Once the fight with the enemy ninjas started, everyone instinctively spread out to give themselves room to use their jutsu.
Otherwise, in such a crowded space, it'd be easy to accidentally hit a teammate.
[Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!]
[Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!]
[Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!]
Various ninja techniques began wreak havoc across the battlefield. The disadvantages of close-range fighters became apparent in this situation.
Kusei once again positioned himself behind Shiki Uzumaki, his expression extremely serious.
"Uzumaki Shiki," he said firmly, "if you encounter a technique you can't withstand, stand behind me! I'm already old, but you are Konoha's hope."
This...
Shiki Uzumaki hadn't expected Kusei would say something like this at such a moment.
But his tone now was filled with sternness—it seemed less like advice and more like a command.
So he really had been appearing too weak after all.
Looking at this elderly man beside him, Shiki noticed his left eye and left leg were both disabled.
Those injuries had occurred while accompanying the Third Hokage and Fourth Hokage on missions.
To protect others, this old man named Kusei seemed willing to sacrifice everything.
Suddenly, a faint contemptuous smile curved on Shiki Uzumaki's lips.
"You previously also said that retreating doesn't necessarily guarantee survival. Advancing forward doesn't always mean death either. Even staying within our peaceful village, there might be risks from meteors falling from the sky. Cowardly avoidance has no meaning whatsoever."
[Gate Release! Open!!]
He mentally shouted. [Opening Gate! Healing Gate! Life Gate! Harm Gate!]
Shiki Uzumaki felt his chakra surging from his brain toward his heart.
This was the path traced by the Eight Gates Formation. When it reached the heart, it would open the Death Gate.
Yet at this moment, Shiki Uzumaki still hadn't resolved to die.
There was absolutely no necessity for such against these current enemies.
"The Red-haired Child..."
As another Sunagakure Chunin attempted to charge into the killing group,
Suddenly he noticed that the Red-haired Child's body abruptly erupted with a surge of green chakra!
Wild and fierce!
"Even Hayate-sensei wouldn't stand a chance against me now."
Shiki Uzumaki looked at his hands, those hands covered with visible green chakra.
Only when using the Eight Gates Formation could one feel such an overwhelming sensation of power coursing through the entire body.
"The Eight Gates Formation? Are you a disciple of that child?"
An expression of shock appeared on Kusei's face. Having served as a Genin in Konoha for fifty years, he naturally recognized this secret art immediately.
Nara Shiomi was forming hand seals, but as he watched Shiki Uzumaki's body overflow with violent chakra, he couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth. "The Eight Gates Formation... Honestly speaking, is it really okay to use this so early?"
Famous as a prodigy among the Nara clan, Shiomi naturally knew the Eight Gates Formation was a chakra-enhanced taijutsu technique that inflicted enormous strain on the body.
It boosts combat power for a while, but if you use it too long, your body just can't handle it!
"Senior Shiomi, my body's recovery ability is very strong. Of course, when I can no longer handle it, this state will automatically end. So please don't worry. From now on, your safety will be entrusted to Elder Kusei."
As he spoke, Shiki Uzumaki's eyes sharpened. He dashed eastward, heading straight toward a Jonin from Sunagakure.
"That punk sure is reckless!"
The Konoha commander wielding a large blade saw Shiki Uzimaki charging directly at a Jonin and couldn't help but click his tongue in disapproval.
He'd just been praising that lad in his mind, and now here he was already doing something so reckless.
"I guess I should also move in that direction. If possible, I'll try to provide him some support."
With that thought, the middle-aged commander, who looked around forty years old, formed hand seals with his hands and prepared to release a ninjutsu to clear a path forward.
But Shiki Uzumaki's decision wasn't made out of mere recklessness.
He had already faintly grasped the core purpose of his participation in this battlefield. Among this second wave of troops, he was the only one under sixteen years old.
Although this deployed unit wasn't Konoha's main force, it was composed of more experienced and mature shinobi.
He alone was twelve years old. And from what Kabuto had previously instructed him, he could sense that...
If he could achieve merit in this mission, he could prove his value even further—at the very least, giving Advisors Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado stronger grounds for protecting him.
Moreover, if he could earn some reputation among Konoha's shinobi, his position would become even more secure.
That's absolutely essential.
"Before gaining true power... I have to stay safe at all costs! I must never allow Danzo to interfere with me!"
The battlefield gradually reached its peak intensity, expanding the confrontation to an entirely new level.
Although the battles were becoming increasingly dazzling, filled with powerful ninjutsu constantly illuminating the sandy battlefield,
everyone's eyes inevitably turned toward that direction.
Once the Eight Gates Formation appears, it immediately becomes the focal point of the battlefield.
Because of that overwhelming surge of chakra pouring out—and the incredible speed.
"This brat dares to challenge me head-on?" The Sand Jonin watched Shiki Uzumaki charging toward him and couldn't help but grin with excitement. To many shinobi, crushing young enemy talents was always a thrilling pastime.
Chapter 214: Chaotic Battle [Part 2]
"I must earn merit!"
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