"Leave your life behind."
"When you get back, tell everyone in Sunagakure..."
"My name is Uchiha Chuanyu."
He slowly turned around.
Chuanyu headed straight for the battlefield on the other side.
Stepping out of the heavy puppet shell,
Chiyo gasped for breath.
In the blink of an eye,
the elite unit sent by Sunagakure had been wiped out by a young upstart.
What kind of power was this...?
The Iwagakure unit attacked from the left.
The hidden Uchiha clan members spotted them at once.
The moment the enemy entered their range,
Uchiha Hiuhe led his men straight into the attack.
With the Sharingan,
the Uchiha clan members' advantage quickly became clear.
Watching this scene as he arrived, Chuanyu nodded to himself.
The chance to gain real combat experience was indeed precious to them.
The Uchiha weren't coddled, either.
Those who were eliminated on the battlefield
naturally faced the possibility of being killed.
And those who survived
were the Uchiha's true elite.
A few Uchiha clan members couldn't match their opponents
and were quickly stabbed to death with long swords.
But Chuanyu's expression didn't change.
"Since everyone's fighting so desperately..."
"I can't afford to fall behind, either..."
Chuanyu turned and headed for the joint command post of Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
Along the way,
he encountered several reinforcement and interception units.
Chuanyu dispatched them with ease.
At the command post, the sensory ninja immediately panicked.
"The enemy has breached the command post's defensive line!"
"They're charging toward the command post at incredible speed!"
"Three minutes!"
Ōnoki furrowed his brow.
He hadn't expected Konoha to have someone this powerful.
One man had taken on the elite Anbu forces secretly dispatched by two nations,
and still hadn't been stopped.
Rasa, standing nearby, looked uneasy.
It seemed the intelligence Orochimaru had provided was wrong.
He'd thought that this time, he could join forces with Iwagakure to take down Konoha.
He'd been far too naive.
"Bring back all the nearby units!"
"Reinforce the command post's defenses!"
Rasa turned and ordered Baki.
"There's no need."
Ōnoki spoke calmly.
"He's already here..."
Rasa and Baki looked up at the same time.
A tremendous force ripped the roof away.
Rubble rained down from above.
Rasa raised both arms.
Golden sand rapidly formed a barrier over their heads.
"I didn't expect this house to be so poorly built..."
"I don't mind paying for the damage later."
As the dust settled,
Chuanyu crouched on the second-floor landing.
The moment Ōnoki looked up at him,
his face filled with shock.
"The Mangekyō Sharingan..."
"No wonder no one could stop you..."
Ōnoki slowly rose into the air with his hands behind his back.
He stopped only when he was level with Chuanyu.
"Just one eye?"
"Looks like you have a close connection to the Uchiha."
The air was thick with tension.
A huge hole gaped in the roof above them.
A large number of Anbu Ninjas landed around the opening.
Then they formed Hand Seals in unison.
A pale red barrier immediately enclosed the command post.
Staring at Chuanyu,
Ōnoki suddenly found himself losing patience.
"Young people these days have no manners..."
"Do I, an old man, really have to force you to speak?"
"Are you scared now?"
Chuanyu had been trying to look cool,
but hearing the little old man complain incessantly,
he couldn't help laughing.
More than anything,
it was because before Chuanyu had been transported into the Naruto world,
he'd seen Ōnoki's little pinwheel on Douyin...
That image...
It was almost too beautiful to bear...
But
Chuanyu's laughter thoroughly enraged Ōnoki.
Without another word,
Ōnoki pressed his hands together.
A transparent cube-shaped barrier opened between his palms, trapping Chuanyu inside.
"Dust Release! Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"
Blinding light burst from within the barrier.
Everyone quickly covered their eyes.
A tremendous explosion rang out.
The spot where Chuanyu had stood moments before—
everything there had been reduced to ash.
"I thought you'd be more impressive..."
"Still no match for my Dust Release..."
Ōnoki descended from the air with a dismissive sneer.
Suddenly,
Rasa stared in shock at the space behind Ōnoki.
"You're the one who damaged the second floor."
"I'm not paying for it."
Ōnoki froze.
He turned toward the voice.
Chuanyu sat unharmed in a chair.
"Hmph."
"Not bad."
"Now this is getting interesting!"
He slowly raised his right hand.
A massive rock rose beside him.
Their eyes met.
The battle erupted in an instant.
A torrent of rocks hurtled straight at Chuanyu.
"Fire Style! Great Fireball Technique!"
A massive fireball roared into the rocks.
The flames immediately melted them.
A moment later,
a Kunai flew out through a gap in the rocks.
Then,
Chuanyu's figure appeared out of thin air.
"Flying Thunder God Technique?!"
"Boy! You really know how to surprise me!"
Ōnoki raised both hands.
Countless rocks behind him turned into sharp cones.
With a wave of his hand,
they rained down like a hail of arrows.
Every spot Chuanyu could dodge to was covered.
The next second,
the Body Flicker Technique activated.
Chuanyu's body became ten copies,
all charging toward Ōnoki at once.
For a moment,
Ōnoki couldn't even tell
whether Chuanyu was using the Shadow Clone Technique or some strange jutsu.
The rocks passed right through Chuanyu's body,
causing no harm.
Yet when they got close to him,
they could make contact.
"Is it a genjutsu...?"
Ōnoki calmly surveyed his surroundings.
All ten Chuanyus gripped their long swords and charged at him.
"Earth Style! Earth Tremor Core!"
The ground shook violently.
The instant the platform rose,
Chuanyu's real body appeared behind Ōnoki.
"Got you..."
"Earth Style! Rock Fist Technique!"
Ōnoki's right hand transformed into a Rock Fist.
The moment he swung it with tremendous force,
Chuan Yu's face turned pale with shock.
Boom!!!
The deafening roar shook heaven and earth.
The rocks covering Ōnoki's right hand slowly crumbled away.
In a daze,
a flash of green filled the thick smoke.
Cold sweat slowly trickled down Rasa's forehead.
The moment Ōnoki raised his head,
the gigantic Susanoo surrounding Chuan Yu was glaring fixedly at him.
"As expected of the Third Tsuchikage..."
"If I didn't have this power protecting me..."
"I'd probably have already lost to you..."
Suddenly, the Susanoo around Chuan Yu's body looked like a mirror.
Cracks appeared.
Then it shattered in an instant.
Chuan Yu spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the ground.
That little old man who could fight Madara...
He really was no ordinary man...
When Ōnoki saw Chuan Yu lying defeated,
his face immediately lit up with delight.
"Young man."
"You're the first person so far"
"who's managed to withstand one of my punches."
"Give yourself more time,"
"and perhaps you might have a chance to defeat me."
"But... what a shame..."
With that, Ōnoki gently lifted a sharp rock in his right hand.
"You won't get the chance."
At that very moment,
Chuan Yu, still lying on the ground, suddenly flashed a sly grin.
"Hey, old man!"
Orange-red markings appeared around his eyes.
In almost an instant, Chuan Yu sprang up from the ground and appeared in front of Ōnoki.
He slammed a punch into Ōnoki's face.
Before Ōnoki could react,
he went flying.
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