blogombal Chapter 133 Unusual Movements from All Sides
Chapter 133 Unusual Movements from All Sides
In Konoha Hospital, the wards felt cramped because they were packed with too many people.
Looking at Kakashi lying on the bed, his body wrapped in bandages and still unconscious, Lee's eyes were filled with worry. He turned to Tsunade and hurriedly asked, "Hokage-sama, how is Kakashi-sensei? If it weren't for protecting me, Kakashi-sensei might not be so badly injured..."
At this point, Xiao Li's face was full of guilt.
Kai placed his hand on Lee's head. Although his eyes were full of worry as he looked at Kakashi, he still comforted him, "Don't be discouraged, Lee! That's Kakashi, my lifelong rival! He won't fall so easily."
After reading Kakashi's latest physical condition report, Tsunade's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. Although his injuries were very serious, Kakashi was no longer in mortal danger.
Tsunade handed the report to Shizune beside her and said, "Alright, now you can report all the information to me."
"About the Akatsuki, about the Three-Tails, about the Sound Village."
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"So, the Three-Tails was actually split in two?!" Upon hearing this absurd conclusion, Tsunade's eyebrows shot up sharply. "And then the Akatsuki and Orochimaru each got a part of the Three-Tails?!"
When Tsunade announced the result, Jiraiya coughed awkwardly and said, "A lot happened... but this is indeed the result..."
Seeing Jiraiya's nervous expression, Tsunade glanced at him but didn't say anything more.
After all, facing five members of the Akatsuki, plus the masked man who appeared at the end, making a total of six, as well as Orochimaru's enemies, the fact that everyone was able to return safely is already a very good result.
"I believe it's necessary to warn the other ninja villages!" Tsunade rested her chin on her hands and said in a deep voice, "The power of the Tailed Beasts must absolutely not fall into the hands of those with ulterior motives! It would definitely destabilize the current stable situation in the ninja world!"
Jiraiya agreed: "Indeed, the Akatsuki and the Sound Village don't capture tailed beasts just to keep them as pets."
The current situation meant that no one present could laugh at this lame joke.
"Hokage-sama..." Lee, who had been silent all along, spoke hesitantly, "I think Kimimaro's condition is very strange... The last time we met, he was almost dying, but this time, he has completely recovered. More importantly, Kakashi-sensei has already pierced a big hole in his chest, but when he was rescued, he was still alive."
"The bloodstain disease of the Shikotsumyaku?" A glint flashed in Tsunade's eyes: "I don't think the medical ninjutsu of the Sound Village could have suddenly improved to this extent."
"And those guys named August and Eli have very peculiar abilities; they seem to be connected to Zeref as well," Jiraiya added.
Tsunade's gaze deepened: "Orochimaru had previously shown almost no interest in the Tailed Beasts. So, is Zeref the one who truly desires them?"
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Inside the Sound Village, Sasuke lay on the cold stone bed in the laboratory, staring calmly at the ceiling above him.
Zeref walked to the stone bed and, while drawing a magic circle next to Sasuke, chatted casually, "After this Three-Tails incident, I'm afraid I'll become someone Konoha needs to be wary of even more than Orochimaru."
Hearing this, Sasuke chuckled and said, "How strange, you still care about this kind of thing? I've heard about your great reputation in the magic world."
"It should be infamy, right?" Jelf smiled.
Mentioning the Three-Tails, Sasuke couldn't help but ask curiously, "How's your research on the Three-Tails going? Can you defeat Acnologia by combining the power of the Tailed Beasts?"
Zeref, his hands still busy, replied, "Didn't you see the day Kurama fought Acnologia? Even the strongest Kurama probably wouldn't be a match for Acnologia."
"Then why do you still want to capture the other tailed beasts?" Sasuke asked, puzzled.
"Have you ever thought about the origin of the Tailed Beasts?" Zeref asked in turn. "From the One-Tail to the Nine-Tail, it's full of artificial artistry, isn't it? What's even more interesting is that I've discovered that the power of the Nine-Tail and the power of the Three-Tail are almost identical in essence."
The tailed beasts have the same power, so what's strange about that?
Sasuke, still not quite understanding, wanted to ask something more, but Zeref stopped him by raising his hand.
“It’s starting, Sasuke.” Zeref’s hand reached towards Sasuke’s eyes. “It might hurt a little, but I’ll cast a pain-relieving spell on you.”
As Zeref's hand drew closer to the Uchiha's most important eye, Sasuke instinctively tensed up. He suppressed his body's instinct to resist and calmly said, "No, I don't need pain relief."
"This is the first step I took to achieve my goal, and this pain is worth remembering."
Young people are so energetic! Zeref's lips curled up slightly, a magic circle appeared in his hand, and the next moment, Zeref gouged out Sasuke's right eye, which contained the power of the heavens!
Compared to the physical pain of eye-gouging, the greater discomfort is psychological.
After one of his Sharingan eyes was gouged out, a sudden sense of emptiness welled up in Sasuke's heart.
Using magic to stabilize Sasuke's eye socket, Zeref looked at the Sharingan that still retained its three tomoe after being dug out. He slightly activated his magic power, and pure magic crystals instantly enveloped the eye, completely freezing its vitality at that moment.
Sasuke, who had lost an eye, slowly sat up and picked up the black eye patch that had been prepared in advance beside him.
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Sasuke, wearing a black eye patch, stood out in the Sound Village, especially to Itachi Uchiha.
"Sasuke, what happened to your eyes?" Itachi Uchiha asked with some concern, looking at Sasuke's new look.
Itachi had already learned from August that Sasuke had recklessly used the Mangekyou Sharingan in battle, and no one knew better than him how heavy the burden of the Mangekyou Sharingan was.
Seeing Sasuke's condition, he subconsciously wondered if Sasuke's eyes had deteriorated to the point of being unusable.
However, Sasuke was very resistant to accepting his own eyes, which left Itachi in a state of helpless anxiety.
"When the power of two Mangekyou Sharingan merges into one, it becomes the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. At that point, it's the only way you can stop the Mangekyou from going blind." Itachi persisted, "Sasuke, whatever you want to do, you need this power, don't you?"
After talking with Mavis and reflecting on his own observations over the past few days, Itachi had to admit that things had spiraled out of his control.
Compared to Orochimaru, Zeref clearly had a greater influence on Sasuke.
Itachi was confident that Sasuke would never submit to Orochimaru's will, but he was not so sure about Zeref, whom he could not see through.
Whether in his speech and manner or in his style of doing things, Jelf always appeared gentle, polite, knowledgeable and wise. He was especially kind in his interactions with Mavis and August.
However, whenever Itachi met Zeref's dark eyes, it was as if he were facing a dark ocean.
The calm sea surface is merely the most superficial characteristic.
Mavis's concerns were valid; Sasuke has likely been influenced by Zeref!
Thinking of this, Itachi's heart sank.
Itachi, who was about to say something more, suddenly stopped talking after seeing Sasuke's actions.
Sasuke slowly raised his hand and removed the black eyepatch from his right eye. The empty, sunken eye socket instantly filled Itachi's vision, causing Itachi's expression to go completely blank for a moment.
The next moment, an immense killing intent erupted from Itachi, and icy words were forced from his lips: "Who did this! Orochimaru or Zeref?!"
“You’re wrong.” Without answering Itachi’s question, Sasuke continued, “There’s more than one way to prevent the Mangekyou Sharingan from going blind.”
"As for your eyes, you can keep them until the very end."
"See my end, see the end of the ninja world."
"Watch as I trample all the peace you've sacrificed for it under my feet."
"Watch me take that first step into the new world!"
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Meanwhile, Zeref, sitting in his armchair, propping his cheek up with one hand and playing with the Sharingan encased in a magic crystal in the other, smiled slightly as Mavis approached.
Mavis's face darkened, her gaze sweeping over the eyeball in Jelf's hand before fixing on Jelf with a burning intensity.
After a moment of silence, as if reluctantly admitting defeat, Zeref stood up and explained, "I only agreed to Sasuke's request. After all, overuse of the Mangekyou Sharingan can lead to blindness."
"With your abilities, if you only wanted to treat the side effects of the Mangekyou Sharingan, was it really necessary to gouge out Sasuke's eyes?" Unfazed by Zeref's evasive words, Mavis questioned him with a sharp gaze.
"What exactly does Sasuke want to do?" When Mavis asked this question, she suddenly had a bad feeling.
What Jelf said next completely confirmed Mavis's premonition.
"Sasuke just wants to do the same thing as me," Zeref said with a somewhat complicated tone.
"I knew it!" Mavis exclaimed incredulously. "And you actually agreed to help him?!"
So Jelf still won't give up on his plan? Mavis's face grew darker and darker.
"I no longer intend to do that, Mavis." Seeing this, Zeref quickly explained, "I simply understand Sasuke's wishes better than anyone else."
Mavis's expression remained grave. She retorted bluntly, "He wouldn't have had this thought without you telling him! You've put Sasuke and yet another world in danger!"
"Am I really the one who puts this world in danger?" Zeref asked rhetorically. "I just provided Sasuke with a choice that was more in line with his heart than his original plan."
"Even without me, and even without Sasuke, the resentment in this world has already accumulated to a great extent."
Mavis was silent for a moment, unable to refute, but she still said: "I always believe that the power of comrades will bring Sasuke new hope. Naruto, Sakura and other comrades, as well as Itachi, Sasuke has always had their care and love."
“You always have such a hopeful spirit, Mavis,” Jelf smiled, tilting his head. “Then we’ll see.”
"Will the fate of this world be destroyed by Acnologia, or by these ninjas?"
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Deep underground in a cave, the incredibly reliable and efficient Black Zetsu has already summoned a coffin using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
After the coffin was fully revealed from the ground, its lid was suddenly kicked off from the inside.
"Have the Tailed Beasts finally been gathered?" A low, hoarse voice echoed in the cave.
The next moment, a long-haired man wearing red armor strode out of the coffin.