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Chapter 102 The Kidnapped Third Tsuchikage

The edge of the forest.

A group of Iwa ninja were bound by vines and unable to move.

Among them were Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, and Deidara. Deidara even kept shouting that he would use his art to perish together with Akihara Kagura sooner or later.

fortunately.

The people from Iwagakure arrived quickly.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, personally escorted Kakashi Hatake with a squad of Anbu members, and there he saw his shameful disciple shouting.

"Shut up, Deidara!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, sternly rebuked him, tilting his head back as he lectured, "If you're not as skilled, don't spout nonsense here!"

"..."

Deidara's momentum faltered, his expression darkening further. He muttered under his breath, then nonchalantly cursed the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, "I know, you old geezer!"

"That brat!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, cursed under his breath.

"Alright, let's exchange hostages."

Kagura Akihara's wooden clone looked at her superior and asked loudly, "Captain Kakashi, are you alright?"

"…No."

Kakashi Hatake looked at him with a strange expression and a puzzled look in his eyes.

If it weren't for this kid's kind rescue, he wouldn't have been injured, and he wouldn't have even been captured by the people of Iwagakure.

"Did they interrogate you?"

Akihara Kagura's wooden clone looked at Hatake Kakashi and continued, "Have they tried to extract any information from you?"

"You brat!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, angrily retorted, "Don't underestimate the reputation of Iwagakure! What we promise will be as firm as the rocks of Iwagakure!"

"The stones in Iwagakure shatter with a single blow..."

Akihara Kagura's wooden clone's single sentence made Onoki's forehead throb!

"Fine, let's exchange hostages first."

Akihara Kagura's wood clone slowly raised her finger, and the vines beneath the feet of the Iwa ninja were gradually untied, allowing them to walk to the other side on their own.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, didn't seem to make a fuss and let Kakashi Hatake go back. The Tsuchikage was more concerned about the safety of the Iwagakure ninja.

"You should cultivate diligently from now on."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, looked at Deidara approaching with a somewhat dejected expression and coldly reprimanded him, "Don't always show off your Nendoroid..."

"So annoying!"

Deidara glared at Onoki with some impatience, then slowly stood beside him, looking sullen and seemingly unwilling to speak.

"Haven't you learned your lesson yet?"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was very dissatisfied with Deidara's attitude, and the old man immediately wanted to continue lecturing him: "Why aren't you training properly? You can't even match others in Earth Release techniques!"

After the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, finished speaking, he didn't want to pay any more attention to his disciples' commotion and instead focused his gaze on Kakashi Hatake, Kagura Akihara, and the others.

"Little brat."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, grew serious and said in a deep voice, "Now that the hostage exchange is over, let's talk about your infiltration of the Land of Earth!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, slowly shifted his shoulders: "Even though this old man is still sick, being beaten up at my doorstep, I need to stretch my muscles a bit..."

"Is this the reputation of Iwagakure?"

Kagura Akihara's wooden clone sighed softly, seemingly somewhat helpless: "I never intended to have any conflict with Iwagakure. In fact, I expressed my goodwill to the greatest extent possible, for fear of causing a war between the two villages..."

Akihara Kagura's wood clone glanced at her superior and continued, "At least in this hostage exchange, the value of both sides was completely unequal. Do you think our Captain Kakashi is worth a Five-Tails Jinchuriki, a genius boy from Iwagakure, and a group of Iwagakure Anbu?"

"..."

Kakashi Hatake, who was standing next to him, twitched his forehead.

"..."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, felt that he might indeed be in the wrong, because in terms of the value of this hostage exchange alone, Konoha had indeed suffered a great loss.

How should I say it...?

How can I justify taking action?

fortunately.

Deidara stepped forward from behind the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.

"You bastard..."

Deidara stood next to Onoki, his face full of rage, and said, "We were researching ninjutsu, wasn't it you who suddenly appeared and ambushed us?"

"good."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, nodded slowly, glancing at his disciple with satisfaction. It was rare to find that Deidara's sharp tongue was actually somewhat useful.

Although Deidara's insults weren't as harsh, they did state the truth: the other side had too many sins implicated in Iwagakure, while leaving too few for themselves.

This battle was absolutely unavoidable!

Even for the sake of Iwagakure's future, and for the sake of the new generation that has not yet grown up, we cannot let that Konoha brat escape back!

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, regained the initiative. Looking at Akihara Kagura's wood clone, he continued in a deep voice, "This matter cannot be ignored; you infiltrated the Land of Earth and Iwagakure, and even launched a preemptive attack on Iwagakure ninjas..."

"We are not..."

Kakashi Hatake frowned and stepped forward to try and mediate.

"Captain Kakashi, there's no point in saying more."

Kagura Akihara's wood clone interrupted Kakashi Hatake, looking at the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and took the initiative to challenge him: "If you insist on fighting today, then we don't need to make any more excuses. Anyway, we should all know that these excuses are just a fig leaf for Iwagakure to provoke a war..."

"That sharp-tongued brat!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, hearing the harsh words from the other side, quickly clenched his fists and challenged the other to a duel, saying, "You're right, the outcome of all disputes in the ninja world ultimately depends on strength..."

"Sometimes, you can also use intrigue."

Akihara Kagura's wooden clone revealed a mysterious smile.

Just as the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was feeling a bit curious, he suddenly saw a sinister hand reach out from the side, grab his neck, and lift the short old man up!

"Deidara!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was furious!

No one expected that the disciple who had just returned to the Third Tsuchikage's side would suddenly attack the Third Tsuchikage at this moment!

"No, you're not Deidara!"

Onoki's mind immediately clicked. It was possible that his disciple would attack him, but Deidara would use the clay bomb openly and honestly, and would never resort to such a despicable method to ambush an old man like him!

"Lord Tsuchikage is getting on in years."

Deidara's appearance slowly changed, revealing Akihara Kagura's true form: "Even his own disciple can't tell the real one from the fake one..."

Compared to other transformation techniques, the Wood Release ninja's transformation and clone techniques are the most difficult to detect.

Even the Third Tsuchikage was too far away to realize that the person speaking to him the whole time, Akihara Kagura, was just a wooden clone!

Even Kakashi Hatake never expected that Kagura Akihara would be so audacious as to use a wood clone to deceive everyone and impersonate Deidara to ambush the Third Tsuchikage!

even…

This guy was just deliberately provoking a fight.

"Release Lord Tsuchikage!"

"You bastard, how dare you take Lord Tsuchikage hostage!"

"Gentlemen, it's best not to move around."

Akihara Kagura turned to look at the Iwagakure ninjas, whose faces were filled with shock and anger, and continued, "Otherwise, I can't guarantee the Tsuchikage's safety."

Akihara Kagura grabbed the Third Tsuchikage by the neck with one hand, and slowly bound the Third Tsuchikage with a vine. Using Wood Release ninjutsu, she slowly absorbed the Third Tsuchikage's chakra, ensuring that the Third Tsuchikage could no longer resist.

"What a despicable brat..."

Ōnoki was tied up, but the old man's mouth still wouldn't let up: "He actually disguised himself as Deidara and ambushed me..."

Onoki stared intently at Akihara Kagura, then inquired about his disciple's safety, asking, "What did you do with that Deidara brat?"

"That little guy is so noisy."

When Akihara Kagura mentioned Deidara, she couldn't help but pick at her ear: "However, I'm keeping our agreed-upon hostage exchange agreement and locking him up first. Your people can rescue him after we leave."

"As for Lord Tsuchikage..."

Akihara Kagura grabbed the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, as easily as lifting a child: "We'll have to trouble you to come with us, Tsuchikage."

"Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World!"

Thick vines sprouted from the forest and attacked a group of Iwa ninja who had just been released, along with a squad of Iwa ANBU, entangled them completely!

Let's go!

Akihara Kagura appeared beside Hatake Kakashi with the Third Tsuchikage's Flying Thunder God Technique, only to see her pale-faced superior, as if he had suffered some great shock.

"You bastard..."

Kakashi Hatake rubbed his forehead, feeling his heart pounding a little fast: "Don't always cause such a commotion all of a sudden!"

"I didn't want it to be like this either."

Kagura Akihara glanced at Kakashi Hatake, a hint of helplessness in her eyes: "I've already asked the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, but there's no information about Obito Uchiha..."

Kagura Akihara looked at Kakashi Hatake, somewhat speechless, then glanced at the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, beside her: "We can't have come all this way for nothing, can we? We've come all this way to the Land of Earth; we should bring back some local specialties, shouldn't we?"

"Local specialties..."

Kakashi Hatake felt this explanation was a bit strange, but upon closer examination, it wasn't entirely wrong; the Third Tsuchikage was indeed the most valuable local product of the Land of Earth…

"You little rascal..."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was so angry that his forehead throbbed.

This Tsuchikage felt that he had never been so humiliated in all his years of life. The dignified Kage of a village was being held hostage and even treated as a local specialty!

"Kill me now!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, roared furiously!

This old man was practically driven mad by Akihara Kagura!

If I were to be taken hostage and brought back to Konoha like this, I would be ridiculed to death by my old rival, Hiruzen Sarutobi!

"It seems like we could take the body back with us."

Kagura Akihara frowned, seriously considering the feasibility of this matter: "Anyway, the Anbu and Root should have the means to extract information from the dead, and we don't need to worry about the Tsuchikage resisting on the way back..."

"..."

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, became even more agitated!

As the longest-serving Kage of Iwagakure, Onoki himself doesn't know how much secret information he possesses about the village. If Konoha were to discover this information, who knows how much damage it would cause to Iwagakure in the future!

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be impulsive..."

Kakashi Hatake quickly stopped the restless Kagura Akihara: "The Third Tsuchikage is no ordinary ninja. We have no authority to deal with him. This matter should be left to the Hokage to decide!"

Any normal person would know that!

For Konoha, a living Tsuchikage is more valuable than a dead one!

"Actually, I think we should hand him over to Lord Danzo..."

Kagura Akihara frowned and looked at Kakashi Hatake, saying, "Captain Kakashi, you should know that this is a crucial moment for me and Itachi Uchiha in the competition for the future leader of Root. This achievement can change Lord Danzo's attitude towards me..."

Second update!

There have indeed been many kidnappings in history…

For example, Xiahou Dun from the Three Kingdoms period...

(End of this chapter)