Quick, Go Invite Ancestor Hanzo

Hezi had just killed Kaguya Eita when a piercing, explosive roar echoed from the cave in the distance.

The familiar thunder of a Railgun!

0015 and Uchiha Fucheng naturally knew this was Mikoto's handiwork.

"Besides that Kaguya bloodline user, are there other enemies in the cave?" Fucheng asked.

Hezi slapped her forehead in a panic, "Oh no, there's still that insidious Rain ninja who uses poison. I wounded him earlier but failed to finish him off."

The group rushed over to take a look, and sure enough, it was Mikoto, wreathed in lightning, wreaking havoc inside the cavern.

Kai Muyu, who had been hiding in the cave, had just been dragging his body—burned by Hezi—to launch another sneak attack on Hatake Jiangyi using concentrated Salamander toxins.

Kai Muyu, who was just about to kill Hatake Jiangyi, was caught in a "face-to-face thrashing" by the suddenly appearing Mikoto.

In front of Mikoto, Kai Muyu's toxin attacks were rendered completely useless.

The massive clouds of Salamander poison were quickly eradicated by the ionizing ozone generated by Mikoto's electromagnetic field.

The insidious Rain ninja, attempting to flee into a secret passage, was cleanly and decisively blasted into pieces on one side of his body by a single Railgun shot from Mikoto.

He was no Uchiha Obito; surviving without half of his body was nothing more than a pipe dream.

Even the deep secret passage where Nagashima Ryosuke had been hiding was blasted into an "open-air cave" with a ten-meter-wide opening by Mikoto's Railgun.

Nagashima Ryosuke was scared out of his wits.

Hiding in the passage, his face was covered in wounds from flying debris.

The deafening roar of the Railgun had also ruptured his eardrums, leaving them bleeding.

Unable to hear anything, Nagashima Ryosuke could only scream frantically at the Konoha ninja.

"I surrender! Don't kill me! I have other medicine warehouses, I can be of use..."

"Noise!" Fucheng used a Body Flicker technique to close the distance, extended his right hand, and gave a light swipe at Nagashima Ryosuke's neck.

Before Nagashima Ryosuke could slump to the ground, Uchiha Fucheng's large hand clamped firmly onto the top of his head!

"You hurt my people, and now you have the gall to think of surrendering? Is your brain filled with water?"

Using the Yamanaka secret technique, Nagashima's memories surfaced rapidly.

Fucheng obtained the answers he sought.

With a squeeze of his large hand, he caused Nagashima Ryosuke to bleed from his seven orifices, and the man miserably breathed his last.

"This is your medicine warehouse? These are clearly the logistics supplies prepared by my own Uchiha clan."

After a hard-fought battle, the fortunate trio of Hezi and the others departed.

Fucheng specifically upgraded this mission to an A+ rank achievement.

Although the importance of Nagashima Ryosuke's mission wasn't high, the combat prowess displayed by Kaguya Eita and the insidious Rain ninja had already exceeded that of a standard A-rank mission.

"Hezi, you must keep your Mangekyo a secret. I will first instruct you on how to master the usage and ocular techniques of the Mangekyo. Your squad's field missions are suspended for one week."

Fucheng looked at Hezi, sternly admonishing the three of them.

Hezi naturally understood the gravity of the situation.

Given the village's attitude toward the Uchiha, the emergence of another pair of Mangekyo might not necessarily be a good thing.

"Clan Head, Hezi understands."

The other two nodded repeatedly, "We will strictly guard this secret."

Fucheng wasn't afraid of the Konoha higher-ups finding out.

He simply understood that there was still Uchiha Madara out there, constantly eyeing the entire Uchiha clan.

Furthermore, Hezi's use of the Mangekyo would degrade her vision.

Without a blood relative to provide the ocular power for an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Mangekyo was like a weapon with limited uses but immense power.

He had to warn Hezi to use her Mangekyo ocular power with caution.

Hezi and her two companions had narrowly escaped death this time.

Facing tricky enemies, they had all displayed remarkable courage and extraordinary fighting spirit.

Mikoto, as the squad leader, still felt guilty for failing to protect them, "Hezi, Jiangyi, Nonō, it is this sister who failed to protect you all."

Unexpectedly, 0015, who had replaced her as the leader, grinned broadly, "Big Sister Mikoto, look at my face—I'm the one protecting them.

I am also a part of you; I possess your memories and your abilities. These three are my younger siblings as well."

The three youngsters burst into happy laughter upon hearing this.

They hugged Mikoto and the significantly taller 0015, moved to the point of both crying and laughing.

"Don't worry, Sister. We will also keep working hard so that you can rely on our strength with peace of mind."

Uchiha Hezi patted her chest, speaking with immense pride.

Possessing the Mangekyo Sharingan and space-time ocular jutsu, Hezi's combat capability suddenly rose to a level where she could help her sister share the danger.

As for 0015, the Moon Sister whom the three of them had truly accepted, she had also become the most important bond in their lives because of this life-and-death battle!

"My Moon Sister" almost became a catchphrase for the three of them.

Watching the three little ones crying and laughing, Mikoto felt helpless.

Patting their little heads, Mikoto nodded affirmatively, "Fine, then let 0015 stay with the three of you."

This sentence made them even more excited.

Especially Yakushi Nonō; having just experienced life and death, the little one treated 0015 almost like her own mother.

In the days that followed, she acted like a little follower, being exceptionally affectionate toward 0015.

She was only a step away from learning 0015's line, "I represent the moon to finish you off."

To strengthen her combat ability, Nonō even learned the taijutsu techniques for a one-handed warhammer from 0015.

The sight of her carrying a warhammer while working as a part-time medical ninja had quite the flavor of a "Paladin healer" from a game.

Even more miraculously, Nonō transplanted the arm that was clearly a size larger from 0015 without the slightest discomfort.

Her body cells were exceptionally compatible with the White Zetsu cells; Yakushi Nonō's movement flexibility and physical constitution had both improved significantly due to the catalytic effect of the White Zetsu cells.

In the eyes of Uchiha Fucheng, Yakushi Nonō's medical ninjutsu ability, in particular, had undergone a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering change.

The chakra amplification from the White Zetsu cells meant Nonō no longer suffered from the trouble of "running out of mana."

Fucheng even brought out the medical ninjutsu Yin Healing Wound Destruction that he had obtained from "Kabuto."

This allowed Yakushi Nonō, the foster mother of Yakushi Kabuto, to enjoy the joy of advanced learning ahead of time.

Having harvested the "enthusiastic sponsorship" of the wealthy merchants in the Land of Rain, Fucheng's "cleansing battles" in the occupied enemy rear proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

Even the logistical pressure on Hatake Sakumo became much lighter.

"The war situation has far exceeded our estimates." This progress on the battlefield made the high-level officials of the Land of Rain start to lose their composure.

The Land of Rain, a small nation, was not like a large country such as the Land of Fire, which had a Daimyo and nobles.

The entire country relied on the military strength and authoritative rule of Salamander Hanzo.

The so-called nobles who managed the Land of Rain were actually branches of Salamander Hanzo's family and core members of the ninja clans of the Land of Rain.

Doing this had obvious benefits.

It could concentrate the country's tax revenue, trade income, and land income entirely in the hands of the ninja village.

In terms of war mobilization and financial mobilization, Salamander Hanzo did not need appropriations from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire like Konoha did.

But the downsides of doing this were also very obvious.

In a system like Konoha's, there was no need to be overly concerned about the safety of various towns and villages when fighting in the Land of Fire.

Those towns were the territory of the Daimyo and nobles; if they were destroyed, they were destroyed.

Konoha ninjas only needed to guard the ninja power of Konoha village.

But the Land of Rain was different.

Every village and town was an extension of Salamander Hanzo and Amegakure.

Every part lost, or every part invaded and occupied by Konoha, was equivalent to cutting flesh from the body of the Land of Rain.

Therefore, facing the relentless pressure from Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, the high-level officials of the Land of Rain were in a complete panic.

They had one, and only one, way out.

That was to hide under the table and shout mindlessly at the top of their lungs:

"Hurry, hurry and invite Ancestor Hanzo!"