The world I hear is completely different from yours.

Chapter Fifty-One: Teacups, Kunai, and Scrolls Speaking in Various Dialects

In the dead of night, Ame continued piloting the Freedom Gundam at high speed through the starless night sky, swiftly traversing mountains and plains, completely unaware that his actions were under the surveillance of the Iwa ninja, and utterly oblivious to the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki's, plans. After all, the protective barriers hidden within the clouds were far too small; the vibrations they caused when they touched the high-speed Freedom Gundam were negligible, failing to attract the attention of either the Gundam or Ame.

"Speaking of which, we've been flying for quite a while now. According to the intelligence provided by the Grass Ninja Village, I should be close to where the Iwa Ninja are installing the chakra railguns by now, right?" Tianqing sat in the cockpit, looking down at the receding mountains and plains below. Although it was shrouded in darkness, and the ground was covered with large black objects, making it impossible to see what was underneath, Tianqing managed to roughly determine his location thanks to his excellent eyesight and sense of direction as a ninja. He confirmed that the target should be nearby and then issued an order to the Freedom Gundam: "Whitey, reduce the flight speed and altitude with a tail sweep. I need to further confirm the target's location!"

"Alright!" The Freedom Gundam, which Tian Qing called Xiaobai, replied in a Beijing accent and began to slowly descend.

For some reason, over the years, the sounds Tianqing heard from objects have become increasingly diverse. At first, the sounds were very mechanical and monotonous, even the sentences were disjointed. But now, not only are the sentences more fluent and coherent, but they also come with rich and unique accents. There's the Northeastern-accented Teacup that constantly says "Old buddy 666," the Guo Degang-style Kunai that speaks in Tianjin dialect and always tells Tianqing gossip and jokes, the Li Lei-style Scroll that speaks fluent English and keeps saying "I'm fine, really fine, thank you," and even the Flute that speaks Namekian and seems about to transform into Piccolo the Great Demon King. It makes Tianqing's ears constantly noisy and chaotic, as if she's back in the office of the neighborhood committee in Shanghai where she worked in her previous life.

"Perhaps as my power increases, my listening ability is also gradually improving," Tian Qing thought to herself. "I wonder what kind of sounds I'll hear next? Let me make it clear beforehand, I have absolutely no intention of listening to any strange things!"

The ability to listen grows with the listener's level. When Tian Qing first became a listener, she couldn't even actively shut down her listening ability, which caused her a lot of inconvenience. After all, many ordinary places that are commonplace to ordinary people can present a completely different picture to a listener. For example, those adult product stores hidden in the streets and alleys are just ordinary shops to ordinary passersby, but to Tian Qing, they are no different from red-light districts. The things in the stores always make all sorts of strange noises at Tian Qing, forcing her to cover her ears and run away every time she passes by.

This situation only improved after Tianqing grew up and was able to consciously shut down her listening ability, allowing her to gradually live a normal life. Therefore, Tianqing is naturally very concerned about how her listening ability will develop in the future, as it will affect her entire life!

As Tian Qing was lost in thought, a mountain peak with obvious signs of human excavation appeared in the distance. The peak was brightly lit, and numerous Iwagakure (Iwagakure Village) flags fluttering everywhere clearly indicated its ownership. Scaffolding and tools used for the excavation were also scattered about. Although it was late at night and no Iwagakure ninja were seen working on the peak, a considerable number of Iwagakure sentries were patrolling the area around it.

"A heavily guarded mountain peak, and so many signs of excavation and construction? This must be it!" Tianqing excitedly pulled out the intelligence report from the Grass Ninja Village, compared it with the scene before him again, and confirmed his target: "That's it! This is the target! Shiro, immediately increase the altitude, but don't alert the enemy below!"

Although the target was right in front of her, Tian Qing clearly had no intention of getting any closer.

If you were assigned a mission to destroy a superweapon, how would you complete it? Would you be like Sylvester Stallone or Rambo, a muscle-bound brute wielding a heavy weapon, bare-chested and muscular, cutting through any obstacle in your path, planting a mountain of explosives, setting a timer, and escaping at the last second before detonation? Or would you be like that cardboard box maniac, hiding alone in an overturned cardboard box, sneaking in and out, planting a mountain of C4, setting a timer, and then making a final leap of faith to escape?

These two methods, which exude a strong sense of masculinity, are probably many people's favorites, right?

Unfortunately for Tian Qing, the best approach was, of course, to fire a long-range artillery shot at the target! The whole process was clean and efficient, far faster than those guys who tried to do lone-wolf infiltration!

"There are clearly opportunities to launch sneak attacks from afar, so why bother running up to the enemy and engaging in close-quarters combat? It's dangerous and exhausting to fight like that, so why bother!" As the Freedom Gundam continued to fly upwards and increase its altitude, Tian Qing looked down at the increasingly smaller mountains on the ground and muttered to himself.

Finally, when the Freedom Gundam reached its highest point in the sky, Tianqing controlled it to extend its hands, aiming them at the mountain peak on the ground. Then, the immense chakra stored within the Freedom Gundam began to flow rapidly, giving it a faint glow, making it appear like a celestial being! Finally, that terrifying power converged on the Freedom Gundam's hands, as if a star had suddenly appeared there, its light flashing!

The next moment, a dazzling light appeared in the dark night sky!

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Chapter Fifty-Two: The Brightest Star in the Night Sky

"How peaceful. It seems tonight will be another uneventful night!" Iwagakure stood alone on the watchtower, looking at the dark forest in the distance. He stretched lazily and muttered to himself, "Even the construction workers who usually work on that mountain peak next door have gone to rest!"

As a genin (low-ranking ninja) from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village), Okawa lacked exceptional combat talent. Therefore, he wasn't selected for the Iwagakure combat forces but instead was assigned to the reconnaissance and logistics unit, eventually being sent to this watchtower in the desolate wilderness as a sentry. Okawa himself didn't complain, knowing he was a weakling with a combat strength of less than five and wouldn't survive long on the battlefield. Therefore, he didn't feel any resistance to being a sentry with almost no chance of achieving merit.

"Although it's safe, this life is just too boring!" Because the watchtower is located in the country of the Grass Kingdom, far from the battlefield, for a while at the beginning, all Da Chuan could see was the unchanging scenery around the watchtower, which made him feel extremely bored. It was as if his life had become a faded black and white photograph, so monotonous and uninteresting.

Until recently, a large number of Iwa ninjas arrived at the nearby mountain peak with a large number of construction workers and began large-scale excavation work, which made Okawa feel that his life had regained some color. Although Okawa did not know why those Iwa ninjas were working on the mountain peak—which was not something he, a lowly genin, could know—he figured it must be a rather important task, because Okawa saw several jonin from Iwagakure among them.

"What exactly is their mission?" Okawa muttered to himself, looking curiously at the brightly lit mountain peaks in the distance. Under the lights, he could see many Iwa ninja guards patrolling around. "Although it looks like they are building something, it feels like they are deliberately disguising it, as if they are setting a trap to wait for someone to come."

Just then, a glimmer of light appeared in the pitch-black night sky, catching Da Chuan's attention: "That's strange. Why did a star suddenly appear there tonight? Logically speaking, the night sky should be completely dark during this time of year, with no stars at all."

To Da Chuan's astonishment, the tiny light in the night sky grew brighter and brighter, rapidly transforming from a faint and barely visible starlight into a bright star that illuminated the sky!

"No! This isn't a star!" Da Chuan suddenly snapped out of his daze, rushed into the watchtower's monitoring room, and seeing the air raid siren flashing red lights, frantically shouted into the communications station, "Alarm! Alarm! Enemy intrusion detected in the air!!!"

And just as Da Chuan shouted loudly, the entire night sky was completely illuminated by that bright star, as if daylight had returned, because another star comparable to the sun had suddenly appeared in the sky!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" "It's an air raid from Konoha! Get into the fortifications!" In the unusual light, the patrolling Iwa ninja on the mountain peak shouted frantically. A large number of Iwa ninja, startled, ran out in a panic and rushed towards the fortifications scattered throughout the mountain, ready to fight the invading enemy.

"They've already found them? Too bad it's too late!" Tianqing looked at the Iwa ninjas scurrying around on the ground like ants on a hot plate and pressed the last button!

Then, the girl's clear voice resounded through the sky, as if announcing the opening of some grand performance, reaching everyone's ears: "Witness my talent, hear thunderous applause! Embrace the glory of the invaders, bloom like flowers! Absolute Gravity Cannon!!"

The next instant, the sun that had illuminated the entire night sky fell straight down, striking the mountain directly below with lightning speed!

boom!!!

The dazzling light instantly engulfed everything! The defensive fortifications atop the mountain, and the numerous Iwa ninja within them, all vaporized in that light! The meticulously crafted chakra weapons, the armor inscribed with numerous defensive barriers, and even the flesh and bones of the Iwa ninja—nothing remained. Everything vanished without a trace in the light, leaving the Iwa ninja no time to even react!

Da Chuan barely managed to open his eyes, which were aching from the intense light. He stared blankly at the scene before him. The lush green mountains and clear waters he had seen countless times had completely vanished, leaving only a red-hot lava mountain that was melting like a heated candle. Large streams of fiery red magma flowed out of the mountain, eventually solidifying into piles of black shale at its foot.

The attack just now not only vaporized the entire surface of the mountain, instantly killing all the Iwa ninja, but also burned the originally towering mountain down to a low-lying hillside, and turned the interior of the remaining hillside into scorching lava, thus completely destroying the chakra railgun inside the mountain.

"No way...it's all gone..." Da Chuan muttered, looking at the horrific scene before him. Suddenly, as if realizing something, he shuddered violently, then decisively left the watchtower and fled into the distance as if some demon was about to descend from the night sky!

"I guess my mission is complete, but just in case, I should come down and check again." Tianqing piloted the Freedom Gundam and slowly landed, preparing to confirm the target's situation once more. After all, it involved such an important weapon as the Chakra Railgun, so he had to be extra careful.

"Huh? Why is there another Iwa ninja watchtower here? I didn't expect this thing to be so lucky, it wasn't affected by the attack just now?" As the flight altitude decreased, Ame gradually saw the things on the ground. Then she was surprised to see the watchtower standing alone not far from the lava mountain, and the Iwa ninja river that was frantically fleeing into the distance.

"Oh? What a clever fellow! He knew to escape at the first opportunity!" Tian Qing smiled slightly and then ignored the fleeing Iwa ninja, instead piloting the Freedom Gundam to continue flying towards the lava mountain.

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Chapter Fifty-Three Counterattack

Countless scorching red lava flows wildly across the barren mountainside, radiating terrifying heat, resembling a hellish mountain on earth. It not only exudes a terrifying aura that keeps the living away, but also ignites large areas of surrounding forests and vegetation, triggering a raging forest fire.

As the fire spread, many startled animals began to flee, and the once noisy forest fell silent, with only the crackling sound of trees being burned by the flames and the sound of many burned trees falling.

The defensive fortifications that were originally built on the mountain peaks have long since disappeared, as if the Iwa ninjas who were lying in ambush here had never appeared here at all.

"What on earth happened?" a ninja from Iwa who came to provide reinforcements asked in a daze. They had been rushing with the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, but when they arrived at the designated location, this was the scene before them!

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, surveyed the devastation before him, his face grim as he muttered, "We're too late!" Indeed, compared to Ame-no-Seki's flying speed, their advance was far too slow; they simply couldn't catch up in time. Onoki's original plan was to use the troops positioned on the mountain peaks to delay Ame-no-Seki for a while, allowing him to catch up and intercept him. However, Onoki never expected that the ambushing Iwa ninja would be defeated so quickly. Before he could even tighten the trap's opening, Ame-no-Seki had destroyed the entire trap!

"Damn it!!" Onoki grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but curse aloud, his heart bleeding. This time, he had deployed a rather large force in this disguised mountain peak, consisting of several hundred-man squads, including dozens of Jonin, which was equivalent to the military strength of a small ninja village, yet he couldn't even delay the weather for a moment.

Then Onoki turned around and shouted to the bewildered Iwa ninja, "Everyone, speed back! Go reinforce the main force's attack! We're going to the front lines now! We must wipe out all of Konoha's puppets!" They might run away, but they couldn't escape! While Ameyoshi could escape alone, the small Konoha unit and puppet army remained in place!

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In the dead of night, a Hydralisk golem is patrolling back and forth under Little Red Riding Hood's remote control.

Suddenly, a long-range fire jutsu ripped through the darkness, smashing the hydra golem into a pile of parts. Given the hydra golem's already inferior senses compared to a ninja, it was even more difficult for it to detect the Iwa ninjas lurking and attacking in the pitch-black night.

"Advance! The primary target is the signal towers standing on the ground! At the same time, be careful not to be attacked by the Hydralisk puppets hiding underground. Prioritize using ranged ninjutsu for attacks, as the attack range of those Hydralisk puppets is no match for ninjutsu!" A ninja squad leader from Iwa shouted, repeating the battle plan that had already been formulated.

As soon as the words left his mouth, countless ranged ninjutsu attacks streaked across the night sky, crashing down upon Konoha's puppet army! After careful study, the Iwa ninja strategists discovered another weakness of the Hydralisk puppets: they could not use ninjutsu attacks!

In the original work, puppets capable of using ninjutsu are extremely rare; most rely on taijutsu for attacks. Puppets that can use arrows for ranged attacks, like the Spiky Serpent Puppet, are already quite advanced. Even the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters, created by Chikamatsu Uemon, the progenitor of puppetry, only have three puppets working together to unleash a single ninjutsu; the rest rely entirely on taijutsu. This is one of the reasons why Sasori, who can create human puppets, is considered a genius—after all, human puppets can all use the ninjutsu of the deceased.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the barrage of ninjutsu, countless Hydralisk golems were blasted into pieces, scattered throughout the forest. Meanwhile, the signal towers collapsed amidst the concentrated attacks of the Iwa ninja. Suddenly, the still-resisting Hydralisk golems twitched and ceased their movements.

"The area ahead has been cleared! Continue forward, and begin destroying those stationary puppets! At the same time, use earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese fantasy novels) to destroy the tunnels and prevent enemy underground attacks!" the squad leader continued to shout.

This time, the Iwa ninjas devised a comprehensive offensive tactic targeting the Hydralisk Golem's attack methods, employing a strategy of long-range attrition and gradual advance. They finally recaptured the previously lost territory with virtually no casualties!

However, correspondingly, because it is necessary to constantly destroy tunnels to prevent Hydralisk puppets from launching sneak attacks, the advance speed of this tactic is very slow, and it takes a considerable amount of time to reach Konoha's main positions.

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At that moment, within Konoha's position, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire area.

"What's going on? Why are the Iwa ninja suddenly launching a full-scale attack at this moment?!" Jiraiya said angrily. "Did they see through my disguise and discover that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is not on the battlefield?"

"Perhaps!" Orochimaru, standing beside her, looked up at Little Red Riding Hood and asked, "How many puppets do we still have? How many signal towers and underground passages do we still have?"

"There are still 36,724 Hydralisk golems and 323 signal towers. All the tunnels located under the enemy's feet have been crushed and are impassable," Little Red Riding Hood replied mechanically.

"Unable to launch a sneak attack, so we can only fight head-on?" Orochimaru said coldly. "It seems that this time, the Iwa ninja are serious! Should we retreat? Jiraiya, the temporary commander of Konoha?"

"We can't retreat! Konoha is right behind us! We can't let the village get hurt!" Jiraiya said resolutely. "Although these puppets can't hold out, we Konoha ninjas are still here! No matter what, protecting the village is our first mission!"

Jiraiya's meaning was clear: protecting Konoha was the primary task of the Konoha ninjas. In this critical moment, even if Orochimaru couldn't reveal his relationship with Konoha, he still had to do his part for Konoha!

Seeing Jiraiya staring intently at him, Orochimaru shrugged: "Don't be so nervous, Jiraiya. Don't worry, I'll step in when necessary. But don't forget, we still have another fighting force!"

Orochimaru then formed the hand seal that would later be used against him: "Impure World Reincarnation! Although the dead who reappeared due to the sacrifices didn't have much of their former strength, some ninjas don't need to fight themselves!"

Chapter 54 Wherever the insect swarm goes, nothing grows.

"Impure World Reincarnation!!"

Instantly, under Orochimaru's technique, dozens of coffins covered with runes burst from the ground! As the coffins slowly opened, more than a dozen ninjas wearing different headbands emerged, led by none other than the former leader of Amegakure: "Demigod" Hanzo!

"Although the quality of the offerings was poor, resulting in them being resurrected as Chunin with only moderate strength, rendering them largely useless on the battlefield, their true fighting power lies not in themselves!" Orochimaru revealed a smug glint in his eyes as he looked at Jiraiya with satisfaction. "These ninjas all possessed extremely powerful summoning beasts, which were their most crucial fighting force! By using their summoning beasts in battle, they could unleash most of their former strength! I spent a considerable amount of time collecting the relics of these historically renowned ninjas who possessed powerful summoning beasts!"

"I suppose Amemori was involved too, sending quite a few Konoha ANBU to help you dig up the grave, right?" Jiraiya retorted irritably, then glanced at Hanzo, whose consciousness had been erased, with a complicated look: "I really didn't expect that the powerful ninja who gave us the title of the Three Legendary Sannin would now be fighting alongside me in this manner!!"

"This is what they call the impermanence of life! Once you die, you have nothing left!" Orochimaru said meaningfully, suddenly forming a hand seal!

Under Orochimaru's control, the dozen or so ninjas, whose consciousness had been erased, rigidly raised their hands and almost simultaneously began forming the same series of hand seals: Boar! Dog! Rooster! Monkey! Sheep! Summoning Jutsu!!

boom!

More than a dozen enormous summoned creatures burst through the underground caverns of Konoha's territory! Like monsters that had been sleeping since ancient times, they stood silently on the ground, waiting for their master's command. As soon as their master gave the order, they would charge forward and crush all the enemies into mincemeat!

"Little Red Riding Hood, install some chakra signal receivers on the backs of these summoning beasts. That way, you can remotely control the puppets around them using these moving receivers! Then, deploy all the Hydralisk puppets and launch a counterattack alongside these summoning beasts!" Jiraiya shouted, leaping in front of the summoning beasts. Before Tianqing left, she had handed over command of Little Red Riding Hood to Jiraiya, entrusting him with the deployment and command of the Konoha Insect Clan puppet army.

"Not only do you plan to personally lead the charge, but you're also prepared to commit all your forces at the very beginning of the war?" Orochimaru asked, a strange glint in his eyes. "You still prefer brute force, don't you!"

"If we can't even stop the first wave of attacks from the Iwa ninja forces, then no matter how many reserves we leave behind, it will probably be of no use, right? Besides, those Iwa ninjas would never expect that we would dare to launch a counterattack under such unfavorable circumstances!" Jiraiya said in a low voice, expressing his judgment.

Although the Hydralisk Puppet's senses were greatly weakened in the darkness of the night, the Iwa ninja were also significantly affected. Judging from the Iwa ninja's steady and methodical attack, they must have been very familiar with the Hydralisk Puppet's weaknesses. Therefore, the Iwa ninja, who had just won a battle, never imagined that Konoha would dare to launch a counterattack in such an extremely unfavorable environment for the Hydralisk Puppet!

Although Jiraiya had not specifically studied military strategy, his rich war experience allowed him to instinctively seize this opportunity!

Jiraiya then bit his finger, slamming his blood-stained hands heavily onto the ground: "Summoning Jutsu! Gamabunta!!!"

A cloud of white mist dissipated, revealing a gigantic toad with a massive pipe in its mouth standing at the forefront of all the summoned beasts. This gigantic toad was dressed as a mafia boss, with a huge sword hanging from its waist, and glared with displeasure at the surrounding resurrected dead with its enormous eyes.

Then Bunta struck a pose like the ultimate secondhand smoke generator, took a deep drag of his cigarette, and exhaled a huge cloud of secondhand smoke, his voice unusually loud: "Jiraiya, where did you find these dead people? I don't like fighting with zombies!"

"In this emergency, you'll have to be flexible. Just bear with it for now!" Jiraiya leaped onto Gamabunta's head. "The base is yours, Orochimaru! Everyone else, move out! Our target is the Iwa ninja ahead. Crush them!!"

Then, these enormous summoned beasts moved, charging forward like dozens of small mountains! Behind these monsters, countless hydra golems emerged from the ground and joined the charge!

The swarm of insects marches forth, rolling forward! Wherever they go, nothing grows!

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In the dead of night, the Iwa ninja camp was quiet. The Iwa ninja army was still basking in the afterglow of their victory. Many Iwa ninja had already disarmed themselves and were chatting and laughing as they ate and recovered their strength around their tents, preparing for the next day's attack. They were completely unaware of the danger that was about to come.

Because Iwagakure doesn't have bloodline limit ninjas with super sensory abilities like Konoha's Byakugan, the Iwagakure army relies on ninjas with exceptional eyesight to stand guard at high places. However, in the pitch-black night, even these ninjas with superhuman vision can't see very far; to them, the distance is just darkness.

The first to notice the anomaly was an Iwa ninja standing on a high vantage point at the edge. The ninja stared in surprise at the cup in his hand, where ripples were constantly spreading across the surface of the water, as if his hand were trembling: "Huh? Is my hand trembling?"

Then, Iwagakure lowered his head and glanced at his left hand—the left hand was still as firm as a rock and unmoved as usual, worthy of being one of his favorite wives, always so strong—then Iwagakure suddenly realized that it was not his hand that was shaking, but his whole body, or rather the watchtower he was standing on, that was shaking incessantly!

"Damn it! The ground is shaking! Are those Konoha puppets digging tunnels to attack again? Didn't we already send people to compact all the land along the way?!" But before the Iwa ninja could even voice his question, he realized his mistake—seeing the large, dark figures rushing towards them at high speed in the distance, the Iwa ninja immediately screamed frantically, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! It's a frontal attack from Konoha!!"

Splat!

A giant summoning beast, a bull, charged past, crushing the watchtower and the Iwa ninja on top of it to pieces with a single stomp!