blogombal Chapter 176 Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain, Kakashi's Team's Resolve
Chapter 176 Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain, Kakashi's Team's Resolve
"Lord Madara, something terrible has happened! The White Zetsu monitoring Obito has sent word that Kakashi and that guy named Nohara Rin are very powerful. If we only rely on the few Jonin from Iwagakure nearby, we might not be able to complete the mission you assigned." In the underground space, Tobi suddenly received the message and danced with joy.
This caused Madara Uchiha's gaze to change as he thought about the mysterious Mangekyou Sharingan with the tiger-striped mask. He then glanced at the few remaining White Zetsu and ordered, "White Zetsu with Chunin-level or higher strength, go disguise yourselves as Iwa ninja and participate in the battle. Other White Zetsu will lure Iwa ninja further away and be ready to fight at any time."
"This time, either Kakashi or Rin Nohara must die. I want to see the true potential of Obito's Sharingan."
"Yes, Lord Madara." Tobi responded cheerfully and immediately summoned more than twenty White Zetsu with Chunin strength to begin their operation.
As for Lord Madara's safety? What a joke! Although Lord Madara is now barely clinging to life, there is currently no ninja in the ninja world capable of killing him.
"Um--"
Seemingly sharing the same sentiment, just as Afei was contemplating clinging to life, Madara Uchiha's icy, scarlet gaze fell upon him.
"Ah! No, no, Lord Madara, I was just joking!!" Tobi cried out in a panic, then staggered and disappeared into the wall to leave.
The other White Zetsu immediately followed suit, first going to the battlefield to collect and devour the dying Iwa ninja, then using them to create a decoy.
"Hmph, even if it's specially made using Hashirama's cells and my Yin-Yang Release, a substandard product is still a substandard product..." Madara Uchiha snorted indifferently, then closed his eyes again to await the result.
On the other side, half an hour later.
The fleeing Iwa ninja, Hikari, surprisingly found several Iwa ninja squads with ease, forming a formidable force of six Jonin and over thirty Chunin, and went straight to pursue and intercept Kakashi's team.
[It's finally begun. Hopefully, this diversionary tactic will yield some results.] In the shadows, Ishikawa, through his red eyes, saw the Iwa ninja squad pursuing them a kilometer away, his gaze solemn.
Originally, it would have been easier to follow the plot and have Nohara Rin captured by Iwagakure, but that kind of simple battle couldn't create any chaos for him to take advantage of.
Furthermore, given Kakashi, Obito, and Rin's current strength, even if the storyline unfolds as he remembers, it won't be the one he remembers. So it's better to take the initiative and orchestrate this unexpected event to throw Madara into disarray!
At the same time, "They're here!!"
Obito, who was moving at full speed, suddenly stopped, his expression changing. His crimson Sharingan with two tomoe stared intently at the forest behind him.
Although the Sharingan doesn't have the same level of insight as the Byakugan, it still couldn't hide the undisguised pursuit of the numerous Iwa ninja.
"Judging from the noise, there are at least thirty or forty enemies. Kakashi, what do we do now?" Obito asked nervously, sweat beading on his forehead. This situation seemed to be really bad!
With so many Iwa ninja, even the three of them, no matter how powerful, couldn't possibly break through and complete the mission. Damn it, Rin is still so young; he doesn't want her to die here.
"What should we do? Of course, we should complete the mission at all costs." Kakashi was also worried, but his face showed determination.
"With so many people gathered here, there must not be many left to guard the Kannabi Bridge. So, the only way to complete the mission is to split up. Obito, Rin, who will help me intercept the Iwa ninja and buy some time?" Kakashi said resolutely, his implication being that one of them would go and complete the mission alone.
Although that would also be fraught with danger, it would be much less risky than two people facing thirty or forty Iwa ninja!
The two who remained were essentially doomed to die in their attempt to buy as much time as possible!
"I'll stay." Without hesitation, Obito gritted his teeth and spoke before Rin could. "Rin is very powerful; she's more likely to destroy the Kannabi Bridge than I am."
"Obito, Kakashi, I'm not leaving." Nohara Rin knew perfectly well that the two were going to fight to the death to buy time, so she immediately refused.
So what if they destroy the Kannabi Bridge? Their real opponent is Uchiha Madara. She needs to stay and help contain the chaos in Iwagakure, buying Ishikawa a chance.
"This is an order! I am giving you this order as the captain."
“Go, Lin. We’ll be there to meet you soon…”
Kakashi, unaware of all this, shouted an order as the enemy drew closer! Obito, too, forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, urging him on.
Almost the instant the two finished speaking, whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...
As the leaves rustled, nearly forty people, led by Iwa ninja Hikari, sprang out of the woods, sharpening their knives.
"You brats from Konoha, you're all dead this time!" Hikari, an Iwa ninja, glared menacingly at Kakashi and his two companions, his face contorted with malice.
Including his companion, Demon Leech, who had gone out to gather intelligence and had not returned, two of his three-person team members had already died. He had to kill these three guys to avenge his previous defeat.
"Run, Rin!" Kakashi shouted again, his hands rapidly forming hand seals and slamming them onto the ground. 'Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall...'
With a deafening roar, a fifty-meter-long earthen wall rose from the ground in the blink of an eye, blocking the Iwa ninja's view. Kakashi, having completed his Earth Release technique, didn't stop. His body crackled with lightning as he drew his kunai and rushed forward in a blur.
"Rin, don't let your emotions get the better of you! I want you to live. If the mission is too difficult, just give up." Obito took a deep breath and pondered sincerely. After speaking, he formed hand seals and jumped onto the earthen wall. "Damn Iwa ninja, don't underestimate the Uchiha clan of Konoha!"
'Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique...'
Seeing the two of them working so hard for her, Nohara Rin's eyes instantly reddened. All the pressure she had borne over the past year to change her fate felt worthwhile!
"boom!!"
Without hesitation, Nohara Rin's right eye turned bloodshot as she scanned the entire area, then slammed her fist hard against the earthen wall.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
In an instant, the cracked earthen wall slammed through like a high-speed cannonball, directly bypassing the dozen or so Iwa ninjas that Kakashi and Obito had surrounded.
"Medical ninjas don't abandon their comrades. We go together. I won't abandon you, even if it means refusing orders!" Rin Nohara shouted at Kakashi and Obito, whose faces were dark with anger, and charged into the Iwa ninja squad, using the dust as cover.
"Rin..." Kakashi and Obito's pupils shrank simultaneously upon hearing this, and smiles appeared on their lips as their movements became even more swift.
Since that's the case, then we have no choice but to give it our all!
Rin Nohara's punches and kicks were like those of a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex, causing the Iwa ninjas to retreat in fear and their momentum to falter.
"Avoid taijutsu battles with them, use ninjutsu." Hikari, an experienced Iwa ninja, immediately formed hand seals to remind him.
'Escape: Rock House Collapse...'
As the firelight slammed her hand into the ground, activating Earth Release, the ground beneath Rin Nohara's feet instantly cracked and swallowed her whole...
But Nohara Rin also acted decisively, punching out a large crater, stepping into the crater and instantly leaping out of the crack to kick Iwa ninja Hikari.
【Now.】Looking at the chaotic battlefield, Ishikawa, a kilometer away, hid his main body and left a clone to activate the Spirit Transformation Technique again.
In the dappled sunlight and chaotic battle-stricken forest, a streak of blue and white light flashed and disappeared into the body of the White Zetsu monitoring Obito.
"Uchiha Madara, I've come looking for you again!" After glancing at the chaotic battlefield where both sides were evenly matched, Ishikawa controlled the White Zetsu and vanished...