Ambush

The sky was turbulent with clouds, obscuring the dazzling sunlight, as gray shadows dominated the area.

With a head of white hair, Tsuchikage stood atop Si Ming Mountain, spiritedly watching the Konoha ninjas who were about to arrive.

According to the intelligence gathered these past few days, the Konoha team was currently divided into three groups, with two of them led by the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan respectively. The remaining team was too well hidden, and they had no chance to find out who was leading it.

And now, according to the reports from the sensory ninjas, the ones they had lured here were the Hyuga Clan, whom the Cloud Village hated the most.

The Cloud Village mainly focused on Ninja Body Technique, while the Byakugan and Gentle Fist of the Konoha Hyuga Clan were like their natural enemies. Once entangled, it was difficult to have a chance to win.

However, since they dared to ambush here under the eyes of the Hyuga Clan, it was natural that their Cloud Village had a unique understanding of how to deal with the Hyuga Clan.

The observation range of the Byakugan had its limits. After so many years of war, the people of the Cloud Village had figured out the opponent's observation range, which was about one thousand meters.

This was not a secret among the high-level officials of various countries in the Shinobi World.

And the height of this Si Ming Mountain was completely enough to cripple the eyes of the Hyuga Clan. With the baiting these past few days, plus the Hyuga who relied on their Byakugan and were not afraid of ambushes, Tsuchikage felt that he could foresee what would happen next.

"It's a pity that the Uchiha Clan didn't fall for it. If both teams had been lured over, we would have won this war," Tsuchikage murmured.

As the sound of heavy footsteps grew closer, the first to appear before them were their own ninjas. In order to successfully lure the enemy, they had suppressed their speed at the cost of their lives.

One after the other, the Cloud Village ninjas and the Konoha ninjas rushed into the canyon at a very close distance. The Cloud Village ninjas on the mountain peak unconsciously held their breath, waiting for Tsuchikage's command.

When the last Konoha ninja also entered the canyon, Tsuchikage said in a cold voice, "Release."

With his order, countless prepared boulders were already smashing down from both sides of the canyon.

Rumbling.

The huge sound echoed on both sides. Hizashi Hyuga, whose eyes had been reddened by the war merits before him, woke up at the first sound and realized something was wrong. Fugaku Uchiha's warning was still in his ears.

"Retreat!"

Hizashi Hyuga shouted, telling the team behind him to retreat. He really didn't expect the other party to set up an ambush regardless of the lives of their own allies.

Without hesitation, the Konoha ninjas, upon hearing his order, quickly began to withdraw from the canyon.

But unfortunately, although the canyon was wide, the number of Konoha ninjas he led was not small. It was not easy for such a large group of people to withdraw from the canyon at the first time.

And in front, the Cloud Village ninjas who were originally running away with their backs to them turned around with red eyes, disregarding their own lives, and rushed towards them.

"Cowards of Konoha, don't run if you have the guts!"

"Come and fight! Weren't you chasing us excitedly?"

"Haha, killing one is not a loss, killing two is a profit!"

The Cloud Village ninjas, who were originally like rats being chased in the street, suddenly turned into hungry wolves, rushing towards the retreating Konoha ninjas as if they didn't care about their lives. When they took on this mission to lure the enemy, they had already put life and death out of their minds.

Blood and roars first rang out in the canyon, and then the boulders rolling down from the mountain peak arrived.

"Looks like the situation is not good." Fugaku Uchiha looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly.

Although he said he wouldn't follow, Fugaku Uchiha secretly led his team behind Hizashi Hyuga's team.

If there was really no problem, he wouldn't mind rushing out to share the war merits with Hizashi Hyuga.

"Save people!"

Though their relationship wasn't great, Fugaku wasn't one to ignore the bigger picture. He coldly ordered the teams behind him to support those inside the canyon from outside, helping them retreat outwards.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Several dark figures flashed from the dense forest behind him towards the canyon.

Despite the environmental disadvantage, the Cloud Village ninjas on the mountaintop hadn't charged down yet. With a numerical advantage, the Konoha ninjas quickly rescued a small portion of their comrades from the canyon.

But with a loud crash, a massive boulder sealed the entire entrance of the canyon, trapping the Konoha ninjas who were planning to retreat.

Many who were providing support at the canyon entrance were directly crushed into mincemeat.

"Surrender, you Konoha scum! Our Raikage already gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it and instead took things too far. But now, I, Tsuchikage-sama, am giving you another chance!" Tsuchikage led the massive Cloud Village team, charging down the mountain while shouting loudly towards the bottom, his voice full of triumph and disdain.

The Cloud Village ninjas surrounding them on all sides burst into loud laughter, the frustration of being besieged for the past few days dissipating with each laugh.

"Rumble rumble"

Like a vast army, the mighty Cloud Village ninjas infused Chakra into their feet, directly charging down the steep mountain.

Their eyes were bloodshot, staring at Konoha like pieces of fat meat under Tsuchikage's lead.

Before, the Konoha ninjas treated them as walking merits, but now it was different. These scarred and demoralized Konoha ninjas were the merits in their eyes.

"Why listen to the defeated dogs bark."

A Hyuga ninja, who had just been rescued from the canyon by Fugaku's team and was on the verge of mental collapse, suddenly broke away from the group and charged towards the Cloud Village ninjas rushing down from the canyon.

"Fugaku, hurry up and bring people to help!" Hizashi Hyuga looked at the Hyuga clansman with a grim expression, regretting that he hadn't managed to stop him.

Just now, in that canyon, most of his team had been buried.

As he spoke, the Hyuga clansman who had rushed out was killed by the Cloud Village ninjas, and the Caged Bird was triggered, stripping him of his Byakugan.

Just a moment ago, he had confidently ordered his team to pursue the Cloud Village ninjas. The next moment, a large amount of sand and rocks poured out from the canyons on both sides, directly burying his main force.

"With that big rock blocking the way, how do you plan to move it?" Fugaku coldly looked at Hizashi Hyuga and asked.

"Of course, blast it open!"

The Cloud Village ninjas on both sides of the canyon were charging down. Hizashi Hyuga stood in front of the boulder, waving his Gentle Fist and striking the boulder, appearing extremely weak, without leaving even a trace on the boulder.

Listening to the screams coming from the canyon behind the boulder, Hizashi Hyuga would be a fool if he still didn't understand.

But abandoning his clansmen, abandoning the teams inside, was absolutely impossible!

Because if he left, even if he could survive for a while, he would be held accountable for such a great loss after the war, and he would have no chance of survival.

But if he stayed and fought, although their current numbers were smaller than the large Cloud Village team above due to the ambush, there should still be a chance!

Ding ding ding—

The Cloud Village team above was already extremely close. A rain of Kunai fell from the sky, shooting towards them. Hizashi hurriedly ordered the remaining Hyuga clansmen around him to use Rotation, knocking down most of the ninja tools.

"Uchiha Fugaku! Why aren't you helping!"

Hizashi Hyuga glared, looking at the Uchiha team that was some distance away from them.

"With so many people, I won't let my subordinates go to their deaths." Uchiha Fugaku glanced at the exasperated Hizashi and said.

Hizashi Hyuga's team was separated, and they didn't even know how many were still alive in the opposite canyon.

The Root ninja leading the team didn't pursue the Cloud Village ninjas with them either. Seeing the Cloud Village ninjas faintly surrounding them, Fugaku Uchiha made a decision in his heart.

"Everyone, retreat with me."

Fugaku shouted at the team behind him who were still indignant, and commanded everyone to retreat.

With just the team Fugaku led, they were definitely outnumbered by the Cloud Village ninjas, not to mention that nearly half of Hizashi's team had been buried, greatly demoralizing them.

At this time, instead of fighting the Cloud Village ninjas whose morale was high, it was better to abandon Hizashi Hyuga's team trapped in the encirclement in order to save more people.

"Fugaku Uchiha!"

Hizashi Hyuga and the others also heard Fugaku's order. Their eyes, bloodshot, glared fiercely at the retreating team.

The other party was also a leader, and Hizashi Hyuga couldn't stop his order to retreat.

Led by Fugaku, not only his team retreated, but many members of Hizashi Hyuga's team also left with him. The only ones left on the battlefield were the Hyuga Clan ninjas led by Hizashi Hyuga.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing that Fugaku Uchiha had no intention of staying and fighting the Cloud Village, Hizashi Hyuga had no choice but to abandon the people in the canyon and retreat, even though he was unwilling.

But at this moment, black shadows descended from the sky like large birds, blocking the path of Hizashi Hyuga's team.

"Don't bother with the other Konoha people."

It turned out that Tsuchikage, seeing that they were about to retreat, took a few Cloud Village Jonin and increased their speed to break away from the main Cloud Village force and reach the ground.

He waved his hand to stop the others who wanted to intercept Fugaku Uchiha's retreat, "We don't have that many more people than them. The purpose this time is the Byakugan."

Relying on Chakra to adhere directly to the steep mountain and rush down is extremely challenging to Chakra control. Running this section of the road is not easy.

But for the Cloud Village Jonin led by Tsuchikage, it was nothing.

Watching Hizashi lead his clan through the dense barrage of ninja tools, the Cloud Village people did not hesitate to follow Tsuchikage's order to surround them, ignoring Fugaku's retreating team.

Tsuchikage grinned cruelly and said, "It's a pity, the mastery of the Byakugan is getting worse with each generation. What a waste of such a good bloodline."

"Pu Song, take some people and hold them down. Be sure to leave some alive."

"Yes."

The Cloud Village Jonin named Pu Song nodded and selected several other Jonin companions to rush towards Hizashi, who was surrounded below.

Laughter and screams intertwined in the air.

Ambushed and abandoned by his teammates, the demoralized Hizashi Hyuga was unable to lead his group to break through the encirclement.

More and more Cloud Village ninjas came down from Si Ming Mountain, and the dense Cloud Village ninjas surrounded them in the center.

Hizashi was already covered in blood. At this time, he was no longer trying to escape.

Facing the continuous stream of Cloud Village ninjas, he knew he couldn't escape. Now he could only kill one for every one he took down, using every bit of his strength.

"Surrender! If you surrender, you can save your lives. Then everyone can work for Raikage-sama together, which is definitely much better than being in Konoha." Tsuchikage raised his hand to stop the Cloud Village people, and said helplessly as he watched the Hyuga Clan desperately counterattack.

Although they wanted to capture the Hyuga people alive, the Hyuga Clan, with their Byakugan and mastery of Ninja Body Technique, were not so easy to capture.

Tsuchikage also wanted to persuade Hizashi Hyuga to surrender as much as possible.

A cornered beast will still fight, and now the other side doesn't have many troops to begin with, so it's good to lose as little as possible.

"Bah!" Hizashi Hyuga spat out a mouthful of blood without hesitation, and the other members of the Hyuga Clan next to him clenched their fists.

The opponent's attack stopped, and Hizashi Hyuga had a chance to catch his breath, dazedly looking around, there weren't many comrades left.

His vision was already blurred, but even if he died in battle and was abandoned, Hizashi Hyuga would not surrender.

With the Caged Bird Cursed Seal, they wouldn't have a chance to surrender even if they wanted to, so they might as well fight to the death and leave a good name for themselves.

"Courting death!"

With a cold light flashing in his eyes, Tsuchikage felt that he had given them many chances, but since they were so ungrateful, then so be it.

With an icy tone, Tsuchikage looked at the few remaining Konoha ninjas below and said, "Kill them, but keep their bodies."

Uchiha Fugaku, who was panicking and leading his team to retreat from the dense forest to the periphery, encountered Yume Ryoma, who had rushed over after hearing the news.

"What's going on?" Frowning, Yume Ryoma looked at the dispirited team and asked, he had a bad feeling in his heart for some reason.

Looking at Yume Ryoma, Uchiha Fugaku said somewhat embarrassedly, "We fell into a Cloud Village trap."

Previously, looking down on the other party's status, both he and Hizashi Hyuga disdained acting with Yume Ryoma, so they often left Yume Ryoma behind.

But now he had no choice but to join forces with the other party.

"Trap?"

Ryoma looked at the number of people behind Uchiha Fugaku and asked sternly, "Where is Hizashi Hyuga? Where is his team?"

As soon as he asked this question, Fugaku didn't know how to answer even more.

He couldn't possibly say that they abandoned Hizashi's team and ran away themselves, right?

After thinking for a long time, Fugaku came up with a good excuse and said, "Hizashi Hyuga led his team deep into Si Ming Mountain, disregarding Lord Danzo's orders, and as a result, they fell into the opponent's trap."

"We were implicated by Hizashi Hyuga and risked our lives to escape the Cloud Village encirclement."

Risked our lives?

Ryoma looked at Fugaku's team, although everyone looked a little embarrassed, most of them didn't even have bloodstains on their bodies.

Was this lying through his teeth?

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