Chapter 576 End and Accident

When Roshi opened his eyes again, he could clearly feel the continuous surge of power within his body.

Moreover, that power, although still the Four-Tails’ Chakra, seemed to be somewhat different.

However, for Roshi right now, he didn’t have time to delve into what exactly was different.

Because he was currently on a battlefield, and a very strong enemy who also countered him was waiting.

“Hmm? His Chakra has increased.” Muzuki, who was maintaining his Byakugan, looked at Roshi with some surprise.

There were only nine Jinchuriki in the Ninja World in total. Muzuki had fought three and killed one, so he had some understanding of Jinchuriki.

Even Jinchuriki who could fully transform into a Tailed Beast could not completely utilize all of the Tailed Beast’s Chakra.

For example, Roshi and Han, in their peak state, usually had around five million Chakra.

But last time, Muzuki had appraised a rampaging Three-Tails on the East Bank Battlefield, and its Chakra amounted to an astonishing eighteen million.

According to Muzuki’s memory of the original work, the Three-Tails’ performance was generally average, and it didn’t feel as strong as the Four-Tails.

Therefore, the huge discrepancy in the appraisal results was clearly not due to the difference in strength between the Three-Tails and Four-Tails.

Based on the different circumstances during the appraisal, Muzuki quickly came to a conclusion after comparing them.

At that time, the Three-Tails was in a rampaging state, and the Three-Tails, not the Jinchuriki, was in control of the body.

As for Han and Roshi, although their full Tailed Beast transformation looked no different from a Tailed Beast, essentially, the Jinchuriki was still in control of the body.

Muzuki believed a crucial point might be the mutual understanding with the Tailed Beast. If they could achieve the relationship Naruto had with the Nine-Tailed in the later stages, perhaps they could fully utilize the Tailed Beast’s Chakra.

“Is this a butterfly effect I brought about?” Muzuki threw an appraisal at Roshi.

In the original work, Roshi certainly never achieved mutual understanding with the Four-Tails; his name was only called out once when he was resurrected by Edo Tensei.

【Name: Roshi】

【Chakra: 6,120,000】

At this moment, Roshi’s Chakra amount had already exceeded six million and was still increasing.

However, Muzuki was not flustered. This wasn’t a game where leveling up came with a full health effect. Even if Roshi had more Chakra, he was still injured.

He didn’t even need to use more methods; the Ninjutsu he had already used was enough to defeat Roshi.

Because while Roshi’s strength had broken through, the Jonin responsible for protecting him had already been dealt with by Muzuki.

Without those carefully selected Jonin to assist in battle, the outcome of Roshi’s fight with Muzuki might not be better than before.

“Lava Release: Flower-Fruit Mountain!”

After emerging from the consciousness space, Roshi immediately used his newly surging power to release Ninjutsu.

Flower-Fruit Mountain was a powerful Lava Release Ninjutsu that Roshi could only use by expending a large amount of Four-Tails Chakra.

Although Roshi himself also mastered Lava Release, his own Chakra and Lava Release level did not meet the requirements for casting Flower-Fruit Mountain.

In the world of Naruto, everyone’s Chakra had subtle differences.

And as pure Chakra beings, the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra was even more unique.

The Four-Tails’ Chakra itself contained the power of Lava Release, so Roshi could use the Four-Tails’ Chakra to perform powerful Lava Release techniques that he normally couldn’t.

Roshi placed his hands on the ground, channeling all his powerful Lava Release Chakra into the earth.

The ordinary ground gradually turned into lava and rapidly spread outwards. Even the small lake Muzuki had created earlier gradually became a lava lake.

Most of the Iwagakure Ninja near them had already been killed by Muzuki, so Roshi had no qualms about using this technique.

Facing the rapidly spreading lava, Muzuki tried to use Water Release to stop its expansion.

However, Muzuki quickly gave up. This place was only close to the river, not directly by it. Using Water Release to clash like this would put him at a disadvantage, because Roshi had the Four-Tails as a power bank.

Boom!!

Under Roshi’s control, the churning lava continuously converged and attacked Muzuki, but Muzuki dodged all of them.

“As expected, he’s not that easy to deal with.” Roshi was not discouraged that his attack failed.

After all, if Muzuki were that easy to deal with, he wouldn’t have been injured by Muzuki earlier.

If Flower-Fruit Mountain could injure Muzuki, that would be for the best. If not, he could at least create an opportunity to use a Tailed Beast Ball.

Roshi quickly opened his large mouth, and powerful Tailed Beast Chakra rapidly gathered, a black-purple Chakra Ball swiftly appearing before his mouth.

He wasn’t sure if it was because of the Four-Tails’ help, but Roshi felt that this time, casting the Tailed Beast Ball was faster than any previous time.

“Do you think you’ve won? Don’t celebrate too soon!” Roshi roared loudly, the black ball in front of his mouth growing larger and larger.

He looked as if he was preparing for an indiscriminate bombardment.

Swish!

Muzuki used the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly move to his disciples’ side, eliminating the Iwagakure Ninja around them.

“Don’t get bogged down in battle, pull back some distance first.” Muzuki quickly gave the order.

If Roshi were to truly make a desperate, indiscriminate bombardment, Muzuki would be inclined to retreat.

With the Iwa Ninja Force commander dead and a large number of elite Jonin killed, this Iwa Ninja Force was already severely crippled.

It was not worth sacrificing these roughly one thousand Konoha Ninja to completely wipe out a crippled Ninja force.

Because Konoha currently didn’t have many Ninja. If there were significant further losses, then it would soon be the time for Ninja Academy graduates to immediately rush to the battlefield.

“Retreat a certain distance first!” Minato Namikaze’s thoughts were similar to Muzuki’s.

If the force were severely wounded by Roshi’s dying struggle, then this encirclement plan wouldn’t be as profitable.

It would be better to retreat a little distance first and see if Roshi was truly going to fight desperately at all costs, or if he was just bluffing.

If Roshi was truly going to fight desperately, then they would retreat while interfering with the Iwagakure retreat. If not, this short distance would still allow them to leave behind many Iwagakure Ninja.

When the Tailed Beast Ball was fully formed, Roshi hesitated for 0.1 seconds, but ultimately spat it out towards the Ninja closest to him.

Muzuki mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, so hitting him with a Tailed Beast Ball would be too difficult. Since he couldn’t kill Muzuki, it didn’t really matter where he aimed.

Gazing at the black-purple Chakra Ball, emanating a terrifying aura, as it came, both Konoha Ninja and Iwagakure Ninja wished they had two more legs to escape faster.

“Jinchuriki are truly lunatics, using Tailed Beast Balls like this.” An Iwagakure Ninja couldn’t help but curse Roshi in his heart.

Rumble!!

The moment the Tailed Beast Ball hit the ground, a dazzling white explosion light enveloped all the Ninja on the battlefield, and the merciless, enormous energy impact swallowed the Ninja who hadn’t managed to retreat beyond the attack range.

At this moment, there was no distinction between Iwagakure Ninja and Konoha Ninja; under the Tailed Beast Ball, all were as fragile as paper.

The huge roar caused by the explosion even made the Ninja who dodged the Tailed Beast Ball experience ringing in their ears.

Now everyone knew that Roshi was serious.

After releasing one Tailed Beast Ball, Roshi immediately condensed the next one, and another small black ball rapidly appeared in front of his mouth.

This time, no one would think Roshi was bluffing.

Due to the commands from Muzuki and Minato Namikaze, the Konoha Ninja ran without hesitation, creating distance from Roshi.

Since the command had been given to run, why face the threat of the Tailed Beast Ball and try to perish with the Iwagakure Ninja?

Boom!!!

Another Tailed Beast Ball exploded next to the Iwagakure and Konoha Ninja, creating a huge impact.

Immediately after, Roshi quickly condensed a third Tailed Beast Ball. This time, Roshi did not choose to attack the Ninja force, but instead chose Jiraiya, who was fighting Han.

Han’s fully Tailed Beast transformed body was originally pure white, but now large areas of his body were covered in scorch marks, looking extremely battered.

It was easier for a Jinchuriki to withstand Tailed Beast Ball damage than for a normal Ninja, so Roshi didn’t have to worry about killing Han.

Swish!

Minato Namikaze flashed and appeared beside Jiraiya, teleporting Jiraiya far away before the Tailed Beast Ball landed.

Boom!!

Another huge explosion sounded, and the already injured Han, after being bombarded by the Tailed Beast Ball, was directly knocked to the ground, automatically exiting his full Tailed Beast transformation and reverting to his normal human form.

“So you were just holding on all this time too.” Roshi leaped fiercely to Han’s side, grabbed him, and continued to condense a Tailed Beast Ball.

Han shouldn’t have been so fragile. Clearly, he was severely injured, which was why he couldn’t resist and was forced out of his Tailed Beast transformation.

After the fourth Tailed Beast Ball exploded, this once beautiful forest had become a wasteland, and there were no more Konoha Ninja or Iwagakure Ninja fighting on the scene.

“This Four-Tails Jinchuriki is too crazy. He probably killed hundreds of Iwagakure Ninja with his Tailed Beast Balls.” Jiraiya couldn’t help but exclaim, looking at the distant white explosion light.

Roshi’s first Tailed Beast Ball killed the most people; just the first one likely killed close to two hundred Iwagakure Ninja.

Fortunately, Muzuki gave the order early on the Konoha side, and the personnel dispersed quickly. Konoha’s losses were much smaller than Iwagakure’s. Even with the largest losses from the first Tailed Beast Ball, only dozens of Konoha Ninja died.

“Even if he successfully breaks through with some Iwagakure Ninja, he probably won’t have an easy time when he gets back.” Minato Namikaze seemed to envision Roshi’s future.

Logically speaking, if a Ninja killed a fellow villager and dared to resist arrest or flee, they could be branded as a rogue Ninja.

But this time, Roshi directly killed hundreds of his fellow villagers, and in plain sight. Minato Namikaze couldn’t even imagine how great that crime would be.

“If Iwagakure executes him and gets a new Jinchuriki, that would be the best development for our Konoha. It would take a lot of time for a new Four-Tails Jinchuriki to become a top-tier combatant,” Mimurabe Ketsu said, nodding.

One’s position dictates one’s perspective. Although the story of a hero who sacrifices himself to lead his troops to break through but becomes a criminal is unpleasant, if it happens to an enemy force, then Mimurabe Ketsu would only smile faintly.

“We don’t need to think too much about Iwagakure’s affairs for now. This time, we’ve won a super great victory!” Jiraiya said spiritedly.

Although they didn’t annihilate the entire enemy force, achieving this kind of battle record with 1,200 against 2,000 was extremely difficult, enough to be recorded in Konoha’s textbooks.

Iwagakure not only lost its commander and a large number of high-level Jonin combatants, but its mid- and lower-level ranks also suffered heavy losses. Aside from the Jinchuriki not dying, it could be said to be a complete defeat.

It was indeed a pity not to kill a Jinchuriki, but Jiraiya wasn’t too concerned. It was very difficult to capture a Jinchuriki on the battlefield; fewer Jinchuriki died on the battlefield than Kage.

“Muzuki, this time, you write the summary report. After all, you’re both the commander and the greatest contributor.” Jiraiya put his hand on Muzuki’s shoulder and smiled.

Muzuki’s combat plan was indispensable for achieving such a great result in this major battle.

They were originally the disadvantaged side, but Muzuki’s plan forcibly turned them into the advantageous side.

Moreover, Muzuki’s performance on the battlefield was also very impressive; he not only suppressed a Jinchuriki like Jiraiya did but also killed a large number of Iwagakure Ninja.

Muzuki pushed up his glasses. Although what Jiraiya said made sense, Muzuki always felt that Jiraiya was just too lazy to write and wanted to push it onto him.

However, Muzuki still agreed. Writing reports wasn’t difficult for him; he could just let a Shadow Clone do it then.

“Iwagakure suffered heavy losses this time. With so many people dead, they should finally recognize their own strength.”

“Lord Mu Yue is truly amazing; he turned the tide of the battle as soon as he arrived.”

Many Konoha Ninja felt that the war had come to an end and began to relax, starting the work of cleaning up the battlefield.

“Is this where it ends?” Muzuki’s Byakugan under his glasses was still carefully observing his surroundings.

This was not an ordinary war.

To others, this war, aside from its larger scale, was no different from previous ones.

Only Muzuki, who knew the White Zetsu’s identity, knew that this war was not simple.

Although the main participants in this war were Iwagakure and Konoha, Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu were also secretly involved.

Since Uchiha Madara directly used White Zetsu as an Iwagakure spy, Muzuki didn’t believe he had no ulterior motives.

It couldn’t be that Uchiha Madara was a spiritual Iwagakure Ninja who couldn’t bear to see Iwagakure at a disadvantage and came to help; that would be too far-fetched.

To prevent Uchiha Madara from causing trouble, Muzuki made many preparations.

Having already decided to deal with the Four-Tails beforehand, Muzuki modified his Yang Seal to re-store Chakra, switching to the Water Breathing Chakra Mode version of the Yang Seal.

Therefore, when dealing with the Four-Tails, Muzuki actually didn’t consume too much Chakra, because the Water Breathing Chakra Mode was consuming the Chakra within the Yang Seal.

Even if there were some additional enemies, Muzuki still had enough Chakra to deal with them.

The imagined unexpected enemies did not appear. Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya called Muzuki to the place where White Zetsu was imprisoned, preparing to interrogate White Zetsu.

Although White Zetsu didn’t look like a human, he could communicate with humans, so he could naturally be interrogated.

However, when they arrived at that place, something unexpected happened.

Minato Namikaze stepped forward quickly with a serious expression. He saw two Konoha Ninja responsible for guarding White Zetsu unconscious on the ground, and the three White Zetsu who had been subjected to Sealing Technique were gone.

PS: Still working hard on writing. If I can finish before 2 AM, there will be a second chapter. If not, I’ll find time to finish it tomorrow during a break.

It’s hard to get back on track, so I can’t stay up too late.