The people were teleported away, but the Third Generation Raikage left something behind.
A sturdy, hardened arm, with a completely carbonized severed end, a Amber Purifying Pot, and Mabum, who died with a smile on his face. He must have thought he sent away the Hidden Cloud Village's greatest hope.
But in reality, Konoha had no reinforcements at all, and the village's mission for them was merely to hold the Hidden Cloud Squad led by the Third Generation Raikage. However, based on Uchiha Yoichi's suggestion, they made slight changes to the mission.
"Cough, cough, cough!!!"
Uchiha Yoichi ignored the spoils of war, feeling that he was about to cough up his throat, and his whole body was unbearably hot.
"Mr. Yoichi, are you alright..."
Sizzle~!
Hatake Sakumo was about to step forward to help Uchiha Yoichi, but touching his body felt like touching a boiling furnace. Although he quickly withdrew his hand, he still got slightly burned.
Uchiha Yoichi forced himself to use the sealing key in his hand, pressing it counterclockwise on his lower abdomen, tightening the loosened Four Symbols Seal, and stopping his body temperature from rising further.
However, in that brief moment, the grass around his feet had already withered from the heat.
Uchiha Yoichi weakly pointed to another battlefield, and Hatake Sakumo immediately understood; the Third Raikage was resolved, and he needed to help on the other side.
"Mr. Yoichi, your body... Alright, I'll quickly settle things over there and have Kiichiro help you with treatment."
Kiichiro was the perception ninja in the team, and he knew some medical ninjutsu. After Hatake Sakumo spoke, he left to settle the battle over there and arrange for treatment for Uchiha Yoichi.
The recent ninjutsu seemed like a forbidden technique, directly piercing through one of the Third Raikage's arms.
After Hatake Sakumo left, Uchiha Yoichi was still burning with intense pain. He considered whether he should just eat the Immortal Bean to recover; however, he hesitated to consume it and put it back after taking it out.
Although he was uncomfortable now, Uchiha Yoichi could feel he wasn't in life-threatening danger, and since the Third Raikage was teleported away, the mission was basically complete, and he just needed to return to the village for treatment.
Moreover, it seemed the Third Raikage left something good behind.
Uchiha Yoichi barely lifted himself, hunched over as he slowly walked near Mabum's corpse. Seeing the Amber Purifying Pot, he cradled it in his arms and stored a piece of Mabum's flesh using a storage scroll.
This seemed to be one of the Six Paths Ninja Tools, used by the Hidden Cloud Village for sealing tailed beasts, but it also could store other things. The flesh was something he intended to use for experimenting with the Reanimation Jutsu later. With the Heavenly Transfer Jutsu, just that ninjutsu was worth using Reanimation Jutsu for.
The Uchiha Ancestor's tool had now returned to Uchiha hands, and no one could take it away.
After a while, the battle on the other side ended; Hatake Sakumo and Kiichiro quickly came to Uchiha Yoichi's side. Kiichiro checked him and immediately treated Uchiha Yoichi with the Mystical Palm Jutsu.
"Jonin Yoichi, your body has varying degrees of burns, with the throat being the most severe. I can only help slowly for now, detailed treatment has to wait until we return to the village... But once back in the village, it can surely be healed."
Uchiha Yoichi nodded slightly, unable to say a word due to the immense strain from the radioactive stream just now.
It wasn't just him; even the Godzilla inside him was knocked out. Even without the Four Symbols Seal, Godzilla wouldn't move an inch; it had now fallen into a deep slumber.
The mature-stage Godzilla wasn't supposed to emit radioactive streams, having only recently produced its Atomic Furnace.
But after being forcibly squeezed once by Uchiha Yoichi, it was already fortunate not to have regressed. When they returned, Godzilla would need to absorb the Star Stone Chakra at least three or four more times to recover.
"Is this the Third Raikage's arm? Senior Sakumo, Mr. Yoichi, this was supposed to be a minor merit, but with this arm, it's a significant achievement."
Orochimaru, noticing the arm next to Mabum, spoke with a trace of surprise in his eyes.
The strongest shield of the Hidden Cloud Village, escaping with an arm missing today? They were genuinely shocked.
Hatake Sakumo had briefly explained the situation to the others. If not for losing track of Mabum on the other side, they might have had a chance to kill the Third Raikage today.
If they had sent the information back to the village, with the ninja army coming in time, they could have kept the Third Raikage here today; unfortunately, they hadn't expected there to be one skilled in the Teleportation Jutsu among the Hidden Clouds.
Hatake Sakumo said, "It's all Mr. Yoichi's credit, I only played a deterring role. It was Mr. Yoichi who used a forbidden technique, killing the Cloud's Mabum and severing the Third Raikage's arm."
Upon hearing this, the other Konoha ninjas looked at Uchiha Yoichi with admiration. Causing such serious injury to the Third Raikage, even with a forbidden technique, was impressive.
"Mr. Yoichi, is this the Cloud's Amber Purifying Pot?"
Orochimaru noticed the huge jar that Uchiha Yoichi was leaning against; it seemed the Cloud used this ninja tool to plunder so many resources from Konoha.
Uchiha Yoichi nodded, then pointed to the Amber Purifying Pot and himself, indicating it was his spoil of war.
Orochimaru smiled, saying, "I was just asking. It should contain the resources Konoha lost to raids twice."