Uchiha Kagami and the others couldn't find any Chakra Samurai in the forest. When they learned that the Chakra Samurai had come out and started slaughtering the ordinary samurai who were once their comrades, they were immediately shocked.
The Konoha higher-ups had anticipated that the Chakra Samurai would use force to suppress ordinary samurai and compel them to go to war in the past. However, during the current battle, the Chakra Samurai weren't focused on other methods to deal with Konoha Village; instead, they were targeting their "comrades." What was going on?
Uchiha Kagami naturally didn't know that this was an emergency plan left by Uchiha Kokuya. His goal had always been singular: to expand the scale of the war, leading to more and more deaths. This way, Uchiha Kokuya could obtain the negative emotions of the deceased and strengthen his own power.
Uchiha Kokuya focused the main thrust of the battle on the central route, where there was a town to rely on, concentrating a large number of Chakra Samurai and ordinary samurai. Konoha ninja would have to employ a frontal assault, which would inevitably require the use of explosive tags and similar weapons—true instruments of mass destruction!
Uchiha Kokuya ordered the other two routes to engage for two purposes: first, to tie down the Konoha ninja, giving the central force more time to act; and second, to expand the damage and provide more live sacrifices for himself.
However, Uchiha Kokuya considered that there weren't many Chakra Samurai on the other two routes. If all the Chakra Samurai were wiped out, the remaining ordinary samurai would be unlikely to confront the Konoha ninja, and that wouldn't do.
Therefore, Uchiha Kokuya issued an order in the minds of the Chakra Samurai: when the number of Chakra Samurai dropped to a certain level, they would unconditionally begin to eliminate people in their vicinity, starting with the weakest and progressing upwards. This was to prevent the Chakra Samurai from seeking out Konoha ninja, which would fail to maximize casualties.
Understanding this, the actions of the Chakra Samurai became traceable. Initially, when their numbers were still at a certain level, they would force ordinary samurai forward, and upon seeing Konoha ninja, they would lead others to charge and pursue. However, once their numbers dropped to a certain level, Uchiha Kokuya's order activated.
The Chakra Samurai no longer chose to pursue Konoha ninja. Instead, they began to search for those weaker than Konoha ninja. In this area, who could be weaker than Konoha ninja? Of course, it was the ordinary samurai.
Ordinary samurai were numerous and easy to deal with, unlike Konoha ninja who operated in small teams. Fighting them individually was troublesome, and if they encountered danger, they could easily disappear into the forest, making them hard to find.
Therefore, the moment the order activated, the Chakra Samurai immediately turned and fled, completely disregarding Konoha Village's provocations. Furthermore, their unique nature reduced the effectiveness of genjutsu, and their agile movements allowed them to evade various traps.
Unless a ninja was exceptionally fast, they wouldn't be able to keep up—after all, Chakra Samurai possessed incredibly strong physiques, as they focused all their training on strengthening their muscles and bones.
When Uchiha Kagami and the others emerged from the forest, the Chakra Samurai had already killed many people. Under the pressure of death, the nearby ordinary samurai had no choice but to pick up their weapons and fight back. However, the Chakra Samurai's frontal combat ability was very close to that of most ninja. If it weren't for the forest environment, the skilled cooperation of ninja teams, and the Chakra Samurai's dull minds and inflexibility, eliminating them would not have been so easy.
"Stop!" Uchiha Kagami shouted loudly, then quickly rushed forward. Of course, he didn't believe that the Chakra Samurai would stop just because he yelled. His main purpose in shouting was to inform the ordinary samurai.
To be honest, the actions of the Chakra Samurai were unexpected, but Uchiha Kagami immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity. In the face of the Chakra Samurai's actions, the ordinary samurai would become completely alienated from the Daimyo's mansion and would never again return to its embrace.
The Daimyo's mansion would also no longer be able to use coercive force. Konoha ninja were here now, and they could completely take over command of these ordinary samurai. Uchiha Kagami believed that these ordinary samurai were now at a loss, and as long as someone could explain the situation to them and take on the responsibility of leadership, they would abandon the darkness and embrace the light.
But before that, Uchiha Kagami had to eliminate the Chakra Samurai first. This was also a way to build trust in front of the ordinary samurai.
Uchiha Kagami gave a signal, and several ninja behind him clapped their hands on the ground. Immediately, earth walls rose around the Chakra Samurai, encircling them.
Fortunately, the number of ordinary samurai was very large; even if the Chakra Samurai killed relentlessly, they hadn't been cut into scattered groups. They were all surrounded in the middle of the ordinary samurai, which was an excellent opportunity for concentrated elimination.
When the ordinary samurai saw the earth walls rise, they retreated repeatedly. The Chakra Samurai were now enclosed within, but with their combat abilities, it wouldn't take long for them to escape. However, they no longer had that possibility—
Uchiha Kagami leaped into the air and took a deep breath: "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"
The powerful Fire Style jutsu, learned from his uncle Madara, was exhaled from Uchiha Kagami's mouth. He used almost all of his chakra. The Fire Style plunged into the earth walls, causing a violent explosion. The Konoha ninja using Earth Style quickly increased their chakra output to prevent the earth walls from breaking.
But because of Uchiha Kagami's mastery of Fire Style, the earth walls couldn't hold. They shattered in the explosion of the Fire Style. Fortunately, the remaining impact wasn't too great. Uchiha Kagami mainly concentrated the Fire Style's impact on the ground, and the Chakra Samurai were naturally burned to death.
However, due to their special physiques, those who hadn't yet died could still move a little, their charred appearance delivering a huge shock. But they quickly collapsed. Facing such a concentrated Fire Style impact, it was impossible to block it without using nature transformation techniques. Although these Chakra Samurai also knew how, their deployment here clearly indicated they weren't elites; powerful Chakra Samurai capable of blocking such a Fire Style would not be here.
After Uchiha Kagami landed, his body swayed, and he almost fell to his knees. The nearby Konoha ninja quickly came to support him. Uchiha Kagami shook his head and said, "It's nothing serious, don't worry."
Uchiha Kagami looked at the anxious ordinary samurai in front of him. Although Konoha ninja had saved them, they hadn't dispelled their inner doubts, because Chakra Samurai were originally enemies of Konoha ninja, and they, the ordinary samurai, should have been as well.
"You don't need to worry. We are here to eliminate the corrupt officials. We are only targeting the parasites of the country, those conspirators! For those who don't know the reasons and were innocently used, as long as they are willing to cooperate, we will never make things difficult for them," Uchiha Kagami shouted loudly, his expression sincere.
The ordinary samurai looked at each other.
"If you have any doubts, we can let the samurai who entered the forest come out, and you can communicate well. You should know that in the battle in the forest, we did not harm anyone except the Chakra Samurai under Daimyo Oname," Uchiha Kagami emphasized "under Oname."