now not even as good as the Hidden Sand Village. After all, they still have a tailed beast, so what else does the Hidden Mist Village have?
With such a combat power configuration, if they could suppress the Hikari Village and gain an advantage, that would be surprising.

However, the sudden appearance of a new Jinchūriki in the Hidden Light Village - Hozuki Suigetsu - was what really surprised all the ninja villages in all countries. However, unlike the Hidden Mist Village, which was 100% sure that the chakra in Suigetsu came from the Three-tailed Isobuki, the first reaction of other ninja villages, especially the Hidden Cloud Village, was that the tailed beast in Suigetsu's body was the Two-tailed that previously belonged to the Hidden Cloud Village.

The Six-Tails Jinchuriki - Yugao.

The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki - Fu.

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki - Menma.

As for the captured Second Tailed Jinchuriki of the Hidden Cloud Village——Yukito, this is public information. Now that it has been so long since the last war, it is not normal for them to have an extra Tailed Beast Jinchuriki! ?

Shuiyue looks like a typical member of the Kizuki clan.

There was also a very powerful figure in this clan.

He can die together with the second-generation Tsuchikage, Mu, who has mastered the Dust Release, or at the very least, there is Hozuki Gengetsu, who has the most powerful Kage-level strength.

Suigetsu is qualified to be a vessel for the Jinchūriki.

The ninja villages in various countries were not surprised at all.

Based on this, the ninja villages in various countries have further increased the threat factor of the Hikari Village in their own minds.

One more tailed beast.

That would be like having one more 'nuclear bomb'.

It is the kind that can be used repeatedly. Even though the five major countries have their own conventional means of dealing with the tailed beasts, those means all require taking huge risks. If you are not careful, you will end up self-destructing.

In the true sense, it can be said that this is a ninja village with a relatively complete system for suppressing the tailed beasts. Of course, all this is thanks to the second-generation Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who is a true master in technique research. He left a large number of forbidden techniques and secret techniques to the Hidden Leaf Village, many of which can be used to deal with the tailed beasts.

Of course it can't kill the Nine-Tailed Fox, and the Eight-Tailed Fox might be a little bit of a stretch, but for the following seven tailed beasts, the forbidden techniques left by Tobirama are definitely effective.

It’s just that those stupid high-ranking officials in Konoha don’t know how to make use of it.

No matter what the reason is.

The debut of Hozuki Suigetsu has indeed brought different degrees of pressure to the ninja villages in various countries. That is a tailed beast, and ordinary people would be afraid of it.

And being in the rear.

Obito, who was following the perfectly disguised Master, was also slightly surprised when he received the news from the front line. He knew that the Three-Tails had been captured. Although the Akatsuki organization had not officially launched a plan to capture the tailed beasts over the years, it still assigned personnel one by one to investigate the specific location of each tailed beast.

Obito had received the news of the disappearance of the Three-Tails not long after Menma took Isofi away. However, because he had not officially started the plan to capture the tailed beast, he did not keep an eye on the Three-Tails every day. He just confirmed it from time to time. Therefore, up to now, Obito has not really determined which party was the powerful force that captured the Three-Tails. At first, Obito thought that it was the Mist Ninja who captured the Three-Tails. After all, in terms of familiarity with the Three-Tails, the Mist Ninja is second to none. No other ninja village dares to claim to be first.

I just didn’t expect that it wasn’t the Hidden Mist Village.

It was Menma who took away Sanbi.

"That's really interesting, Menma-kun."

There was also a hint of sinisterness in Obito's only exposed Sharingan.

(End of this chapter)