Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 208 Inserting the Tailed Beast

Influenced by his family, even though Aokiji is a ninja with an Ice Release bloodline limit, he still likes to put a lot of effort into Fire Release techniques.

When he fought Kakuzu, he discovered through his Sharingan that although Kakuzu's Fire Release technique was powerful and had a large range, it actually required very little chakra, at least in terms of its range and destructive power.

The principle behind this technique is to refine and compress fire-attribute chakra, and what is expelled is just a small fireball. The rapid spread after it lands no longer requires more chakra to maintain, so this fire-style ninjutsu is very suitable for attrition warfare.

Of course, this method costs money.

The Iwagakure ANBU ninja countered the move, pressing their hands to the ground, causing an earthen wall to rise from the earth.

The wave of fire crashed against the earthen wall, exploding into a billowing cloud of black smoke. Aokiji, enveloped within, could not see his own hand in front of his face, as if night had fallen.

However, this was exactly what Aokiji had hoped for. Under the cover of the black smoke, he quickly created several shadow clones, which fled in different directions.

Faced with so many ninjas all at once, Aokiji wasn't foolish enough to fight them head-on; he had to run away.

However, at this point, the lack of experience became apparent. If he were facing a ninja, he would have no problem using this technique.

But now the number of enemies is greater than Aokiji's combined number of shadow clones.

"Too naive."

The Iwagakure ninja saw through Aokiji's thoughts, pressed his hands on the ground, and pulled up onions from the ground in the four directions of east, west, south, and north.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall.

Seeing the earthen wall that suddenly rose up in front of him, Aokiji stopped in his tracks, only able to watch helplessly as these high walls blocked his way.

"We've reached a dead end."

In the blink of an eye, a loud voice echoed through the canyon, and Aokiji raised his head to see a dense array of figures standing against the towering earthen walls.

Aokiji's face turned deathly pale.

The struggle of a cornered beast is probably what I'm in right now.

Aokiji clenched his fist and felt a slight pain in the flesh of his cheek, a faint salty taste spreading in his mouth.

In the heat of the moment, I accidentally bit my own flesh while clenching my teeth.

Am I really going to die here today?

To be honest, he couldn't figure out how to escape the encirclement of these Iwagakure ANBU ninjas.

Give up. Once you give up, the pain will only last for a moment.

Under extreme pressure, it felt as if the voice of a demon was whispering in my ear.

Just as the thought of giving up welled up in Aokiji's heart, a girl's silvery voice spread out like ripples, reminding her of that sweet and tender time.

This spurred Aokiji to grit his teeth and fight on; as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he could not give up.

Earth Release: Rock Cannon Technique

Dozens of Iwagakure ANBU ninja gathered chakra in their mouths and, in unison, condensed it into pebbles, which they then shot out like pea shooters, expanding and growing larger as they left their mouths.

Each of these pebbles has the impact force to pierce through rock.

A barrage of stones swept in, leaving Aokiji with nowhere to hide. He quickly formed a hand seal, creating one or two ice balls around his body in sequence to defend himself from all angles.

"Boom boom boom..."

After a carpet bombing, the ice wall was shattered, but fortunately it held up.

Aokiji was panting heavily. These stones had amazing penetrating power. If he hadn't kept injecting chakra and patching them up, the ice ball would have been shattered long ago.

As the smoke cleared, the members of the Hidden Stone Clan saw the ice wall, and the eyes in the two holes of their masks revealed surprise.

Ice Release?

He remembered that this wasn't the bloodline limit from Kirigakure.

How could the Uchiha clan possess this bloodline limit?

"This is truly astonishing." One of the Iwagakure ANBU members, seeing that Aokiji possessed the rare dual bloodline limits, suggested, "Don't kill this brat. Capture him alive and bring him back to the village; he might be of great research value."

Upon hearing this, the blue pheasant on the ground shuddered. Could these people be planning to use him as a test subject?

The Iwagakure ANBU members jumped down from the towering earthen wall. If they attacked together in the confined space, even if the opponent possessed the Sharingan that could see through all their movements, they could quickly subdue them.

Aokiji quickly scanned his surroundings and realized that he was completely surrounded.

The Iwagakure ninjas gave Aokiji no chance to catch his breath and attacked together.

Aokiji timed it perfectly, quickly forming hand seals. His swollen cheeks exhaled a cloud of hot dust, and the moment he landed, billowing black smoke rose in layers.

As the smoke cleared, the Iwagakure ninja suddenly realized that their target had vanished, only to find a hole in the ground, as if the target had used the ninjutsu to burrow underground and escape.

"Over there."

There were sensory ninjas in the Iwagakure ANBU who instantly located Aokiji's position. He burrowed through the ground and flew over the earthen wall, creating several shadow clones that ran in different directions.

"You brat, you tricked me!"

The Iwagakure ninjas were furious. So many of them were ganging up on a brat, and if he got away, how could they save face?

The Iwagakure ninjas simultaneously formed hand seals and, following the same pattern, unleashed Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique, their mouths seemingly spitting out pebbles like machine guns, shooting them at the fleeing Aokiji and his companions.

The shadow clones were quickly destroyed, and even the original body suffered some damage.

When Aokiji got up from the ground again, he found that everything had returned to the way it had been at the beginning, and he was surrounded again, as if nothing had changed.

The Iwagakure ANBU ninja, confident of victory, shouted, "Kid, you can't escape. Just surrender obediently and you'll avoid a lot of trouble."

Aokiji's brows were furrowed.

Fighting these Iwagakure ninjas was the most frustrating battle he had ever fought.

Being outnumbered, Aokiji was already at a severe disadvantage, not to mention that his opponents' Earth Release techniques were well-suited for defensive battles, making it extremely difficult for him, who was skilled in Fire Release and Ice Release, to cope.

As for combination ninjutsu, Aokiji is still only exploring simplified versions and doesn't actually need to use them yet.

"Stop talking nonsense. There's no way I'll surrender." Aokiji knew that whether he surrendered or not, his fate would be terrible, so he might as well stick it out one last time.

"Hmph, stubborn as a mule."

An Iwagakure ANBU ninja raised his arm and waved his hand, as if receiving some kind of signal. A group of ninjas attacked in unison, unlike before when they had been testing each other.

Aokiji formed hand seals, attempting to escape again. This time, the prepared ninja didn't give Aokiji a chance to form seals, directly throwing a shuriken to interrupt the process.

Aokiji was forced to start over. The initiative was gone, and there was only one chance. There was no chance to start over. Several ninjas used Body Flicker to close in.

At first, Aokiji was able to use the Sharingan's perception to resist for a while, but there were just too many enemies. Due to his age, Aokiji's physical skills were not much better than theirs, and he gradually began to lose his strength and could no longer stop them.

A member of the Iwagakure ANBU seized the opportunity and, with the help of his comrade, circled around to his back. By the time Aokiji reacted, it was too late.

Caught between two attacks, Aokiji's pupils contracted: "Damn it."

His hasty attack caused the central gate to open, and he was punched several meters away. Just as he was about to get up, a ninja leaped over and slammed his hands on the ground. Instantly, a large number of rocks appeared around him, and these rocks grew wildly, forming a semi-circle that trapped Aokiji inside. It was so tight that even light could not get in.

Aokiji channeled ice-style chakra within his body, gathering it into a giant ice fist in his arm and unleashing it.

The earthen wall was incredibly sturdy. The enormous ice fist smashed against it, but had little effect; in fact, it absorbed the chakra.

"It's useless. This Earth Release barrier, Earth Prison Hall, not only restricts people's movement, but it can also absorb the chakra of those inside."

As if to verify these words, Aokiji could clearly feel his chakra rapidly draining away.

Aokiji had no intention of sitting idly by and waiting to die. He summoned a clone and condensed a blue sphere in his right palm.

Rasengan.

With a single strike, Aokiji blasted a large hole in the Rasengan, using the opportunity to escape.

The Iwagakure ANBU ninja looked surprised, not expecting his move to be countered. However, even so, it was merely a delaying tactic; his defeat was inevitable.

Soon, Aokiji became extremely exhausted from using chakra for so long, revealing an opening. He was eventually struck in the abdomen by a punch and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up again.

Seeing Aokiji lying unconscious on the ground, one of the Iwagakure ANBU members finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though I was leaving myself some leeway because I couldn't kill the brat, I didn't expect it would take so much effort to deal with him.

Thinking of this, he took out a bottle containing an unknown liquid.

The liquid inside keeps the freshly dug-out eyes fresh and prevents them from spoiling, allowing for a long preservation period.

Just in case, he decided to gouge out the brat's eyes first.

Anyway, if I'm going to take this brat as a stuntman, it doesn't matter if he has eyes or not, as long as that part of his body is intact.

Moreover, each pair of Sharingan possesses unparalleled value, and the various villages have long coveted them.

Eyes are very fragile, even the Sharingan is no exception.

To ensure the eyes have a sufficient shelf life after being obtained, some junior ninjas would carry bottles containing this liquid on their bodies, specifically for the moment of gouging out the eyes.

The Iwagakure ANBU ninja approached Aokiji, turned him over, and then unscrewed the bottle. After doing all this, he reached the final step.

He reached out, about to gouge out the eyes, but suddenly another hand grabbed his wrist, stopping him from doing anything further.

The Iwagakure ANBU ninja paused for a moment, staring into the eyes of his companion who had stopped him, and remained silent, seemingly waiting for his companion to explain.

"His eyes are not something you can touch."

As the deep, aged voice rang out, the masked man's eyes quickly turned red, and mysterious patterns appeared around his pupils.

Madara Uchiha, having orchestrated his own scheme, felt the time was ripe. He figured the next batch of Iwagakure ninjas would be of no use and could be eliminated.

Then, the five tailed beasts that had been prepared beforehand were stuffed into Aokiji's body.

(End of this chapter)