Chapter 216: Hostage
"Brat, steady your mind!" At this moment, Kurama, inside the seal space, also noticed that Naruto was now completely surrounded by negative emotions.
If he wanted to, he could borrow this negative emotion at any time to open the seal on his body. After the chakra of the Fourth and Kushina had dissipated, there were no more fail-safes within Naruto's body. However, Kurama, looking at Naruto huddled and trembling slightly in front of the seal gate, instead sternly reminded him.
"Kurama..." Naruto turned his head blankly, looking at the Nine-Tails within the seal space.
Just then, two Cloud ninjas also noticed Naruto's abnormal state. After sneaking underground to Naruto's feet, they rushed out with their ninja swords, aiming straight for Naruto's vital points.
However, at this very moment, two dark red chakra arms suddenly shot out from Naruto's body, grabbing one of the attacking Cloud ninjas in each hand and crushing them directly into meat paste.
Blood, mixed with flesh, fell beside Naruto. Naruto looked at the purgatory around him. From the moment that eight-year-old child had attacked him, Naruto suddenly began to be unable to understand this world.
It wasn't that Naruto had never killed anyone before. After graduating from the Ninja Academy, whether it was the mission in the Land of Waves or the few bandit-clearing missions he took on later for practice, Naruto had also personally killed enemies. However, the enemies at that time had died in clean and decisive ninja combat, and those enemies were indeed wicked to the core. Therefore, Naruto had no psychological burden in killing them.
But at this moment, the miserable screams from both friend and foe were all plucking at Naruto's heart, which was already on the verge of collapse.
And at this time, Neji and Sasuke both had to concentrate on the enemies before them and had no attention to spare.
The smell of blood and the stench of burning constantly flooded Naruto's nose. Seeing this, Kurama sighed.
Given the current situation, this kid was definitely unable to continue fighting. In the next moment, dark red chakra mixed with golden threads appeared on the surface of Naruto's body. Behind him, five red tails also appeared. Kurama had taken control of Naruto's body at this moment.
The five-tailed state was the current limit Kurama could reach while controlling Naruto's body without injuring it.
Normally, a Jinchuriki couldn't fully exert the power of a Tailed Beast because the Tailed Beast wouldn't cooperate. But the current Kurama was willing to let Naruto enter the perfect Jinchuriki state. However, the current Naruto was clearly unable to cooperate properly with it, so Kurama could only do it alone.
But even this level of power was not something the Cloud ninjas in this area could withstand. When the five-tailed Naruto charged into the enemy's formation, it was as if he were in an undefended territory. With a wave of his hand, he could tear apart a Cloud ninja's body, while the Cloud's attacks were completely unable to break through the defense of the Nine-Tails' chakra.
"The Nine-Tails has gone berserk?" Sasuke noticed Naruto's situation immediately and was greatly alarmed. He stepped on lightning and snuck over, intending to use genjutsu to calm Naruto down.
"Uchiha brat, Naruto is in no condition to fight right now. If you don't want him to die on this chaotic battlefield, then put away your genjutsu," Kurama said, using Naruto's body to turn towards the approaching Sasuke.
"You... you're the Nine-Tails?" Sasuke's face showed astonishment upon hearing this.
"Who else could I be?" The Naruto covered in a layer of crimson chakra bared his teeth. For the Nine-Tails, who could accurately perceive malice, the aura of death enveloping this battlefield also made it very uncomfortable. Therefore, when facing Sasuke, he wasn't so polite.
"Alright," Sasuke nodded. "Then I'll leave Naruto in your care."
As time passed, the battle situation gradually became clear. Especially after Inuzuka Tsume and Aburame Shibi cooperated to slay the temporary commander of this Cloud legion, the legion fell into a leaderless chaos and was defeated one by one by Konoha's forces.
This Cloud army was soon wiped out, with less than 20 people remaining, surrounded by the remaining Konoha ninjas.
"Speak! Where did you hide Konohamaru?" Aburame Shibi, after surrounding the enemy, also gave the order to temporarily cease fire. After all, their main goal on this trip was to find Konohamaru.
"I won't tell you! Your Konoha can just wait to go to war with our Cloud Village!" a Cloud ninja who had already lost his right arm said through gritted teeth, clutching the stump of his arm which had only been simply bandaged and was still seeping blood.
"If you want war, then let's have war. Our Konoha has never feared war," Inuzuka Tsume said with a grim expression.
Just then, a messenger insect flew from the sky and landed on Aburame Shibi's shoulder.
"A large number of Cloud troops have appeared at the border of the Land of Hot Water," Aburame Shibi said to Inuzuka Tsume beside him with a grave expression. "If I'm not mistaken, the situation should be the same in the Land of Fields where you are stationed."
"This... do we need to rush back now?" Inuzuka Tsume asked.
"Not for now. Kakashi and Lord Third have already been sent to the border by Genma and the others. With him overseeing things, there won't be any problems at the border. However, it seems the war is really about to begin," Aburame Shibi said with some gravity.
"In that case, let's take their heads as a tribute to our war banner first. We can have the Yamanaka clan's secret jutsu extract the intelligence about Konohamaru," Inuzuka Tsume said with a cold face.
In the next moment, the Konoha ninjas present picked up their weapons again, and a look of readiness to die appeared on the faces of the surrounded Cloud ninjas.
"Brothers, let's fight them! Lord Raikage will avenge us!"
Just as the situation was about to explode, from the northeast, an old man who was not very tall was rushing towards them at a speed that seemed completely out of place for his age.
Before long, the sensory ninjas in the Konoha formation also discovered this rapidly approaching figure.
"Someone is approaching. This chakra fluctuation... Lord Third?" a sensory ninja said with some astonishment.
Soon, Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the scene.
"Lord Third," the Konoha ninjas present all saluted. Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was now retired and had almost zero control over Konoha, his status was still there, and some respect had to be given.
"Have you found Konohamaru?" Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't say much, just asked anxiously.
"I'm sorry, Lord Third, we have not found any trace of Konohamaru," Sasuke spoke up at this time.
"Speak! Where did you take Konohamaru!" Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his head upon hearing this and looked fiercely at the group of Cloud ninjas, his killing intent released without reservation. Although he had been a stay-at-home fishing enthusiast in Konoha for several years, now that these Cloud ninjas dared to kidnap his grandson, he didn't mind letting these youngsters see the strength of the God of Shinobi from back in the day.
"Hmph, that little brat can just wait to be buried with us," the Cloud's temporary commander said defiantly. "Lord Raikage will avenge us!"
Just then, a clap of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. A huge God of War, accompanied by lightning, flew over at this dawn hour, landed not far from the crowd, and then slowly dissipated.
Uchiha Douhuan walked over slowly, carrying the heavily injured and unconscious A in one hand.
"Lord Fifth!" The Konoha ninjas, upon seeing Uchiha Douhuan, all showed looks of fanaticism on their faces and spontaneously made way for him.
Uchiha Douhuan, carrying A, walked slowly and expressionlessly to the front of the surrounded Cloud troops.
"You were waiting for him to avenge you?" Uchiha Douhuan casually threw the charred body of A in front of this group of Cloud ninjas who were planning a last-ditch resistance and said coldly.
"Lord Raikage?" The Cloud's temporary commander looked at the scene before him in disbelief. Their invincible Raikage had fallen just like that? And the opponent looked as if not even the corner of his clothes was soiled?
"Douhuan," Sarutobi Hiruzen also nodded towards Uchiha Douhuan at this time.
"I'm sorry, Lord Third, for this incident. But don't worry, I will definitely bring Konohamaru back," Uchiha Douhuan said, turning his head to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded.
Uchiha Douhuan glanced around. Under Sage Mode, his sensory ability completely covered a thousand-meter radius. After a few minutes, Uchiha Douhuan spoke out loudly, "Listen up, you who are hiding in the shadows! I will only count to three. If you don't show yourself, then your Cloud Village can wait to choose a Fifth Raikage."
As Uchiha Douhuan's voice fell, the surroundings instantly fell into a strange silence.
"3!" Uchiha Douhuan held up three fingers.
"2!"
"1!"
After Uchiha Douhuan finished counting, he drew Swift Thunder from his waist, raised it high, and in an instant, the world was filled with lightning. After Swift Thunder's blade was filled with lightning, it transformed into a three-meter-long greatsword of lightning. Uchiha Douhuan decisively chopped down fiercely at the unconscious A and the remaining Cloud troops behind him.
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, the person hiding in the shadows with Konohamaru finally couldn't hold back and shouted after revealing himself.
The greatsword of lightning stopped just centimeters from A's nose. The crackling lightning on it added a few more wounds to A's face.
"Finally willing to come out?" Uchiha Douhuan said with a sneer. "I thought you were already prepared for the Cloud Village to elect a Fifth."
"Release Lord Raikage, or this little brat won't live either," the person who appeared said, holding Konohamaru by the neck.
"Konohamaru!" Sarutobi Hiruzen was instantly alarmed upon seeing his grandson.
"Lord Hokage..." At this time, Aburame Shibi came to Uchiha Douhuan's side and reminded him in a low voice. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Uchiha Douhuan understood his meaning: exchanging the Raikage for Konohamaru was too great a loss for Konoha.
However, Uchiha Douhuan nodded and said, "You want to use Konohamaru to trade for this guy's life? Fine."
(End of chapter)
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