Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 224 I am not good at running
Under Kakashi's genjutsu, the Sharingan pattern resembling the Fuma Shuriken quickly appeared in the Two-Tails' eyes, and then it lowered its head.

Kakashi turned to Uchiha Touko, shrugged, and said nothing more.

"Get out of here." Seeing this, Uchiha Touko removed the sealing technique from the Two-Tails and waved to Kakashi, signaling him to get lost and stop getting in the way.

Kakashi's lips twitched slightly, but he knew this wasn't the time to joke around with Uchiha Touko. After opening a spatial portal beside him, he and the Two-Tails disappeared into the center of the battlefield.

At this moment, Uchiha Touko also raised his head, looking at the thunderclouds in the sky that had grown so large that they covered the battlefield for several miles. The thunderclouds created by the Third Hokage's combination ninjutsu were larger than any of the Lightning Release: Kirin Uchiha Touko had ever used before. The thunderous power contained within them was so great that even Uchiha Touko was secretly shocked. If he were to use Kirin Uchiha, would there be any survivors in the Cloud Village on this battlefield?

"The old man is quite efficient." Uchiha Touko turned his head and glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was bombarding him with combination ninjutsu. Sarutobi Hiruzen also felt Uchiha Touko's gaze and nodded at him.

The next moment, Uchiha Touko's Susanoo rose from the ground, its wings flapping, and its body slowly ascended into the air, arriving below the thunderclouds.

After Kakashi returned to the village with the tailed beasts, Inuzuka Jacques, who took over command of the battlefield, ordered a full retreat.

For a moment, the pressure on the Cloud Village troops on the front line was greatly reduced. However, seeing this situation, Xi's face showed a look of horror. According to the intelligence they had gathered on Uchiha Touko, if the Lightning Release: Kirin was successfully activated, they would all perish here.

"Lord Hokage! We are willing to surrender, please show mercy!" At this moment, Xi disregarded the lightning that could fall from above at any moment, took the initiative to stand on higher ground, and shouted at the top of his lungs. With the Raikage's life or death unknown, they had already lost a Jinchūriki. If all of their forces were to perish here, it would be something that Kumogakure simply could not afford.

Therefore, no matter the cost, Xi must do everything possible to save the lives of the Cloud Village members currently on the battlefield.

"Oh? Are you willing to surrender?" Uchiha Touko looked down at Xi, his eyes flickering slightly.

If he could, he wouldn't want to start a full-scale war with Kumogakure at this time. After all, if the two sides were to enter into a full-scale war, then that old codger Onoki and Mei Terumi, who was determined to reclaim the rightful inheritance of Kirigakure, would not waste the opportunity. In that case, it would directly lead to the Fourth Shinobi World War.

With Konoha's current strength, even if war were to break out now, Uchiha Touko would be confident of winning the Ninja World War and unifying the Ninja World. However, this would contradict his plan to accumulate strength, quickly conquer the Ninja World, and then gather the power of the Ninja World to fight against the alien crisis that may appear in the future.

If a war breaks out now, the entire ninja world will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Even after unifying the ninja world, Uchiha Touko will have to spend a considerable amount of time cleaning up the mess. He hasn't forgotten that besides Kaguya, who is sealed on the moon, there is also a member of the Otsutsuki clan lurking in the shadows, watching them with predatory eyes.

Therefore, faced with Xi's voluntary surrender, Uchiha Touko also temporarily stopped what he was doing, looked down at Xi, and coldly said: "Want to surrender? Fine, have your people put down their weapons and then accept the chakra seal."

"Alright, please give us some time, Hokage!" Xi nodded hurriedly as he looked at the increasingly violent lightning in the thunderclouds. The most urgent task now was to preserve the lives of these ninjas as much as possible.

"You only have 10 minutes, or you can go talk to me using my Lightning Release: Kirin." Uchiha Touko said slowly, his back to the lightning.

"Yes, thank you for your mercy, Hokage." Xi said, while simultaneously issuing the order to lay down their weapons.

Upon receiving the order, the white ninjas in the Cloud Village immediately laid down their weapons and lined up in formation, while the black ninjas seemed rather unconvinced by the order given by Xi.

"We've lost so many brothers, and Lord Raikage and Lord Killer Bee are both seriously injured. Are we just going to surrender like this?" A black elite Jonin from Kumogakure said, his face covered in blood.

Faced with the current unrest among his men, Xi felt utterly helpless. He couldn't help but miss the days when the Hidden Cloud Village was united regardless of skin color. But since rap culture became popular in the Land of Lightning, Xi realized that things could never go back to the way they were before.

"This is an order!" At this moment, Xi had no choice but to be tough, otherwise once the lightning in the sky fell, all of them, regardless of whether they were black or white, would be turned into charred corpses.

"Hmph, you white people think you can seize power while the Raikage is injured? Don't even think about it!" the black elite Jonin said through gritted teeth.

"Shut up! Do you want everyone to die with you?" Xi shouted angrily.

"Do you still think A can continue to be the Raikage?" At this moment, a white man said through gritted teeth, "If he hadn't provoked Konoha, we wouldn't be in this situation."

"You bastard, have you already forgotten the Will of Lightning?" the black Jonin roared, not backing down an inch. "Shut up, all of you!" At this moment, Xi was also furious about the argument caused by skin color, and she forcefully stopped the dispute by gritting her teeth, "Now that the Raikage is not here, I am the supreme person in charge of this war! We surrender now to preserve the village's living forces for the future of the village! So, now all of you put aside your ridiculous racial prejudices and obey orders!"

After Xi Zhen became enraged, this person, who had always served as the Raikage's deputy, forcefully took over command of the army based on his usual prestige. Then, under the watchful gaze of Uchiha Touko in the sky, the remaining Cloud Village soldiers laid down their weapons.

At this moment, Uchiha Touko also released Susanoo and landed on the ground. After forming a series of hand seals, he set up a large-area sealing technique array on the ground, signaling the other party to line up and step forward.

He sighed, then led the team onto the sealing formation. In no time, a series of sealing runes wrapped around his body, sealing all his chakra.

Xi also had some knowledge of sealing techniques, so the moment he was sealed, he began to examine the sealing runes on his body. However, after some exploration, he could only shake his head with a wry smile. His sealing technique skills were not bad, but at this moment he couldn't even understand the runes on his body.

After the remaining Cloud Village troops had accepted the seal, the Konoha ninjas stepped forward to receive the prisoners.

Without Uchiha Touko's guidance, the cumulonimbus clouds in the sky turned into a torrential downpour after a brief flash of lightning and thunder, carrying away the blood from the battlefield.

At this moment, Uchiha Touko and Sarutobi Hiruzen also arrived in front of Hi.

"You must be Hii, the one that A called his right-hand man, nice to meet you," Uchiha Touko said coldly.

"I should be the one saying it's a pleasure to meet you. Konoha's Azure Lightning Dokko truly lives up to its reputation." Although Xi was covered in sealing runes and couldn't use any chakra, and was also handcuffed, he still maintained the most basic manners when facing Uchiha Dokko.

"To be honest, I thought you guys were going to just retreat." Uchiha Touko sized up the person in front of him, then said with a smile.

“I am not good at running,” Xi said, shaking his head. “Besides, I don’t think we can escape the range of your Lightning Release ninjutsu in a short time.”

"Heh, you're much smarter than your Raikage," Uchiha Touko laughed. "If you were the Raikage of Kumogakure, I think none of this would have happened."

Faced with Uchiha Touko's almost provocative question, Hii ​​chose to quietly skip the topic, after all, he didn't want to become like Takagi Seiman of Kumogakure.

"What does Lord Hokage intend to do with us?" Xi asked.

"Hehe, that depends on the sincerity of your Land of Lightning," said Uchiha Tokō. "In any case, you can stay in the prison of the Land of Hot Water for a while."

Seeing this situation, Xi could only remain silent.

Soon, the group of Cloud Village prisoners were taken to the prison in the Land of Hot Water. After throwing the Two-Tails into the Tailed Beast Protection Area within the territory, Kakashi came to the Land of Hot Water to guard the group of prisoners.

As for whether the Two-Tails will cause trouble after arriving at the protected area, the combination of Saiken, who has been eating and drinking well in the Tailed Beast Protected Area recently, and Fu and Chongming, who are currently serving as rangers in the Tailed Beast Nature Reserve of the Land of Fire, will teach the little sister some manners.

After Kakashi took over the guarding of the prisoners, Uchiha Touko returned to Konoha overnight.

If Kumogakure wanted to exchange these prisoners for them, it would simply be a matter of ceding territory and paying reparations. But these things couldn't be resolved in a short time. On the contrary, Uchiha Tokō had more important things to do right now.

This was, after all, the first military conflict Konoha had experienced since he took office. Although they had won a great victory, the special identity of the person who sparked the conflict meant that if Uchiha Touko did not handle the post-war affairs properly, it could easily lead to unrest within Konoha under the manipulation of some people with ulterior motives.

Therefore, after returning to the village, Uchiha Touko immediately ordered that the names of the ninjas who sacrificed their lives in this military conflict be engraved on the Konoha Heroes Monument, and announced that a public memorial service would be held for the ninjas who sacrificed their lives three days later.

(End of this chapter)