Uchiha's personal opinion

After hastily arranging for medical ninjas to treat the wounded, including Mitokado Homura, Sarutobi Shinnosuke immediately ordered his ninja army to break camp and go into battle.

"We must capture the Jinchūriki!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke said fiercely, "Don't report any casualty figures to me, I only want the tailed beasts!"

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"Are we also going to participate in capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Hinata Hizashi asked.

After learning that Mitomon Homura had been seriously injured by the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Burubi, Uchiha Tokumitsu led the Shogunate's elite ninja army out of camp and blocked the main roads leading north.

Meanwhile, the Byakugan ninjas accompanying the army were also assigned to various search teams, scanning every inch of the Land of Lightning without any blind spots.

However, even the inexperienced Hyuga Hizashi found this blockade a bit childish.

This level of search might uncover ninjas, but it's still insufficient against tailed beasts that are adept at hiding.

Moreover, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki can escape underground during battle, and this ability alone makes the Byakugan ninja helpless.

"It's all about participation!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said cheerfully, "Whether we can capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki or not is not important. What is important is that we cannot let Sarutobi Shogunate capture us."

Since the Sarutobi Shogunate's allies remain unmoved in the face of trouble, then don't blame the Tokuko Shogunate for its roundabout encirclement and slow-moving tactics.

Chapter 228 People are in high spirits when they have good news

During the process of leading his troops to deploy defenses along the route to intercept the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Uchiha Tokumitsu had a smile constantly on his face, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

"It's time for Konoha's F3 to become F2... Mr. Mitomon is getting old and weak; it's indeed time for him to retire and lie on his back."

Uchiha Tokumitsu was so happy he almost danced.

Is there anything in this world more enjoyable than watching your enemy shoot targets?

"De Guang-kun... could you please tone it down a little?"

Sakumo Hatake, who had accompanied them in the hunt for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, had a headache. "I know you're happy, but don't be too happy..."

"After all, there are many people involved, and it would have a bad influence if they saw it..."

"I am truly happy for Mr. Mitomon, who has worked hard for most of his life, that he can finally enjoy his old age and rest peacefully under the monument to the fallen heroes!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu wore a very affected and sorrowful expression as he spoke, seemingly in grief.

Sakumo Hatake was speechless.

"...Konoha is in such internal strife yet it's still the number one ninja village in the world. It truly deserves to be called a ninja village favored by the Sage of Six Paths!"

Hanzo, the salamander standing to the side, hummed a few words, his tone tinged with sourness.

Recalling his arduous journey in revitalizing Amegakure, Hanzo the Salamander felt a deep sense of bitterness.

"Mr. Hanzo, you don't understand~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu laughed, "Konoha's strength doesn't lie in the favor of fate, but in Lord Hashirama and Lord Madara."

"Explain in detail!"

Hanzo of the Salamander would perk up at the mention of such secrets concerning the rise and fall of ninja villages.

"The Senju and Uchiha clans were once the two strongest ninja clans in the ninja world. Even the Uzumaki and Hyuga clans were slightly inferior to them..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned to Uzumaki Kaori and Hyuga Hizashi and said, "You two shouldn't have any objections to what I'm saying, right?"

"Lord Deguang is right!"

Kaori Uzumaki answered in a clear and energetic tone.

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Hyuga Hizashi shook his head vigorously.

"...Let's assume you have no objections."

Uchiha Tokumitsu turned back to continue his political commentary: "The alliance of the two great ninja clans, coupled with the natural attraction of other ninja clans to join them, has enriched the population of the grassroots ninja villages..."

Hanzo, the salamander, seemed lost in thought.

The two strongest ninja clans put aside their millennia-long hatred and chose to unite to create a ninja village. In addition, the late Warring States period, when everyone was trapped in a bloodbath and longed for peace and stability, naturally attracted other ninja clans to join them.

With the two strongest ninjas in the ninja world, Konoha also attracted other powerful ninja clans to join, thus forming the strongest ninja village in the ninja world.

"...The bloodshed and cruelty of the Warring States period are beyond our imagination in this era."

Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed, "Although the scale of the war is not as large as in modern times, the cruelty of the methods used is far greater than today's..."

Although the ninja wars of the Ninja Village era far surpassed those of the Warring States period in terms of both the number of participants and the scale, they caused less damage to the ninja world and the secular world.

The reason is that the war between the ninja villages has become more restrained.

Although a major war is fought every few decades to divert internal conflicts and deplete the village's resources of ninjas, it also provides a period of relative peace, allowing the secular world to recover and develop gradually.

"Besides, if we were to follow the customs of the Warring States period, those old fogies in the Hokage Building would have been executed by the heavens long ago. How could we tolerate their continued insolence!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said in an annoyed tone.

Hyuga Hizashi kept his eyes straight ahead, but his heart was pounding wildly.

Such unbridled attacks on the Naruto faction, and the constant talk of betrayal...

More importantly, they didn't even try to hide it from others... Is this a trap to get him on a bad side?

Stimulate!

So exciting!

Although Hyuga Hizashi maintained a calm and collected demeanor on the outside thanks to his exceptional control over his body, his inner world was in turmoil and utter shock.

"...By the way, is this kind of search actually useful?"

Hatake Sakumo changed the subject: "Maybe the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki has already fled north!"

The elite ninja forces assembled by the Tokugawa Shogunate began their deployment from the direction of the battlefield, with the search teams moving all the way to the coastal areas, and then retreating southwestward towards the Land of Lightning, where Mitomon Homura had his incident.

Given the speed at which a Jinchūriki could travel, if he had chosen to flee north after his encounter with Mitokado Homura, he might have already returned to Kumogakure by now.

"I've already said, none of this matters."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's tone was very cheerful, "We have fulfilled our duty as Konoha ninjas. As for whether we can capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki... that's not the key point."

"Okay, okay~"

Sakumo Hatake stopped worrying about it.

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In a deep underground cave, the still-healing Brubi was resting with his eyes closed, leaning against a stalactite.

His battle with Uchiha Tokumitsu caused him very serious injuries.

First, the continuous burning by the Fire God, coupled with the erosion of the Flame Release power and the influence of the Mangekyou Sharingan's ocular power on the iron armor seal on his body, all had a serious negative impact on him.

Although the battle against Mitokado En was uneventful and he completely overwhelmed her, after severely injuring Mitokado En, her already severe injuries worsened, to the point that she could no longer walk.

The inevitability of defeat was not Brupi's idea.

However, when he was defeated, he was almost driven to madness by Uchiha Tokumitsu's Yasaka Magatama piercing into his Tailed Beast Cloak body. He was only able to escape because the Eight-Tails Gyūki took the initiative to seize control of his body.

But here's the problem: although Uchiha Tokumitsu's Tail Release Seal didn't manage to break his Iron Armor Sealing Formation in time, it did loosen the already fragile sealing cage.

Even though the Eight-Tailed Gyūki has no intention of breaking free from the seal for the time being, Burubi does not dare to take the risk.

Now, he can't even use the tailed beast's chakra to speed up the healing of his wounds, fearing that the tailed beast's chakra will go berserk once the seal is loosened.

"call……"

Brubi slowly exhaled.

The constant taste of blood gushing from deep in his throat made it difficult for him to even breathe, and his limbs, which had been severed by Uchiha Tokuko in his tailed beast form, were also weak and powerless.

More importantly, the erosion of his body by the tailed beast's chakra also caused him to over-consume his physical energy, making it temporarily impossible for him to extract chakra.

Chakra is the lifeblood of a ninja.

“Hey... Briubi…”

The voice of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki echoed in Burubi's mind.

"Um……"

Brubi forced herself to calm down and replied, "...Are you alright?"

"It's not good..."

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki's voice was unusually deep: "They only managed to escape by using the Octopus Leg Clone Technique, so how good could it be?"

"...Sorry, Ox Demon."

Brubi paused for a moment, then spoke to the tailed beast's consciousness within her mind: "This time, I was careless..."

"If you had used the Tailed Beast Ball from the beginning, you wouldn't be in this situation!"

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki complained, "Who knew you'd be so foolish as to engage in close combat with Susanoo!"

"...Okay, okay, I know I was wrong."

Brubi's voice grew softer and softer.

"Hey! Don't fall asleep!"

The loud voice of the Eight-Tailed Gyuki roared in Burubi's mind: "It doesn't matter if you die, but don't implicate Grandpa Gyuki!"

"I don't want to fall into the hands of those red-eyed lunatics!"

"Wake up! Speak! Did you hear me?!"

A series of booming sounds echoed in Brubi's mind, pulling his consciousness back from its descent into darkness.

"Okay, okay... Uncle Bull Demon..."

Brubi took another breath. Although her body was in even more pain, she was at least a little more conscious.

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