Chapter 241: Tailed Beast Ball

Chapter 241: Chapter 241: Tailed Beast Ball

"Uh..."

Hyuga Kagami’s question left Shisui completely speechless.

Konoha was excellent in just about every respect, except for one thing—it had very few ninja capable of flight.

In the original timeline, the remnants of the Land of the Sky had once launched an aerial assault on Konoha, inflicting considerable damage on the village.

At the time, Tsunade, who was serving as the Fifth Hokage, could only stand inside the Hokage Building and watch helplessly as the Sky Ninja wreaked havoc from above, with no effective means of counterattacking them.

And although the suppression force commanded by Danzo this time was large in scale and formidable in strength, when Kagami thought about it carefully, there really wasn’t a single ninja among them capable of flight.

Kagami smiled. "Don’t worry. I’ll be fine!"

The reason Kagami had taken the risk of bringing out even the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, which normally guarded his secret laboratory, was precisely to prepare for the unexpected.

After all, the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, which possessed Magnet Release, was genuinely capable of flying through the air. This was fundamentally different from the low-altitude gliding Kagami’s Water Release clone achieved while using Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.

And as an ANBU directly under the Hokage, Kagami knew exactly which Konoha ninja had been deployed for this operation against Kamigami.

That was why he was confident that even someone as powerful as Jiraiya, one of the Three Legendary Sannin, would have no way to stop him if he was determined to escape.

Suddenly remembering something, Shisui said, "Senpai, Kumogakure is also taking part in this suppression operation!"

"What!?" Kagami was stunned for a moment before immediately asking, "How come I didn’t know about this?"

Shisui hurriedly explained, "I only found out after arriving here myself. Apparently, Lord Danzo’s Root was responsible for coordinating this joint suppression operation. It didn’t go through the ANBU."

"Ahem..." Kagami coughed lightly twice before asking somewhat awkwardly, "Kumogakure... doesn’t have anyone who can fly, right?"

Shisui shook his head. "I’m afraid even Lord Danzo doesn’t know exactly who Kumogakure sent to participate in the operation. But we did take the corpse of their delegation leader to the black market and exchange it for the bounty. I doubt the force Kumogakure sent this time will be weak!"

"I see... I wonder if the Raikage himself will come?"

Deep down, Kagami actually wanted to test himself against the Fourth Raikage, the current fastest man in the shinobi world.

However, the clone body he was controlling right now was already under an enormous burden from carrying a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan. If he used this clone to fight the Fourth Raikage, the chances of something going horribly wrong were simply too high.

"There’ll be plenty of opportunities to fight the Fourth Raikage in the future. There’s no need to take that kind of risk right now."

With that thought, Kagami said to Shisui, "I’ll be careful."

Just then, the Third Kazekage Human Puppet flashed over and reported, "Master, someone’s coming!"

Shisui stared at it, dumbfounded. "Senpai, it... it just talked?!"

Ignoring Shisui’s astonishment, Kagami leaped onto a massive boulder and gazed into the distance.

A large group of Uchiha clansmen dressed in the uniforms of the Konoha Military Police Force was rapidly approaching.

And the man leading them was none other than the head of the Uchiha clan—Uchiha Fugaku.

Meanwhile, as Fugaku gazed at the two Susanoo—one golden and one green—standing opposed to each other in the distance, the last trace of suspicion he still harbored toward Shisui instantly vanished without a trace.

Fugaku had never completely believed the information Uchiha Hiiragi had sent back earlier. He had still harbored suspicions toward Shisui.

After all, in the shinobi world, many things could be disguised through the Transformation Technique, Shadow Clone Technique, or even genjutsu.

But the two distinctly different Susanoo before his eyes could not be faked through any other means.

That fact alone was enough for him to confirm that the Uchiha clansman within Kamigami who possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan was not Uchiha Shisui!

As Fugaku sped toward the battlefield, he silently made up his mind.

"Damn bastard. No matter what price I have to pay this time, I’m taking you down!"

Before long, Fugaku arrived at the battlefield with a large number of Uchiha elites and Konoha ninja, gradually forming an encirclement around Kagami and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.

After sizing up Kagami’s golden Susanoo, Fugaku shouted to Shisui, "Shisui, can you handle him?"

At that moment, Kagami drove his Susanoo forward and threw a punch at Shisui’s Susanoo.

Shisui played along, deliberately exposing an opening and allowing himself to be knocked backward.

Fugaku’s gaze sharpened.

"Looks like I’ll have to reveal my Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Just as Fugaku was about to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan and unleash Susanoo, Kagami suddenly withdrew his own Susanoo.

At the same time, the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, disguised as a member of Kamigami, brought its hands together and shouted, "Magnet Style: Iron Sand Heavenly Wings!"

In an instant, countless grains of black iron sand converged behind the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, transforming into a pair of enormous black iron wings.

With just two light flaps, it soared into the sky.

Fugaku’s expression changed drastically.

"Magnet Release?!"

It wasn’t just Fugaku. The surrounding Uchiha elites and Konoha ninja were equally shocked.

No one had expected that this seemingly unremarkable Kamigami member, wearing a mask patterned with raging winds, would actually be a Kekkei Genkai ninja who possessed Magnet Release.

At that moment, Kagami’s figure flickered, and he lightly landed on the back of the Third Kazekage Human Puppet. Without saying a single word, he flew off into the distance.

When Shisui had previously disguised himself as Homura, he had met Fugaku face-to-face and even spoken with him. Although Shisui had deliberately altered his tone at the time and Fugaku had failed to recognize him, Fugaku had most likely memorized the voice Homura had used.

If Kagami spoke now, there was a chance Fugaku might notice the discrepancy and see through their deception.

"Not only do they have someone with the Mangekyo Sharingan, they even have a Magnet Style ninja... Damn it! Just where the hell did this Kamigami come from?!"

Watching Kagami leisurely escape through the air right before his eyes, even Fugaku, who was normally accustomed to suppressing his emotions, couldn’t help showing a rare trace of exasperation.

Flying high above the ground, Kagami leisurely surveyed the terrain below.

From his vantage point, he could see countless Konoha ninja converging on Birdsong Cliff from every direction.

Among them, he even spotted Jiraiya, one of the Three Legendary Sannin.

Of course, Jiraiya, who was racing across the ground, also noticed Kagami flying high overhead. After all, both Kagami and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet were wearing Kamigami’s conspicuous black cloaks.

Staring up at the sky, Jiraiya’s expression turned solemn.

"Is that... Sunagakure’s Magnet Release? Kamigami even has a Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai ninja?!"

Before long, Kagami calmly flew beyond the encirclement Danzo had deployed, effortlessly shaking off the entire suppression force.

Once there were no longer any traces of Konoha ninja on the ground below, Kagami began considering whether he should land and let the Third Kazekage Human Puppet conserve some chakra.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, a piercing whistle came from behind him.

Kagami immediately turned his head in alarm.

The instant he saw what was coming, he activated Susanoo without the slightest hesitation—

because a Tailed Beast Ball was hurtling straight toward him...