I, Uchiha: Split Konoha

Chapter 300 The Ino-Shika-Cho Split [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

"Shikamaru... Shikamaru!"

As Yamanaka Hi's desperate, hoarse cries for help echoed, he was completely pinned to the ground by the Flying Swallow, which was filled with wind-style chakra, and he kept coughing up blood.

What's even more despairing is Choji's reaction. Sarutobi Asuma has a smile on his face, but his eyes are filled with madness.

"Choji, I know you have the kindest heart. Help me. Aren't you all doing this for the clan? I want to do it for the clan too. Besides, there are still so many of you left in the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, but my clan only has Konohamaru left."

Under his cruel and crazed gaze, Choji stared in terror at his teacher, who seemed like a devil in human skin.

"Asuma-sensei!"

Nara Shikamaru screamed at the top of his lungs, but the only response he received was Asuma's chilling, bloodshot, and crazed gaze as he turned around.

"Shikamaru, I know you're the smartest. So, let's play one more time! We'll bet their lives!"

With a bloodthirsty smile, Sarutobi Asuma pulled out a stack of explosive tags amidst Naruto's furious roar and Shikamaru's terrified gaze.

With a cruel smile, Sarutobi Asuma slowly rolled up the explosive tag and stuffed it directly into Choji's mouth, while simultaneously squeezing Choji's throat with one hand.

Despite his painful struggle, Choji Akimichi swallowed the stack of explosive tags that had been rolled up, leaving him with no ability to resist.

"Choji, don't struggle. Teacher will be very gentle."

The steel wire directly bound Choji Akimichi, while Sarutobi Asuma casually threw four kunai, instantly pinning Hiya Yamanaka's limbs to the ground.

"Shikamaru! Now is the time for you to choose!"

With a cruel smile, Sarutobi Asuma gripped the Flying Swallow in one hand, his sharp wind-style chakra surging as he pointed it at the people in front of him.

"Your father, your uncle, or your companion? You can only choose one."

Beneath Asuma's sinister smile, Nara Shikamaru across from him turned deathly pale, cold sweat pouring down his face, while Uzumaki Naruto beside him was filled with rage.

"Asuma-sensei, how could you treat your own colleagues and students like this? It's too much!"

As Naruto's eyes gradually transformed into beastly pupils, his body slowly emanating an ominous red chakra aura. Upon seeing this, Asuma revealed a mocking smile.

"So you're the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, you brat."

"Naruto!" Shikamaru hurriedly stopped him when he suddenly unleashed such a terrifying aura. He was afraid that the impulsive Naruto might accidentally cause the situation to spiral out of control.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of the distant shrine building, Obito, wearing a mask, watched the game with a mocking expression. When he saw Naruto unleash the Nine-Tails' chakra, one of his eyes revealed a knowing look.

"Heh, Orochimaru, you really are a genius. You can even cultivate a fake Jinchuriki. But this time it seems you've slipped up."

Masked Obito gazed mockingly at Naruto Uzumaki in the distance. With such ominous chakra, beast eyes, and everything he had witnessed, he naturally knew that Naruto Uzumaki was the true Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Karin Uzumaki was nothing more than a fake, or rather, a weapon trained by Yoru Uchiha.

……

"Hurry up, Shikamaru! You can only choose one of these people."

At this moment, Sarutobi Asuma was laughing hysterically, and Hien was swaying back and forth in front of the group.

"Here are your father, your uncle who watched you grow up, and your companions. Which one do you plan to save first? Oh, right, your companion Shan Zhonghuo can't be delayed any longer."

With a mocking gaze and weak groans, it was clear that Shan Zhonghu had lost too much blood; if he continued to linger, he would lose his life.

At this moment, Nara Shikamaru was sweating profusely. For the first time, he realized that his intelligence was completely useless here. If he possessed terrifying power, perhaps he could solve this problem.

"Make a decision quickly!"

"No! Asuma-sensei, I'll bet you!"

In a moment of quick thinking, Nara Shikamaru, his face filled with tension, threw away his weapon pouch and raised his hands.

Nara Shikamaru hurriedly spoke, while Asuma smiled, "Alright, let's gamble with their lives in the first round!"

"But you can stop now!"

Sarutobi Asuma stared at Shikamaru with a frenzy, raised his hand to stop him, and pointed at Yamanaka Hi with a strange grin.

"Shikamaru, aren't you best at using shadow techniques? Then please use your own technique to control the mountain fire to rescue your comrades, father, and uncle."

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, if you cut even one of these wires incorrectly..." As he said this, Sarutobi Asuma's eyes lit up with excitement.

"With a bang, I think you should understand the power of the explosive tag."

With a smile, Sarutobi Asuma slowly kicked away the dust beneath his feet, revealing a series of explosive tags that had been buried in the ground, each being pulled along by a fine steel wire.

The older generation of Ino-Shika-Cho, such as Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Choza, were bound with fine steel wires.

"Shikamaru, please save my father!"

Choji Akimichi was kicked to the ground. After getting up in a sorry state, he hurriedly said to Shikamaru that he had no idea what to do about the trap set with its dense wires.

Sarutobi Asuma stared at Naruto Uzumaki with a crazed look in his eyes, slowly pulling out a cigarette and lighting it.

"My good student Shikamaru, you still have the time it takes to smoke one cigarette, or else!"

"Shikamaru!" Naruto shouted anxiously, while Shikamaru was also sweating profusely. He knew that this was the only way out.

Shadow Imitation

In an instant, the shadow connected with the mountain fire, and at that moment, Nara Shikamaru, who was in a bizarre posture, had his brain spinning at the fastest speed in his life.

"Asuma-sensei, we're a team, can Choji help me?"

Nara Shikamaru kept calling out "Teacher" throughout, trying to awaken Asuma's conscience. Unfortunately, Asuma, who could no longer bear the pressure, had already mentally collapsed. Under the temptation of Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan, he was now just a mentally ill person venting his emotions.

Sarutobi Asuma raised his feet, and Shikamaru secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, but he failed to see the mockery and cruelty deep in Asuma's eyes.

"Shikamaru!"

In his disheveled state, Choji Akimichi scrambled to his feet and hurriedly shouted, while Shikamaru Nara calmly began issuing orders one by one.

"Choji, stop the bleeding from Yamanaka Hi immediately, and remove the kunai."

After a series of actions, Yamanaka Hi was nearly unconscious, but Nara Shikamaru calmly controlled her body and brought her to their father's side.

"Choji, I need you to tell me where these wires are."

"Shikamaru, the wires on my father's body... Uncle Nara..."

Time ticked by, and he had a pretty good grasp of the intricate trap of the steel wire pulling the explosive tags. Shikamaru calmly instructed, "Choji, this is a triple trap. I need you to cut two of the wires, and I'll take care of one. Can you do it?"

"Shikamaru... Shikamaru!" Choji Akimichi said, trembling, but finally nodded and said, "I can do it."

"Okay, I'll count to three, then we'll cut together!"

As time passed, Nara Shikamaru's chakra was depleted in large quantities, his face turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat, while Akimichi Choji nodded firmly with trepidation.

He had just seen Shikamaru make a familiar gesture, a gesture that only the two of them knew the meaning of when they played games together as children.

"1...2!"

The moment the number two was shouted, Shikamaru and Choji suddenly cut the wire, while at the same time Naruto Uzumaki, who was standing next to Shikamaru, turned into white smoke with a bang.

Shadow Clone Technique!

"Rasengan!"

In an instant, hundreds of Narutos emerged from the nearby woods, each with an angry expression and holding a powerful Rasengan in their hands.

"Asuma-sensei!"

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Sarutobi Asuma hastily retreated while simultaneously unleashing a ninjutsu.

Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning

Suddenly, a cloud of dust was expelled, but because of the hundreds of Naruto Uzumakis this time, coupled with the crazy spinning of the Rasengan, the dust was actually stirred up.

As Asuma activated his Fire Release technique, only the first dozen or so Naruto Uzumaki were burned to ashes, while the rest of the Naruto Uzumaki continued their frantic attack, shouting and yelling.

Seeing this from the rooftop in the distance, masked Obito looked enlightened. "So that's how it is. But will that Nara brat be able to figure it out?"

"Shikamaru!"

Multiplication Technique

Choji Akimichi shouted, and his hands instantly grew larger. He grabbed his father and Shikaku Nara and tried to run away, but Yamanaka Hi, who was controlled by the shadow, carried his father on his back.

But at that very moment! Amidst the resounding snap of the steel wire, Nara Shikamaru's face was filled with terror.

Boom!

In the instant they turned around, all they saw was a sea of ​​fire. The father and son in the mountains let out a scream and were engulfed in the flames.

"No!"

"Shikamaru, hurry!" Akimichi Choji was also in a bad situation. Because of the close proximity, his huge hand was instantly burned, but he still endured it and hurriedly threw the two fathers to Shikamaru.

"Father!"

Nara Shikamaru rushed forward and, seeing his father covered in explosive tags, hurriedly took off his clothes. However, Akimichi Choza, standing to the side, showed a pained expression as his belly swelled up wildly.

"Father!"

"Choji! Don't come any closer!" At this moment, Akimichi Choza roared, seeing his son coming to save him. He quickly pushed Choji away with his hand.

At that moment, the instant Nara Shikaku was freed from his restraints, he hurriedly shouted, "Shikamaru! Run!"

However, the next moment, Nara Shikaku's pupils instantly turned crimson, and under Shikamaru's horrified gaze, his father's eyes gleamed with the Sharingan.

"No!"

However, the next moment, with a loud bang, Akimichi Choza's belly exploded, and blood rained down everywhere, with intestines and internal organs scattered all over the place.

Sizzle~

When Nara Shikaku saw this scene, blood trickled from his mouth, nose, and eyes, and his pupils were filled with ferocious bloodshot veins. He had clearly suffered a powerful illusion and his spirit had been attacked.

"Father!"

As Choji Akimichi cried out in grief, his hands were now a bloody mess, with bones even showing in some places.

Chi Chi!

Just then, a voice appeared, seemingly treating everything as a game.

"Hehe, this is a very realistic scene, and it also reflects the selfish desires of human nature."

After the masked Obito appeared, his Mangekyou Sharingan eyes rippled and absorbed all the flames in front of him, revealing the father and son in the mountains.

Amidst the aroma of roasted meat, the father and son, their bodies charred beyond recognition, were breathing heavily and weakly, their tenacious vitality as ninjas allowed them to survive.

Especially in their agony, on their charred bodies, two pairs of black and white eyes stared wide-eyed in pain, but the burns to their breathing tubes rendered the father and son unable to utter a single word.

"Heh, after all, he's my own father, so naturally I have to give priority to my so-called uncles and companions."

Masked Obito looked at Nara Shikamaru and said jokingly, then looked at the messy, blood-stained ground and sighed softly.

"You had the chance to save Choza Akimichi back then, but unfortunately you chose to give it up because of your own selfish desires, or rather, your father. Tsk tsk."

"How realistic. This is the kind of comradeship that Konoha prides itself on, who would never abandon anyone. In the end, they still had to make a choice between family and comrades."

Looking down into those two terrifying eyes, Obito shook his head and said, "What a tragic stroke of luck. You shouldn't have trusted your so-called comrades. But it's too late to regret it now. With injuries like these, it's a miracle you survived."

Suddenly, Obito's masked figure reappeared behind Choji Akimichi. Looking at the blood and flesh scattered all over the ground, especially Choji Akimichi's head which was still connected to flesh and blood, his eyes wide open in death.

"Tsk tsk, little fat boy, look at your father, look at those eyes. The companion you entrusted your life to just now ultimately chose your own father. This is the consequence of your gullibility in trusting your so-called companion."

The seductive voice echoed in his ears. At that moment, Choji Akimichi's pupils contracted, and he broke down in despair, wailing loudly.

"Shikamaru! Shikamaru! Nara Shikamaru!"

These heart-wrenching screams came from the initial calls for companions, followed by the desire to get to the bottom of things, and finally, the questioning!

At this moment, Choji Akimichi collapsed, staring in despair at Shikamaru, who was cradling a listless figure in the distance. He then looked at his own father and the miserable state of the father and son in the mountains.

It seems that only Nara Shikamaru's father was unharmed, which seems to confirm the mysterious person's persuasion, and Shikamaru ultimately chose his father.

Lightning Release: Lightning Blade

Just then, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and the air still held the scent of burning. However, Obito, wearing a mask, looked at the newcomer's Mangekyou Sharingan and a mocking smile appeared in his eyes.

"Oh, it's you, Kakashi Hatake!"

Kakashi, wielding the Lightning Blade, pierced through Obito's chest with his mask. As they looked at each other, Obito's eyes held only mockery, while Kakashi's were solemn.

"Kakashi, watch out!"

Just as Kakashi Hatake passed right through him, and Obito, masked and with a mocking smile, was about to make his move, Might Guy shouted, and a figure in green rushed forward anxiously, executing a perfect coordinated attack.

This forced Obito with his mask to remain in his Hollowfied state.

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