Chapter 54: Trap
A terrifying explosion occurred inside the cave behind him!
Kiiroinu Captain was a Fire Release jonin; an explosion of this scale should be his doing.
Yoru didn’t know Fire Release and wasn’t sure if Fire Release needed to consume oxygen. If it did, the people in the cave would suffocate?
In fires, over 90% of fatalities were due to poisoning and suffocation, with fewer burned to death.
Yoru stayed far away from the cave.
He had already warned Kiiroinu Captain in advance and done all he could; next, if the sky fell, the tall ones would have to hold it up.
The two Stone Ninja using Earth Submergence underground were dealt with by the Anbu Squad, but in the woods opposite, two Stone Ninja squads appeared.
Yoru separated out a Shadow Clone to guard in front of Purple Cat.
This Shadow Clone would provide protection for Purple Cat, and Purple Cat had to seize the opportunity to use the Mind Body Switch Technique.
The remaining two in the squad were both crucial.
The situation was critical, and there was no time to worry about exposing Purple Cat’s Yamanaka Clan identity.
Yoru drew his sword and charged toward the Stone Ninja.
Over a dozen kunai whistled through the air, and Yoru raised his ninja sword, knocking them away in a few strikes.
The Stone Ninja Squad Leader opposite was extremely surprised; this Fox Anbu had such solid fundamentals, and this reaction speed was not that of an ordinary Anbu.
Two Stone Ninja came forward, while the Stone Ninja Squad Leader in the rear formed hand seals, preparing ninjutsu.
The ninja sword spun and leaped in the night.
Under Cloud Style Sword Technique, Yoru decisively slashed at the Stone Ninja on the left, quickly killing him.
The other Stone Ninja precisely seized the moment to strike, his kunai thrusting toward Yoru’s side.
Yoru’s sword had not yet been recovered.
The ninja Oonoki brought all had high quality.
Yoru could counter-kill the Stone Ninja on the side at the cost of injury.
At the critical moment, the Stone Ninja’s movements suddenly stopped.
Purple Cat collapsed; she had already taken control of this Stone Ninja.
Yoru seized the opportunity and slashed the Stone Ninja dead with his ninja sword.
The Stone Ninja Squad Leader’s ninjutsu had arrived!
Over a hundred stones flew whistling through the air like bullets.
Yoru had already prepared the one-handed seal for the Earth Clone.
The stones hit Yoru, but made the sound of striking a mud pit.
Pfft pfft pfft!
Yoru’s body turned into mud, which splashed everywhere from the stones.
The Stone Ninja Squad Leader was shocked again.
A Leaf Ninja, why did he know Hidden Stone Village’s advanced Earth Release?
He himself didn’t even know the A-rank ninjutsu Earth Clone.
Instinctively, the Stone Ninja Squad Leader leaped into the air.
After Earth Clone came Earth Submergence for a sneak attack; this was a move many Stone Ninja jonin habitually used.
Sure enough, a kunai shot out from underground.
The Stone Ninja Squad Leader was glad for his quick reaction, dodging the Fox Anbu’s sneak attack.
However, as the kunai flew past his eyes, he saw an exploding tag wrapped around its handle!
Boom!
After the explosion, the Stone Ninja Squad Leader was blasted away.
Yoru drew a kunai from his ninja tool bag and threw it from afar at the Stone Ninja Squad Leader.
The kunai nailed into the Stone Ninja Squad Leader’s throat, ending the execution.
After clearing one squad, Yoru returned to Purple Cat’s side.
His sword was fast; he hoped Purple Cat’s soul had returned in time and wouldn’t be accidentally injured by his own sword.
Seeing Purple Cat was fine, he jumped onto a big tree and looked toward the distant main battlefield.
Adamantine Staff, Dust Release, Wind Release, Earth Release, Fire Release—the entire battlefield was a chaotic mess.
However, none of these were the most eye-catching.
Yoru saw a person!
In the valley, Mito Uzumaki slowly walked out.
No one supporting her.
At this moment, Mito Uzumaki showed no sign of being decrepit and dying.
She came to the edge of the valley and clasped her hands together.
Chakra boiled on her body, rapidly condensing into a solid form.
Under Ushi-ga Mountain, an ominous aura spread.
A chilling sensation on the body, yet a murderous restlessness rose in the heart.
This was Nine-Tails Chakra.
Chakra surged around Mito Uzumaki’s body, slowly forming a ferocious demon fox head.
Chakra continued to pour out, with more and more Nine-Tails Chakra appearing.
A complete semi-transparent Nine-Tails appeared in the valley.
On the semi-transparent Nine-Tails’ body, chains were wrapped around it, and key joints like shoulders and hips were pierced by iron chains.
This was a special Tailed Beast Cloak form that hadn’t even been shown in the original work.
Only the Uzumaki Clan’s top sealing jutsu masters could utilize the Nine-Tails this way with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
The Nine-Tails raised its head, and in front of its bloody maw, a Tailed Beast Ball quickly formed.
Oonoki’s miserable voice echoed through the night sky.
“Trap! Mito Uzumaki hasn’t reached the end of her life at all!”
Seeing Mito Uzumaki’s overwhelming strength, Yoru finally understood that today was not the day for the Nine-Tails transfer seal at all.
Tonight was a feast Konoha had prepared for the enemy!
Few forces had the strength to interfere with Konoha Village’s Nine-Tails transfer seal, and Hidden Stone Village was one of the strongest among them.
By releasing fake news, the enemy would surely take the bait.
This was the best opportunity to weaken Konoha, and the powerful Hidden Stone Village absolutely couldn’t resist such temptation.
Lure Hidden Stone Village over, then let Hidden Stone Village witness what the strongest Tailed Beast was!
The Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han, who had burst out three tails, was no match for the Nine-Tails at all.
Han’s Tailed Beast Ball was only fist-sized, while the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball was dozens of meters, like half a mountainside.
The gap was too big.
Hidden Stone Village’s sealing jutsu could be called garbage, far inferior to the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing jutsu.
Over the decades, Mito Uzumaki had approached Perfect Jinchuriki and developed a way to utilize the Nine-Tails.
The Leaf Ninja who came out this time weren’t many.
At this point, the advantage of fewer people became apparent; the Konoha side’s people desperately fled backward.
The Stone Ninja didn’t give up and created waves of Earth Flow City Wall.
In front of the Nine-Tails’ massive Tailed Beast Ball, those Earth Release walls were as thin as a stack of worn playing cards.
Yoru looked down and shouted to Purple Cat: “Run! Run fast!”
No longer daring to look back, Yoru sprinted away at full speed.
Chakra infused into his legs, pushing Taijutsu Body Flicker Technique to the limit.
Purple Cat also knew Body Flicker Technique and wasn’t slow.
Just dozens of seconds after running, a terrifying explosion suddenly came from behind.
Yoru quickly tackled Purple Cat down, and the two tightly pressed against the ground.
The shockwave easily shredded the tree crowns, tilting the tree trunks 45°, nearly toppling them.
This place was already a kilometer from the explosion, yet it still had such power.
The Stone Ninja at the explosion center must have suffered terribly.
Perhaps ten seconds, perhaps fifteen, the shockwave finally ended.
Yoru got up from the ground and immediately took out the telescope, jumping onto the tilted tree trunk to look toward the rear Stone Ninja direction.
Where the Stone Ninja had been, only a huge pit remained.
Above the huge pit, a figure hovered.
Oonoki used his flight ability to dodge the Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Ball attack.
In his hand, he was still carrying a person—the unconscious Jinchuriki Han.
As for the ground, it was scorched earth, exposing the soil color, barren without a blade of grass, with no human figures.
“Danzo Shimura! I will definitely kill you!”
It seemed Oonoki believed the Konoha Anbu had set up this trap.
Spies and counter-spies, intelligence and fake intelligence—these were all Anbu’s work.
