Uchiha's personal opinion

After a while, Princess Ichikishima said quietly, "In that case, let your precious disciple continue to waste his time!"

"You ungrateful wretch!"

After uttering those words, Princess Ichikishima stormed off in a huff.

"call……"

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into his chair.

"It feels better to say it out loud..."

These angry words directed at Ryuchi Cave had been accumulating in Jiraiya's heart for a long time.

Now that I've gotten it all out, I naturally feel much better overall.

Although he didn't seem to care much about the matter of his female companion being swallowed by the giant snake, it was only because he believed that "the dead cannot be brought back to life" and "it's good to make appropriate concessions for the sake of the cause," and it didn't mean that he didn't care at all.

"That brat, Kyusuke..."

Jiraiya picked up another bottle of sake. "After playing around for so long, I guess I'll put it down by now..."

……

"This is the place, isn't it?"

On a mountain peak not far from the Akatsuki base, Uchiha Tokumitsu stood atop a treetop, observing the hill where the base was located through binoculars.

"...Yes, Lord Deguang."

The informant, Kyusuke, rubbed his nose, which was a little red from sneezing out of nowhere.

"This kind of security fortification is worth learning from."

Uchiha Tokumitsu spoke to his subordinates who were standing on the other trees.

Besides him and Kyusuke, Uchiha Tokumitsu also brought several accompanying ninjas.

This includes the newly appointed border army commander, Fugaku Uchiha; Yagura Karatachi, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki specially transferred from Kirigakure; Ashina Uzumaki, the leader of the Konoha Sealing Squad and head of the Uzumaki clan; and Orochimaru, the former contractor of Ryuchi Cave.

"They must have used a secret technique from Ryuchi Cave; they are indeed adept at concealing their presence."

Orochimaru put away his binoculars and said respectfully.

The fervent demeanor made the vortex clan leader's eyelids twitch, sensing something was amiss. He felt he had encountered a rival in the realm of flattery and currying favor.

"Fugaku-kun?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, then looked at his cousin standing to the side.

"Everything is ready..."

"Uchiha Fugaku quickly said."

"Then let's get ready..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded.

Immediately afterward, Fugaku Uchiha used the Body Flicker Technique to return to the border army command center.

"...Lord Deguang, may I ask you for a favor?"

Kyusuke, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly spoke timidly.

"Go ahead and tell me~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu raised an eyebrow and said.

"Xiao Nan... but when the time comes, could you please let Xiao Nan go?"

Kyusuke pleaded softly, "She's a good person. It's just that I was misled by Jiraiya and went astray..."

"If she hadn't fought to the death, I believe the ninja army wouldn't have committed murder without reason."

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu did not give a definite answer, it did reassure Kyusuke.

"Chief Ashina, please inform the ninja forces in the Land of Rain that they can be mobilized."

As a ninja hawk silently flew across the sky and circled above the Akatsuki's hill, Uchiha Tokumitsu spoke to Uzumaki Ashina.

"As ordered!"

Ashina Uzumaki immediately leaped down from the tree, unlocked a radio on the ground, and began transmitting messages with a "drip-drip-drip" sound.

"Yakura-kun..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's gaze fell on Yagura Karatachi.

Yagura nodded, then began to channel the tailed beast chakra within his body.

Upon completing the message, Ashina Uzumaki immediately clapped his hands together, activating a shielding barrier.

"Mr. Orochimaru..."

"I look forward to testing the effects of the new snake medicine..."

Orochimaru wore a rare, radiant smile.

"very good!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded in satisfaction, then jumped down from the treetop.

Upon landing, he slapped the ground with his right hand—

Summoning Jutsu: Two-Tails Matatabi!

With a huge plume of smoke rising, the long-absent Two-Tails Matatabi reappeared under Uchiha Tokumitsu's feet.

Immediately, a visible ripple spread through the air, enveloping everything in all directions.

This time, Uchiha Tokumitsu mobilized the sealing team and elite sealing ninjas from the Uzumaki clan, with the aim of activating this new sealing array with an enormous range.

After multiple rounds of experiments clearing out Akatsuki branch bases, the effectiveness of this new barrier has been confirmed to be able to block the so-called enhanced summoning technique of the Holy Land. Except for the deepest part of the Akatsuki organization, which cannot be blocked due to distance and penetration issues, the Ninja Snakes and Ninja Frogs deployed in other caves of the base cannot escape the battlefield by canceling the summoning technique.

Seeing that Yagura had already entered a semi-tailed beast state, Tokumitsu Uchiha patted Matatabi's head.

"Let's begin preparations..."

Then, black and white chakra light condensed in Matatabi's mouth.

According to Kyusuke's intelligence, the Akatsuki's headquarters is fraught with danger, with countless traps and mechanisms. Anyone who wants to break in should be prepared to suffer heavy casualties.

But Uchiha Tokumitsu did not intend to play by the rules.

He's someone who possesses a tailed beast!

Chapter 352 Under the Tailed Beast Ball, All Living Beings Are Equal

As the two Tailed Beast Balls condensed, an increasingly intense chakra storm began to surge within the shielding barrier. The fierce pulling force and the close-range pressure of the Tailed Beasts caused the Ashina clan chief, who was maintaining the barrier, to turn pale.

"That's enough, let's remove the barrier."

Matatabi, the Two-Tails under Uchiha Tokumitsu, was the first to complete the condensation of the Tailed Beast Ball, and then nodded slightly to the Ashina clan chief.

As if granted a pardon, the Ashina clan chief immediately abandoned the barrier he had been struggling to maintain and then quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge backward, while the skilled and daring Orochimaru remained standing in place, taking this rare opportunity to carefully examine the Tailed Beast Balls of the two tailed beasts.

"The chakra ratio is 2:8 Yin, but with the amount of chakra a ninja has, don't even think about figuring out this."

Uchiha Tokumitsu noticed Orochimaru's inquisitive gaze and casually remarked.

Then, with a gentle stomp of its left foot on Matatabi's head, the big cat roared and shot the Tailed Beast Ball it was holding in its mouth toward the hill where the Akatsuki were located.

After the sealing team activated their large-scale sealing array, the aliens hidden in the hollowed-out hills began to cause trouble. When the Ashina clan chief removed the shielding barrier, the tide of incredibly powerful tailed beast chakra surged even more violently.

Although they were far away, Uchiha Tokumitsu and the others could still see the ninja frogs and snakes constantly rushing out from various well-hidden small tunnels, either fleeing in all directions or launching a pig-like charge.

But no matter how hard they struggled, it was too late after the western border defense forces completed their pre-battle deployment and the Tailed Beast Ball was condensed.

The enormous two-tailed beast ball, accompanied by a deathly howl, hurtled through the air, and the Gintoki and Ginjazia who witnessed it all looked on in despair.

"Immortal Technique: Inorganic Rebirth!"

No sooner said than done, just as the Tailed Beast Ball was about to hit the mountaintop, a figure in white burst out of the ground, and with a wave of his hand, he transformed the rocks and soil of the hill into countless earth dragons and stone pillars that swept towards the Tailed Beast Ball launched by Matatabi.

"Immortal Technique: Metamorphosis of Extraordinary Objects - Absorption!"

Immediately, the white-clad figure let out a delicate shout, and just before the Tailed Beast Ball was about to explode, a temple-like structure covered with various crystals appeared atop the hill—

"burst!"

Matatabi, the Two-Tails, was very displeased, feeling that this was a challenge to his power, so he deliberately detonated the Tailed Beast Ball in advance through his will.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"

A mushroom cloud rose up with a loud explosion, and the powerful shockwave vaporized the soil, trees, ninja snakes and ninja frogs, as well as the earth dragons and stone pillars created by Sage Mode at the Akatsuki base.

The shockwave from the explosion rippled outwards like a tornado, uprooting trees and sending millstone-sized rocks hurtling like cannonballs. Fortunately, the border troops were prepared. Under the command of their rank-5 ninja, the ready-to-fight ninja fired kunai wrapped with explosive tags against the wind, blasting the massive rocks into pieces.

"what?"

Nio Matatabi was somewhat surprised.

Although the power of the Tailed Beast Ball was indeed incredibly strong, it was still much weaker than expected.

"That figure in white should be one of the three goddesses of Ryuchi Cave, but I can't recognize which one it is because it's too far away."

Orochimaru immediately explained understandingly, "The Ryuchi Cave Sage Techniques and Secret Techniques system does indeed contain the ability to absorb chakra."

"It seems that the magic of Longdi Cave does have its merits."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, then turned his gaze to Yagura, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki who was maintaining the Tailed Beast Ball.

Upon understanding, Yagura was relieved and immediately launched the Tailed Beast Ball he had prepared towards the Akatsuki base, which was still billowing with thick smoke and flames.

"Come on, let me see just how powerful Ryuchi Cave's magic really is!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was eager to try.

As the saying goes, all beings are equal under the Tailed Beast Ball. Although this technique, which uses extremely condensed chakra as an attack method, is simple and brutal, there are very few ways to break it. Uchiha Tokumitsu did not think that this motley crew of freaks could transfer the power of the Tailed Beast Ball through space-time secret techniques such as the Flying Thunder God Technique like Minato Namikaze in his previous life's memories.

Moreover, the existence of the sealing array also prevents the possibility of transferring the Tailed Beast Ball.

"boom!"

This time, without being targeted, the Three-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball quickly centered on its pre-set target and detonated.

Then, an even larger mushroom cloud rolled in, and the shockwave, carrying smoke and debris, splashed out in all directions.