Chapter 204: As Everyone Knows, Obito Has No Brains
The successive screams made Mei Terumī’s eyelids twitch as she secretly followed from a distance, but under the night curtain, a thick fog shrouded the front, and she couldn’t see the distant battle situation at all.
“Juzo Biwa… is he really this strong…”
Listening to the faint screams from the thick fog, Mei Terumī felt some doubt and couldn’t help but furrow her brows and murmur softly: “This time, even the Mizukage personally came out, bringing more than thirty Kirigakure Anbu. Surrounding and attacking one Juzo Biwa should be very simple, and all Juzo Biwa could do was probably turn and run, not counterattack.”
“But now it seems he not only counterattacked, but also killed quite a few Kirigakure Anbu, and seriously injured many Anbu Ninja. In the years since his defection… has his power progressed this fast?”
At that moment, Mei Terumī noticed what seemed to be a sudden gust of wild wind rising in the distant thick fog, the howling gale blowing away a large amount of fog.
“…Wind Release?!” Mei Terumī’s brows furrowed even tighter, because she remembered the intelligence on Juzo Biwa.
Juzo Biwa was most skilled in close-range taijutsu and Water Release.
This former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist didn’t seem skilled in Wind Release, did he?
As the doubt just settled in her mind, the fog in the distant front had completely dispersed. Under the not-so-bright moonlight, Mei Terumī vaguely saw that extremely horrifying scene in the distance.
This made the pupils in her beautiful eyes suddenly contract sharply.
“This is…”
In Mei Terumī’s line of sight—massive, grotesquely twisted dark thorn wood spikes covered at least a thousand-meter radius area, causing many houses in that village to be entwined by the thorn wood spikes.
One after another, Hidden Mist Village Anbu Ninja were trapped in the thorn wood spike thicket.
Some were hoisted high up by the thorns, with scarlet blood continuously dripping down, their eyes already lifeless; some were bound tightly by massive thorns, the sharp wooden spikes on the thorns having pierced through their bodies, creating one blood hole after another.
Some reacted quickly, continuously slashing with their ninja swords at the thorn wood spikes wrapping toward them, exerting all their strength to clear out a small “safe area,” then looking around left and right with faces full of lingering fear.
Seeing companions around them either seriously injured or dead on the spot, their hearts were filled with shock and utter terror.
Momochi Zabuza was already drenched in sweat at this moment.
His Anbu mask had been slashed by thorn wood spikes suddenly thrusting from the ground, revealing half his face with the mask on. The skin on his face seemed to have been cut as well, with blood slowly flowing out.
He was breathing slightly heavily, with some lingering fear.
And the companions on his left and right—one had already been pierced into a sieve by thorn wood spikes; the other was making “gasp gasp” weird sounds. Turning to look, it turned out the other’s carotid artery had been severed, his body convulsing now, clearly taking in little air and expelling much.
Momochi Zabuza realized this had happened in merely a short instant.
Over thirty elite Anbu Ninja from Hidden Mist Village had already lost fully half their number!
Although the remaining half were still alive, almost none of the Kirigakure Anbu were unscathed; most had at least some minor abrasions.
And the culprit behind all this was Juzo Biwa’s companion!
“Could this be… the legendary Wood Style…”
Momochi Zabuza’s gaze passed through the layers of intertwined thorn wood spikes, his heavy, vigilant, and lingeringly fearful eyes landing on Uchiha Ikeizumi nearby.
“Could this be… a Konoha ninja!”
Momochi Zabuza finally understood why his senior Juzo Biwa dared to openly return to the Land of Water after defecting from Hidden Mist Village.
It turned out the other had latched onto Konoha Village’s thigh, or rather, had already joined Konoha Village!
This made Momochi Zabuza’s brows furrow tightly.
To be honest…
He didn’t have much hostility toward Juzo Biwa, and even somewhat admired him. Because Momochi Zabuza also felt that the current blood mist ninja village was beyond saving; staying there one more day made him uncomfortable all over, and the village’s miserable state and internal chaos were even harder for him to face.
But if Juzo Biwa had merely defected from Hidden Mist Village and relied on his own power to fight the village’s pursuit, that would be fine.
But his act of joining Konoha made Momochi Zabuza see it as the behavior of a coward.
“Has a former Swordsman fallen to this extent?”
Momochi Zabuza wiped the blood from his face.
He murmured to himself with some disappointment.
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On the other side.
Yagura Karatachi, taking in the entire scene, furrowed his brows tightly. Glancing again at the Kirigakure Anbu trapped amid the massive thorn wood spikes, Yagura Karatachi shouted loudly: “What are you stopping for? This is the Land of Water! Not a place for such outsiders to rampage!”
His tone turned cold, and deep in his eyes seemed to flash a faint red glow, thoroughly suppressing that vague struggle, as killing intent filled the air and he shouted: “Keep going! Kill him!”
The Mizukage’s order left the remaining Kirigakure Anbu Ninja with no choice but to grit their teeth and cooperate, using all sorts of Water Release Ninjutsu.
In an instant, massive water flows surged wildly through the thorn thicket, completely shattering the not particularly hard dark thorn wood spikes.
The Kirigakure Anbu who regained their freedom immediately scattered in all directions.
All keeping what they considered a safe distance from Uchiha Ikeizumi and vaguely surrounding Uchiha Ikeizumi and the others.
The air was filled with the bloody smell of companions’ corpses, along with the uncontrollable screams of the seriously injured Kirigakure Anbu Ninja.
Making every Kirigakure Anbu’s palms ooze with sweat.
Juzo Biwa looked around at these Kirigakure Anbu Ninja who no longer hid their forms.
Although most still wore their masks, Juzo Biwa vaguely recognized some of them.
Juzo Biwa said coldly: “You guys, are you really going to offer so-called loyalty to a Mizukage who’s already been controlled? Your loyalty looks utterly ridiculous in the eyes of the mastermind behind the scenes. Do you know that everything you’re doing now isn’t for Hidden Mist Village, but for the mastermind controlling the Mizukage?”
“Wake up! That mastermind just wants to toy with Hidden Mist Village single-mindedly, to plunge the village into endless internal chaos. Until the entire Hidden Mist Village vanishes from the river of history! In his eyes, you’re all just a bunch of stupid pawns!”
“No… you don’t even qualify as pawns. In the mastermind’s eyes, you’re just playthings he’s toying with. Everything he does is to make you die in utter despair!”
Juzo Biwa didn’t play riddle-man; he directly revealed all the truth and intelligence he knew in front of this group of Kirigakure Anbu.
Among the Kirigakure Anbu crowd, the vast majority remained unmoved, merely gripping their weapons tightly with killing intent.
A small portion were stunned for a moment.
This included Momochi Zabuza.
This small portion even simultaneously glanced back at Yagura Karatachi behind them—because in their eyes, this Mizukage’s behavior was indeed somewhat different from before.
Many times…
It was just like he’d been replaced by someone else.
“Juzo, stop this pointless struggling. I am Hidden Mist Village’s perfect jinchuriki; jinchuriki cannot be controlled by Sharingan. Are you treating the Kirigakure Anbu like fools to toy with?”
Yagura Karatachi spoke, his gaze passing over several Kirigakure Anbu to fix on Juzo Biwa, continuing: “They are Hidden Mist’s elites, who have devoted their lives to Hidden Mist Village. Your verbal attacks cannot shake their hearts.”
Juzo Biwa laughed: “As Uchiha Ikeizumi said, Uchiha Obito really is a brainless guy. Him becoming one of the Ninja World’s masterminds behind various chaos is purely because many true masterminds help him, serving as his external brain.”
“Mizukage, when did I say you were controlled by Sharingan? How do you know that so clearly? I think… the one talking to me now isn’t the Mizukage, right? After all, the Mizukage is of course a smart person.”
“Am I right, Uchiha Obito?”
Juzo Biwa’s words made Yagura Karatachi’s expressionless face twitch slightly.
At this point.
Even most of the Kirigakure Anbu who had been unmoved couldn’t help turning their heads, staying vigilant of Uchiha Ikeizumi and the others while looking back at Yagura Karatachi.
“Nonsense!”
Yagura Karatachi snorted coldly, his eyes now filled with intense killing intent. He gripped his black coral club and stepped forward: “Words from a rogue ninja who betrayed the village have no credibility!”
As his words fell.
A visible mass of tailed beast chakra had surged over Yagura Karatachi’s body surface, the ground under his feet already starting to crack slightly, tiny gravel even bouncing lightly under the tailed beast chakra’s influence.
“Come with me!”
Yagura Karatachi’s not particularly tall body instantly burst forward, his speed so fast that only an afterimage could be seen.
Logically, he should first execute Juzo Biwa, the Hidden Mist Village rogue ninja.
However.
Yagura Karatachi instead charged straight at Uchiha Ikeizumi very targetedly!
“Kill the Konoha one first!”
With a fierce shout, his coral club in hand swung horizontally toward Uchiha Ikeizumi’s head with thunderous speed, giving the visual sense of exploding Uchiha Ikeizumi’s entire head.
Uchiha Ikeizumi leaned back slightly.
The coral club nearly grazed past his nose tip.
“Watch out for his tailed beast chakra!” Juzo Biwa hurriedly warned: “His tailed beast chakra can make the enemy’s body grow coral!”
The next instant.
Uchiha Ikeizumi’s ninja sword at his waist unsheathed, the slashing speed even faster than Yagura Karatachi’s!
Before Yagura Karatachi could launch a second attack.
The extremely sharp blade was already closing in on Yagura Karatachi’s throat!
Clang—
Clang—
Two Kirigakure Anbu rushed over rapidly, assisting Yagura Karatachi to block Uchiha Ikeizumi’s strike with their ninja swords. Meanwhile, Yagura Karatachi changed moves, thrusting his club toward Uchiha Ikeizumi’s heart.
Bang!!!
The coral club directly pierced through Uchiha Ikeizumi’s heart, lava’s terrifying high temperature attempting to melt the coral club.
But the tailed beast chakra wrapped around the coral club rapidly grew a massive amount of extremely heat-resistant coral.
In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Ikeizumi’s chest was covered in coral.
Just as Yagura Karatachi’s mouth curved up.
In the next instant, Uchiha Ikeizumi’s body suddenly liquefied into a pool of lava.
The scalding air above made Yagura Karatachi’s scalp ache.
Yagura Karatachi’s pupils contracted.
He quickly looked up.
Only to see a hundreds-of-meters-diameter lava giant fist crushing down from above his head with overwhelming force!
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