Mei Terumi VS Kakuzu

In Iwagakure, at the Tsuchikage's Office Building, Ōnoki, Ikura, and others are having a meeting.

Ikura said, "Third Lord, are we really not going to inform Yichen? Konoha has already taken action; if he's here, he'll definitely cause trouble."

Ōnoki shook his head and said, "Let's just take a break."

"Moreover, the two-month period was set by himself and Konoha, so he should have known that Konoha would take action at this time."

"Since there's still no reaction, it means he doesn't want to get involved."

"Even if he forgets, are you still planning to remind him? Are you going to let him take the risk?"

Ikura touched his nose, thinking, "That's right, what's wrong with me? I used to be against him going out and causing trouble, but now I feel like I'm getting used to it?"

After thinking for a moment, Ikura said, "Yichen does seem to have something on his mind. Ever since he returned from the front lines a while ago, he's seemed distracted."

"Perhaps they've encountered difficulties in their cultivation."

Ōnoki nodded and said, "His Light Release fusion is almost complete. Don't disturb him during this time."

"Okay, Han, you go and keep watch over him near the Little White Ball Laboratory, make sure nothing happens."

"The Light Release fusion is almost complete; the subsequent Five Elements Fusion is the most difficult part, and that's probably what he's worried about."

That's what he said, but Ōnoki couldn't help but think of what Yichen had said about the owner of the Little White Ball.

"Could it be that the owner of the Little White Ball has made a move?" Ōnoki wondered to himself.

Ikura nodded and said, "Indeed, the research group for the Little White Ball is already quite large."

"The village has also invested a lot of money, but judging from the current results, we are still far from being able to fully analyze the structure of the Little White Ball."

It's normal for Yichen to have some concerns.

Then Ikura asked, "Leaving aside Yichen, given the current situation in the Ninja World, what should we do?"

Ming said, "Konoha has already activated Defense Barrier around the village, so they're clearly prepared. We shouldn't interfere."

"Furthermore, even if we want to carry out various forms of political and economic suppression, we should wait for the results from the Land of Wind before making any decisions."

"By the way, is there any new information about the war in the Land of Wind?"

Saka shook his head and said, "The combat level there is too high; our intelligence ninjas don't dare to approach."

"The intelligence ninjas are only observing from the outside. However, based on experience, both sides seem to be holding back quite well; it doesn't look like a large-scale life-or-death battle."

Upon hearing this, Ōnoki sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do. After all, they are both Konoha ninja, so it's understandable that they held back."

"I hope Danzo wins, so that Konoha's forces will never be united and can continue to fight amongst themselves."

"Alright, let's talk about other things. How's the construction of that branch in the southwestern part of the Land of Fire going?"

The Land of Wind, in the desert.

Kakuzu and Mei Terumi fought to a standstill.

Kakuzu felt somewhat embarrassed to be overtaken by a junior.

He was a man who had thrown Kunai at the First Hokage; how could he be unable to handle a junior female ninja?

So after the battle had dragged on for a long time without him gaining the upper hand, Kakuzu chose to split his forces, sending two masked clones to flank Mei Terumi from the left and right.

Upon seeing this, Mei Terumi's sexy red lips curled into a subtle smile.

She hadn't gone all out in the previous battles. Bloodline Ninja, and even given the title of Kage in the original work, how could she easily reveal her limits to the enemy?

Furthermore, Mei Terumi possesses information about Kakuzu, and the Mist ninja were allies of both the Iwa ninja and Konoha.

Both the Iwa ninja and Konoha Kakuzu fought against Kakuzu; the Mist ninja naturally have similar information as well.

Mei Terumi not only knew Kakuzu's abilities and Kakuzu common tactics, but most importantly, she understood Kakuzu mindset.

Intelligence indicates that Kakuzu five hearts, making him extremely difficult to kill.

From his early days in the ninja village to the present, Kakuzu's actions have become somewhat flamboyant, and he has gradually come to believe that he is truly immortal.

Therefore, he tends to be quite bold in battle and doesn't know when to stop.

Based on these analyses, Mei Terumi has been Kakuzu to divide his forces!

Kakuzu may have forgotten that Mei Terumi is not his only opponent.

Mei Terumi led two squads, totaling eight elite Mist ninja.

Both of these Anbu Squad were reinforced squads from Mist ninja, composed entirely of Jonin. From the beginning Mei Terumi had them retreat, diminishing their impression on Kakuzu.

After all, asking them to deal with Kakuzu is indeed difficult for them. But asking them to deal with two masked clones is still manageable.

So, after the two masked clones had moved a distance away from Kakuzu, Mei Terumi inadvertently sent a signal to the two Anbu Squad.

As elite members of the Mist ninja, these two teams did not disappoint Mei Terumi.

The two teams quickly returned and each engaged one of the masked clones.

One of the masked clones is Water Release Clone, and the other is Lightning Release Clone.

The Lightning Release Clone somewhat better, but the Water Release Clone, facing a Jonin squad comprised entirely of Mist ninja led by an Elite Jonin, was completely outmatched.

Its single Water Release makes it ineffective against the Mist ninja Team.

Just as two Anbu Squad rushed out to engage the two masked clones, Kakuzu realized he had fallen into a trap.

But it was too late; at that moment, Mei Terumi unleashed her power.

"Boil Release - Art of the Clever Mist. Lava Release - Art of the Melting Monster." Mei Terumi unleashed two Bloodline Ninjutsu in quick succession.

She had used these two bloodline limit ninjutsu before, but this time, both the Hand Seals speed and the range of the ninjutsu were on a completely different level.

Kakuzu was still regretting falling into a trap Mei Terumi made her move, and he hadn't expected Mei Terumi to be hiding her true strength.

So, caught off guard, he was immediately enveloped by the dense fog of the Art of the Clever Mist, his body was corroded, and he was injured.

More importantly, he quickly broke out of the area covered by the Art of the Clever Mist.

However, due to the ability of the Art of the Clever Mist to obscure his vision, he did not notice the Lava Release that rushed out of the thick fog right behind him.

This was Mei Terumi's full-force Lava Release technique, Kakuzu knew the situation was dire.

He had just escaped the Art of the Clever Mist, his body hadn't even landed yet, and he had no time to dodge.

Then the two masked clones on his shoulders quickly separated from his main body. Using his main body as a fulcrum, they jumped out of the range of the Lava Release.

Subsequently, the two masked clones, having reached a safe position, simultaneously pulled on the Earth Grudge Fear connected to the main body, barely managing to pull the main body out of the Lava Release.

However, at this point, the original body's heart had already ruptured, and its body was severely corroded.

For most people, this would have been the end of them, but Kakuzu didn't give up.

The Wind Release masked clone immediately unleashed a Wind Release: Wind Release: Pressure Damage attack into the thick fog. The Fire Release masked clone, meanwhile, quickly replaced the original body's heart.

Then, Earth Grudge Fear, Kakuzu had replaced his Fire Release Heart, quickly generated a large number of Earth Grudges, Earth Grudge Fear as his body to barely repair his damaged form.

This process took quite a while, and although Kakuzu had the Wind Release Mask clones to cover him, Kakuzu was still quite worried.

If Mei Terumi a sneak attack at this moment, he will be at a great disadvantage.

Only after restoring his body did Kakuzu breathe a sigh of relief, at which point Kakuzu realized something was amiss.

Where is Mei Terumi?

This is reality, not anime. No one will wait for you to change bodies and adjust your state.

Judging from Mei Terumi's decisive action just now, she's not a novice who would make such a basic mistake.

Since that's the case...

"Not good." Kakuzu seemed to realize something and quickly looked towards where the Water Release masked clone and the Lightning Release masked clone were.

As if in response to his shock, two Mei Terumi emerged simultaneously from the thick fog, one on the left and one on the right.

Accompanying the two figures were two large-scale Lava Release Area of Effect Ninjutsu.

The next moment, the two unsuspecting masked clones were hit directly, and the mask on the Earth Grudge Fear also shattered.

Seeing this, Kakuzu knew he was doomed. Without uttering any harsh words, he turned and ran.

Kakuzu used the same speed he displayed after throwing Kunai at the First Hokage to escape.

If it were just Mei Terumi alone at that moment, she certainly wouldn't be able to catch up with him at her speed.

However, the two Anbu teams led by Mei Terumi were very well-rounded.

After all, they were representing the leader of the Kirigakure on this mission, and both teams of Anbu were fully equipped with Taijutsu, Genjutsu, ninjutsu, and Sealing Jutsu.

These people, in coordination with Mei Terumi, continuously disrupted Kakuzu with long- Area of Effect Ninjutsu, slowing Kakuzu his escape speed.

Then, a ninja skilled in Taijutsu quickly caught up.

Kakuzu didn't get very far before he was entangled by three Mist ninja.

Moreover, these three Mist ninja were very cautious; they didn't rush in all at once. Instead, two of them engaged the enemy while one roamed around outside.

After Kakuzu painfully created Wind Release mask clone to cover his retreat, the Mist ninja who had been roaming outside caught up with and entangled Kakuzu's main body once again.

Kakuzu quickly eliminate this Elite Jonin Mist ninja Village, but unfortunately...

Although this person was in a very sorry state dealing with Kakuzu's attack and was seriously injured in a short time, he managed to hold on Mei Terumi and the others arrived.

Kakuzu was plunged into despair. His fourth mask had just been destroyed by Mei Terumi, who had caught up with him. If his main body died, he would truly be dead.

At that Kakuzu, Chakra remembered Nagato, and he quickly channeled chakra into the Black Tortoise Ring on his hand.

However, Nagato's reply was slower than he expected. It might be because of the distance, or it might be Kakuzu had come out on his own to take on the mission, and Nagato was unprepared.

In short, even after Kakuzu was completely surrounded by Lava Release, he still hadn't received a reply from Nagato.

A moment later, the Mist ninja collected the four broken masks, Kakuzu's riddled body, and all the Earth Grudge Fear.

At that moment, an Anbu Squad Leader from the Mei Terumi, "Mei Terumi, shall we continue deeper into the Land of Wind?"

The two squad leaders from the two Mist ninja squads, the other one who was previously entangled with Kakuzu's main body is now seriously injured, this is the squad leader who is unharmed.

Mei Terumi glanced at the seriously injured squad leader, then at her other lightly wounded subordinates, and said, "We're not going. We've already done enough to take down a Kage Level ninja for Konoha."

"If Konoha can't even deal with Danzo like this, then Konoha is utterly useless."

"Besides, we don't have many people, and the proportion of wounded is too high. It's not appropriate for us to risk going into battle. Also, I was quite exhausted from the last First Shinobi War."

"Let's find a place to heal our wounds first, then we'll go back to the village."

"Yes," the squad leader replied, and immediately began to arrange the group's actions.

A short while later, after glancing once more in the direction of the Konoha Land of Wind branch, Mei Terumi left with eight subordinates.

The battlefield where Kakashi, and Danzo were located in the Konoha Land of Wind branch.

Since the battle between Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi began, his control over Ryosuke and White Fang has diminished.

With the six gates, Might Guy and Kakashi found it much easier to deal with the two Reanimated Body.

However, the immortality of the Reanimated Body still caused the two of them endless trouble.

The Impure World Reincarnation recovered too quickly. Although the two had defeated their opponents several times, the Barrier Team still couldn't find an opportunity to seal them.

Left with no other choice, Might Guy had to open the sixth and Seventh Gate, repeatedly destroying Ryosuke Reanimated Body in a very short time, which gave the Barrier Team an opportunity.

After Ryosuke was sealed away, Might Guy helped Kakashi seal away White Fang.

However, this meant that Might Guy would be unable to fight again for the time being.

Kakashi entrusted Might Guy to Shibi Aburame's care, and then headed towards the location of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.

When Kakashi arrived, he was immediately stunned by what he saw.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was bleeding from multiple places, while Danzo was completely unharmed, his expression a mix of madness and glee.

Clearly, Hiruzen Sarutobi Danzo the battle just now.

Kakashi frowned. He wasn't surprised that Hiruzen Sarutobi Danzo. Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't have many Trump Cards, but Danzo had the Sharingan and Wood Release.

He was simply wondering why Mei Terumi hadn't made a move.

The Hidden Mist ninja Danzo dispatched Mei Terumi to assist Konoha in dealing with Danzo. Konoha even paid a price for this, but Mei Terumi herself?

As agreed, Mei Terumi will not be under the command of Kakashi, the Hokage. She will remain in the shadows and choose her own time to fight.

When Kakashi didn't see Mei Terumi outside, he assumed she had secretly infiltrated the branch to support Mei Terumi Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But now it seems that something unexpected has happened to Mei Terumi as well.

Danzo Kakashi's expression, Danzo grinned and said, "Kakashi, isn't it strange that your reinforcements haven't arrived?"

"Hahaha, you think you're the only one with reinforcements? You think I haven't made any preparations at all?"

"To tell you the truth, your reinforcements have already been intercepted by my men."

Kakashi's mind raced with various thoughts before he finally asked, "Is it the Tsuchikage?"

It's no wonder Kakashi didn't think of Kakuzu; it's just that Yichen reputation.

He seems to be the only one in the Ninja World who likes to do this kind of thing. He has no choice but to take the blame.

Danzo has taken the Yichen so many times; as a staunch ally, it's time for Yichen for Danzo this time.

Moreover, Kakuzu was introduced to Danzo by Yichen, so it can also be considered Yichen's doing.

Kakashi thought to himself, "If it really is Yichen who broke the treaty, then we're in trouble. It's too dangerous for Mei Terumi to face Yichen alone."

Danzo deliberately didn't answer, saying instead, "Enough nonsense, you traitor, today I'm going to clean house."

After saying that, Danzo changed his fighting style from when he Hiruzen Sarutobi. He formed hand Hand Seals and prepared to use Wood Release.

Kakashi also has the Sharingan, specifically the Mangekyō Sharingan. In terms of familiarity with the Sharingan, Danzo admitted that he couldn't compare to Kakashi, who earned the title of Copy Ninja.

Furthermore, the Hatake Clan is skilled in swordsmanship. Although Kakashi, being an oddball, did not inherit White Fang's swordsmanship, Danzo did not want to take the risk.

Previously, Danzo bullied Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was a ninjutsu-type ninja without the help of the Enma. Now, facing the all-around warrior Kakashi, Danzo directly chooses to use his trump card.

Furthermore, Danzo subconsciously held back when fighting his best friend.

But who is Kakashi? He's the traitor who took his Hokage position. I'm young and strong; I could have Hokage for at least another ten years.

Furthermore, Kakashi had previously been sealed with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, putting his life in the balance.

He even gave him the code name "A," granting him the privilege of being second only to the leader. But how did Kakashi treat him?

Danzo said he couldn't bear this huge difference.

Therefore, upon seeing Kakashi, Danzo immediately lost control of his anger.

"Wood Release: Birth of Tree Sea"

As Danzo finished speaking with a sense of satisfaction, trees sprang up from the ground and quickly entangled themselves around Kakashi.

Wood Release can absorb Chakra, so Kakashi didn't dare to take the risk. He pulled Hiruzen Sarutobi and quickly retreated.

At the same time, Kakashi Hand Seals: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

A continuous stream of flames spewed from Kakashi's mouth, heading towards the sea of trees.

Kakashi used Fire Release to burn down large swathes of trees, but Danzo clearly somewhat mentally unstable.

This move was less of an attack and more of an outlet for his anger at being betrayed during this period.

He used Wood Release relentlessly, Kakashi's speed of burning trees was far slower than his speed of planting them.

In the blink of an eye, the entire branch was filled with trees.

However, Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi were not submerged by the Sea of Trees.

Shibi Aburame had been holding the line on the perimeter, promptly used the Kikaichū to bring the two of them out.

A single Kikaichū is not very powerful, but thousands of Kikaichū together easily rescued the two people from the air.

On the contrary, the Enma, who had been suppressing the Baku, was submerged by the sea of trees.

However, Enma can transform into the Adamantine Nyoi-bō. After transforming into the Adamantine Nyoi-bō, it quickly extends, with one end plunging into the ground and the other end extending directly to Hiruzen Sarutobi's side.

The Enma was also successfully pulled out by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Meanwhile, the Baku took the opportunity to break free from its spiritual connection. It was badly beaten by the Enma and was seriously injured.

His master, who could have easily defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi long ago, hesitated to deliver the fatal blow, preferring to savor the pleasure of suppressing Hiruzen Sarutobi.

After a large-scale Wood Release, Danzo finally calmed down and slowly walked out of the sea of trees.

Danzo's gaze turned cold as he watched his subordinates playing house with the people Kakashi brought.

He uttered a low shout, "Traitors, all traitors!"

As he spoke, he tried to Hand Seals to activate the sanction function within the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.

Just then, he suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, and a sense of temporal and spatial disorientation rose in his heart.

"Oh no, I've been hit by Space-Time Ninjutsu! It's Kakashi's eye technique!" Danzo quickly glanced at Kakashi while preparing to flee.

However, Kakashi's mastery of Kamui is now much more proficient than it was at the beginning.

Danzo only saw a glimpse of crimson in Kakashi's left eye before his body was torn in two.

Danzo was careless and was killed by Kamui, but it doesn't matter, he has many lives.

The next instant, Danzo's body vanished, and he reappeared beside him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi, who was covering his right eye, exclaimed in surprise at the same time, "Izanagi?!"

Danzo's expression wasn't good; he had been careless and hadn't dodged.

However, you only have one chance, while I have more than ten lives.

Danzo's left eye was also transplanted with Sharingan during surgery, but it was replaced after he arrived in the Land of Wind.

However, just like in the original story, he still had many Three-Tomoe Sharingan transplanted onto his right arm, and even more than in the original story.

He just used one.

Danzo hand Hand Seals, intending to continue using Wood Release.

But just then, he felt a blur before his eyes, and a tree branch stretched out from behind him, binding him tightly.

"I'm actually entangled by a tree?" Danzo in surprise. "Wood Release? Besides me, someone else knows Wood Release?"

However, Danzo quickly realized that this was not Wood Release, but Genjutsu.

Kakashi and the others knew Danzo even better than Danzo himself. Everyone knew what he was capable of. The shock that Kakashi and the others showed just now was all an act, just to lull Danzo into a false sense of Danzo.

Although Izanagi is strange, they had encountered it many times when annihilation of the Uchiha Clan, so they naturally analyzed its advantages and disadvantages and discussed various ways to deal with it.

One of the biggest drawbacks of Izanagi is that the caster is unaware of the outside world during the brief period between disappearing and reappearing.

Danzo, his right Sharingan, easily breaking the Genjutsu. Not only that, he also intended to use the opportunity to reflect the Genjutsu back at Danzo.

However, at the same time he was affected by the Genjutsu of Kurenai Yūhi, who was mixed in with the Anbu.

Several shadows quickly entangled him; it was the Nara Clan's Shadow Binding Technique, and it was several Nara Clan ninjas simultaneously casting it.

Danzo was startled and tried to break free, but it was too late. More than ten Kunai were shot at him quickly, leaving the immobile Danzo questioning his existence.

I, Danzo, actually died at the hands of Kunai? Am I not even worth as much as a minor character?

Danzo once again escaped death using Izanagi.

But Danzo had just been resurrected, didn't even have time to say a word before a hand suddenly reached out from under his feet.

"Earth Release - Headhunter Jutsu"

This is the third time.

Danzo's body disappeared and then reappeared on one side.

Boom~~

Kakashi had somehow created a Lightning Release Clone that had infiltrated nearby. As soon as Danzo appeared, Kakashi pounced on him and immediately chose to self-destruct.

The fourth Sharingan was completely blinded.

Then came the fifth and sixth time; each time Danzo appeared, Kakashi and the others were already preparing their attacks.

Clearly, these were all pre-planned tactics.

Danzo never appeared again after the seventh time.

Kakashi looked at a ninja from the Yamanaka Clan.

The man immediately replied, "Danzo within the sea of trees."

Kakashi frowned; this was something he hadn't anticipated when formulating the tactics.

The Forest of Trees is Danzo's territory. If Danzo keeps hiding in the Forest of Trees and doesn't come out, it seems that he really can't do anything to his opponent.