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Chapter 249 Breaking Through the City Walls

"Splash..."

Pulling the chain above the axe will bring the lowered axe back to its original position for use again.

"We have to get up there before the axes are back in place, or we'll just be repeating what happened before!" The Fourth Raikage roared, unleashing a burst of powerful chakra as he charged towards the top of the city wall once more.

"Spiritual communication!"

Jiraiya summoned three giant toads and shouted to the people around him, "Come on up, a few of you, let's all jump on together!"

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and more than a dozen people nearby crowded onto the top of the giant toad's head.

"Jump!"

As Jiraiya gave the order, the three giant toads bent their hind legs to the limit, then jumped up with a "bang," instantly leaping over a hundred meters high, surpassing the walls of the mechanical castle.

However, on the city wall, there were already huge machines, similar to fishing guns, waiting for them.

As soon as the toad pops up, it is launched.

"Your tricks are too petty to be trifled with!"

Jiraiya shouted loudly, forming hand seals, "Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"

Blazing flames spewed from its mouth, and the toad beneath its feet also sprayed oil. The two intertwined in the air, instantly causing the fire to swell and engulf an area of ​​dozens of meters, turning the sky red.

"I'll add fuel to the fire too!"

Orochimaru chuckled, forming hand seals: "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A fierce wind blew up, sweeping across the area where flames suddenly erupted. The original range of tens of meters became hundreds of meters, and the originally scattered shape became a horizontal fire tornado. The intense heat melted the arrows and fishing guns in the air, and even the people on the toad felt the scorching temperature.

Two of the Sannin practiced their ninjutsu, and its power was terrifying.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

The three-headed toad successfully landed on the city wall and smashed a batch of war machines.

The person on top of the toad's head quickly jumped down and began to wreak havoc on the surroundings.

"Spiritual communication!"

"Spiritual communication!"

Orochimaru and Tsunade summoned together, and enormous slugs and manda appeared on the city wall.

"Slugs, scatter!"

"Understood, Lady Tsunade!"

"Manda, wreak havoc!"

"Don't order me around!"

The slug split into countless tiny individuals, each a meter long, and slowly ran toward the nearby equipment.

As it crawls, its body secretes acidic substances, leaving burning marks on its feet.

Although Manda said it didn't want to be ordered around, it was most interested in ruthless destruction, so it twisted its body and wantonly destroyed the surroundings.

In addition to the three giant toads summoned by Jiraiya, the three Sannin cleared hundreds of meters of the city wall in an instant.

As a result, more and more people climbed the city walls, and it seemed that the fall of the city was only a matter of time.

……

"It's so noisy over there!"

In the center of the city wall, Long Er looked eastward, but due to the distance, he could only see the smoke and dust of the battle.

"Master, the 67th rank has been captured by the enemy!"

The voice of the Heavenly Eye came through the spiritual ocean, allowing Long Er to understand the situation there.

The city wall is hundreds of miles wide, and it would take about an hour to travel there by car. If it weren't for the Sky Eye system, the manpower of Sunagakure would not be enough to defend such a large city wall.

In order to quickly understand the situation during wartime, Ryuji divided the city wall into sections every mile.

"I see. They broke through the defenses of the Mechanical Castle while I was listening to Nagato and Konan's conversation..." Ryuji pondered for a moment. "Although they attacked while I was distracted, they are no ordinary people to be able to break through the Mechanical Castle's defense system. Let Gin lead some men to snipe them."

"yes!"

"Then I must do my best to keep Nagato in check!" Ryuji muttered to himself.

Although he had guessed from the beginning that Nagato intended to take advantage of the Sunagakure and the Allied Shinobi Forces after they were both weakened, he was confident that he would still have the strength to defeat Nagato after defeating the Allied Forces. So he planned to turn the tables on Nagato... that is, to pretend to be weakened by the Allied Forces and then deal with Nagato when he jumped out.

However, this improved Impure World Reincarnation was beyond his expectations, and he could not guarantee that he would still have the strength to defeat Nagato after successfully sealing the First Hokage.

With no injuries to his legs and his life force not being drained by the Gedo Mazo, Nagato, who was developing normally... his potential was far beyond what Obito could match.

It's impossible to know exactly how high Nagato has reached.

However, it is foreseeable that he will definitely not be weaker than Obito, who became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki in the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original work.

If we try to play along in this situation, it might turn into a real charade.

Unless you use your trump card from the start.

But then, it would be impossible to pretend that both sides have suffered losses.

……

"Konan, if you try to stop me, I will kill you too!" Nagato looked at Konan firmly, his tone resolute.

Xiao Nan's heart trembled, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She wasn't sad because Nagato treated her this way, but rather because she was heartbroken that Nagato had become like this.

She knew Nagato; she knew he was a kind person who, even when he was starving, couldn't bear to kill his puppies to feed himself.

But how could such a person now disregard the destruction of his hometown for the sake of his ideals, and even kill his own loved ones with his own hands? How much pain must one have endured to become like this?

Xiao Nan was heartbroken and felt very guilty.

Why wasn't I by Nagato's side when he was going through a painful time?

If I were here, I might be able to take some of his pain away, and he would feel much better!

Konan really wanted to help Nagato, but having been reincarnated by Ryuji Ayaki and lived in the Kaigan Castle for five years, she had also come to know Ryuji Ayaki better.

She knew that Nagato would not succeed.

If things continue like this, Nagato will only die.

She wanted to persuade Nagato, but looking at his resolute expression, she knew that he wouldn't listen to her.

"Let me do it!"

Just as Xiaonan was at a loss, Long Er's voice appeared in her mind, and then her consciousness was taken over.

……

"Long time no see, Nagato."

Upon hearing the familiar voice that was different from Konan's and even female, Nagato's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly, "Ryuji Ayaki."

"You recognized me, that saves me the trouble of introducing myself." Ryuji, who was using Konan's body, smiled and said, "I left the battlefield above to come find you, so you probably already know that I know all your plans."

"But you knew my plan, yet you didn't use it against me. Instead, you came to me specifically, which shows that you can't handle the current situation." Nagato replied calmly, showing no panic at having his plan exposed.

The situation has developed to this point, so what if the plan is exposed?

Can Sunagakure stop the war?

Impossible. The Allied Shinobi Forces have already suffered more than half their casualties; they can't stop now.

(End of this chapter)