After two days of rapid march, Nobuhiko and others arrived at the east coast of the Country of Fire.
As it gets dark, they will spend the night repairing in the offshore town of Green Wave and set off at dawn the next day.
In the evening, after Nobuhiko finished eating, he returned to the room.
He refined chakra as usual.
Then sense the natural energy around you and keep your body familiar with the natural energy.
After three years of practice, he has basically become proficient in absorbing natural energy.
The current problem is still that the base of the chakra amount is too small, barely reaching the threshold for using the wet bone forest sage mode.
However, due to various reasons such as his body not being fully developed, it took him half an hour to refine the Senjutsu chakra.
Of course, compared to Hyuga Ryota's physical talent during the Warring States Period, it was already many times stronger.
It's just that with his current amount of chakra, he probably wouldn't be able to fight in sage mode for 10 minutes.
However, as a trump card, if the enemy is very powerful and he can get information in advance, the immortal mode can have miraculous effects at critical moments.
Among the enemies Nobuhiko has encountered so far, those who can defeat them will not be able to sustain him for 10 minutes; those who cannot defeat them will not give him half an hour to prepare.
Only when he encounters a ninja who is evenly matched, or is slightly stronger than him, will he have the opportunity to use senjutsu.
In war there are obviously opportunities to prepare in advance and enter immortal mode.
If his chakra amount were doubled, he would be able to use his shadow clone to refine senjutsu like Naruto did.
As the night got darker, Nobuhiko took off his clothes and went to bed after refining the chakra, because he had to get up early the next day, and he would not be able to sleep as much as he wanted in the following days.
"Um?"
Nobuhiko, who fell into a light sleep, suddenly opened his eyes and opened the eyes of purity.
He immediately sat up from the bed, quickly formed seals with his hands, and patted the floor lightly.
The all-encompassing seal barrier quickly opened, covering the room where he was.
I saw a black fluid substance suddenly seeping out from the gaps on the floor, and soon gathered together.
It was Hei Zetsu who went to Kirigakure first to gather information.
"Agarwood."
"Dad, here is the information about the powerful Jonin in the army dispatched by Kirigakure Village this time." Black Zetsu came to Nobuhiko, took out a scroll and handed it to him.
"Thank you for your hard work." Nobuhiko patted Black Zetsu's head, then opened the scroll and checked it.
Kirigakure Village didn't play much in the original work, so Nobuhiko naturally didn't pay special attention to it.
To be honest, he knows quite a bit about Mei Mei.
But Terumi Mei should be about the same age as Kakashi now. As the eldest daughter of the Kirigakure clan, Terumi, she probably won't appear on the battlefield and won't meet her for a long time.
What he is currently paying attention to is naturally the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the Third Mizukage, whose achievements were not mentioned in the original work.
Nobuhiko looked at the scroll. Some of the contents were detailed and some were rough, but he knew that this must be the information that Black Zetsu had worked hard to obtain.
Loquat Juzo, Watermelon Mountain Blowfish Ghost, Kurumi Kushimaru, Tongcao Yejiren, Muli Jinpachi, Black Hoe Thunder Fang, Mango Fish, all the information about Kirigakure's seven contemporary ninja swordsmen is here.
Nobuhiko also learned about the first-generation dual-sword flounder user, Mangofish, who was not named in the original work.
Sure enough, as the weakest among the seven Ninja Swordsmen, he doesn't even deserve a name.
Until Black Zetsu sent the information, Nobuhiko only knew about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen by their names and swords.
Naturally, the ones that impressed him the most were the Great Sword Shark, the first-generation user Suikoyama Fugu Oni, and the Inked Persimmon Kisame.
In the original work, there is no doubt about the strength of Inigaki Kisame. According to Nobuhiko's classification, he is also a top-notch strongman in the shadow class, and he can fight with the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki Kirabi.
Kisame was born with an astonishing amount of chakra, especially after acquiring the Great Sword Shark Muscle, he became even more powerful.
When the opponent is attacked by Samehada, a large amount of chakra will be absorbed. During the battle, the opponent will become weaker due to the gradual lack of chakra, and Kisame will have more and more chakra.
Therefore, Kisame is also a type that becomes stronger when encountering strong forces and is suitable for protracted battles. Especially when facing opponents with powerful chakras such as jinchūriki, Kisame's abilities can be brought into full play.
In addition, even without relying on Samehada, Kisame himself has the ability to absorb chakra.
Because of this, he met Metkai, who had opened the seventh gate of the Eight Gates of Dunjia, and was defeated by his day tiger.
In the original work, before Kisame obtained Samehada, he relied on sneak attacks to defeat Mizumelayama Fuguki. This shows that Mizumelama Fuguki is also very powerful.
According to the records in the scroll, the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon is the strongest among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and is also a shadow-level warrior.
Thinking of this, Nobuhiko was a little attracted to Samehada.
Samehada's sword will only be used by those he likes, and the criterion for judgment is chakra.
Although the amount of Nobuhiko's chakra is not large, it has been fused with Kaguya's chakra.
Since Samegai likes tailed beast chakra, it's impossible not to like his chakra.
With Samehada's assistance, he could use a lot of chakra and consume a huge amount of ninjutsu.
"It's a pity that we can't defeat the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost at the moment." Nobuhiko sighed and looked down.
Among the other six, Black Hoe Raiga ranks second, and his strength is between elite Jonin and Kage level.
Among the other five, Mango is the weakest, but he is also as strong as an ordinary jounin. With the blessing of the double swords, even an ordinary elite jounin may not be able to defeat him if he encounters him.
The other four are basically elite jounin level.
However, true strength still depends on fighting. The battle situation changes rapidly, and any accident may happen.
It's just that the seven Ninja Swordsmen are here together, and if they cooperate with each other, it feels like it won't be a problem to take on two or three Kage levels.
Of course, Nobuhiko doesn't want to test whether they have this fighting power in the short term.
In today's Konoha, if one person is to fight against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen alone, it is estimated that only White Fang and the Third Hokage can fight. As for the Sannin, I'm afraid not yet.
But this is normal. Kirigakure has taken the elite route. They have been fighting each other since the beginning of genin. The internal friction of ninjas is very serious, so it is normal for a village to have elites who can use seven ninja swords.
If Konoha picks people to fight seven against seven, it would be a joke to have seven Ninja Swordsmen.
"Have all the seven Ninja Swordsmen arrived this time among Kirigakure's main force?"
After reading the information in the scroll, Nobuhiko looked at Black Zetsu.
Hei Jue nodded, "Yes."
Nobuhiko's heart sank. Although he had already guessed it, he felt a little troubled after hearing Hei Zetsu's affirmative answer.
Now the strongest members of their team are Hinata Sendou, and Uchiha Yashiro, the elite jounin of the Uchiha clan.
Nobuhiko didn't know the strength of Uchiha Yashiro, but he had some idea of Hinata Sendou's strength.
Hinata Shinichi mentioned it before when he taught him Rou Fist and Kaiten.
As the strongest person in the clan, Hinata Sentou has already practiced Baguazhang to 128 palms, and Hyuga Shinichi will not be far away from reaching this level.
Seeing his slightly proud look at that time, Nobuhiko really wanted to slap him in the face.
Two people in their forties have only mastered one hundred and twenty-eight palms. The Hyuga clan has truly fallen.
It's all the damn Hyuga Tennin's fault for messing around with his improved caged bird technique.
Although it is still possible to transmit the Byakugan Essence when dying, in order to increase the control method, the current caged bird will cause the separated ninja to have a 1-degree blind spot in the sight. If it spreads, it will be a big flaw, especially it will suppress the clan members. talent.
Although it does not affect Nobuhiko's Pure Eyes, it is detrimental to Hinata's long-term development.
When the time comes, he will definitely bring order to the chaos.
"What about the Third Mizukage?" Nobuhiko continued.
According to the records in the scroll, the name of the third Mizukage is Kito Blood Moon, but he is not a ninja from the Kito clan, but an orphan adopted by the second generation Mizukage Kito Gengetsu.
His strength should be about the same as that of the Watermelon Mountain Fugu Oni with the large sword Shark muscle.
Also a big trouble.
"The Third Mizukage did not come to the frontal battlefield. He was recently controlled by Madara using genjutsu." Black Zetsu explained, "The reason Kirigakure went to battle this time was because of Madara's instructions.
Originally, some senior officials of Kirigakure Village did not agree with launching an all-out attack on Konoha. "
When Nobuhiko heard this, his heart moved.
Regarding the information that Madara was still alive, he naturally knew that Black Zetsu had informed him the first day he found him.
Unexpectedly, Madara has controlled Kirigakure Village since the Third Mizukage period, no wonder.
Nobuhiko only knew that Madara controlled the fourth Mizukage Gotachibana Yagura in the original work.
Kirigakure's cruel system began during the period of the Second Mizukage, but it was actually known as the Blood Mist Sato and used bloody and brutal methods to rule the village since the Fourth Mizukage first took office and was then controlled by Obito. in a few years.
"It's good that the Third Mizukage didn't come." Nobuhiko breathed a sigh of relief.
It's okay for them to deal with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and a group of Kirigakure ninjas, but if there is one more Kage-level strongman, things will easily happen.
Now it's good news to know that there are anti-war factions among Kirigakure's top brass.
"Agarwood, now go to the vicinity of Kamikawa Island to find out Kirigakure's strength and deployment, and then come back and report to me."
With the ace espionage officer Hei Zetsu, Nobuhiko can have a bit more prophetic advantage, so that security is guaranteed. For the time being, he is not ready to let Hei Zetsu go to other battlefields unless the situation stabilizes.
"Yes!" Black Zetsu nodded heavily. When it came to Nobuhiko's safety, he naturally took it very seriously. After all, this was the last reincarnation of 'Dad'.
Although at the current time point, he has already deceived Madara by modifying the stone tablet left by the Six Paths Immortal.
But being able to rescue his mother with his 'dad' is naturally his best choice.
"Thank you for your hard work, go ahead." Nobuhiko patted Hei Zetsu's head.
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In the early morning of the next day, Nobuhiko went to sea with the fleet.
In the afternoon, the outline of Kamikawa Island finally appeared in front of the group of people.
Even from a distance, one could see the flames rising into the sky on the large forest-covered island.
Nobuhiko opened his Byakugan, his vision encompassing things within a seven-kilometer radius.
Kirigakure's ninjas were attacking, but the Konoha ninjas defending the island were less than one-tenth of the enemy's force, and most of the ninjas were injured.
He could only use the dense forest to deal with Kirigakure's ninjas.
Facing the Kirigakure Jutsu, they can only use Fire Release to create forest fires and evaporate the dense fog, but the thick fog full of chakra is more difficult to evaporate than ordinary fog.
Obviously, Kamikawa Island will be captured in less than an hour.
However, it was Azuma that really worried Nobuhiko.
"Look! There's a boat!"
Seven or eight small boats suddenly emerged from the rocks to the east and attacked their fleet.
Hinata's ninjas opened their eyes one after another. When the fleet sailed within one kilometer, Hinata Sendou's face suddenly darkened and he ordered:
"It's Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen!
The chuunin and jounin who are skilled in water walking followed me off the boat to meet the enemy.
We can't let them get close to our big ship! "
Most of Kirigakure's ninjas are good at water escape and are familiar with water properties. If they are allowed to destroy their own ship, they will be in big trouble.
Even if treading water is not a high-end skill, not all chunin can do it. It requires extremely high chakra control ability, especially in this windless sea with three-foot waves, chakra is more difficult to control.
All of a sudden, all the Jonin were dispatched, and Nobuhiko, Kakashi, and Uchiha Maki also jumped off the ship.
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