Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 278 Suppressing the Akatsuki Organization (3)

The Kazekage brought more than twenty subordinates with him to the Land of Rain.

According to the Kazekage's plan, these elites, working with Hanzo, would directly eliminate the upper echelons of the Akatsuki, while the other Akatsuki members would be dealt with by the Rain Ninja.

This approach is swift and highly secretive, and will surely catch the Akatsuki organization off guard.

Unfortunately, the Kazekage didn't expect the Rain Ninja to be so treacherous, actually leaking the information to the Akatsuki. As a result, they were intercepted by Yahiko and his group shortly after they entered the Land of Rain.

This is a vast swampy area, filled with rotten mud that reeks of decay. There are hardly any plants or animals, making it extremely desolate.

As Chisuke set up his sunshade, he saw Yahiko and the others and clicked his tongue, saying, "Teacher, the Akatsuki is so arrogant, only sending four people to intercept us."

Yekura snorted in dissatisfaction, but still warned Sensuke: "Don't be careless. The enemy is very strong, especially Nagato and Orochimaru. You must be careful."

Just as Chisuke was about to say something, he saw Yahiko take a step forward in the distance.

Yahiko planted his greatsword into the ground and said to the Kazekage, "Lord Kazekage, please withdraw from the Land of Rain and do not interfere in the internal affairs of our Rain Ninja."

Kazekage refused in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, but we are allies of Hanzo and have an obligation to support our allies."

Yahiko looked disappointed, but he wasn't angry or cursing. Instead, he calmly said, "That's a real shame. It seems we have no choice but to fight. Kazekage, please understand that we have no hostility towards the Sand Village. Regardless of the outcome of this incident, we hope it won't affect the alliance between the Rain Village and the Sand Village."

Upon hearing Yahiko's words, Kazekage's eyes brightened slightly. Looking at Yahiko's youthful face, he spoke with a hint of admiration.

"So young, yet possessing such a broad mind, no wonder Hanzo wanted to eliminate you. Hehehe!"

Kazekage chuckled a few times, then suddenly stopped and shouted, "Chisuke, take them down!"

"Yes!"

With a wave of his hand, Chisuke caused the swamp in front of him to churn and countless grains of sand to burst forth from the ground, forming a mobile wall that stretched for hundreds of meters and pushed towards the Akatsuki members.

Faced with the overwhelming attack, the Akatsuki members remained relatively calm, with Orochimaru licking his lips.

"Heh, using Jinchuriki to attack us first, while gathering intelligence and assessing our combat strength, is such an old trick of the Sand Village."

Orochimaru, with his extensive combat experience against Sand Ninja, humbly asked, "Mr. Orochimaru, what tactics should we use?"

At this moment, the sand wall was already in front of them, and Nagato simply raised his right hand.

"Shinra Tensei!"

A powerful and invisible force spread out, like a giant fist striking a sand wall, cracking it and sending countless grains of sand flying back in the direction it had come from.

The battle around them didn't affect Orochimaru and Yahiko's conversation. Orochimaru said calmly, "The best tactic is to send one person to hold off the Sand Shinobi while the others concentrate their full strength to launch a surprise attack on the Kazekage. If we can kill the Kazekage quickly, we can easily win and eliminate the Sand Shinobi threat directly."

At this moment, the sand that was splashed out, under Chisuke's control, condensed into bullets in the air and rained down on the Akatsuki members like a storm.

Tetsuka activated Susanoo, and chakra surged forth to form a skeletal giant. The giant raised its arms and lowered the incoming projectile.

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Yahiko frowned slightly. Orochimaru knew Yahiko's concerns; killing the Kazekage would have a huge impact and might reignite the war.

However, the Kazekage is very powerful. When fighting him, you must be determined to kill him. If you hesitate or are timid because you are worried about the consequences, you will make a huge mistake during the battle, which may lead to your death.

Moreover, even if we only repel this attack by the Sand Ninja, they might still attack the Akatsuki. If they kill the Kazekage, the Sand Ninja will fall into chaos and, in the struggle for power, they will not attack the Akatsuki again for a short period of time.

This is a high-risk, high-reward endeavor.

Yahiko hesitated for only a moment before his eyes hardened again.

"No matter how serious the consequences, we must do what we must do. Tetsuo, please hold off the other Sand Shinobi. Orochimaru, you have more experience in battle command. Nagato and I will follow your orders. Let's launch a surprise attack on the Kazekage!"

"Hehehe, leave it to me!"

Orochimaru glanced at Yahiko and Nagato's Rinnegan, finding it quite amusing.

Two days ago, Danzo contacted him again, hoping he would play a role in making the battle between Amegakure and Sunagakure more intense, and ideally, take down Akatsuki, Hanzo, and the Kazekage together.

Orochimaru didn't take Danzo's instructions too seriously. However, he felt that there was a good chance of killing the Kazekage and that he could command Yahiko and Nagato to charge into battle. Since the risk to him was relatively small, it was worth doing.

After all, the Wind Shadow is also a very valuable experimental subject.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Orochimaru and the Sand Shinobi fought fiercely, so Orochimaru was quite hostile towards the Sand Shinobi and the Kazekage.

With a plan in mind, the three of them charged straight at the Wind Shadow.

On the Sand Village side, a puppeteer manipulated flying bird puppets to scout the battlefield and quickly discovered the Akatsuki's unusual movements.

"Heh, looks like they've made me their target!"

Fengying remained calm, but Yecang beside him was on high alert.

"Protect Lord Kazekage!"

Chisuke placed his hands on the ground, and the ground in front of him turned into a large area of ​​quicksand. Yahiko and the other two stepped on it, and their feet immediately sank into the ground.

The sand around their feet kept flowing downwards, creating a powerful suction that tried to pull them into the ground.

"Spirit Spell!"

Orochimaru bit his finger and summoned two giant pythons. The three of them jumped onto the pythons' backs and left the ground.

"Universal Guidance!"

Nagato opened his right hand towards the Kazekage, whose expression changed. The Kazekage then flew over the Sand Ninja in front of him and towards Nagato on the giant python.

Facing the wind and shadow was Yahiko's broad and sharp longsword.

With a horizontal swing of his longsword, Feng Ying was cleaved in two, his body split in two.

"Kazekage-sama!"

Some Sand Ninja cried out in disbelief upon seeing the Kazekage killed, but Pakura and Sensuke remained expressionless.

Yekura rushed towards Yahiko's location, surrounded by five blazing fireballs.

Sensuke turned his head and looked at the Susanoo rushing towards him. He immediately manipulated the sand on the ground to form four giant octopus-like tentacles, which wrapped around the Susanoo and slowed its pace. At the same time, he was distracted by observing the Kazekage's battle.

He knew that Feng Ying was a cunning and calculating man, and it was impossible for him to die like this.

As expected, the two halves of Fengying's body quickly turned black, transforming into two balls of iron sand that shot out in all directions in an instant.

At this moment, Yahiko, Nagato, and Orochimaru were only two or three meters away from the iron sand, and before they could react, they were hit by the dense iron sand.

With two soft "poof" sounds, Yahiko and Nagato turned into smoke. Orochimaru was hit in the shoulder by the iron sand, but it did not cause any damage because the skin on his shoulder had turned into tough scales.

Although the scales were shattered, they still managed to block the iron sand, preventing it from entering Orochimaru's body.

Orochimaru!

At this moment, Yekura rushed up and controlled a blazing fireball to shoot at Orochimaru.

"Hehe, sorry, I'm not your opponent."

Orochimaru smiled coldly, controlling a giant python to raise its upper body and block the fireball created by Pakura's Scorch Release. He then lightly jumped into the mouth of another giant python.

The giant python swallowed Orochimaru and immediately disappeared into the quicksand.