In the Cruel Choice, Uchiha Chooses Love!

Outside the barrier, Dodai quickly performed hand seals.

Uchiha Shana, who observed this scene, immediately changed his expression.

He instantly recognized the Ninjutsu that Dodai was performing as Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation!

This is a large-scale Earth Release Ninjutsu capable of causing a massive volcano to rise from underground, forcibly extracting any hidden enemies.

However, in the Land of Hot Water, an area with many hot springs and mountainous volcanic activity, the nature of this Ninjutsu undergoes a drastic change once used.

What is drawn up from the underground by the Opening Earth Rising Excavation is not the enemy.

Instead, it is an endless, scalding, boiling substance that, with just a brief exposure, can cause third-degree burns.

Over 100°C of boiling water underground!

With the massive boost this terrain provides to the Ninjutsu, the Hidden Cloud team is confident in their ability to kill Uchiha Shana.

At the same time, this is also why they chose to lie in wait in the Land of Hot Water rather than ambush Uchiha Shana at the border of the Land of Fire.

Dodai couldn't wait any longer.

The reason for all this is that crazy Uchiha brat in the barrier!

If it weren't for him, who forcibly turned the tide of battle and held Moroi back, and even awakened the Sharingan to turn defeat into victory, Dodai would never have reached this level.

Such thoughts lingered in Dodai's mind.

He suddenly struggled with his gaze towards Moroi.

Because the consequence of this action would be sacrificing his good brother, Moroi.

Hidden Cloud is a village that has always revered the bonds of brotherhood.

Guilt, frustration, and shame hammered at his heart, filling his face with a struggle.

But that old Uchiha Shana, with his extreme statements and the full rage of the greatest family in the current ninja world, made Dodai feel an overwhelming, suffocating fear.

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Once this thought arose, it spread uncontrollably in Dodai's mind like a spell, until his mind was filled with just these three words.

In the next moment—

Dodai's gaze turned fierce as he shouted angrily:

"Enough!"

"Moroi, open the barrier!"

"I'll kill him!"

Inside the barrier,

"What did you say, Dodai Senpai?"

Upon hearing Dodai's words, Moroi was stunned.

This moment of shock allowed Uchiha Jin to seize the opportunity, slashing down with the blade of his Ninjato, gripping the hilt tightly with his bloodied hand, and then delivering a hard kick to Moroi's abdomen.

Bang!

Moroi was kicked and sent flying, the Ninjato falling from his hand and landing on the ground. He rolled several times over the rubble before using his palms to brace himself and stop his momentum.

Unable to continue fighting Uchiha Jin, he turned with a dazed expression to look at Dodai outside the barrier.

However, Dodai, standing there, took a deep breath, continued forming hand seals, and coldly ordered:

"I said, open the barrier!"

"Open the barrier?" Moroi's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Dodai.

"Are you asking me to open the barrier now?"

His face alternated between red and white, his expression changing rapidly.

As a member of the team who had been involved in the planning, Moroi knew all too well the terrifying power and immense range of Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation.

And now, Dodai was asking him to open the barrier, claiming he would personally handle killing Uchiha Jin!

Does he not know that using this Ninjutsu will cover even his own teammate?

Realizing this, Moroi felt a chill in his heart, looking at Dodai, who once seemed like a big brother to him, with eyes full of unfamiliarity.

In the end, he angrily retorted:

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"You're forming the hand seals for Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation and asking me to open the barrier?!"

"Do you want to kill me too, Dodai!!!"

Hearing this, a look of guilt appeared on Dodai's face.

He did not respond or dare to look at Moroi again. Instead, he turned to Ramii and gritted his teeth:

"Ramii, protect me, don't let that old Uchiha Shana get close!"

Seeing this, Ramii was also taken aback:

"Dodai, you…"

Dodai simply shook his head and said with a grim expression:

"Do I need to repeat myself? Can't you imagine what will happen if we let that old bastard escape?"

Ramii gritted his teeth slightly: "Then why do you have to take Moroi down too…"

Dodai exhaled deeply, forming the final hand seal with a cold expression:

"Don't be ridiculous! If we don't take out that crazy kid along with the rest, without the barrier to block him, that old bastard will escape on his own!"

"The situation now is different from before."

"Moroi has already done his part by sealing all the Explosive Tags on that crazy kid."

"That crazy kid no longer poses a threat."

"Instead, he will become our asset!"

Ramii couldn't help but glance sideways at Dodai, the Third Raikage's right-hand man, with a hint of wariness in his eyes.

It has to be said,

No wonder someone so young could hold a high position in the Hidden Cloud Village, while he had struggled his whole life to remain just an ordinary Jonin Squad Captain.

Shaking his head, Ramii sighed and said indifferently:

"You're right."

"Sometimes, bonds are a stronger constraint than barriers."

Dodai didn't respond, only narrowing his eyes.

He looked at Uchiha Shana, who was wielding a red-flamed longsword, dragging a long tail of flames and a crimson Sharingan-drawn red line, and coldly sneered as Shana slashed toward him.

With a palm slammed onto the ground!

The next moment, the earth trembled!

A massive earth dragon emerged, and countless earth blocks wriggled and rose from underground.

A gigantic volcano slowly emerged from the ground, its crater instantly swallowing the barrier where Moroi was located.

At the volcano's edge, thick fog billowed.

Seeing this, Uchiha Shana's eyes almost burst with rage as he shouted:

"What are you trying to do?! Hidden Cloud!"

"Uchiha Shana, let's have a gamble," Dodai's hands continued forming seals, his face showing a cruel smile.

This time, he was preparing to release Lava Release: Guardian Great River.

Turning the soil into a molten rubber river and then using the Lava Release: Guardian Great River to seal the volcanic crater.

The boiling water extracted by the Earth Release: Opening Earth Rising Excavation will create a strong pressure difference inside, causing the volcano to expand.

The perilous environment inside the volcano, combined with the boiling water that will eventually erupt violently, will be an unstoppable force of nature!

"You have two choices now."

Dodai coldly looked at Uchiha Shana and shouted:

"You can stay here and continue to resist us."

"And then watch that kid who is about to defeat Moroi be killed by me."

"I have to admit, you won. You sacrificed only a Genin brat and ruined our entire plan!"

"Leave now, and I won't stop you!"

"Of course, you have another choice."

Dodai pointed towards the enormous volcano, which was spewing thick white mist.

He sneered:

"Jump in now!"

"With your abilities, you might still be able to save that kid."

Uchiha Shana's face changed drastically.

"My jutsu is about to seal the crater. Are you still not making a choice?!" Dodai widened his eyes and shouted angrily.

Uchiha Shana glared at him, gritting his teeth slightly, as he stood at the edge of the volcano.

Without much hesitation,

He turned and leaped straight into the volcano!

Dodai sneered: "This way, everything will be over!"

With that, he formed the hand seals and unleashed a surging flow of rubber river!

The molten rubber, in its liquid state, sealed the volcano's crater like a lid.

The dust has settled!