Plans Couldn’t Keep Up with Changes

"Chapter 121: Plans Couldn’t Keep Up with Changes (Third Update)"

"I’m heading to the frontline in the Land of Lightning soon, so I found you a new captain."

Before Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, and Might Guy, Choza Akimichi—large enough to rival two grown adults—pointed at the smiling Xu Yue beside him.

Genma Shiranui and Ebisu both stared wide-eyed, seemingly unable to accept it.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure had already been driven back. The military situation was no longer as dire as it had been at the start, and what was needed now were enough mobile ninja to stand guard. Thus, some promising young ninjas had been pulled back from the front lines.

Kakashi was one example, as was Might Guy’s team. But adult ninjas, the backbone of Konoha at this point, still had to keep fighting on the front lines. Like Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi needed to head to the Land of Lightning battlefield as reinforcements.

"Captain, why is he our new captain…?"

Genma Shiranui and Ebisu had a history of mocking Xu Yue and Might Guy at the training grounds. But now, Might Guy had become the strongest among them and had already reached elite Chunin rank. The effort he had consistently put in had also earned the respect of both of them.

But the man before them was someone they simply could not understand or accept! He had somehow already gained a title of his own!

"Because Yue is a genius. If he hadn’t agreed personally, your squad would have been carrying out missions directly without a captain. You should be thanking him."

Choza Akimichi apparently did not intend to explain much. After hurriedly introducing them, he left at once and set off for the battlefield…

Xu Yue had joined Might Guy mainly to try his luck at encountering that mission involving the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Going through that mission with Guy and learning the Eight Inner Gates seemed like it would naturally fall into place.

Yet plans were always shattered by unexpected events…

"Captain, what is it?"

Xu Yue’s team had been carrying out a patrol mission within Konoha’s borders, specifically guarding against enemy scouts entering the country. They suddenly stopped because their captain had halted, and Genma Shiranui asked in surprise.

Their ages were not that far apart, and Xu Yue’s reputation was said to surpass even Kakashi’s. Though Xu Yue had yet to receive official approval as a Jonin, he already possessed prestige beyond that of an ordinary Jonin.

Winning over these two brats was naturally not difficult. After several missions together, they had long since been brought into line.

As for his Jonin status, the review procedures were somewhat cumbersome because it would place him within the management ranks, but it was only a matter of time.

"Yue, youth will not stop moving forward!"

Might Guy treated even patrol missions as training. He had not stopped moving at all, maintaining high knees in place as he moved with bizarre, twitchy steps.

"Hah, my calculations were a little off."

Xu Yue looked up at the sky. Seeing the sun gradually covered by clouds, he narrowed his eyes. As if murmuring to himself, he watched a messenger hawk cry out overhead.

"I have an urgent mission. Rest here for a moment. I’ll be back soon. Remember, don’t wander off."

He patted Guy on the shoulder, and in the next instant, Xu Yue nearly vanished from the spot.

The Kirigakure Assault Plan!

Under Madara’s control, the Mizukage had ordered Rin Nohara kidnapped and the Three-Tails sealed inside her body, intending to drag Obito completely into darkness.

On the surface, the Mizukage’s explanation to the village was that, with Konoha having relaxed slightly under the current circumstances, they would release the Three-Tails within Konoha to wreak havoc.

The Hidden Mist ninja had split into two groups. One group, composed of Hidden Mist elite ninja, would raid Konoha and draw attention.

The other would bring Rin Nohara, who had the Three-Tails sealed within her, and prepare to release the tailed beast in Konoha.

This was the plan Xu Yue had deduced from his memories.

But the explanation in the original work had been far too vague. In the end, Xu Yue’s prediction had still contained an error.

In theory, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s surprise attack should have drawn attention first, followed by Rin Nohara’s appearance. Yet according to the coded signals from the messenger hawk, another squad had been discovered, and someone had already gone after them!

And the code designation of the person pursuing them was…

Kakashi…

There was no doubt about it. Rin’s incident had erupted!

This was somewhat too sudden…

Using the Flying Thunder God mark on Kakashi’s body to arrive at the scene, Xu Yue saw Rin, pierced through by Kakashi’s Lightning Blade.

He saw Kakashi’s face, full of disbelief, and the blood dripping from his hand. Xu Yue’s expression did not change in the slightest, except that the gentle smile he always wore was gone.

So it had come to this after all.

Sensing the ominous aura spreading from Kakashi’s eyes, as well as another aura nearby that shared the same origin, Xu Yue did not make any move to stop them.

He laid down Kakashi, who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and fainted because his non-Uchiha Clan physique could not keep up.

Then he walked over to Rin Nohara and reached out to close her eyes.

A dense wave of Chakra spread from Rin Nohara’s body before dispersing into the surrounding air.

It was the Three-Tails’ Chakra. With the Jinchuriki’s death, the Three-Tails would also dissipate for a short time before gathering once more between heaven and earth.

Without the slightest emotional change over Rin’s death, Xu Yue silently took out a specially made Sealing Scroll. Using his current mastery of Sealing Jutsu, he forcibly began extracting the remaining Three-Tails Chakra.

"Wait, who is that?"

"How did he get here?!"

"Damn it, he’s stealing the Three-Tails!"

"That woman is dead. At the very least, we have to bring her body back!"

The Hidden Mist troops surrounding them finally reacted and immediately prepared to attack Xu Yue.

But at that moment, several branches shot out at high speed toward the Hidden Mist ninja.

They pierced through them in an instant.

The branches that had impaled them seemed to take root and sprout inside their bodies. What had clearly been ordinary wounds suddenly erupted with countless branches bursting from within them, leaving them to die in an utterly miserable state.

Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence

"Ah!"

"What is that?!"

"What kind of jutsu is this?!"

Obito, who had suddenly appeared, was like a mad demon. A great number of branches grew from the half of his body fused with First Hokage’s Cells.

Death came with a single touch.

It was like skewering meat.

Caught off guard, even the Hidden Mist Jonin leading them was directly killed by the Deep Forest Emergence.

Obito’s Sharingan intangibility also rendered all of his opponents’ attacks useless.

It was a completely one-sided slaughter.

For an ordinary Chunin to suddenly unleash such terrifying power, the fusion of First Hokage’s Cells and the Mangekyō Sharingan was truly frightening.

"Tobi, is it?"

Having completed the sealing, Xu Yue looked at the ‘implant’ wrapped around Obito’s body and understood that this was that rather special White Zetsu.

With the Jinchuriki dead, there was not much tailed beast Chakra left. Most of it had dissipated into the air, so Xu Yue’s current knowledge of sealing was enough to handle what remained.

After all, with the investment from more than ten C-rank missions and a B-rank mission, as well as the time he had specifically spent organizing his knowledge, his foundation was quite solid.

After finishing, Xu Yue watched Obito charge straight at Rin while relying on intangibility. Xu Yue silently stood and blocked his path.

"They are Konoha ninja. No matter who you are, I will not allow you to take them away."

Xu Yue’s voice was cold. Obito, wrapped in Tobi and revealing only one eye, roared in an almost hysterical, hoarse voice.

"Then where were you just now?! Get out of my way!"

The Mangekyō Sharingan combined with the half of his body made from First Hokage’s Cells sent a branch shooting directly toward Xu Yue.

But the instant Obito attacked, Xu Yue moved. He tilted his head aside to avoid the branch, then drove a punch that shattered the air straight into Obito’s abdomen, beating him so hard that bile spewed from his mouth.

Obito’s intangibility was nearly invincible. The only moment his true body could be attacked was the instant he launched an attack!

Yet when Xu Yue’s other hand simultaneously reached for Obito’s eye, it was knocked aside by a treetop tendril launched by the figure wrapped around Obito’s body.

Tch. Having a helper as well is a bit troublesome…

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