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Chapter 419 Onoki Joins Akatsuki
Before long, the nearly 10,000-strong team was assembled, but a new problem arose.
Huang Tu, holding the report, said, "Father, we've run out of supplies and weapons. Even if we fight back now, we won't have any equipment. Besides, most of our ninjas are junior or chuunibyou; they need to eat too. Without supplies, it will be difficult for them to make long marches and wage war."
Onoki looked at the report, his face ashen. "How many people can our current supplies support?"
"High-intensity combat can only support a maximum of 500 people for a week of fighting, and even then, some food must be reserved for the other ninjas."
"500 it is. Let's speed up and take you back first."
Onoki had figured it out: having more people doesn't necessarily make a difference. Once he uses Dust Escape, as many people as he wants will die.
This time he had made up his mind; he was going to fight to the death! How dare a mere Kage-level expert and two Daimyo humiliate him? They treated him, Onoki, like a monkey; he had never suffered such humiliation before.
Thus, a force of 500 elite soldiers, who had gathered almost all the equipment, weapons, military rations, and explosive tags of nearly 10,000 people, followed Onoki in his grand counterattack on the capital.
However, before even reaching the border, he was greeted by Naoto's figure; he was the only person there for a hundred kilometers along the border.
"Get out of the way!" Onoki used Dust Release to move aside, but it wasn't a warning or a notification.
However, Naoto had already prepared a countermeasure, unleashing a Five-Element Great Barrage Technique to exchange blows with him.
Then he raised his hand and pointed to the sky: "Onoki, if we fight here, more than just one or two people will die. Think about how the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was destroyed back then. I advise you not to make a mistake."
"I have nothing left now, and you still think you can threaten this old man? Go ahead and fight, I'll see what you can do to me!"
Onoki used Dust Release, aiming directly at the people inside the border city walls. With this one shot, dozens of houses were destroyed.
He felt extremely pleased, because if he was having a hard time, no one else wanted to have a good time either. Soon he discovered that there was no one inside the border, as if everything had been planned out.
Standing to the side, Naoto sighed and said, "Alas, I always thought that as a Kage, you should have the resolve of a Kage and wouldn't be swayed by momentary anger. But I never imagined that ordinary people are ultimately inferior to ninja villages in your eyes. Your so-called 'Will of Stone' is nothing but stone in your pores, smelly and hard!"
"You, you are insulting me!" Onoki had already regretted killing the civilians earlier, but he refused to admit defeat.
Even if he knows he's wrong, he won't admit it. He was just angry for a moment. Everyone has a temper, that's right, everyone has a temper!
Moreover, it was entirely you who angered me! You were the ones who gradually drove me to lose my temper and start throwing a tantrum, so why do you now have the right to stand on the moral high ground and criticize me?
Onoki grew angrier the more he thought about it, but he couldn't argue with him, and the more he fought, the more guilty he felt.
Why? Why should I, a mere film star, suffer such injustice!
"Dust Release: Particle Style Dismantling!"
"It's over, Seven-Tails Chain Tailed Beast Ball." He pointed directly at the sky, and a colossal figure, blotting out the sun, was more than 20 times larger than the original Seven-Tails.
He condensed a huge Tailed Beast Ball in his mouth and hurled it directly at Onoki and his team.
Can I dodge it? It seems not!
Onoki stared blankly at the giant object falling from the sky, feeling powerless to resist. Was he really going to die here in frustration?
Will he die in this meticulously planned conspiracy?
Just then, a white figure suddenly appeared beneath the feet of the people close to Onoki, helping them quickly dive underground.
Their actions narrowly avoided the Tailed Beast Ball, but the remaining 400-plus ninjas weren't so lucky. They were ultimately sent flying into the air by the Tailed Beast Ball, blasted to smithereens.
Onoki's resistance was completely wiped out; the only regret was that Onoki escaped.
Naoto frowned slightly as he looked at the figures emerging from the ground. "Black and White Zetsu really did rescue them. It seems we need to report to our lord as soon as possible."
"Thank you for your hard work, Seven-Tails. Go back now."
"It's no trouble, bye-bye." With that, he disappeared with a bang, while Naoto hurried back on his horse.
Meanwhile, inside a cave, Nagatoshi turned around, looked at Onoki, who was covered in dust and dressed in disheveled clothes, and laughed, "Lord Onoki, it's been a long time!"
"I never expected to see you in such a sorry state when we met again!"
"Nagatoshi of the Rain Kingdom, you just saved us. Tell me, why did you save us?"
Onoki quickly regained his senses and wiped his face. Although he had been tricked and suffered a crushing defeat, as the bravest man in the village, he quickly rallied.
At the same time, he also knew that there is no such thing as a free lunch. He hadn't quite understood this point before, which was why he fell into the enemy's trap.
"We saved you simply because of your power. The ninja world is now in a great crisis, and you are an indispensable force to save humanity."
Onoki looked completely bewildered. He almost wanted to jump out of his skin, feeling that the other person had just read too many stories and was too deeply influenced by them.
"A massive crisis looms over the ninja world. Stop fooling around. I don't have time to play house with you. Just tell me your real purpose."
Looking at Da Ye, Changxin couldn't help but shake his head. With such low intelligence, it's no wonder he'd been kept in the dark all this time, no wonder he couldn't see anything clearly, and no wonder he'd been blinded by money and tricked.
Without a doubt, Ōnoki was far inferior to Danzo in speculating about conspiracies.
"I think you'll be interested in what's inside. As for whether what we're saying is true or false, you'll know once you see it."
Onoki took the journal, unfolded it, and froze on the first page: "Aburame Shisei?"
Nagatoshi nodded. Onoki continued reading.
The journal details Aburame Shisei's identity, background, and actions. The current Daimyo of the Land of Earth, Keita, and the Daimyo of the Land of Waterfall, Heiji, were both promoted by Aburame Shisei.
Aburame Shisei used certain means to support the daimyo of the two countries to rise to power and manipulate the daimyo of the Land of Earth and the Land of Waterfall, making them act according to his wishes.
The annexation of the Land of Wind, the relocation of its people, the reconstruction of Iwagakure Village... all of this was orchestrated by him.
Upon seeing this, Onoki felt a chill run down his spine.
"How could there be such a cunning person in this world! And yet, we haven't detected any trace of him behind any of these events. It's absolutely terrifying!"