Chapter 240: Chapter – 237 *Cough-cough*
Inside a hidden cave in the territory of the.
"Cough… Cough-cough… Cough-cough-cough… Cough-cough-cough-cough… Cough-cough-cough-cough-cough… Cou-…" – As soon as Kuroto removed the Homusubi mask that he wore earlier, he started coughing uncontrollably, and the coughs did not show any signs of subsiding but became more and more intense to the point that blood started to come out of the throat, it felt as if someone was choking his throat a few moments ago.
After a long time passed, the coughing finally calmed down and Kuroto could finally breathe in relief.
While wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth Kuroto sighed and took in the nutrition drug especially created by him to prevent this low-quality clone body from degrading before getting the job done.
At this time his face was dull and showed clear signs of weakness, undoubtedly the burden of Mangekyou Sharingan on this body is very severe, Kuroto only activated the Mangekyou Sharingan for few seconds to scare Uchiha Hiiragi but those few seconds also seems unbearable.
"It's no wonder that even keeping the Sharingan in the three tomoe state is very difficult and exceedingly exhausting for Kakashi, makes me wonder if he isn't secretly half-Uzumaki or possibly half-Senju that he even managed to master the use of his Mangekyou Sharingan albeit through some training but that's a big achievement compared to Danzo who had to rely upon the Hashirama Cells to achieve Yin-Yang balance so as not to not lose himself or be overwhelmed." – muttered Kuroto while still panting for breath.
Judging from the current condition of this low-quality clone, using the full potential of the Mangekyou Sharingan will be next to impossible.
While playing with the Homusubi mask in his hand, Kuroto thought, 'If I want to truly be able to use the power of Mangekyou Sharingan or the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan then it can only be done by cultivating a clone body with the Uchiha Clan DNA.'
Otherwise, being able to fully display the power of Mangekyou Sharingan is only a dream, neither Shimura Danzo nor Hatake Kakashi was ever able to display the full power of Sharingan.
Understanding this, Kuroto muttered, "Other than Sharingan; the Uchiha Clan is also known for their mastery over the Fire Style so using Uchiha DNA for cultivating the Fire Nature Clone to be used for the Chimera Technique will not deviate from my main plan and I will also be able to use Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, but the question is, whose cells should I use for the cultivation of the clone?"
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Konoha Village.
The news about the sudden appearance of members of Amatsukami soon spread towards the Land of Fire and was relayed to Konohagakure with the fastest posts.
Sandaime who received the news immediately ordered an emergency Jonin Council summon. The shinobi participating in the meeting included Sandaime along with the three elders of the advisory board, Sannin Jiraiya, Patriarchs of all the major clans, including the Uchiha Clan of course, as well as several elite Jonin.
A series of discussions took place in the meeting and the details were only known to the people participating in the meetings.
After the Jonin Council meeting was over a private Uchiha assembly was organized upon Uchiha Fugaku's orders.
In the assembly hall, Uchiha Fugaku sat with a serious expression.
The elites participating in the assembly also sat quietly with serious expressions on their faces, although nobody spoke anything, all the members had a strong will to fight and avenge the two missing Uchiha while there were also some traces of an unspeakable dread and nervousness in everyone's heart that they chose to keep hidden in there!
Fugaku could see the psychological state of all the people present at the meeting but he did not point that out, these are the trials that everyone must overcome on their own, as the Patriarch, he will of course be their support and guide if necessary but this does not mean that he will spoon-feed them.
Death is something that a shinobi must always be prepared to face, and Fugaku trusts that these Uchiha shinobi loyal to him will not disappoint him.
Finally, his gaze turned towards Shisui, and a trace of doubt appeared in Fugaku's mind.
After having tested Shisui with his Dojutsu, Fugaku was convinced that Uchiha Shisui is Homusubi therefore Fugaku did not have any more interest in the hunting operation organized by the village to hunt down Amatsukami, on the contrary, he was more concerned about what Amatsukami really wanted or to be specific, what was their goal that Shisui was convinced to not only betray the clan but also the village!
But now that the news of the sudden appearance of Homusubi was passed back from the front lines, especially by Hiiragi and Yuto so Fugaku isn't sure anymore whether Shisui is really Homusubi?
'Is it possible that I misunderstood Shisui?'
The reason for Fugaku's doubt is not wrong, even if someone else is changed into his position, then they will also reach the same conclusion.
After all, there are only two people officially known to have the Mangekyou Sharingan, one of them has already betrayed the village and joined the mercenary organization Akatsuki, so it's not impossible that the only other shinobi who has the Mangekyou Sharingan also chose to betray the village and join the other mercenary organization, therefore the possibility of Uchiha Shisui being Homusubi cannot be denied.
After thinking for a while, Fugaku said, "Homusubi of Amatsukami has appeared, and we of the Uchiha cannot allow a traitor to continue to harm the clan and the village, this time once again a hunting operation is being organized, I will also be participating this time, and our main objective is to either kill Homusubi or capture him or seize his Mangekyou Sharingan, is that understood!?"
"Yes!" – all the Uchiha present in the meeting responded in unison.
Fugaku again looked towards Shisui and said, "Uchiha Shisui, you will stay with me!"
"Yes, Fugaku-sama!" – Although Shisui wasn't sure exactly what Kuroto-san planned; the fact that he received that message must mean that there is something he has planned which will clear away the suspicions on him, therefore, Shisui wasn't much worried about this hunting operation and nodded without any hesitation.
In fact, he also understands that just because Homusubi appeared in public sights does not mean that the suspicions on him will be cleared, only if he and Homusubi fight and that fight is witnessed by many people then the suspicions will be resolved!
While Shisui thought this, the meeting proceeded further and after some more discussions, the meeting was concluded.
Shisui returned to his home, and recalled the information sent by Kuroto through the secret message, 'The location sent by Kuroto-san is at a distance of about six days, so do I have to enact a scene there? But if I play Homusubi there, then who will play Uchiha Shisui?'
Although he was a bit doubtful, this did not stop him to make all the preparations.
Looking at the map spread before him, Shisui analyzed the terrain of the Tojinbo mountain range, which is close to the border of the Land of Hot Water, the terrain is quite complicated and also has many deep lakes.
And precisely because of this, the Tojinbo mountain range is pretty much inaccessible to most and has therefore become a paradise for birds of all kinds.
Putting away the map, Shisui thought, 'Regardless of what's going to transpire there, I will have to trust in Kuroto-san's plan and hope that it works!'
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Somewhere in the Land of Hot Water.
At the temporary Kumogakure Military Camp.
A Kumo ninja walked into the tent with a document in his hand, "Raikage-sama, we have just received the news that the members of Amatsukami were sighted!"
Yondaime Raikage Ay took the document and after reading through it, he immediately ordered, "Assemble 8th unit!"
At this time one of the elite Jonin in the tent spoke, "Raikage-sama, please forgive me but I must remind you of the peace treaty signed with Konoha, at this time, rashly entering the hinterlands of the Land of Fire will brew another conflict with Konoha and various diplomatic problems will occur, and considering the recent feuds we are having with Iwagakure, if Konoha too chooses to cause trouble then I am afraid that we will fall into a very disadvantageous situation!"
Urged by the elite Jonin's words, Raikage did not scold him but took out a confidential document and passed it to the Jonin, "You needn't worry, this is a request for cooperation from Konoha, signed by Sandaime Hokage himself, therefore, there wouldn't be any diplomatic issues, and possibly Tsuchikage will also back off and giving in to our demand upon hearing the news of this cooperation!"
The elite Jonin read the document and nodded in understanding, with no more opposing opinions, Ay's order was conveyed and the 8th unit was assembled at the earliest.
Before the departure, Raikage did not give any long speech just shouted, "Those bastards of Amatsukami not only assassinated Watanabe but also sent his body to the Black-Market in exchange for the bounty on his head, will Kumogakure sit back and bear such humiliation?"
"NOOOOOOOOOooooo!" – everyone responded in unison.
"THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?" – Raikage question.
"AVENGE OUR COMRADE!"
"Then let's GO!" – Raikage said while raising his right fist in the air!
"YES!" – all the shinobi responded!
With the momentum boosted to the limit, the Raikage personally led the 8th unit and marched towards the hinterlands of the Land of Fire with great momentum
Title: Approaching Raikage!
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Chapter 241: Chapter – 238 Upcoming Susanoo Showdown!
Konohagakure's reaction this time was not only very swift but also very decisive, from the notice of mobilization to the final departure, it only took a few hours.
Almost all the elites of the Uchiha Clan, including Shisui and the Patriarch Fugaku, as well as other clans, were also participating in the encirclement and hunting operation, as such the overall momentum was very great and eye-catching.
After the departure, it only took a few days of trekking, and the entire unit finally arrived at the area where Uchiha Hiiragi and Uchiha Yuto encountered the two members of Amatsukami.
While gathered in a temporary tent, a war council was organized, at the time, the commander-in-chief of the hunting operation, Shimura Danzo, pointed at the detailed map spread on the table with his cane, and explained all the information, while also announced the deployment and encirclement teams, that will be responsible for different sub-areas!
"Jiraiya, you will lead the second and seventh unit and will be in charge of searching in the west…!"
"Nara Shikaku, you will lead the third and eighth unit and will be in charge of searching in the south…!"
"Hyuga Hizashi, you will lead the fourth and ninth unit and will be in charge of searching in the north…!"
"Uchiha Patriarch will lead the Konoha Military Police Force along with the fifth unit and will be in charge of searching in the east…!"
Everyone responded to Danzo's orders in unison.
The areas of deployment were pre-determined at the Jonin Council meeting behind the closed doors of the Hokage Building, so nobody had any objections.
After everything was said and done, Shimura Danzo finally glanced at Uchiha Shisui who hasn't made any public appearance for quite some time on the account of a leave of absence because of *facing some health issues* but immediately retracted his gaze back to the map and continued with a cold tone, "We are not yet sure for what purpose has the Amatsukami appeared this time, and the possibility of all this appearance being a trap or diversion is certainly a possibility, as such everyone must pay special attention during the search process and keep a regulated communication between the various teams!"
At this time, Jiraiya said with a serious expression, "Although we do not have much intelligence about the ability of this new member with the green wind-type mask, based on what we know about Amatsukami, he must be a shinobi specializing in Wind Release or a Kekkei Genkai user derived from Wind Release Chakra Nature, his strength is estimated to be on the same class as Suijin and Homusubi or probably even higher, therefore, it would be prudent to strategize counter strategies when we encounter him!"
Everyone nodded after hearing Jiraiya's words.
When facing a strong enemy, the results of a battle with a predetermined counter-strategy and no predetermined counter-strategy will often have very different results, as such, collecting information and devising an effective counter-strategy is always one of the crucial things that makes a shinobi strong.
Of course, on-site analysis skill is also extremely important as most of the time what you plan ends up useless but that does not mean that predetermined strategies do not succeed, therefore both are necessary skills that a true shinobi must have!
Jiraiya's words concluded the meeting and as per Shimura Danzo's orders, everyone went to their respective camps to make preparation for following the deployment and leading the units they were in charge of.
Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui also returned to the temporary Uchiha Camp.
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Uchiha Camp, all the elites of the Uchiha Clan gathered in the tent waiting for the Patriarch's order.
Uchiha Fugaku stood by the table and drew a circle on the map while stating, "This is the area that the Uchiha Clan is in charge of!"
One of the Uchiha elite frowned, "The terrain of this area is too difficult to trek in, especially the Tojinbo Mountain Range! The search will be extremely difficult!"
Fugaku stated indifferently, "This was assigned by Shimura Danzo but It matters not, the people of Amatsukami are undoubtedly going to come after the Uchiha Clan, so the more complicated the terrain the better advantage we can have if we play it wisely!"
Shisui was glad that the Uchiha Clan was responsible for the area around the Tojinbo Mountain Range, which is obviously a good thing for him, and decided to volunteer, "Patriarch, by your order, I would like to be responsible for searching the Tojinbo Mountain Range!"
Fugaku thought for a while and finally nodded.
For extremely complex terrains like the Tojinbo Mountain range, he had already decided that either he or Shisui both of whom have the Mangekyou Sharingan will be responsible, as the possibility of encountering the enemy here is the greatest, and if Shisui does encounter Homusubi, then that would be the best chance to verify whether Uchiha Shisui is Homusubi or not.
After everything was planned and decided, the sub-commanders took quick actions, and a large number of Konoha shinobi spread out in all directions in an orderly manner.
At this time, if someone were to look at the ground from a high altitude in the sky they would find countless heads spreading from one center point akin to a large net.
Shisui and the team he led were also an unremarkable part of this large net.
A total of eight people, including him were part of the team and traveling according to the route Shisui determined, and soon arrived at the Tojinbo Mountain Range!
The team consists of Uchiha Shisui as the captain of the team, with three other Uchiha shinobi part of the main combat force, additionally, there are two shinobi of the Root subunit of the Anbu department and finally two other ninjas, one from the Inuzuka Clan and the other from the Aburame Clan.
Before long, the eight people who entered the Tojinbo Mountain Range started a carpet search of the entire mountain range.
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
With the sound of breaking past the wind, Shisui, and the others landed on the huge rock boulder one-after-another.
Standing on top of the rock, Shisui looked around with a little anticipation.
Counting the time, today is the day that Kuroto-san informed him, therefore, Shisui knew that Kuroto must have arrived at the Tojinbo Mountain Range, and therefore, Shisui was both nervous and anticipation because he didn't know what Kuroto had actually planned.
At this time, the Aburame shinobi said, "The insects I have distributed through the eastern peak of Tojinbo Mountain Range have all disappeared but they did manage to send back a message, the members of Amatsukami are there...!"
Shisui nodded and after taking a deep breath, he ordered, "I and Hiiragi-san will go from the front, Fuji-san and Kane-san will circle around from the left, while you two will trap them in a pincer attack from the right, and also pass on this message to the head-quarters stating that the enemy is confirmed to be present at the eastern peak of the Tojinbo Mountain Range!"
"Yes!" – Everyone nodded in unison and proceeded further with caution.
While traveling as soon as they passed three large swamps, the team was forced to come to an abrupt halt, as the two members of Amatsukami were present before them, one calmy sitting on a high cliff while the other one indifferently standing behind him.
Uchiha Hiiragi was the first one to shout, "It's them!"
Uchiha Hiiragi couldn't have been more familiar with those two figures. In the past few days ever since he encountered those two and was treated like dirt by that bastard Homusubi, he has been having nightmares, he is still frightened to directly look at those cold and indifferent eyes, but he is unwilling to endure that humiliation!
Shisui also looked at the two figures on the high cliff, especially the one sitting and dangling his legs playfully, and thought in confusion, 'Who is that person wearing 'Homusubi' disguise!?'
Bang…. Whiiiistle... BOOM!
While Shisui was wondering about this, the shinobi of the Root as per Shisui's order has already fired the Signal Flare.
As soon as the Signal Flare was fired, the two members of Amatsukami disappeared from their positions and appeared before Shisui and Hiiragi in an instant.
(Translator's note: I will be referring to Hyuga Kuroto as 'Homusubi' while he is playing Homusubi.)
"Heh, I didn't expect that Uchiha Shisui will personally come to us so that we can gouge out his Mangekyou Sharingan!" – Hyuga Kuroto controlling the low-quality clone and wearing the Homusubi disguise said with a chuckle as his gaze was fixed on Shisui, "You know, you got lucky on our last encounter, I was on a tight schedule and didn't have enough time to steal your eyes, but now that you have personally come here, I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of specifically looking for you at Konoha!"
Shisui was taken aback by the sudden initiation of the conversation, then immediately realize what was happening and responded accordingly, "Last time you manage to ambush us using the element of surprise, this time, won't be the same! I will definitely catch you this time and you won't be escaping!"
"Escape!?" – Homusubi quirked his eyebrow with a chuckle as his chakra started flaring up and golden-orange chakra phantom started to appear around him, "Why would I want to escape?"
Followed by his words, the chakra phantom projected outwards of Homusubi's body grew inner bones then the upper body rib cage, soon musculature and skin formed over it.
"Susanoo!?" – Shisui was startled and subconsciously asked, "W-who are you!?"
Although he was surprised this did not stop Shisui to react instinctively and a green Chakra Phantom started appearing over him.
The showdown of Susanoo vs Susanoo between Shisui and Homusubi is the best way to prove Shisui's innocence.
Although he does not who the person wearing that Homusubi disguise is, it is obviously not the best time to delve into that issue.
As such, Shisui did not hesitate at all and urged his Susanoo, instantly Shisui's green Susanoo also appeared opposite to Homusubi.
Looking at the two-titanic figures of Susanoo facing each other, the root shinobi who was observing the battle from a distance to strike Homusubi at the right opportunity was again taken aback and muttered in shock and disbelief, "Is this… is this the true power of the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan!?"
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