Midway Ambush

Uchiha Shisui returned to Konoha with two hundred ninja and over a hundred severely injured ninja. Two days had passed since they set out.

These past two days, Kushina had also grown quite disgusted with this war.

Because she was strictly confined to the Command Center, and whenever a Kumogakure Ninja squad was discovered, it was always Konoha squads that took action.

She was like an old Buddha statue, presiding over the Command Center.

But Kumogakure hadn't attacked the Command Center at all, leaving her no room to display her abilities.

So recently, she had been asking Minato to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to send her back to Konoha.

Leaving a Shadow Clone of herself at the Command Center would suffice.

Minato couldn't argue with her and had no choice but to actually use the Flying Thunder God to bring Kushina back to Konoha.

However, each time Kushina and Minato appeared in Konoha Village disguised as other people, they would only watch Naruto from a distance, never revealing themselves.

But then again.

With Anju present, and after being reminded by Kurama, Naruto naturally knew that his mother, Kushina, had come to see him.

So he was very active, almost completely integrated with the Uchiha children in the Uchiha Clan Residence.

He was just a bit of a rival with Sasuke; the two of them would start competing with each other as soon as they met.

Kushina was also very happy, after all, Naruto was becoming more and more sensible. Watching Naruto grow up made her genuinely happy.

Anju was also very happy, because Naruto was almost four years old, and with his Uzumaki Physique, he could already perform Chakra Extraction.

In other words, Naruto could completely learn the Chakra Extraction Technique.

Anju already had quite a few expectations.

After all, Anju planned to learn the ninja's Chakra Extraction Technique to extract his own Chakra, instead of using the unfamiliar Yin Nine-Tails Chakra.

His Chakra control ability was too weak, how could this be?

He was in the Ninja World after all, he couldn't really just lie down and do nothing.

Otherwise, if Nagato made a move first, or if Obito wanted to destroy the world prematurely, he couldn't just hand over the initiative to uncertain enemies.

In the original work, Nagato waited until Naruto grew up before making a move, but Anju felt uneasy.

Under the Rinnegan, could he and Kurama really contend?

Minato's Chakra was also a method Anju left behind. If Nagato made a move first, with Minato's Chakra, he could completely take Kushina and Naruto and escape.

But escaping was not the fundamental solution. Sooner or later, he would need to face the Akatsuki, the strongest organization in the Ninja World at this stage.

And recently, Naruto also often hung out with Kurama.

At this age, Naruto was already sensible and very polite, and he didn't feel any repulsion towards Kurama, this big fox.

Moreover, he felt a little apologetic.

Because Anju had already told Naruto that he had misunderstood Kurama's gender when he was a child.

And after Naruto started hanging out with Kurama, he naturally started watching Ultraman.

Anju didn't know what to say either.

Sometimes Anju felt that Ultraman was good for Naruto's worldview development and was a good tokusatsu series.

Moreover, it also contained dark parts, which could strengthen Naruto's ability to distinguish right from wrong.

This was something Anju hadn't expected.

What was originally just something for Kurama to pass the time had become significant.

On the other side.

In the Land of Hot Water.

A team of ninja pushing injured comrades had just passed through a small forest when dozens of shuriken were shot out from within.

At the same time, an explosion occurred on the other side.

A team of ninja wearing Kumogakure attire and various masks launched a surprise attack on this team of ninja.

The most terrifying thing was that there were over fifty of these attackers, and they were all Special Jonin to Jonin level.

This instantly stunned the three hundred ninja led by Uchiha Shisui.

The injured also picked up their weapons, preparing to fight these "Kumogakure Ninja" to the death.

Shisui also instantly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and simultaneously created dozens of Shadow Clones to attack these "Kumogakure Ninja".

The "Kumogakure Ninja" formed hand signs in perfect sync, and various Ninjutsu were shot towards these clones, while some Taijutsu ninja also charged towards the Konoha Genin.

Soon, Shisui noticed something was off about these "Kumogakure Ninja".

Because most of the "Kumogakure Ninja" were using Lightning Release Ninjutsu, and a small portion were using a combination of swordsmanship and Taijutsu, not Ninja Body Technique.

After clashing with these "Kumogakure Ninja", Shisui was also very surprised.

Because the ninja opposite him was using swordsmanship that even had traces of Konoha-Style Swordsmanship.

Clearly, these "Kumogakure Ninja" were Konoha ninja in disguise.

What saddened Shisui the most was that some of these ninja were slaughtering the Genin and severely injured he was leading.

So Shisui could only use Susanoo once again to protect his comrades.

After using Susanoo, blood tears flowed from Shisui's eyes.

Clearly, he had overused his eyes.

And when these "Kumogakure Ninja" saw that Shisui had used Susanoo, they immediately began to retreat.

"Susanoo: Ninety-Nine!"

Shisui's Susanoo chest armor opened, and green Chakra arrows shot rapidly towards these "Kumogakure Ninja".

The "Kumogakure Ninja" used various Ninjutsu to try and block these green Chakra arrows.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

These "Kumogakure Ninja" also used Ninjutsu as if their lives depended on it, using defensive Ninjutsu if they could, and even using combination Ninjutsu to counterattack if they couldn't.

From this, it was also evident that these "Kumogakure Ninja" were disguised, as Kumogakure Ninja didn't have that many ninja who used Ninjutsu.

Most of the arrows shot by Shisui's Ninety-Nine were not blocked, and some "Kumogakure Ninja" were directly pierced through their bodies, with twelve of them instantly falling.

The remaining "Kumogakure Ninja" didn't retreat very far.

They regrouped again further away.

These "Kumogakure Ninja" were somewhat silent.

Shisui's attack was too sharp; they couldn't defend against it, and if they weren't careful, they could fall.

Among the twelve who fell was a Jonin.

"The adult's order must be completed. We will launch another surprise attack later."

"Yes!"

The "Kumogakure Ninja" dispersed again.

Meanwhile, the casualty rate in the squad led by Shisui was quite high.

Half of the two hundred Genin and severely injured had died, which made Shisui even more sorrowful.

They were ninja from the same village, so why were they so ruthless?

It must be the ninja clans in the village who were prejudiced against the Uchiha Clan who were behind this!

When he was in the Third Hokage's Anbu, he already knew that there were ninja in the village who were hostile to the Uchiha Clan.

The Third Hokage also knew, and the Third Hokage was already trying to persuade these ninja, but now he was still attacked by these ninja who were hostile to the Uchiha Clan, and he had also implicated the Genin and injured who were returning with him.

"Let's keep moving."

Shisui said, and led these Genin to continue forward, and then Shisui's nightmare began.

Because the road back to the village was full of traps.

And as soon as he made a move, these "Kumogakure Ninja" would immediately avoid him from a distance.

Along the way, only a dozen or so of the two hundred ninja and severely injured under Shisui remained.

Shisui absolutely would not let these Genin get too far away from him, to prevent them from being ambushed by those "Kumogakure Ninja".

And the "Kumogakure Ninja" also suffered significant losses.

Gradually, only twenty-four of them remained.

Among these twenty-four, there were eight Jonin.

As soon as they found an opportunity, they would immediately attack Shisui.

Shisui's vision was becoming increasingly blurry, and he didn't dare to use Susanoo against these "Kumogakure Ninja" anymore.