Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 884 Shou Feizhen: I'm all warmed up, why isn't it my turn to go on stage yet?

Taking advantage of the lull between Onoki and Danzo, the Amegakure repair team quietly infiltrated the battlefield to examine and replace the body of "Human Stick" Hanzo.

"Lord Hanzo, please wait a moment, we'll be right there."

Before long, Hanzo, now only his head remaining, glanced expressionlessly at the maintenance team adjusting his new body. His red electronic eyes then focused on Danzo's imposing back.

"I never imagined that Konoha would still have such a heroic figure."

"He took a direct hit from the Third Tsuchikage's Dust Release technique and only suffered minor injuries. Is he even human?"

Xiu, standing to the side, curiously examined Hanzo, whose head was the only remaining part of him. Upon hearing his words, his face was filled with doubt and bewilderment.

"But you know what, it actually smells pretty good."

"I have no sense of smell."

"I see. That's a real shame, Lord Hanzo."

"hiss"

Only after confirming the safe retreat of the last Root member, and feeling the excruciating pain shooting through his buttocks, did Danzo's back, which had been straightened throughout the entire ordeal, finally buckle.

"You're quite a character yourself."

Seeing that Danzo had never exposed his charred buttocks to anyone's view in order to ensure his subordinates' safe retreat, even his adversary, Onoki, couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

"I've decided to leave you a complete corpse."

"It's still uncertain who will win and who will lose!"

Danzo turned around, the movement aggravating his wounds, but he didn't utter a single cry of pain.

Only then did Senju Hisana, standing some distance away, notice Danzo's hidden injuries, and her expression froze.

"Danzo's buttocks"

"Don't they look like two big black pots?"

"You really shouldn't joke about something like this. You curly-haired guy, how could you joke about something like this?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's mocking voice, Senju Hisa glared and spoke in a very unfriendly tone. That wasn't a black pot; it was clearly Danzo's most glorious medal in his life.

But after taking a closer look at the two charred, massive buttocks hanging behind Danzo, a strange look gradually appeared in her eyes.

But then again, it really does look like him. Maybe we should rename him Konoha Black Pot King?

"I hope your mouth is as hard as your ass."

Hearing Danzo's desperate, delusional pronouncements, Onoki scoffed, raised his hands, and massive rock gauntlets instantly materialized.

"Anyway, I'm not as soft as you."

Danzo grinned, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, and visible blue-green chakra emanated from his body.

The Dust Release: Fart Reversal he had just used had consumed most of his chakra, but Danzo knew very well that his current task was to hold off Onoki and wait for Root to find Senju Hisama. That would be the time for them to turn the tide.

the other side,

"Crack!"

"Lord Hanzo, how are you feeling?"

After carefully attaching Hanzo's head to the new body, the Rain Ninja repair team member asked nervously,

creak—

"No problem, you may all leave."

After a brief adjustment to his newly configured body, Hanzo ordered the Amegakure repair team to evacuate first. These skilled technicians were highly valued and trained by Amegakure at great expense.

"Lord Hanzo, what are you preparing for?"

Seeing Hanzo warming up, Xiu frowned. With Danzo as a scapegoat to hold off the Third Tsuchikage, when would they run away?

"Aggressors always pay the price."

After securing the new sword hilt, Hanzo glanced back at Xiu, who looked puzzled, and explained in a deep voice,

"That's the Third Tsuchikage, you know Dust Release? It's the ninjutsu that just vaporized my Phantom Puppets in one move. Do you think your body can withstand that?"

Xiu's meaning is very clear: your Hanzo body and your own Bogang puppet came from the same production line, and their hardness and strength are the same. He has already made a prototype, so don't go looking for your own death.

"Even if we can't bear it, we must bear it. There are no cowards in the Land of Rain."

Perhaps inspired by Danzo's heroic actions, Hanzo ignored the earnest advice from Hydrangea on the communication channel and disregarded any corrective analysis, resolutely charging towards Onoki, who was frantically striking Danzo with his rock fist.

He now has only one thought: to drive all the hostile invaders out of his homeland.

On the other side, among the maintenance team that had just evacuated, a Rain Ninja suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Oh no, I seem to have forgotten to connect to Lord Hanzo's central brain control system."

Seeing that he was about to go back, his other colleagues immediately spoke up to dissuade him.

"That's our Lord Hanzo! Even if he only uses his cerebellum, he'll definitely be able to defeat the enemy!"

"teacher!"

Seeing Hanzo dressed in brand new accessories, Komurasaki immediately reminded Onoki.

"Perfect timing! I can take care of you all at once!"

Glancing at Hanzo, whose entire body was polished to a gleaming shine, Onoki smiled arrogantly. An opponent of this caliber would be nothing more than a gift to anyone who came.

"Bah!"

Easily catching the blue lightsaber that shot from Hanzo's palm, Onoki twisted his body and flung it away, sending it crashing into the already swaying Danzo.

"puff!"

The heavy metal slammed into Danzo's chest, forcing him to spit out a mouthful of blood. Fortunately, Hanzo regained control of his body in time, and the thrusters at his elbows spewed out scorching blue flames. Just as the two were about to fall to the ground in a sorry state, Hanzo flipped over and caught the blood-spitting Danzo steadily.

"Let's join forces."

Hanzo helped Danzo up and coldly suggested that Onoki's strength was beyond doubt, and that to defeat him, they should unite all forces that could be united.

"Right on my mind."

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Danzo revealed a rare fighting spirit. Facing a formidable enemy, he felt no fear, but rather his blood was boiling.

After all, Danzo is only in his early forties, the prime of his life as a ninja. He has not been completely corrupted by power, and the burning flame in his heart called the Will of Fire is still burning fiercely.

"Ugh, this is so troublesome."

Gazing at the chaotic battle in the distance, Xiu let out a long sigh. His mission was to support Amegakure in repelling Iwagakure. If he were to leave in such a disheveled state, it would be a disgrace to the Land of Wind.

"Sizzle~"

Shaking his head and sighing, he pulled out a huge scroll from his waist, gently stroking the large character "壹" on it. The helplessness in his eyes instantly transformed into a strong fighting spirit.

"We can't let the village down!"

"Is that puppeteer going to pull out that disgusting thing again?"

Komurasaki, acting as a battlefield scout, noticed Xiu's suspicious actions and immediately reported it to Onoki.

"Teacher! Be careful of that Sand Village ninja."

"The one I fear least is him. Puppet master? Heh, an antique profession that should have been in a museum long ago."

Unexpectedly, Onoki showed no concern whatsoever. Instead, he disdainfully criticized the puppeteers that Sunagakure was so proud of, which infuriated Shu, turning his face red with anger.

"Damn it, then let me show you the puppetry techniques of the new generation!"

"Oh!"

Xiu placed the enormous scroll on the ground; countless tadpole-shaped runes filled the blank space. With a swift press of his hand, thick white smoke instantly billowed into the air.

"Unit-01, sortie!"

Before anyone could see what kind of puppet Xiu had summoned, a figure shrouded in a black cloak emerged from it, the sharp katana in its hand gleaming faintly crimson in the moonlight.

"Ok?"

Sensing a familiar aura, Onoki's gaze sharpened, instantly abandoning his underestimation. He raised his hands to his chest, and a flash of white light appeared.

"Dust Release: Particle Style: Detachment Technique!"

"Sand wall."

Within the range of Dust Release, Shu's ten fingers moved rapidly, and the next second, a wall made of thick quicksand rose from the ground, completely obscuring Onoki's vision.

"Magnetic Release?" Komurasaki's eyes widened at the sight. As everyone knew, Magnet Release was the Second Kazekage's signature technique, and besides his son, only the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, inherited this mantle.

P.S.: Due to his innate money-printing ability, Rasa was kept under wraps by Sunagakure, and his personal information was classified at an SSS level.

"boom!"

The white beam of light slammed into the sand wall, and the yellow sand was decomposing at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the rate of replenishment was no less than that of the decomposition process of Dust Release.

"Whoosh!"

Just as Onoki was casting his spell, the black figure that should have been behind the sand wall appeared silently above his head, its katana swinging down without pause.

"teacher!"

"Humph!"

Even without Komurasaki's prompting, Onoki spotted the enemy above him. He immediately swung his hands upwards, unleashing a Dust Release beam radiating destructive energy that swept across the area.

"His!"

Unfortunately, his Dust Release technique didn't directly hit the person; it only grazed the cloak covering them.

"This is."

As the tattered pieces of black cloth scattered, a figure clad in heavy black armor was revealed to everyone. Upon seeing the figure's true form, Onoki's pupils constricted, his surprise genuine.

"The One-Tailed Rider?"

Xiao Zi blinked. How come the puppet that Xiu summoned looked exactly like the First One-Tailed Knight that the Second Kazekage had transformed into?

"No, it is the puppet knight that I painstakingly created over many years—Unit-01."

Xiu's voice rang out at the right moment, explaining the origin of this puppet, which looked exactly like the original One-Tailed Rider's Vengeance form, to the puzzled crowd.

"Puppet knights? Your Sunagakure has really improved; you can even make puppets like this."

Onoki glanced intently at the puppet knight standing beneath the moon, his feet treading on the yellow sand, a flash of jealousy crossing his eyes.

First, there was Konoha's mysterious technique for splitting the Nine-Tails, then Amegakure's artificial knights, and now Sunagakure has brought out puppet knights capable of using the power of tailed beasts.

So everyone else is making progress, but they, the Iwagakure, are stuck in their ways?

Do not!

It's all because of those damn loans!

If they had the money, the Hidden Stone Village would surely be able to research new technologies that are comparable to, or even far surpass, these technologies.

Consumed by jealousy, Onoki stared at the three people standing in a row with bloodshot eyes. He decided that no matter what, he would take the technology they possessed and brand it with the Iwagakure name.

"Lord Xiu, I didn't expect you to have a trick up your sleeve."

Hanzo curiously examined the black tanuki knight floating above his head. Was this the legendary vengeful war god who had retired many years ago?

"Are you selling your technology?"

With his eyes gleaming, Danzo spoke even more bluntly: if these puppets could be mass-produced, Konoha would be able to conquer the ninja world in no time.

"Hehe, if you want it, that's not impossible. You can trade it for your white teeth."

Xiu chuckled coldly twice and made a request that Danzo hadn't expected.

"This"

Danzo frowned upon hearing this. Putting aside the fact that Hatake Sakumo had already left the company, even if he were still working under him, Root had no habit of sacrificing their own people.

"Humph!"

Seeing Danzo's troubled expression, Shuso, realizing his gender was too strong, stopped trying to communicate with him further.

Judging from the other party's heroic performance in covering the rear alone, this deal is absolutely impossible. Although White Fang is despicable and shameless, his leader Danzo is an upright and honorable person.

"Little Purple, cover for me, don't let any of them escape."

Over there, infected by jealousy, the psychologically twisted Onoki coldly ordered his disciples to get up and work. He wanted to take down the three people in front of him, along with their skills.

"But Hanta?"

Xiao Zi was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and subconsciously glanced at the man with a pained expression on his face.

"Useless thing, give me the drive."

A hint of impatience flashed across Onoki's face. Since his disciple was no match for him, he would have to resort to his old comrade.

"what?"

"Don't worry, I'll pedal gently."

He snatched the driver and Four-Tails card from his disciple's hand, and amidst the disciple's aggrieved expression, Onoki forcefully tucked the Tailed Beast Card, which his disciple usually treasured, into his waistband.

"henshin!"

"Four-Tails! Four-Tails Son Goku! The enraged Monkey God!"

boom!!!

An aura even hotter than when Xiao Zi transformed shot into the sky, and dark red lava solidified into a giant sphere in mid-air.

"Snapped!"

As the lava sphere shattered, a short but terrifying red knight hovered high in the air.

"Little Purple, watch carefully, this is how you use the Four-Tails."

After stretching his long-neglected gauntlets, Onoki glanced at the haggard-looking Komurasaki, then assumed a sprinting stance in mid-air.

"Shh!"

"careful!"

Hanzo, who possessed a computing system, spoke first, his red electronic eyes flashing wildly.

On the other end of the monitor, Hydrangea, drenched in sweat, had practically smashed the keyboard in front of her, but she still couldn't figure out Onoki's next attack trajectory. All she could do was frantically warn Hanzo to be careful.

"Oh!"

However, before he could finish speaking, a red afterimage flashed past. Hanzo instinctively raised his hand to block, but he was sent flying backward uncontrollably.

The brand-new arms were bent 90 degrees in the opposite direction, the prosthetics worth 60 million were destroyed on the spot, and the valuable electronic eyes were completely melted by the splashing lava.

"spread!"

Glancing out of the corner of his eye at the incapacitated Hanzo, Danzo immediately shouted and simultaneously pushed off to the side to dodge.

"So what if it was the first Four-Tailed Rider? My Unit-01 is the strongest Rider!"

Xiu's expression darkened, and he manipulated the puppet knight to charge towards Onoki.

His Unit-01 has just made its debut and is still in the beginner protection period, so he definitely won't suffer any setbacks!

"A toy is always just a toy."

Looking at the puppet One-Tailed Knight wielding yellow sand in its left hand and a katana in its right, Onoki, who had just kicked Hanzo's two arms and crippled them, turned around, his disdain clearly audible.

"Flowers! Fruits! Mountains!"

He suddenly slammed his hand on the ground, and everyone felt the earth shake violently. Then, the puppet knight flying in mid-air was completely engulfed by a pillar of scorching lava.

"What?!"

"Snapped!"

Xiu Gang, who had lost control of the puppet, cried out in surprise. Onoki then appeared in front of him and slapped him so hard that he was dizzy and saw stars.

Seeing his two temporary teammates die instantly at the start of the game, Danzo, who was being watched by Onoki, remained silent for a few seconds before speaking with a deep gaze.

"I think some things are not off-limits for discussion."

A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm!

"late."

"Snapped!"

"Curly, isn't it my turn?"

Seeing the trio wiped out in a second by Onoki after his transformation, Hisana Senju, who had just finished her third set of warm-up exercises, was filled with eager anticipation.

"What's the rush? If you want to be classy, ​​you have to be the last to appear."

"Huh? You mean there are still people?"

"Lord Hanzo? Lord Hanzo?"

Pulling her gaze away from the static-filled monitor, Hydrangea silently took off her headphones, her eyes filled with conflicted emotions as she looked at the slightly old-fashioned secondhand landline phone beside her.

"At this point, we have no choice but to activate Plan B." (End of Chapter)