No Choice but to Restart the War

No Choice but to Restart the War

"Ha ha ha~"

Watching Pakura lose every trace of life, Mitani threw back his head and laughed loudly at the sky.

He had personally sent Pakura off, sent off the hero of Sunagakure, Pakura.

Staring at the thick fog in the sky, Mitani roared.

"Hey, did you see that? I avenged you."

Tap! Tap! Tap! Hm? Hearing faint footsteps behind him, Mitani frowned, and the smile on his face slowly faded. He looked in the direction Pakura had come from. A shadow seemed to be slowly approaching him through the dense fog.

"Who is it?"

After he spoke, the shadow ahead continued walking at an unhurried pace.

Mitani pulled a kunai from his waist and asked warily.

"Who are you?"

"Hah!"

A breath escaped. Seeing the black-haired man emerge from the fog, Mitani's brows furrowed deeply.

"I was still a step too late!"

Looking at Pakura lying on the ground, Asuka could clearly sense that her life force had completely dissipated.

He looked up at the sun gradually climbing into the sky, then turned his gaze to the Mist Ninja before him and said expressionlessly.

"If you had waited a little longer before making your move, you might still have had a chance to eat the lunch your family made for you."

Mitani blinked. Seeing this guy who had suddenly appeared muttering a bunch of nonsense, he was so angry that he laughed.

"What the hell are you muttering to yourse—"

Before he could finish, he watched Asuka suddenly appear in front of him, and his pupils shrank sharply.

That speed!

He could not see it at all.

Mitani instinctively stepped back, but the next moment, he felt someone grab his head.

Asuka seized the Mist Ninja's head and slammed it hard into the ground.

Boom! The solid ground was instantly smashed into a huge crater. Web-like cracks spread in every direction, while dust and debris engulfed Asuka and Mitani.

"Trash!"

Asuka shook the blood from his hand, glanced back at the headless corpse in the crater, and said disdainfully.

"Pakura actually died at the hands of trash like you."

"Hey!"

The Orange Cat rushed into the dust cloud at that moment. Seeing Asuka's icy expression and the way he stood sideways, as though he would forever remain distant from the rest of the world, it instantly swallowed the words it had wanted to say.

It had been... so long since it had seen him like this.

"Are you all right?"

Hearing the Orange Cat's concerned voice beside him, Asuka shook his head.

"I'm fine.

Take Pakura's body somewhere safe.

I'll deal with that trash."

After saying that, Asuka glanced at the dried blood on his hand, then drew the Kusanagi Sword at his waist, which he had never used even once, and walked toward the steep mountain peak.

Watching him leave, the cat's eyes widened as it hesitantly asked.

"Won't this cause trouble?"

"Hah!"

Asuka let out a breath, waved at it, and continued forward.

If there really was trouble, then at worst, he would restart the Ninja World War.

If anyone in Konoha ever thought of betraying him, he would just defect to Black Zetsu, blow up the village first, then blow up the ninja world, and finally blow himself up.

If he won the bet, he would transmigrate to another world. If he lost, he would go to the Pure Land and play mahjong with the Sage of Six Paths.

Watching Asuka's departing back, the Orange Cat's mouth twitched.

As the Uchiha Clan's preferred Summoning Beasts, the Ninja Cats had always known that not a single person in this clan was normal.

Having followed Uchiha Asuka for so many years, it had long understood his extreme personality inside and out.

Fake Uchiha: Gentle and considerate, good at communication, knows how to care for others, compassionate.

Real Uchiha: Carries thoughts of destroying the world and constantly ponders how to blow up the ninja world.

And whenever Uchiha Asuka's emotions became unstable, he would develop thoughts of destruction.

Before Asuka had gone very far, he spotted quite a few Mist Ninja standing not far ahead.

After sensing Mitani's presence disappear, these Mist Ninja knew something might have gone wrong inside. They immediately began gathering their companions, preparing to go in and investigate.

But before they could enter, the person inside came out.

Seeing Asuka suddenly emerge from the dense fog with a greatsword slung over his shoulder, the Mist Ninja all frowned.

Then one person stepped out from the group. He swept his gaze over the Konoha Forehead Protector on Asuka's brow, then stared fixedly at the scarlet tomoe in his eyes and said.

"Konoha... Uchiha?"

"1, 2, 4, 8."

Ignoring him, Asuka quietly counted the people present.

"Hey, answer me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Mist Ninja saw the Uchiha before them start jogging with his greatsword in hand, his speed growing faster and faster.

"He's coming!"

"He's a jonin of the Uchiha Clan. His exact strength is unknown, so watch his eyes."

"Don't make eye contact with him."

Bang! The Mist Ninja at the front raised his arm and blocked Asuka's incoming punch.

After sensing that the force transmitted through his arm did not seem particularly strong, he looked up at Asuka and revealed a smug expression.

"So this is an Uchiha jonin? His strength is pretty ordinary."

Why am I flying?

As his field of vision continued to rise, he looked at Asuka in confusion, then saw a headless corpse standing opposite that Uchiha.

Huh? I'm dead? Looking at the smooth, mirror-like cut before them, the Mist Ninja behind him instinctively swallowed.

He had not even seen how it was done, yet his companion's head was already gone.

"Don't be afraid. He's only one person."

At that moment, a Mist Ninja beside them revealed a disdainful smile.

To prevent any accidents, their side had assembled a combat force of five jonin, seven Special Jonin, and ten chunin.

Their opponent, meanwhile, was only one Uchiha jonin.

Could he possibly leave this place alive?

"I've decided. I'm going to hang him later!"

A Mist Ninja beside them pulled out a kunai from his waist and grinned viciously.

"This guy..."

At that moment, someone leaned close to a Special Jonin and said.

"There's something off about this guy. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before."

"Who cares!"

After driving the man away, the Special Jonin gripped his kunai and appeared above Asuka's head, viciously stabbing down at him.

Asuka raised his sword horizontally and blocked the attack.

After glancing at the sharp fangs in the man's mouth, he kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying. The instant the man shot into the sky, Asuka swung his sword again, carving a huge diagonal gash across the Mist Special Jonin's chest.

The expected spray of blood did not come. Looking at the opponent's body dripping with water, Asuka raised an eyebrow.

"A secret technique of the Hozuki Clan, the Water Transformation Technique?

What a terrifying ability."

As he spoke, he plunged his greatsword into the ground, rapidly formed hand seals, and looked up at the Hozuki Clan jonin in midair.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique! A massive fireball instantly burst from Asuka's mouth. At such close range, it engulfed the Hozuki Clan ninja in the blink of an eye.

Sizzle!

The instant fire met water, vast amounts of steam appeared around them. The steam mixed into the fog, making the dense mist in the area even thicker.

Boom! A massive explosion followed. A vast sea of flames swept over everyone's heads, and the heat wave scorched their faces red.

Gulp!

Someone in Kirigakure's group swallowed hard. Staring at the sudden vacuum and his teammate who had been completely evaporated, he said in terror.

"Doesn't Water Release counter Fire Release, and Earth Release counter Water Release? Where is he?"

The surrounding fog churned up and down like an ocean, constantly filling the vacuum that had just been scorched out by the Fire Release.

Once that area had been filled, everything around them returned to how it had been before.

Except, upon closer count, two people were missing.

Whoosh! At that moment, a kunai with an Exploding Tag attached tore through the air toward Asuka.

Under the Sharingan's powerful vision, the kunai's flight path was crystal clear.

Asuka grabbed the kunai by its handle and threw it backhand.

Boom! A violent explosion rang out among the crowd, and fragments of human bodies scattered in all directions like rain.

"Four!"