Uchiha's personal opinion

"Sweep the gates!"

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"His Majesty!"

The following day, just before noon, a Uzumaki ninja appeared before Uchiha Tokumitsu in a flash and reported: "All units of the ninja army are ready!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu looked down at his feet, then looked up at the bright, sunny sky.

500 meters below him lay the secret base of the mysterious organization that the Uzumaki ninjas had located.

"Let's begin."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said calmly, and then began to form hand seals to prepare to use the Light-Heavy Rock Technique to temporarily evade the Imperial Guards who accompanied him into battle.

This was also the ninja army that Uchiha Tokumitsu trusted the most and was the most powerful!

Although more than 6,000 strategic support ninjas were also deployed in this battle, more than 3,000 of them were maintaining the sealing points of the steel ground barrier in various parts of the Land of Snow, and about 3,000 were on guard around the outer perimeter of the explosion zone. They would attack any creature that appeared in front of them without reservation until Uchiha Tokumitsu personally ordered them to stop.

"As ordered!"

The Uzumaki ninja immediately teleported back to the communications station and sent a telegram to the Uzumaki Sealing Ninjas and Strategic Support Force ninjas throughout the Land of Snow.

"Begin the operation!"

Upon receiving the telegram, Ashina Uzumaki immediately ordered, "Begin the explosion!"

"Demolition begins!"

As the command was issued, the sealing technique nodes deployed in various locations began to execute the command.

The massive number of explosive tags that had been placed underground along with the deep well were all detonated at once!

The explosions orchestrated by the Uzumaki ninjas involved dropping clustered explosive tags into pre-dug deep wells to achieve a deep-hole, roof-lifting directional blast. The advantage of this method was that it was relatively economical in the number of explosive tags used and did not cause excessive damage to the underground. If they accidentally wiped out the White Zetsu, Uchiha Tokugaku would be at a huge loss!

As for the environmental damage and pollution caused by this kind of explosion... to be honest, who in the ninja world cares about that?

"Oh!"

Throughout the Land of Snow, everyone felt a muffled thud beneath their feet, and then the ground began to shake!

"Something terrible has happened! There's been an earthquake!"

The mortals were instantly filled with panic!

But for Nagato, Sasori, and the White Zetsu underground, it was not just a matter of momentary panic!

"Was there an earthquake?"

As layers of soil were lifted from above, Nagato immediately realized—"It's not an earthquake!"

"It's a massive detonation of explosive tags!"

Faced with the muffled thunderous explosion that came through the soil, even Scorpion, who had transformed himself into a non-human being, turned pale with fright!

If the soil above your head is blown up and collapses, that's no joke!

This is 500 meters underground! Ordinary ninjas, let alone using Earth Release at this depth, would be crushed into mincemeat by the weight of the soil itself!

"It definitely smells like gunpowder from detonating tags!"

As the explosion drew closer, an extremely strong chakra wave, carrying the smell of gunpowder, seeped into the ground. The experienced Sasori, upon sensing this peculiar chakra wave with its distinctive scent, immediately changed his expression—he could even discern that it was the unique smell of the Uchiha clan's secret explosive tags!

"Enemy attack!"

The scorpion's scream was like that of a hen whose throat had been cut!

The White Zetsu, who had been stunned, suddenly panicked like startled quails!

But then, some of the most mindless low-level White Zetsu immediately leaped onto the soil above their heads with strange cries, intending to fight their way out and teach those who dared to offend them a lesson!

"escape!"

At this moment, only this thought was in Scorpion's mind!

But then, just as he was about to put on the new version of the Scarlet Amber and use the Earth Reflection Fish Technique to escape under the heavy pressure of the soil, he found that the frozen soil beneath his feet, which was already incredibly solid, had somehow become as hard as steel!

"This is……"

Scorpion was taken aback once again!

"Sealing Technique: Steel Ground Barrier!"

Now it can be completely confirmed that this was a large-scale attack planned by the Uchiha Dynasty!

Scorpion was no stranger to this technique!

The time he was severely injured in the explosion and was taken in by Black Zetsu was because the Shogunate's anti-terrorist forces at the time used this sealing technique to prevent him from escaping underground!

But how exactly was this secret base, hidden so deep underground, discovered?

The scorpion was completely clueless!

Moreover, after Scorpion pressed his palm against the ground to sense it, he shuddered again in fright.

"There's even the aura of a tailed beast's chakra..."

In other words, the steel barrier is maintained by tailed beasts or jinchūriki with theoretically inexhaustible chakra, which makes breaking the barrier impossible!

Just as Scorpion was lost in thought, another muffled thud came from above his head, and then the stalagmites, frozen soil, and ice blocks above began to fall down frantically!

"The sky is about to fall..."

This was truly a situation where there was nowhere to turn, and the scorpion, with nowhere to go, felt only deep despair!

"By the way, where's Nagato?"

Suddenly, Scorpion thought of a key figure!

Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, was practically a bug in the system. If he could fully unleash the power of the Rinnegan, he might still have a chance to escape.

Furthermore, if given the opportunity, he might even be able to seize Nagato's eyes after Nagato fully activates his Rinnegan and fights the Uchiha Dynasty's ninja army to the death. Whether he keeps them for himself or uses them as money to buy his own life, it would be a good option.

But after scanning the area, Sasori couldn't find any trace of Nagato!

"Could he have run away?!"

The scorpion was so angry it was about to explode!

"Your Majesty, the permafrost will be completely broken in about ten seconds!"

At the same time, Uchiha Tokumitsu's earphones also received the voice of Uzumaki Ashina.

"very good……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu, levitating in mid-air using the Light-Heavy Rock Technique, held the divine weapon Flame Fan in his hand, with the entire Uchiha ninja guard behind him.

The reason why he personally led the Uchiha Imperial Guard to take the risk was mainly because this target was too special!

Those are the White Zetsu, Rinnegan, and even the Gedo Mazo that Uchiha Tokumitsu is most concerned about!

"Oh!"

With a final, muffled explosion, the permafrost layer beneath was completely ripped open, accompanied by countless pale, white limbs and fragments flying everywhere.

These were the White Zetsu, who were preparing to launch a counterattack against the Dynasty's army from the permafrost, but they were blown to pieces...

"What a waste of resources..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu sighed, then ordered, "Remember, be sure to use Sage Chakra to protect your body later. Also... try to capture these White Zetsu alive!"

"As ordered!"

The Uchiha Imperial Guards all drew their weapons.

"Let's begin!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu formed a hand seal with one hand, slowly withdrawing the anti-gravity field of the Light and Heavy Rock Technique, and descended into the huge crater where the roof had been completely blown off with more than 300 Uchiha ninjas!

"The enemy is coming!"

Upon seeing Uchiha Tokumitsu and his group descend from the sky like gods, the White Zetsu, who were in a sorry state, immediately became agitated in the deep pit!

"Sage Art: Flame Release - Dust Concealment Technique!"

As Uchiha Tokumitsu descended into the air, he immediately spewed out a jet of high-temperature smoke covering a wide area, which was then rapidly spread with the help of the Uchiha ninjas' Wind Release techniques!

Before the White Zetsu below could react, Uchiha Tokumitsu took a deep breath—

"Susanoo!"

"—Kaleidoscope Eye Technique: Okuninushi!"

As the Mangekyou Sharingan's eye techniques spread, the eye powers of all the Uchiha ninjas present interacted and surged together, resulting in a significant increase!

This is why Uchiha Tokumitsu dared to lead his most precious royal ninja straight into Black Zetsu's lair!

Deeper underground, a bizarre, wood-like monster crawled out from the hardened earth!

Standing atop the wooden monster was a red-haired boy covered in sweat!

"Nagato!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu quickly identified the red-haired boy based on the mosquito coil-shaped eyes!

As for that strangely shaped wooden monster, it should be the legendary Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!

Uchiha Tokumitsu had already melted the chakra of all nine tailed beasts, but after sensing the aura of the Gedo Mazo, it seemed that the chakra in his body began to feel a little sticky!

Then, without much thought, Uchiha Tokumitsu directly condensed a chakra polymer in the shape of a tomoe in the giant palm of Susanoo!

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

But that's not all—

"—Kaleidoscope Eye Technique: Divine Emperor's Spirit Venerable!"

Eight Yasakani no Magatama, amplified by the Kaleidoscope Eye Technique, were swiftly hurled at the Gedo Mazo!

At that moment, Susanoo landed on the ground of the deep pit, stirring up a cloud of dust!

"Go and capture them alive!"

After uttering a "Ha!", Uchiha Tokumitsu activated Susanoo and charged towards the Gedo Mazo!

At this moment, Nagato still hadn't been able to control the Gedo Mazo, which seemed to be going berserk!

After the explosion, Nagato sensed that the Gedo Mazo hidden deeper underground seemed to be stirring. In addition, this monster was the one that his teacher, Black Zetsu, valued the most, so Nagato did not dare to be negligent and immediately teleported to the storage location to try to control the Gedo Mazo!