Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

Chu Jiu's voice was steady and powerful, full of confidence and determination.

Upon hearing his command, his comrades responded in unison, "Yes, sir!"

The unanimous response conveyed an even stronger sense of confidence, bordering on fanaticism, leaving the fifteen Konoha ninjas who were being held in captivity stunned.

The first mixed reconnaissance team arrived ahead of time, had already surveyed the terrain, and set up simple ambush positions.

Yamanaka Chujiu pulled Nara Kano along and inspected the position from the pursuers' perspective to ensure it wouldn't be discovered too early.

Nara Kano said, "Actually, there's no need to be too careful. The Cloud Village ninjas who are chasing us are furious, and they're exhausted from running dozens of kilometers. They won't be able to investigate carefully."

Yamanaka Chujiu said, "To achieve success, one must tirelessly delve into the details."

"No one can guarantee that the Cloud Village ninjas won't go crazy. If our ambush is forced to be brought forward because of some detail, our comrades will have to pay with their lives."

Nara Kano was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "It's really lucky to be able to fight under your command."

Shan Zhong Chu Jiu snorted coldly: "Nonsense! You comrades have given your lives, but I'm in danger."

The calculations made by the mountain dweller on the ninth day were wrong. The Cloud Hidden pursuit team lost sight of their target halfway and spent a full forty minutes wandering around before finding accurate clues and catching up.

When they appeared on the circular map of the Heart Severing Boundary, the Konoha ninjas had been resting for over an hour, conserving their energy and even becoming somewhat impatient.

When the two sides closed to within 500 or 600 meters, the Cloud Village ninjas discovered a deliberately left clue, which excited the pursuing forces.

With a cold smile, Yamanaka Chujiu released strands of thought that entangled forty Cloud Village ninjas, continuously raising their excited emotions and igniting the anger caused by previous losses, completely destroying their composure.

Even from this distance, the Konoha ninjas couldn't hear what the Kumogakure ninjas were shouting, but everyone could feel the restless chakra fluctuations.

A thought flashed through the minds of the Konoha ninjas: [This is a sure thing!]

They carefully suppressed their chakra fluctuations, even making their breathing as light as possible, staring intently in the direction of the enemy, silently preparing their ninjutsu to attack.

The Cloud Village ninjas came into view, but no Konoha ninjas rashly launched an attack.

However, as the Cloud Village ninjas drew closer, the fifteen Konoha ninjas who did not know Yamanaka Hatsukyu became anxious and nervous, but were immediately calmed down by Yamanaka Hatsukyu.

Until the last Cloud Village ninja reached the optimal attack range, Yamanaka Hatsukyu issued the attack command via the communication snake:

"kill!!"

Along with the sounds of killing, there was the deafening roar of the detonating tags.

The flying debris and dust enveloped the Cloud Village ninjas, who instinctively used life-saving ninjutsu, turning the forty-person battle team into forty individual ninjas.

Ninjas are inherently fragile, but their ninjutsu is incredibly powerful. When ninjas form teams to support each other and compensate for each other's weaknesses, they become extremely resilient and difficult to kill.

But individual ninjas are not so difficult to deal with.

Even the strongest Jonin of Kumogakure couldn't withstand the simultaneous attack of nine ninjutsu!

The Konoha ninjas, trained by Yamanaka Hatsukyu, had been waiting for this opportunity. They tacitly coordinated and, in squads, unleashed ninjutsu on the same Kumogakure ninja in numbers exceeding the limits of any ninja's endurance.

Six Cloud Village ninjas were covered by ninjutsu and instantly turned into a sky full of blood mist or into ashes rising into the sky.

With the addition of attacks from fifteen Konoha ninjas and the Uchiha squad, the first wave of attacks reduced the number of Kumogakure ninjas by a quarter.

Immediately afterwards, shuriken and kunai rained down on the Cloud Village ninja, sending them scattering in all directions.

The formidable Eighth Hokage, Tekka, and Shisui Uchiha activated their Sharingan, rapidly forming hand seals and unleashing a series of Fire Release techniques, including Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique.

The civilian ninjas in the attack squad were slightly less efficient, but they had a large enough number of them to unleash a greater number of Fire Release ninjutsu.

Clusters of blazing flames formed a sea of ​​fire, engulfing most of the ambush area. The Cloud Village ninjas had no room to hide and were swallowed by the flames, their screams echoing one after another.

After two rounds of attacks, the Cloud Village ninjas were completely thrown into chaos and were no longer able to organize an effective defense or counterattack. They could only be picked off one by one by the Leaf Village ninjas.

Just then, a black figure, like a demon god, burst out of the flames.

His entire body was surrounded by raging lightning chakra, which shielded him from the damage of the flames. Kunai and shuriken that were shot at him bounced off with a clanging metallic sound.

This Cloud Village ninja was tall, muscular, and had a ferocious face. He wore a black goggle over his left eye.

Frodo, an elite Jonin from Kumogakure.

He burst out of the flames to find his men being slaughtered, and he flew into a rage: "Those scum of Konoha, how dare they ambush us!"

"Take this! Lightning Release: Lightning Blade Slash!"

Yamanaka Chujiu commanded, "Shisui, entangle him!"

"Note: Use genjutsu to control him instead of trying to kill him directly. The enemy has mastered Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and his defense is extremely strong!"

Uchiha Shisui immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to meet him, grabbing Frodo's finger before he could react.

Frodo was an elite Jonin, and his Lightning Release Chakra Mode gave him extremely fast reaction speed, but Shisui still managed to disrupt his hand seals and interrupt the execution of his ninjutsu.

Frodo, filled with shock and rage, dared not form any more hand seals. Instead, he gathered his Lightning Release chakra and unleashed countless arcs of electricity from his entire body, which slithered around like small snakes.

Uchiha Shisui teleported away before the electric arc struck, but teleported back to Frodo just before Frodo could catch his breath.

Frodo was astonished: "How can someone possess such a fast teleportation technique?"

He then noticed a cold glint shining directly into his eyes from the left, and quickly raised his hand to shield his eyes.

With a clang, Shisui's dagger struck his palm, sending sparks flying.

Shan Zhongchu secretly praised, "Well done!"

Frodo raised his hand so quickly that he was clearly prepared to cover his eyes.

He couldn't have anticipated that Shisui's Body Flicker speed would be so fast; his only defense was against the Uchiha's Sharingan genjutsu.

Uchiha Shisui anticipated that the enemy would be on guard, so he did not use genjutsu immediately, but instead deliberately attacked the enemy's eyes.

Then Shisui continued to use the Body Flicker Technique, circling around Frodo and repeatedly stabbing him in the ear canals, throat, armpits, back of the knees, groin, and anus.

Especially at the suggestion of the ninth in the mountain, he emphasized the use of anal-digging tactics, which drove Frodo to jump up and down in a frenzy, roaring repeatedly:

"mean!"

"Shameless!"