Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

Meanwhile, the Sand Ninja who was fighting alongside the Rain Ninja saw that their leader had accidentally injured two of their own people again. While comforting him, he secretly stabbed the Iwa Ninja who was passing by.

Anyone who has been in the Sand Village for more than five years is used to this kind of scene. If their leader, Shinto, is this good, they would have taken off long ago if they weren't so arrogant. Why would they need to keep a low profile until now?

"this......."

With tears in her eyes, the Rain Ninja saw the Sand Ninja's nonchalant attitude and even stabbed her dying teammate, the Iwa Ninja. The whole action was smooth and swift, without any hesitation. Such a skilled action could only be performed so calmly and naturally by someone who does this kind of thing often.

For a moment, the Rain Ninja's mind went completely blank. Damn, like father, like son...

"Damn you, Golden Lion! You hit one of my men! Super Gravity Rock Technique!"

"boom!"

In the sky, Onoki was furious when he saw several of his underlings lose their arms and legs because they got too close to Shiki. His nose turned black with rage. He used Earth Release to cover his right arm with a rock and punched into another group of people, taking down several ninjas from who-knows-which village they were not his underlings. Then he quickly flew high into the air. He had taken the sneaky style to the extreme, giving White Fang, who was in the crowd and waiting in ambush, no chance at all.

Onoki was much more experienced in fighting agile assassins. As a great mage, he feared agile assassins like Konoha's White Fang the most. They were fast and had explosive attack power. Once they caught an opportunity, they would kill him in one hit. Moreover, it was a chaotic battle now. Unlike Shiki, who was so reckless that he would even kill his own people, Onoki was not in a bad mood. In the current chaotic battle, the positions of the people were in disarray, and he could not use map attacks. He did not even dare to use his super powerful earth escape technique, for fear of hitting his own subordinates. Therefore, he could only quickly dive down to kill a wave of people to boost morale. After that, he would immediately fly out of White Fang's attack range and not give White Fang any chance. He made the most of his sneaky style.

Hatake Sakumo had just helped the trembling, contact-wearing youth, Yuhi Shinku, take down the enemies behind him. Seeing that Onoki had finally descended, he was about to make a move when Onoki flew high into the air again.

Sakumo Hatake looked up at the sky; this was the most sleazy person he'd ever seen, giving him absolutely no chance...

If this drags on, Konoha definitely can't afford it. To end this war, they must take down the enemy's leader. Currently, there are two enemy leaders: Shiki and Onoki. Compared to Shiki, whose tough, ancestral blades are impervious to even a scratch, he leans more towards Onoki. If Onoki falls, the Iwa ninja will be leaderless and will definitely retreat. With Iwa retreating, the enemy's morale will be severely affected, and the Kumo ninja will also leave. He knows Shiki; he's not the kind of person who would actually lead the Sand ninja in a head-on fight for Hanzo the Salamander. He himself isn't even that close to Shiki, let alone Hanzo the Salamander...

228. What exactly did Danzo go through?

"Damn it! Ohnoki, you shorty, you hit my man!"

shhhhhh!

Hearing Onoki's outburst, Shinto, in turn, unleashed a flurry of sword strikes at the nearby Iwa ninja. He wasn't sure if Onoki had hit any of his men earlier; one of the blue-haired guys looked familiar, but at this moment, even if he wasn't one of them, he had to be one of them...

"Damn it! Open your dog eyes and look carefully, those are people from Konoha! (#｀皿′)"

Onoki was furious when he saw this bastard unleashing sword energy at his men again. Luckily, his underlings were quick-witted and kept a close watch, avoiding being hit by the sword energy. He really wanted to blast this bastard to pieces with a single area-of-effect attack, but his men told him to stay calm; if they missed the bastard, their men would be dead...

"Raiga!"

Just as Onoki was jumping up and down in anger, his nose turning even blacker, Hatake Sakumo, who had secretly slipped under Onoki, seized the opportunity, and a flash of white light appeared!

"Holy crap! You're an idiot too....(▼he▼メ)"

Upon seeing the white light, Onoki became wary, as if he could smell the scent of death. Instinctively, he revved the engine and accelerated upwards by half a meter. However, it was only half a meter. Although Hatake Sakumo's Achilles tendon was long and his jumping ability and explosive power were top-notch, he could never fly. Onoki's half-meter increase in height was exactly where his attack could not reach.

When Hatake Sakumo landed, Onoki felt a chill run down his spine. In that instant, he felt death was so close. After catching his breath, Onoki sprayed Hatake Sakumo below with a string of venom.

"Oh dear! What a pity, just a tiny bit short. White Fang, you should work on your jumping ability and explosiveness when you get back. Just half a meter short and Iwagakure would have chosen the Fourth Tsuchikage..."

On the other side, Shinto was also stunned when he saw the familiar white light. He then realized that White Fang's target was Onoki, but his super high jump still couldn't hit Onoki. He said with a regretful look.

Hatake Sakumo really wanted to kill this bastard: You try increasing your jumping ability by half a meter and let me see... (▼he▼メ)

......

"what!"

"White Fang, save me!!!"

At that moment, a heart-wrenching scream came from afar.

"Holy crap! You're... Danzo's advisor?"

Hearing someone cry for help, and recognizing the strangely familiar voice, Sakumo Hatake ignored the two arguing and rushed towards the sound. When the gang of family leaders, led by Sasori's father-in-law, saw White Fang charging towards them, they were immediately terrified and retreated 300 meters, grabbing any opponent and feigning a fierce fight...

When Hatake Sakumo saw Danzo lying on the ground, barely alive and with his head swollen several times larger than normal, an "S" drawn on his forehead, multiple comminuted fractures, and looking utterly miserable, he almost didn't recognize him. Even with his good composure, he couldn't help but swear.

awful!

That's so tragic!

If it weren't for the unfamiliar "X" on his chin, he would have easily mistaken this man for the spirited chief consultant.

Who on earth could be so heartless as to beat their chief advisor... no, the chief advisor's current state is more accurately described as torture. While the injuries on his face aren't fatal, the "S" on his forehead and the "X" on his chin are incredibly humiliating. His entire body is like a lump of rotten flesh, and his pants have a huge hole in them, the surrounding bloodstains suggestive. It's a miracle he's managed to hold on until now and call for help...

"Quickly...retreat...retreat..."

Danzo, lying on the ground on the verge of death, looked at Hatake Sakumo as if he were seeing a savior. With tears in his eyes, he nodded with difficulty, as if giving his last words. He used all his strength to speak to Hatake Sakumo, his tone no longer as heroic as when he arrived, but more like a plea.

Danzo was terrified! Heaven knows what he went through in this war. Those bastards from Sunagakure had no martial ethics. They agreed to a one-on-one duel, but a whole group of them took on him. That was bad enough. He, the chief advisor of Konoha, was a proud wolf. Even if he faced a thousand troops, he would dare to go alone because he was not afraid of death!

But today, he was truly terrified of these bastards from the Sand Village. He wasn't afraid of death, but this whole mess was worse than death for him!

Those bastards are complete psychopaths...

After saying this, the man who was the root of Konoha, the chief advisor of Konoha, half the sky of Konoha, half a bucket of water in Konoha, the man who wanted to lead Konoha to the moon, closed his eyes and stretched out his legs...

"Konoha, retreat!!!"

Seeing Danzo, whose fate was unknown, Hatake Sakumo, after all, was the boss's good friend and one of the men his father had sacrificed himself to cover the retreat. Although he was a bit extreme in his thinking, Hatake Sakumo still carried the man, who looked like a lump of rotten flesh, on his shoulder out of brotherhood, to fulfill his "last wish." He handed the man over to the few remaining soldiers of the Shimura clan and then shouted loudly, which echoed throughout the battlefield.

"What?! Retreat? No way?"

"Why? We clearly had the advantage... Holy crap! Who is that? So miserable?! Σ(⊙▽⊙a)"

"Huh? I know, I know, that's Danzo's advisor, I know that X..."

"Danzo's advisor? Hiss...! What has Danzo's advisor gone through...?ヽ(?Д?)?"

"........"

The Konoha underlings, who were engaged in fierce fighting, were stunned when they heard their leader's voice. They were completely bewildered. Some people were right. Although Shinto was fighting fiercely, in this kind of chaotic battle where everyone was an enemy, Konoha's advantage of having a large number of people was fully utilized. In such a favorable situation, their leader actually ordered a retreat!

If they didn't know this big shot's character, they would have thought he had some kind of bromance with the Golden Lion...

Their attention was then drawn to the unidentified creature perched on the shoulder of the Shimura clan beside Sakumo Hatake. When the audience finally realized that this unidentified object was a human and their chief advisor, they couldn't help but gasp. This was just too damn amazing!

What exactly did their advisors to Danzo go through?

"Princess Tsunade, something terrible has happened! Young Master Nawaki has gone missing!!!"

Just as the attending physician Tsunade was about to examine Danzo's injuries, a young man from the Senju clan ran over with a tearful face, looking terrified and anxious.

"What?! Rope Tree is gone!! Σ(⊙▽⊙a)"

A group of clan leaders from Konoha stared in shock at the Senju clan member.

"boom!"

A deafening roar, like a nuclear explosion, left everyone dizzy and disoriented.

Everyone stared in shock at the violent woman, whose body was radiating red light and whose blonde hair had automatically entered the ultimate zone mode without any wind. A storm of emotions surged through them.

That golden lion's girlfriend is fucking amazing, she's practically glowing...

229. My brother-in-law is missing?

"Isn't Nawaki in Konoha? How did he get out here...?"

The crater, hundreds of meters deep, was smashed open. Tsunade, in her ultimate zone mode, had red light emanating from her eyes and body. However, because the opponent was her clansman, she was quite restrained and did not kill him with a single punch. But the ninja underlings from various clans in the giant crater were unlucky, and Tsunade's head count increased by dozens more.

At this moment, Onoki was also terrified when he saw Hashirama Senju's granddaughter in this state; the power she unleashed was terrifying...

"Napaki... Napaki followed us around. Nobody noticed him at first, and I only recognized him shortly before the war started. After that, I stayed by his side the whole time. But after we recognized him, we stayed with him, and then suddenly he disappeared..."

The Senju clansmen were almost in tears. Their crown prince, the one who had awakened the First Hokage's Wood Release and was supposed to restore the Senju clan's glory and be the hope for the clan to flourish, was about to die. What if something happened to him?

"This...could it be a mistake? Maybe someone just looks like Nawaki..."

Nara Shika, his head throbbing, couldn't continue. He might have mistaken someone else, but how could he possibly be wrong about the First Hokage's grandson? Tsunade and her brother's hair color was as distinctive within the Senju clan as the Second Hokage's; most Senju members had black hair, while Tsunade and her brother had blonde and light blonde hair respectively. Plus, they were the heirs of their own clan—how could he possibly be mistaken?

This gave him a real headache. He didn't even care about Danzo's injuries, which had been tortured to this extent. Although Danzo was the chief advisor and Nawaki was just a recent graduate, their status was different. Just the fact that Nawaki was the grandson of the First Hokage made Danzo, the chief advisor, stand out from the rest!

If Nawaki were to really get into trouble, the Hokage probably wouldn't be able to save him. The Senju clan is the symbol of Konoha. Although they have declined, their status is still there. They are basically already the designated candidate for the Fifth Hokage after Orochimaru. Even Minato Namikaze, whom the Hokage highly regards, would have to take a backseat.

Danzo may have harmed so many people, but at most he caused the Hokage to have two blood vessels rupture. If Nawaki really gets into trouble, the Hokage will probably be torn apart!

"Look around and see if you can find the rope tree or his..."

In an instant, everyone in Konoha tensed up. Yuhi Masato forgot the sadness of his blue-haired teammate being blasted by Onoki. Compared to the young master, his teammates were nothing!

Just now, Onoki angrily punched into the crowd. The blue-haired guy that Masato recognized was Yuhi Shinku's teammate, the Harmony Dan of the "Right Hand of God" clan. It just so happened that Harmony Dan was using the clan's secret technique, Soul Astral Projection, to rack up kills. This Soul Astral Projection technique is incredibly overpowered. After all, apart from Tobirama Senju, who has been dead for decades, Orochimaru has probably only scratched the surface of it. If used well, this technique can completely decide a war, and racking up kills is naturally a piece of cake.

However, no ninjutsu is perfect. Although this soul astral projection is very overpowered, it also has great drawbacks. When the soul astral projection occurs, the user's physical body cannot move or be harmed. If the physical body is stabbed a few times, the user will die. Therefore, when the user's soul astral projection occurs, the user's teammates surround him to protect him. Unfortunately, by sheer coincidence, Onoki, who was on the verge of exploding, spotted him.

Given Onoki's habitual way of thinking, so many Konoha ninjas gathered together couldn't be a good sign, so he directly swooped down and unleashed a punch bigger than a sandbag. To be honest, although Onoki's punch knocked down a group of Konoha ninjas, the casualties weren't many; the most seriously injured were just left with low health. If his soul hadn't left his body, with his elite Jonin skills, he would have been perfectly capable of dodging Onoki's massive punch. But unfortunately, at that moment, his soul was already racking up kills on the other side, while his teammates surrounding him to protect him were incredibly weak, just lowly extras who could be hired with a lunchbox. Facing Onoki's swooping, powerful punch, they couldn't even withstand it themselves, let alone... Did he really expect them to become his punchers for a lunchbox?

Although Onoki's punch didn't instantly kill Harmony, the caved-in chest and the bits of flesh he spat out convinced Yuhi Shinku that the guy was finished, and if he survived, he'd be a consumptive...

Without Shinto's knowledge, Tsunade, the male protagonist from the original story, had already successfully retired before even having a chance to fight. If Shinto knew that Onoki's punch had helped him completely eliminate a potential opponent, he would probably try to avoid confronting Onoki in the future...

"Huh? My brother-in-law is missing? That brat was on the battlefield? (⊙_⊙)?"

Shinto, who had helped Onoki eliminate his opponent, was bewildered by Tsunade's inexplicable outburst and the commotion coming from Konoha. He activated his Observation Haki and overheard the conversation in Konoha. Tsunade's younger brother was that loser who died in World War II, wasn't he? How could he be so sure he was a loser...? If he were a genius, he wouldn't have died. He'd never seen a genius die before fully developing in the entire Naruto series. And judging by his age, Tsunade's brother was probably... around ten years old. He didn't know how old the kid was when he died, but he was certain that in this era, a ten-year-old was already incredibly talented. The ninja world wasn't like it would be decades later, where twelve-year-olds were barely considered genin. Kids these days started receiving education and re-education at three. Tsunade was barely ten when he could easily beat his little chest. In large-scale battles like this, as long as your intelligence was above average and your strength was decent, surviving and racking up kills was a piece of cake.

But this is World War II now... Could Tsunade's younger brother be going to die around this time?

But when you calculate the time, something seems off. He remembers that Jiraiya wasn't present when his brother-in-law died, but Orochimaru was. Moreover, it seems that Orochimaru was his brother-in-law's teacher. It was because his brother-in-law died that Orochimaru's job change was accelerated. Now, Orochimaru isn't present, so in the original story, his brother-in-law shouldn't have died at this time.

But what's going on with his brother-in-law disappearing now...? And even with all his domineering aura activated, he couldn't find him. (⊙_⊙)?

230. Could we treat Danzo first?

While Shinto was still analyzing the future date of his brother-in-law's death, Konoha actually believed Kurenai Yuhi's evil deeds and launched a massive search for Nawaki's "corpse." If they were strong and in good condition at this moment, they could launch a major counterattack. Konoha would have no will to fight and would not give up.

But neither side is in the mood anymore. Onoki, one of the two leaders of the allied forces, was almost scared to death by Tsunade's Super Zone mode. Moreover, his Iwa ninja had suffered heavy casualties in this battle and no longer had the strength to fight. The other leader was calculating the date of his brother-in-law's death and had no intention of leading the charge. Momentum is such a mysterious thing; it comes and goes quickly. One second they are fighting passionately, but once the heat cools down, it is difficult to regain that previous state.

Everyone present, along with their friends and family, stared dumbfounded at the Konoha Nawaki "corpse" spree, wondering why these Konoha ninjas were still rummaging through corpses after their retreat, as if some family heirloom had been lost...

However, aside from the three Sand Ninja underlings, these three Sand Ninja, seeing how Konoha was searching for the corpse, knew perfectly well what the Konoha people were doing—they were looking for the Konoha Crown Prince, whom they had turned into a puppet and was hiding behind them...

"Ishii, aren't you tying this kid up too tight? Don't suffocate him! If that happens, Lord Shinto will be the first to kill us. And how much poison is in it? We might poison this kid to death..."

One of the three Sand Ninja underlings pretended to be nonchalant, but looked at his companion, the Konoha Crown Prince, who was wrapped up tightly, with great concern. He was afraid that something might happen to this young master, and whether they could reach the pinnacle of their lives depended on him!

"Don't worry, when it comes to binding techniques, no one can compare to me except Captain Jie. I've also controlled the timing of the medication. I give him an antidote every six minutes, and then administer the drug. I guarantee there won't be any problems."

Known as Ishii Sand Shinobu, he confidently patted his chest, but he also glanced back with some unease. He only felt slightly relieved when he felt the "corpse" was still warm. Carrying such a prince on his back made him even more nervous than his two companions. If something really happened to this prince, Lord Shinto would definitely kill him, the real culprit...

...

"Lady Tsunade, we really can't find the Rope Tree. Could it be that Wangchuan and the others are mistaken? After all, people can look alike..."

The battlefield was still mostly inhabited by people from Konoha. The others had already carried the bodies of their comrades, relatives, and friends back to their village, making it much easier to find people. A member of the Senju clan cautiously approached Tsunade. Tsunade, whose entire body was still glowing red, was feared by everyone. Even Sakumo Hatake kept his distance. While she was indeed powerful, her true form was not as formidable as Shiki's. If she were hit by a single punch, she would be going to meet her father.