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Chapter 133 The Sky Fortress, Now in Hand

"Haha, what Konoha? What number one ninja in the world? Are you really that weak? Under the aerial fortress of my Sky Ninja Village, everything is just an illusion!"

A tall, middle-aged man stood on the command platform of the aerial fortress, watching the Hidden Leaf Village gradually recede into the distance and become smaller and smaller, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"After this, let's see who dares to look down on my Sky Ninja Village! What Five Great Ninja Villages? They're nothing but rubbish! If my Sky Ninja Village had been established earlier, there wouldn't be any Five Great Ninja Villages at all! The entire ninja world would belong to us!"

"But it's not too late now! In a couple of days I'll hold a conference and officially call myself 'Sky Shadow'... Sky Shadow, hehe..."

The middle-aged man seemed to see a group of people below him shouting "Sky Shadow" at him, and his wild laughter echoed through the entire aerial fortress.

Three hours later, the aerial fortress had already left the Land of Fire and was about to enter the Land of Bear. Beyond the Land of Bear lay the Land of Sky.

"Lord Shennong, the statistical results are in."

"explain!"

"According to preliminary statistics, we lost approximately two hundred men in this air raid. These losses were mainly due to the counterattack by those old guys later on. Our initial operation went very smoothly; Konoha didn't even have time to react when we launched the surprise attack according to plan..."

However, Shennong clearly didn't want to hear this. He waved his hand impatiently, interrupting his subordinate's report.

"Enough of that. The fact that two hundred of our people died is enough to spread the fame of our Sky Ninja Village so widely is their good fortune… Let's talk about how many aircraft we lost and what we captured!"

The ninja had clearly anticipated Shennong's coldness; after a brief pause to organize his thoughts, he continued his report:

"Due to improper operation and other reasons, approximately 250 aircraft were lost, and more than 50 aircraft are unusable..."

When Shennong heard about the loss, he could no longer maintain a smile.

Unfortunately, the cost of such a single-person flying machine was prohibitively expensive for the Sky Ninja Village, which only controlled a small country.

Shennong had painstakingly built over six hundred of these statues in ten years, and now half of them had been destroyed, which truly pained him.

"My lord, as I previously stated that ninjas are strictly forbidden from landing, the main contents of this seizure all came from some key targets... The forbidden technique of Konoha, 'Eight Gates Released Technique,' which you mentioned before, as well as the records related to the artificial creation of tailed beasts, have all been successfully obtained."

The ninja was probably afraid that Shennong might take it out on him if he was in a bad mood, so he immediately revealed the most important spoils.

"The Eight Gates and records of artificial tailed beasts..."

As expected, upon hearing about these two main gains, Shennong's face lit up with joy, completely unlike his previous distressed expression.

"Excellent! With the record of creating a Tailed Beast, I can now imitate it and create the Zero-Tails that belongs to our Sky Village... Once we have the Zero-Tails, our Sky Village can truly join the ranks of the Six Great Shinobi Villages!"

Shennong looked at the records about the artificial tailed beasts in his hand and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

In his view, the reason why there are five great ninja villages in the ninja world today is mainly due to the eight tailed beasts that were granted at the first Five Kage Summit, plus the One-Tailed Beast that Sunagakure already had. The ownership of these nine tailed beasts determines the status of the five great ninja villages.

Although he could turn Konoha upside down, he knew that he and his companions were incapable of subduing the Tailed Beast, which bore an ominous name.

They couldn't even master the sealing technique, let alone utilize it.

Since he couldn't obtain one from others, Shennong conceived the idea of ​​creating a tailed beast himself. Coincidentally, he learned through a channel that Konoha had conducted similar experiments, and coupled with his desire to undermine Konoha and enhance his prestige, this led to the current calamity in Konoha.

Just as Shennong was staring intently at the experimental records in his hand, imagining Kongren Village rising to become the sixth great ninja village and him being appointed as the Kongkage, he suddenly noticed a crimson light flashing incessantly on the ground out of the corner of his eye.

"Huh? What's that?"

Before he could even see it clearly, the crimson light suddenly expanded tenfold, and then hurtled towards the air fortress that was still flying in mid-air from low to high with great speed.

"Quick, turn around!"

Looking at the crimson beam of light, Shennong suddenly felt a strong sense of unease and immediately roared at the ninjas in the command room.

However, it is obvious that such a bulky aerial fortress is already quite good at being able to fly in mid-air. To expect it to achieve emergency braking or rapid lane changes is simply too unrealistic.

Thus, the aerial fortress passed by the scarlet beam of light, much to Shennong's horror.

"Phew... thank goodness."

Seeing this, Shennong breathed a sigh of relief. If the collision had actually occurred, even if they hadn't perished in the explosion, they would have been killed in mid-air.

But before Shennong could even savor the joy of surviving the ordeal, he saw the crimson beam of light reappear on the ground and strike them once more.

This time, the aerial fortress was not so lucky. A watchtower with a diameter of five meters only made contact with the beam of light for a moment before it shattered into pieces and disappeared into the air.

"Quickly, land quickly!"

Seeing that another crimson beam of light was about to burst forth, Shennong quickly gave the order to the command center.

He finally understood: the unknown enemy below was coming for them!

However, they are currently in mid-air, and the enemy has weapons that can directly attack the air fortress. They are unable to counter the enemy. If they don't go down, are they just betting that the enemy won't dare to destroy the air fortress?

Soon, the air fortress, under the control of the operators, slowly made an emergency landing on the ground below.

"Haha, sir, you really have a way with things! If it were us, we probably wouldn't be able to force them to land no matter how hard we tried, and we could only watch them go home!"

Below, a group of Mist Ninja surrounded a young man, showering him with compliments.

The green-haired, purple-eyed boy was surrounded by crimson chakra. Judging from the lingering chakra at the corner of his mouth, it was clear that the powerful crimson beam of light had just been emitted from the boy's mouth.

The visitor was none other than Yagura, the man from the village of Karatachi.

Since being ambushed by Black Zetsu on the night he became the Three-Tails Jinchuriki two years ago, and subsequently manipulated into committing a grave mistake, he has refused all outings and secluded himself in the forbidden area for training.

Thanks to his own talent, the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, and the help of Hozuki Shingetsu, he has now become a perfect Jinchūriki.

"Alright, enough of this nonsense, let's go up and take care of them."

Yagura's baby face was calm, and he paid no attention to the praise from those around him, waving for them to come forward.

He knew how much Hozuki Shingetsu valued this operation against the Sky Village. Not only did he send out his perfect Jinchuriki, but he also dispatched all seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, all to ensure the successful retrieval of the Sky Fortress and Shennong.

Therefore, before the outcome was determined, Yagura Karatachi dared not be careless at all. He quickly got everyone in position, ready to capture them alive as soon as the aerial fortress landed.

However, it is clear that Yagura Karatachi overestimated the strength of these air ninjas. Previously, relying on their unprecedented attack methods and asymmetric air-to-ground combat, they were able to inflict a miserable state on Konoha.

But now that they've landed and changed from air force to infantry, their secret has been exposed.

Let alone getting Yagura, the perfect Jinchuriki, to make a move, even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist couldn't get a chance to cut down more than a few before being subdued by the well-prepared Kirigakure elites.

Including Shennong, the leader of the Kongren Village, all the surviving Kongren, totaling more than two hundred people, were captured by them.

It's laughable that Shennong, brimming with confidence after attacking Konoha, was planning to deal with the ignorant enemy once on land. However, he didn't expect that after landing at the aerial fortress, he would be subdued by Suigetsu Hozuki before even seeing the main culprit.

"That's truly spectacular!"

Looking at the aerial fortress not far away, Yagura Karatachi couldn't help but show a hint of amazement on his doll-like face.

It wasn't very noticeable when we were in the air, but as we landed, especially right next to us, the oppressive feeling of that enormous creature immediately came over us.

He finally understood why Hozuki Shingetsu had given him a death order to bring this thing back safely. He could imagine the scene if this thing did nothing but fly over the enemy ninja village and crash down.

Not to mention using this thing's high mobility to perform other tasks.

"Are you Shennong?"

Yagura turned his head, looked at the middle-aged man who was pinned to the ground with an incredulous expression, and asked, his expression hardening.

"...Mist Ninja? What do you want? There doesn't seem to be any conflict between our Sky Ninja Village and your Kirigakure Village, does there?"

Shennong strained to open his eyes wide, and after seeing the mark on Yagura's forehead, he asked incredulously.

"Our Sky Village just attacked Konoha, inflicting heavy losses on them. We're, after all, your allies. Is this how your Kirigakure treats its allies?"

He could understand if the enemy was Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi, or Danzo Shimura, since they had just bombed someone else's hometown, and it was plausible that someone else would come to deal with him.

But why is Kirigakure here? I've never heard of Kirigakure forming an alliance with Konoha.

"Allies? You're right, that's how we in Kirigakure treat our allies."

Yagura looked at Shennong, who was shouting incessantly at his feet, and a smile appeared on his face.

"If you don't have anything good at home, but you have a lot of people who are obedient, then my Hidden Mist Village might really consider you an ally."

"But look at all this stuff in your house...tsk tsk, it would be a real waste not to rob it!"

Looking at Shennong's face filled with despair, Yagura couldn't help but reveal a hint of imperialist smile:

"Besides... who saw that it was Kirigakure that did this? This is clearly Konoha's revenge!"

"take away!"

(End of this chapter)