Under this kind of pressure, Hanzou's anxiety was understandable.
He had to abandon his steady, step-by-step strategy and began sacrificing more AmegakureNinja to increase combat efficiency against the Suna Ninja.
He traded high casualty rates for a quick victory on the southern Suna front.
The Suna Ninja were unaware of Hanzou's intentions.
The Suna Ninja and the Land of Rain were trading blows, both feeling that their strength was evenly matched.
But as Hanzou pushed the front line with a high-casualty approach, the Suna Ninja were caught off guard and instantly felt the terror of Hanzou.
"You snorkel-wearing old man, don't go too far. If you continue to use indiscriminate toxin deployment against Suna Ninja troops, I will infiltrate the major towns of the Land of Rain and poison the water supply indiscriminately!"
Chiyo of Suna controlled her puppet troops, carefully covering the Suna Ninja's retreat, while standing within layers of puppet protection, threatening Hanzou with a fierce look but a weak heart.
Hanzou also found Chiyo to be a headache.
The opponent's puppet troops were extremely troublesome; these puppets, which feared neither poison nor corrosion, prevented him from utilizing most of his advantages.
Facing Chiyo's threat, he also knew that the Land of Rain was his Achilles' heel. If the Suna Ninja were pushed too far, they would immediately go from being the "ones wearing shoes" to the "ones going barefoot."
Hanzou, wearing his mask, spoke in a muffled voice.
"You puppet-wielding old hag, you Suna Ninja have already lost; why not surrender?
You are currently fighting to the death for Konoha's strategic goals. The people sacrificing themselves are all your own Suna Ninja manpower."
Chiyo sneered, "We can retreat, or even withdraw from the confrontation range of the battlefield; it just depends on whether you dare to call a truce. But you want us to surrender? You snorkel-wearing old man are truly delusional!
If you are willing to continue the attack, your Land of Rain will also be wiped out by Konoha.
Don't think that we Suna Ninja don't have our own information channels. You are delusional if you think you can cut a piece of flesh from us to replenish yourself."
...
The Suna Ninja and the AmegakureNinja entered a very strange strategic standoff; it seemed neither side had any intention of continuing the offensive.
On Konoha's side, however, following the great display of power by the "Yellow, Gambling, and Poison" trio, they had begun to approach the core of the Land of Rain, the capital, "Amegakure"!
As the main leader of the rear "cleansing campaign," Uchiha Fucheng also accelerated the occupation of towns, and the various looting of resources and wealth in the Land of Rain was pushed forward more thoroughly.
Uchiha Fucheng, who had a certain amount of foresight, knew Hiruzen Sarutobi's thoughts.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, committed to elevating his three disciples, would not let Uchiha Fucheng in the occupied zone and the White Fang of the Leaf, who was responsible for general logistics, get close to the core battlefield of the Land of Rain.
Facing Hanzou in his prime, the still-green "Yellow, Gambling, and Poison" trio had very little chance of winning.
Under Konoha's political considerations, forcing a Ninja like Hanzou, who exceeded the level of a typical Kage, to his limit and making him an enemy of Konoha was not the best option.
Based on the current situation, it was highly probable that the decisive battle in the Land of Rain would proceed similarly to the original story: Hanzou's toxins would defeat the Sannin, then Konoha would obtain a portion of the Land of Rain's resources, ultimately leading to a truce agreement between the two sides.
Since he had this foresight, Uchiha Fucheng naturally would not be polite.
The looting of resources and wealth in the occupied zone, and the collection of special talents and gifted orphans, became the core tasks of the Uchiha Clan.
Blacksmiths, carpenters, prospectors, metallurgists, pharmacists, merchants, educators...
Even agricultural experts and culinary talents were among Uchiha Fucheng's target goals.
Orphans with Ninja talent were even more strictly managed and looked after by the Uchiha Clan.
Young war orphans, taken in and treated by the Uchiha Clan during the most miserable times of their lives, would naturally develop gratitude and identification with the Uchiha Clan.
In this regard, Uchiha Fucheng's flexible methods immediately showed their power.
Rescue and shelter, providing food and clothing, specialized management, literacy education, training courses related to Uchiha identification...
This series of methods made a large number of gifted orphans in the Land of Rain, in a certain sense, affiliated members of the Uchiha Clan.
It was unclear if it was because the "Uchiha Education" for orphans contained a lot of content regarding Clan Leader Fucheng, but during this period, Uchiha Fucheng's [Approval Rating] began to surge.
He had "money" now!
Uchiha Fucheng intended to use his 1000 points of Approval Rating to make a big gamble.
The [Kimimaro's fate dice] he had harvested earlier allowed Fucheng to catch a whiff of the Goddess Kaguya.
Go for it, turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!
Roll!
The [Kimimaro's fate dice] rolled for a while.
The final result was five Sharingan.
5 points!
"Very good, it's a bloodline-class reward!"
Fucheng felt that these 1000 points were well worth it.
Obtained [Kimimaro's Kaguya Bone Release bloodline talent, increased physical recovery].
"As expected, the [slight] adjective is gone!"
Fucheng was overjoyed.
Obtaining this reward made Uchiha Fucheng feel that his bloodline had seemingly broken through a small stage of upper-limit restriction.
"Genetic lock? Talent limit? Or something supernatural?"
Fucheng wasn't sure.
Ever since he received the Senju Bloodline enhancement from Senju Nawaki, the Uchiha enhancement from Uchiha Itachi, and the mutated Uzumaki Bloodline enhancement from Nagato, Fucheng's body had reached an upper limit for a Ninja's physique.
His mental energy, Chakra volume, stamina, and recovery ability all far exceeded that of ordinary Ninja.
No matter how Uchiha Fucheng trained daily, how he refined Chakra, or how he practiced Chakra shape and nature transformation, he could not feel any obvious progress.
It seemed that his genes and body were approaching, or had already reached, their current peak state.
This time, obtaining Kimimaro's bloodline enhancement finally made him truly feel that his body was breaking free from its shackles and evolving toward a higher level.
"What should I call this state, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya Bloodline (Pseudo)?"
Fucheng smiled with satisfaction, opening and closing his fingers, feeling the rapid improvement of his body.
The strength attribute, which hadn't shown obvious growth before, had now seen a huge increase.
If the previous Uchiha Fucheng's strength was comparable to Might Guy opening the Third Gate.
With this Kimimaro bloodline enhancement, without any need for charging up, Fucheng's body could already withstand the strength amplification of Might Guy opening the Fifth Gate.
By merely using force, without utilizing Ninjutsu or Taijutsu amplification, Fucheng's normal attack movements could move fast enough to leave afterimages.
Ordinary Ninja could barely observe them with the naked eye.
This "sheer strength creates miracles" speed mode could even rival the very special Body Flicker Technique of Uchiha Shisui.
Mikoto was envious when she saw it.
When she asked about this Taijutsu ability, Fucheng was a bit whimsical, calling it the "Uchiha Brute Force Body Flicker Technique."
Just hearing the name, one could feel a sense of beauty from overflowing stats.
It focused on a "Master of Technique" mode; high strength, high speed, no tricks, just pure technique.
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