Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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"Is this war?"

Suddenly, Itachi Uchiha noticed that someone in the battlefield ahead was still alive. He ran forward and pulled the person out of the pile of corpses, but found that it was a Kirigakure ninja. He paused for a moment, thought about it, and decided to save the person first.

Itachi Uchiha fed some water to the Mist Ninja in front of him. He was still young and didn't know any medical ninjutsu, but even just a little water was enough to wake up the Mist Ninja who had fallen into a coma.

When he opened his eyes and saw Itachi Uchiha, he immediately launched an attack. However, before his kunai could reach Itachi, Itachi's shuriken had already pierced the man's throat.

Seeing his son's decisive action from afar, Fugaku Uchiha couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Kagami, who was further away, watched this scene unfold. His brows furrowed slightly. Bringing such a young child to the battlefield, and it seemed that Uchiha Fugaku was quite pleased with it? Is it really good to let a three- or four-year-old kill someone?

Uchiha Kagami originally intended to pass the position of Uchiha clan leader to Uchiha Fugaku, because he was the strongest among the younger generation of the Uchiha clan. The Uchiha clan has always valued strength above all else; whoever is the strongest can become the clan leader.

However, it seems that there are some problems with Fugaku Uchiha's thinking now, and we need to observe him further.

On the other side of the battlefield, Uchiha Shisui watched helplessly as his teammates died before his eyes. He was filled with endless regret. He could have saved his teammates, but out of jealousy, he hesitated for a moment, and in that instant, he caused his teammates' deaths.

Overwhelmed by intense emotions, he activated his Mangekyou Sharingan, but he paid no attention to it. He just stared blankly at the corpse of his teammate, who was far superior to him in every way. In the previous battle, his teammate had chosen to take a risk because he believed in him. But Shisui hesitated for a moment at the crucial moment, and he could have survived.

Uchiha Shisui was caught in internal strife, but the nearby Uchiha clan members saw his Mangekyou Sharingan and immediately surrounded him, cheering. After so many years, the Uchiha clan had finally regained the Mangekyou Sharingan, which represented the continuation of the Uchiha clan.

Everyone was happy, but Uchiha Shisui was not. People's joys and sorrows are not shared, and he just found them noisy.

After the Konoha troops cleaned up the battlefield, Uchiha Kagami chose to set up camp on the border of the Land of Fire to guard against another attack from the Mist Ninja. Uchiha Madara was very likely in the Land of Water, and Uchiha Kagami would not risk entering the Land of Water unless absolutely necessary.

After arranging all the complicated and trivial matters, Uchiha Kagami received Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui.

Seeing Shisui's melancholy appearance, Uchiha Kagami asked with some concern, "Awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan must be painful, Shisui."

Shisui nodded, but didn't speak. He was feeling down and didn't want to say anything more.

Shisui was Kagami's grandson, and Kagami naturally doted on him. However, the Uchiha clan was known for their pride and arrogance. Kagami wanted to say something comforting, but he couldn't bring himself to say it. In the end, he just sighed.

"Remember the grief you felt when you opened the kaleidoscope. Don't let that tragedy happen again. Alright, Shisui, go back and get some rest."

Shisui nodded silently, seemingly lost in thought. He nodded to Kagami and Fugaku respectively, then turned and left.

As soon as Uchiha Shisui left, Uchiha Kagami's expression darkened, and the atmosphere inside the makeshift tent became somewhat dim. Uchiha Fugaku's previously leisurely expression immediately turned serious, knowing that Uchiha Kagami had something important to say.

"Chieftain, what brings you here?"

Facing the serious-looking Uchiha Kagami, Fugaku immediately adopted a posture of being on high alert.

Uchiha Kagami was not as kind to Fugaku as he was to Shisui. There was no smile on his face. He raised his eyelids to look at Fugaku and said in a cold voice, "Fugaku, why did you bring a child to the battlefield?"

Fugaku Uchiha's eyelids twitched, and he immediately realized that he might have touched a nerve with the clan leader. He took a deep breath and said, "Itachi is a genius. If he is exposed to these things earlier, he can grow up faster."

Chapter 138 Orochimaru Makes His Move

When Uchiha Kagami heard Fugaku's matter-of-fact words, he was immediately furious.

"Even if Itachi is a genius, he's only three or four years old. If you let him kill at this age, what if it causes problems with his thinking later in life?"

Fugaku Uchiha swallowed hard after hearing what Kagami said. Men all have this problem: they like to put on a brave face when faced with problems. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm here to take care of you. I'll talk to Itachi every now and then. There won't be any problems. Don't worry."

Upon hearing Fugaku's words, Uchiha Kagami burst into laughter in anger.

Do you have many children? It seems you have a lot of experience in raising them.

Fugaku Uchiha naturally dared not admit it, but just chuckled and scratched his head, looking like he was listening to advice.

Uchiha Kagami sighed and said leisurely, "What are we risking our lives to fight on the battlefield? Isn't it so that our children won't have to go to war? The current Hokage has the ambition to pacify the world, so that our descendants will never have to fight again. What's with you voluntarily sending your child to war? You should know that a truly outstanding child will not become mediocre just because he or she goes to war."

Seeing that his clan leader spoke earnestly and sincerely, Fugaku Uchiha sighed and began to speak his own heart.

“Our Uchiha clan needs strong emotional stimulation to awaken the Sharingan. I brought Itachi to the battlefield so early in the hope that the cruelty of the battlefield would help him successfully awaken the Sharingan. Although he did not successfully awaken the Sharingan, killing a ninja with his own hands at the age of 4 is enough to prove his excellence.”

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Kagami sighed, "The Konoha Technology Research and Development Department has long said that developing clan bloodlines too early will cause ninjas to suffer from bloodline diseases. Although it can be cured, it's so troublesome and requires surgery. Are you so concerned about your son's health that you're letting him grow up too early?"

Fugaku Uchiha scratched his head, puzzled, and said, "Isn't it possible to transplant the demon bloodline now? The powerful regenerative ability of the demon bloodline can heal any bloodline disease."

Uchiha Kagami rolled his eyes: "The demon bloodline has only existed for a few years, and its origins are still unclear. Don't think it's great just because I transplanted the demon bloodline. It's still a new thing, and it might cause a big mess at any time. It's best to be careful."

Fugaku naturally listened to what Uchiha Kagami said. While he was becoming more vigilant about the demon bloodline, he also secretly complained to Uchiha Kagami, "You yourself have transplanted the demon bloodline, and now you're asking us to be wary of this thing."

Uchiha Kagami immediately sensed that Fugaku was probably thinking about him, and he directly expressed his concerns about the demon bloodline to Fugaku: "Once this thing is implanted, it will affect future generations. Our Uchiha clan must maintain the purity of our bloodline and try to have Uchiha who have married and had children undergo bloodline transplantation surgery. As for the younger ones, let them have natural births first, so as not to cause the Uchiha bloodline to die out."

Fugaku nodded repeatedly. He was very grateful that Konoha had been at peace for a long time, so he had no opportunity to transplant the demon bloodline, and his wife Mikoto had not undergone any strange enhancement surgery. Their offspring were all normal Uchiha clan members.

The two chatted for a few more minutes about the training of Uchiha Itachi. As night deepened, they went to rest. By this time, wood-style ninjas had already built a cluster of buildings on the border of Konoha, a villa complex constructed using the Four Pillars Technique.

As daytime returned, while Uchiha Kagami battled the Mist Ninja, Orochimaru arrived in the Land of Lightning.

Orochimaru always carried out the missions assigned to him by An Yan alone, even the destruction of Kumogakure. This was because Orochimaru's current strength had surpassed his peak, and he could summon a large number of cannon fodder at will, and not just one type. He was a model of a one-man army.

Facing a force of nearly ten thousand Cloud Ninja, Orochimaru stood calmly in their path.

The Fourth Raikage spotted Orochimaru from afar. Orochimaru's appearance was very distinctive, with a kimono, long black hair, and a pale face.

"Gentlemen, this road is blocked."

Orochimaru faced a sea of ​​nearly ten thousand ninjas, uttered a single sentence, and held a maple leaf-red paper umbrella in his hand, exuding an extremely graceful demeanor.

However, the Fourth Raikage was a brute who never appreciated beauty. He loudly berated Orochimaru, ruining the elegant atmosphere.

"Orochimaru, facing my army of ten thousand ninjas, you are all alone. Don't you think we Cloud Ninja are too disrespectful to us? Do you really think that we Cloud Ninja are afraid of your Konoha?"

Orochimaru didn't even glance at the Fourth Raikage; he simply smiled faintly and said, "I alone am enough."

The Fourth Raikage was immediately enraged. He activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged straight at Orochimaru, seemingly intending to engage in a one-on-one duel. Several people near the Raikage cried out in alarm and instinctively tried to intercept him, but they missed.

Orochimaru dodged the Fourth Raikage's attack with a serpentine movement, and retaliated with a sword strike, but failed to pierce the Fourth Raikage's chakra armor.

The Fourth Raikage retaliated with a punch, slamming it into Orochimaru's Kusanagi sword and sending Orochimaru flying dozens of meters away.

However, Orochimaru was not injured at all. Having already undergone biological modification, his body was as flexible as a snake, and he could easily neutralize any powerful impact.

As the Raikage made his move, the people of Kumogakure silently surrounded him. Orochimaru smiled slightly and summoned the black stone tablet on the spot.

The Fourth Raikage had witnessed this scene before. His expression immediately changed, and he ordered everyone to attack the stone tablet. They were determined to destroy the stone tablet before it could summon the demon. Various lightning ninjutsu were launched directly at the stone tablet, and even Killer Bee, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, delivered a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Killer Bee had been holding back his anger ever since his defeat at the hands of Minato and his desperate rescue by the Fourth Raikage. Now, seeing the Konoha ninja again, he immediately perked up.

However, Orochimaru never did anything useless. A giant golem, 150 or 160 meters tall, suddenly appeared in front of the stone tablet. It was the savior that An Yan had given to Orochimaru. It put its hands up, and a huge magical shield blocked all the damage.

The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki's Tailed Beast Cannon struck the Savior's magic shield, but it was easily neutralized by the magic, without even an explosion.

Orochimaru smiled, then leaped into the air and stood directly on the head of the savior. Behind him, countless demons surged out of the stone tablet and launched an attack on the Cloud Ninja, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

Most of these artificial demons are low-level ninjas, but there are also many elite monsters. They are generally difficult for chunin to deal with, and among the cloud ninjas, jonin are only a minority. Faced with a massive number of demons, they have no effective means to deal with them.

Chapter 139 AB Combination

A large number of demons and ninjas were locked in a fierce battle. These artificial demons were not actually very strong, but the demons that kept flying out of Limbo had an absolute numerical advantage, and they could launch multiple attacks from the sky and the ground.

The Chunin of the Cloud Ninja could still use a few ninjutsu to clear the battlefield in critical moments, but the ordinary Genin of the Cloud Ninja were quickly defeated one by one by the overwhelming number of demon attacks.

The Fourth Raikage was so enraged when he saw Orochimaru piloting a Gundam that his eyes practically spit fire. He decided that after this battle, he would gather the strength of the entire village to research and develop a Gundam belonging to the Cloud Ninja.

Orochimaru didn't just watch his minions take down the enemy. He directly commanded "Savior" to launch an attack. With a sweeping kick, a hundred-meter area was instantly cleared.

Dozens of cloud ninjas and nearly a hundred demons were all within the Savior's attack range.

The Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth. Orochimaru was even attacking his own people, sweeping away demons and Cloud Ninja with a single kick. Taking advantage of the Savior's attack and his inability to stand up, he sprinted forward and landed on the Savior's body, using the Savior's long legs to rush towards Orochimaru, who was standing on the Savior's head overlooking the entire situation.

Facing the menacing Fourth Raikage, Orochimaru merely smiled slightly. The savior's enormous hand swept the Fourth Raikage away as easily as swatting away a small insect, his movements incredibly swift, completely devoid of the sluggishness one would expect from a colossal being.

Before the Fourth Raikage even landed, the Savior's fist was already smashing down. At the critical moment, Killer Bee flew through the air at lightning speed and caught the Fourth Raikage, who was unable to dodge in mid-air, nimbly avoiding the Savior's heavy blow.

When Orochimaru saw the wings growing from Killer Bee's back, he raised an eyebrow and felt a little interested. Flying ninjas were rare. If he hadn't learned the Light-Weight Rock Technique from An Yan, he wouldn't be able to fly either.

Despite his interest, Orochimaru did not control the Savior to stop his attack. Instead, he used the momentum to punch the ground, causing the earth to shake violently. Hundreds of ninjas in the vicinity were thrown back by the powerful shockwave and left suspended in mid-air. Many of them were directly pierced through the body by the flying demon sword.

Seeing the devastation around him, the Fourth Raikage in mid-air became even more enraged and directly commanded Killer Bee to lead him towards Orochimaru.

Orochimaru smiled as he looked at his two juniors, marveling at their potential. "But you two are Minato Namikaze's defeated foe. What makes you think you can be my match?"

The Savior took to the air, soaring nearly a hundred meters into the air. It swung its left and right hands alternately, unleashing dozens of energy balls, each three meters in diameter, that relentlessly attacked Killer Bee and the Raikage. Killer Bee and the Raikage dodged the attacks in mid-air, but the energy balls exploded on the distant battlefield, causing considerable casualties.

Orochimaru can ignore the artificial demons and attack the Cloud Ninja directly, but the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki cannot directly unleash a Tailed Beast Ball on a group of demons. There's no way around it, since the Cloud Ninja and the demons are mixed together, and in reality, there's no such thing as teammates being immune to damage.

Killer Bee desperately wanted to rush to Orochimaru's side and attack him directly, preventing him from controlling the Savior. However, the Savior was always surrounded by guardian knights in gold or silver armor. They had wings, carried spears, and moved nimbly in the air. Although they were much less offensive, they could easily harass and hinder Killer Bee's attack in the air.

While Killer Bee was extremely anxious, the Fourth Raikage, A, calmed down. He looked at the blue gem-like ornaments on the joints of the giant humanoid savior's hands and feet, guessing that this might be the giant's weakness. He whispered to Killer Bee, "Bee, try to attack the blue crystals on this giant's body."

Chirabi, alerted by the sight, noticed through his sunglasses that the Savior had a round blue gem on each of his joints. Moreover, there was a blue gem on his head and even his chest. Presumably, as a weapon of war, these things were not just decorations.

Killer Bee opened his mouth and gathered a large amount of chakra, intending to use the Tailed Beast Ball to directly attack the savior's joints.

Faced with Killer Bee's attack, Orochimaru had two options: one was to defend, just like before, using a magic barrier to defend against the Tailed Beast Ball's attack; the other was to attack, using his size advantage to defeat Killer Bee by countering the energy blast.

Orochimaru naturally chose the second option. His massive savior manifested with his arms outstretched, and behind him, three layers of energy halos shimmered, with countless dim yellow rays converging into a black energy vortex.

Killer Bee sensed something was wrong. The energy vortex looked to be tens of meters in size, while his Tailed Beast Ball in his half-Tailed Beast Mode was pitifully small. He was afraid he would suffer a size disadvantage if he directly clashed with the energy vortex.

Killer Bee immediately entered full Tailed Beast Transformation, transforming into the Seven-Tails, Chōmyō. He casually placed the Fourth Raikage on the ground while gathering an even larger Tailed Beast Ball. The Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee were of one mind, and the moment they landed on the ground, they began to run at high speed, trying to get away from this place.

Orochimaru saw this and a slight smile appeared on his lips. He immediately controlled the Savior to launch an attack. A huge black energy beam attacked the Seven-Tails, Jōmei. At the same time, Killer Bee also launched an attack, throwing a Tailed Beast Ball at the target. Then he immediately took off to create distance.

The Tailed Beast Ball collided with the energy pillar, causing a violent explosion. However, the attack of the black energy pillar was continuous. It passed directly through the blast radius of the Tailed Beast Ball and swept towards the Seven-Tails, Jōmei.

The Seven-Tails, Chongming, is an insect that was flying in the air and constantly changing direction. After noticing that the Tailed Beast Ball had been detonated, he immediately became highly alert and changed direction repeatedly to dodge the attack of the black energy.

The Seven-Tails, Jumei, was flying upwards, but Orochimaru didn't intend to attack upwards. After missing his first strike, he immediately shifted his target, and black energy swept across the battlefield. As the black beams of light passed by, demons and ninjas alike were instantly reduced to ashes and vanished.

This energy attack had a range of several kilometers. After the black beam swept across, it directly caused the loss of several thousand people. Of course, the artificial demons would only die even more.

The Fourth Raikage, who had narrowly escaped death, was furious. He glared at Orochimaru and immediately ordered everyone to retreat.

Orochimaru naturally wouldn't allow the Cloud Ninja to leave; he wanted to effectively eliminate their remaining strength before destroying the Hidden Cloud Village.

Chapter 140 Capturing the Two-Tailed and Seven-Tailed

At the Fourth Raikage's command, many Cloud Ninjas immediately began to fight and retreat. However, the artificial demons would not let the Cloud Ninjas have their way so easily and entangled them in their pursuit.

Orochimaru, controlling the Savior, floated in the sky and began to gather his strength again, seemingly planning to unleash a black energy cannon to wipe out the enemy.

That last attack killed at least 70% of the Cloud Ninja's genin. With this attack, Orochimaru plans to eliminate the remaining few, first expanding his gains and causing a talent drain in the Cloud Ninja, and then see if he can sweep through the Cloud Village.

Seeing Orochimaru's actions, Killer Bee's expression hardened. He controlled the Seven-Tails, Jumei, to stand in front of the Cloud Ninja, facing Orochimaru who was looking down on everything from above. The 60-70 meter tall Seven-Tails facing the 150-160 meter tall Savior was visually like an adult human male confronting a golden retriever. It was obvious who would win.

Killer Bee had already made up his mind that even if it meant sacrificing himself, he would ensure the Cloud Ninja's successful withdrawal and preserve their strength for the future.