Uchiha's personal opinion

Uchiha Tokumitsu pulled out kunai from his ninja tool pouch and shot them at the Third Mizukage, then quickly formed hand seals.

"Hydroge Sword Technique: Hurricane Wave!"

The Third Mizukage wielded his short swords rapidly, unleashing chakra sword energy that surged like a raging torrent, forcefully suppressing Hanzo of the Salamander.

The kunai thrown by Uchiha Tokumitsu were all easily deflected by the Third Mizukage.

"Pong!"

Hanzo the Salamander landed first, taking a couple of quick breaths.

Although the sword fight in mid-air just now didn't consume much chakra, the mental exertion during close combat was considerable.

The Third Mizukage landed immediately, though his face was somewhat pale.

Although he had tried his best to hold his breath, he still accidentally inhaled some of the poison gas released by Hanzo the Salamander when he swung his sword at close range, which was accompanied by waves. He was only able to suppress the Salamander's deadly poison with his powerful chakra to prevent it from erupting immediately.

Uchiha Tokumitsu formed the Tiger Seal with his right hand and pulled out more than ten kunai with his left hand, shooting them toward the Third Mizukage.

Faced with the oncoming kunai, the Third Mizukage simply swung his blade a few times and knocked them all down.

"The Uchiha clan's ninja tool throwing techniques are so weak..."

"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"

Before the Third Mizukage could finish his sarcastic remarks, Uchiha Tokumitsu unleashed four fire dragons that attacked once more.

Amplified by the Mangekyou Sharingan in his left eye, the dark red fire dragon transformed into a black behemoth, lunging at the Third Mizukage from all sides.

"Water Escape·Water..."

The Third Mizukage snorted coldly, preparing to use a ninjutsu to deal with the situation.

However, the four fire dragons did not rush straight towards the Third Mizukage, but instead drew a strange curve halfway through, circling around the Third Mizukage.

Both Hanzo the Salamander and the Third Mizukage were somewhat puzzled.

Uchiha Tokumitsu clenched his right hand, forming the Tiger Seal, into a fist—

"Uchiha Flame Formation!"

The four fire dragons transformed into a wall of flames, completely trapping the Third Mizukage within.

"Such talent in ninjutsu shows that the Uchiha clan has a worthy successor..."

Although the Third Mizukage was not overly alarmed, he was still amazed by Uchiha Tokumitsu's creativity in ninjutsu.

The Uchiha Flame Formation is one of the most unique ninjutsu among the secret techniques passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan. It is a combination of fire release and sealing techniques.

The conventional Uchiha Fire Formation technique involves condensing chakra in the five fingers, pressing the palms to the ground, and then burning along the path of the small amount of chakra released by the caster, amplifying the power of karmic fire with the earth as a catalyst.

While the Uchiha Flame Formation is incredibly powerful, it also has several inherent weaknesses.

First, the chakra consumption is enormous, and ordinary Uchiha Jonin can hardly perform the technique alone, often requiring the cooperation of four or more people; second, the control is extremely difficult, whether it is chakra drawing upon the earth's karmic fire or burning along the way, it requires meticulous chakra manipulation; third, the movements of the technique cannot be concealed, and the opponent will often dodge in advance.

Therefore, even the Jonin under Uchiha Tokumitsu's command often used the Uchiha Flame Formation to block or shut down the enemy's retreat. In other words, they used it as the Uchiha version of the Four Purple Flame Formation, and no one ever used this ninjutsu against the enemy.

The Third Mizukage quickly channeled his chakra to resist the intense heat of the fire array.

"Using a fire dragon as a medium, transformation techniques as a means, and sealing techniques as the core, this is another way to cast a fire array through extremely precise chakra manipulation..."

The Third Mizukage, trapped in the fire array, no longer concealed his presence. The red three-tomoe light in his eyes flickered continuously as he carefully examined the effects of Uchiha Tokuko's completely mutated Uchiha fire array secret technique.

Even Madara Uchiha, the manipulator behind it all, a peerless powerhouse who dominated the ninja world during the Warring States period and looked down on everyone except Hashirama, couldn't help but admire him.

"However, relying solely on the high temperatures of the fire array to kill enemies is still insufficient!"

The Third Mizukage's words pierced through the many barriers of the fire array and reached Uchiha Tokumitsu's ears.

"is it?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu chuckled, "Old man, times have changed!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu kept his right hand clenched into a fist, while his left hand formed a hand seal.

Inside the fire array, the kunai that had been blocked by the Third Mizukage and scattered around turned into stacks of explosive tags with a 'bang'.

"This is……"

Judging from the unique ink color of the explosive tag, the Third Mizukage immediately recognized it as a powerful explosive tag specially made by the Uchiha clan.

Although they were in a high-temperature furnace, it was far from enough to injure the Third Mizukage, who was the number one ninja in Kirigakure, with just these things.

"Could it be..."

The Third Mizukage's mind raced, his lips twitched, and he quickly formed hand seals to cast the spell, disregarding the fact that the high temperature environment was detrimental to Water Release techniques.

The scattered explosive tags seemed to have activated a nuclear-powered money-printing machine, one becoming two, two becoming three, three becoming ten thousand...

"The technique of multiplying explosive tags..."

The Third Mizukage closed his eyes in pain.

The water arrows fired by the spell could not keep up with the speed at which the exploding talismans were constantly being summoned and increased.

In this enclosed, high-temperature environment, coupled with the endless explosive tags summoned by necromancy, what level of power would the combined effect reach...?

"burst!"

Outside the fire array, Uchiha Tokumitsu grinned maliciously as he activated the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags to detonate them.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"

Within the dark red flame array, the continuous explosions of the detonating tags echoed.

Hanzo, the salamander standing to the side, was also somewhat stunned.

The Mist Anbu members watching from afar panicked when they saw their leader trapped inside the barrier and immediately rushed over to try to rescue him.

Seeing this, the mobile force of jonin from the rear did not lag behind and quickly rushed forward to intercept them.

The ninja forces of both sides then engaged in a fierce battle.

Hanzo the Salamander originally intended to make a move, but seeing that the mobile force had already intercepted them and seemed to have the upper hand, he was happy to let it go.

After casually putting on his gas mask, Hanzo of the Salamander turned his gaze to the sealing scroll in front of Uchiha Tokumitsu, which was constantly flashing with red summoning light.

With increasingly muffled explosions, Uchiha Tokumitsu slowly shrank the barrier of the fire array.

Fortunately, the visitor was not Madara Uchiha himself, otherwise Tokumitsu Uchiha would not have risked using such a sudden and impromptu ninjutsu.

Putting everything else aside, even Uchiha Tokumitsu couldn't find a way to counter Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan eye technique, "Limbo: Border Jail".

But now that the Third Mizukage has been trapped in the Flame Array, the next chapter will be "Refining the Water Monkey with True Fire".

I wonder if the Third Mizukage was reduced to ashes or developed fiery eyes in the flames.

Uchiha Tokumitsu became happier the more he thought about it.

With the continuous bombardment within the fire array, the explosive tags in the first sealing scroll are about to be exhausted.

Uchiha Tokumitsu pulled out another scroll, bit off a corner of it, and attached it to the first sealing scroll.

"How many explosive tags did this ninjutsu use?"

Hanzo the Salamander watched as the first sealing scroll burned out after consuming all the explosive tags, and then the second sealing scroll began to flicker with the light of a summoning technique.

"There are 20,000 detonating tags in one scroll."

Uchiha Tokumitsu was multitasking, controlling the shrinking of the fire array, activating the mutual multiplication explosive tags, and even taking a moment to answer Hanzo's question.

Two scrolls, that's forty thousand explosive tags...

Compared to the Battle of Kinki, where a single torpedo salvo from three warships consumed over 70,000 explosive tags, this isn't a large number...

As Hanzo the Salamander pondered the value hidden behind these explosive tags, he became somewhat distracted.

War is truly not something the poor can participate in...

To be honest, this question is a bit out of place for Hanzo the Salamander, the leader of Amegakure and a demigod in the ninja world. It sounds like a question only a poor Jonin from Konoha would ask.

Uchiha Tokumitsu internally complained as he manipulated his ninjutsu.

……

At this moment, the Third Mizukage, who was in the zone of high-temperature furnace bombardment, was finding himself in a predicament.

No matter how strong an individual ninja is, they are ultimately assassins with high attack and low defense. If caught off guard, even the strongest ninja can be killed by a single fireball, let alone the Third Mizukage who is now in such a precarious situation.

First, they were covered in Hanzo's poison gas, then they were trapped in this fiery barrier and roasted alive, plus they were bombarded by explosive tags from all directions...

The Third Mizukage was just a mortal, and couldn't withstand such torment!

Moreover, after being controlled by Madara Uchiha using a secret technique, his original Water Release ninjutsu became somewhat less flexible, further limiting his strength.

The three-tomoe illusory image in the Third Mizukage's eyes flashed rapidly.

Madara Uchiha, standing behind, was pondering a way to break the deadlock.

As the explosive tags continued to bombard the area, the barrier of the Uchiha Fire Formation was slowly but steadily shrinking. The air inside the barrier had long been exhausted. If this continued, even if they weren't blown up or burned to death, they would soon suffocate from lack of air.

If Madara Uchiha had come in person, they wouldn't have ended up in such an embarrassing situation. The four invisible illusions created by the Rinnegan's eye technique "Limbo: Border Jail" would have been enough to overwhelm Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hanzo of the Salamander.

However, the old and frail Uchiha Madara knew his own situation well. He also had other unspeakable reasons and could not leave his secluded residence.

Another tricky problem with remotely controlling the Third Mizukage is the unstable signal.

The Third Mizukage was, after all, a powerful figure. Although he was forcibly controlled by Madara Uchiha using a secret technique, his soul was constantly in a state of frantic resistance and he still had a certain perception of the outside world. Madara Uchiha needed to inject his eye power with the "Translation Seal" to keep him under constant suppression.

However, in order to break through Uchiha Tokumitsu's fire array barrier, Uchiha Madara needed to remotely consume his eye power to detect the barrier's flaws and weaknesses. As a result, the eye power was consumed even faster, and the suppression of the secret technique on the true Third Mizukage's soul was relaxed.

"This is really troublesome..."

The Third Mizukage chuckled self-deprecatingly as he felt his limbs becoming somewhat unresponsive.

The soul of the true Third Mizukage has begun to rebel again, attempting to seize control of his body.

"The Uchiha clan... has truly produced a formidable successor..."

In a dark cave in the ninja world, a withered and aged voice echoed faintly.

Chapter 204 The Hidden Clouds

As the fire array tightened, the Third Mizukage had little time left.

However, in such an extremely high-temperature environment, the difficulty of using water-style ninjutsu is unimaginable.