Konoha: The Absolute Justice of the Uchiha

Chapter 201 Konoha, They Don't Buy into Mount Myōboku's Tactics

the other side.

Tsunade, who was fast asleep in the inn replenishing her energy, was awakened by a strange creature that "gurgled".

She opened her eyes and saw a split version of a slug fairy, struggling to throb against her arm.

"The Slug Immortal?"

Tsunade immediately came to her senses and was taken aback.

Seeing Tsunade awake, the Slug Sage's clone breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Lady Tsunade, Jiraiya has started harassing Naruto again. This time, it seems he really wants to kidnap Naruto. He's surrounded by hundreds of thousands of clones, so he doesn't dare to make any rash moves for the time being."

hiss!
Tens of thousands... even if I used all my psychic powers, I couldn't summon that many!

How come there are so many Slug Sage clones in Konoha?
Could it be that it conspired with Uchiha Izumi in some secret scheme?

Could these hundreds of thousands of clones be just a portion of those lurking in Konoha Village?
Tsunade stared in disbelief for a second, then suppressed her curiosity and her pretty face immediately turned serious.

"Jiraiya is truly incorrigible!" Tsunade shook her head, her face full of disappointment. "He's been completely fooled by those toads; he believes everything they say..."

"Mute!!!"

Tsunade woke Shizune, who was dozing off nearby, with a shout. Shizune was startled and quickly opened her eyes, shaking off her sleepiness and standing up immediately.

Tsunade put on her clothes and said to Shizune, "Take all your ninja tools and come with me to meet that idiot!"

Shizune looked completely bewildered: "Huh? Idiot? Who's that?"

Tsunade quickly put on her clothes, flung open the door, and said without turning around, "Jiraiya!"

Silent was startled.

Lady Tsunade's posture doesn't seem like she's going to catch up with Lady Jiraiya; it looks more like she's going to fight.
She realized the seriousness of the situation.

He hurriedly picked up several ninja tool bags and followed Tsunade in a panic.

"Since those toads won't give up, let's drive them out of Konoha!" Tsunade said coldly, and following the directions of the Slug Sage's split form, she ran off in one direction.

"Konoha belongs to the villagers of Konoha, not to the people of Mount Myōboku! If those toads keep reaching out their claws... just chop them off!"

Since she had decided to become the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade naturally couldn't let those toads run rampant in Konoha.

After all, she had long disliked those toads. A group of toads who had lived for so many years, instead of staying in Mount Myōboku to cultivate, they were always causing trouble in the ninja world.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that Mount Myōboku was in charge of the entire ninja world!

"Lady Tsunade, wait for me..."

Silently, panting, she followed.

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"Hey, Demon, we've got news of the rogue ninja, Biwa Juzo. That guy actually dared to set foot on the Land of Water's soil! He even dared to come back after defecting. Heh..."

Inside Kirigakure, a fully armed Kirigakure ANBU ninja addressed "Kirigakure Demon - Momochi Zabuza," who had just donned his ANBU mask: "I heard... you're very interested in that guy Juzo Biwa's Executioner's Blade."

"Now that the Mizukage has decided to personally lead the Anbu to hunt down the rogue ninja, Juzo Biwa, if you are truly willing to pledge your loyalty to me, I might just gladly hand over the Executioner's Blade to you."

A dangerous and cruel glint flashed in Zabuza Momochi's eyes beneath his mask. He slowly and coldly glanced up at the other man.

Before anyone knew it, Zabuza Momochi had already drawn half of the ninja sword from his waist.

He exuded a chilling aura of killing intent from head to toe.

Even though Zabuza Momochi didn't say a word, his gesture made the Kirigakure ANBU ninja who had spoken immediately change his expression and then take a step back without leaving a trace.

"Hey, you demon, don't mess around!" Another ANBU ninja immediately stepped in to stop the two from fighting: "If we haven't taken down Juzo Biwa yet, we'll lose one of our men because of infighting. If word gets out, the other ninja villages will laugh at us!"

Zabuza Momochi coldly said, "Isn't Kirigakure famous for its internal strife? This kind of trash who only talks big will only hold me back during missions."

The ANBU ninja who had been mocked by Zabuza Momochi was immediately enraged.

"Damn it... Don't think that just because you're called a demon, you're superior! By seniority, you're my junior! How dare you speak to your senior like that!" The other person also placed his hand on his ninja sword, ready to fight Momochi Zabuza at any moment.

"stop!"

It wasn't until a relatively young-sounding voice suddenly rang out that all the rather restless Kirigakure ANBU ninjas quieted down.

The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, walked slowly towards them, holding a black, hooked stick.

The Fourth Mizukage was the center of attention in any crowd.

Because of his short stature of only 1.43 meters and his youthful face that resembled that of a minor, he appeared particularly out of place in a place like Blood Mist Village.

If someone awakens to some kind of fetish that includes dark-skinned Raikage regardless of gender...

Yagura Karatachi is the type of person who gets picked up and carried.

"Mizukage-sama!"

A group of Hidden Mist ninjas immediately stopped their commotion and bowed their heads to welcome the arrival of the Fourth Mizukage.

Even someone like Zabuza Momochi, with his unruly and rebellious nature.

He frowned as he sheathed his ninja sword.

His malicious gaze lingered on Yagura for a moment.

Then he looked away.

"You haven't even caught the rogue ninja yet, and you're already fighting amongst yourselves?" Yagura Karatachi glanced at Zabuza Momochi: "Zabuza, I don't want this to happen again, especially during the mission to hunt down the rogue ninja Juzo Biwa!"

Zabuza Momochi lowered his head slightly and reluctantly replied, "...Yes."

Yagura glanced once more at the assembled Kirigakure ANBU ninja.

The current number of members in the Hidden Mist Dark Division is over thirty.

In the past, the number would definitely have been much higher, but in recent years, even many members of the Hidden Mist Anbu have chosen to defect.

These thirty-odd people are now the most elite ANBU members in Kirigakure.

Each and every one of them could be called a Fog Shadow Killer!
In the context of the Fourth Shinobi World War, they were all meat grinders on the battlefield, the most feared nightmares in the hearts of their enemies.

"set off!"

Yagura, his face expressionless, shouted.

"Yes!!!"

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at the same time.

far away.

"Lord Mizukage and the Anbu have already set off..." Watching the figures disappear into the distance in an instant, Mei Terumi withdrew her gaze, rubbed her temples, and muttered, "Is it really necessary to send out all the Anbu's elite forces just to deal with a rogue Seven Ninja Swordsmen? Is it really necessary for Lord Mizukage to personally take action?"

Beside him, Ao, known as the "Byakugan Killer," interjected, "Don't you think the Mizukage has been very strange these past few years? His style of doing things is completely different from before... Sometimes it still gives us a sense of familiarity, but other times it seems very unfamiliar, as if he has been completely replaced."

Mei Terumi turned to look at Ao, frowning, and said, "Don't you have the Byakugan? If it were you, you should be able to tell something's wrong just by looking at the Mizukage with your Byakugan, right?"

Ao shook his head, saying helplessly, "Lord Mizukage is always protected by the Kirigakure Anbu. If I rashly remove my eyepatch and use the Byakugan in front of Lord Mizukage..."

"I'm afraid those murderous Mist Shadow members won't even give me a chance to explain before tearing me to shreds. Unless, I can find a suitable opportunity."

Mei Terumi nodded in sudden realization.

Then, she said with some concern, "I don't know why, but after the Mizukage left, I suddenly had a bad feeling, and my eyelids kept twitching."

Qing thought for a moment and said seriously, "Eye twitching usually means your eyes are tired. Your eyes need a good rest."

Mei Terumi sighed: "I've always wondered how you found a partner and got married? It's clearly a woman's intuition!"

Although Qing's face was expressionless at the moment, it was clear from his eyes that he did not understand at all.

Mei Terumi was too lazy to continue talking to him.

She said, "I'm going to follow them to see what's going on. If you want to come, you can come along too."

Qing was taken aback.

Before he could react, Mei Terumi leaped down and disappeared in no time.

Qing's lips twitched: "This woman is really decisive."

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"The Land of Water..."

Xiaochun, who had just disembarked, coldly looked at the lifeless country in front of her.

Her eyes held a deep sense of dread: "The Akatsuki's power far exceeds my imagination. I never expected that they would have a relationship similar to an alliance with Kirigakure. The fact that Konoha's Root openly set foot on the Land of Water's territory, and Kirigakure did not react at all, is enough to demonstrate the close relationship between the Akatsuki and Kirigakure."

Komatsu suspects that Kirigakure is actually the financial backer of Akatsuki.

Or, to put it another way, the Akatsuki is the black glove of Kirigakure, through which Kirigakure constantly instigates conflicts between various small countries.

Then they intervene in the wars of various small countries to gain profits.

Otherwise, it's hard to explain why Kirigakure would cooperate so well with Akatsuki.

It is also impossible to explain why a prestigious village like ours, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, would secretly form an alliance with a small organization like Akatsuki.
This makes no sense at all!

"Lord Koharu, since we've hired the Akatsuki, shouldn't they be the ones to do the work? Why are we getting involved too?" a Root ninja asked, somewhat puzzled.

If they were Root ninjas under Danzo's control, they obviously wouldn't ask Danzo such a question.

However, the Root ninjas under Koharu Utatane's command were not marked with the seal of the Root of Tongue Disaster.

Moreover, most of the old ninjas in Root are dead, and the rest are people newly recruited by Koharu Utatane.

It's understandable that their professionalism isn't as good as that of the old roots.

Koharu Utatane slowly said, "Even a lion will go all out when hunting a rabbit, let alone when that lion is Uchiha Ikezumi. To kill a lion, you need to use two hundred percent of your strength. Only in this way can you defeat the opponent."

"We must not leave any opportunity for the other side!"

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Konoha.

As Jiraiya's gaze fell upon the slug sage's clones, large and small, appearing in his field of vision, his expression becoming extremely grave.

Cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead.

The Slug Sage's decision to prevent him from contacting the Child of Prophecy was truly unexpected by Jiraiya, and even more so than he knew.

This caught Jiraiya completely off guard.

There was no time to prepare in advance.

"What should we do?" At this moment, Jiraiya couldn't help but seek the advice of Fukasaku and Shima.

Fukasaku and Shima looked no more relaxed than Jiraiya.

After all, they were facing a slug sage who was on the same level as the Great Toad Sage.

Although they are both also known as the hermits of Mount Myōboku.

But compared to the Great Toad Sage, they are still far inferior.

"We cannot abandon the Child of Prophecy. If the ninja world does not have a savior, the future ninja world will descend into chaos. Is that the kind of ninja world you want to see, Jiraiya?"

Suddenly, Shima's whispered words silenced Jiraiya.

But at this moment.

Jiraiya seemed to sense something and looked up with a knowing look. It was this glance that caused Jiraiya's pupils to suddenly contract—for he saw a familiar figure plummeting rapidly from above, accompanied by a strong sense of unease!
"and many more!"

Jiraiya, his face changed drastically, shouted in panic as he quickly backed away.

next second.

The graceful figure descended from the sky like a meteorite, crashing heavily to the ground beneath its feet. The force of the impact caused the ground to crack and shatter in concentric circles. An invisible gale swept outwards, whipping up countless fragments of rock.

As the invisible air currents swirled, Tsunade slowly and expressionlessly straightened up from the shattered earth, her pale golden hair and draped clothes fluttering in the swirling winds.

Bang! ! !
A huge plume of white smoke also emerged from behind Tsunade.

The ground beneath his feet trembled violently once more, causing Jiraiya to be thrown upwards.

When his wooden clogs landed on the ground, Jiraiya looked ahead in shock.

A gigantic slug sage clone appeared behind Tsunade!

The enormous slug sage split was larger than any building in Konoha Village, making it exceptionally eye-catching within the village.

Immediately afterward, another disheveled figure rushed over.

Shizune, carrying several ninja tool pouches, ran up behind Tsunade, panting.

Tsunade expressionlessly pulled two specially made bandages from her ninja tool pouch.

She slowly wrapped the bandages around her palms.

"Jiraiya, if I ever see you running amok in the village again with these two toads who can't utter a single truth, then you can only blame me for not remembering our old friendship. Don't think that you can do whatever you want to the village children just because you're some so-called prophetic child! I won't fall for that Mount Myōboku nonsense!"

Tsunade's tone was extremely cold.

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(End of this chapter)