Chapter 113: Go, Jeni… Three-Tails
At the instant the white spore flew out, it rapidly expanded.
In the blink of an eye, a white figure appeared before everyone.
Not only Itachi's ring, but Kisame's ring as well, simultaneously shot out a spore.
"Zetsu!"
Kisame's expression turned ugly as he looked at this scene. The two of them had actually been under Zetsu's surveillance the entire time.
The moment Zetsu appeared, the two White Zetsu immediately fled in opposite directions.
While the two White Zetsu were escaping, they directly activated the Mayfly Technique, burrowing underground and disappearing from everyone's sight in an instant.
"Since I've already discovered you, how could you possibly escape?"
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Yuto's mouth as two chakra chains surged out from his body at extreme speed, shooting toward the directions in which the White Zetsu were fleeing.
In less than a moment, the two chakra chains paused slightly, then rapidly retracted.
After just a few blinks of an eye, the two White Zetsu who had just fled were tightly bound by the chakra chains and thrown before Yuto.
The White Zetsu struggled desperately, but they were completely unable to break free from the restraint of the Adamantine Sealing Chains. One of them shouted angrily toward Kisame's direction.
"Hoshigaki Kisame! You actually betrayed the organization!"
"Betrayal? If the two of you die here, then no one will know that he betrayed your organization."
Yuto walked up to the two White Zetsu, a gentle smile on his face.
In the next moment, Yuto raised a finger and lightly flicked the forehead of one of the White Zetsu.
That White Zetsu's entire body shuddered violently, and in the next instant, it was shaken apart into white powder and completely dissipated.
Yuto repeated the same action, dealing with the other White Zetsu as well, before retracting the chakra chains.
"Dig out Itachi's eyes and keep them with you for now. They might come in handy."
Yuto lightly clapped his hands and glanced at Kisame as he spoke.
Kisame nodded, then moved cleanly and efficiently to Itachi's side, directly gouging out his eyes and placing them into a bottle filled with lightly salted water.
After finishing all this, Yuto casually formed a Fire Release hand seal and tossed the burning flames onto Itachi's body.
Yuto had no intention of ever seeing Itachi again in the future.
"Now that this matter is settled, the war should enter its climax as well."
"If this continues, the One-Tail Shukaku probably won't be able to hold on much longer."
Yuto turned and walked to the edge of the Hokage Rock, looking down at Konoha engulfed in flames of war, and smiled faintly.
After speaking, Yuto reached out and grabbed the Three-Tails Isobu, which had been lying on his shoulder, then made a throwing motion.
Under Isobu's resentful gaze, Yuto violently hurled the Three-Tails outward.
"Go, Jeni… Three-Tails!"
The Three-Tails Isobu transformed into a streak of light in midair and rapidly flew toward the center of Konoha.
At the same time, the Three-Tails' body began to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Chunin Exams battlefield.
The battle between Orochimaru and Hiruzen had long since evolved from a duel between the two of them into a clash supported by two opposing forces.
Because there was no barrier to confine Hiruzen to a fixed position or create a dedicated battlefield, even if Orochimaru wanted to kill Hiruzen,
he was constantly harassed by ANBU or Konoha ninja, leaving him without absolute confidence.
On the other side, Hiruzen was in the exact same situation.
Both of them had participated in ninja wars and naturally understood that, unless one was a top-tier powerhouse, individual combat had almost no impact on the overall situation.
Even if Orochimaru wanted to stall Hiruzen, once Hiruzen realized he could not defeat Orochimaru in a short time,
he directly withdrew from the fight and instead went to command the Konoha ninja, launching a counterattack against the Sand ninja.
At this point, Orochimaru's expression had already turned extremely ugly, and his original plans had long since gone completely off course.
Under these circumstances, even if he wanted to retreat, given Hiruzen's personality, he would never allow him to leave so easily.
Helpless!
Orochimaru could only contribute his strength and fully align himself with the Sand side, assisting them in battle.
Aside from Naruto's almost comical performance at the beginning, the entire battlefield once again entered a white-hot stage.
The contribution of the rookies in this battle was negligible. Even Naruto and Sasuke were merely providing support.
Although the Sand side had the One-Tail Shukaku as backing, this was, after all, Konoha's home ground.
As the battle dragged on, the originally wait-and-see attitude of the major Konoha clans gradually began to shift.
Members of various major clans continuously entered the battlefield.
The first clan to take the lead was one of Konoha's secret clans, the Inuzuka clan, known for communicating with canine animals and possessing beast-taming abilities.
Each member of the Inuzuka clan effectively represented two sources of combat power, and the intervention of just this one clan caused the previously balanced battlefield to tilt.
Under Hiruzen's command, the Sand Village and Sound ninja were gradually being suppressed by Konoha's forces.
Every ninja on Konoha's side showed expressions of excitement and morale.
However, Hiruzen, as the overall commander, still wore a grave expression.
With such a massive upheaval taking place here, given Jiraiya's personality, it was impossible that he would not have noticed. There was also the matter of Gamabunta that Naruto had summoned earlier.
Others might not have paid much attention, assuming Gamabunta disappeared because he refused to obey Naruto's orders.
But Hiruzen had observed carefully. Gamabunta's condition at the time clearly indicated that he had gone through a major battle.
Moreover, so much time had passed with still no news from Jiraiya, which was enough to show that he had encountered an extremely troublesome opponent.
There was also the direction of Konoha's main gate, where the sounds of battle were no weaker than those here.
The strength of the Konoha Police Force could be said to be one of the strongest forces in Konoha, aside from the ANBU under his command and the Root under Danzo.
Not to mention, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were also far from easy opponents.
After all, everyone had participated in multiple ninja wars, and once they took action, they would never give the enemy any chance to breathe.
Yet now, the Konoha Police Force was clearly being tied down.
Several thoughts flashed through Hiruzen's mind, filling his face with gravity and worry.
No matter how one looked at it, everything happening before his eyes was entirely unfavorable to Konoha.
What pained Hiruzen the most was that this war was taking place within Konoha Village itself, and the damage to the village was truly devastating.
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