Chapter 27: Corpse Ghost Sealing Exhaust, Mutual Destruction
The Third Mizukage was clearly a blind man, but wherever he turned, that area fell silent.
Whirlpool ninjas were all on guard against the Mizukage, unsure how the Mizukage would enter the battlefield.
The Mist ninjas’ movements grew increasingly conservative, deliberately pulling away from the Whirlpool ninjas.
The Cloud ninjas retreated even further back.
A Kage level ninja appeared, and on the battlefield, both enemies and allies had to be cautious.
If caught in the technique of a Kage level ninja, one would die without knowing why.
In the middle of Hidden Whirlpool Village, the Great River’s surface suddenly churned.
A giant lobster burst out, spraying foam toward the Third Mizukage.
The Uzumaki Clan had hidden a giant summoning beast in the river.
The Third Mizukage heard the commotion and raised his hand.
The entire river was nearly severed, with a section of river water rising, transforming into a massive water ball that enveloped the giant lobster.
Water Prison Technique?
The Third Mizukage’s Water Prison Technique was on a massive scale, trapping a giant summoning beast.
Unfortunately, that foam hadn’t even reached the Mizukage before being covered by the Water Prison Technique.
The water ball dozens of meters in diameter filled all Whirlpool ninjas with despair.
The Third Mizukage formed hand seals with both hands, and a dark cloud appeared above his head.
The dark cloud rapidly rose and expanded, turning into a mass of gloom that blanketed the entire Hidden Whirlpool Village.
Pattering raindrops began to fall.
Yoru nearly crushed the telescope, the scene inside making his blood run cold.
If he were there, he would surely die…
Dense raindrops fell, and every drop that touched a living being turned into a Water Prison Technique!
An attack of this range couldn’t be dodged even by the fastest Body Flicker Technique.
All the Whirlpool ninjas, along with the giant summoning beast, were trapped by the Water Prison Technique.
Even some villagers knocked to the ground with faint breaths were detected as living by the technique and trapped by the Water Prison Technique.
In an instant, there was no more fighting in the village, only water balls of various sizes.
Whirlpool ninjas struggled futilely inside the water balls one by one.
They flailed their arms and legs, but to no avail, unable to touch the boundary of the water prison.
Some tried to form hand seals, but it was futile; they couldn’t break the Third Mizukage’s Water Prison Technique.
Inside the water prisons, Whirlpool ninjas bubbled air, gulped down mouthfuls of water, struggled, convulsed, their faces turning purple from suffocation.
Yoru secretly clicked his tongue; the Third Mizukage’s attack range was too vast, covering an entire village.
The legends spoke of Kage level ninjas who could wipe out a village single-handedly.
Not only that, the Third Mizukage could precisely control it, using the Water Prison Technique only on Whirlpool ninjas without trapping the Mist ninjas or Cloud ninjas.
Yoru thought to himself, no wonder Danzo hadn’t moved at all with the Mizukage’s deterrence; he probably didn’t dare.
Just when Yoru thought the Third Mizukage was already formidable enough, the Third Mizukage opened his eyes.
Those eyes closed for decades opened!
There were no eyeballs in the sockets, only an ominous dark red liquid swirling rapidly.
A crimson fan-shaped beam shot from the Mizukage’s eyes.
Every water prison ball touched by the red light glowed red, and the Whirlpool ninjas inside instantly burst open, melting into blood water.
This… Yoru thought, being a ninja is too dangerous; death comes without warning.
Just opening his eyes once had killed half the Whirlpool ninjas.
One more glance, and the men of the Uzumaki Clan would be wiped out.
Without Konoha’s support, this ninja clan ranked in the top three of the ninja world was no match for the five great hidden villages.
In the era of one village per country, no matter how strong a ninja clan was, it couldn’t rival a ninja village. Rebel ninja clans had only one fate: extinction.
The Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan were annihilated one after another, yet neither thought of leaving Konoha.
Leaving Konoha would only mean dying faster.
The Mizukage turned his head!
He looked toward the other half of the Whirlpool ninjas!
It’s over; this ninja clan is finished.
Yoru looked at Danzo, wondering why Danzo still hadn’t moved.
Could it really be that seeing the Mizukage appear made him afraid to act?
That was possible; Danzo was very afraid of death and wouldn’t risk himself before becoming Hokage.
Just as the Mizukage slightly opened his eyes and a point of red glow appeared, a large lizard suddenly appeared!
This was one of Nagato’s summoning beasts later on, the invisible lizard.
The lizard appeared by the riverbank and opened its mouth toward the Third Mizukage.
In its mouth was the old clan head of the Uzumaki Clan, Mito Uzumaki’s brother.
This old man with hair turned from red to white looked frail and near death.
Before the clan head appeared, he had already finished forming seals in the lizard’s mouth.
A translucent Shinigami appeared above the Great River!
Reaper Death Seal!
The Third Mizukage, without forming seals, raised a Water Wall Jutsu behind him.
However, the Shinigami ignored all physical forms; its translucent arm covered in curse marks passed through the Water Wall Jutsu and grabbed the Third Mizukage’s head.
Or rather, grabbed the Third Mizukage’s soul.
His soul!
Was pulled out by the Shinigami!
The Third Mizukage struggled for an instant before collapsing in defeat.
His body instantly withered, like a rotting corpse long dead.
The Reaper Death Seal was unlike ordinary ninjutsu, completely beyond ninjas’ understanding, directly attacking the soul.
At the same time, the Uzumaki clan head also fell from the lizard’s mouth.
With the Shinigami’s seal complete, the Third Mizukage’s soul was sealed, and his own soul became the Shinigami’s sacrifice.
Satisfaction was on the clan head’s face.
He had given everything for the Uzumaki Clan.
A common man with a priceless treasure invites calamity; the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing secret jutsu was coveted by all ninja villages, even Konoha’s Danzo demanding to share the sealing jutsu.
Unfortunately, Hashirama Senju only knew to appease the other four great hidden villages, ignoring the Uzumaki Clan’s need for tailed beasts in pursuit of his foolish dream of peace.
If not for the Senju Clan’s demands, the Uzumaki Clan might have had a tailed beast too.
Now it seemed that the Uzumaki Clan serving as Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and stationed in Konoha Village was a terrible compromise.
The Third Mizukage and the Uzumaki clan head perished together.
“Clan head!”
Within the Four Violet Flames Formation, the women of the Uzumaki Clan cried out.
Yuka Uzumaki looked toward Konoha; why hadn’t anyone from Konoha come?
All the Mist ninjas were in disbelief; some even dropped their ninja swords to the ground.
Their Kage had died?
That was a strong individual who had attended the Five Kage Summit with the First Mizukage.
Though very old, his strength was formidable; how could he just die?
The Cloud ninjas exchanged glances; they had been invited by Hidden Mist Village to fight a major battle against Konoha, originally planning to create chaos in Konoha’s rear to gain advantage on the main battlefield in the Land of Hot Water.
Now Konoha hadn’t come, and the Mizukage was dead?
Several captains exchanged looks and all turned toward the Uzumaki Clan’s shrine.
They couldn’t let so many die in vain; since Konoha hadn’t arrived, they would seize the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing jutsu!
The Uzumaki Clan’s sealing jutsu was too powerful; even a ninja like the Mizukage was sealed and died without resistance.
With such a sealing jutsu, perfect Jinchuriki would be within reach.
As for the Mist ninjas, they went completely berserk, charging at the Uzumaki Clan ninjas without strategy!
Their eyes bulged with bloodshot rage, bent only on vengeance against every Uzumaki clan member!
Anyone with red hair deserved to die!
The Mizukage’s Water Prison Technique was too powerful; Whirlpool ninjas just freed from the prisons coughed from suffocation, struggling to breathe one by one.
Whirlpool ninjas died miserably at the hands of Mist ninjas one after another.
Yoru put down the telescope; Danzo should act now.
The Mizukage was dead, and so was the Uzumaki clan head.
Hidden Whirlpool Village was a scene of devastation.
Danzo stood up.
Three captains hurried forward to receive orders.
The captains went to their respective squad leaders, relaying orders layer by layer.
The Kurozaru Squad found their three squad leaders.
“Charge toward the Four Violet Flames Formation at top speed! I’ll be in the middle with the fox, the other two squads on the flanks, in wedge formation! Don’t stop!”
