NABC Chapter 130 Comparable to "Yellow Flash"
Chapter 130 Comparable to "Yellow Flash"
"What did you say?"
Huang Tu's voice suddenly rose, his eyes filled with disbelief.
He stepped forward, grabbed the Iwagakure captain by the collar, and lifted him up roughly. "Say it again, what do you mean by defection?"
The Iwagakure captain, struggling to breathe and his face flushed red, still managed to shout with all his might:
"It's true, sir. Lord Roshi didn't raze Konoha's supply base. He fought a battle with that Konoha Wood Release ninja. Lord Roshi himself said... he won't return to the village."
Huang Tu angrily rebuked, "Tell me in detail, don't overlook any specific details."
His heart sank.
Father sent a Jinchūriki, but not only did he fail to complete the mission, he also defected? How will Father view him as the commander?
Captain Iwagakure said tremblingly:
"Yes, sir. Lord Roshi fought that Konoha Wood Release ninja for a long time, and even lost two of his tails, but that Wood Release ninja used Summoning Jutsu to fight Lord Roshi to a standstill..."
"In the end, Lord Nobunaga did indeed show signs of transforming into a tailed beast. It was right of him to tell us not to get close."
Huang Tu's anger intensified. "Get to the point. Who can be on par with Lord Zi?"
Captain of Iwagakure: "Yes, yes, but just as he was about to transform into a tailed beast, Lord Roshi suddenly stopped, saying that he would never return to the village, and that he was going to become a wandering monk. From now on, he would no longer be a Jinchuriki, nor a ninja of Iwagakure."
Every word was like a heavy hammer, striking the heart of the loess soil.
Huang Tu's mind went blank.
He couldn't believe it. The Iwagakure's trump card, the Tailed Beast, hadn't been defeated and captured, nor had it died on the battlefield. Instead, it had abandoned the battle and defected after its encounter with Konoha!
That's the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, a "weapon" that Iwagakure has painstakingly nurtured from childhood.
That's it...gone?
Huang Tu's fingers gradually loosened, and Captain Iwagakure collapsed to the ground, seemingly unaware of what was happening.
He staggered back two steps, bumping into the table behind him, scattering teacups and intelligence reports all over the floor with a crisp cracking sound.
But the tent was eerily quiet.
Huang Tu recalled his father's instructions before he left, and how his father had patted his chest and guaranteed that he would win, only to have Konoha offer compensation and negotiate peace. Now...
"Impossible...this is impossible..."
Huang Tu muttered to himself, his face turning from gloomy to deathly pale, his eyes filled with rage, "Old Zi, you bastard, how could you do this to the village that raised you?!"
He slammed his fist on the table, and the solid wood table instantly shattered, sending wood chips flying everywhere.
Hearing the commotion, the secret agents outside the tent rushed in.
But they saw that their own commander's eyes were bloodshot, his chakra was surging around him, and fine cracks appeared on the ground.
"grown ups……"
The secret agents all knelt down, not daring to step forward.
Huang Tu gasped for breath, his chest heaving violently. He looked towards the direction of the Fire Kingdom outside the tent, his anxiety turning into resentment and despair.
Lao Zi's defection was a huge blow to him.
This is a huge blow to the entire Iwagakure community.
The news of the Jinchūriki's surprise attack on Konoha's logistics base will surely spread. At that time, how much morale will the entire Iwagakure have left?
What's even more frightening is that if this matter gets back to Iwagakure and reaches his father Onoki's ears, given his temper, it could cause the war to spiral completely out of control.
That would be a terrible blow to Iwagakure and even the Land of Earth.
A single hair can affect the whole situation; Jinchuriki are extremely important to a ninja village!
"Pass on my order: all reconnaissance and assault teams in the rear must withdraw!"
Huang Tu gritted his teeth, his voice filled with barely concealed frustration, "The main battlefield's defensive line will retreat twenty kilometers to form a buffer zone with Konoha."
This was the best solution he could come up with at the moment.
He wasn't a child and didn't want his father to go to war with Konoha.
On the contrary, if it weren't for the incident during the Third Shinobi World War where Iwagakure killed the Third Raikage, he believed that his side should cooperate with Kumogakure in order to take a piece of the rich Land of Fire...
The secret agents inside the tent quickly responded and withdrew.
The command tent fell silent once more.
Huang Tu stood alone in the messy tent, gazing at the deep night outside the window, feeling a chill that ran from his feet to the top of his head.
This war began with Iwagakure's initial probing of Konoha, and has now reached a point where they are caught in a dilemma. The instigator of it all...
He was just a rising young ninja from Konoha.
Yes, from the Iwagakure captain's report, he already knew who had changed the course of the battle from Konoha's rear.
—The Hokage's Guard!
Most importantly, there's that Wood Release ninja from the Senju clan in the Shadow Guard... that Wood Release ninja who's skilled in summoning techniques.
However, Huang Tu couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he racked his brains.
How did a 14-year-old boy manage to stop Lao Zi, and how did he escape from his father's clutches?
He finally understood why his father was so wary when he saw "Senju, Wood Release" in the intelligence report.
Konoha...
Another powerful ninja has appeared, comparable to the "Yellow Flash"!
……
September of Konoha Calendar Year 53
Autumn silently spreads across the forests of the Land of Fire.
The morning mist, carrying a cool breeze, swept across the scorched earth of the logistics outpost, as if telling the story of the great battle that took place a few days earlier.
The Shadow Guard is preparing to depart for Konoha.
Tianzang leaned against the carriage prepared by the logistics department, his chest bandages tightly wrapped around his chest.
His face was still pale, but he would recover with time.
In contrast, Xiyan's condition was much worse. She was carried onto a carriage on a canvas stretcher by the medical team, and she lay asleep on it.
Her condition was terrible, not only physically, but more seriously emotionally.
Since waking up, Xi Yan hasn't said a word, especially after seeing Qing Wu, she closed her eyes even more.
No one knows what this once aloof and refined girl is thinking, but everyone understands... Faced with the serious injury that could potentially turn her into a "cripple," no one can face it calmly.
She... was ultimately just a 13-year-old girl.
Therefore, in order to stabilize her condition, the medical team has been using medication to keep her asleep these days, so as to prevent her injuries from worsening due to mental stress.
Qingwu followed them onto the carriage and stood guard beside Xiyan's stretcher, occasionally using healing magic to gently cover Xiyan's wounds.
Magic cannot heal all her fractures and internal organ damage, but it can slightly calm her disordered chakra, allowing her to sleep more peacefully.
Because of Xiyan and Tianzang's injuries, they couldn't fly back. They had to have the centaur leader pull the carriage and slowly return via the gentle official road.
Kakashi bid farewell to Shikaku and the others who had come to see him off.
His silhouette appeared more somber than usual.
Although the mission was accomplished brilliantly during this trip to the front lines, a teammate who fought alongside them was lost, and the victory brought no joy whatsoever.
Shikaku patted Kakashi on the shoulder: "Be careful on the road. Although Iwagakure has temporarily withdrawn its troops, they may not be completely pacified."
Bai Yun added from the side earlier, "We've already spoken to the checkpoints along the way; they'll fully cooperate with your Shadow Guard team. Take care on your journey!"