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TUS Chapter 266: Chaos on the Battlefield
🕑 Added 2025-01-19 15:29:13 +0000 UTCThe unexpected turn of events left everyone stunned.
A strong sense of uneasiness surged in Onoki's heart. With a stern voice, he exclaimed, "Mizukage! What are you doing?"
"Can't you see?" Mei smiled sarcastically and said, "Don't you see? Of course, a surprise attack... oh, no, it would be more like a stab in the back!"
"You, are you crazy?" The Raikage looked at Mei in disbelief and growled, "Do you want Kirigakure to be annexed by Konoha?"
Mei shrugged and calmly replied, "The Hokage has already assured me that he will adopt a one country, two systems model. Kirigakure will maintain its autonomy, like the relationship between a daimyo and a Kage."
"Absurd! This is crazy! You..."
"Do you think I don't know your plans?" Terumi Mei looked at the Raikage and the Tsuchikage with disdain and said, "Do you two have any good intentions for Kirigakure? You're just thinking of annexing us."
"You..."
The Raikage and the Tsuchikage almost vomited blood.
God can see that they really don't have this idea.
Swallow Kirigakure?
They want to swallow Kirigakure, but can they?
No matter how dilapidated Kirigakure is, it is still one of the five major shinobi villages, with a solid foundation. Can anyone swallow it?
Even if there are only a few thousand shinobi on the surface, it is the same.
"Mizukage!" Onoki said with a serious expression, "I don't know where you got that idea from, but you're wrong. We don't..."
"It's too late to say anything now, Onoki, you are really old and confused!" Mei laughed sarcastically, "I've already taken action! Do you think Kirigakure will just sit back and do nothing?"
Onoki's face was gloomy. How could he not know this? However, he still had some fantasies in his mind.
If they lost the Mizukage while Konoha gained her as an ally, how could they win this war?
He looked at the unconscious Mifune lying on the ground and couldn't help but curse in his mind: 'Damn waste! It was an effort to bring him here and it was for nothing!'
"Let me make something clear to you." Mei smiled as she observed those presents. "From the very beginning, Kirigakure has been on Konoha's side. So their plans have been an open book to the Hokage."
"Oh, right!" she continued with an even wider smile. "Do you know why Konoha has so much military strength? Because they haven't sent troops to the Kirigakure border. In fact, we've been guarding the Kumogakure border instead!"
"Raikage, the shinobi the Kumo-nin have been fighting are not from Konoha, but from Kirigakure!"
If this were a Xianxia novel, the Tsuchikage and Raikage would have spat out blood out of anger.
Suddenly everything fell into place. From the beginning something felt off, and now they understood why.
Onoki had a gloomy expression and said, "Then, Sunagakure..."
"I sensed something strange in Sunagakure from the start," Funan replied with a smile. "That's why I sent five thousand shinobi to the Suna border."
"Furthermore, as soon as we detected something suspicious, the shinobi infiltrated in Sunagakure began sabotaging from within, leaving Suna unable to respond."
At this point, the teams led by Kakuzu and Hidan were probably wreaking havoc on Suna, and this is assuming that Kakuzu hasn't found out about Rasa's death yet, because when he does, he might end up going crazy.
Funan let out a light laugh.
The Tsuchikage and the Raikage were on the verge of collapse.
They had spent years preparing for this invasion of Konoha.
Sunagakure was their trump card.
They were certain that Konoha would not protect itself from Suna, allowing them to create a breach and the subsequent collapse of Konoha's defenses.
But they never imagined Mei's betrayal.
Who was harmed the most by Konoha? Kirigakure!
Kirigakure should be the one who hated Konoha the most.
“Why, Mizukage?” Onoki gritted his teeth.
[Gugh!]
Orochimaru, his chest pierced by Mei's sword, tore his mouth open in a grotesque manner. A new body began to emerge.
[Swish!]
Funan came in front of him.
[Bang!]
With a single slap, Orochimaru was forced back the way he was starting to come out.
Orochimaru: "..."
[Boom!]
The Raikage burst onto the scene with a punch filled with fury, heading towards both Funan and Mei.
Behind him, Onoki followed closely.
Both coordinate their movements perfectly, with a clear objective: not allowing Funan and Mei to finish off Orochimaru.
In response, Funan and Mei displayed equally impeccable timing.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
A huge water dragon rushed towards the Raikage.
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
Facing the destructive power of the Dust Release, Funan's Susanoo appeared, advancing against Onoki's attack.
[Crack, click, crack!]
The destructive power of the Dust Release was overwhelming and reduced the Susanoo's arm by two-thirds.
"Wow, what impressive strength," Funan commented with a smirk as the pattern in his eyes rotated slightly.
The Susanoo began to regenerate.
Just then, Funan suddenly felt a flash of light in the corner of his eyes.
He quickly turned his head to avoid the attack.
The Kusanagi Sword!
Orochimaru had vomited out a snake holding the Kusanagi sword in its mouth, directing it towards Funan. The blade had pierced the Susanoo's armor with ease.
The next moment, he took Mei by the hand, and they stepped back together.
Orochimaru slowly stood up while keeping his eyes fixed on Funan coldly.
At his side were the Raikage and the Tsuchikage.
Over Onoki's shoulder, Mifune was hanging.
"Retreat!" The Tsuchikage looked grim and said, "We can't win this battle."
"Okay!"
"Do you really think you can run away?" Funan ridiculed them. "Do you think I'll just sit back and do nothing?"
"Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation!"
Orochimaru roared as he invoked his technique once more.
[Bang! Bang! Bang!]
Ten coffins emerged in front of Funan.
However, the revived shinobi this time were unknown to Funan, and their chakras were not particularly powerful either.
Funan raised an eyebrow.
Cannon fodder?
At this point, summoning cannon fodder was probably the best strategy.
Funan's pupil power began to explode.
The Susanoo began to form around him again.
Meanwhile, behind him, Mei began to perform hand seals.
"Kill!"
[Boom!]
The attacks from both sides collided with devastating intensity.
Orochimaru and the others, without wasting any time, turned around and began to escape.
They knew perfectly well that the revived bodies would not last too long.
However, once again they underestimated Funan's power.
[Boom!!!]
Funan's Susanoo advanced, destroying everything in its path.
Nothing could stop him.
"Mei!" Funan shouted.
"Understood!" Mei formed seals with both hands, and several water dragons rushed towards the Raikage and others.
[Bang! Bang! Bang!]
The enemies tried to block the attacks as best they could.
Even Mifune, wounded, stood up and unsheathed his sword to launch a final attack.
In an instant Funan was already in front of them.
"Raikage!" Onoki exclaimed as he approached him, placing both hands on his back.
"Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique!"
The Raikage's body shook, and he clenched his fists tightly.
"This is amazing!"
With an expression of unbridled joy, he fixed his gaze on Funan.
"Mifune!"
"Understood!" Mifune replied with determination as he unsheathed his sword and delivered a powerful slash.
[Bang!]
A loud rumble echoed as it hit the Susanoo.
Funan watched them coldly, not moving an inch.
Despite this, Mifune managed something impressive: his blow had left a small crack in the Susanoo's armor.
"Roar!!!"
The Raikage roared before charging angrily towards Funan.
[Boom!!!]
Powered by Lightning Chakra Mode, the Raikage slammed into the Susanoo with such force that it made him retreat. The Susanoo's armor began to show dense cracks.
“Interesting…” Funan murmured, his eyes shining.
"Retreat!" Orochimaru shouted coldly.
Taking the opportunity, the group joined forces to launch a combined jutsu against Mei, managing to briefly push her away before escaping into the distance.
"Run away? Where do you think you're going?" Funan's icy laughter echoed through the air.
Orochimaru, with a cold gaze, extended his arm like a snake and threw a punch that hit the Raikage directly in the face.
[Bang!]
"Ugh!" The Raikage, who was leading the retreat, was pushed back, his face brimming with fury.
"Orochimaru!" The Raikage roared.
The Tsuchikage and others were shocked.
"If we don't retreat now, we will all die," Orochimaru said in a cold voice.
Onoki opened his mouth, about to retort, but at that moment several shinobi appeared in the distance.
Konoha's reinforcements!
Onoki paled as he realized the situation. This could only mean that the shinobi sent to infiltrate Konoha had been eliminated.
"Retreat!"
Onoki no longer hesitated and left quickly.
Funan laughed coldly as he prepared to launch a sword slash with Susanoo and finish off Onoki and the others.
[Boom!!!]
Just then, a powerful attack headed towards Funan.
Susanoo's arm was instantly destroyed stopping Funan's attack.
Funan's cold eyes moved around the place, unable to hide his overflowing fury.
That ninjutsu was more powerful than a Tailed Beast Bomb and had been aimed directly at him. Although he had managed to have the Susanoo block most of the impact, if he hadn't noticed the attack in time, it would have seriously injured him.
This made Funan, who thought he had everything under control and saw the whole situation as a game, unable to accept it.
"Who was it? Show yourself!" he shouted in a thunderous voice.
"Hokage-sama!"
The reinforcements of Konoha arrived at this time.
"Search everywhere!"
"Understood!"
The shinobi scattered to search the surroundings.
Funan turned his gaze into the distance.
Onoki and the others had already taken the opportunity to escape. Now chasing them was useless.
He turned his head back to where Mei was still fighting the Raikage.
They were both Kage-level shinobi. A fight between them would not be resolved quickly.
With Konoha reinforcements present, the Raikage's fate was clear: he would soon be captured.
But who had launched that attack?
In Konoha, or even in the entire shinobi world, who could execute such a powerful technique?
"Five natures combined to perfection..." Funan muttered. He could only think of one person capable of performing such an attack: Sarutobi Hiruzen!
He had made a mistake by underestimating him.
Despite having teased in front of the Senju brothers about Hiruzen's possible presence, in the end he had not taken Hiruzen seriously.
The recent streak of success had made him let his guard down, but this attack reminded him that accidents could happen, and he could even end up dying.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, as a token of gratitude, I will return your blow in spades."
