Uchiha's personal opinion

If this brainless sensory ninja keeps going on like this, deserters will probably start appearing in the Kirigakure ninja army at headquarters!

"Boom boom boom!!"

Ahead of Hozuki Mizutsuya, the first wave of Kirigakure's second and third squads, responsible for pursuing the Uchiha, heard a series of exploding tags.

"Lord Shuitai..."

Hozuki Mizuki's trusted aide approached, saying with concern, "I have a suggestion..."

"Speak!"

Hozuki Mizuki was in a very bad mood.

The sound of exploding tags ahead indicated that more than one Kirigakure ninja had been killed or wounded.

Although Hozuki Mizuta has never been a ninja who is considerate of his subordinates, at this moment, even the worst genin is one of the sources of his current confidence.

As more and more corpses of Kirigakure ninjas lay scattered along the way, Hozuki Mizutsuyasu's confidence dwindled.

"How about... we have the second and third detachments stop the pursuit and rendezvous with headquarters before making any further plans..." The trusted aide spoke softly, because such remarks were considered blatant cowardice in Kirigakure.

Hozuki Mizutsuyasu's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze shifted to the seemingly calm and composed sensory ninja who appeared to have heard nothing.

"Give the order..." Hozuki Mizutsuyasu was silent for a moment before saying, "Only by concentrating the strength of the ninja army can we better strike at those shameless Uchiha!"

An emergency mobilization signal flare immediately rose into the air.

The second and third squads of the Hidden Mist, who were in charge of the pursuit, breathed a sigh of relief and immediately switched to a defensive formation.

"Looks like we've finally woken up Kirigakure..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu returned to the pre-arranged frontal battle position. After seeing the signal flare from Kirigakure, he smiled and spoke to his clansmen beside him.

"The Hidden Mist's squads are indeed quite capable in combat, but their strategy of forming ranks is far inferior to Lord Tokuko's..." The Uchiha ninja under his command was also very tactful and immediately offered a clever compliment.

"Be prepared, Kirigakure will still attack."

Uchiha Tokumitsu gave the order with a smile.

"As ordered!"

……

After the Kirigakure Hozuki clan regrouped, they reorganized their formation.

During the pursuit, the second and third detachments, which were repeatedly annihilated by the Uchiha ninja army, were thrown to the rear of the battle formation as reserves. The fourth and fifth detachments, which were fully organized, were brought in to serve as the main force on the front line, while Hozuki Mizuta personally led the first detachment, where his clansmen were located, as the backbone.

The fourth and fifth squads of the Hidden Mist were fully equipped and their search and advance were very rapid.

However, no trace of the Uchiha ninja army was ever found.

There were no more of those elusive ambushes.

It seems that after the Hozuki Club of Kirigakure regrouped and reorganized, the Uchiha clan vanished without a trace in an instant.

The Fourth and Fifth Divisions of Kirigakure believed that the Uchiha were afraid of them, so their morale was even higher, and their search and pursuit speed became even faster.

"Lord Shuitai!"

The Hidden Mist Ninja suddenly gasped and cried out in alarm.

"……explain!"

Hozuki Mizutsuyasu stared at the oblivious sensory ninja with a gloomy face.

"The Uchiha... have appeared..."

The sensory ninja spoke with a slight stutter.

"Southwest at 35 degrees, approximately 3 kilometers away..."

"Send the order to all departments!"

Hozuki Mizuta immediately shouted the order, "Prepare for battle! Annihilate the Uchiha in one fell swoop, and return to the village in triumph to claim the reward!"

……

"The Hidden Mist Village is about three kilometers from headquarters and will arrive at the designated battlefield in about two minutes!"

Beside Uchiha Tokumitsu, Hyuga Shuhiro promptly reported the battlefield situation: "Less than four hundred men!"

"Less than four hundred men..." Uchiha Tokumitsu was very satisfied with the results of the sniping along the way.

With the Uchiha ninja army nearly unscathed, weakening the Kirigakure Hozuki clan by about one-fifth of their fighting strength was extremely worthwhile.

If it weren't for the need to quickly annihilate Hozuki's crew so that the ninja army and Hatake Sakumo could launch a pincer attack on Suigetsu Fuguki's ninja army, Uchiha Tokumitsu wouldn't have chosen to engage in direct combat.

However, even in a direct confrontation, after completing the pre-set battlefield setup, Uchiha Tokumitsu was still very confident in dealing with a mere four hundred Kirigakure soldiers.

"They're here..."

Hyuga Shuhiro said urgently.

Even without being told, the Uchiha ninja army spotted the Hidden Mist Village.

Nearly four hundred Hidden Mist ninjas surged forward from the treetops, making no attempt to conceal their intention to encircle and annihilate the Uchiha ninja army, and rapidly advanced towards them in the Crescent Moon Formation.

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned around and looked at his clansmen.

The Uchiha ninjas remained calm, as if the enemies, who outnumbered them four to one, were merely wooden stakes for sword practice.

The Hidden Mist Village was getting closer and closer, and their ninjutsu hand seals could be clearly seen.

Uchiha Tokumitsu casually formed a "Tiger" hand seal with his left hand.

He silently calculated the distance between the Mist Village's march and the pre-arranged battlefield.

"Multiplication of Explosive Tags Technique—"

"burst!"

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

As soon as the entire Kirigakure Hozuki squad entered the pre-arranged battlefield, the summoning explosive tags that Uchiha Tokumitsu had originally planted were immediately ignited and detonated under the activation of the Mutual Explosion Tags Technique, blasting the unsuspecting Kirigakure ninja into a state of chaos and heavy casualties.

"What...what's going on?!"

Hozuki Mizutsuyasu was horrified. He grabbed the sensory ninja and snarled, "Didn't you say there was no ambush?! Is your sensory ninjutsu useless?!"

Regarding the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags technique mastered by Uchiha Tokumitsu, the relevant information was obtained by Kirigakure after the Battle of the Whirlpool. The reason why Hozuki Mizuta boldly led his army straight to the Uchiha ninja army's main camp was because the sensory ninjas scanned the battlefield and confirmed that there was nothing unusual before launching the attack.

"My lord... perhaps it's a whirlpool..."

"Bah..."

A short sword pierced through the sensory ninja's left chest, then twisted again, shattering his heart into pieces.

"Water... big..." The sensory ninja hesitated, but the boundless darkness quickly obscured his vision.

Hozuki Mizutsuyasu expressionlessly withdrew his short sword, flicked the blood off the blade, and then kicked the corpse of the sensory ninja away.

Even though there was chaos all around and no one reported his own casualties, the continuous, deafening explosions of the detonating tags and the wails of the Hidden Mist ninjas told him that the casualties were absolutely devastating.

Uchiha Tokumitsu swung his sword forward with his right hand, and sixty Uchiha ninja soldiers immediately split off from his left and right flanks, spreading out in formation and rushing towards the Kirigakure ninja army like tigers descending the mountain.

Uchiha Tokumitsu, on the other hand, remained where he was, continuing to activate the Mutual Multiplication Explosion Tags technique.

The continuous explosions of the detonating tags not only severely damaged the Kirigakure Hozuki Division ninja army, but also completely disrupted the Crescent Moon Formation. The Kirigakure ninjas were only concerned with dodging the detonating tags, and the combat command between the various squads was completely disrupted.

Although Hozuki Mizuki had no expression on his face, his heart was filled with an icy chill.

The original ninja force of over 500 men was weakened by the repeated attacks and killings by the Uchiha ninjas. They managed to gather 400 men, but before they could even engage in direct combat, they suffered heavy losses.

"Follow me in this assault..."

Hozuki Mizutsuyasu uttered a single sentence, then led the dozens of men he had painstakingly gathered to launch a desperate charge.

Although it might still be possible to retreat and escape at this point, the honor of the Hozuki clan would not allow him to do something so shameful.

Uchiha Tokumitsu leaned on his sword hilt and continued to activate the explosion of the mutual-multiplication explosive tags. As the Uchiha ninjas on both flanks advanced, the explosion zone of the summoning explosive tags gradually shrank, while the Kirigakure ninjas, in complete chaos, were powerless to stop the Uchiha's killing spree.

"what……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu noticed dozens of disheveled Kirigakure ninja rushing out of the smoke from the explosion zone.

Judging from their formation, they weren't just mindlessly fleeing; they were heading straight for his main camp.

"That's truly commendable courage..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed, "Although Kirigakure's command was a complete mess, in terms of courage and bravery in battle, they certainly live up to the name of the Five Great Shinobi Villages."

Uchiha Tokumitsu gestured to stop the attacking ninja from returning to reinforce, and then pulled the long sword stuck in the ground with his right hand.

"Gentlemen..." Uchiha Tokumitsu looked around and greeted them with a smile, "Let's fight together!"

"Huh!"

The Uchiha ninja, Hyuga ninja, and Uzumaki ninja in the main camp also raised their arms and shouted in response.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was the first to leap up and charge towards the Hidden Mist Ninja Army.

At the same time, he changed his left hand from the Yin seal to a fist and detonated all the pre-buried explosive tags in one go.

"Boom boom boom boom!!!"

Hozuki Mizutsuya ignored the violent explosions that erupted behind him again, his face expressionless as he stared intently at Uchiha Tokumitsu, who was charging towards him.

The intelligence from Kirigakure includes a detailed analysis of Uchiha Tokumitsu, covering all of Uchiha Tokumitsu's battles, from the battles in Iwagakure in the Land of Grass, the Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpools, and the Sunagakure in the Land of Rivers. Before the battles, Kirigakure's intelligence department had already sent the intelligence analysis and countermeasures suggestions regarding Uchiha Tokumitsu to the Jonin in charge.

However, once the battle began, all intelligence and analysis became completely useless. The Hidden Mist Ninja Army was still being attacked and killed in a daze.

Hozuki Mizutsuyasu didn't think twice; he just wanted to fight to the death and take a piece of Uchiha Tokumitsu's flesh!

"Water Release: Water Gun Technique!"

Hozuki Mizuta struck first, making gun-like gestures with his fingers and unleashing streams of condensed water cannons that rained down on Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

Undeterred, Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately formed hand seals and channeled his chakra. He puffed out his mouth and spewed out an extremely condensed ball of fire chakra, which then transformed into a sea of ​​fire that swept towards Hozuki Mizutae's remaining forces.

"Earth Escape·Earth Formation Wall!"

The Uchiha ninja beside him pressed his hands to the ground, summoning earthen walls to block a small number of water cannon attacks that passed through the sea of ​​fire.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

A group of Uchiha Jonin leaped onto the earthen wall and launched a ninjutsu attack on the Hidden Mist ninja who had just stumbled through the sea of ​​fire.