Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 25 Red Eyes - Ranmaru!

Upon hearing the boastful words of "Exploding Blade Flying Foam - Muli Shenba", the others chuckled softly.

Fourth Hokage?

Encountering them will only turn you into a dead person.

"Don't even think about it." A Konoha Jonin, covered in blood, lay face down on the ground, looking at the group with a face full of shock and anger.

"The Hokage will ensure you never return, and you will die without a burial place!"

"Haha, we'll wait."

Longsword Kushimaru grinned maliciously as he pierced the ninja's body with the blade, then hung him from a tree with silk threads, enjoying the sight of his painful groans.

Among the surrounding trees, several corpses were faintly visible, hanging from thin, indistinct threads.

Clearly, they were all tortured to death by Kurihara Kushimaru.

"Alright, have you had enough fun? Don't forget our mission." Juzo Biwa, the Executioner, leaned against a tree trunk and gave a casual reminder.

"Isn't it just about causing sabotage to reduce the pressure on the front lines?"

Mujina snorted coldly, "Those useless bastards from Iwagakure and Raikage actually withdrew their troops, leaving only a few ninjas on the border to put pressure on Konoha. Didn't they think about the consequences of defeat?"

"I don't think that so-called Fourth Hokage would give up war reparations."

Kirigakure has already suffered heavy losses in this war. If they still cannot gain enough benefits from Konoha, these pro-war factions will have to pay the price.

"We came here because we didn't want to lose."

Pipa Shizang's tone was indifferent.

"If we can take this opportunity to kill the Fourth Hokage, Konoha will fall into chaos. The other three hidden villages, even the Sand Village which is an ally of Konoha, will not give up this opportunity to take a bite out of Konoha. Kirigakure will then be able to seize the most benefits."

"Tsk, you don't need to spell it out so clearly."

Kushimaru Kurishari angrily raised his long sword, ready to give the Jonin a quick death, but a bolt of lightning struck first and finished him off.

"Raiga, what do you mean?" Kurishari Kushimaru frowned.

With long green hair and sharp teeth, Raiga Kurosuki coldly said, "An enemy has arrived."

The other six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist immediately became alert.

Although he spoke disdainfully of the Konoha ninjas, this was a Konoha ninja who could hold off three ninja villages single-handedly.

They must be cautious when infiltrating near Konoha.

Kushimaru Kurihara glanced at the bag behind Raiga Kurosuki, raised his sword defensively, and spoke:

"The kid behind you is quite useful. Can I borrow him after this?"

"Ranmaru is my tool." A cold glint flashed in Raiga Kurosuki's eyes. "Don't even think about hitting him!"

"Doppelganger bloodline limits are very rare..."

Several kunai with explosive tags attached shot from a distance, interrupting Kushimaru Kurihara's amused words.

However, this obviously cannot allow them to get hurt.

"What?! A brat from Hyuga?"

Casually brushing aside the kunai and ignoring the explosion behind him, Suigetsu Hozuki grinned as he watched the figure flash by in the distance. "Who among you wants to go?"

"Hurry up and deal with him." Seeing Hyuga Yu's shadow clone lingering a hundred meters away, even moving further away, Biwa Juzo's expression changed. "If we let him observe with his Byakugan, we'll be surrounded by Konoha ninja!"

His words made Suigetsu Hozuki raise an eyebrow. "He's clearly trying to lure us away. There should be other Konoha ninja ahead."

"We're already this far, so being discovered isn't a big deal. As long as we're not surrounded, what do we have to worry about?"

After saying that, Kurosuki Raiga transformed into white lightning and rapidly approached Hinata Hare's shadow clone.

Seeing this, Hinata Yu's shadow clone's expression remained unchanged. He simply glanced deeply at the bag behind Kurosuki Raiga and tried his best to distance himself from Kurosuki Raiga to buy time.

No wonder they ventured deep into this area without attracting attention; it turns out they were the eighth person...

Is it Ranmaru, the red-eyed bloodline possessor?

As expected of a pupil technique that counters the Byakugan, he had missed his opponent just now.

This eye technique allows one to see through objects, sense power and danger, and is somewhat similar to the Byakugan, but it surpasses the Byakugan in some abilities and can also create chakra images that the Byakugan cannot distinguish.

The fact that three members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were able to escape after encountering Dai Musou, who had opened the Eight Gates, is likely partly due to his influence.

However, can you escape Teacher Dai's outburst and get rid of the Flying Thunder God technique?

As the shadow clone was caught up and killed, a mark was silently imprinted on Kurozumi Raiga's lightning blade.

……

While Hyuga's shadow clones faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, warning and distress flares were also launched by Ebisu, who was slightly away from the battlefield.

It exploded out of nowhere at the edge of Konoha!

Minato Namikaze, who was discussing matters with his advisors at the Hokage Building, paused as Hyuga Yuuki, who had just emerged from the basement, looked in that direction, and then vanished from his spot in an instant.

"Is it Kirigakure?"

In the conference room, seeing Shuimen suddenly leave, the consultant turned to Xiaochun and frowned.

"It should be, but didn't Minato set up a barrier around the village? He also arranged for Hyuga ninja to be on guard. How did the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist bypass them?"

Mitomon replied.

The Mist Shadows' attack plan was no secret to them; even without any spies being exposed, they could guess the Mist Shadows' intentions.

Now, Kirigakure's only enemy is Konoha, so it's strange that a force like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist has left the battlefield.

The two pondered in bewilderment, only to see Danzo rise without a word and walk toward the door.

"Danzo, what are you doing? They're just the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Minato won't take long to deal with them."

"You can discuss this with the Fourth Hokage. Tsunade's teaching of the medical team has nothing to do with anything I'm responsible for."

Mitomon Homura frowned and sighed, "Hiruzen told us to keep an eye on you, so don't do anything to make things difficult for us."

"Heh, he's no longer the Hokage."

Danzo revealed a smile that was hard to decipher—whether it was mockery or something else entirely—and left.

Hiruzen is no longer the Hokage, and Minato doesn't have enough power; no one in Konoha can restrain him now.

Looking at the closed door, Koharu and Homura exchanged a glance, a hint of worry on their faces.

……

Does red-eyed people have a farther visual range than white-eyed people?

As Hyuga Yu swiftly navigated the alleyways of Konoha, he sorted through the memories he had brought back after his clone disappeared.

Minato knew that Hyuga ninjas had been deployed around Konoha, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were able to pass through them undetected, which could only be due to the effect of the Red Eyes.

"Is it more than one kilometer, but less than five kilometers?"

Hinata Hayao's eyes gleamed.

After his White Eyes evolved, his field of vision, which can now be observed for up to two kilometers, more than doubled.

So, Guy and his group were actually some distance away from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist at that time.

"The bloodline limits of eye techniques other than the three great eye techniques are all worth studying. We need to capture Ranmaru before the Fourth Hokage kills him."

With that thought, Hyuga Yu sensed the Flying Thunder God mark left by his clone, and his figure blurred and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)