Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

Chapter 156 A sinister glint! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Within the illusion, at the Root base, Hoshishita Shuichi, impersonating Danzo, smiled: "Finally found us?"

With a deafening roar, a colossal object descended from the sky above the base, causing the crisscrossing sky bridges to collapse in its wake.

boom!

Shukaku landed, raised its claws, and slammed them down: "Hiding here, and you've become so ugly!"

"Go to hell!"

Hoshino Shuichi leaped up, ending his role-playing, and engaged Shukaku in battle.

He will procrastinate.

However, it is clear that the tailed beasts are very special.

Even within the spiritual space, there exists terrifying power, which is now being unleashed wantonly, causing the entire root base to collapse.

Swish!

Hoshino Shuichi suddenly disappeared, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport.

Shukaku immediately gave chase, condensing a Tailed Beast Ball in its mouth and unleashing a powerful, long-range attack.

The earth shook and the entire illusion began to collapse.

However, the power of the spirit clone that served as the vessel for the spell was no longer sufficient to withstand the devastation caused by Shukaku's power.

……

Under the night sky, the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure clashed on the sand, with Shukaku at the center of the battlefield.

The Sand Village ninjas want to rescue Shukaku, while the Leaf Village tries to stop them.

Meanwhile, behind Shukaku, Hoshishita Shuichi, who had already pulled Shukaku a third of the way out, sighed, "What a pity..."

The illusion has been broken!

Shukaku and Bunfuku both woke up.

Moreover, that old woman Chiyo actually broke through Uchiha Shisui's blockade, allowing two Sand Ninja to rush over.

Seeing this, Xiuyi acted decisively, creating a clone beside him and summoning the Yaegaki Sword.

Blue Flame Waterfall Blade!

A giant blue sword appeared and slashed down just as Bunpuku was about to pull Shukaku back, cutting off the third of the sword that Hoshino Shuichi had pulled out.

The massive amount of chakra was bound and pulled into his body by the Fire Nether Lock. While sealing the seal, Hoshino Shuuichi once again cast genjutsu on Shukaku and Bunpuku.

The Golden Binding Technique!

The man and the raccoon were instantly frozen in place.

However, this time was even shorter, less than a second before they broke free.

However, after completing the seal, Hoshino Shuichi unleashed a series of ninjutsu attacks.

Earth Escape-Yellow Quannum!

Lightning Release: Sixteen Pillars Binding!

First, it trapped Shukaku's body, which had shrunk considerably, once again. Then, stone pillars rose up from the ground all around, crackling with electricity and forming an area of ​​electric light.

Obviously, this is nothing to Shukaku, which is a sand-body creature.

But what follows is the art of bisque firing.

Blue, high-temperature flames appeared, enveloping Shukaku.

Only then was Shukaku trapped. Hoshino Shuichi immediately leaped up, as fast as lightning, and knocked away the two Sand Ninja who were attacking him, while also whistling a retreat signal.

The Konoha ninjas fought and retreated like a tide, while Hoshino Shisui created numerous clones to cut off the enemy's retreat.

Chiyo and the Sand Ninja surrounded Shukaku, but did not pursue them.

Hoshino Shuichi's strength is extraordinary; without Shukaku, they wouldn't dare to fight him.

Carrying the wounded and the bodies of their fallen comrades, Konoha successfully retreated back to the Land of Rivers.

Hoshino Hideichi stopped and ordered, "Immediately send the wounded to the medical team. The rest of you, continue your previous duties and rest."

"The Sand Ninja won't just provoke me this once in order to hold back my main body."

Shinichi Sarutobi and the others nodded in agreement: "Understood!"

The group quickly disappeared into the woods.

Hoshita Shuichi then said to Uchiha Shisui, who had stayed behind, "Shisui, you should go and rest too!"

"Let's conserve our energy and prepare to face Shukaku together!"

Uchiha Shisui smiled upon hearing this: "Alright!"

After saying that, Uchiha Shisui vanished.

Hoshinobi immediately leaped up and sat down on the treetop, looking towards the Sand Ninja, but his spiritual body was already inside the Bagua seal in his abdomen.

When the little four-tailed beast saw him appear, it said, "Looks like it won't be long before you catch that Shukaku guy."

Looking at Shukaku's massive chakra, Hoshino Shuichi laughed and said, "I have no intention of capturing Shukaku."

Little Four-Tail seemed to be deep in thought.

Hoshino Shuichi ignored him and continued to sense the power within Shukaku's chakra.

……

Kikyo Mountain, Kikyo City.

This castle in the Land of Rivers originally belonged to a nobleman from the Land of Rivers, but it has now become a military stronghold of Konoha.

However, it was Hoshinoichi's shadow clone who brought Orochimaru to the border of the Land of Fire to take command and then brought his men here.

However, Konoha currently only has three hundred ninjas.

Fortunately, upon arriving at Kikyo Castle, Hoshino Shuichi immediately summoned Gamabunta and used the toads of Mount Myōboku to send a message to Konoha Village requesting assistance.

This speed was even faster than his return to Konoha.

After all, Hoshino Shuichi couldn't teleport to Konoha instantly.

However, Mount Myōboku has a direct passage into Konoha.

Even if Minato Namikaze were in the village, he could simply use a reverse summoning technique to summon him and then cancel it.

Orochimaru was busy allocating troops and arranging defenses.

Hoshino Shuichi found a secluded place, transformed into a mini Four-Tails, and began to recover his chakra.

With Konoha's limited military strength, he clearly couldn't possibly disarm them.

We must hold out until Konoha's reinforcements arrive.

Clearly, the Sand Ninja's elite troops will arrive before Konoha's reinforcements.

Because the distance from the northern battlefield to Kikyo Mountain is much shorter than the distance from Konoha to Kikyo Mountain.

Even if Konoha mobilizes troops overnight and arrives at the fastest speed, it will definitely be after dawn tomorrow.

The Sand Ninja's 800 vs. 300 advantage is enormous!

Time passes little by little.

At 3 a.m., Ebizo arrived with the Sand Village's elite troops.

Meanwhile, the elite squad of Sand Ninja had already discovered the troop movement of Konoha.

Upon receiving the report, Ebizo frowned: "Mount Kikyo?"

"That place is easy to defend and difficult to attack..."

A Sand Ninja nearby said, "Even so, we have enough people."

"Konoha only has three hundred people."

Just then, a figure arrived swiftly, landing in front of Ebizo and saying, "The blue flash of Konoha's chakra was detected in Kikyo Castle!"

The Sand Ninja around them were all shocked upon hearing this.

Ebizo, however, was already prepared and calmly said, "Don't worry, this is just a shadow clone of Hoshino Shuichi."

"With Shukaku holding him back, his true form cannot possibly be here."

His gaze fell upon the somewhat hazy Kikyo Castle, and he shouted, "Begin the attack in half an hour!"

……

Inside Kikyo Castle, Orochimaru and Hoshino Shuichi stood on a rooftop, looking down in the direction where the Sand Ninja were gathering.

Orochimaru laughed, "Less than three times the strength, and the Fourth Kazekage didn't even come in person. I really underestimated you, Shuichi-kun."

Hoshino Shuichi said calmly, "Although it is said that shadow clones can unleash all the abilities of the original body, that is not actually the case."

"I can't enter Fire Release Chakra Mode with Shadow Clones, and Lava Release Chakra Mode isn't my forte. It's still within the normal range. The Fourth Kazekage really doesn't need to come in person."

"Moreover, even the Fourth Kazekage dared not leave."

If the Fourth Kazekage dared to leave, the Third Tsuchikage dared to order the Iwa ninja to counterattack.

The Sand Village and the Rock Village are not currently in a formal alliance.

Hoshino Hideaki looked towards the Land of Earth and said, "Once our war with the Sand Ninja becomes intense, the Iwa Ninja will probably also be unable to resist making a move."

Orochimaru nodded, but wasn't worried: "Don't worry too much. Although the old man's personality has become more conservative, he still has enough strength to deal with it."

Hoshino Shuichi withdrew his gaze and nodded slowly.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The Sand Ninja reached the foot of the mountain and, without stopping, launched a simultaneous attack from all sides.

Under the cover of darkness, a great battle erupts!

On the rooftop, Hoshinoichi watched the Sand Ninja charging towards him, his limbs crackling with electricity and a thousand birds chirping.

Lightning crackled around his limbs and body. Hoshino Shizuka held a standard katana in his right hand and a kunai in his left. The next moment, under Orochimaru's gaze, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and swooped down from the roof, leaving a trail of scorched earth in his wake.

"Watch out, Konoha's blue flash is coming!"

"It's just a shadow clone; use Wind Release to limit his speed."

"Prepare the puppet weapons!"

……

Seeing the lightning strike, the Sand Ninja immediately mobilized their elite forces to prepare to surround and kill Hoshino Shuichi.

However, after killing three Sand Ninjas, Hoshino suddenly disappeared from his original spot and reappeared in another place, where he rescued a Konoha Ninja and then slaughtered the Sand Ninjas.

With Earth Release, Wind Release, Lightning Release, Fire Release, Water Release, and Illusion Techniques at his fingertips, wherever Hoshinobi Shuichi went, the Sand Ninjas quickly collapsed.

And the Sand Ninja had no way to set up an ambush in advance.

Because it is impossible to determine where Hoshino Shuichi will appear.

The shadow clone didn't carry a large number of Flying Thunder God kunai, but every Konoha ninja was his coordinate. He could appear next to any Konoha ninja and then unleash various ninjutsu attacks, causing the Sand Ninja's offensive to falter.

This was a tactic devised beforehand by Hoshino Shuichi and Orochimaru.

Rescue! Ruin the Sand Ninja Offensive!

While the Spiral Shuriken technique is very powerful, it also consumes a lot of energy.

Even if Hoshino Shuichi used this technique, he couldn't possibly wipe out all the Sand Ninja.

After all, the Sand Ninja are not gathered together like the Mist Ninja were last time. Instead, they have turned the entire Kikyo Mountain into a battlefield and are attacking Kikyo Castle from any direction.

In the current situation, sustained combat capability using conventional ninjutsu is the best option.

Half an hour later, the fierce Sand Ninja retreated like a tide.

Hoshino Hideichi stopped in his tracks, panting heavily.

The chakra consumption is too high!

If this continues, he might not be able to continue.

Although it was also half an hour, his output was too strong.

After greeting Orochimaru, Hoshino Shuichi vanished and entered a secret room, transforming into a miniature Four-Tails to recover his chakra.

However, less than half an hour later, the Sand Ninja launched another attack.

Orochimaru, who was in charge of command, also joined the fray and summoned Manda.

However, the Sand Ninja also summoned two large summoning beasts, a scorpion and a sand worm that could burrow underground, which barely managed to hold back Manda.

Hoshino Shuichi continued to put out fires everywhere, moving to every corner of the battlefield and blocking the Sand Ninja's fierce attacks.

Halfway up the mountain, Ebizo, who was in charge of command, stared at the lightning flashing everywhere with a very unpleasant expression.

"Although it's not the real body, sometimes with space-time ninjutsu, shadow clones can probably keep coming from over there..."

Ebizo was filled with helplessness.

He had no way to deal with the Leaf Village's Blue Flash; such a Body Flicker Technique was impossible to restrain.

He was originally very confident that he could take down the forces that Konoha had deployed on the border of the Land of Fire with 800 men, but now he had a premonition that he would fail.

After a moment's thought, Ebizo immediately dispatched men to the northern battlefield of the Wind Country.

We must seek help, otherwise this strategy is doomed to fail.

Time passes little by little.

The Sand Ninja launched one fierce attack after another.

By the time dawn broke, the Sand Ninja had launched six attacks.

At 6 a.m., the first batch of reinforcements from Konoha finally arrived.

After the Sensing Ninjas detected him, Ebizo immediately dispatched 200 men to intercept them, intending to eliminate the 100 reinforcements from Konoha.

But seeing Hoshino Shuichi strolling in the air, he had to abandon the idea.

Ebizo feared that sending 200 men would be like throwing meat buns to a dog—a one-way trip with no return.

Thus, the 100 reinforcements were easily received by Hoshino Hideichi and entered Kikyo Castle.

However, Hoshino Shuichi was not happy, because Yakushi Nonou and Shizune were among the reinforcements, and they were members of the medical team.

On the contrary, Yakushi Nonou and Shizune were very happy to see Hoshino Shuichi, and their worries disappeared instantly.

However, there were too many injured people at the moment; besides Hoshinobu Shuichi, even Orochimaru was injured. So the three of them didn't have time to say much, and Yakushi Nonou and Shizune started working non-stop.

"People really are hypocritical..."

Hoshita Shuichi sighed inwardly as he watched the two busy figures, then went to replenish his chakra.

The Sand Ninja's offensive will not stop because of these 100 reinforcements; on the contrary, it may become even more frenzied.

……

As Hoshino no Shoichi predicted, things were exactly as they were in the western part of the River Country.

Despite being soundly beaten, Shukaku continued to challenge him relentlessly.

However, he now has another helper—Chiyo!

Hoshino Shizuka then took Uchiha Shisui with him and summoned Gamabunta to deal with Shukaku and the others.

Three battles were fought in one night, and neither side could gain the upper hand.

At 7 a.m., Koharu finally arrived and took over command, allowing Hoshishita Shuichi to focus on dealing with Shukaku.

at the same time.

In the north of the Land of Wind, the Fourth Kazekage received Ebizo's plea for help and fell silent.

800 men was actually the limit of the troops he could withdraw.

If more people are removed, he will become weak.

"It seems we'll have to recruit people from the village..."

The Fourth Kazekage made a decision quickly.

As the war has progressed to this point, the war potential of Sunagakure has not been fully realized.

The order was given to fly south back to Sunagakure via flying ninja beasts. That afternoon, 600 reinforcements from Sunagakure left the village and headed straight for the Kikyo Mountain battlefield.

Meanwhile, three waves of reinforcements arrived from Konoha in succession. The arrival of these new forces made it impossible for Ebizo to take Kikyo Mountain in a short time.

The following day, reinforcements from Sunagakure arrived, bringing their fighting force to over a thousand.

At this time, there were only about 700 Konoha ninja in Kikyo Castle who were capable of fighting.

With Hoshino Shuichi's shadow clone acting as a replacement, the two sides became evenly matched.

Under such circumstances, what was originally a swift war naturally turned into a protracted war.

……

Hidden Rock Village, Earth Shadow Building.

After reviewing the intelligence, Onoki fell into deep thought.

The current situation seems to present a very good opportunity to take action.

The actions of Sunagakure prompted Konoha to send reinforcements.

Roughly calculated, Konoha has already committed more than three thousand troops due to the presence of Kirigakure and Sunagakure.

After a moment of contemplation, Onoki stood up.

He decided to travel south in person to meet the young Fourth Kazekage!

……

The border between the land of birds and the land of wind.

Under the cover of darkness, the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, met across the border between the two countries.

"Fourth Kazekage, I have already ordered the army to retreat!"

Onoki spoke up.

Luo Sha immediately added, "I have also ordered a withdrawal!"

"However, if the Iwa ninja dare to offend us again, then Sunagakure will fight them with all its might!"

Faced with such a threat, Onoki remained unfazed, saying calmly, "Iwa ninja aren't afraid of anyone."

"Fourth Kazekage, you should really investigate the death of the Third Kazekage properly!"

"Of course, it's pretty obvious who it is."

Rasa remained unmoved: "That's none of Tsuchikage's concern."

……

Although the meeting between the Fourth Kazekage and the Third Tsuchikage was not exactly pleasant or harmonious, they reached a tacit understanding.

That night, both armies withdrew.

On the western border of the Land of Rivers, Hoshino Shuichi, who had just finished a battle with Shukaku, received a memory from his shadow clone and immediately sensed something was wrong.

With the Sand Village and Iwa Village ceasing hostilities and withdrawing their troops, Konoha is in big trouble.

"Shisui, go and report to Lord Koharu that the Sand Village and Iwa Village have withdrawn their troops."

Hoshino Shuuichi sat down to rest with Uchiha Shisuido.

"What?"

Uchiha Shisui was surprised, then nodded solemnly, "I understand!"

After saying that, the person disappeared.

Hoshino Shuichi rubbed his temples.

He has been using the Hundred Healings Technique for the past few days, even when he is not fighting, he uses a small amount of chakra to keep every cell active in order to relieve fatigue.

However, mental exhaustion is much harder to resolve.

"I really want to raid your base..."

A fierce glint appeared in Xingxia Xiu's eyes.

This constant pulling made him feel uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)