Konoha: Uchiha, I get stronger by causing trouble.

Chapter 278 Jinchūriki, Attack!

"Looks like we'll have to talk to Onoki. He earned the title 'Yellow Flash' by stepping over the corpses of those Iwa ninja; I imagine Onoki would be happy to share this sealing technique with us!"

As the Third Raikage spoke, he began writing a secret letter, preparing to hand it over to Onoki.

The Third Raikage already understood Hiruzen Sarutobi's intentions.

The Fourth Shinobi World War was a struggle for interests among the five great villages of the shinobi world, while the outcome of the battle between the candidates for the Fourth Raikage and the Fourth Hokage was a matter of the village's reputation.

Among the five major countries.

The Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure was a lucky one who temporarily took over the position; he was a young man named Rasa.

The Third Raikage never thought much of this young man.

Even fighting the elderly Third Hokage required the assistance of Chiyo and Ebizo.

Even so, he still got beaten black and blue by Hiruzen Sarutobi. He's obviously just a piece of trash in the anime/manga/games. Just ignore him.

Yagura Karatachi, the original candidate for the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure, has been beaten so badly by that Uchiha kid from Konoha that he doubts his life and it has become a stain on his reputation. He can no longer become the Fourth Mizukage.

There aren't many decent people in Kirigakure either. They've heard there's a little girl with two bloodline limits who seems quite promising, but she's still young and probably can't become the Fourth Mizukage, so Kirigakure doesn't need to worry about her.

As for their ally, Iwagakure.

Haha, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, hasn't designated anyone as a candidate for the Fourth Tsuchikage yet.

From this perspective, the Third Tsuchikage has no intention of stepping down in the next few years, and he also looks like he will live a long life.

It's estimated that if the Third Tsuchikage doesn't die, the Fourth Tsuchikage won't appear for another twenty or thirty years.

In other words, if their son could defeat Minato Namikaze, then the Cloud Ninja could be crowned the 'strongest' among the Fourth Kage.

This thing may sound useless, but it is a powerful tool for boosting the morale of the village and uniting people's hearts.

Therefore, the Third Raikage not only did not intend to thwart Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan, but also wanted to facilitate it.

It's just a head-on clash, how could his son's muscular physique possibly lose to that pretty boy Minato Namikaze?!

After writing a long and detailed letter, the Third Raikage suddenly fell into deep thought for a while, then crumpled the letter into a ball.

Throw it away and rewrite it!

"Third Raikage, is there a problem?"

Raikage asked, puzzled.

"That Uchiha brat, Konoha's Phantom Crow, is always a nuisance. I don't want to see another troublemaker around while my son is fighting Minato Namikaze!"

A glint of shrewdness flashed in the eyes of the rugged-faced Third Raikage, who continued, "Besides, it's too much of a loss for us to just have Onoki use a sealing jutsu. We must get them to send their Jinchūriki as well!"

"Does this have to be such a big commotion?"

The Raikage's assistant exclaimed in surprise, "Furthermore, Uchiha Chika possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan; having a Jinchuriki in battle makes her too vulnerable to being controlled by the opponent!"

"Idiot, who said we should send one Jinchuriki from Iwagakure? We need two Jinchuriki together. I heard that Minato Namikaze and Chika Uchiha once captured the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. I suppose they have quite a few grudges between them."

"Plus, there are our village's two Yukito and Kirabi."

"Four tailed beasts! Even if Uchiha Chika were resurrected, let alone Uchiha Madara, he couldn't possibly control so many tailed beasts at the same time!"

After rewriting a secret letter, the Third Raikage handed it to an Anbu ninja and asked him to send it to the Land of Earth as soon as possible.

"In the battle for the fourth Kage, my son must be the strongest!"

The Third Raikage understood perfectly well that if their AB combination won, everything would be fine.

It doesn't matter if Minato Namikaze and the others escape.

In this way, no matter how famous Minato Namikaze became, he could only play a supporting role to the Fourth Raikage.

If his son loses, then Minato Namikaze shouldn't expect to be able to leave the Land of Hot Springs!

As long as the person who defeated the AB duo is dead, the AB duo will still be the strongest ninja duo in the world!

Their Fourth Raikage is still the strongest!

Another two weeks later, Minato's squad became very active behind the Cloud Ninja's lines, sabotaging any supply depots they located.

Since the Cloud Ninjas couldn't counter the Flying Thunder God Technique, they could only feel as uncomfortable as if they had eaten shit.

To prevent the Watergate team from continuing to sabotage their supplies, they began to hide them.

Near a small village in the northern part of the Land of Hot Water.

The Watergate team stood atop a towering tree, using the dense foliage to conceal their figures, while observing the situation in the village.

Minato noticed the unusual nature of the small village after only a short observation.

A village of five or six hundred people, yet not a single child or elderly person—this alone tells you there's something wrong with the village.

However, he still asked Chiga to confirm, "According to the intelligence, it's this village up ahead, right?"

"Yes, this is the location we interrogated from several Cloud Ninja! And it's full of ninjas, not a single villager."

Chiga nodded, opened his three-tomoe Sharingan, and observed the Cloud Ninja disguised as villagers.

From his perspective, each villager in the village was surging with abundant chakra, clearly indicating that they were all ninjas of Chunin level or higher.

Many of them are elite Jonin level.

"No way! This is a village in the Land of Hot Water! The ninja villages of various countries have an agreement with the daimyo that they cannot attack ordinary people's villages without cause!"

"To avoid us finding their supply depot, they actually wiped out an entire village!"

"Aren't they afraid of being condemned by the daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs?"

"I'm surprised," said Choza Akimichi.

To be honest, if it weren't for Chiga's Sharingan genjutsu being so powerful, they would have really overlooked searching for villages with ordinary people.

After all, during the Ninja World War, all nations tacitly agreed not to attack villages.

"Ha, the entire Land of Hot Water has become a battlefield. Who would care about the destruction of a small village? If things really come up, we can just pin the blame on the exiled ninja!"

Inuzuka Gakumeido.

"It's too early to say this is their supply depot. We need to infiltrate and confirm it first."

"Just to be on the safe side," Minato said.

Five or six hundred Cloud Ninjas already constitute a considerable force, and there's no need to intervene if the supplies aren't certain they're inside.

Upon hearing this, Chiga summoned Raven Feather.

Raven spread its wings and flew into the sky. Before it could get close, it suddenly seemed to be suppressed by gravity and fell directly from the sky.

Swish!

Upon seeing this, Chiga immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Karasu back. His face darkened, and he muttered:

"Another anti-flight barrier!"

"Are these Cloud Ninja idiots? With this barrier in place, even a ghost would know there's something wrong with this village. It's like taking off your pants to fart—completely unnecessary!"

I don't know when it started, but when ninja villages in various countries set up barriers, they would set up no-fly barriers, as if they were specifically targeting something!

"Chiga, let me do it!"

Minato chuckled to himself, probably because Chiga's large-scale illusion was too destructive.

Countries began to take precautions against such illusions.

The simplest solution is to set up a no-fly zone to prevent birds, especially crows, from appearing in the vicinity.

Even more extreme, they would specifically send ninjas to wipe out the crows around the base, determined not to let any crows appear near the base!

It can be said that Chiga single-handedly caused the reputation of the crows in the ninja world to plummet!

"Toad Tail, please! Check on the situation in the village ahead for me."

Minato then bit his thumb, summoning a small toad.

After hearing Minato's words, the little toad hopped and skipped towards the village.

A short while later, Gamabunta jumped out again and told Minato about the information it had seen in the village.

After listening, Minato nodded to Chiga and the other two, saying, "It seems it's true. There is indeed a large amount of supplies stored inside. According to intelligence, the supplies inside can probably supply three thousand Cloud Ninja for a month!"

"So many?"

"Great! With this place destroyed, the Cloud Ninja will no longer be able to wage war against us!"

Upon hearing this, Akimichi Choza and Inuzuka Gaku immediately perked up.

After nearly a month of field operations, even elite Jonin like them felt exhausted.

So, upon learning that destroying this stronghold would allow them to complete the mission and return to rest, a smile involuntarily appeared on their faces.

"But there are a lot of people!"

Minato wasn't so happy, after all, there were too many ninjas inside.

Chiga's large-scale illusion was also unable to be cast due to the no-fly barrier.

If they get discovered while infiltrating to plant the explosive tags, they'll have no choice but to run away when surrounded.

Next time, it won't be so easy to plan to sabotage this batch of supplies.

"Minato-senpai, you're overthinking it. Once we destroy this place, we can go back."

"So, it's okay to make a big fuss, right?"

"I happen to have a treasure I'd like to show the Cloud Ninja!"

Chiga chuckled, already holding a sealing scroll in his hand.

Minato raised an eyebrow as he looked at the number 'three' written in the very center of the scroll after it was unrolled.

"Okay, I understand. In that case, you focus on drawing their attention, and I'll go to the rear to sabotage their supplies!"

"Choza and Aja, you two will help me!"

When Minato saw that Chiga had even brought out nuclear weapons, he just smiled and thought, "Why think so much? Just charge!"

"yes!"

After briefly assigning tasks, Minato led Akimichi Choza and Inuzuka Jacques in a stealth manner to another location.

Chiga, on the other hand, pressed it directly onto the sealing scroll.

Bang!

"Roar~"

After a ferocious roar, the enormous three-tailed Isobu burst through the white smoke and charged toward the village.

"Enemy invasion!"

"Damn it, it's a three-tailed fox!"

"We've been discovered! Everyone, be careful, don't let the Three-Tails get close!"

"Buy time so that the logistics personnel can evacuate with the supplies!"

"yes!"

As soon as Yunren heard the commotion, he began to take action.

The ninjas of the Land of Lightning are well-trained militarily; even when facing tailed beasts, they do not retreat but organize their forces to launch a counterattack.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Ball!"

"Lightning Release: Four Pillars Binding Technique!"

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

"Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

A barrage of ninjutsu, seemingly without any regard for chakra, rained down on the Three-Tails Isobu, covering the entire sky with the light of the ninjutsu.

"Rush!"

Faced with so many ninjutsu, Chiga stood atop the Three-Tails Isobu and spoke simply.

"Hooray~"

The Three-Tailed Isobu charged headlong into the incoming ninjutsu.

Rumble~

A series of deafening roars echoed through the sky, and thick black smoke billowed out amidst the exploding flames.

"Did you kill the Three-Tails?"

"What are you thinking? All we need to do is stop it from moving forward!"

Just when the Cloud Ninja thought that the Three-Tailed Isobu had been held back, the figure of the Three-Tailed Isobu gradually became clear in the thick smoke.

There wasn't a single mark on the entire hard shell.

Among the nine tailed beasts, Isobu, the Three-Tailed Beast, is not particularly outstanding in attack, but its physical defense is among the best.

The Cloud Ninja's ninjutsu seemed to provoke the Three-Tails Isobu, whose three tails rose high and then swung forward violently.

Boom boom boom.

Each swing could take away many Cloud Ninja's lives.

With an unstoppable momentum, Mitsuo Isobu strode forward and charged directly into the village.

A chilling killing intent permeated the surrounding area, relentlessly destroying everything in sight.

"Damn it! The tailed beasts are too destructive; we have no way to deal with them!"

"If we can't deal with the tailed beasts, then we'll deal with the people controlling them!"

"Kill him atop the tailed beast's head!"

Among the Cloud Ninja, some Cloud Ninja skilled in ninjutsu and taijutsu began to crackle with electricity, and then arrogantly charged towards Chiga.

After getting close to the Three-Tailed Isobu, they leaped high into the air and pounced on Chiga, who was on the head of the Three-Tailed Isobu.

"Tsk tsk, still too slow. Your Lightning Release Chakra Mode training isn't up to par yet!"

Chiga noticed the Cloud Ninja's actions, but instead of dodging, he clapped his hands together.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

A fierce and scorching flame was spewed from Chiga's mouth, instantly burning the Cloud Ninja who had jumped into the air and had no way to dodge to ashes.

When the Cloud Ninja saw that their only Cloud Ninja who could get close to Chiga had been killed, they immediately knew that the situation was hopeless and they had no ability to resist.

At the same time, a giant toad appeared out of nowhere behind them.

"Minato, you actually want me to fight the Three-Tails?"

"This troublesome guy is beyond my capabilities!"

The old toad, with a pipe in his mouth, saw the Three-Tailed Isobu and immediately started complaining to Minato.

"Haha, Boss Toad, you've got it wrong, the other side is our people!"

Minato gave an awkward laugh, then explained, "I only brought Chika here for the sake of my reputation. It would be too much to ask Chika to do everything."

"cut!"

Upon hearing this, the toad leader understood what he needed to do. He leaped high into the air and then plunged headfirst into the ground.

Boom~

The massive body collided with the ground, instantly creating a powerful shockwave that swept in all directions, causing all the Cloud Ninja in the village to fall to the ground.

Even the houses in the village were completely destroyed.

(End of this chapter)