"Mizukage, you are, after all, the Kage of a village. Don't you even have the courage to face the enemy?"
Onoki leaned forward slightly, his eyes fixed solemnly on the group of Shadow Clones gradually surrounding them, trying to stir up Yagura Karatachi's fighting spirit.
The enemy's strength completely exceeded his expectations!
This kind of unmatched power is probably no less than the reincarnation of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha!
But he now.
He is no longer the weakling who needed to muster all his courage just to look up at Madara Uchiha.
He is the man who has mastered the Bloodline Elimination Dust Release, inherited the title of Tsuchikage, and is known as Two Scales!
As long as the Mizukage, who is the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, can muster his courage and seriously face the enemy.
As long as the Mizukage's subordinate, who is also powerful, stops cowering and only thinks about running away.
They are not completely without the power to fight the enemy!
"The Tsuchikage is right. As Mizukage, I really shouldn't be so cowardly."
"Hmph! In a moment, I..."
"I'll resign when I get back."
"???!!!"
Onoki's eyes went dark upon hearing this, and his chest heaved violently, almost causing him to spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Is that even human language?
Has everyone in Mist Village died?
How could they let someone like this become the Mizukage!
It's simply a disgrace to the Five Kage!
Black Zetsu, who was possessing Yagura Karatachi, didn't even look at Onoki.
If Yamanaka Kei didn't have that strange power that suddenly made people lose certain abilities.
He would have completely released the restrictions on Yagura Karatachi and Isobu, allowing him to completely transform into the Tailed Beast and rush forward. Why would he need Onoki's nonsense!
But the bone-chilling palpitations he felt before diving underground, and Yamanaka Kei's persistent desire to face him directly.
Everything was indicating.
The enemy wanted to use the same technique on him that they had used on Madara Uchiha before.
And that technique was extremely dangerous to him!
Is it some kind of Sage Art?
Black Zetsu's mind raced.
Although, theoretically speaking, Sage Art could only cause damage to a Yin-Yang Release creation like him and could not directly kill him.
Theories are just theories, though. Over the past millennium, countless secret techniques and methods have emerged in the ninja world.
Who knows if some new variety might suddenly appear?
What would Mom do if something happened to him?
Black Zetsu shrunk itself into a tiny ball, hiding securely behind Tobi, ready to jump from Yagura onto Tobi at any moment.
The figures of the Six Paths Clones descended from the sky.
They quickly gathered beside Black Zetsu and Tobi, six pairs of identical Rinnegan eyes constantly fixed on Yamanaka Kei.
Meanwhile, under Black Zetsu's direction, Tobi continuously used the Chakra within his body to manipulate the Eight Thousand Spears mark left by Uchiha Hikaru.
The member of the Hozuki clan he possessed, although naturally endowed with a large amount of Chakra and a decent physique,
couldn't compare to Nagato, who possessed the Uzumaki Bloodline and exceptional talent.
Even though he had amplified the Hozuki's power with his own, he could only barely unleash a portion of the Rinnegan's power.
If he wanted to use even greater strength,
the only way now was to have Uchiha Hikaru use the power of the Eight Thousand Spears to transfer some of the Chakra from the hundred thousand White Zetsu.
Onoki turned his head to look at Yagura Karatachi and his subordinates beside him.
Just as he was about to use words again to forcefully provoke the other party, he suddenly noticed the eyes of Yagura's subordinate, no longer covered by his forehead protector.
Those purple eyes with circles of ripples...
Was this the legendary highest visual power that controlled life and death, the Sage of Six Paths' Sage Eye?
As a storm raged in Onoki's heart, he once again felt the urge to curse.
No, your subordinate has this kind of thing!
You don't even dare to show your face, and you look like you're ready to run away at any moment?!
Wait...
Onoki paused for a moment, his gaze shifting to the black light swirling around Yamanaka Kei, and the giant dragons around him, roaring ferociously.
Then he looked at the towering trees around him, constantly waving their branches, as if demons had descended.
It was true that his teammate was strong.
But the opponent was even stronger!
This wasn't just a matter of strength, but also of courage and will!
Even with the Sage Eye, what could a cowardly weakling do with such power?
Moreover, a Yamanaka Kei who could rival the First Hokage, plus Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was now in the Hokage position, as well as the grown-up Konoha Sannin, and Namikaze Minato, whom he had just seen...
Iwagakure's overall number of ninjas couldn't compare to Konoha's, and its high-end combat power was far behind.
He feared that if his old bones were to be left here today,
who would be able to shoulder the responsibility of the Tsuchikage in such a large Iwagakure Village?
I was truly blind to ally with the Mist Village!
Onoki cursed inwardly, subtly shifting his feet to distance himself from Yagura Karatachi and the others, and spoke to Yamanaka Kei.
"Esteemed guest, Iwagakure and Konoha don't really have any irreconcilable hatred between them."
As soon as the words left his mouth.
Even Black Zetsu was momentarily stunned, looking at Onoki with disbelief.
This old man, he's going to defect?!
"Hmm?"
Yamanaka Kei was taken aback, equally surprised.
He really didn't expect that stubborn old man from the original story to change his stance so quickly!
Wait.
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, wasn't this guy still determined, encouraging the other Kage to fight against Madara Uchiha to the end?
What's happening now? Without Gaara and Naruto's pep talk, he's wilting right from the start?
Or is it because Madara Uchiha was too ruthless in the original story, and everyone was going to die, that this guy fought back with all his might?
"Foolish old thing, do you think they'll agree?"
Black Zetsu sneered with feigned disdain.
While rapidly thinking about how to continue stalling for time, he also cursed Uchiha Hikaru internally.
Logically speaking, with Uchiha Hikaru's control over the Eight Thousand Spears.
After so much time, the supporting Chakra should have arrived long ago, but there's still no response!
What exactly is wrong with that guy!
"Actually, Iwagakure and Konoha can work together, how about we attack the Mist Village together? Although the Water Country's area isn't particularly large, it's very rich in various resources..."
Onoki's brain was also working at high speed.
Eloquently describing the idea he had just come up with.
Buzz～
A golden-red translucent Barrier rose from outside the range of the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!
The surface of the pillar-shaped Barrier was entwined with countless golden-red flames, blocking the entry of all external personnel and energy.
Sage Art: Four Red Yang Formation!
A Barrier that integrates Sage Chakra, and can only be activated by four ninjas with Kage-level Chakra, completely sealed off the space where everyone was in the blink of an eye.
Black Zetsu's pupils shrank, and only then did he see through the reflection of the Barrier's light.
The huge trees sprouted by the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees were constantly releasing wisps of Sage Chakra to the surroundings.
These invisible Sage Chakra formed a layer of thin film like silk and mist.
Blocking the massive amount of Chakra surging from the sky!
Damn it!
This guy knew about Uchiha Hikaru's existence long ago, and even set up countermeasures!
"In the ninja world, there only needs to be one ninja village, but I think there can be a few more Kage. What does the Tsuchikage think?"
Yamanaka Kei crossed his arms in front of his chest, a brilliant smile of confidence on his face.
A Barrier capable of withstanding the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball has already been formed.
Uchiha Hikaru's Eight Thousand Spears' power was also completely blocked out, so he no longer needed to secretly manipulate the surrounding trees to emit a large amount of Sage Art Chakra to block it.
If he still lets Black Zetsu run away.
He will chop Kun live on the spot!
As for Onoki, he has already caught Black Zetsu. If this guy knows what's good for him, he will bring the ten thousand or so ninjas from Iwagakure to work for him.
If he doesn't know what's good for him, then he can only use Wood Release to wipe the ground, and say "Gana" in passing.
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