Worsening

"According to you, it should be... Space-Time Ninjutsu."

"The art of time and space?"

Rasa chewed on this somewhat obscure phrase.

Roshi scratched his head in distress. Why were they encountering such troublesome monsters this time? A little girl who could control the Nine-Tails so skillfully was already enough to give them trouble, and now a boy who could use Space-Time Ninjutsu had appeared.

Konoha are really hard to chew!

Memories of the past flooded his mind. He was an elder of the same generation as the Third Tsuchikage, having witnessed Konoha's most prosperous era. Back then, Madara Uchiha could easily expel the Second Tsuchikage from the country. Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were like two towering mountains pressing down on the heads of the four great ninja villages. In addition to these two insurmountable mountains, the Second Hokage also earned the title of the Ninja World's Number One Speed with his Space-Time Ninjutsu.

"I never imagined that someone would master Space-Time Ninjutsu after the Second Hokage!" A murderous glint flashed in Roshi's eyes. "This kind of person cannot be allowed to live."

"But according to what you said, if the other party has no intention of fighting us, wouldn't we be completely helpless?" Rasa said dejectedly. The eyeball floating in the distance turned into quicksand and shattered, and the other eye, which had been tightly closed, immediately opened.

Minato and Kushina were already out of the range of his 'third eye'.

"No, there is still a way..."

Roshi gazed at the Black Tail Mountain, which had become much closer.

"Hey, Magnet Release kid, why is this mountain called Black Tail Mountain?"

Suddenly, Roshi turned to Rasa and asked.

"Huh? Why... How would I know about something like this..." Rasa retorted impatiently, but he quickly realized, "I see, that makes sense, our goal has always been there."

From underground, powerful streams of Chakra flew out. The Jonin did not all reveal themselves, but continued to rush from underground toward Black Tail Mountain.

Ultimately, their goal in fighting was to destroy the food and supplies stored by Konoha on Black Tail Mountain. As long as they continued to advance towards Black Tail Mountain, they would eventually meet again.

Thump!

A loud crash came from behind, Shukaku's massive body stood up again.

Chiyo stood at Shukaku's feet, watching Shukaku begin to move again, and nodded in satisfaction. Although it was difficult, she had given the One-Tail Jinchuriki emergency treatment and used her uniquely developed medicine to stimulate its Jinchuriki, even though this would severely damage the Jinchuriki's lifespan, deplete its lifespan, and cause irreversible damage to its Jinchuriki ...

However, this is the correct way to use Jinchuriki.

She firmly believed that she was right. The situation where people like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha subdued the Tailed Beast through strength was basically impossible to replicate. Therefore, in order to unleash the power of the Tailed Beast, it was inevitable that the Jinchuriki would have to make certain sacrifices. Everything was for the sake of victory!

Yes, everything is for the victory of this war!

"This is bad!"

Dan Katō revealed a bitter smile. He himself had lost count of how many enemies he had killed—dozens, hundreds—he was too lazy to count anymore. With each activation of the Spirit Transformation Technique, he felt like he could collapse at any moment. The dizziness in his brain was getting stronger and stronger, and the fine blood vessels in his pupils looked like spider webs.

"At this rate, Black Tail Mountain will definitely not be able to be saved..."

"I know... but even so, I can't back down. I'm the commander of the Black Tail Mountain Camp." Makita, covered in blood, staggered over, his arm twitching nervously as it hung limply at his sides, his steps unsteady. "Oh... that was close! If I'd fallen here, I'd be too ashamed to show my face."

Stepping onto a protruding rock, Makita wobbled a couple of times, narrowly avoiding falling.

Shukaku moved again. Standing here, you could see its enormous body approaching little by little. However, this time, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was nowhere to be seen.

"Um, Dan-kun, I'm a little embarrassed, but I have an important task for you... You will take men to find the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki..." Makita looked at Dan with extremely gentle eyes, giving him no chance to speak, "After finding the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, immediately retreat towards the border, and be sure to bring the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki back to the village... Remember, this is an order."

After saying that, Makita swallowed a handful of Ration Pills, blood dripping from his nostrils, but he didn't care at all. He continued to loudly command his subordinates to move. In fact, all the Konoha Ninja around him were doing the same thing, swallowing the Ration Pills they had stored up without hesitation. At this point, they were about to lose their lives, so who would care about the side effects?

With a bitter smile that lingered on his face, he struggled to his feet, stretching his legs which were a little sore and numb from sitting cross-legged for so long. Then he poured out all the Ration Pills from the wide-mouthed bottle, about twelve or thirteen of them. He didn't count them, but tilted his head back and poured them all into his mouth, chewed them a few times, and swallowed them.

Soon, a warm current rolled in his lower abdomen, and his gradually depleted Chakra became abundant again, and he returned to his normal state.

"We need to act quickly; this situation can't last much longer..."

Dan reached into his Ninja Tool Bag and found two ordinary medicine bottles inside. Then he formed hand Hand Seals, sank into the ground, and quickly stealthily headed towards Kushina's location.

"It's giving me a headache. Why don't you just die already?"

Orochimaru licked the wound on his face with his long tongue. The metallic taste of the blood made his pupils constrict, and his body trembled slightly with excitement.

Not far from Orochimaru, a two-meter-tall Stone Ninja and a Sand ninja wearing a white headscarf were panting heavily, their eyes fixed on Orochimaru with extreme vigilance. Even with their combined strength, they couldn't defeat this snake-like man. They hadn't encountered such a terrifying enemy in a long time.

"Enough talk, Earth Release: Iron Sand Bullet."

The Stone Ninja a step forward, opened his mouth and spat out a rock projectile the size of a melon, which grazed past Orochimaru's ear at incredible speed.

"Wind Release..."

"Manda, devour them!"

The earth trembled, and a giant purple serpent suddenly emerged from the ground, its enormous mouth opening wide and swallowing up a large area of land where the Stone Ninja and Sunagakure ninjas were standing.

"Pooh!"

The Manda spat out a mouthful of mud and sand.

"Earth Clone?"

Orochimaru remained calm, as he had anticipated the two's escape. After all, they were Jonin; it wouldn't be so easy for Manda to eat two Jonin as snacks... Of course, it wouldn't be too difficult either!