Imperial City.
Three Susanoos guarded this city.
With his green Susanoo, sharp drill and spear, Body Flicker Technique and Genjutsu, Shisui killed ten people with every step, turning the ground into a river of blood.
Itachi had a red Susanoo, Totsuka Blade, Yata Mirror. Amaterasu was like a natural disaster and Tsukuyomi made an instant feel like a year.
Fugaku's black Susanoo had a long katana. Wherever he fought became hell.
Supplemented by three clansmen in Fire Release Chakra Mode and two clansmen in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, the Uchiha clan alone was unstoppable.
Seeing this, the Allied Shinobi Forces wanted to sneak attack the civilians to threaten the Uchiha clan, but they were all stopped by Shikaku and the others.
Ōnoki and the others thought the Uchiha Imperial City would be full of loopholes, but they didn't expect it to be impregnable. Especially since this was while Hiromi was not present.
And as for Jiraiya, who had to face Hiromi, it would be fortunate if he could even escape back.
The Allied Shinobi Forces were undoubtedly defeated.
The Uchiha clan pursued their victory, aiming to end this so-called Fifth Great Ninja War.
The Allied Shinobi Forces resisted fiercely but were routed, suffering heavy casualties.
However, they were eventually blocked by Sunagakure's poisonous mist and managed to escape.
Meanwhile, three Uchiha in Fire Release Chakra Mode rushed into the poison mist one after another, throwing their lives away, collapsing to the ground, and coughing up blood incessantly.
"One of you getting poisoned was bad enough, but you didn't believe it and insisted on feeding kills!" Fugaku was so angry his face turned red, and he cursed at them through gritted teeth.
The two clan members in Fire Release Chakra Mode blushed with shame.
"This is just overextending... cough!"
The clan member in Fire Release Chakra Mode who had been poisoned first spat blood all over himself and gloated, "Got scolded, didn't you? Haha!"
"You actually backstabbed us?"
The two clan members widened their eyes. If they hadn't been unable to move, they would have crawled up to kill this clan member.
Before they could speak, Fugaku was so angry he slapped the gloating clan member on the forehead. "They released poison, and you thought rushing straight in was smart!"
"..."
The clan member's smile stiffened. He hadn't expected the poison they released to be heat-resistant.
The more Fugaku looked at them, the angrier he became.
"Get them to Orochimaru immediately!"
Just then, a clan member hurried over, head bowed and looking anxious, but the suppressed laughter in their voice couldn't be hidden.
"Clan Head Fugaku! The siblings using Lightning Release were poisoned too!"
Fugaku: "???"
"They ran too fas... Cough! Cough!"
The three clan members in Fire Release Chakra Mode had dark expressions. While gloating, they coughed blood frantically. Then, they, along with the two clan members in Lightning Release Chakra Mode, received another slap on the forehead from Fugaku.
Shisui and Itachi saw this and quickly slipped away.
This group of clan members was truly impossible to deal with.
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[Mission "So You're the Savior's Master?" completed. You have obtained Mount Myōboku Sage Mode.]
Hiromi glanced at the mission reward and tried it out. It took five minutes to enter Sage Mode, which was okay, but not very useful.
The power of this mode was estimated to be about the same as Lava Release Chakra Mode, slightly inferior to the Flame Emperor Form. However, its strength lay in being able to stack with Susanoo, so it was a decent improvement.
He glanced at his attribute panel.
[Name: Uchiha Hiromi]
[Attributes: Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Yin, Yang, Lava]
[Abilities: Rinnegan (Shinkō Sanrei), Fire Release Chakra Mode, Fire Release Chakra Mode: Flame Emperor Form, Lava Release Chakra Mode, Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear, Cellular Regeneration Absorption, Lava Release Chakra Mode: Molten God Form, Sage Body,Cellular Regeneration Ejection, Eight Inner Gates: Fourth Gate, Mount Myōboku Sage Mode]
Cellular Regeneration Ejection was not a system reward, it was something he researched based on Cellular Regeneration Absorption. This wasn't difficult, he just had to try it in reverse, and it worked.
As for Eight Inner Gates, he often asked Guy to use Eight Inner Gates for him to observe. With the observation power of his Rinnegan, he had managed to push it to the Fourth Gate. But it always felt a bit stuck, which was very annoying.
He could feel the existence of a bottleneck. Perhaps opening the Sixth Gate was his limit.
For the Eighth Gate, he still had to rely on the system.
Hiromi held no hope.
Besides these, he had been researching new moves for the Molten God Form all these years.
The ten-meter-tall lava giant in the volcano was a semi-finished product of one of his new moves, except it wasn't just one, it was a group.
Besides this, there were two other new moves he was looking forward to displaying in the Land of Earth.
Yes, Hiromi was currently heading to the Land of Earth.
As for Kazuto, Shizuka, Gaara, Temari, and Karin, because the experimental subjects were all dead, they chose not to return to the Imperial City but instead turned toward another of Orochimaru's experimental bases, preparing to drag another batch of experimental subjects back to the city.
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Allied Shinobi Forces.
The tens of thousands of ninjas now had only two-thirds left.
In just the first battle, and while under a surprise attack, they had lost one-third of their forces. This left the troops in a state of panic and worry about the future of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Ōnoki, Mabui, and Baki had terrifyingly gloomy expressions.
Hiromi not appearing was good news for them, but for the people on the other side, it was absolutely terrible news.
According to the schedule, if the people over there had succeeded, they should have returned by now, but now... it was likely they were in great danger, and not a single one had escaped back.
And on their side, with Hiromi not in the Imperial City, the combat power of the Uchiha clan was even more terrifying than they had imagined.
They knew where they had gone wrong in this battle.
"We focused too much on Hiromi." Ōnoki said with great regret.
Because they focused too much on Hiromi, they had ignored the terror of the Uchiha clan. The current Uchiha clan had become stronger. And they had become so much stronger that it was far beyond what he had expected.
Even without Hiromi, and even if Roshi and Jiraiya had all participated in the battle, the current Uchiha clan could still contend with the Allied Shinobi Forces.
The Uchiha possessed the terrifying strength to be enemies with the world!
At this moment, a hurried report came from outside the door.
"Acting Raikage, an urgent secret letter has arrived from the village!"
"Enter." Mabui said with an uneasy expression.
A Kumogakure ninja hurriedly handed a rolled-up small note to Mabui.
Mabui unfolded it and took a look, her face instantly turning deathly pale.
Ōnoki frowned.
Baki was filled with doubt and suspicion.
Mabui lowered her head, brows furrowed, deep in thought.
Several minutes later, she looked up, stared at Baki, and demanded sternly, "Is the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure missing?"
"You... what did you say?"
Baki was very panicked at first. Although he tried to cover it up after 0.3 seconds, it was already too late.
After getting the answer, Mabui moved her gaze away from Baki and fell upon the gloomy, suspicious Ōnoki. "The Two-Tails Jinchuriki of my Kumogakure has been captured, and at the same time, the Mizukage of Kirigakure had a battle with someone unknown and was also taken away."
"Then the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi..."
Baki immediately widened his eyes, gritting his teeth with monstrous hatred. "So this was all Hiromi's conspiracy."
What could be more convincing evidence than Gaara, a Jinchuriki who died and came back to life, defecting to the Uchiha clan?
Ōnoki cast a gloomy glance at Baki, as if looking at a fool.
He looked at Mabui and said, "It seems there are rats."
Mabui glanced at Baki, snorted coldly, and said gloomily, "Hiromi's style is very obvious, and he killed the Daimyo. Founding a country is a direct declaration of being enemies with the world. Moreover, with his strength, if he had a target, no matter how we protected them, he could probably break through. There is absolutely no need to use such sneaky methods."
Baki, no matter how dull he was, had guessed it. He couldn't help but widen his eyes in disbelief. "You... you mean there is a third party coveting the Tailed Beasts?"
Who is bold enough to dare insert themselves into the war between the Five Great Nations?
Mabui gave a gloomy "Hmm" and said, "I estimate that only Hiromi knows who the other party is right now."
Onoki said, "Nine-Tails is still in the Imperial City; that faction will eventually step out."
Mabui stared at Onoki, her expression unreadable. "Is the Third Tsuchikage planning to hand over the Five-Tails Jinchuriki on a silver platter?"
Onoki didn't answer, but Baki and Mabui both silently agreed with the implication.
What is certain now is that Sunagakure's One-Tail, Kumogakure's Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, Iwagakure's Four-Tails, Kirigakure's Three-Tails, and Takigakure's Seven-Tails are gone.
Only three Tailed Beasts remain. Iwagakure's Five-Tails, Kirigakure's Six-Tails, and Uchiha's Nine-Tails.
In other words, the Allied Shinobi Forces only have one Tailed Beast left. The current Allied Shinobi Forces are too weak.
Whether it is the Uchiha or that mysterious third-party force, by comparison, the Allied Shinobi Forces are weak.
Instead of confronting them head-on, it would be better to give away Five-Tails. Then, that third-party force would become an enemy of the Uchiha who possess Nine-Tails. However, how to give it away is an art in itself.
Just as Onoki was carefully considering how to reasonably and naturally sell off the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, an urgent report arrived from the Allied Shinobi Forces.
"Hiromi is advancing towards the Land of Earth!"
In an instant, both Onoki and Mabui remembered that sentence from Hiromi—"The next time I come to the Land of Earth, it will be the day your Iwagakure is destroyed!"
The declaration from five years ago, is it about to be realized now?
Mabui narrowed her eyes and looked at Onoki. It was just as she had anticipated. Hiromi would target the Land of Earth first.
If the Land of Earth were destroyed... no, as long as Iwagakure were destroyed, then why would Kumogakure need to stand in opposition to Uchiha?
And Iwagakure's leader, Onoki, seemed to have had his reverse scale touched. He stood up abruptly, his expression ferocious, and slammed the table, roaring, "What did you say!"
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