Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 174 Detonating the Sea of ​​Talismans

"Nagato, you can't escape!"

"How can the Land of Rain be saved with these mediocre ninjas?"

"Join the Land of Rain, and I will pardon your crimes!"

While rushing, they also threatened, persuaded, and invited.

No matter what the people behind him said, Nagato's speed did not stop at all.

Seeing that they were passing a river, Danzo subconsciously became more cautious and looked at Hyuga Shinka.

"No ambush!" Hinata Shinka said. "It's safe to proceed!"

"Hmm!" Danzo nodded. "This kid's speed is really fast!"

"Even if you're fast, we'll still catch you at the meeting!" Sarutobi Shinnosuke said fiercely.

He had already spotted the Akatsuki ninjas ahead.

Nagato bought them a few minutes, but they were too slow and were still caught up.

If Nagato is willing to buy them time, they will have to stop and fight them again.

Logically, Nagato should have stopped, given that the Akatsuki organization itself promoted the importance of comrades.

"Hmph, he's clearly a strong man, yet he's being dragged down by his comrades!" Danzo sneered, looking down on Nagato's behavior.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke didn't nod, but he was thinking about something else entirely.

As the eldest son of the Third Hokage of Konoha, he was proficient in both Water Release and Earth Release ninjutsu, and his shuriken and kunai were top-notch. However, his opponents simply refused to fight him, and he couldn't use his strength.

How can I improve if you don't fight me?

You can't show your true strength by beating weaker opponents!

"There's a lake ahead!" Hyuga Shinka suddenly warned, "Those Akatsuki ninjas went around the lake, but Nagato just stepped directly into the water. Could there be a problem?"

Danzo, who should have been instinctively wary, instead comforted Shin-hime after hearing her words, saying, "Shin-hime, once you leave the village, you'll understand that Konoha's ninjas are different from those outside. In Konoha, even genin are required to know the Three Body Techniques; climbing trees and walking on water are standard skills. But in the Land of Rain, having chakra makes you a ninja. Those who know the Three Body Techniques and can fight with kunai can be promoted to chunin; they're already considered high-level talents!"

"These people bypassed the lake not because of a trap, but because they simply don't know how to tread water!"

"Is that so?" Hinata Shinka exclaimed in surprise, then exclaimed in admiration, "As expected of Elder Danzo, so knowledgeable!"

Danzo nodded in satisfaction, then raised his hand: "Go straight ahead, ignore the Akatsuki ninjas on both sides!"

They've now caught up with the main Akatsuki force; if they split up to pursue them now, they're sure to achieve countless victories.

However, on one side is a group of genin who can't even tread water, and on the other side is the Rinnegan. Is it even necessary to say which one to chase?

The Sarutobi clan of Konoha, the Shimura clan, Root ninjas, and Amegakure Jonin followed Danzo straight ahead without hesitation.

A few minutes later, Hanzo followed closely behind.

Despite being a Kage-level powerhouse, he lagged behind, not because he wanted to wait for Danzo to make the first move, but because although the salamander is an amphibian, it doesn't move very fast on land.

But now that we've reached the lake, speed is no longer an issue!

"Chase after them!" Whether it's because the salamander swims fast or because Hanzo disdains bullying weaklings, he would choose to go down the middle lane.

His Amegakure did follow the Akatsuki's example of splitting their forces into three groups, but not for the purpose of pursuing the enemy. Rather, like the Akatsuki, they also had a large number of ninjas who couldn't walk in water.

"This lake is really big, it feels even bigger than Pinggu, the largest lake in the Land of Fire!" Standing on the lake and looking at the boundless expanse of water, Sarutobi Shinnosuke exclaimed.

"Does the Land of Rain have such a large lake?" Danzo frowned. How come he had no memory of World War II?

"Yes, this lake is called Yugu. In the legends of the Land of Rain, it is the place where the sun bathes. The sun rises from here every day, dispelling the darkness and bringing light to this place!" Hanzo's voice suddenly came from the side. He didn't move his feet, but his body was moving forward rapidly, as if he was flying on the waves.

A closer look reveals that he is standing on a huge shadow.

It was the salamander carrying him forward at high speed.

"Yuya, a place bathed in the sun?" Danzo frowned subconsciously. I am the Dark One of the Ninja World, and this is a place bathed in the sun?

This legend is a bit off-putting to me.

Anyone who has read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" knows the story of Luofeng Slope and the Phoenix Chick.

However, Danzo hesitated for a moment before letting it go. He really couldn't imagine what could have happened, and he could already see the other side of the lake.

"Huh?" Hinata Shinka suddenly exclaimed softly.

"What's wrong?" Danzo asked.

"They stopped right by the lake!" Hinata Shinka said.

Danzo was taken aback: "Who are they?"

"The Akatsuki, everyone in the main force!" Hinata Shinka said.

"Why, oh?" Danzo was confused for a moment, then suddenly realized, and then burst into laughter: "These kids are too stupid! Are they trying to learn some mortal military tactics and attack us while we're crossing the river?"

"What is meant by attacking while the enemy is crossing the river?" Hanzo asked from the side.

"The idea is to launch an attack when the army is halfway across the river. At this point, the troops in front haven't been deployed yet, and the troops behind haven't landed. Launching an attack at this time will cause the greatest damage!" Danzo explained.

"Even mortal military strategies have their merits!" Hanzo nodded, then realized where the Akatsuki members' naivety lay.

This technique works on ordinary people, but ninjas can walk on water!

A moment later, the group could see the Akatsuki members without even having to roll their eyes.

Upon seeing this, Danzo was astonished to discover that the Akatsuki members were not standing on the shore, but rather, like them, standing on the lake surface, some distance from the shore behind them.

Since not everyone can tread water, there were only six or seven hundred ninjas on the lake at this time, and they lined up in rows of two or three, forming a line that was three or four hundred meters long.

Oh no, there was no queue at all; we were just standing around casually.

The Akatsuki trio—Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan—stood calmly in the center of the formation, watching the pursuers get closer and closer until they stopped about sixty meters away from them.

This is a good spot for communication because you can hear people talking but not when they use ninjutsu.

"Why aren't you running anymore!" Hanzo, riding his salamander, surfaced, arms crossed, and looked down at the water with an imposing air. "Or are you planning to make Yutani your graveyard?"

"I'm not running, simply because there's no need to!" Yahiko replied calmly and confidently, standing firmly in place.

"Huh?" Hanzo chuckled and asked curiously, "So, you've found a way to deal with the salamander?"

This statement is both a boast and a test.

After he finished speaking, he nodded knowingly: "That's right. You teenagers who grew up after the war may not have seen the Salamander's performance on the battlefield. Do you know where my title of demigod comes from? It comes from fighting in battles where I could take on a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand enemies!"

"When it comes to salamanders, quantity is meaningless!"

After he finished speaking, the morale of the Rain Village ninja behind him visibly rose significantly.

Surprisingly, the Akatsuki members in front of them remained calm and showed no signs of panic whatsoever!

"These three are really good at training their subordinates!" Hanzo thought to himself, but this only strengthened his resolve to kill them.

After all, when you become an opponent, the more capable you are, the more likely you are to meet your demise.

Yahiko looked at the pretentious Hanzo and said loudly, "Lord Hanzo, you are wrong. I have seen the heroic figure of the Salamander on the battlefield. We were right at the edge of the battlefield and witnessed the whole battle between you and the three Konoha ninjas, and the one where you named them the Legendary Sannin!"

"So, you've come to surrender?" Hanzo asked.

He simply couldn't understand why the three of you wouldn't dare not run away unless you also made a pact with the Three Holy Lands.

As for the Rinnegan's Shinra Tensei, Hanzo thought it had some merit, but not much.

Poison gas is something you can just deflect here and then spread back there with a Wind Release technique. What use is Shinra Tensei then?

"Of course not!" Yahiko said calmly, "The memory of the four of you in that war is still vivid in my mind. From a purely combat perspective, you were all exceptional individuals, the cream of the crop in the ninja world. But from a strategic standpoint, Hanzo-senpai was utterly defeated. A summoning beast that should have shone brightly on a large-scale battlefield was instead dragged into the arena and forced to accept a one-on-one battle!"

"Senior Hanzo, you and your summoned beasts have already suffered a strategic defeat once. Today, we young people want to inflict another tactical defeat on you and teach you a lesson!"

"There are never any predetermined rules, nor is there any saying that giant summoning beasts must be fought with giant summoning beasts!"

"Huh?" Hanzo was very annoyed. How dare a mere junior lecture me?

"I'd like to see how you're going to deal with me!"

Yahiko didn't speak again, but instead bowed and said, "Chief!"

"Leader?" Hanzo and Danzo were both taken aback. Aren't you the leader of Akatsuki? How can there be another leader?

Two streams of water surged up in front of Yahiko and then slowly receded.

But only a boy and a girl, two exquisite little children, remained.

Hanzo didn't recognize the two, and merely frowned. Danzo, however, exclaimed in surprise, "Hyuga Neon, Yuhi Kurenai?"

He knows everyone in the ninja academy who has even a little bit of a reputation!

"We're the ones!" Ning Yuan laughed. "How about that? Surprised? Excited?"

"You know him?" Hanzo asked.

"They are third-year students at the Konoha Ninja Academy, only about seven or eight years old!" Danzo scratched his head. At this age, with these identities, he never imagined they could be in contact with foreign terrorist organizations!

It's like a middle school student who is actually the leader of a foreign armed group.

Could it be...?

Danzo suddenly realized something, immediately stretched out his hand, and fiercely accused, "Your Hyuga clan dares to collude with foreign organizations?"

"Cooperation is what we call collusion. Didn't you hear him call me leader?" Ning Yuan laughed. "So we're not colluding with foreign organizations, but expanding Konoha's territory—that's a great achievement!"

"Nonsense! Who gave you the authority to do this!" Danzo immediately retorted. There was no way they could claim the Akatsuki as their own faction, otherwise what would happen to their achievements?

On the contrary, we should destroy the fact that the Hyuga clan colluded with the Akatsuki, so that when we return to Konoha, we can take down the Hyuga and Uchiha clans together!

"And you, at this age you can be a leader? Do you think I'm stupid? You're just letting them call you that to avoid being accused of colluding with foreign organizations!" Danzo continued.

Ning Yuan shook his head, deciding not to argue with Danzo any further, and instead reached out and gently hooked his hand.

"What do you mean?" Danzo hadn't understood yet when a white figure stepped out from behind him and arrived at Ning Yuan's side in a few flashes.

"Uncle Xin Huo, thank you for your hard work!" Ning Yuan said with a smile.

"Serving the organization is my duty!" Xin Huo replied calmly, then silently stood behind Ning Yuan.

"Hyuga Shinka?" Danzo was taken aback. "You're an undercover agent? But you're clearly a member of Root. Don't forget the restriction I placed on your tongue!"

Xin Huo touched his mouth, and then the seal of the tongue calamity was removed from his lips like a piece of paper, which he casually threw into the water.

"How is this possible!" Danzo's eyes widened. He had personally set up the Tongue-Severing Seal for all the Root ninjas, so there was no possibility of a mistake.

But

I tried to activate it, but as expected, Hinata Shinka didn't react at all.

This means that the seal in Hyuga Shinhi's mouth has indeed been broken!

But how is that possible?

Just as he was about to say something, Hanzo, standing beside him, became impatient: "What exactly is going on, Danzo? Didn't you Konoha discuss this beforehand?"

Danzo was speechless and about to retort when he heard a clear clapping sound from ahead.

Turning his head, he saw Ning Yuan raising his hands to form a hand seal.

The boy clasped his hands together, his eyes clear and his expression serene, a look of excitement on his face: "I've wanted to do this for a long time! Paper Release: Pursuit and Explosion of Talismans!"

"What is this?" Hanzo frowned. What did you do? You said it was paper magic, but where is the paper?!

"At the bottom of the lake! At the bottom of the lake!" Yu Yin, who was observing the lake water, suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone immediately looked down, only to see what appeared to be a shadow rising rapidly from the bottom of the lake.

"Scatter!" Hanzo immediately ordered, but it was too late!

One sheet after another, line after line, string after string of papers emerged from the bottom of the lake. These papers covered the entire area where all the ninjas were standing or even running, from east to west and from south to north. Once they broke through the surface of the lake, they swept towards everyone.

If it were just ordinary paper, it wouldn't matter, but these papers clearly have the word "explosion" written on them!

Explosive tags!

Moreover, it's an explosive tag made of the finest materials and with immense power, the kind that's worth three thousand taels on the market!

"Hanzo, this is the method we young people came up with to fight the summoned beasts: an explosive sea of ​​talismans. I wonder if this will work?"

Hanzo had no time to reply; the continuous barrage of exploding tags had already overwhelmed him!

Not only Hanzo, but also Sarutobi Shinnosuke, all members of the Sarutobi clan, the Shimura clan, Root ninjas, and Amegakure ninjas—everyone is included, and everyone has a share!

However, there is one exception.

Danzo!

(End of this chapter)