Konoha: Who's the good guy?

In a dense forest less than five kilometers from the town, Yekura, having deactivated her transformation technique, held a kunai in each hand.

He crouched down, staring intently at the dozen or so Hidden Mist ninjas in front of him.

Two fireballs of the Scorching Release: Overheating Technique hovered beside her, their intense heat rendering the Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique used by the Hidden Mist Ninja largely ineffective.

At her feet lay a Hidden Mist Jonin, his body resembling a dried-up corpse, completely devoid of life.

Without any pleasantries or harsh words, Suigetsu Hozuki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, grinned and made a hand gesture to his companions behind him.

Although it did not attract all the Sand Villages as planned.

It's even highly likely that those Sand Villagers were hiding in the shadows, waiting to ambush them instead.

However, as the backbone of the Sunagakure team, as long as Yekura is captured quickly, the rest of Sunagakure will be nothing but a disorganized mess.

"Water Release: Combo - Great Exploding Water Breakthrough!"

Under the command of Suigetsu Hozuki, fifteen Kirigakure ninja simultaneously used the Great Explosion Water to break through.

A powerful torrent of water gushed from their mouths.

When similar chakra properties are used simultaneously with the same ninjutsu, they merge and converge, forming a monstrous wave powerful enough to engulf everything around them!

Ye Cang's eyes flickered slightly, and he leaped and sped away, quickly dodging the waves that surged and collided from all directions.

Before she could break the encirclement of the misty battlefield, she was caught off guard.

The three Kirigakure Jonin following behind Suigetsu Hobutsu had already completed their hand seals.

"Spirit Summoning Technique: Black-Eyed Giant Crab!"

"Summoning Jutsu: Greatswordfish!"

"Summoning Technique: Man-Eating Shark!"

Chakra smoke enveloped the surroundings.

The three enormous figures, faintly visible in the smoke, made Yekura feel immense pressure.

Before the smoke dissipated, the three Jonin, together with their summoning beast, had already launched Water Release: Water Barrage.

Water spheres, over two meters in diameter and containing a large amount of chakra, bombarded the surrounded Yekura like cannonballs.

The fifteen Hidden Mist ninjas who had previously used a coordinated Water Release technique did not stop.

The eight people stood in eight directions, forming hand seals to maintain the output of chakra and prevent the water jutsu beneath their feet from spreading and disappearing.

The remaining seven people dived directly into the water and shot towards Yecang from underwater.

The barrage of water-style attacks quickly extinguished the scorching fireballs spinning around Yekura.

Seven Hidden Mist ninjas, who had been slithering through the water, also leaped out of the water one after another to launch their attacks.

"Guhahaha~ Yekura! Where can you run to this time!"

Suigetsu Hobutsu draws the large sword Samehada from his back.

Seeing that Ye Cang had already suffered several wounds in a short period of time and was unable to mount an effective counterattack, he could only dodge in a sorry state.

His heart was filled with the exhilarating feeling of finally getting revenge.

With a swift movement of its feet, Suigetsu Hozuki, wielding Samehada, charged straight towards Yokura, riding the waves.

"Scorching Release: Blazing Stream!"

Yekura saw the rapidly approaching Suigetsu Hobutsuki.

After barely managing to kick away two Hidden Mist ninjas who were attacking from underwater, he slammed his hands together in a hand seal and slammed them onto the water's surface.

The intense heat began to spread from her palms.

The rushing water beneath my feet was already as hot as boiling water with the time it took to breathe.

The Hidden Mist ninjas who had launched the underwater ambush hurriedly created distance, trying to avoid the rapidly churning and boiling water.

However, two people were a step too slow and were swept away by the boiling water.

When it struggled to get out of the water, its whole body was covered in blisters, and it couldn't stop screaming in agony.

Even the three enormous spirit beasts, one of which was unable to dodge in time and disappeared into smoke.

The remaining two were also forced back a distance.

"How much chakra do you have left to unleash such a large-scale Scorching Release attack?!"

The smile on the face of the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon grew even more ferocious. He leaped up and crossed the scalding water.

The greatsword Samehada in his hand slashed straight at the face of Hakukura, who was activating a ninjutsu!

"Scorching Release: Overheating and Killing!"

Yecang's hand seals changed rapidly as she swiftly used the Scorching Release technique she was most familiar with.

With a push of his palms, the fireball of the Scorching Release collided with Samehada.

"Hiss!"

Samehada let out a painful hiss, and its gray-blue body surface turned slightly red.

The blade twisted continuously, and the spikes on it stood up one by one.

"Baby, soon you'll be able to taste the most delicious chakra!"

Suigetsu Hozuki comforted Samehada with a word, completely ignoring his already slightly burned arm, and continued to slash with his large sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

With a powerful and heavy slash, the kunai in Yecang's hand was knocked away in just a few strokes.

Her hands and arms were also covered in blood from being pierced and scratched by the sharp spikes of Samehada during close contact with it.

A significant amount of his chakra was also absorbed.

Faced with the fierce attack of Suigetsu Hozuki and the entanglement of several Kirigakure members, Yekura knew that he could not confront them head-on.

He secretly prayed that his teammates would arrive soon.

"Ah~!"

"It's Sand Village's Wind Release!"

"Get out of the way!"

As Suigetsu Hozuki continued to exert pressure, the shouts of the Hidden Mist ninjas rang out.

The eight Hidden Mist ninjas who were originally guarding the perimeter to prevent the water-style ninjutsu from escaping were attacked by wind-style ninjutsu almost simultaneously.

Thanks to prior precautions, only one person was beheaded.

Two of the remaining seven suffered minor injuries, but they managed to avoid a surprise attack by the Sand Village ninja.

The water-style techniques, which had been confined to the combat area and had not spread, rapidly dissipated due to the loss of chakra control.

The advantageous geographical conditions that had been painstakingly created vanished in the blink of an eye.

Taking advantage of the moment when Suigetsu Hobutsu was distracted, Yekura used his Scorching Release: Over-Steam Kill to strike the large sword Samehada in Hobutsu's hand.

Samehada screamed incessantly as it was scalded.

The intense heat emanating from the hilt forced Suigetsu Hozuki to temporarily release it.

The twelve Sand Village ninjas clashed with the remaining Mist Village ninjas.

The original encirclement formation collapsed.

A fierce battle ensued.

No longer under siege, Yokura's killing intent surged as she faced Suigetsu Hozuki, who had lost his Greatsword Samehada, and she immediately switched from defense to offense.

Meanwhile, in the town, Yamanaka Kei and Namikaze Minato await their chance.

Using his sensory perception from his ninjutsu and the field of vision provided by the crows circling high in the sky, he had been quietly waiting for an opportunity.

It was clear that the Sand Village ninjas were intentionally diverting attention from the battlefield.

They led the Hidden Mist ninja away from the dense forest filled with streams.

Several severely injured Kirigakure ninjas and a heavily wounded Sunagakure Jonin who was almost unable to fight were left alone in the same place.

Kei Yamanaka and Minato Namikaze immediately realized that their opportunity had arrived.

Three crows, each carrying the Flying Thunder God Technique, shot down from the sky in a triangular formation under the control of Yamanaka Kei.

A Sand Village Jonin, wounded and incapacitated, charged straight at him.

The other two targeted the injured Kirigakure ninja, while the other headed straight for the spot where Samehada had fallen.

"Minato, sword! Samehada!"

Kei Yamanaka stared intently at Minato Namikaze with sparkling eyes.

Samehada, the greatsword!

The most unique of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Hidden Mist, and the only one that has a life of its own.

It can not only absorb the opponent's chakra, but also provide the absorbed chakra to the holder for use.

It can also use the large amount of stored chakra to stimulate the regeneration of body cells.

If one doesn't care about appearance, they can even fuse with Samehada to become a fish-man, allowing their body to live completely freely in the water, greatly increasing their underwater combat capabilities.

Although in the original story he ultimately betrayed the user Kisame Hoshigaki, became a traitor, and sided with Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

But this thing really works well under normal circumstances!

"You really are..."

Minato Namikaze, faced with his best friend whose eyes were shining, couldn't bring himself to refuse and could only smile helplessly.

With a flash, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared from the spot.