Half an hour later,
Uchiha Kagami, who was leaping through the trees, suddenly changed his expression and gripped his kunai in reverse, slashing behind him.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Accompanied by sharp whooshing sounds, four dark figures attacked one after another.
After a brief exchange, the attackers eventually settled on four tree trunks surrounding Uchiha Kagami.
Looking at their positions, they had clearly formed a encirclement around Uchiha Kagami.
"Stop struggling to your death, Uchiha Clan brat."
One Kumogakure Ninja said with a mocking expression.
His gaze swept towards Uchiha Kagami's abdomen, where a long, narrow wound with exposed flesh had completely stained the temporary bandages red.
Uchiha Kagami remained silent, but his eyes had quietly turned crimson, with three jet-black tomoe spinning continuously within them.
"Don't look at his eyes!"
The Kumogakure Ninja who spoke was likely the leader of this small team; while he reminded his comrades, he was the first to brandish his Ninja blade and attack Uchiha Kagami.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Uchiha Kagami threw a large number of kunai while simultaneously spewing a gigantic fireball from his mouth.
The Kumogakure Ninja captain's mocking expression deepened; his Ninja blade was already wreathed in Lightning Release Chakra, capable of easily cutting through such a low-level Ninjutsu.
However, in the next moment,
The mere C-rank Ninjutsu displayed an unbelievably powerful might, expanding dozens of times in less than a second, and the temperature of the flames also rose crazily.
Under the scorching of this terrifying high temperature, even the surrounding air began to deform and distort.
The sea of fire surged, instantly engulfing three Kumogakure Ninja, including the Kumogakure Ninja captain, who were in front of him.
Immediately after, Uchiha Kagami suddenly leaped from the ground, turning to face behind him, narrowly avoiding the lightning that spread from the ground.
Almost simultaneously, the three tomoe in his right eye also spun wildly, instantly transforming into an even more intricate and beautiful pattern.
"Amenohoakari!"
Under the last Kumogakure Ninja's disbelieving gaze, Uchiha Kagami's kunai fiercely pierced his heart, and this Kumogakure Ninja did not resist at all from beginning to end.
After doing all this, Uchiha Kagami's figure couldn't help but stagger a bit, but he eventually landed steadily on the treetop of a slightly distant large tree.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."
Uchiha Kagami panted heavily, covering his right eye with his hand in pain, drops of blood flowing from between his fingers.
And his left eye, which was still exposed, although it didn't shed bloody tears, was already covered with countless fine blood vessels.
It was clear that Uchiha Kagami also knew he couldn't fight for long, so in order to instantly eliminate these four Kumogakure Jonin, he didn't hesitate to simultaneously use two Mangekyo Sharingan Dojutsu.
"Is the right eye a Genjutsu? Or some kind of ability similar to a paralysis Jutsu?"
Based on the situation Uzumaki Chizawa perceived, Senju Mori secretly mused.
From the performance of the Ninja who was stabbed to death by the kunai, it was clear that he had fallen victim to Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyo Dojutsu.
The fate of the other three Ninja, however, remained uncertain.
Even though Uchiha Kagami displayed astonishing mastery in Fire Release Chakra nature transformation, Senju Mori still found it hard to believe that three Jonin would be taken down by a single Great Fireball.
Uzumaki Chizawa had the same thought, so even though the battle seemed over, he was still fully activating Kagura Mind's Eye to perceive.
However, Uzumaki Chizawa's next words greatly surprised Senju Mori.
"Those three Kumogakure Ninja seem to have really been taken out. All three bodies were burned to charcoal, and I can't sense their Chakra signatures at all."
"It seems Kagami's left eye is for Ninjutsu amplification, truly a rare Dojutsu."
After completing the intelligence gathering, Senju Mori no longer hesitated, and he and Uzumaki Chizawa suddenly chased in Uchiha Kagami's direction... For ordinary Uchiha Clan members, not to mention the problem of excessive Mangekyo use leading to blindness, just activating a Mangekyo Sharingan Dojutsu each time would place a huge burden on the body.
Not to mention that Uchiha Kagami had only recently awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and was not yet skilled in using this power.
Bloody tears flowing from both eyes were merely the most common symptom, followed by blurred vision, sluggish reactions and weakness caused by Chakra exhaustion, and even stinging pain throughout the body.
If explained with professional knowledge, it was likely a sequela caused by excessive use of Yin Release power in the absence of Yang Release power.
Uchiha Kagami was lucky.
One must know that Jonin are not easily defeated cannon fodder; if even one of the four Kumogakure Ninja had miraculously survived, Uchiha Kagami would likely have been counter-killed on the spot.
Enduring the stinging pain from all over his body, Uchiha Kagami merely dragged his body a few steps with great effort, weakly leaning against the huge tree root behind him.
This body, which had just undergone a series of high-intensity battles, was injured and severely overdrawn, refusing to continue providing him with Chakra and stamina.
Uchiha Kagami knew that he would most likely not return to Konoha, but he had no regrets.
He believed that with Hokage-sama and himself having successively drawn away most of the pursuers, Hiruzen and the others would surely be able to return to Konoha safely.
Uchiha Kagami also secretly resolved that if he couldn't wait for Konoha's rescue before losing consciousness, he would use his last strength to destroy his pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.
Just as Uchiha Kagami had just pulled out a new kunai from his Ninja tool pouch, he suddenly heard a cry of slight astonishment and disbelief.
"Kagami?!"
Uchiha Kagami had just looked up when he heard two "Swish! Swish!" sounds, and two figures suddenly appeared before him.
"Mori?!! Why are you here?"
Uchiha Kagami was equally surprised.
The close distance allowed him to clearly see Senju Mori's face and the familiar Konoha forehead protector. As for Uzumaki Chizawa next to him, his bright red hair already indicated his identity.
The combination of Uzumaki and Senju further deepened Uchiha Kagami's trust, and his three-tomoe Sharingan, which he had been barely maintaining, completely reverted to ordinary black pupils.
"I always found it unbelievable that those guys from the Land of Lightning would actively form an alliance, so I took on a mission from the Village near the Land of Frost, thinking I'd come over and check out the situation as well."
To Uchiha Kagami's question, Senju Mori had long prepared an answer and immediately spoke it smoothly, with a hint of indignation towards Kumogakure in his words.
"I knew the Kumogakure savages couldn't be trusted! Sure enough! Was the so-called alliance just a conspiracy?!"
Of course, Senju Mori didn't forget to take the opportunity to confirm Uchiha Kagami's detailed condition. While speaking, his right hand reached towards Uchiha Kagami's abdomen, naturally performing Medical Ninjutsu.
As a member of the Senju Clan, known for their vitality and Chakra reserves, learning Medical Ninjutsu was not difficult for Senju Mori.
Hearing the words "Kumogakure," Uchiha Kagami also seemed to suddenly regain some spirit. He immediately grabbed Senju Mori's other arm, his face full of urgency, saying:
"It's great that you're here! Mori! Hurry and save Hokage-sama!"
"The Kumogakure alliance itself wasn't the problem; it was Kinkaku and Ginkaku who disrupted the alliance ceremony! The Second Raikage has been assassinated, and Hokage-sama is personally fighting Kinkaku and Ginkaku!"
But before Uchiha Kagami could finish speaking, his consciousness seemed to be suddenly struck by a heavy hammer, becoming blurred in an instant, and the light in his vision was rapidly swallowed by a deep, heavy darkness.
Uchiha Kagami didn't even notice that countless dense, black spell characters were crawling onto his body from the surrounding grass, and a prominent "Seal" character had already appeared on his forehead...