Uchiha Falls into a Trap

Su Zheng brought Nagato and Yahiko back to Amegakure.

He had found the two of them on the road. Without Konan, they had one less person to help them survive.

"This will be your home from now on. Konan, Haruna, come get acquainted with them."

Konan was arranging flowers. Seeing her brother bring back two boys, she could not help frowning, while Haruna showed no reaction.

Yahiko truly lived up to being the man of "God." He showed no stage fright and said with a smile, "Hello, I'm Yahiko, and this is Nagato." As he spoke, he pushed Nagato forward and introduced him.

Nagato was still the man behind Yahiko, but he was no longer quite so shy.

Before returning, Su Zheng had already sealed Nagato's Rinnegan, turning his eyes brown. He bravely showed his face, though his bashful expression made people think he was a girl!

After getting acquainted, Nagato and Yahiko officially joined Su Zheng's big family.

After spending some time together, their relationship grew closer. Yahiko was cheerful and quickly got along with the two girls. Nagato, on the other hand, was shy all day long, and Konan often teased him for being "more quiet than a girl."

"Brother, why are you building a third floor onto our house?"

Su Zheng showed no mercy and gave her a head pat.

"Mmm~"

The max-level head pat instantly robbed Konan of her ability to think. Her big eyes narrowed into crescents, and her little face flushed red.

"The war has already begun. There will be many more children like you, and I want to take them in."

Konan's cute brows furrowed together. She bit her lip, wanting to persuade her brother otherwise because she was afraid his affection would be divided, yet she did not want those children to wander like she had. She was deeply conflicted.

"It's alright. Even if others come, I'll still care for you just like before." Su Zheng kneaded Konan's soft little cheeks.

"Mm." Konan stopped agonizing over it.

He was building the third floor for Nagato and Yahiko as well. They were boys, and while it was fine when they were young, it would be inappropriate for them to live on the same floor as the girls once they grew up.

Konoha's main camp.

Orochimaru looked at the new generation of jonin from each clan and slowly said, "Our supplies have now been replenished. Over the past week, there have mostly been small-unit attacks. Although Uchiha En's squad was wiped out, we have won more battles overall."

"My deployment is as follows: the Uchiha troops will serve as the vanguard, while the sensory troops will serve as the vanguard's scouts..."

After the meeting ended, each unit made its own preparations.

Because of the Uchiha En incident, the candidates within the Uchiha troops were all wary of one another. In the end, they elected Uchiha Kage to temporarily manage the troops.

After Konoha's army rested for a week, they launched their offensive. In a single day, they pushed one hundred kilometers into the heart of the Land of Rain, their momentum at its peak.

Gray Rain Clan camp.

"Lord Rui, we've suffered too many casualties. Fifteen squads were lost today alone—more than fifty men, including eight jonin." An Amegakure chunin entered the tent and reported.

Damn it, is Hanzo trying to use Konoha's hands to wipe us out? Kaiyu Rui thought bitterly.

The Gray Rain Clan was considered a major clan in the Land of Rain. After so many years of building itself up, it only had three hundred troops. Losing one-sixth of them in one blow was heartbreaking.

He looked at Hizuki Hoshi beside him and said, "Hizuki Hoshi, we agreed back then that we would face Hanzo together. You can't break your promise."

Hizuki Hoshi, who had been sitting calmly, opened his eyes and said, "Naturally. Without you, how could we survive?"

"But you must give us twice the supplies." Hizuki Hoshi finally bared his fangs.

Kaiyu Rui clenched his arm tightly, his heart bleeding. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Fine. I'll pay half first, and we'll discuss the other half after the war ends."

"Good. I'll make the arrangements now." Hizuki Hoshi turned and left the main tent.

"Old fox!" Kaiyu Rui turned and ordered, "The plan can begin. Make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Yes."

Hanzo wanted to use Konoha to eliminate the two great clans, but did they not want to eliminate Hanzo as well? It all depended on who would have the last laugh!

Konoha's vanguard, the Uchiha troops.

A ninja wearing a fox mask was meeting with someone. At his feet lay the vanguard's sensory squad, collapsed in pools of blood.

"Do you know what your mission is?" the fox mask asked.

"I do. Lure the Uchiha troops into the predetermined location," Uchiha Hikari said casually.

"Very good. Don't let yourselves be discovered." The fox mask vanished in a flash.

"Raijin, keep chasing from behind. I'm going to take Hanzo's head. The clan leader's position is mine for the taking."

Following the agreement, Uchiha Hikari took the lead, bringing his trusted subordinates off the original route and toward the mission target.

"Damn it, chase him!" Uchiha Kage, Uchiha Yomi, and Uchiha Raijin led their own guards after him. They could not let the clan leader's position slip away.

Seeing that they had indeed followed, Uchiha Hikari revealed an eerie smile.

Little did they know, the place they were heading was not Hanzo's camp at all. It was a trap prepared long ago, an abyss meant to bury the many candidates and their followers.

Su Zheng's home.

At night, heavy rain poured without end. Visibility was dim, and only the wind's mournful wailing remained!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Suddenly, the world fell silent, leaving behind only the call of a whistle.

Su Zheng instantly woke up. His black pupils turned blood-red as three tomoe spun rapidly.

Crash!

The world shattered like a mirror. "This is genjutsu!"

Su Zheng got up, dressed, and went upstairs to release Konan and the others from the genjutsu.

A savage smile appeared on the youth's handsome face. "Very good, Kaiyu Rui. You've successfully enraged me!"

He could sense six powerful chakra signatures nearby. "Six jonin? You really think highly of me!" Su Zheng slipped into the darkness.

"Blackwater, how is it? He fell under the genjutsu, right?" a middle-aged jonin asked.

Cold sweat poured down Blackwater's face as he hurriedly said, "No, he's here..."

Before he could finish, the middle-aged jonin's chest was pierced through. "Oh! You seem to be a sensory ninja. Very nice." Su Zheng stood behind the middle-aged jonin and praised him.

Thud!

The middle-aged jonin's body fell to the ground, his face twisted in agony, while Su Zheng's pupils glowed scarlet and bewitching.

"Y-you... How do you have those eyes?" Blackwater's eyes widened in shock.

Genjutsu: Sharingan!

Blackwater's body went limp and collapsed to the ground.

After sparring with Uchiha En and the other two, his ocular power had greatly increased. Controlling a jonin was no longer a problem!

The four jonin controlling the formation were filled with terror. They had thought deploying the Four Violet Flames Formation was unnecessary, yet the two members moving inside it had been instantly killed.

Su Zheng licked his lips and curved them into a cruel smile. "Looks like I'll have to finish this quickly!"

At the camps of the Gray Rain Clan and Hizume Clan, the Uchiha troops broke out into fierce battle with them. They had encountered their strongest opponents.

In the forest not far away, a group of Root ninjas lay in ambush.

Watching the number of ninjas below gradually dwindle, the fox mask asked, "You completed your mission well. Have you decided how you'll report this when you return?"

Uchiha Hikari replied, "The Uchiha troops accidentally fell into an enemy ambush and were completely wiped out, leaving only Hikari alive, surviving with one arm severed."

With that, he drew his ninja blade and mercilessly swung it at his left arm.

Splat! Blood sprayed.

The fox mask stared at him for a long while before saying, "Very good. You truly are worthy of being Lord Danzo's adopted son." With a wave of his hand, a medical ninja stepped forward to stop the bleeding.

Uchiha Hikari's face was pale as he leaned weakly against a tree trunk. "The battle is about to end. It's time for you to act."

The fox mask did not look at him again. Turning to his subordinates, he instructed, "Leave no survivors on the battlefield. Use the issued bottles to preserve the Sharingan. Move out."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A group of figures rushed toward the battlefield. Regardless of identity, they killed everyone they saw, like a pack of demons.

On the battlefield, masked ninjas occasionally searched through corpses. Whenever they came across Uchiha Clan members, they removed their eyeballs and stored them in bottles.

In the distance, Kaiyu Rui and Hizuki Hoshi fled toward the rear with their respective subordinates, both on the verge of tears. They had no idea what was happening. The Uchiha troops had charged directly at their camps, and how could their men possibly withstand the Uchiha Clan's assault?

Even though they held a sixfold advantage in numbers, against the Uchiha Clan's powerful Sharingan, numbers only bought them a little more time.

They had spent so long plotting, yet before taking control of the Land of Rain, they had already lost the foundation they had painstakingly built.

Konoha's main camp.

Nara Yoshino, the Nara Clan's representative, came to the command room and asked, "Lord Orochimaru, the Uchiha troops have disappeared. Do you know what happened?"

Orochimaru watched the flickering candlelight and replied, "Who knows? It couldn't possibly have been Hanzo again, could it?"

Nara Yoshino asked, "Should we go search for them?" He did not actually like Uchiha Clan members. Their arrogant demeanor was detestable.

"Well, don't worry. They'll find their own destination!"

"Hahahaha!" After Yoshino left, Orochimaru let out a mad laugh.