Chapter 138 futsu-no-Mitama After Kakashi planted his kunai in the ground, a spatial fluctuation occurred, and Genma Shiranui and his two companions arrived with Touhuan Uchiha.
Wearing the Fifth Hokage's robes and carrying the Lightning Blade at his waist, Touhuan Uchiha appeared at the entrance of Kusagakure.
After landing, Touhuan Uchiha gestured for Genma Shiranui and his companions to step back, then looked up at the leader of Kusagakure.
"You…who are you?" The leader of Kusagakure was stunned by Touhuan Uchiha's killing intent and couldn't speak for a long time.
"The Fifth Hokage, Touhuan Uchiha." After introducing himself, Touhuan Uchiha walked alone into Kusagakure.
"What are you doing? Even if you are the Hokage, you can't just barge into another ninja village!" The leader of Kusagakure blocked Touhuan Uchiha's path, gritting his teeth.
The other Kusagakure ninja followed their leader, blocking the entrance to Kusagakure.
Uchiha Touhuan raised his head, casually glancing at the crowd blocking his way. He entered Sage Mode, silver-gray facial markings appearing on his face, and his Mangekyou Sharingan activated.
A deafening roar erupted as a bolt of blue lightning, as thick as a thigh, descended from the sky, landing precisely one meter in front of him.
Dark clouds, imbued with lightning, appeared from nowhere, completely enveloping the entire Kusagakure village.
One bolt of lightning after another struck, forcing the Kusagakure ninja to make way for Uchiha Touhuan under the weight of this divine power.
Uchiha Touhuan walked silently into Kusagakure. His Sage Mode senses completely enveloped the village, and he quickly detected two unusually powerful auras, one large and one small, and headed straight for them. The
Kusagakure leader, forced back by the lightning, paled upon seeing Uchiha Touhuan's direction.
"Hokage, that's a secret location of Kusagakure! Don't go too far!" the Kusagakure leader said as he chased after Uchiha Touhuan.
He desperately wanted to stop him, but the relentless lightning strikes prevented him from advancing.
Soon, Uchiha Touhuan arrived at the place where Karin and her daughter were being held.
Seeing this, the Kusagakure leader had no choice but to risk his life to block Uchiha Touhuan's path, saying, "Hokage, please stop! That's a secret location of Kusagakure! Do you really want our two villages to go to war?"
"Get out of my way," Uchiha Touhuan finally uttered his first words upon arriving in Kusagakure.
The next instant, Uchiha Touhuan drew his Lightning Bolt.
The moment the Lightning Bolt was drawn, Uchiha Touhuan transformed into a sharp blue lightning bolt.
In the eyes of the Kusagakure ninja, all they saw was a blinding flash before they were lying on the ground.
Reaching the entrance to the secret chamber, Uchiha Touhuan sheathed his sword, glanced coldly at the grass ninja, and said, "That was just the back of my blade. Your fate will be decided by those inside."
With that, he kicked open the door and walked towards the underground cell.
The noise startled the mother and daughter inside. Uzumaki Anri rushed to her daughter's side, shielding her tightly.
After dealing with several guarding ninjas, Uchiha Touhuan pushed open the cell door.
Seeing the mother and daughter huddled in the corner, Uchiha Touhuan frowned, took a deep breath, and adopted a gentle expression, quietly approaching them.
"I...I can heal your injuries, please don't hurt my daughter." Anri Uzumaki looked up at Touhuan Uchiha with fear in her eyes, while simultaneously hiding Karin beneath her even more tightly.
"Sorry I'm late." Touhuan Uchiha removed his divine robe and draped it over the mother and daughter. "The nightmare is over."
"You...who are you?" Anri Uzumaki stared blankly at Touhuan Uchiha, who was radiating divinity in Sage Mode, and asked blankly.
"Touhuan Uchiha, the Fifth Hokage of Konohagakure in the Land of Fire, has come to take you home," Touhuan Uchiha said with a smile.
Just then, the leader of Kusagakure stumbled into the dungeon. Seeing the scene before him, his expression froze, then he forced a smile and said to Uchiha Touhuan,
"Heh, Hokage-sama," the Kusagakure leader chuckled dryly, "We only recently discovered their whereabouts and were just about to notify Konoha.
Since the Hokage has come in person, let's take them away."
Uchiha Touhuan ignored him and instead whispered to Uzumaki Anri, "Do you remember who harmed you here?"
Uzumaki Anri nodded.
"Does the Hokage truly intend to wage war against us Kusagakure?" the Kusagakure leader gritted his teeth.
"A war?" Uchiha Touhuan turned back, a cold smile on his face. "Are you even qualified?"
As his words fell, a jet-black skeleton materialized from his own form, protecting Karin and her daughter within. In a short while, a colossal war god, hundreds of meters tall, rose from the ground within the village of Kusagakure, causing the houses surrounding the dungeon to collapse instantly.
This massive war god was covered in jet-black armor, with silver natural energy runes gleaming on its surface.
The leader of Kusagakure was currently held in the Susanoo's grasp. He struggled desperately, his face turning red, but he couldn't budge even a single finger of the Susanoo.
"You come to identify people, I'll kill. I won't let any of those who have harmed you escape." Inside the space at the head of the Susanoo, Uchiha Touhuan turned back to look at Uzumaki Anri and said.
Inside the Susanoo, Uzumaki Anri looked completely bewildered. The events that had occurred in just a few minutes were far beyond her comprehension.
Before Anri Uzumaki could react, Karin, nestled in her arms, poked her head out from under her protective robes. Pointing at the Kusagakure leader being held captive by Susanoo, she exclaimed,
"This is him! He always brings people to bully Mommy!"
"Karin!" Anri quickly snapped back to reality and pressed Karin's head back down. "Don't talk nonsense."
"It's alright," Touhuan Uchiha chuckled. "Little girl, this guy bullied your mother, right?"
With that, Susanoo squeezed hard, and the current leader of the Kusagakure was reduced to a pool of blood in the sky above the village.
"Leader!" The Grass Ninja below cried out in pain, but faced with the hundred-meter-tall Susanoo, they couldn't muster any resistance.
At this moment, Anri Uzumaki also came to her senses, a fierce glint flashing across her face, and hatred rising in her eyes. Pointing to a high-ranking member of Kusagakure who was trying his best to conceal himself below, she said, "Sir, it was that person who captured us and brought us here.
"Is that so?"
Touhuan Uchiha followed Anri Uzumaki's finger, and the next moment, Susanoo's hand gripped the long sword at its waist.
"And those people over there, they all forcibly absorbed my life force." Anri Uzumaki gritted her teeth.
"Hokage! Wait!" Just then, on the roof of the tallest building in Kusagakure, a man shouted at Susanoo, "Kusagakure is willing to apologize and compensate! Please, Hokage, show mercy."
"Do you know you were wrong now?" Touhuan Uchiha's words echoed throughout Kusagakure, "Unfortunately, you only know that you are going to die. Konoha has already given you a chance."
The giant Susanoo slowly drew the long sword at its waist, and in an instant, the sky darkened and lightning roared!
A massive thundercloud completely enveloped the entire Hidden Kusagakure. Uchiha Touhuan's Susanoo, having evolved to its perfect form, also acquired its own divine weapon: the legendary sword of Takemikazuchi, the god of war—Futsu-no-Mitama.
The unsheathed sword gleamed coldly, emitting soft chimes that echoed the rolling thunder from the storm clouds above.
The massive Susanoo raised its sword high, and in the next instant, countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, striking down towards the direction where the Hidden Kusagakure ninjas were gathering.
Violent explosions resounded throughout the Hidden Kusagakure, followed by screams of agony.
Under Uchiha Touhuan's lock-on, anyone in the Hidden Kusagakure with even a trace of chakra became a target of the heavenly lightning.
A minute later, Futsu-no-Mitama sheathed its sword, the thunderclouds gradually subsided, and a torrential downpour washed away all the filth from the Hidden Kusagakure.
In a mere minute, seven or eight out of ten Jonin of Kusagakure were killed. The Chunin and lower-ranking ninja fared relatively better; aside from a few geniuses, they weren't qualified to heal their injuries by biting Anri Uzumaki.
Therefore, Touhuan Uchiha didn't go all out, merely subjecting them to a wave of electric shocks according to Konoha's Chunin and Genin tolerance standards. Those who could withstand it were fine, those who couldn't could only blame their bad luck.
Even so, more than half of Kusagakure's ninja were killed or injured in this wave of lightning.
The survivors wore expressions of relief, some even kneeling and prostrating themselves before the massive Susanoo at the village center.
The lightning had completely shattered Kusagakure's will; facing this godlike being, no one dared to even consider resistance.
Inside the Susanoo, Anri and Karin Uzumaki, behind Touhuan Uchiha, stared in disbelief at the scene before them.
Uchiha Touhuan's Susanoo strode forward, its few steps crushing several buildings in the heart of Kusagakure, until it reached the Kusagakure leader who had spoken on the rooftop earlier.
This man was panting heavily. He had barely survived the lightning storm, using all his strength and his wind-style chakra, which was somewhat effective against lightning, but it had completely drained his stamina and chakra.
Now, facing the approaching Susanoo, he couldn't even raise a hand, only able to watch with despair as the Susanoo drew ever closer. The
Susanoo stopped before him.
Uchiha Touhuan glanced back at Uzumaki Anri and asked, "Did this guy ever hurt you?"
Uzumaki Anri shook her head and said, "I haven't seen him, so I don't think so."
"Very good, your conscience saved your life." Uchiha Touhuan nodded at the man. "Now, I'll speak, and you listen, understand?"
The man on the roof raised his head and shook it up and down.
"From today onwards, you are the leader of Kusagakure." Uchiha Touhuan said.
"Kusagakure's fate today is truly their own fault. This is just a warning. However, if you want revenge, I welcome it, but next time you won't be so lucky."
"Yes..." The man on the roof used all his strength to squeeze out this one word.
"Furthermore, the descendants of the Uzumaki clan have been mistreated in your Kusagakure village. I want to see 1.5 billion ryo in compensation within two weeks, either in cash or ninja tools of equal value. If the money isn't delivered to Konoha within two weeks, I will come back to demand it in person. Understand?"
"Yes..." the person on the rooftop said weakly.
Uchiha Touhuan nodded, and the giant Susanoo turned and walked out of the village. As it left, the gate of Kusagakure was crushed by the Susanoo's foot.
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After leaving Kusagakure, the giant Susanoo slowly dissipated, and Uchiha Touhuan landed gently with Uzumaki Anri and Uzumaki Karin.
At this moment, the medical ninja who had come with Uchiha Touhuan rushed forward to check on the mother and daughter's condition.
The medical ninja's expression changed slightly after examining Uzumaki Anri's body.
"How is she?" Uchiha Touhuan asked quickly upon seeing the other's expression.
"Hurry back and let Lady Tsunade treat her," the medical ninja said. "Her body is severely depleted. It's only because she's from the Uzumaki clan, with its deep foundation, that she'd be dead long ago with this level of life force depletion."
Hearing this, Uchiha Touhuan sighed and said to Uzumaki Anri, "I'm so sorry we're late. Come back to Konoha with us."
"Konoha?" Uzumaki Anri's lips twitched. Even though Uchiha Touhuan had just saved her and Karin and avenged them, she hadn't completely let her guard down. Her experiences over the years had made it difficult for her to trust anyone again. She knew what her bloodline limit meant to the ninja village.
"Don't worry, no one will try to drain your life force anymore," Uchiha Touhuan said. "I assure you in the name of the Hokage. Besides, your clansmen are still in Konoha."
"My…clansmen?" Uzumaki Anri asked, stunned.
"Yes, you should know Uzumaki Kushina, right?" Uchiha Touhuan said.
"Princess Kushina?" Although she had been forced into exile in the ninja world at a very young age, Anri Uzumaki had heard of Kushina, the princess of the Uzumaki clan, when she was a child in Uzushiogakure Village.
"Her son is currently in Konoha, and is also my disciple," Touhuan Uchiha said. "Konoha will protect every comrade, including you and your daughter."
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