NOVEL NEXT Chapter 110: Chapter 110
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Chapter 110: Grasped
"Calm down, Fourth Raikage."
On an isolated island very close to the Land of Waves, more than a dozen huge ships were docked. On one of the large ships, the Fourth Raikage, standing at rhe edge of the deck and ready for battle, slammed the table in front of him, shattering it into pieces.
"The most important thing now is to consider what happens next," a short old man with a red nose said sternly in front of the Fourth Raikage. "Should we fight or not?"
"Fight! Of course, we will fight! Are we going to just watch them form an alliance?" The Fourth Raikage's temper flared up. "What on earth are those three traitorous ninjas doing? Did they forget their jonin training? Don't they know that although the battle opportunity is urgent, we can't rush it!"
As he spoke, his heavy breathing sounded as if two streams of air were about to burst out of his nose. The advance planning has a great impact on them.
"Although Kinoshita did something stupid and betrayed the village, he is indeed an excellent jonin. There must be a special reason that led them to take action in advance," said the older Tsuchikage Onoki, who was obviously calmer than the hot-tempered Raikage. "But fortunately, they won't kill Gato before we gather the army and arrive. Although it's a little early now, it's not impossible."
"Since we are going to fight, let's quickly gather our forces and attack the Land of Waves as planned. The Seagull Shipping Chamber of Commerce is the core of their alliance this time. Now that Gato, the head of the chamber of commerce, has died prematurely, this alliance cannot be finalized for the time being. Before the Chamber of Commerce elects a new leader, we must seize the opportunity and crush the alliance forces as planned."
"Of course I know," the Fourth Raikage replied. Lowering his head to glance at the Tsuchikage, the Fourth Raikage turned around and looked at the Kumogakure jonin behind him. "Follow the originally planned route, put on Konoha's vests and forehead protectors, and quickly rush to the Land of Waves."
"Yes!" Loud responses came from the mouths of the jonin, who then turned into black shadows and instantly flew away towards other ships.
"Just hope the plan goes smoothly," Ōnoki said, similarly ordering the people of Iwagakure to change into Konoha's attire. However, his gaze towards the Land of Waves was filled with worry. Gato's death will serve as a prelude to the destruction of the alliance. But now the plan happened ahead of schedule, and his experience over the years has told him that it will definitely not beeasy to advance the plan this time. However, facing the development of the alliance plan, they cannot do nothing.
Far away, from Onoki's perspective, the Land of Waves looked like a small black bean, like a quietly woven spider web, waiting for them to go there.
"Akutagawa! Explain clearly, why did you take action in advance just now?!"
On the island of the Land of Waves, the three rebel ninjas who killed Gato safely evacuated the central area. Led by Akutagawa, they came to a dense forest. But soon, Adan and Kinoshita stood in front of Akutagawa with angry faces, preventing him from moving forward.
"Gato's death means the plan will be launched. Do you know what you have done?!" Compared to Adan, a jonin from a small ninja village, Kinoshita, a rebel ninja from Iwagakure Village, obviously has more say in this trio now. "Fortunately, we retreated early, otherwise we would have been killed!"
He spoke with gritted teeth. If they were not the only three independent forces on the island, he would have wanted to attack Akutagawa directly. But unfortunately, facing his questioning, Akutagawa, who was standing in front of the two of them, seemed to have heard nothing and stood there at a loss.
"Akutagawa?" Without even thinking, seeing the expression on Akutagawa's face, Kinoshita and Adan subconsciously retreated a little further away from him. It was obvious that something was not right with Akutagawa. Although it is unclear what exactly happened, this may be the reason why he took action early.
But before the two of them could think about it, they didn't have the chance to be alert to their surroundings. An irresistible gravity suddenly descended from the sky, like a meteorite falling from the sky, directly suppressing the two of them, lying on the ground like two dead dogs.
This pressure was invisible and impossible to guess or avoid. Crunch. The sound of bones breaking rang out from their flesh. Immediately afterwards, blood was squeezed out of the pores, nostrils, ears, and eye sockets under this sudden pressure.
Boom. Amid the huge noise, the two jonin didn't even have the chance to react before they were crushed into the mud. Even from the beginning to the end, they didn't know who was responsible for all this.
Among the three, only Akutagawa, who looked confused, survived. However, his eyes seemed to be oblivious to everything, and he still stood there stupidly.
"It's really unfair. It's like cheating," Ryosuke said, slowly walking out from his hiding place. He was not a person who would talk nonsense during a battle. This time, he was fighting in person. He chose to use the pressure of his Byakugan without hesitation and directly killed the two men here.
Because the situation was urgent, Ryosuke did not hold back at all. The result was that these two jonin were like... fragile tomatoes and were easily crushed. This made Ryosuke feel that he had begun to move away from the professional scope of ordinary ninjas and began to move closer to the likes of Legendary ninjas.
As for the remaining one, Ryosuke turned his gaze back to the dazed Akutagawa. He hadn't even emerged from the genjutsu that Ryosuke had constructed. In the mental space, his consciousness was still completing the meeting, and he had no idea that in the outside world, he had already killed Gato.
Almost without stopping, Ryosuke moved quickly, heading towards the south of the Land of Waves, while Akutagawa also ran in another direction under his control. He shouldn't have died here, otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how these two pieces of flesh died.
"First, appease the people from each faction. The idea is that there are external enemies who intend to destroy this alliance."
During this process, Ryosuke was also communicating with Hizashi in the castle, making arrangements. "Send someone to find the butler on the first floor who is directing the jonin to place the tables and chairs. The Seagull Shipping Chamber of Commerce definitely has more than one person in charge. Hurry up and find another person to lead the meeting and complete the signing of the alliance agreement."
What happens in the future? It doesn't matter. Because Ryosuke already had a rough idea of this matter in his mind. He can see the future, but he chose to only solidifyhis grasp of this framework.
If he hadn't seen it, Ryosuke would have been able to complete everything relatively smoothly. At least from the perspective of the future he saw, everything was going smoothly today. Even if there was an emergency, he would have been able to prevent it.
It turns out that Gato's death was the unfolding of the enemy's plan, which Ryosuke had not expected. He only found out about this matter when the two rebellious ninjas began to question Akutagawa.
Before that, he used genjutsu to control Akutagawa's actions, and he just acted out what he saw exactly, but he did it some time in advance and made corresponding preparations.
(End of this chapter)