Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

"Your Highness, please go first."

After exchanging polite refusals, the two entered the banquet hall together. At that moment, many burly men dressed as civil officials were seated inside. Upon seeing the two enter, they all stood up and said, "Greetings, Your Highness the Daimyo, and Your Excellency the Grand Minister of the Land of Fire."

After nodding to everyone, Uchiha Touko looked at Mifune and chuckled, "The civil officials under the Daimyo are all quite robust. Even our Land of Fire is far inferior in this respect."

"Grand Minister, you jest. My Land of Iron is a land of warriors. Before they entered the court, they were all warriors, so naturally they have such physiques. I envy your Land of Fire, which not only has such a powerful shadow, but also such an outstanding civil official."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two took their seats and began toasting each other.

The air was filled with the aroma of sake and the smell of food, and as the banquet progressed, a subtle, tense atmosphere grew stronger.

The banquet was getting into the swing of things, and the atmosphere seemed to have eased a bit.

Midway through the banquet, as the host, Mifune rose to raise his glass, preparing to deliver a toast, when suddenly, an unexpected event occurred!

Two metal cubes were tossed into the banquet hall from a corner.

At the same time, Mifune flicked his wrist, and the gesture that seemed to be raising a cup instantly turned into a sword-drawing and charging posture. He drew a short sword from his waist and aimed it directly at Touko's side, trying to block Uchiha Touko's evasion route!

The two metal cubes suddenly disintegrated in mid-air, turning into countless tiny, shimmering blue metallic dust particles that instantly spread out, completely enveloping Uchiha Touko! The dust particles made a faint "hissing" sound upon contact with the air, and a powerful and eerie force field was instantly formed!

The next instant, Uchiha Touko felt the scene before him violently distort and peel away! The luxurious and bright banquet hall disappeared, replaced by a gloomy and terrifying forest of bones.

The crimson moon cast its light, making the countless jagged bone trees appear like menacing claws. Beneath his feet lay soft, sticky, decaying earth, reeking of a nauseating stench of blood. Countless twisted, tormented phantoms of souls wailed and darted through the bone forest, their cries piercing the depths of his soul, attempting to shatter his will. The illusion itself carried a powerful mental impact, trying to directly paralyze his nerves and freeze the flow of his chakra.

This is the cutting-edge scientific ninja tool developed by Amado, the genius scientist currently residing in Kumogakure—"Nightmare of the Forest." It doesn't require the user to be proficient in genjutsu; simply injecting chakra to activate it instantly creates a composite genjutsu space that combines mental shock and sensory deprivation, powerful enough to trap a Kage-level ninja! They are betting on Uchiha Touko's vulnerability due to the well-known information in the ninja world that he is "not good at genjutsu"!

Seeing Uchiha Touko frozen in place, A, who had appeared, laughed wildly: "Hahaha, as expected, using genjutsu to deal with Uchiha Touko is indeed feasible!"

Having said that, Ai gritted his teeth and glared at the figure before him who had brought him endless humiliation. "Uchiha Touko! Die at your clumsy genjutsu skills! One-shot shojin!"

Ai transformed into lightning, his metal prosthetic limb crackling with thunderous electricity, and charged towards Uchiha Touko.

At this moment, in the center of the terrifying illusion, Uchiha Touko showed no panic. Facing the wailing ghosts rushing towards him and the abyss that suddenly cracked open beneath his feet, from which countless bone hands reached out, he simply closed his eyes calmly.

"A boring trick."

When he opened his eyes again, those dark eyes had changed!

Against a crimson backdrop, three jet-black tomoe rapidly rotated and transformed into a tomoe composed of three lightning bolts. Silver Sage Mode eyeshadow appeared at the corner of the eye—Mangekyou Sharingan: Mizusou no Mikoto!

The Mirage Eye Technique is activated!

In Dou Guang's vision, the blood moon that blotted out the sky, the gloomy forest of skeletons, the wailing souls, the abyss beneath his feet... all the illusions were like reflections on water after a stone has been thrown in, violently fluctuating, distorting, and then shattering into pieces! The chakra flow that constituted the illusion, the energy nodes, and the faint metallic signal sources of the two scientific ninja tools hidden at the core of the illusion were presented to him in perfect detail, like beacons in the night. His eye technique, awakened because of his doubts about the reality of this world, could "see through" the root and essence of all illusions.

The illusion collapsed in an instant!

In the real world, only a moment has passed.

The azure dust field enveloping Uchiha Touko vanished like shattered glass! He remained seated in his original position, his posture unchanged, only his crimson Mangekyou Sharingan with its lightning bolt pattern staring ahead like an abyss.

Ai's sinister smile froze instantly, replaced by utter shock and disbelief: "What?! Impossible!"

The momentum of the three ships suddenly came to a halt, and the samurai's intuition made him feel a great crisis!

"Lord Mifune," Touko's voice was terrifyingly calm, yet carried a chilling edge that could freeze the soul, "is this the entertainment you prepared for the banquet? And these two are the actors you hired?"

Before he could finish speaking, Uchiha Touko moved!

Uchiha Touko's body vanished from the spot like a ghost, leaving a faint afterimage behind. When he reappeared, he was already beside Raikage A!

Seeing this, Ai roared and his whole body burst with violent blue lightning. His metal prosthetic limbs were wrapped in destructive lightning, tearing through the air and slamming straight into Dou Guang's face!

The pitch-black Susanoo skeleton instantly appeared, its giant hand grabbing Ai Ci's metal prosthetic limb, and then azure lightning crackled in its hand.

On the other side, Onoki clasped his hands together, and a blinding white light rapidly condensed and expanded between his palms!

Dust Release: Particle Style! A massive, semi-transparent cube instantly materialized and shot towards Uchiha Touko!

While holding A's metal prosthetic arm, Uchiha Touko turned to look at Onoki, smiled, and then the lightning in his hand instantly erupted, causing an explosion in front of A's eyes. At the same time, Uchiha Touko's figure disappeared from Onoki's sight.

When Uchiha Touko reappeared, he was already beside Onoki. His speed was so fast that Onoki didn't even have time to react. A ball of lightning that had almost solidified into liquid transformed into a blade and slashed toward his face. Onoki hurriedly dodged, but how could Onoki, whose speed had greatly decreased due to his age, keep up with Uchiha Touko's speed?

Seeing that the space for dodging had been completely blocked, Onoki had no choice but to temporarily condense a Dust Release Cube and block in front of the Lightning Blade.

The moment the raging lightning collided with the Dust Cube, the energy surged outwards. The figures of the civil officials disguised as elites from the two villages, who had just stepped forward to help them at the banquet, were instantly swept away by this energy. A group of people were slammed heavily against the palace walls one after another, and the banquet hall of the city lord's mansion in this border city of the Iron Kingdom collapsed at that moment.

Uchiha Touko quietly left the center of the explosion, but at that moment, a cold light suddenly flashed, extremely fast, and silently slashed towards Touko's neck!

The three ships have moved!

Chapter 300 The Fall of the Thunder Shadow

Having caught a tiny opening in Dou Guang's body where his old strength had just dissipated and his new strength had not yet been generated, Mifune, who was skilled in Iaijutsu, suddenly drew his sword. A streak of cold light flashed out, extremely fast, and silently slashed toward Dou Guang's neck!

Uchiha Touko didn't even turn his head completely. His body leaned back in a near-twisted posture that defied the laws of physics. At the same time, his left hand shot out with lightning speed, and his chakra-wrapped fingers accurately struck the weakest point on the side of Mifune's katana!

"Clang!" A crisp metallic clang rang out! Mifune felt a strange and powerful shockwave emanating from the blade, causing his sure-fire Iai Slash to deflect instantly. The blade grazed Uchiha Touko's Hokage robe. Then, Uchiha Touko used the force to spin around, his lightning-wrapped palm slashing fiercely at his opponent, forcing Mifune to quickly retreat and block.

The entire battle was swift and decisive, taking only a fraction of a second!

The dust has settled slightly.

The banquet hall was in complete disarray, with tables and chairs shattered, the floor cracked, and terrifying traces of lightning and dust escape techniques remaining. The elite ninjas from the two villages, disguised as civil officials, lay dead amidst the collapsed palace, their fates unknown.

In the arena, Uchiha Touko stood proudly, his Hokage robes fluttering slightly under the surge of chakra, his scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan coldly sweeping across the entire arena.

Uchiha Touko's aura was incredibly calm, as if the intense battle just now was merely a warm-up.

The Fourth Raikage, A, clutched his mechanical prosthetic arm, which had been nearly destroyed by lightning. His bronze skin was covered with charred marks, and his breathing was slightly heavy. His eyes were filled with shock and anger. Compared to their last encounter, Uchiha Touko had become even stronger.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, hovered in the air, his face ashen and panting heavily. Maintaining and releasing Dust Release was extremely taxing, and what frustrated him even more was that his most prized technique had been dodged by his opponent with almost premonition, and he had even suffered a precise counterattack.

Mifune, who had barely managed to join this level of combat, knelt on one knee, his katana planted in the ground for support. His hand holding the katana was split open, blood seeping out. His face was pale, and he looked at Uchiha Touko with a complicated expression. His signature sword-drawing technique had been broken by the opponent with just two fingers! The pride of the samurai had been dealt an unprecedented blow.

"It seems that Lord Mifune is considering reconsidering the neutral stance of your Land of Iron," Uchiha Touko said calmly, looking coldly at the three people in front of him.

"Hmph, stop pretending. I don't think you have any ambition to keep our Land of Iron neutral. If I don't join forces with them, it won't be long before our Land of Iron becomes a mere shell of its former self, just like the Land of Water."

“That’s right.” Uchiha Touko nodded, openly admitting his ambition, and then said, “However, if you don’t choose to get involved in the war between the ninja villages, you will still be able to obtain a title in the future.”

"You want me to surrender? Dream on! There are no samurai born on their knees in the Land of Iron!" Mifune stood up, then stood beside Onoki and Ai, sword in hand.

Ai took a deep breath and took out another metal prosthetic limb from the sealing scroll on his body, replacing the one that had been destroyed by Uchiha Touko. Then, the three of them stood ready.

"Are you planning a three-on-one battle?" Uchiha Touko asked with a light laugh.

“Even if it’s a three-on-one fight that goes against the samurai spirit, we have to win. Don’t call us despicable; you’re the strongest ninja in the world right now.” Mifune said with some difficulty, gripping his sword.

"How could that be?" Uchiha Touko suddenly laughed, then formed a hand seal. After a large cloud of smoke flashed by, three shadow clones of Uchiha Touko instantly appeared beside each of the three. The Mangekyou Sharingan swirled in the eyes of the shadow clones, and their jet-black skeletons slowly formed.

"After all, it's three against one. Don't accuse me of being despicable. You should know that you are the Kage of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, as well as the strongest samurai in the world."

"You!" Mifune hadn't expected that his careless remark would have such consequences. The three shadow clones of Uchiha Touko beside him had locked onto him firmly, and an overwhelming pressure surged towards him. Meanwhile, Uchiha Touko's main body walked straight to where Mifune had been sitting, sat down, propped his cheek on his hand, and looked at the group with great interest.

"Calm down, this is just a shadow clone; it can't unleash even a fraction of his true power," Onoki said in a deep voice.

"Then you lot should give it a try," Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh.

In the next instant, the three shadow clones beside each person attacked almost simultaneously, and three three-on-one battlefields instantly formed, causing chaos in the scene. Uchiha Touko then reached out and summoned a bottle of precious sake that had survived the previous collision. Under the influence of Ryuchi Cave's Sage Art of Manipulating Inorganic Matter, the bottle flew directly into his hand.

Uchiha Touko tilted his head back and took a sip of water, then slowly observed the battle between the group and his shadow clone.

However, even the weakest of the three, Mifune, was considered to be of average strength within the Kage level. The other two were even less of a threat. After all, Uchiha Tokō's shadow clones were not wood clones that were immune to physical attacks. A few minutes later, the last shadow clone beside the three was destroyed.

However, Uchiha Tokō himself did not intend to defeat his opponent with just a few shadow clones. He only did this on a whim after hearing what Mifune said.

However, even though they had dealt with Uchiha Tokō's shadow clones, it didn't look easy for them. Mifune, who was already in a sorry state from the previous clash, had his chakra blades covered in cracks. Onoki, whose chakra reserves were already declining due to old age, had used up more than half of his chakra. Of the three, only the Raikage looked a little better, but he also had several black scorch marks from lightning burns on his body.

Uchiha Touko drank the last sip of sake from the bottle, then stood up with a smile and clapped his hands.

“It doesn’t seem like a three-on-one situation is that difficult. Let me test your strength.” Uchiha Touko said, his eye power and chakra surged outside his body, and the complete Susanoo slowly took shape. In an instant, the ceiling of the lord’s mansion in this border city of the Land of Iron was pierced and collapsed, and most of the ninjas buried in the collapsed walls were instantly killed.

Onoki used his flying technique to carry Mifune and the Raikage away from the danger zone. Looking at the Susanoo that was nearly a hundred meters tall in front of him, he swallowed hard. Before this, all his understanding of Uchiha Touko's strength came from intelligence reports. To be honest, he had greatly overestimated Uchiha Touko's strength. When preparing for this ambush, he treated Uchiha Touko as if he were Uchiha Madara, whom he had met before. However, now that he was actually facing him, Onoki realized that he was terribly wrong.

However, at this moment, the arrow was already on the bowstring, and there was no room for retreat.

"Raikage! Lord Mifune! Cover me!" Onoki roared after taking a deep breath, his hands laboriously forming hand seals, veins bulging on his forehead, as he frantically poured all the remaining chakra he had in reserve into his power. "Dust Release: Particle Style!"

A tiny cube, radiating a destructive white light, coalesced between his palms and rapidly expanded.

With a roar, Ai transformed into a blue lightning bolt that tore through space, rushing towards Susanoo's leg at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye. The metal prosthetic limb, wrapped in lightning, slammed down, attempting to draw Dou Guang's attention and buy time for Dust Release.

Mifune, becoming one with his sword, instantly unleashed dozens of highly refined vacuum sword energies, precisely slicing towards the joints of Susanoo's sword-wielding arm and the base of its wings, disrupting its movements and balance.

Uchiha Touko stood in the crystal on the forehead of Susanoo, watching the three's attacks with indifferent eyes.

“A cornered beast’s struggle.” Uchiha Touko spoke coldly, then with a thought, Susanoo’s giant katana swept across, easily deflecting Mifune’s sword energy. At the same time, he raised his foot and stomped, trying to crush the Raikage A, who moved like lightning.

At that very moment, Onoki's Dust Release cube finally expanded to its limit, carrying an aura that could annihilate all matter, and accurately and silently struck the head armor of Susanoo!

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There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sickeningly loud decomposition sound.

The Susanoo chest armor, touted as an absolute defense, was quickly melted and decomposed like ice being thrown into strong acid in the face of Dust Release's power to disintegrate everything at the atomic level, revealing its internal structure and the true form of Uchiha Touko standing in the core crystal!

"Success!" Onoki's spirits lifted, but the intense exertion caused him to sway and almost fall from the sky.

The moment the breastplate breaks open is the perfect opportunity for a decisive blow!

"Success!" A light flashed in A's eyes like never before. The lightning chakra in his body was instantly compressed to its limit, gathering at the tip of his metal prosthetic finger, which had become a spike, forming a point of extreme lightning that pierced the sky!

"Hell Thrust - One-Shot Strike!"

Abandoning all defense, he concentrated speed, power, and destructive force into a single point! This was A's strongest technique, which had pierced through the strongest shield in his father's hands! He transformed into a blue lightning spear that pierced through the heavens and earth, aiming directly at the breach, at Uchiha Touko's heart within the crystal! The speed was so fast that it surpassed sound, surpassed sight, and even distorted space itself!

This strike embodied Ai Bisheng's beliefs and strength, carrying the determination to eliminate the threat to the Hidden Cloud Village!

Onoki and Mifune were on tenterhooks; this was the only and best chance they had created to win!

However, Uchiha Touko, standing in the crystal, faced with this fierce attack, curled his lips into a cold smile, and his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan instantly shone with a deep and eerie light.

Countless branches flowed before Uchiha Touko's eyes, and he easily anchored the most suitable one.

Uchiha Touko slightly turned his body, then gently touched the weak spot on Ai's metal prosthetic arm with his right index finger.

The next instant, A's spear pierced his own right chest. In the clash between the strongest spear and the strongest shield of Kumogakure, it seemed that the Lightning Release Armor was at a disadvantage. At this moment, A finally understood how his father, the Third Raikage, had gotten that deep-seated wound on his chest.

However, unexpectedly, Uchiha Touko's next attack did not take advantage of the momentum to target his other vital points, but instead punched a metal device at his waist.

It was at this moment that an incredulous look appeared in Ai's eyes.

“You know what? I could have blocked that old man’s Dust Release just now,” Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh, “but I deliberately lowered my defense, just for this chance to catch you.”

"This thing is a device that can trigger a one-time Heaven's Delivery Technique, right? The craftsmanship is quite good. Coupled with those chakra armors you showed off on the battlefield earlier, it seems there are some experts in your Cloud Village. But unfortunately, my eyes have already seen the future." Uchiha Touko picked up the scientific ninja tool he had taken from A's waist and laughed, "Triggering the Heaven's Delivery Technique to escape in a critical moment, and then betraying your allies here? No wonder Kakashi said your credibility is so low that you can't even lend a lighter."