In fact, Ning Feng had already noticed this small Kumogakure squad earlier.
For the current situation in the Hidden Rain Village, if Ning Feng wanted to completely take control of it, he would inevitably have to weaken the surrounding great nations—such as Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
Now that he had finally encountered a rare opportunity where both sides were meeting in the Hidden Rain Village, how could he possibly let it slip by?
What's more, the people meeting this time were all prominent figures with real status in both Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
As Ning Feng was thinking this through, he quietly followed behind the Kumogakure squad.
"I never imagined that Kumogakure would travel thousands of miles just for the matter of the Hidden Rain Village," said Akatsuchi, the leader of the Iwagakure force, smiling warmly.
In the original story, this man served as the guard of the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, and possessed extremely formidable strength.
"Hahaha, indeed," replied Darui, the Storm Release ninja and one of the Fourth Raikage A's right-hand men.
"If we hadn't heard some inside information—that Iwagakure had successfully driven out the leaders of Akatsuki and occupied the Hidden Rain Village—we wouldn't have come here specifically to offer our congratulations."
In the original work, it was precisely this Darui who, during the Fourth Great Ninja War, cooperated with other ninja to successfully kill the Gold and Silver Brothers, who wielded the power of the Nine-Tails and the Six Paths' Treasured Tools.
"Hehehe, this way please," Akatsuchi said enthusiastically, gesturing invitingly.
Even a fool could tell—on the surface, Kumogakure was here to congratulate them, but in reality, they were here to demand benefits.
After all, swallowing up a large ninja village under everyone's watchful eyes was no simple matter.
Soon, under Akatsuchi's guidance, Darui and his group, protected by Iwagakure ninja, slowly entered the Hidden Rain Village.
Hidden among the crowd, Ning Feng followed them in as well.
Once inside the village, Darui suddenly stopped and said calmly,
"I've heard that the Uchiha clan's young patriarch of Konoha, Uchiha Feng, is on his way to the Hidden Rain Village. He's a close friend of Akatsuki's Konan and Yahiko—there's no way he'd just stand by and do nothing."
"Akatsuchi-sama, have you heard any news about this man?"
Hearing the name Uchiha Feng, the smile on Akatsuchi's face instantly stiffened, a trace of coldness flashing through his eyes.
Then, he burst out laughing.
"Uchiha Feng? Just the young patriarch of the Uchiha clan. Actually, we from Iwagakure already dispatched our ace unit—the Explosive Squad—to intercept him on his way here."
"With the terrifying explosive power of our squad, even if Uchiha Feng had hundreds of lives, it wouldn't be enough to withstand it. Hahaha! Darui-sama, there's no need to worry."
"Of course," Akatsuchi added, "if it weren't for the intelligence about Uchiha Feng shared by Darui-sama and your people, we wouldn't have dared to act so decisively."
Darui froze for a moment, then his face lit up with joy.
"So you're saying… Uchiha Feng has already been taken care of by Iwagakure!?"
He couldn't help but think back to how Kumogakure had traveled all the way to Konoha in an attempt to seize the Uchiha's Sharingan—devising countless schemes.
First luring away the Anbu, then creating diversions, using cannon fodder to draw the attention of most Konoha ninja…
Then unleashing chakra cannons to annihilate the enemy in one strike.
It was a plan so meticulous that almost no village could have withstood it.
And yet, all of it had collapsed completely because of the sudden rise of a single man—Uchiha Feng.
Not only were countless Kumogakure jōnin lost, even the Raikage's aide had been captured…
The more Darui thought about it, the angrier he became, his eyes tinged with red.
"That should be the case," Akatsuchi shrugged.
"After all, this time we dispatched Explosive Release ninja Gari, along with Deidara."
Hearing this, Darui finally relaxed and quickly said,
"Akatsuchi-sama, Uchiha Feng has caused us Kumogakure tremendous losses. If you truly managed to kill him, we're willing to pay a high price to purchase his corpse—to comfort the souls of our fallen brothers."
"No problem at all," Akatsuchi replied without hesitation.
But just as he said that, a battered Iwagakure ninja came running over in a panic.
"Ak-Akatsuchi-sama! Th-this is bad… Explosive Release ninja Gari was killed on the spot after failing to withstand even a few moves from Uchiha Feng! Many Iwagakure jōnin died as well…"
"And as for Deidara-sama… he's submitted to Uchiha Feng and become his subordinate!"
Hearing this, Akatsuchi's face changed drastically. Darui's heart, which had just settled, immediately shot back up to his throat.
"This Uchiha Feng comes and goes without a trace. If even Gari couldn't stop him, then right now he's probably—"
"Already on his way to the Hidden Rain Village!" Akatsuchi frowned deeply.
As the overall commander of this operation, Akatsuchi had only dispatched Gari after carefully analyzing all known intelligence on Uchiha Feng.
Gari was a veteran who had survived dozens of life-and-death battles—someone who could potentially defeat dozens of jōnin even if they attacked together.
And yet… he had still been defeated by Uchiha Feng? Impossible…
"Quick, seal off all exits of the Hidden Rain Village!" Akatsuchi shouted urgently.
"If Uchiha Feng infiltrates the village, it'll be disastrous!"
Darui's expression also shifted repeatedly as he moved closer to Akatsuchi.
But neither of them noticed that behind Darui, Ning Feng—still disguised as a Kumogakure ninja—had gently tapped the shoulder of a Kumogakure ninja in front of him.
With Explosion Release, that light tap instantly injected explosive chakra into the man's body—turning him into a human bomb.
"Seal off the Hidden Rain Village? Isn't that a little late?"
Suddenly, Ning Feng let out a cold laugh.
At the same time, one of his clones descended from the sky, immediately drawing everyone's attention.
As expected, the moment everyone saw Ning Feng, they instinctively began forming hand seals, frantically unleashing ninjutsu toward him—completely failing to notice that the Kumogakure ninja who had been turned into a human bomb was already quietly approaching Darui and Akatsuchi.
BOOM!
A deafening explosion erupted.
Amid clouds of blood mist, the ninja infused with explosive chakra detonated instantly.
In the thunderous blast, countless Kumogakure and Iwagakure jōnin were blown apart into sprays of blood.
Even Darui and Akatsuchi were violently blasted away.
"So this is the terrifying power of Explosion Release…"
Ning Feng couldn't help but marvel.
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