"Who!?"
"What's going on?"
"There are still enemies?"
After the intelligence team ninja sending out intel was attacked, everyone in the suppression force inside the mountain suddenly started, turning their heads repeatedly.
Subsequently, everyone clearly saw Shinnō, dressed in the Akatsuki's red cloud cloak, appearing in the cave passage, blocking everyone's retreat.
His appearance didn't surprise the suppression force too much. After all, he was originally Mōryō's partner in the Akatsuki organization.
It was just that at this moment, what he was carrying in his hand and on his shoulder, totaling four people, were all ninjas dressed as the vanguard force, their life or death unknown from afar.
Ryuichi Takahashi's face sank.
At this moment, he finally understood why there were no ninjas outside the snow peak to meet them.
Obviously.
Mōryō and Shinnō, one eliminated the main force of the vanguard unit inside the mountain, and the other hunted the ninjas left by the vanguard unit on the snowy plain responsible for receiving them.
Steel his heart, Ryuichi Takahashi roared: "Everyone, we can only fight with all our might now!"
"Kill!"
The suppression force shouted in unison!
Just as the suppression force attacked into the mountain, on the snowy plain behind them, another ninja army was rushing towards Target Seven against the blizzard.
Leading the team was Mifune, the General of the Land of Iron samurai, who personally took action after receiving the order for full-scale suppression from the general headquarters.
Therefore, the ninja army he led not only included elite ninjas from various villages but also a large number of armored Land of Iron samurai.
Undoubtedly.
This time, the Ninja Village Alliance intended to eliminate Mōryō and Shinnō at Target Seven at all costs, to avoid unnecessary variables during the final decisive battle with Nagato.
Because Mifune set off only a little later than the suppression force, they arrived at the periphery of the snow peak not long after the suppression force charged into the mountain.
Seeing no receiving ninjas outside, Mifune hesitated for a moment, left two squads outside the snow peak, and then led the main force into the mountain.
When passing through the cave passage, the support force led by Mifune also encountered no ambush. It was just that the mountain interior ahead was scarily quiet, completely unlike a place where a great battle was erupting, making him vaguely feel something was wrong.
Finally entering the mountain interior, Mifune's gaze focused, a look of disbelief appearing on his face.
The pile of corpses was still that pile of corpses, only compared to when the suppression force arrived, the pile looked a circle larger and a section higher.
And on top of the corpse pile, the demon Mōryō, who forcibly occupied the body of the vanguard force's leading Jonin, had one hand inserted into Ryuichi Takahashi's chest.
Drip...
Drip...
Blood dripped down from the wound on Ryuichi Takahashi's chest, coincidentally falling onto the blade of a broken sword in the corpse pile, making crisp sounds.
"How is this possible!?"
Not only Mifune, but everyone else in the support force also turned pale with fright!
If the vanguard force was completely wiped out, everyone wouldn't be surprised. After all, the mission of the vanguard force was only to search for the enemy.
But the complete annihilation of the suppression force caught people off guard.
One must know that the suppression force led by Ryuichi Takahashi had an astonishing 72% win rate in Shinji's 'Takamagahara' simulation, being one of the suppression forces with the highest win rate against the Akatsuki pair of Mōryō and Shinnō.
Moreover, calculated from the departure time, this suppression force arrived at most twenty to thirty minutes earlier than them. In such a short time, they really couldn't imagine how the suppression force could end up like this.
Just then, Ryuichi Takahashi, pierced by Mōryō's hand, while coughing blood, turned his head with difficulty and looked at Mifune.
Mifune felt a joy in his heart: "He's still alive!"
But just as Mifune drew the katana at his waist, preparing to go forward to rescue Ryuichi Takahashi.
Ryuichi Takahashi, with blood in his mouth, shouted with all his might: "Run... run quickly!"
Ryuichi Takahashi's slurred shout instantly echoed in the mountain interior.
"Hmph!"
Mōryō snorted lightly, then flicked his hand, throwing Ryuichi Takahashi onto the corpse pile.
Subsequently, Mōryō looked down at Ryuichi Takahashi, who was lingering on his last breath on the corpse pile, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, revealing a playful smile.
As a demon, he wasn't a ghost and didn't need flesh and blood. The reason he piled up the corpses of the Ninja Village Alliance ninjas was only to absorb the resentment and despair of the ninjas before death.
Actually, there were still quite a few ninjas like Ryuichi Takahashi in the corpse pile who hadn't breathed their last.
Withdrawing his gaze, Mōryō standing on top of the corpse pile showed an expression of enjoyment on his face, muttering: "More, a little more!"
Opposite him, Mifune's expression was incredibly solemn.
For a moment, he even hallucinated seeing the resentment rising from the corpse pile continuously flowing into Mōryō's body.
At this time, a ninja from the Hyuga branch house in the team said: "Captain, there seems to be a monster hiding inside the corpses!"
Mifune was stunned: "What monster?"
The Hyuga branch house ninja with Byakugan activated shook his head: "Can't see clearly, seems to be a snake? Or a loach-like ninja beast!"
A figure walked out from behind the corpse pile and laughed: "Describing my 'Zero-Tails' like that isn't very polite!"
Clearly.
The one walking out from behind the corpse pile was Shinnō.
The 'Zero-Tails' he created was also a monster that fed on negative emotions. So the 'Zero-Tails' had partially liberated itself from his body, burrowed into the corpse pile, and was greedily grabbing the negative emotions permeating the corpse pile.
Clang...
With a sound of metal ringing, Mifune drew the katana at his waist: "Indeed monsters! For the peace of the Ninja World, this old man will slay you even at the cost of his life!"
The sharp sound of Mifune drawing his sword awakened everyone in the support force.
Instantly, the ninjas of the Ninja Village Alliance either formed seals, took out ninja tools, or shook scrolls, while the samurai of the Land of Iron drew their swords one after another.
The current situation indeed exceeded their expectations, but this was the Great Ninja War. In war, no battle was easy. So even though the retreat route wasn't blocked, no one in the mountain interior retreated.
On the corpse pile.
Mōryō licked his tongue and laughed: "This expression on your faces right now is simply too charming. I've already started looking forward to how many surprises you will bring me after falling into endless despair!"
Swish!
With a Body Flicker, Mifune raided in front of Mōryō, the katana in his hand infused with chakra slashing down from high above!
"Eh!?"
Mōryō uttered a soft sound of surprise. He seemed not to have expected Mifune's speed to be so fast, slightly stunned.
However, before Mifune's katana slashed down, he reacted, retreating backward while raising his arms to block.
Swish...
Amidst the whistle of breaking wind, the katana gleaming with cold light slashed down instantly!
In the next instant, blood splattered out, and accompanied by the splattering blood were two severed hands tumbling constantly in the air.
Looking at his bare elbows, Mōryō roared instantly: "Damned guy, this is the body I just changed!"