Konoha: I, Uchiha, just want to die.

Chapter 266 Intermission, Hell Falls!
When this group of people who never lived to see the beginning of the original story stood by,
Uchiha Ci seemed to have sensed something and raised his head with difficulty.

Then he saw an old man with a thin figure and a resolute back, drawing his sword and stepping forward to protect him behind him.
"Great Elder."

Uchiha Ci was stunned and felt inexplicably flustered.

Uchiha Setsuna didn't even turn his head, but tried to suppress his fatigue and spoke calmly:

"Ci,"

"You've done enough."

"Wait." Uchiha Ci couldn't hear what the other party was saying, but he still gritted his teeth and looked at the old man in front of him, unable to help but open his eyes wide.

Uchiha Setsuna awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, but forgot his unique eye technique [Heavenly Standing], and lost one eye permanently due to using Izanagi.
He simply couldn't unleash the legendary third power, Susanoo!

Even if it's just a skeleton.

Even though the Mangekyō Sharingan increased his illusions, chakra, and insight, it only allowed him to barely reach the first level of Kage, and it was not enough for him to deal with a master like Kakuzu.

And now this old man was standing in front of him, facing the Third Raikage, who was at the pinnacle of shadows.

The only thing he can use is that technique.
"Great Elder, you..." Uchiha Ci wanted to persuade the other party,
Just leave him like this.
Get out of here.
Wait a little longer, wait a little longer and someone will come to rescue you.
but,

Uchiha Setsuna interrupted him without even turning his head.
"You should still remember what I said in the volcano, right?"

"I once said--"

"You are determined and have a long-term vision. Compared to a mediocre person like me, you have a better chance of reaching the other side and are more capable of shouldering the responsibility of the clan. You are more qualified to survive!"

“And now, you can do those things.”

"And the last thing I want to teach you is——"

Uchiha Setsuna took a long breath, his one eye fell on the Sandaime Raikage, tightly grasped the long sword in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice:

“True victory is not about defeating the strong, but about protecting what is important to you until the last moment.”

"This is victory!"

The moment the words fell,
Flames and thunder roared at the same time!
The blazing flames that lit up the entire night sky lit up, and Uchiha Setsuna set his heart and the long sword in his hand on fire.

Fire escape chakra mode, turn on!

He stepped on the ground, raised the knife to his chest, and stabbed forward suddenly!

boom!
The long sword instantly turned into a flaming long sword like a heavy hammer, extending the sword body forward madly, and stabbed at the Third-generation Raikage Ai who was rushing towards him with the Hell Thrust!
During this process,

The long sword in Uchiha Setsuna's hand melted instantly, and he immediately formed hand seals with both hands.
Mao-Wei-Hai!
Forbidden Technique: Izanagi, activated!
Fire Style: Chakra Mode, this technique can unleash the power of a shadow with an ordinary body, but it does not mean that the shadow can be defeated by it. To put it bluntly, this is a forbidden technique that exchanges life for attack power. At the same time, this forbidden technique also has an upper limit.

And this upper limit was demonstrated by Uchiha Ci just now.

The Raikage can defeat this technique simply by using the Hell Stab, Nibongante combined with his unique black lightning!
At this moment, facing a stronger hand, the flaming sword that Uchiha had thrust out was pierced and broken in an instant, turning into four beams of flames that passed through Ai's body!
Ai was only slightly affected and slowed down a bit, then he rushed forward quickly!

puff!

The thunder gathered at the fingertips instantly pierced through Uchiha Setsuna's chest!
Seeing this scene, even though he knew that the old man had used Izanagi in advance and would not die from this blow, Uchiha Ci still couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

And at this moment,
Uchiha Setsuna stared at Ai, who was so close to him, with his one eye, revealing a fierce and cold expression.

"It's now!"

"Do it!"

next moment,
The moment he used his flesh and blood to block the Third Raikage, the Konoha ninjas standing nearby attacked without hesitation!

"Bagua Kongbi Zhang!"

Two Hyuga ninjas performed the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm at the same time, combining it into the Eight Trigrams Empty Wall Palm that could even bounce back the Ten-Tails' attack, and they struck out instantly!

The powerful air cannon hit the Raikage, stopping his momentum again!
Then,

Ninjas wearing Konoha jonin vests and black linings jumped out one after another.

"Eight Trigrams: Breaking the Mountain!"

"Konoha Dragon God!"

"Secret Technique: Insect Swamp!"

"Secret Technique: Insect Spear!"

In an instant, Hyuga Hizashi took the lead in using the Bagua Palm-Breaking Mountain Strike, using chakra to launch a full-strength attack like a huge laser ray, which shot out and hit Ai's chest first.

"Is this... acupressure? Soft fist technique?"

Ai was startled suddenly. The force of this blow even penetrated the Thunder Armor and acted directly on his body, and hit the Tianchi point on the side of the big hole in his left chest, causing the Thunder Armor in that range to fluctuate and weaken it by more than a degree!
Then, Aburame Ryoma's long-awaited secret technique, Insect Swamp, rose up and tightly entangled the Raikage's limbs.

The Konoha Dragon God was kicked from the side by Teacher Chen, and hit the weakened lightning armor on his left chest again!
The lightning exploded, causing a brief gap in the lightning armor on the chest of the Third Raikage.

“Make sure to hit it!!”

"Go, bugs!"

Aburame Shiguro gritted his teeth, stood still, formed the "no" seal with both hands, and used the nano poisonous insects to form the secret technique - insect spear.

The insect spear pierced through Uchiha Setsuna's chest like a spiral thorn, and then, with its remaining force, shot towards the heart of the Third Raikage!

The Third Raikage's eyes fixed, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis!
This combination of attacks came too fast and was coordinated too closely, and it was obvious that they were well prepared.

While he was fighting with Uchiha Ci, this group of people seemed to be busy too.

Now they have actually come up with a plan that can pose a threat to him!
however,
"Thunder Release·Black Spot Cha!"

Ai shouted angrily, and black leopard-shaped lightning flashed across his body.

This is the change in nature that occurs when Lightning Release reaches its extreme, similar to the 'Purple Lightning' developed by the future Sixth Hokage Kakashi after he lost his Sharingan, and its power far exceeds that of ordinary Lightning Release.

In an instant, black lightning spread out indiscriminately in all directions, destroying the insect gun near the gap in the lightning armor on the chest, and turning it into powder!

All the Konoha ninjas that came to besiege were blown away and thrown out at this moment!
however,
At this moment, Uchiha Setsuna, whose chest was pierced by Ai's finger, suddenly turned into illusion and disappeared on the spot.

This is the forbidden technique, Izanagi!

The forbidden eye technique performed at the cost of one eye allows the caster to continuously rewrite reality over a period of time, making all events that are unfavorable to oneself appear to have never happened, and only retaining the aspects that are beneficial to oneself, thus making the eye technique invincible!

This technique is not like what Danzo Shimura showed in the anime, where one eye corresponds to one life. During the time that Izanagi is in effect, the caster actually has unlimited resurrection coins.

now,

Uchiha Setsuna's face was grim. He escaped from the gap between fantasy and reality, passed the lightning pillar of Lightning Release: Black Spot, and suddenly appeared in front of the Third Raikage.
He raised his palm and stabbed a condensed white long sword towards Ai's heart!

"He's not dead yet?!"

Ai's pupils shrank sharply, and he did not bother to think about why the old man in front of him was not dead yet.
Snapped!
His hands, which were shining with thunder, suddenly closed together and tightly grasped the blazing white sword to stop the sword's momentum. Then he turned sideways and cut off the old man's head with a single blow of his hand.

The next moment, Uchiha Setsuna suddenly disappeared again, and then reappeared.

However, without other Konoha ninjas to create opportunities for him, even though Uchiha Setsuna could revive repeatedly, he could no longer launch a fatal attack against the Third Raikage.
Only, it can only be used for harassment,
However, this was enough for Uchiha Setsuna.
His purpose was to prevent the other party from getting close to Uchiha Ci until the last moment!
For a moment, the situation on the field was deadlocked.
The Third Raikage had to guard against Uchiha Setsuna who was constantly killed and reappeared.

After all, the blazing white sword that Uchiha Setsuna copied from Uchiha Ci can indeed pose a threat to his strongest lightning armor!
At this moment, blue thunder suddenly flashed in the sky——

Then,

“——Boom!!”

Thunder roared,

The sky was filled with dark clouds and suddenly it started to rain.

Bean-sized raindrops kept pouring down, dripping onto the charred ruins, sounding like resentment, longing, crying and complaining, which made people feel sad.

Looking at the scenes happening before his eyes, Uchiha Ci couldn't help but feel a bit of despair in his eyes.

The forbidden technique, Izanagi, has a time limit.

For different people, this invincible time is different. In the future, Danzo Shimura, who has transplanted ten Sharingan and Hashirama's cells, can extend his Izanagi for one minute for each Sharingan, while Uchiha Obito can do it for five minutes.

And without the power of the Senju clan, how long can Uchiha Setsuna's Mangekyō Sharingan last?
When the time comes, they will still die.

And it was still more than ten minutes before Minato arrived in half an hour as promised.
But it's all in vain!

He couldn't understand why the old man would go to such lengths for such a futile thing?
Uchiha Ci counted the time in his heart second by second.

His eyes gradually became dull, and his expression became numb.
Watching Uchiha Setsuna rush forward and get swatted to death like a fly,
this moment,
What emerged from the bottom of my heart was not anger, nor sadness.
But despair.

The layers upon layers, the heaviness spreading endlessly, make people feel cold in their hearts and bodies, and they can't help but feel a strong sense of suffocation. They feel that there is nothing around them, and they are isolated and helpless in despair!

"Crack!"

The sky suddenly flashed,
Pale lightning flashed across the world, and suddenly footsteps sounded in the ears of the Konoha ninjas.

Step, step——

The soles of his feet crushed sand and dust and raised gray mist.

Accompanied by a hole cut by a giant sword of flowing flames that went straight to the sky,
The moonlight falls down,

The people lying on the ground unable to stand up raised their heads with difficulty and saw—

In the moonlight, a man wearing a Takigakure renegade forehead protector and a black mask, a black robe that covers the body, a tall figure, and a pair of bright green eyes, walked slowly towards them.

Seeing the other party dressed like this, everyone's heart sank into the abyss.

This person was captured by the Uchiha clan and imprisoned in the camp. He was a Takinin S-rank traitor and the strongest bounty ninja in the ninja world.
Kakuzu!

now,

Ai, who was fighting with Uchiha Setsuna, saw the person coming and his pupils shrank immediately. He recognized the person immediately.
In the First Shinobi World War, Takigakure once cooperated with Kumogakure. At that time, Kakuzu was still working for Takigakure, cooperating with Kinkaku and Ginkaku of Kumogakure to conquer many small countries. But later, Kinkaku and Ginkaku launched a rebellion, and this guy also killed all the high-ranking officials of Takigakure, defected from the village, and mastered the secret technique that Kumogakure desired, Earth Grudge.

Become an absolute strong man with the power of shadow!
After not seeing each other for decades, I didn't expect to see him again at this moment, when he was seriously injured by Uchiha Ci.

Although he was confident that he could not underestimate the opponent, there had been enough accidents today, and he did not want any more accidents to happen at this time.

Ai frowned and stared at the other person closely.

"Kakuzu?"

Kakuzu's eyes were cold and indifferent. He glanced at Uchiha Ci who was lying on the ground, and couldn't help but reveal a cold smile.

Then, he walked over slowly and asked the Raikage faintly:

“The Raikage—”

"Does the previous employment still count?"

Hearing this, Ai's mouth twitched slightly, and then he remembered,
A month and a half ago, the elder Chiyo of Sand Village hired this S-rank rebel ninja through an underground gold exchange to cooperate with them in attacking the reinforcement team from Konoha, but he was later captured by the Uchiha clan.
Now seeing that he is well fed and well-drinking and has no injuries, it seems that there is some story behind his capture.
This money-loving guy seemed to be waiting for this moment to blackmail us!

With this thought, Ai Xu narrowed his eyes, stared at Kakuzu, and dodged the giant sword swung by Uchiha Setsuna with a big jump, and then shouted in a deep voice:

"Kakuzu!"

"You don't need to do anything. What Sand Village gave you, I will also give you a share!"

"Now, get out of here!"

"Tsk tsk, that won't do." Kakuzu kept walking, squinting his eyes and moving forward.

"Taking money from others and helping them get rid of their misfortunes is the rule of our industry."

Then, he spoke again quietly:

"But, having said that,"

"This little devil's life is worth 60 million taels!"

"The exchange promised to give me 30 million taels, plus this 60 million taels, that's 90 million taels."

"It's more than the 60 million you wanted to give Raikage, right?"

"Let me calculate. If I take this brat away from here, how much will the Uchiha clan pay me? Will it be--"

"What about more than 90 million?"

Hearing this, I understood what the other party meant through lip reading, and thought that this bounty ninja who had no integrity at all might really do such a thing.

Ai's face darkened, and he threatened coldly:
"If you are not afraid of death, you can give it a try."

Facing such a threat, Jiao Du couldn't help but narrow his eyes, as if he was weighing the pros and cons.
After a moment, he said faintly: "Raikage, you are joking. How could I do such a thing?"

Then, his expression changed and he said calmly:

"I can help you kill this brat!"

"After the deal is done, I will exchange it for 60 million from Kanesho, 30 million from Sunagakure, and 60 million from you!"

“I want them all!”

Kakuzu paused, narrowed his eyes, and drew out the last line of his words.
"otherwise."

"Hmph!" Ai couldn't help but snort coldly after being hit hard, but he didn't continue to object.

After getting the answer he wanted, Kakuzu slightly curved his eyes.

The next moment,
His whole body suddenly jumped up and rushed out!
All the Konoha ninjas looked at this scene in shock and anger, their eyes bloodshot, but no one could stop the other party!
clatter! clatter! clatter! clatter!
The trembling feeling of the rapid drum-like footsteps hitting the ground woke up Uchiha Ci who was counting the time.
He suddenly raised his head,
The time I counted silently in my mind fell exactly to three minutes!
Then, he saw——

Uchiha Setsuna was wielding a flaming sword that pierced the sky and the earth. At this moment, his scarlet three-magatama Sharingan suddenly turned into a blank white color.

Then, it was like a string broke completely!

Like a firebird losing its wings, or a falcon falling from the sky, Uchiha Setsuna suddenly fell from mid-air.

Then, he was grabbed by the throat by the Third Raikage!
this moment,
Uchiha Ci opened his mouth slightly, and felt two lines of moist liquid with a rusty taste sliding down from the corners of his eyes, falling onto the ground along the corners of his jaw.

I couldn't hear anything, and my vision became increasingly blurry.
I can only feel,
At this moment, the facial features began to distort, become hideous and terrifying!
My nostrils and mouth felt as if they were filled with spicy smoke, and my brain was so filled with blood that it was about to explode!

The pair of eyes connected by blue veins turned dark due to lack of chakra supply.

Suddenly it turned into scarlet!
Two magatamas were spinning wildly around the dark pupils!
Power began to surge out from every part of the body!
However, at this moment——

A hand suddenly twisted Uchiha Ci's head!
He lifted his whole body up suddenly, allowing Uchiha Ci to see the owner of the hand clearly!

Kakuzu!

Uchiha Ci was stunned, and then he saw Kakuzu's other hand approaching rapidly!
puff!

Blood splatters!

The index finger and thumb went straight into the eye sockets, the diamond-hard fingers crushed the brow bones, and then reached into the eyes!

"Aaaaaaaaaa!!!"

He instantly lost half of his vision, and endless pain exploded in his head! Uchiha Ci couldn't help but let out a scream.

Then, he looked in horror with the only half of his remaining eye at Kakuzu in front of him, who had his mask pulled down and a stern look on his face.

looking at,

The eyeball that the other person was holding in his fingers already had the shape of three magatama!
In this last vision before the right eye was dug out,
The Kakuzu in front of him sighed and gave a bitter smile.
As her mouth, which was covered with stitches, opened and closed, she uttered two words to him silently:
"Jump down!"

"Just like you did before!"

Then,

Severe pain strikes!

Uchiha Ci fell into darkness and silence.

I could only feel countless sharp objects piercing my body, and the hand that was twisting my hair suddenly loosened.

then,

It is endless, like a nightmare.

A feeling of falling.

(End of this chapter)