"How is this possible? Why can this kid use Lord Rasa's ability?"
"Tch, is this some kind of genjutsu? When exactly did that happen..."
"You idiot, do you think all of us have fallen victim to an illusion? This is clearly Magnet Release!"
"What's going on here? Could this brat actually be transformed from Lord Rasa himself?"
"Are you kidding me? Someone tell me what the hell is happening!"
Seeing Mirai Uchiha using Magnet Release, the Sunagakure ninja were completely baffled.
Across the entire ninja world, Magnet Release was a Kekkei Genkai unique to their village.
So why could this Konoha ninja in front of them wield the power of Magnet Release?
Even many Suna ninja couldn't help suspecting whether this might be a covert training exercise secretly organized by the village itself.
Facing these confused Sand ninja, Mirai Uchiha clapped his hands together and called out: [Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!]
Countless golden sands instantly engulfed two hundred Sand ninja.
The next moment, after a muffled explosion, everything returned to silence.
As continuous notification sounds echoed in Mirai's mind, a feeling of satisfaction swelled within him.
Apart from some minor ninjutsu rewards, Mirai had gained a total of 147 attribute points.
[Name: Mirai Uchiha]
[Physique: 571]
[Spiritual Power: 562]
[Chakra: 574]
[Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyo Sharingan! Magnet Release: Gold Dust!]
[Ninjutsu: …]
[Other: … Secret Art: Puppet Technique!]
Looking at the attributes that had once again surged sharply, Mirai rubbed his nose.
That feeling of advancing so fast was just too satisfying.
Without mourning the dead Sand ninja even for a moment, he now needed to deal with another Sunagakure outpost.
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Land of Wind
Border
Inside Sunagakure's main headquarters, numerous Sand ninja had gathered, creating a heavy and oppressive atmosphere.
Within the central wooden house, Sunagakure's elders looked deeply troubled.
Especially Chiyo.
She pressed her lips tightly together, her piercing eyes scanning every ninja present.
In recent days, their outposts in the Land of Rain had been attacked repeatedly. Within less than a week, nearly a thousand ninja had already been killed or wounded.
Considering their total ninja forces stood at around thirty thousand, this rate of loss was simply unsustainable.
Bang!
Chiyo slammed her palm onto the table, glaring angrily at the ninja inside the room.
"What exactly is going on? Why have we suffered so many casualties in such a short time?"
Hearing Chiyo's accusation, everyone lowered their heads in silence.
The atmosphere gradually grew oppressive until Ebizou finally stepped forward to explain. "Sister, judging from residual marks on some corpses, one of the attackers who raided our base was definitely Minato Namikaze."
"The injuries caused by Rasengan are unmistakable."
Upon hearing this, Chiyo coldly said, "Continue."
"Besides the base attacked by Minato Namikaze, other bases that were attacked showed completely different scenes..."
Ebizou's lips trembled slightly. "Not a single whole corpse remained at those bases."
He had once visited one of those attacked bases. The ground was covered with bits of blood and flesh. Even he, who had experienced countless brutal missions and many wars, felt his scalp tingling with horror.
Even true hell couldn't have been worse than what he saw.
After listening to Ebizou's explanation, Chiyo was clearly dissatisfied.
She frowned and asked discontentedly, "That's all?"
Ebizou opened his mouth but eventually remained silent.
Just as Chiyo was about to speak, a kunoichi in the corner raised her hand.
"Pakura, do you have anything to say?"
Pakura cleared her throat, glanced at Rasa, then slowly spoke, "According to my investigation, there was a large amount of Gold Dust left at many of the attacked bases. Moreover, the way those ninja died bore striking resemblance to victims of Magnet Release techniques..."
"Pakura, what exactly are you implying?"
Rasa became anxious.
Throughout the entire ninja world, only he himself used Magnet Release: Gold Dust. Was she trying to frame him for these attacks?
"Quiet," Chiyo stopped Rasa from trying to defend himself, then looked at Pakura and asked, "Are you suspecting that Rasa attacked our bases?"
Pakura quickly bowed her head. "I'm merely reporting my findings."
"This must be an enemy's scheme to drive a wedge between us. I believe Rasa would never betray the village."
After Chiyo finished speaking, she immediately waved her hand, cutting Pakura off before she could continue. "That's it for today. From now on, aside from essential field investigation missions, no ninja shall leave the camp."
"Yes!"
Once everyone left, Chiyo wearily sank into her chair.
The war was going very poorly. In less than a year, over ten thousand ninja had already died in combat.
Dissatisfaction among villagers was also gradually growing louder.
Her plan for vengeance against Konoha was doomed to failure.
If that's the case, was there still any point continuing this war?
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Hidden Leaf Village.
Minato Namikaze encountered Mirai Uchiha at the camp entrance.
Both looked exhausted from travel, with bloodstains still on their clothes.
Now, the two exchanged glances.
Minato Namikaze spoke first with a smile. "Mirai, how was today's operation?"
Mirai Uchiha shook his head. "Not great. The Sand ninja have started hiding like cowards."
"Hahahaha..." Minato let out a hearty laugh and slapped Mirai Uchiha hard on the shoulder. "Mirai, we owe this to you."
Since Mirai Uchiha arrived at the Frontline for reinforcements, the situation had dramatically shifted within just a few days.
The Sand had now entirely pulled back to the border of the Land of Wind, abandoning all their bases in the Land of Rain.
At this rate, Minato even felt the war would end before long.
Mirai Uchiha raised his index finger beside his nose, speaking calmly, "Don't celebrate too early. Be careful about Sand's counterattack."
Actually, this scenario had completely fallen within his expectation.
As for himself, he didn't even need to appear once he located those Sand bases. From high altitude, one [Gold Dust Imperial Funeral] could wipe out all the Sand ninja on the ground.
As for Minato...
Having mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, plus possessing Ultimate Reaction Nerves,
he could come and go at will.
Harassed continuously without any effective countermeasures, the Sand village would eventually, just like Cloud before, gather all their ninja together to defend against their raids.
As for what followed, Mirai could already foresee that the only possible retaliation from Sunagakure would be a full-scale invasion of Konoha, just like Kumogakure had done before.
Then, he would finally have the chance to unleash true carnage.
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