The Death of the Kazekage

On the other side, Yuzhen and Kakashi successfully escaped the capital of the Land of Wind.

As a cautious person, Yuzhen had long since marked a Flying Thunder God seal outside the capital before this mission even began.

The location was impeccable; it was exactly where the other squad was stationed.

Facing Sasori's attack just moments ago, he had taken Kakashi directly with him.

Using the Flying Thunder God, he returned to this spot.

Presumably, that guy Sasori of the Red Sands...

Must be feeling quite speechless right now.

Yuzhen felt a surge of pride in his heart.

However, he immediately cut off that train of thought.

Upon returning to the camp, both he and Kakashi knew that the mission took priority.

They immediately met up with Akimichi Choza.

"Senior Choza, how is the situation? Have Senior Shibi and the others brought the Daimyo and his son back?"

"Everything went smoothly. Everyone has returned, except for Minato-kun."

Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzhen was a bit confused.

The mission objectives were already in hand.

Shouldn't Namikaze Minato have been able to shake off the Kazekage with ease?

Now that everyone else had safely returned to camp, The only one missing was Minato, who held the title of 'Yellow Flash'.

Had some special situation occurred?

Thinking of this, Yuzhen said to those present:

"Everyone knows that I possess the Flying Thunder God."

"As for the situation on Minato-sensei's side, I will go and take a look!"

Hearing Yuzhen's suggestion, Akimichi Choza's chubby face turned serious.

"Very well, kid Yuzhen, go immediately and see what exactly is going on over there!"

There was no other choice; for the Konoha shinobi present, This was the optimal solution!

The mobility of the Flying Thunder God

Was something all Konoha shinobi understood very well.

Especially since, They had just witnessed it moments ago.

Uchiha Yuzhen and Kakashi had appeared out of thin air in the camp.

With this kind of ability, Unless one was determined to die while covering a retreat, It was basically impossible for anything to go wrong.

Hearing the response, Uchiha Yuzhen didn't waste any words.

With a flash of his figure, He vanished from the camp.

Yuzhen's figure

Reappeared in the city.

Moving swiftly and nimbly, he arrived at the place where Namikaze Minato and the Third Kazekage had been fighting.

The moment he entered this area, The scene that met his eyes left Uchiha Yuzhen greatly shocked.

Namikaze Minato was currently engaged in battle with Sasori of the Red Sands.

That was not what surprised him.

What shocked him was, The Third Kazekage, clad in a black cloak, lay not far away, his body a bruised shade of purple.

The purplish hue of his skin made it clear to Yuzhen that the man had been brought down by poison.

In that very moment, Yuzhen immediately analyzed the situation.

Of the three people present, there was no need to say who was the one skilled in using potent toxins.

Only Sasori, that puppeteer, was a master of such arts.

And so...

There was no need to overthink the Third Kazekage's collapse.

It was clearly Sasori's handiwork.

Yuzhen was not surprised by this.

In the original story, it was around this time that Sasori assassinated the Kazekage.

It was only natural for him to strike a lethal blow now.

At this moment, the two combatants in the arena noticed Yuzhen's arrival.

Seeing this, Namikaze Minato raised an eyebrow, his expression beginning to relax.

He called out to Yuzhen:

"Yuzhen, go check on the Third Kazekage first."

Indeed, Minato was very worried about the Kazekage's condition at that moment.

He truly had not expected that this mission would involve something like internal strife within Sunagakure.

This Sasori had used a poisoned weapon to ambush the Kazekage from behind while he was fighting the Kazekage himself!

This was a consequence Minato could not accept.

If the Kazekage were to die during this mission, even a fool could see that regardless of whether Sunagakure could uncover the truth, the blame would undoubtedly be pinned on Konoha.

He was well aware of the current situation in the Ninja World.

If such a situation were to occur, a great war would be inevitable.

It was precisely for this reason that he had been entangled with Sasori until now, hoping for a turning point.

Now, that turning point had arrived.

As soon as Yuzhen appeared, he immediately called out for him to check on the Kazekage.

Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzhen did not waste any words.

He flashed toward the Third Kazekage.

Fortunately, all of Sasori's attacks were blocked one by one by Minato.

He reached the side of the Third Kazekage without any difficulty.

Seeing the unconscious Kazekage, he immediately knelt down to examine him.

"This is not good," Yuzhen whispered after finishing his check.

He looked up and hurriedly shouted to Minato:

"Teacher Minato, the Kazekage's condition is critical. If he isn't treated, he will die in ten minutes at most."

"Then Yuzhen... take Lord Kazekage to our camp and have the medical ninjas treat him with everything they have!"

"Understood!"

Having received his orders, Uchiha Yuzhen hoisted the Third Kazekage onto his shoulder and prepared to leave the battlefield.

Sasori, seeing this, could no longer hold back.

He had gone to such great lengths to seize the opportunity to ambush the Kazekage.

Not to mention the hatred in his heart.

Ever since he completed his research on Human Puppets, he had long been drooling over the "strongest" Kazekage!

"Don't even think about taking the Kazekage away!" With a loud roar, he assumed a desperate stance.

His extra mechanical arms produced a scroll.

Poof!

A massive number of puppets appeared out of thin air.

Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets activated at full power!

Unlike his previous battle with Yuzhen, where he had only used a hundred puppets, Sasori, now frantic, had emptied his entire arsenal!

Over three hundred puppets in total opened their mechanical arms.

They lunged violently toward Uchiha Yuzhen and the Third Kazekage.

In the distance, Namikaze Minato felt quite helpless.

His finishing moves were all high-mobility techniques, and without any area-of-effect ninjutsu, he was at a loss against the hundreds of puppets Sasori had unleashed.

Anxious, he could only flicker between positions, using the single-target lethality of the Rasengan to destroy as many puppets as he could.

As the one facing the full brunt of Sasori's firepower, Uchiha Yuzhen was just about to activate the Flying Thunder God to escape when he realized something fatal.

Although the Flying Thunder God, as a space-time movement technique, did not require the same physical durability as Kumogakure's "Heavenly Transfer Technique," it was still something the Third Kazekage, currently riddled with toxins, could not withstand.

The Flying Thunder God required superhuman neural reflexes to utilize; for the Third Kazekage in his current state, it would be a death sentence.

There was no help for it; while examining the Third Kazekage earlier, Yuzhen had discovered that the poison was a neurotoxin.

"Tsk, what a pain!" Uchiha Yuzhen clicked his tongue, having no choice but to activate the Uchiha Style Body Flicker Technique to evade Sasori's attacks.

Just then, an unexpected situation arose.

Several Sand Ninja appeared on the periphery of the battlefield.

In their eyes, it looked as though Konoha ninjas had captured their Kazekage, while Lord Sasori was desperately trying to "rescue" him!

They shouted out:

"Damn Konoha ninjas, let go of Lord Kazekage!"

"What's the point of yelling? Use ninjutsu to stop him!"

The Sand Ninja reacted immediately, all of them unleashing Wind Style ninjutsu.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Multiple Wind Style techniques, possessing both cutting power and concussive force, surged toward Yuzhen from the front.

Facing a situation where he was caught between a rock and a hard place, all while carrying a paralyzed man, Yuzhen felt unprecedented pressure.

Suddenly, one of the puppets pursuing him from behind underwent a transformation.

Its body elongated violently!

The extended frame caught up to Yuzhen in an instant.

The puppet swung its arm.

A sharp blade pierced straight through the Third Kazekage on Yuzhen's shoulder.

"Damn it! I was careless!" Yuzhen's expression turned ferocious.

At this point, it was essentially impossible for the Kazekage to survive.

If that was the case!

Then don't blame me for being ruthless!