If You Can, Fight Your Way In and Take Him Back Yourself
"Where's your Sage of Six Paths?!"
The moment Hagoromo landed, she immediately formed hand seals, unleashing the "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Countless figures emerged from the smoke and then quickly scattered in all directions.
Just as they surrounded the Four-Tails -Four-Tails, Hagoromo leaped up and landed on its head, smashing down with another punch.
Bang--!
As the massive head of the Four-Tails crashed to the ground, the Shadow Clones that had been waiting all around raised their hands and formed hand seals.
"Earth Release Technique: Earthquake Core!"
Rumble--!
The ground where the Four-Tails was located suddenly dropped, allowing the Four-Tails, which was seeing stars from the punch, to still struggle and jump out.
The man in the upper Hagoromo raised his hand again to form a hand seal, "Earth Release: Heavenly Clay Descent!"
Countless clay particles fell from the alternate dimension above, precisely covering the Four-Tails' body.
"Roar!"
The Four-Tails roared, then spewed out a torrent of lava that shot upwards toward the cave entrance.
"That's exactly what I've been waiting for you to use!"
Upon seeing this, Hagoromo immediately increased the Chakra output of her Shadow Clones, leaping up and rapidly flipping her ten fingers.
Earth Release: Heavenly Cover!
A giant pot lid fell directly down, slamming down on the massive trenches created by the earthquake core.
Bang--
The Four-Tails magma had just arrived when it was immediately covered by the lid, producing a muffled sound.
Next, reduce the sauce over high heat.
The Shadow Clones on one side gathered their strength and lifted the strangely shaped pot lid. Chakra condensed chakra in Hagoromo throat and spewed a burst of fire into the gap.
Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!
"Aww!"
In an instant, the Four-Tails inside the pit let out a howl, and as the power of the Hagoromo's Great Fire Annihilation, they gradually disappeared.
The enormous figure materialized and then shrank back into Roshi's body, its entire body resembling flowing Chakra.
Seeing this, Hagoromo, who had been sensing the situation, stopped her Fire Style and kicked the pot lid hard.
The enormous pot lid crashed down on the already engulfed Sand Shinobi logistics camp.
Inside the trench, Roshi, who had transformed into human form, lay unconscious.
Hagoromo leaped to Roshi's side; it has to be said, the Jinchūriki as an unkillable cockroach.
After all that, Roshi was still alive, though he was now unconscious.
Hagoromo reached out and pointed at Roshi's forehead, instantly covering Roshi's body with Black Threads created by Yin Release.
Hey! Hagoromo!
From the trench, Sansan's voice roared.
Just after finishing the task, Hagoromo notified Sansan to come over.
"Catch!"
Without hesitation, Hagoromo Yi grabbed Roshi's figure and threw him over Sansan's head.
Asuma grabbed him, and when he saw who it was, he couldn't help but open his mouth.
"The Four-Tails Jinchūriki!"
Snap--
Hagoromo landed on the ground and nodded, saying, "Yes, she's unconscious."
"What do we do?" Asuma asked, somewhat bewildered.
"What can we do? Of course, we take him back. If the Stone Shinobi dares to send out Jinchūriki, then we should be prepared to lose him."
Hagoromo waved her hand and said.
The Akatsuki are collecting the Tailed Beasts, right? Then let's capture one or two first and see if they dare to attack Konoha.
"Let's go quickly, or the main force of the Sand Shinobi will be here."
Since the start of the war, the main force of the Sand Shinobi has not appeared.
It's likely that Hagoromo was holding off the Kakashi on the battlefield, but he's about to leave too.
Otherwise, you won't be able to leave later.
"No problem!"
Sansan looked excited, after all, Hagoromo had captured the Four-Tails!
Doesn't that mean I can absorb it later?
With this in mind, Sansan couldn't help but put in a lot of effort.
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Bang--!
Inside the Sand Shinobi's main tent, a Jonin wearing Stone Shinobi Forehead Protector slammed his Jonin on the table and roared at Chiyo in front of him:
"The Sand Shinobi must send troops to force Konoha to return our Jinchūriki as soon as possible!"
Chiyo sat calmly in the head seat, looking at the incessantly chattering Stone Shinobi before her, and spoke indifferently:
"If you're so capable, tell Ōnoki to come himself."
Upon hearing this, the Stone Shinobi was stunned, and his expression instantly turned ugly.
He wanted to say something, but weren't all the Sand Shinobi sitting inside the tent highly skilled?
"How many ninja did our Sand Shinobi lose in this battle? Even the supplies in our logistics camp were destroyed by your Jinchūriki."
"Tell Ōnoki that if you don't take responsibility, the Sand Shinobi attack your Iwagakure!"
After Chiyo finished speaking, two Sand Shinobi stepped forward and went to the side of the Stone Shinobi Jonin.
Stone Shinobi in cold sweat. He looked around and then walked out of the tent.
After the Stone Shinobi left, conversations began to rise inside the tent.
"Elder Chiyo, what should we do next?"
A Sunagakure Jonin asked with a worried expression, "From the time we declared war on Konoha until now..."
Many Jonin from the Sand Village have died, and quite a few Chunin and Genin have also perished.
Now even the supplies in the main logistics camp have been destroyed. If this continues, the Sand Shinobi will have to prepare to surrender in this war.
"First, we need to strengthen our defenses. With the Jinchūriki of Stone Shinobi captured by Konoha, Ōnoki can't sit idly by."
"Once the Stone Shinobi and Konoha go to war, the pressure on our side will be less."
Chiyo remained silent for a moment before speaking.
She was waiting; if the Fourth of the village could wake up, then they would still have a chance in this battle.
Even if it doesn't work out, the worst that can happen is to submit a letter of surrender to Konoha.
It wasn't that she was stubbornly holding on, but rather that the Sand Shinobi currently lacked someone capable of replacing the Kazekage.
Even now, the One-Tail Jinchuriki still struggles to control his emotions.
The higher-ups are all infighting; if it weren't for her younger brother, Chiyo wouldn't have dragged her in this condition to the front lines.
The best solution is to throw the Shinobi World into chaos, so that the Sand Shinobi can profit from the chaos.
Upon hearing this, the Sand Shinobi fell silent; this was all they could do now.
However, the higher-ups are trying to use a war to cover up the news of their village's Kage being unconscious and to divert the Sunagakure's anger towards Jonin, directing the blame towards Konoha. The price they're paying is far too high.
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Inside the front-line tent of Konoha.
Hagoromo glanced at the snow, which had stopped falling, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
The heavy snow came and went quickly, giving the already struggling Sand Shinobi a chance to catch their breath.
"Hagoromo, you might need to go back to the village first."
Kakashi, who was at the head of the table, tossed a scroll to Hagoromo caught it and began to read it.
The content wasn't much; Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted Hagoromo to escort the Four-Tails Jinchūriki back.
After all, at this stage, only Hagoromo can suppress Jinchūriki.
While the Four-Tails can be a bargaining chip, it's only truly useful if you can actually hold onto it.
As expected, with the Four-Tails captured, the Stone Shinobi launched a massive attack.
Ōnoki was clamoring for Konoha to return the Jinchūriki.
Hiruzen Sarutobi ignored this and simply replied, "If you're so capable, then break in and take it back yourself."
What should we do about the Sand Shinobi?
Hagoromo looked at Kakashi and said, "I really don't understand what's going on with the Sand Shinobi."
Since the start of the war, things have been quiet again, except for that one battle.
The logistics battalion suffered almost complete annihilation; whether they can hold out any longer is another matter entirely.
Yet they still refused to withdraw their troops.