This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Chapter 17 Fugaku's Battle

"Blue flames?"

Kazama Sosuke stared at the terrifying pillar of fire that had instantly vaporized his five elite puppets. His previous contemptuous gaze vanished completely, replaced by a chilling solemnity, like that of a venomous snake.

As a renowned elite Jonin of Sunagakure and Chiyo's prized student, he had seen countless masters of Fire Release techniques.

However, fire-style techniques with temperatures high enough to instantly melt specially made chakra metal are extremely rare.

"The Uchiha clan is indeed troublesome."

Kazama Sosuke gave a sudden jerk of his hand, and the huge scroll behind him unfurled once more.

"Secret Technique: Mechanical Light Shield Seal!"

Just as the blue pillar of fire was about to engulf his body, a light blue shield of light formed from chakra burst forth from the mouth of a humanoid puppet in front of him.

"Zzzzzzz—!!!"

The intense heat clashed violently with the chakra shield. Although the blue flames had extremely strong penetrating power, the elite Jonin's unreserved chakra output finally deflected the fire pillar's trajectory, grazing Kazama Sousuke's left ear and shooting backward, turning a boulder into lava.

"That was close."

Kazama Sosuke touched his sideburns, which were scorched by the high temperature, and his eyes instantly turned ferocious.

"To be able to enhance a C-rank ninjutsu to this extent, you have every reason to be proud, you Uchiha brat."

"But the gap between us can't be bridged by a little fire-style technique!"

"Puppet Technique: Thousand Hands Manipulation!"

As he moved his fingers wildly, the remaining twenty-odd puppets seemed to come alive.

They were no longer rigid puppets, but transformed into a well-coordinated army.

Some puppets spewed out purple poisonous mist, while others unleashed poisonous rain of needles from their arms. Even more insidious, several small puppets burrowed underground, attempting to launch a sneak attack from below.

"Hyuga Hiroshi!" Uchiha Fugaku shouted.

Hyuga Hiroshi, a Jonin, displayed strength befitting his status.

He thrust his palms outwards with force, and the meridians around his white eyes almost burst open.

"Eight Trigrams - Empty Palm!"

Several invisible chakra shockwaves struck the ground with pinpoint accuracy, shattering the earth elemental puppets that had attempted to launch a sneak attack into pieces.

"The underground area has been cleared! But there is a high concentration of neurotoxin in the air, and the poisonous fog is spreading!" Hyuga Hiro shouted a warning, and at the same time, he moved swiftly and used Gentle Fist to instantly kill two Sunagakure Chunin who were trying to flank and ambush Kazama Sosuke's guards.

Although Hyuga and Uchiha did not get along, he was not very convinced that Fugaku Uchiha was the captain.

But this is a battlefield. Back in the village, you can do whatever you want. But to engage in infighting on the battlefield is a major taboo.

Is it poisonous?

Fugaku Uchiha held his breath and moved rapidly through the dense rain of senbon needles.

He pushed the Sharingan's dynamic vision to its limit, making those poison needles, which were indistinguishable to the naked eye, appear as if they were in slow motion to him.

"Clang! Clang!"

The short sword flashed, creating afterimages, and deflected all the close-range attacks.

However, Kazama Sousuke was an elite Jonin after all, and his attacks were relentless, giving Fugaku no chance to form hand seals.

"What's wrong? Uchiha brat, is all you can do is hide?"

Kazama Sosuke grinned maliciously, his fingers twitching slightly.

"Sizzle—"

A very faint whooshing sound rang out.

Those weren't ordinary chakra threads, but cutting threads mixed with special metal wires, making them almost invisible in the rainy night.

Fugaku Uchiha felt a sudden alarm bell ring in his mind and instinctively tilted his head back.

"puff!"

A deep gash appeared instantly on his cheek, so deep that bone was visible. Had it been 0.1 seconds later, half his head would have been severed.

"Tsk, you dodged it?" Kazama Sosuke licked his lips regretfully. "The next blow will be to your neck."

"Captain Fugaku!"

Minato Namikaze, who had just dealt with a few minor enemies, wanted to provide support when he saw the situation, but he was held back by two defensive puppets summoned by Sousuke Kazama.

"Don't come any closer!"

Fugaku Uchiha wiped the blood from his face. The crimson blood flowed down his cheeks, making his three-tomoe Sharingan appear even more eerie and ferocious.

The pride inherent in the Uchiha clan wouldn't allow him to be suppressed in front of his subordinates.

"Just a puppeteer."

Fugaku Uchiha's chakra suddenly surged, and the cold, manic chakra even caused the surrounding rain to deflect.

"As Nishikawa Tetsu said, invisible lines are also entities."

Fugaku Uchiha abruptly closed one eye, locking onto Kazama Sousuke with only one eye. Instead of forming hand seals, he held his short sword horizontally in front of him.

"Are you giving up?" Kazama Sosuke sneered, manipulating all the puppet strings to weave a net of death that enveloped Fugaku.

"Then die!"

In that very instant.

Fugaku Uchiha suddenly opened his eyes, the three tomoe spinning wildly, as if they were about to merge into one in his red pupils.

"Illusion Technique: Shackles Technique!"

Although it's not a Tsukuyomi of the Kaleidoscope level, it's still a genjutsu that the Uchiha clan can use to freeze a tailed beast for a moment.

Kazama Sosuke's fingers, which had been moving, suddenly froze.

In his mental world, countless enormous wedges appeared out of thin air and were driven deep into his limbs and bones, rendering him unable to move.

"Illusion? Using illusion on me, a puppeteer?"

Kazama Sosuke was, after all, an elite Jonin with extremely strong mental strength.

He froze for less than a second before, relying on his strong willpower and the stinging sensation on his tongue, he forcefully broke free from the illusion's shackles.

"How naive! You don't have enough time..."

However, the moment his consciousness returned to reality, he saw a scene that terrified him.

That moment of stunned silence would render an ordinary ninja helpless.

But for Fugaku Uchiha, that was enough.

He didn't choose to form hand seals and unleash a ninjutsu because the distance was too close and the opponent could react in time.

He chose the most reckless move—

Fugaku Uchiha put the highly concentrated chakra-infused kerosene given to him by Tetsu Nishikawa into his mouth and then spat it onto the dense chakra lines of Sosuke Kazama.

Immediately afterwards, the short sword rubbed violently against the puppet's metal shell, sending sparks flying.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

The flames instantly surged upstream along the chakra lines and oil stains at an incredible speed!

"What?!"

Kazama Sosuke watched in horror as the blue flames spread wildly along the puppet threads connected to his fingers, and tried to sever the chakra threads.

However, the oil prepared by Nishikawa Tetsu has extremely strong adhesion; once it gets on you, it's relentless.

"boom!"

The blue flames instantly burned Kazama Sosuke's ten fingers along the line.

"Aaaaaah! My hand!"

The excruciating pain of having his fingers burned by the intense heat caused this elite Jonin to let out a piercing scream.

But he was not dead yet. As a veteran of the battlefield, Kazama Sosuke maintained his ruthlessness to the very end, even in excruciating pain.

He suddenly jerked his head, and a poisoned needle shot out of his mouth, piercing Fugaku's throat, which was right in front of him.

"Die! Let's die together!"

This was his ultimate counterattack.

If it were the previous Fugaku, he might have actually been affected.

But now, Fugaku was reminded of Nishikawa Toru's seemingly joking remark:

"Senior, your left rib is a blind spot in your defense, but precisely because it is a blind spot, it can sometimes be used as bait."

Fugaku Uchiha showed no intention of dodging; instead, he took a step forward, causing the poisoned needle to bypass his throat and pierce his left shoulder instead.

"puff!"

The poisoned needle pierced the flesh.

But at the same time, Fugaku Uchiha's right hand was already pressed against Sosuke Kazama's chest.

There, a detonation tag was pasted.

A cruel smile curled at the corner of Fugaku Uchiha's lips, his crimson eyes filled with mockery:

"You're the one who deserves to die."

"burst."

"Thump!!!"

A dull, muffled thud.

Kazama Sosuke's chest collapsed instantly, his heart and lungs being blown into a bloody pulp in that instant.

His eyes widened, and before he could even utter his last words, he collapsed like a boneless limp rag doll.

Elite Jonin, Kazama Sosuke, has been killed in action.

"Huff... huff..."

Fugaku Uchiha staggered back two steps, the numbness in his left shoulder causing him to lose sensation on half of his body—it was the poison from Sunagakure.

"team leader!"

Minato Namikaze and Hiroshi Hyuga, having dealt with the surrounding henchmen, arrived instantly.

"Don't move."

Nishikawa Tetsu jumped in from behind, holding an antidote in his hand, and without saying a word, plunged it into Fugaku's neck.

"This is an antidote serum that can suppress most neurotoxins. Fugaku-senpai, you're ruthless enough to take the poison needle head-on with your body."

Nishikawa Tetsu looked at the blackened needle mark on Fugaku's shoulder, his tone reproachful, but his eyes were full of admiration.

Fugaku Uchiha was pale and almost out of chakra, but he still managed to stay upright and just glanced coldly at the corpse at his feet.

"Elite Jonin, nothing special."

He turned his head and glanced around.

The river channel has been blocked by falling rocks, the supply ships have sunk, the escorting force has been wiped out, and even the enemy commander has been killed.

"Task."

Fugaku Uchiha's voice was somewhat weak, but still firm:

"Finish."

The rain was still falling, washing away the bloodstains on the ground.

Hyuga Hiro looked at Uchiha Fugaku with mixed feelings. He understood somewhat what Uchiha arrogance meant, but he couldn't comprehend it.