Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 45 The Escaped Jinchūriki and the Changing Situation

As soon as Uchiha Touyu finished speaking, five people from the dozen or so Konoha ninjas stepped forward.

Clearly, these five are ninjas who are truly confident in their ability to perform well even in high-level situations like those involving tailed beasts.

Of the five ninjas, one was from the Akimichi clan, one from the Aburame clan, and the remaining three were of unknown clan affiliation, but were likely commoner ninjas.

The Akimichi clan ninja was the most direct. He threw a dango directly into his mouth, and as his chakra surged out, his body size continued to grow, eventually transforming into a giant of seventeen or eighteen meters. He charged into the battlefield wielding a huge iron rod.

The four-tailed gorilla is only about 20 meters tall. In comparison, the Akimichi clan is only two or three meters shorter. Visually speaking, the Akimichi clan ninjas holding weapons are not much less imposing.

"Does Konoha have an Akimichi this strong? Who is this guy?"

Uchiha Touyu said with some surprise, "This Akimichi clan member's strength is definitely among the top elite Jonin, and he can already be considered a quasi-Kage."

A Konoha ninja standing nearby spoke up:

"That's Senior Torifu. It's said that he was once in the same team as the Third Hokage!"

"However, Senior Torifu is the youngest among his peers and has no interest in participating in the management of the ninja village; otherwise, he would probably be a high-ranking member of the village by now!"

As for the remaining members of the Aburame clan, they used a very special kind of insect, about a few centimeters in size. It landed on the Four-Tails Son Goku and quickly devoured his chakra, rapidly expanding into a giant insect almost the size of a human, which bit the Four-Tails gorilla, causing it to scream in agony.

Violent magma flowed from the Four-Tailed Gorilla's body. Even though the giant worm was burned to death by the magma, it still frantically devoured the Four-Tailed Gorilla's chakra and continued to lay eggs. The newly grown worms clearly showed resistance to the high temperature and survived longer in the magma.

"This is... a giant parasite?"

Uchiha Touyu said with some surprise, "This kind of insect is very rare."

Because of their scarcity and the fact that they are not as small as other parasitic insects, the giant parasitic insects are generally not very useful in battles against other ninjas. However, they are surprisingly effective against giant summoning beasts and tailed beasts.

As for the remaining three ninjas, they formed hand seals and used Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique. The surging water waves swept over them like a great river, forcefully extinguishing the magma flames on the Four-Tails Son Goku's body.

The Four-Tails possesses Lava Release, which is almost like a Bloodline Limit. This complex jutsu is not affected by the Five Elements' restraint, but the natural restraints of nature will not disappear. Therefore, Water Release is still the first choice to deal with Lava Release.

Under the siege of so many people, even the Four-Tailed Ape, with its volatile temper, gradually could not hold on any longer. The strength of the tailed beast lies in its large-scale destructive power and its ability to kill weak ninjas. However, when faced with a group of elite ninjas who could counter it, it was unable to fully utilize its advantages.

More importantly, the current Rōshi is not a perfect Jinchūriki. Even 20 years later, this Jinchūriki will not have reached the level of a perfect Jinchūriki. Now, he is even more barely able to control the consciousness of the Tailed Beast.

In this situation, the power that the Four-Tails could unleash was even less than that of a wild tailed beast. Moreover, due to the Jinchuriki's own limited endurance, he could not withstand a prolonged battle. Halfway through the fight, he shrank back to his half-tailed beast form and fled.

"Aren't you going to give chase, Lord Orochimaru?"

Looking at Orochimaru, who was panting and covered in dust, Uchiha Tou asked with some eagerness.

The main reason was Uchiha Hiyu, who wanted to try to obtain the souls of the Tailed Beasts. Moreover, even if it was just the Jinchuriki Rōshi, he was a Lava Release Kekkei Genkai ninja, and the value of his soul was much greater than that of the ordinary Iwa ninjas he had.

Orochimaru gave Uchiha Touu a disapproving look and said in a gloomy tone:

"Leaving aside the cost of taking this guy down, just the fact that we've killed a Jinchūriki would probably drive the Iwa ninja crazy!"

"And don't forget, there are Sand Ninja on this battlefield! Why should we, Konoha, fight to the death with Iwa Ninja, letting the Sand Ninja reap the benefits?"

"I really don't believe that the Sand Village can sit still after hearing the news of a Jinchuriki appearing!"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Tou sighed with some regret, which made Orochimaru look at him with a strange expression.

(This kid is not only extremely afraid of death, but his bloodlust is even stronger than that of ordinary ninjas. He doesn't care about other people's lives at all... Sure enough, all Uchiha who have awakened their Sharingan are a bit mentally unstable.)

Of course, while inwardly grumbling, Orochimaru seemed to forget that he was actually the same kind of person.

However, mad scientists are indeed a form of mental illness.

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The scale of the Jinchuriki battle was simply too great to be concealed, and unsurprisingly, the news of the appearance of the Iwa Ninja Jinchuriki greatly surprised the Sand Ninja, who were on high alert.

In an ordinary regional war, it would be truly strange if one side suddenly pulled out a nuclear weapon and the other adversaries didn't take offense.

"What on earth are those rats from Iwagakure up to?! They actually sent a Jinchuriki to the battlefield in the Land of Rivers... Shouldn't their main battlefield be in the Land of Grass?"

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, looked at the intelligence report that had arrived before him with a furious expression.

Let alone this being the enemy's main battlefield, even if it were the main battlefield, who would send out a Jinchuriki as soon as they entered the fray! Wouldn't that be like throwing a nuclear bomb and overturning the table as soon as they stepped onto the field?

"That Onoki guy from the Two Heavens is the most cunning Kage among the Five Great Nations, so it's not surprising that he would do something like this."

Ebizo picked up the intelligence report, glanced at it, and calmly began to speak.

"But sending a Jinchūriki right at the start of the battle, that old man's appetite is really big. It seems we need to shift our focus."

The Fourth Kazekage nodded as well:

"Indeed, the threat of Jinchuriki is too great. In the next battle, we must first force Iwagakure out of this battlefield!"

The Land of Wind and the Land of Earth are neighbors, even if they are not the small country sandwiched in between. There have always been various small-scale frictions between the two countries. They were even enemies during the Second Shinobi World War, and fought many battles in the Land of Rain.

To be precise, none of the five great powers have good relations. If you pick any two countries, they have a lot of blood debts. Even though Iwagakure and Kirigakure are two ninja villages that are geographically unrelated, there is an example of the Second Kage dying together with the Second Kage!

In this situation, the Fourth Kazekage made the decision to deal with the Iwa ninja almost without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)