thefictionvixens Chapter 99: Five Nights That Will Go Down in History, Amegakure's Demise
Chapter 99: Five Nights That Will Go Down in History, Amegakure's Demise
Chapter 99: Gojo Yoru, Who Will Be Recorded in History; Amegakure's Demise.
boom--
The laser beam, piercing through the chest, instantly reached its diameter and landed on the wall of a large mountain.
The deafening explosion, like a bolt from the blue, resounded throughout the area.
A dazzling black and red light burst forth on the mountainside, like a signal flare that had accidentally missed its mark.
Surprisingly, despite the enormous explosion, no dust or mist was seen spreading out.
If you zoom in, you'll also see that no gravel has fallen.
It was like a thunderclap in a clear sky, but all bark and no bite; it caused absolutely no damage to the mountainside.
Only when the light disappeared, revealing a huge, circular notch covered with spiral patterns and with smooth edges on the mountainside, could one truly appreciate just how astonishing the power of that explosion was.
There was no dust or falling rocks because the black and red light possessed extremely terrifying destructive power, annihilating the entire mountain range it enveloped into dust.
Hanzo the Salamander, whose chest had been pierced, had a hole the size of a thumb in his right chest. The skin and flesh on the outside, the bones and blood vessels inside, and the lung tissue all turned to nothingness.
"Wow----"
Hanzo the Salamander landed, spitting blood. Without even checking his injuries, he vanished in an instant.
As soon as he disappeared, another black and red laser beam landed in his original spot.
boom-
Another deafening explosion rang out, and a black and red light burst forth like fireworks.
Seeing that the second shot missed, Gojo Yoru was about to use his teleportation to catch up.
At that moment, he heard Orochimaru's voice approaching from afar.
"Night, stop chasing."
Upon hearing this, Gojo Yoru, who had just appeared on the ground, immediately stopped leaping out.
Turning his head to look at Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who had arrived in an instant, Gojo Yoru's Jiraiya looked at him with a hint of doubt.
Orochimaru explained with a serious expression, "Although I also want to kill Hanzo, the ninja continent cannot lose this demigod of the ninja world, and our Land of Fire is even more so."
Even the usually carefree Jiraiya chimed in, "Orochimaru is right. If Hanzo dies, the Land of Rain, a border region of the three great nations, will be divided up. With the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth eyeing us covetously, our Land of Fire won't be able to completely occupy this place."
"Even if we successfully conquer the Land of Rain, we will not have enough troops to defend against the Land of Wind in the south and the Land of Earth in the north."
"Once the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth divide up the Land of Rain, they will definitely move their border bases to the Land of Rain. Whether we move our border bases to the Land of Rain or allocate some of our forces to build another border base in the Land of Rain, we will be at a great disadvantage."
"Therefore, Hanzo cannot die. As long as he lives, the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth will not dare to launch a war of annihilation against the Land of Rain. Once this war is over, if they want to wage war against our Land of Fire again, they will have to cross the Land of Rivers and the Land of Waterfalls."
As he said this, Jiraiya felt a lingering fear.
They never expected that Gojo Yoru would be able to severely injure Hanzo the Salamander.
If I had known, I would have secretly reminded Gojo Yoru long ago.
When Jiraiya and Orochimaru saw Hanzo of the Salamander coughing up blood, their first reaction wasn't shock at Gojo Yoru's new technique, but rather worry that Hanzo of the Salamander would be killed by Gojo Yoru.
Defeating a demigod in the ninja world is undoubtedly the greatest achievement of a ninja's career.
However, Gojo Yoru will not be hailed as a new demigod of the ninja world; instead, he will only cause the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind to rejoice and escalate the war once again.
All the forces of the three great nations could converge on the Land of Rain, giving the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water, who have been observing, an opportunity, turning the four-nation war into a five-nation war.
Located in the heart of the four great powers, and possessing the best resources, the Land of Fire is bound to become the target of concentrated attacks.
No matter how difficult the Flying Thunder God Technique is, it cannot match the astonishing strategic deterrence of the Salamander.
Hanzo the Salamander can release poison over a wide area, move at high speed on the ground and underground, and escape using the Reverse Summoning Technique. He always acts alone, and even if ten thousand ninjas surround him, they cannot defeat this demigod of the ninja world.
Once Gojo Yoru's Flying Thunder God Technique ran out of chakra, all he could do was run away.
Those great powers would be wary of Hanzo the Salamander, but not of Yoru Gojo, who killed Hanzo, just as no one was wary of Tobirama Senju, who mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, and thus chose to launch the First Shinobi World War.
If they couldn't carry out large-scale massacres, others couldn't do anything to them, and Tobirama Senju and Yoru Gojo wouldn't be qualified to ascend to the altar.
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Just like last year when they thought that hurting the salamander was a feat that even the Five Great Nations couldn't achieve, Gojo Ya, who hasn't fully integrated into this world, still doesn't understand their thought process.
The other party is so troublesome and terrifying, shouldn't we kill him to eliminate any future troubles?
Opportunities like this, where you can use the intelligence advantage of new techniques to severely damage your opponent, don't come around every time.
Gojo Yoru didn't hold back just now.
The idea was similar to Hanzo the Salamander's decision not to cut off his head but to sever him in half at the waist, so as to prevent the opponent from dodging the fatal blow. That's why he didn't aim for the head but for the chest.
In order to prevent Hanzo of the Salamander from using his summoning technique or creating shadow clones to gain leverage in mid-air, Gojo Yoru did not use full power, but rather a near-instantaneous laser beam.
Even so, Hanzo the Salamander moved his body in mid-air, causing the laser beam to hit his right chest instead of his inner chest.
Seeing that they were all stopping him, Gojo Yoru couldn't help but speak up: "If we don't press our advantage, what if he recovers and retaliates against us?"
Before the two could speak, a voice suddenly rang out from not far away: "—I lost."
Orochimaru and Jiraiya immediately tensed up, while Gojo Yoru looked in the direction from which the sound came.
In the rain, countless water droplets suddenly coalesced into a figure—it was Hanzo the Salamander.
This demigod of the ninja world no longer made a grand entrance, nor did he stand atop the rock, looking down at the three of them from a superior position. Instead, he looked at Gojo Yoru level, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
There was resentment, loneliness, appreciation, and also acceptance.
Then, looking at Orochimaru and the other two, he said in a deep voice, "In this war, your Konoha and the Land of Fire have won. As the losers, I promise you that in my lifetime, Amegakure and the Land of Rain will never again declare war on the Land of Fire, nor will they form an alliance with the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth."
"If Konoha is willing to put aside its hatred, I look forward to receiving your invitation to the Chunin Exams."
"If you want revenge, I'm ready to oblige at any time."
With his gaze fixed on Gojo Yoru, Hanzo of the Salamander, his spirits completely broken, praised him without reservation: "Black Flash, it seems I didn't make a mistake in choosing that title. Gojo Yoru, you are the only one in these decades who has managed to injure me and my partner, and you are also the most talented assassin I have ever seen. Even the Second Hokage, who invented the Flying Thunder God Technique, is far inferior to you."
"I accept defeat wholeheartedly. I will forever remember your name and look forward to your future performance."
"As the one who defeated me, I hope you won't lose to anyone else."
After he finished speaking, Hanzo the Salamander's body turned into a puddle of water.
Water Release: Shadow Clone Technique.
Gojo Yoru spotted it at first glance.
When Gojo Yoru saw that Hanzo the Salamander had come to give his farewell speech, his eyes and demeanor were completely different from before, clearly indicating that he had been severely affected by his own defeat, Gojo Yoru felt relieved.
He doesn't yet have a super-wide-range ultimate technique, nor has he developed a space-time teleportation technique that doesn't require the Flying Thunder God Technique. If he wants to take down an existence standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world, he needs to utilize his intelligence advantage. Otherwise, defeating or repelling him is possible, but killing him is not an easy task.
Space-Time Escape: Laser Beam is Gojo Yoru's new intelligence advantage.
This technique is a derivative of the "Space-Time Bomb". Its principle is chakra control + Lightning Release Rasengan + Space-Time Chakra + Shape Change + Chakra Burst.
During this period, Gojo Yoru had been diligently training in Lightning Release, not to develop Chidori and Chidori Sharp Spear, but to develop this laser beam technique.
Chidori, Chidori Sharp Spear, and Chidori Stream were all learned incidentally to enhance nature and form transformations.
The laser beam failed to take down Hanzo of the Salamander. To eliminate this demigod of the ninja world again, they would need to seize another opportunity or develop a new space-time technique to maintain their intelligence advantage.
Before his perception technique reached another dimension, allowing him to easily locate the enemy's true form and his teleportation speed to overwhelm them, Gojo Yoru's most hated opponents were assassins of the same type and level as himself.
The basic extension techniques are used to perfection. One second he is the original body, and the next second he may become a shadow clone, or a substitution avatar or a body-flicker. Every time he uses a killing move, he may be wasting space-time chakra.
Compared to a cunning old fox like Hanzo the Salamander, Gojo Yoru prefers a reckless brute like the Third Raikage.
"————It's finally over."
Orochimaru and Jiraiya breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Even among ace fighters, there are gaps. Not to mention comparing them to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru and Jiraiya are not even comparable to Sakumo Hatake.
They had not yet reached the pinnacle in any field, yet they were leading ninja forces to fight against the ninja world's demigod, who was most skilled in water and fire jutsu and whose poison skills were the best in the ninja world, and the Rain Ninja, one of the most outstanding assassination legions in the ninja world.
No one knows just how much pressure Orochimaru and Jiraiya were under.
If it weren't for Tsunade developing the antidote formula, and Gojou Yoru's assistance and rescue, they would have been killed countless times.
Now, their battlefront no longer has to face Hanzo the Salamander and his assassination squad.
Orochimaru and Jiraiya immediately felt incredibly relieved.
Then a smile appeared on their faces.
Jiraiya patted Gojo Yoru heavily on the shoulder and exclaimed sincerely, "Gojo, you're going to be recorded in history. When this war is completely over, your name and your great achievements will be recorded in the history books of various countries and passed down to future generations."
"From now on, every child who enters the Ninja Academy will know your name before they become a ninja, as well as your achievements in killing the information king of Sunagakure and defeating a demigod of the ninja world."
Orochimaru smiled sincerely and said, "Yoru, you have surpassed me, both in strength and reputation."
"Combat strength doesn't equate to experience, Orochimaru-sensei. Kushina and I still have much to learn from you." Gojo Yoru smiled modestly. "Even if we're recorded in history, it will be the three of us who are recorded together. Especially Orochimaru-sensei, you are the teacher of the Black Flash."
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru's eyes shone with pride.
He couldn't be more satisfied with this disciple.
From the moment Orochimaru discovered that Gojo possessed a space-time bloodline limit, his dream had already begun to change.
His goal was no longer to become Hokage, but to guide Gojo Yoru to become the next generation's God of Shinobi.
As long as Gojo Yoru becomes the new God of Shinobi, there will be no war in the shinobi world during his lifetime.
This period of time is enough for him to reform the world and prevent situations like those involving their parents and Rope Tree from happening again.
Just as he had thought, Gojo Yoru, who possessed the space-time bloodline limit, had the potential and combat power to break the rules.
At the age of twelve, others had just graduated from the ninja academy.
Meanwhile, Gojo Yoru has already defeated the demigod of the ninja world.
When he comes of age, or perhaps not even when he does, the ninja world will be his era.
Seeing Gojo Yoru, who had defeated Hanzo the Salamander and remained so humble and respectful of his teacher, Jiraiya felt a rare pang of envy.
Orochimaru is incredibly lucky to have such a good disciple.
At the same time, Jiraiya became even more determined that when he returned to Konoha next time, he would definitely ask Sarutobi-sensei to exchange for a separate scroll of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Just now, when Gojo Yoru was having a sword duel with Hanzo of the Salamander, Jiraiya saw a familiar reflection in him.
When Jiraiya's team was formed, Jiraiya, like Hiruzen Sarutobi, engaged in a bell-stealing battle with Minato Namikaze's three disciples, witnessing Minato's extraordinary reflexes.
If neural reaction speed is the core of cultivating the Flying Thunder God Technique, then perhaps—his disciple can also cultivate this technique.
At least the chances of him succeeding are greater than his and Orochimaru's.
"Cough cough————"
The scene shifts to Hanzo the Salamander's true form.
At this moment, Hanzo the Salamander's state was completely opposite to that of the Water Release: Shadow Clone that had just made its exit declaration.
His wounds and mouth were bleeding, his teleportation speed was getting slower and slower, and his life force was weakening.
If this continues, he might die on the way back to Amegakure.
Don't be fooled by the hole in his right chest; it's only the size of a thumb.
Just like how you can't pull out an arrow until medical personnel arrive after being shot.
A penetrating wound, even just a small hole, can be extremely fatal.
Not to mention, the hole in the right chest of the salamander Hanzo went through both the front and back.
Moreover, not knowing whether Gojo Yoru would catch up, he dared not treat himself on the spot, nor did he dare to summon his partner, for fear that the laser beam as fast as a flash would come again.
With a partner of that size, there's no way to dodge it.
If that laser beam hits your partner, it won't just pass right through them; it will explode on the spot.
That terrifying destructive power would surely kill his partner.
His partner is his strongest source of confidence in intimidating other countries.
Just as cautious and careful as Gojo Yoru, Hanzo the Salamander is also full of thoughts and suspicions.
Hanzo the Salamander didn't know how far he had escaped with a teleportation technique, until he could no longer hold on, and then he casually found a cave to go into and heal his wounds.
"Lord Hanzo!"
As luck would have it, the cave that Hanzo the Salamander chose was already inhabited.
Looking at the orange-haired boy in front of him, Hanzo the Salamander instinctively felt murderous intent.
At this moment, he cannot allow any accidents to happen.
However, upon hearing the other person's address and seeing their initial shock followed by excitement, Hanzo of the Salamander raised an eyebrow: "You're a resident of the Land of Rain?"
"Lord Hanzo, my name is Yahiko. I was born in Amegakure. My parents died in the attack last year," Yahiko replied hastily, his eyes shining with undisguised admiration for Hanzo the Salamander.
Upon seeing Hanzo of the Salamander clutching his right chest, his hand, covered in green light and stained with blood, Yahiko immediately asked with concern, "Lord Hanzo, are you injured?"
"Um, I need your help with something."
Without a word, Hanzo of the Salamander took out a signal flare and a reel, handed them to Yahiko, and instructed, "Take this signal flare and fire it on the outskirts of Amegakure. Then hide this reel anywhere, and you can leave. I will reward you handsomely after you've done it."
"Yes, Lord Hanzo."
Yahiko's eyes lit up immediately, and he took the item and ran out right away.
The cautious Hanzo the Salamander did not stay in this cave, but instead hid in a cave on another mountain, creating a shadow clone to conceal the entrance and set up a barrier.
The main body, on the other hand, is emergency treatment.
Unfortunately, too much time had been wasted. Even though he used medical magic along the way to prevent the wound from bleeding severely and carried a storage scroll to store medical tools, he only had time to stop the bleeding and hadn't even been given a blood pack before he passed out.
The collapse of the main body also caused the shadow clone to automatically dissipate.
The life force of Hanzo the salamander is fading away.
At this moment, a white figure emerged from the ground, ignoring the barrier.
"Lucky guy, be glad you still have some use." The White Zetsu clone scoffed, then took over the treatment that Hanzo of the Salamander hadn't finished.
Just like when Gojo Yoru and the three legendary Sannin of Konoha faced Hanzo of the Salamander, it seemed like only the five of them were on that battlefield, but in reality, there were countless spectators watching from afar and in the shadows.
Madara Uchiha, who was very interested in Gojo Yoru, naturally learned of this result immediately.
Just like Orochimaru and Jiraiya stopping Gojo Yoru.
Even if they didn't intervene, Madara Uchiha would send Tobi to help.
If Hanzo of the Salamander dies, the entire ninja world will descend into chaos and may even slip out of his control.
This is detrimental to Nagato's growth.
Even if the ninja world descends into chaos, we'll have to wait until Nagato has the ability to protect himself.
Therefore, Madara Uchiha prepared to save Hanzo of the Salamander.
The treatment method for White Zetsu clones is simple and brutal.
Using the Spore Technique to create an expanding substance, he enveloped Hanzo the Salamander and then transferred Chuck Han into Hanzo's body, rapidly healing Hanzo's fatal wound as if it were a form of physical healing.
However, instead of giving Hanzo the Salamander a blood transfusion, he used the Mayfly Technique to hide in the shadows and continue to observe the situation.
In less than two hours, the barrier was broken from the outside, and Sagawa walked in from outside, then left with Hanzo the Salamander.
White Zetsu clones followed closely.
A message quietly spread along the border between Amegakure and the Land of Fire.
Then, within a day, the news spread throughout the battlefields of the four-nation war and quickly spread to the entire ninja world.
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The Rain Country, which initiated the war, has announced its withdrawal.
It wasn't that supplies ran out, nor that the city walls were breached by Konoha ninjas.
Instead, Hanzo of the Salamander, who surpassed even Jinchuriki, possessed the strongest strategic deterrent of his time, was regarded by all ninjas as the pinnacle of the ninja world, and was known as a demigod, was defeated head-on by Konoha's Black Flash.
Yes, it wasn't the three commanders of the border defense line who joined forces to defeat Hanzo the Salamander, but rather the Black Flash of Konoha who defeated Hanzo the Salamander one-on-one.
Before those people could have any doubts, Amegakure publicly acknowledged it and announced Hanzo's defeat pledge.
Just like last year when he sacrificed his own reputation to elevate Gojo Yoru to the big stage of the ninja world, making him a rising star overnight.
With his spirit broken and no longer harboring any thoughts of territorial expansion, Hanzo of the Salamander once again sacrificed his reputation, allowing Gojo Yoru to climb to the pinnacle of the ninja world by stepping on him, becoming the most prominent figure in the ninja world.
This was the only thing Hanzo the Salamander could do for his allies, and it was also his revenge against Konoha.
He defeated a demigod of the ninja world at the age of twelve. If you don't want to live in his shadow in the future, then you should kill him by any means necessary.
It took Hanzo the Salamander decades to rise from a ninja in a small village to the pinnacle of the ninja world.
Now he sets himself on fire, illuminating five nights.
Regardless of Hanzo's purpose, his admission of the retreat of Amegakure has caused Gojo Yoru's fame to soar once again, spreading throughout the entire ninja world and becoming known to everyone.
The war had been going on for less than two years, and Konoha's three-front war had only lasted for a year and two months.
By the end of the year, apart from Ebizo, the intelligence king of Sunagakure, no other big names in the ninja world had died.
For example, Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law had not yet been killed by Hatake Sakumo, allowing the name of the other party, the White Fang of Konoha, to spread throughout the ninja world, even surpassing the original work's defeated Sannin of Konoha, as well as the Hokage's assistant, Shimura Danzo.
Even Kato Dan, a master of the S-rank ninjutsu, Spirit Transformation Technique, and a Dark Rainbow Ninja of the Yin Release type, hadn't been beaten so badly by the Iwa ninja that his genitals flew out.
With his astonishing record of victories, Gojo Yoru has become the most dazzling presence in this war, bar none.
Its power quickly affected the other two battlefronts, causing the Sand Ninja and Iwa Ninja to suddenly fall silent.
After all, with the withdrawal of Amegakure, the border defenses could not be divided into two routes to provide support. They still had to guard the forest area to prevent foreign enemies from bypassing the border and invading the Land of Fire.
However, this does not include ace fighters like Gojo Yoru who have mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Moreover, with the help of the Flying Thunder God Technique, he can even lead other ace fighters to provide support. If there is a problem with the border defense line, Lida can lead the ace fighters back to the border defense line.
It is certain that the defense and combat power of these two fronts will increase dramatically.
All the intelligence gathered this year may be disrupted by Dou.
Unless the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth also choose to withdraw, they will need to gather new intelligence before deciding whether to launch a full-scale invasion.
This is destined to be a long and drawn-out war between the Han and the Tuoba people.
Before allies needed support, Gojo Yoru and his two companions, who were guarding the western border, went on leave.
Commanding combat and support troops, collecting the bodies of fallen comrades, Jiraiya, who happened to be planning to return home, personally escorted these bodies back to Konoha.
Orochimaru, on the other hand, led the remaining ninja army to rebuild the border base using ninjutsu.
As for Gojo Yoru—
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