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254 Getting Killed Makes Me Stronger
🕑 Added 2026-01-10 06:15:01 +0000 UTCKairen's palm swept downward: "Clear the field!"
"Orders received!!"
In an instant, drums thundered, and the horns of war suddenly sounded.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke was so scared that sweat poured from his head. He stumbled back two steps and crashed into Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"F-Father, what do we do?"
Even though they possessed Konoha's most elite ninja forces, facing Kairen's legion that was like mountains and seas, their small numbers were completely useless.
Just a single Nine-Tails already left Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others unable to cope.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face turned pale, the wrinkles on his forehead bunching together.
He had not expected Kairen to have so many hidden cards.
He even unsealed the Nine-Tails!
What should be done?!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind raced madly for a solution.
Right!
Dead Demon Consuming Seal!
As long as he used this sealing technique to seal Kairen away, everything would become manageable.
But first, he had to get close to Moku Kairen.
"Boom boom boom…"
The sound of shells firing was like popcorn exploding, round after round landing in the ninja formations of Konoha.
"Scatter, don't cluster together!" a Sarutobi clan jōnin shouted.
The higher-ups were not without precautions against Kairen; they had painstakingly researched ways to deal with him.
They had even put in enough effort studying Kairen's Shadow Clone formations.
Under such dense artillery fire, troops must never cluster. Use the Body Flicker Technique to disperse, make full use of Substitution Technique and Transformation Technique.
Kairen's mechanical forces were not omnipotent—once the cannons were fired long enough, they would stop.
Shells came raining down, and the ninja army all escaped using the Body Flicker Technique.
"Rumble rumble rumble rumble—"
Explosions rang out one after another, as if the entire Konoha were trembling.
After one round of bombardment, all nearby buildings had turned into ruins, leaving only residual flames and smoke.
The ninja forces still lost dozens of people, blasted into ashes.
Thousands of bombs fell together, and ninjas unfamiliar with the Body Flicker Technique all perished within it.
Sarutobi Hiruzen led Sarutobi Shinnosuke out of the bombing zone to more than 100 meters away, elite ninjas in ANBU attire following at his side.
Toadzo, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and several major clan heads gathered together.
They had all just escaped from the artillery fire.
"What do we do now?!"
Homura Mitokado anxiously pushed his glasses, nearly crushing the frames.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly, "The most important thing now is to deal with Moku Kairen. As long as we can control him, we can control his army."
"You create an opening for me. I'll handle him!"
"Alright!" Everyone nodded.
Just as they were about to use the Body Flicker Technique, a massive shadow suddenly enveloped them.
They looked up—and their hearts instantly sank halfway.
The Nine-Tails, eyes blazing red and fangs bared, spoke with chilling malice: "Konoha, it's time to settle accounts!"
"Buzz buzz buzz…"
A Tailed Beast Ball rapidly condensed in the Nine-Tails' mouth. With a sudden blast, it fired the Tailed Beast Ball at high speed.
"Run!!"
A massive explosion erupted, raising another billow of smoke.
The Nine-Tails' claws tore forward violently, the gale it stirred blowing the smoke away.
The scene inside was revealed.
The current head of the Akimichi clan had just transformed into a gigantic ball of flesh, protecting everyone—while he himself was blown into a pile of blood and gore.
"Akimichi!!"
The Nara clan head's eyes were filled with pain, but there was no time to hate the Nine-Tails. He hurriedly fled the range of its claw attacks.
"Humans, die!"
The Nine-Tails, like a rampaging beast, relentlessly pursued Sarutobi and the others.
Toadzo panted heavily. After catching his breath, he shouted curses at the Nine-Tails from afar:
"It was Uchiha Madara who controlled you, and Senju Hashirama who sealed you. Why are you taking revenge on us?!"
"Uh… (꒪⌓꒪)"
The Nine-Tails suddenly froze on the spot, stopping the claw that was about to tear down.
That's right—Uchiha and Senju were the ones who played with it. Why should it beat up a bunch of decrepit old men?!
If it wanted revenge, it should turn around and find those wearing the Senju and Uchiha clan crests.
Out of the corner of its eye, the Nine-Tails quietly glanced into the distance.
Kairen had conjured a throne, floating in the sky while eating popcorn, with watermelon beside him.
A true bystander enjoying the show.
"Mind your own business!!"
The Nine-Tails roared in fury, its massive tail sweeping wildly, flinging Toadzo and the others several hundred meters away.
At the end of the day, it was just bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
If it could defeat Kairen, it would have swallowed him whole long ago.
But now it couldn't—the other party was its master.
"Sealing Squad!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke roared.
In an instant, over twenty figures appeared before the Nine-Tails. Massive scrolls unfurled, coiling around the Nine-Tails like serpents.
This time, to deal with Kairen, Sarutobi and the others had gathered all the ninjas in the village proficient in sealing techniques.
"Ants!"
The Nine-Tails roared. Suddenly, it erupted with a tremendous power. With a fierce tug, it shredded the scrolls wrapped around its body into pieces.
Without Mangekyō and Wood Release, they thought they could control it? Humans were truly becoming more and more foolish!
...
Up in the air, Kairen quietly watched while eating popcorn.
From time to time, he even shouted praise, and occasionally gave guidance to the stiff skeletons in battle.
"Cut mid! Cut mid! Sigh… this skeleton is hopeless!"
Down below,
The battle between the Konoha ninjas and Kairen's legion had reached a fever pitch. Skeleton soldiers fought in close combat, while the armed forces provided long-range fire.
The armed forces' cannons were completely indiscriminate, even blowing up skeleton soldiers.
But the skeleton soldiers voiced no complaints—this was tactics.
The bone dragon was enormous, with over a dozen jōnin entangled around it.
With a flap of its wings, bones burst forth from the ground one after another, razor-sharp.
With a single lapse, seven or eight jōnin in the ninja forces were impaled through the abdomen.
The Uchiha clan was also exceptionally valiant in battle, each carrying a ninja blade on their back, eyes reddened as they cut down enemies.
Their swordsmanship was astonishing, and with the assistance of the Sharingan, each could fight two opponents alone.
Shige and the others were no weaker, fighting with ferocity, completely disregarding their physical disabilities.
Having already been disabled once, their psychological resilience was extremely high.
Moreover, Kairen had promised that even severed arms or legs could be restored, so they fought the enemy with exceptional bravery.
It seemed that on the battlefield, only Kairen was idle.
No—there were two more.
Wolon and Fenchu, the two panda cubs, were gnawing bamboo shoots in a corner, completely oblivious to the hail of bullets and shells.
Suddenly, a sneaky chūnin noticed the two pandas.
He seemed to recognize them—they were Kairen's two summoned beasts. If he captured them, he could threaten Kairen and turn the tide of battle.
That sneaky chūnin used the Body Flicker Technique to approach Wolon and Fenchu.
"Hands up, you're under arrest!"
"Huh?!"
Kairen, propping his head up, noticed a skirmish in a corner.
Two ferocious bears had bared their fangs, bullying a single chūnin.
After a single glance, he looked away, continuing to watch the battle.
The war conducted by the mechanical armed forces was highly methodical.
Armed helicopters controlled air superiority, while tanks rolled forward.
Little by little, they blasted apart surrounding obstacles that could provide cover, then led infantry to divide the ninjas into separate encirclement zones.
Skeleton soldiers handled close combat, while they provided long-range fire support.
