What Kind of Underhanded Trick Is This?

The Konoha Ninja reacted quickly.

After receiving Nara Shikafū's orders, all the ninja immediately assembled.

Although their expressions were tense, there was not much panic.

They had long since set up numerous traps around the camp to deal with all kinds of situations.

Trying to assault their camp was simply wishful thinking!

However, just as they stood ready and waited for the Cloud Ninja to walk into their trap, a Pitch Black Chakra ball streaked across the distant sky, leaving behind a brilliant trail.

Under the horrified gazes of the Konoha Ninja, the Chakra ball exploded above the camp.

The searing heat and Shockwave from the explosion instantly blasted the Konoha camp into ruins.

Immediately afterward, a second Chakra ball arrived.

It plowed a broad, deep trench through the ground before violently exploding within the Konoha camp once more.

"It's a Tailed Beast Bomb!"

"Damn it, Kumogakure has deployed a perfect Jinchuriki."

"Don't bunch together! Spread out and keep some distance!"

The two Tailed Beast Bombs directly shattered the Konoha Ninja's formation. The once highly disciplined ninja had now become headless flies.

Even though Nara Shikafū desperately tried to direct them, it was already useless.

Even more terrifyingly, Kumogakure's ninja had charged down the trench carved out by the Tailed Beast Bombs in one overwhelming rush.

The traps the Konoha Ninja had set in advance had long since been completely destroyed by the Tailed Beast Bombs.

What kind of underhanded trick was this?!

"Hahahaha... Charge with me! Today, we'll show these Konoha ninja what we're made of!"

"Look at those idiots running around everywhere. They've probably been scared stupid by the Tailed Beast Bombs."

"Today, let's properly teach these ignorant fools a lesson for our Uchiha brothers."

"Thanks, brother, but we Uchiha Clan ninja prefer to do things ourselves. We've put up with them for a long time. Today, we'll let them know why the Sharingan is so red!"

"..."

In the distance, Uchiha Yuzuru stood shoulder to shoulder with the Third Raikage, silently watching the battlefield ahead.

Under the leadership of A, Killer B, and Uchiha Fugaku, the Konoha ninja could not even put up any respectable resistance.

Their collapse was only a matter of time.

The Third Raikage looked at Uchiha Yuzuru and could not help saying, "Are these really Konoha's ninja? They look completely worthless."

"Still... Yuzuru, you do not seem as pleased as I imagined you would be."

Uchiha Yuzuru said blandly, "I don't like celebrating at halftime. An advantage in one battle does not mean much."

The Third Raikage nodded at those words.

He felt increasingly fortunate about his decision back then.

It could be said that the smooth progress of today's battle was entirely due to Uchiha Yuzuru.

Without being noticed, Uchiha Yuzuru had mapped out every Konoha outpost on the front line. That was why they had been able to wipe out all those Konoha sentry posts in an instant.

Uchiha Yuzuru had also found the location of the Konoha camp and proposed using Tailed Beast Bombs to clear away the traps. That was why they could smoothly engage the Konoha Ninja in close combat.

No matter how one looked at it, there was nothing to fault.

If someone like that became an enemy, he would probably lose sleep all night from the headache.

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Fortunately, this time, Konoha had taken the initiative to deliver such a powerful man into his hands.

In a command room dug deep underground, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and the others studied a map carefully beneath glaring white lights. Not one of them wore a smile.

The war had already been going on for a month, and Konoha's ninja had suffered grievous losses.

Even though Orochimaru and the others had personally come to the front lines to provide support, they had only managed to slow Kumogakure's offensive.

There was no other reason.

Kumogakure's tactics were simply too shameless.

No matter how well they concealed themselves, the enemy could always locate their command posts with perfect accuracy, fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at the command post, then fire another Tailed Beast Bomb at wherever ninja were gathered.

Then they would charge in blindly and slaughter their way through...

Even veterans like Orochimaru and the others had no solution to this.

They could not possibly scatter all their ninja separately, could they?

That would be no different from sending them to their deaths.

Amid the silence, Orochimaru's voice was hoarse and cold as he looked at everyone. "The war with Kumogakure has gone on for too long. We cannot keep dragging this out. Sunagakure and Iwagakure have already shown signs of massing troops along the border."

"We must end the war with Kumogakure before they launch an offensive."

Jiraiya nodded. "I agree. As long as we can hold back Kumogakure's top-tier fighters—A, Killer B, and Uchiha Fugaku—our ninja definitely will not lose to them."

He had originally planned to travel the Shinobi World with Minato Namikaze while continuing to help him try to gain control of the Nine-Tails' power.

But the war between Kumogakure and Konoha had forced him to put those plans aside for the time being.

Minato Namikaze, standing nearby, looked somewhat guilty as he said softly, "If I could control the Nine-Tails' power too, we would not be in such a passive position."

Not only could he not help on the battlefield right now, he had to carefully hide and avoid being discovered by Uchiha Yuzuru...

That left Minato Namikaze feeling extremely stifled.

Seeing this, Jiraiya comforted him. "Minato, you are very talented. You just need some time to grow."

"Don't worry. We will definitely defeat Kumogakure!"

Orochimaru spoke again. "Enough. Stop talking about irrelevant nonsense. I'll assign the combat missions now."

"I will deal with Uchiha Fugaku. Jiraiya, you will hold back Killer B. Sakumo-senpai, you will handle the one called A."

After Orochimaru finished speaking, Hatake Sakumo said hesitantly, "Orochimaru, although Uchiha Yuzuru has not acted so far, we must take his strength into account."

"I fought him before. His strength is absolutely no less than mine."

Hearing that, Orochimaru extended his tongue and licked his lips. "Ever since learning that Uchiha Yuzuru possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan, my teacher and I have been searching through records."

"According to documents left behind by the Senju Clan, Uchiha Madara seemed to have gone blind for a period after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan."

"Later, Uchiha Izuna was severely injured by the Second Hokage. Only after Uchiha Madara transplanted his younger brother's eyes did he regain his sight."

"Although I cannot be certain, using the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities may very well carry the risk of blindness."

"I believe that is also why Uchiha Yuzuru rarely takes action."

After hearing Orochimaru's explanation, Hatake Sakumo was still concerned. "But we cannot gamble..."

"We must gamble!" Orochimaru cut Hatake Sakumo off and said coldly, "We do not have that many top-tier fighters. If we want to win, we must use this method."

After saying that, Orochimaru's gaze swept over everyone. "If you fear Uchiha Yuzuru taking action, then kill your opponents as quickly as possible."

"This is the only method I can think of."