Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 42 The Mantis Stalks the Crow Behind the Scenes

The Third Raikage, leading his still-healthy ninjas, faced off against the ninjas led by Danzo Shimura.

However, it seemed that the previous fierce battle had taken its toll, as the Third Raikage was actually suppressed by Shimura Danzo, and even had wounds on his body, which were cut by Shimura Danzo's ninja sword imbued with the power of wind release.

Seeing that the Third Raikage had indeed expended a great deal of energy and suffered a significant loss of combat power, Shimura Danzo became even more excited, and his ninja sword and wind-style attacks became increasingly sharp.

He even revealed his right eye, which had been covered and sealed with bandages, revealing it to be a three-tomoe Sharingan.

That's right, he had already transplanted a three-tomoe Sharingan.

Although it was very taxing, he could barely sustain it with his chakra.

The Sharingan is of great help to him, not only enhancing his genjutsu abilities and resistance, but also improving his dynamic vision, which greatly improves his Wind Release sword technique.

Like Lightning Release ninjutsu, Wind Release taijutsu and swordsmanship also focus on speed. However, one stimulates the muscles and bones from the inside to enhance explosive power, while the other enhances it from the outside.

High-speed martial arts and swordsmanship often require strong dynamic vision; otherwise, reckless use could be fatal.

Now, with the addition of a three-tomoe Sharingan, he can unleash the full power of his Wind Release sword technique, which gives him the ability to suppress the Third Raikage.

As for revealing the secret of the three-tomoe Sharingan, all we need to do is kill the Third Raikage and wipe out these Cloud Ninja, then no one will know.

"Damn it!"

The Third Raikage, who had been slashed again, cursed angrily, seemingly furious at being hurt by someone like Danzo Shimura.

"Raikage, tonight is your last night!"

Danzo Shimura's face was ferocious, but he was inwardly very excited.

If he could kill the Third Raikage, his prestige in the village would surely rise to its peak, and he might even have a chance to compete for the Fourth Hokage.

Hashirama passed the Hokage position to his younger brother Tobirama, and since he and Hiruzen were like brothers, he could also inherit the Hokage position.

His subordinate ninjas also engaged in battle with the Cloud Ninjas brought by the Third Raikage, who were mainly elite ninjas from the Shimura and Sarutobi clans.

Ostensibly, they went with the main force to the Land of Rivers to set up defenses against Sunagakure, but in reality, they came here secretly to carry out a clandestine mission.

The mission has now been changed to target the Cloud Ninja, especially the Third Raikage.

The elites of the two clans cooperated seamlessly. The Sarutobi ninja used his clan's secret Great Flame Technique, while the Shimura ninja used Wind Release to amplify the high temperature and scale of the Great Flame Technique, actually suppressing the Cloud Ninja.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, in collaboration with his childhood friend Shimura Izumi, unleashed the Great Flame Technique, making them incredibly powerful.

However, what they didn't know was that they had been being watched for a long time.

In the Hidden Cloud Village, a pair of twin brothers who looked alike would occasionally glance in their direction. They wore eye patches on their left and right eyes, special eye patches with sealing techniques.

The Cloud Ninja had been ordered not to fight the Leaf Ninja to the death; their initial battles were focused on survival, buying time for the other ninjas to recover their chakra.

……

Seeing that Konoha was facing off against the Cloud Ninja, the Sand Village and Rock Village ninja forces decisively stormed into Uzushiogakure.

Although such a direct assault is very dangerous, they don't have much time to waste. Once the Cloud Village ninja army recovers its chakra and sends reinforcements, it will be difficult to fight them.

We must finish this quickly!

"Now that you're here, you're not leaving!"

Uzumaki Masahiko stared menacingly at the ninjas who had stormed into the village. The four clan elders once again joined forces to unleash the Four Red Yang Formation, attempting to trap and defeat them.

No one will survive today!

They can't maintain the Four Red Sun Formation for long; it can't be used for defensive operations, so they can only use it for annihilation warfare.

"Such a massive barrier—no wonder it belongs to the Uzumaki clan!"

Looking at the massive Four Red Yang Formation, Chiyo couldn't help but sigh, "This amount of chakra is truly unreasonable."

Ebizo, standing to the side, remained silent, having already ordered the puppeteers to spray poison mist and use wind release to quickly spread it throughout the entire Uzushiogakure village.

Poison is the most efficient way to kill enemies.

This poison was specially concocted by them. Even if it is burned by fire, it will not be extinguished but will turn into poisonous smoke, which is also quite lethal.

The Iwagakure ninja army relied on large-scale Earth Release ninjutsu to destroy the ground, thereby disrupting the various sealing barriers set up by the Uzumaki ninja and countering the various attacks launched by the Bashōsen.

They had already obtained intelligence from the Mist Ninja battlefield, knowing that the enemy possessed the means to unleash massive ninjutsu, and had formulated targeted tactics before invading.

Seeing that the Banana Leaf Fan's attack was being countered, the hearts of Whirlpool Aloe and the others sank; this was going to be difficult.

At the same time, Jia San had already arrived outside the village of Uzushiogakure and raised his hands to form a hand seal to cast a forbidden technique.

"Forbidden Technique: Poison Pot Technique!"

As the forbidden technique was activated, a ceramic jar in the outhouse of the village chief of Uzushiogakure exploded, releasing countless poisonous insects invisible to the naked eye. These insects rapidly spread throughout the village, attaching themselves to anyone they encountered and invading their bodies to multiply quickly.

That's right, he is a member of the Aburame clan, and the poisonous insects he possesses are extremely special. They are tiny nano-poisonous insects that are extremely stealthy when activated, and even the Uzumaki clan's perception is unable to detect such tiny beings.

Furthermore, the Uzumaki clan is currently focused on targeting the Sand Village and Iwa Village ninjas, leaving them no time to attend to their own condition.

Of course, his poisonous insects were not only targeted at Uzumaki ninjas, but at everyone, including Sand Ninjas and Iwa Ninjas.

Those are all enemies!

The two sides locked in fierce combat were completely unaware that a deadly venomous insect had spread, invading their bodies through the skin and respiration, and rapidly multiplying silently.

That wasn't all. Jia San took out 100,000 high-quality explosive tags, each inscribed with a spirit summoning formula in his own blood. It was a special technique developed by the second generation, called the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Talisman.

Those nano-poisonous insects are fed with their own flesh and blood and chakra, essentially becoming a part of themselves. This allows them to cast this forbidden technique. One hundred thousand high-quality explosive tags would be enough to raze the entire Uzumaki Village to the ground.

However, what he didn't know was that he had already been targeted when he revealed himself to cast a spell remotely.

"That's the kid."

Hundreds of meters away, a Cloud Ninja ANBU lowered his binoculars and grinned menacingly, followed by three other ANBU ninjas.

Instead of joining the main battlefield, they hid outside Uzushiogakure, waiting for Konoha's countermeasures against Uzushiogakure. Their main focus was on the three Hokage's sons who had entered Uzushiogakure that morning.

After waiting here for so long, I've finally found someone.

Regardless of what methods the other party uses to destroy Uzushiogakure, it will still pose a huge threat to their Kumogakure as well.

Such dangerous individuals must be eliminated as soon as possible; they cannot be allowed to live, otherwise it would be disastrous if they were used against the Cloud Ninja in the future.

"He is likely a ninja from the Konoha Aburame clan, skilled in controlling insects. The fact that he was assigned to plot against Uzushiogakure suggests that he must be incredibly powerful."

Do not engage in close combat, and do not give the opponent a chance to react; eliminate the target as quickly as possible.

He gave a solemn warning, as he didn't want any insects to crawl into his body.

"clear!"

The three ANBU ninjas responded in low voices. They also valued their lives highly, and the best method and outcome was to kill the target while preserving themselves.

(End of this chapter)