Chapter 47

With the help of Earth Release, Mizunuki Ryosuke quickly infiltrated underground; because he lost the disguise of the Secret Technique: Magic Mirror Illusion, there was a certain risk of being discovered.

While descending, Mizunuki Ryosuke probed the surroundings and the situation underground.

It wasn't until he reached a depth of nearly one hundred meters underground that he detected a clear hollow area.

At this moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke’s Earth Release had also reached its limit; if he still found nothing, he would have to return the way he came.

For an ordinary ninja, even a Rock ninja skilled in Earth Release secret techniques, diving twenty meters would be the limit.

When it comes to "digging holes," Mizunuki Ryosuke can be considered an "expert."

After all, the secret room under Ryosuke’s house was also dug out by himself using Earth Release.

It was precisely because of such experience that Mizunuki Ryosuke’s mastery of Earth Release was so high.

Among the five attributes of ninjutsu, his mastery of Earth Release was second only to Water Release and Wind Release.

So searching for this hidden underground hollow was not entirely due to luck.

After exhausting all his efforts, Mizunuki Ryosuke finally squeezed into this huge underground hollow.

And the moment he entered the underground hollow, the Secret Technique: Magic Mirror Illusion was used again by Mizunuki Ryosuke.

After confirming that the disguise was correct, he then checked the situation around him, not daring to be the least bit careless.

Mizunuki Ryosuke knew very well that Uchiha Madara had reconnaissance experts like White Zetsu by his side, and perhaps he would be discovered if he were not careful.

Ryosuke looked around cautiously.

This was an extremely dark tunnel, and there were obvious traces of artificial reinforcement in the tunnel.

And one could faintly perceive the circulation of air in the tunnel, so meeting the basic requirements for survival was not a problem.

The tunnel continued to extend underground. Looking at the endless dark underground passage, a flash of gravity crossed Mizunuki Ryosuke’s eyes.

It seemed that the situation he worried about most had happened.

"Hoo..."

After taking a deep breath, Mizunuki Ryosuke cheered himself up in his heart and then cautiously continued to move toward the depths of the tunnel.

At the same time, by the Lake of Mist.

The replacement ceremony for the Three-Tails Jinchuriki had reached the most critical moment.

The four ninjas with special sealing skills were already sweating profusely from exhaustion.

The seal used to seal the Three-Tails on Okubo Shinichiro had already been lifted by nearly 90%.

With another 10%, the Three-Tails would completely break the seal and reveal its true form.

At this moment, the Three-Tails inside the seal seemed to feel the weakening of the seal, and this breath of freedom made the Three-Tails, Isobu, begin to move constantly.

This made Okubo’s already extremely weak life force become even more withered.

Mizunuki Taki, on the side, had a look of worry in his eyes, secretly praying in his heart that Okubo must hold on.

If Okubo couldn't hold on and suddenly died at this moment, then the seal would instantly fail, and the Three-Tails would immediately break the seal.

You have to know that breaking a seal and having a seal broken are two completely different concepts.

After a seal is lifted, although the Tailed Beast gains freedom, most of its chakra remains in the Jinchuriki’s body and will disappear along with the Jinchuriki.

Of course, the natural death of a Jinchuriki can also have the effect of taking away the Tailed Beast’s chakra.

Even if the Tailed Beast breaks out of the seal, it is a Tailed Beast that has fallen into weakness.

But if the seal is forcibly broken, what will appear is a full-bodied Tailed Beast, and the rampaging Tailed Beast will cause huge trouble.

Okubo Shinichiro seemed to know this clearly as well, and he also knew clearly that he must hold on.

Just then, a violent roar reached Mizunuki Taki’s ears.

"It’s here!"

Mizunuki Taki’s gaze suddenly froze, and the next moment, a cold aura appeared around him.

But at the moment, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki replacement was at a critical moment, and he couldn't walk away.

He had to wait until the Three-Tails seal was completely broken before he could leave here.

Fortunately, with Mizunuki Ryosuke’s previous guidance, many backup plans had been laid.

Otherwise, if he were truly ignorant and Karatachi Yagura suddenly attacked at this time, Mizunuki Taki would definitely be in a situation of ten deaths and no life.

"Please, everyone."

After silently chanting in his heart, Mizunuki Ryosuke covered his mouth and coughed twice, then turned his gaze back to Okubo.

Edge of the Lake of Mist.

A large number of Mist Anbu ninjas gathered here; the ninjas who could join the Mist Anbu were all elites in the Hidden Mist Village.

The entire Hidden Mist Village currently had more than ten thousand active ninjas, more than half of whom were just Genin with insufficient talent.

There should be about three thousand Chunin, and only about 3% of Hidden Mist ninjas could reach the upper echelon of the ninja world—Jonin.

At this level of battle, Genin basically couldn't play any role.

So whether it was Karatachi Yagura or Mizunuki Taki, they tacitly excluded the "Genin."

If this were in the Leaf, it would be equivalent to losing a hundred million.

But who let this be the Hidden Mist...

Ever since Karatachi Yagura succeeded as Mist Anbu Chief, the scale of the Mist Anbu had been expanding under his hands.

The number of people even expanded to more than a thousand, once approaching one-tenth of the entire Hidden Mist ninja base!

The proportion of high-level ninjas among them was even more exaggerated.

Besides nearly a hundred Jonin, the rest of the Mist Anbu were at the Chunin level.

This directly occupied one-third of the Hidden Mist’s high-end combat power, which was truly somewhat exaggerated.

It was precisely because of this that Karatachi Yagura dared to openly raise the banner of rebellion.

At this moment, except for about one-fifth of the ninjas planted in the Mist Anbu by the Mizukage, the remaining nearly one thousand Mist Anbu ninjas were all gathered by the side of the Lake of Mist.

Besides that, there was also a special squad full of fierce aura led by Kaguya Ichiro.

This squad was entirely composed of elite members of the Kaguya clan; besides the clan leader Kaguya Ichiro, there were four elite Jonin, more than ten Jonin, and dozens of Chunin.

Most of these people had awakened the Shikotsumyaku bloodline and were experts who could fight one against two among their peers.

Coupled with the Kaguya clan’s characteristic of not fearing death in battle, this team was definitely a sharp knife to tear through the enemy’s defensive line.

(Seeking flowers, tickets, and support, thank you very much!) ===== CHAPTER 93 =====