Better My Brother Than Me

Toneri hadn't expected that the two women, who didn't seem particularly strong, would be so formidable in combat.

One of them was even of Uchiha blood and had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Therefore, it seems that these two are the main force of this team.

That makes sense, after all, among the grave-digging team, there was a seemingly kind old man, a short, androgynous man, a blind man in a trench coat and sunglasses, and an electrician standing still studying the lighting system...

Well, the only ones who seem to have fighting ability are the fat guy and others who are buried in their work.

Thinking of this, Toneri immediately ordered the puppets surrounding Kushina and Hikari to restrain them, while the rest went after the grave-digging team.

At this time, with Choza and others working diligently, Kazashiro and his group had already dug up most of the grave.

Feeling that they had collected enough samples, Kazashiro called a halt to the operation and prepared to continue exploring the ruins to see if they could find a path to the Palace of the Toneri.

Just then, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been all smiles, suddenly turned serious, took out several shuriken from his ninja tool bag, and threw them toward the intersection they had come from.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

A dense barrage of shuriken pierced the body of a puppet about to attack. As Hiruzen his move, the others reacted instantly and rushed toward the entrance in unison.

We must get away from this position as soon as possible, otherwise, if the enemy occupies the high ground, we might end up in the graves they just dug.

"Partial Expansion Jutsu!"

Choza took the lead and punched the entrance, forcibly widening the entrance that was originally only wide enough for one person to pass through.

With Yamato being the last to break through, the group finally returned to the outside world.

As soon as they came out, they saw countless puppets occupying high positions and attacking them.

"Earth Release · Earth Style Wall."

Hiruzen Earth Release, then deftly dodged the puppet's attack, and kicked it away.

"This is a puppet."

Sensing this peculiar footsteps, Hiruzen realized the enemy's identity and immediately shouted a warning.

"Clear."

Upon hearing that the other party was indeed a puppet, just as he had expected, Kazashiro immediately unleashed his strongest large-scale mob ninjutsu.

"Immortal Technique: Ice Release - Ice Dissipation Cloud Scatter Great Burial Array!"

Skeleton soldiers emerged, brandishing weapons and engaging the puppets in battle.

Several ranged attack puppets were about to launch an attack when they were shot through by archers and fell to the ground, wobbling.

"You are, Hizashi Hyuga."

Just as the puppets and skeleton soldiers were locked in a fierce battle, Hizashi Hyuga suddenly sensed someone approaching from behind. He quickly turned around and saw a boy with his eyes closed standing behind him.

"Who are you?"

Hizashi Hyuga instinctively threw a punch, which was dodged by Toneri.

"Can you see him?"

Hearing the sound, Kazashiro turned around and happened to see Toneri, who had no eyes.

"Snort."

Upon hearing this, Toneri made no attempt to explain to the androgynous man before him.

Although he himself has no eyeballs, he can see the outside world by condensing Chakra on his forehead.

Furthermore, when he was a child, Toneri, led by his father, went to Konoha many times to spy on Hinata Hyuga's every move.

More importantly, his father had been intentionally encouraging Toneri to marry Hinata Hyuga.

"What a cold-blooded fellow, take this."

Seeing this, Kazashiro had no intention of continuing to talk to the other party. He threw out the Flying Thunder God Kunai and was about to exchange a few blows with Toneri.

The Ōtsutsuki Clan possesses exceptional Taijutsu. Faced with Kazashiro's attack, Toneri remained calm and instead stood still to fight him.

"Rasengan!"

Using the Flying Thunder God Technique to move to Toneri's side, Kazashiro was about to unleash Rasengan on his waist.

Toneri suddenly raised his leg and kicked at Kazashiro's arm, trying to change the direction of the Rasengan's attack.

Kazashiro then moved again, appearing behind Toneri.

This guy probably doesn't have the ability to absorb Chakra; a single Rasengan attack could cause considerable damage.

The Rasengan hurtled down, but missed its target.

Toneri possesses the ability to fly, and he ascended to dodge the attack before the Rasengan hit.

They're a bit difficult to deal with.

Kazashiro is not a little potato; it doesn't have the ability to fly.

The Scientific Ninja Tools used for flying had been removed and placed into a scroll.

"Go, Enma!"

Just as Kazashiro was preparing to find an opportunity to put on his flying ninja tools, Hiruzen's angry roar caught his attention.

Hiruzen summoned Enma at some point and transformed him into the Adamantine Staff, which grew longer and struck at Toneri.

Toneri never expected the seemingly kind old man to be so fierce, and was caught off guard and pierced through.

However, the expected flesh and blood did not appear at his wound. As the Toneri landed, everyone realized that it was just a puppet disguised as Toneri.

With the Human Puppet being shot down, the remaining puppets also abandoned the battle and withdrew from the fray.

"This guy knows you."

Hiruzen then dispelled his Summoning Technique and looked at Hizashi with a smile.

Of course, Hizashi didn't believe that the Third Hokage was genuinely laughing.

He hurriedly waved his hand, trying to defend himself against the other party's words. "Lord Third, I really don't know him. As you know, I'm just Branch Family. These ancient legends and such are all handled by the Main Family."

Although the Main Family Branch Family the main family have been abolished, the Branch Family had never come into contact with those classic texts before, and had no interest in looking at them after the abolition.

"So, Hiashi has been hiding something from us?"

Kazashiro, standing to the side, added insult to injury with a sly smile.

"Uh, I guess... right?"

Seeing the two Hokage looking at him with identical smiles, Hizashi, in the spirit of "better to die than the younger brother," pushed all the blame onto Hiashi.

"I didn't wrong you, brother. After all, I really didn't know anything about these things."

Hizashi tried to justify himself in his mind.