Chapter 144: Strategic Shenanigans

After selecting two thousand five hundred shinobi, Funan set off immediately.

But...

This time, Funan was disappointed.

Onoki seemed to have foreseen it and led his men to retreat in advance.

When Funan arrived at the Iwagakure camp, the Iwa shinobi had already left.

"Damn Onoki! You deserve to not find a successor! You have a granddaughter named Kurotsuchi, right? Wait, I'll make her name Uchiha Kurotsuchi in the future!" Funan was so angry that he yelled directly.

"Where are the Hyuga clan members?"

"Here!" A Hyuga shinobi immediately rushed over and knelt on one knee in front of Funan.

"Where's Onoki?"

"We've searched five kilometers around and haven't found them. However, we've seen traces that indicate they were headed toward Iwagakure."

"Within five kilometers?" Funan frowned. "So far away?"

"Forget it, let's go to Kumogakure!" Funan waved his hand and said: "Follow me, we will attack the rear of Kumogakure."

"Yes!"

The group immediately turned around and rushed to the location of Kumogakure.

After Funan left, two figures appeared.

"How is it? Am I right?" Obito's low voice sounded, with a hint of excitement in his words.

He guessed it! Did that mean he had ruined Funan's plans?

Onoki glanced at the masked man and always felt that this guy was very strange.

Suddenly appeared in front of him and told him that Uchiha Funan would attack him, and asked him to take the people of Iwagakure, leave the camp and retreat.

Onoki, who had already intended to retire, seized the opportunity. He could see that this masked man should be the enemy of Uchiha Funan, or at least the enemy of Konoha.

So there was a possibility of collaboration!

"Who are you? What is your purpose?"

"Hehehe!" Obito laughed and said: "My name is Tobi. As for the purpose, I want to kill Uchiha Funan."

Onoki looked at Obito and said: "So, what can you offer me? Or, how should I collaborate with you to kill Uchiha Funan?"

Obito was about to say that he had many strong men under him who could be hired.

That way he could make some money. At this stage, Akatsuki needed money badly.

He suddenly remembered that Uchiha Funan was also a member of Akatsuki, and he felt frustrated.

"I can give you information about Uchiha Funan." Obito said cheerfully. "I have fought with him many times."

Onoki couldn't help but look at Obito more closely.

Immediately, Onoki took the information handed over by Obito, and frowned after looking at it for a few times.

"So strong?"

"Yes, didn't you just experience it?" Obito was also depressed.

Onoki frowned and said: "I will take the information first. I will notify you if I take action. By the way, how can I contact you?"

"Zetsu!"

"Here!" Zetsu appeared next to Onoki.

Obito pointed at Zetsu and said: "He will go to Iwagakure. If there is any action, you can contact me through him."

Onoki glanced at Zetsu. Another strange guy.

…

The Fourth Raikage was not in a good mood.

The plan was going smoothly, but who knew that Funan would send troops to attack him with all his strength.

The result was that Kumogakure lost more than a thousand shinobi.

One of his trusted men, C, was seriously injured. He was almost split in two by Uchiha Shinya.

"B!" After seeing the losses, the Fourth Raikage slowly turned his head, his expression terrifying.

Killer Bee shuddered and immediately stood at attention, saying: "Brother! I'm here!"

"Hehehe." The Fourth Raikage smiled with a terrifying expression. "Can you tell me why you didn't release the Tailed Beast Ball?"

Cold sweat kept pouring down Bee's forehead. He knew his brother's iron fist too well.

Inside his body, the Eight-Tails laughed loudly. "I knew it, you're sure to get beat up by the Raikage. I wonder how he's going to hit you this time." Saying this, the Eight-Tails added: "Bakayaro! Konoyaro!"

Faced with this ridicule, Killer Bee endured it, because the iron fist of the big brother was already in front of him.

"Big brother!" Bee didn't want to be beaten, so he confessed his agreement with Funan.

After hearing everything, the Fourth Raikage did not do anything else. He simply snorted and said: "Remember, next time, stay away from Uchiha Funan, got it?"

"I can't!" Bee immediately became excited, starting to rap without realizing it. "Big brother, you don't understand, Funan and I are comrades, we move forward together..."

[Bang!]

A punch sent Bee flying.

"Kill!"

At this moment, a series of shrill shouts of killing rang out.

The Fourth Raikage suddenly raised his head and said coldly: "Konoha, are you really attacking?"

Obito had also come to look for him. Although the Fourth Raikage had not paid attention to him, he had been on guard.

"Uchiha Funan is eager to end the battle." Dodai said in a deep voice. "Can we take advantage of this?"

"Anxious?" The Fourth Raikage recalled the information about Funan, let out a cold laugh, and said: "Maybe he is anxious to go back and settle the account."

"Our joint attack with Iwagakure has been too planned and specific."

"However..."

"We're going to retreat too!" The Raikage had no intention of entangling with the other party, and ordered Dodai: "As planned, we retreat."

"Shall we just leave?"

"What do you want to do if not?" Raikage sneered. "Onoki has run away, if we don't leave, will we help them deal with Konoha?"

...

The Susanoo left many Kumogakure shinobi stunned.

"Yahoo~~" Killer Bee directly transformed into his tailed beast form and appeared in front of Funan's Susanoo, blocking it. "Funan, long time no see, yeah!"

Funan stared coldly at Killer Bee, but then his gaze pierced through him, fixing on a small figure not far from him.

It was Nii Yugito.

"B!" Funan looked at Killer Bee and said: "Do you think you can stop me?"

"That should be enough, oh yeah!" Killer Bee rapped. "We're going to retreat. Yugito and I will stop you, Funan, why don't you let us go in peace?"

"Do you think it's possible?" Funan said lightly. "Regardless of whether I agree or not, are you really willing? You're still here because you can't accept it, right?"

Killer Bee was stunned and smiled bitterly. "We fell into my elder brother's trap."

Funan is right, the Raikage asked him to stay, wasn't it to let him and Funan fight?

"Okay, let's get started!" Funan looked at Yugito. "Kitten, don't worry, I'll be lenient."

"I do not need that!" Yugito roared, getting on all fours, while partially transforming into Two-Tails.

Her control over the tailed beast wasn't that strong, but she could support Killer Bee without a problem.

"Come on, let's fight!" Funan grinned.

[Boom!]

A violent explosion sounded.

Three hours later, Kumogakure completed its retreat. Killer Bee and Yugito did not continue the battle and quickly retreated.

During the retreat, Yugito was violently attacked by Funan and subdued within seconds. Although Killer Bee quickly rescued her, she sensed that something was not right.

Yugito glared at Funan before leaving with Killer Bee.

Funan also deactivated his Susanoo and, seeing a Jonin leader approaching, asked: "What is the outcome of the battle?"

The Jonin leader replied cautiously: "The enemy was clearly prepared, there was almost no direct confrontation."

Funan looked in the direction the Raikage had gone and said: "Send out a scouting team, find out the whereabouts of the Iwagakure and Kumogakure troops as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Funan understood that this battle was likely to come to an end.

Tsuchikage and Raikage tested his strength to a certain extent. At the same time, the three parties also had a real fight. Unless they wanted to spark the Fourth Great Shinobi War, everyone needed to calm down for a few days.

"The plan is going well!" Funan smiled slightly.

Now, Konoha was indisputably dominant.

But, Konoha would also become the target of all shinobi villages. Because Konoha was too strong.

Funan muttered, "Konoha's position is already unmatched. So we can begin the second phase of the plan. I told you, Konoha shinobi, that I will make you beg me to be your Hokage."

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Konohagakure.

At this moment, Konoha was in a state of tension.

Torifu had begun to give up. For everything, he just complained and barely did anything useful. Although Hiruzen and the others were dissatisfied with this, they couldn't say much.

After news spread that the Konoha shinobi had been ambushed, the entire village was put on alert.

Fugaku immediately entrenched himself in the Uchiha clan and the entire Uchiha clan prepared for battle.

Torifu was so scared that he yelled: Medicine, medicine...

The Konoha Corrupt Quartet naturally also prepared for battle.

The atmosphere throughout the village was extremely tense. Many shinobi began requesting missions outside the village to avoid a possible civil war.

Fortunately, with the great victory of Funan, the atmosphere eased slightly.

From that moment on, Torifu firmly decided that no matter what Shikaku said, he would no longer be the acting Hokage.

Surprisingly, Shikaku did not object. Instead, he set about finding Tsunade, trying to convince her to return to Konoha and take up the role of the Fifth Hokage.

However, things couldn't end that easily!

Funan suffered a big loss, you said he would come back peacefully, eat, sleep, pick up girls...

No one would believe it!

The biggest possibility is that the first thing that bastard did after coming back was to burn down the homes of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo.

Some people obviously knew it, so they were also nervous.

Among them, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not only nervous, but also very angry. Because he didn't betray Funan at all.

As much as he disliked the Uchiha, Funan was now a commander on the battlefield. If they betrayed him, what would happen to the shinobi army under his command?

Besides, if the border is broken, what will happen to Konoha?

Every time he thought of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes went dark. He wanted to swing a stick and smash open Danzo's head to see what was inside.

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