Chapter 136: Futsu-no-mitama
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After Kakashi planted the kunai in the ground, following a ripple in space-time, Shiranui Genma's team arrived with Uchiha Douhuan.
Uchiha Douhuan, dressed in the Fifth Hokage's robes with Jirai hanging at his waist, thus appeared at the main gate of Kusagakure.
After landing, Uchiha Douhuan signaled Shiranui Genma's team to withdraw, then raised his eyes to look at the leader of Kusagakure.
"Who... who are you?" The leader of Kusagakure was intimidated by Uchiha Douhuan's killing intent, unable to speak for a long moment.
"Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Douhuan." After Uchiha Douhuan introduced himself, he walked straight towards the interior of Kusagakure alone.
"What are you doing? Even if you are the Hokage, you can't just barge into another ninja village!" the Kusagakure leader, seeing this, blocked Uchiha Douhuan's path and gritted his teeth.
The other Kusa ninjas also followed their leader's steps, blocking the main gate of Kusagakure.
Uchiha Douhuan raised his head, nonchalantly looking at the crowd blocking his path. He entered Sage Mode; silver-grey face markings appeared on his face, and his pair of Mangekyou Sharingan eyes opened.
A roar echoed as a thick, blue bolt of lightning descended from the sky, landing precisely one meter in front of Uchiha Douhuan.
Dark clouds imbued with lightning gathered from nowhere, completely covering the sky above Kusagakure.
Lightning bolts struck down one after another. Under this heavenly might, the ninjas of Kusagakure could only make way for Uchiha Douhuan.
Uchiha Douhuan walked into Kusagakure without a word. Uchiha Douhuan's Sage Mode perception completely enveloped Kusagakure. Soon, Uchiha Douhuan discovered two life force signatures, one large and one small, that were different from ordinary people, and headed straight towards them.
The Kusagakure leader, forced back by the lightning, saw the direction Uchiha Douhuan was heading, and his expression changed drastically.
"Lord Hokage, that area is a classified location of Kusagakure! Don't go too far!" the Kusa leader shouted while chasing after Uchiha Douhuan.
He desperately wanted to stop Uchiha Douhuan, but the continuous lightning strikes prevented him from advancing even an inch.
Soon, Uchiha Douhuan arrived at the place where Karin and her mother were imprisoned.
Seeing this situation, the Kusagakure leader had no choice but to risk death blocking Uchiha Douhuan's path, saying, "Lord Hokage, please stop! Inside is a secret of our Kusagakure. Do you really wish for war between our two villages?"
"Move." At this moment, Uchiha Douhuan finally spoke his first words after arriving in Kusagakure.
The next instant, Uchiha Douhuan drew Jirai.
The moment Jirai left its sheath, Uchiha Douhuan also transformed into a sharp blue flash of lightning.
In the eyes of the assembled Kusa ninjas, only a blinding flash passed before they found themselves lying on the ground.
Uchiha Douhuan, having reached the secret room door, sheathed his sword, turned back, glanced coldly at these Kusa ninjas, and spoke, "That was just the flat of the blade. Your fate will be decided shortly by the person inside."
After Uchiha Douhuan finished speaking, he kicked open the main door and walked towards the underground prison.
The noise of the dungeon door being kicked open instantly startled the mother and daughter inside. Uzumaki Anri scrambled to her daughter's side, shielding her tightly underneath.
After Uchiha Douhuan dealt with the few guard ninjas, he pushed open the dungeon door.
Looking at the mother and daughter cowering in the corner of the cell, Uchiha Douhuan frowned, took a deep breath, put on a gentle expression, and approached the two softly.
"I... I can heal your injuries! Don't hurt my daughter!" Uzumaki Anri looked up fearfully at Uchiha Douhuan, simultaneously hiding Karin beneath her even more securely.
"Sorry, I arrived late." Uchiha Douhuan untied his Hokage robes and draped them over the mother and daughter. "The nightmare is over."
"Who... who are you?" Uzumaki Anri stared blankly at Uchiha Douhuan, filled with divinity in Sage Mode, and asked dazedly.
"Fifth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, Land of Fire, Uchiha Douhuan. I've come to take you home," Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile.
Just then, the leader of Kusagakure also stumbled into the dungeon. Seeing the scene before him, his expression froze, then he forced out a few smiles and said to Uchiha Douhuan:
"Hehe, Lord Hokage," the Kusagakure leader chuckled dryly. "We only recently discovered their whereabouts and were just about to notify Konoha. Since Lord Hokage has come personally, then please take them away."
Uchiha Douhuan ignored him, instead speaking softly to Uzumaki Anri, "Do you remember who here has harmed you?"
Uzumaki Anri nodded.
"Lord Hokage, do you truly intend to wage war against us Kusa ninjas?" the Kusagakure leader gritted his teeth.
"War?" Uchiha Douhuan turned back with a cold smile. "Are you worthy?"
As Uchiha Douhuan's voice fell, a jet-black skeletal frame materialized centered on himself, protecting Karin and her mother within. In less than a moment, a giant war god, a hundred meters tall, rose within Kusagakure village. The houses surrounding the dungeon collapsed instantly.
This giant war god was covered in jet-black armor, with silvery natural energy patterns glowing brilliantly upon it.
The leader of Kusagakure was now held in the Susanoo's hand. He struggled desperately, his face turning red, yet he couldn't even budge a single finger of the Susanoo.
"You identify them, I kill them. Don't spare anyone who hurt you," inside the head of the Susanoo, Uchiha Douhuan turned back and looked at Uzumaki Anri, saying.
Uzumaki Anri inside the Susanoo looked茫然 (mángrán - blank/dazed). The events that transpired in just a few minutes had completely exceeded her comprehension.
Before Uzumaki Anri could regain her senses, Karin, in her arms, poked her small head out from the Hokage robe covering her, then pointed at the Kusagakure leader held by the Susanoo and said loudly.
"It's that guy! He often brings people to bully Mom!"
"Karin!" Seeing this, Uzumaki Anri quickly came back to her senses and pushed Karin's head back down. "Don't speak recklessly."
"It's alright," Uchiha Douhuan said with a chuckle. "Little girl, this guy bullied your mother, right?"
With that, the Susanoo squeezed forcefully, and the current leader of Kusagakure turned into a rain of blood high above the village.
"Leader!" The Kusa ninjas below cried out in pain upon seeing this. However, facing the hundred-meter Susanoo before them, they couldn't muster any thought of resistance.
At this moment, Uzumaki Anri also regained her senses. A fierce glint flashed across her face, hatred surfacing in her eyes. She pointed towards a high-ranking Kusa official below who was already trying his best to hide himself and said, "My lord, it was that person who captured us and brought us here."
"Is that so?" Uchiha Douhuan followed Uzumaki Anri's finger. The next moment, the Susanoo's hand grasped the long sword at its waist.
"And those people over there, they all forcibly absorbed my life force," Uzumaki Anri gritted her teeth.
"Lord Hokage! Wait!" Just then, from the roof of the tallest building in Kusagakure, a man shouted towards the Susanoo. "Kusagakure is willing to apologize and offer compensation! Please, Lord Hokage, show mercy!"
"Do you realize your mistake now?" Uchiha Douhuan's words echoed throughout Kusagakure. "Unfortunately, you only realize you are about to die. Konoha already gave you a chance."
The giant Susanoo slowly drew the long sword at its waist. In an instant, the sky darkened, and thunder roared!
Overwhelming thunderclouds completely enveloped Kusagakure. Uchiha Douhuan's Susanoo, after evolving to its complete body, had also obtained its exclusive divine weapon, the sword of the legendary god of war, Takemikazuchi – Futsu-no-mitama.
The drawn long sword glinted coldly, emitting soft hums upon being unsheathed, harmonizing with the rolling thunder booming within the clouds above.
The giant Susanoo raised the long sword high. The next moment, countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, striking towards the gathering points of the Kusa ninjas below.
Violent explosions echoed successively throughout Kusagakure, followed by waves of miserable screams.
Under Uchiha Douhuan's lock-on, any presence with chakra fluctuations in Kusagakure became a target for the heavenly lightning.
One minute later, Futsu-no-mitama was sheathed. The thunderclouds above gradually subsided, and a torrential downpour began, washing away all the filth within Kusagakure.
In just one short minute, seven or eight out of ten Kusagakure Jounin were gone. The ninjas below Chuunin rank fared better; apart from a few exceptional talents, they hadn't had the privilege of recovering injuries by biting Uzumaki Anri. Therefore, Uchiha Douhuan didn't carry out a complete annihilation, merely giving them a wave of electrotherapy calibrated to Konoha Chuunin and Genin tolerance standards. Those who could withstand it were fine; those who couldn't could only blame their bad luck.
But even so, more than half of Kusagakure's entire ninja force died or were injured under this wave of heavenly lightning.
The survivors, meanwhile, looked relieved to have escaped death. A few with weaker strength even knelt directly on the ground, prostrating themselves towards the giant Susanoo in the village center.
The heavenly lightning just now had completely shattered the will of Kusagakure. Facing this god-like existence, no one dared harbor any thought of resistance.
And inside the Susanoo, Uzumaki Anri and Uzumaki Karin behind Uchiha Douhuan also looked on in a daze, watching this scene in disbelief.
Uchiha Douhuan's Susanoo strode forward. In just a few steps, it crushed several buildings in the center of Kusagakure, arriving before the high-ranking Kusa official who had spoken from the rooftop earlier.
At this moment, this person was gasping heavily for breath. He had used every trick he knew during the lightning storm just now, and coupled with his own chakra nature being Wind, which had some advantage against Lightning Release, he had barely managed to survive. But this had completely exhausted his stamina and chakra. Now, facing the approaching Susanoo, he couldn't even lift a hand, only watching with despairing eyes as the Susanoo drew nearer.
After the Susanoo arrived before him, it stopped.
Uchiha Douhuan glanced back at Uzumaki Anri and asked, "Did this guy harm you?"
Uzumaki Anri shook her head and replied, "I've never seen him. He probably hasn't."
"Very good. Your conscience helped save your life," Uchiha Douhuan looked at the man and nodded. "From now on, I speak, you listen. Understood?"
The man lying prone on the roof lifted his head and nodded up and down.
"Starting today, you are the leader of Kusagakure," Uchiha Douhuan declared.
"What Kusagakure encountered today was truly brought upon yourselves. This time is just a warning. However, if you wish for revenge, I welcome it. But next time, you won't be so lucky."
"Yes..." The man on the roof used all his strength to squeeze out this single word.
"Furthermore, the Uzumaki clan descendants suffered abuse within your Kusagakure. Within two weeks, I want to see compensation of 1.5 billion Ryo, either in cash or ninja tools of equivalent value. If the money doesn't arrive in Konoha within two weeks, I will make another trip personally to collect. Understand?"
"Yes..." the man on the roof replied weakly.
Uchiha Douhuan nodded. The giant Susanoo turned to walk out of the village. As it exited, the main gate of Kusagakure was crushed underfoot by the Susanoo.
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After exiting Kusagakure, the giant Susanoo slowly dissipated. Uchiha Douhuan landed gently with Uzumaki Anri and Uzumaki Karin.
At this point, the medical-nin who had come along with Uchiha Douhuan quickly stepped forward and checked the mother and daughter's physical condition.
This medical-nin merely examined Uzumaki Anri's body, and her face changed slightly.
"How is it?" Uchiha Douhuan, seeing the other's expression, quickly asked.
"Get back quickly and have Lady Tsunade treat her," this medical-nin said. "Her body is severely depleted. It's only because she's from the Uzumaki clan, with profound reserves. This level of life force depletion would have killed an ordinary person long ago."
Hearing this, Uchiha Douhuan sighed and said to Uzumaki Anri, "I'm truly sorry; we arrived late. Come back to Konoha with us."
"Konoha?" Uzumaki Anri's lips trembled. Even though Uchiha Douhuan had just saved her and Karin and helped them get revenge, Uzumaki Anri hadn't completely let down her guard. Her experiences over the years made it difficult for her to trust anyone again. She knew very well what her bloodline meant to a ninja village.
"Rest assured. In the future, no one will come to drain your life force anymore," Uchiha Douhuan said. "I guarantee it in the name of the Hokage. Besides, you have relatives in Konoha."
"My... relatives?" Uzumaki Anri asked, stunned.
"Yes. You should know Uzumaki Kushina, right?" Uchiha Douhuan said.
"Princess Kushina?" Although forced into exile across the ninja world at a very young age, Uzumaki Anri still remembered hearing the name of the Uzumaki clan princess, Kushina, during her childhood in Uzushiogakure.
"Her son is in Konoha now, and he is also my disciple," Uchiha Douhuan stated. "Konoha will protect every comrade, including you and your daughter."
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(End of Chapter)
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