Chapter 78 Entering the Village and Fighting

Kakuzu looked at the three Konoha ninjas who were muttering in front of him and said impatiently.

"Can I enter Konoha Village? Please say something."

The ninjas, former Hokage guards, and police department personnel guarding the main gate of Konoha Village didn't know how to answer him for a moment.

"Who are you? What do you want to do by entering Konoha Village?"

After completing the construction of the Chunin Exam venue, the large pillar and Itama returned to Konoha Village and reported to the Hokage Madara that the venue had been built. Just then, he heard Kakuzu wanting to enter Konoha Village, so he asked.

"I'm Kakuzu, and I was invited to join the Leaf Village."

Kakuzu didn't know Daihashi and Itama, but when he saw that they were wearing Konoha forehead protectors, he knew that they were ninjas from Konoha Village. He would join Konoha Village in the future, so he had to get along well with the ninjas in Konoha Village.

"Lord Hashirama, he was invited by Lord Kamui to join Konoha." The ninja guarding the gate of Konoha Village helped explain.

"Are you Kakuzu? I've heard of you. Was it you who assassinated the Hokage?"

When the Great Pillar heard Kakuzu introduce himself and that he was invited by Kamui, he immediately remembered that the Hokage Madara had mentioned this matter to him.

What happened was roughly like this. After the Five Kage Summit ended, Naruto and his companions returned to Konoha Village. On the way, they met a ninja named Kakuzu, who wanted to assassinate Naruto and was easily defeated by Madara. Kamui then invited Kakuzu to join Konoha Village.

"I was the one who assassinated the Hokage."

When Dazhuzi heard Jiaodu admit it directly, he walked over directly.

Kakuzu thought that Daibashi was going to attack him, and he was secretly on guard.

Unexpectedly, after Dazhu came over, he put his arm around Kakuzu's shoulders and said.

"Next time you plan to assassinate the Hokage, remember to take me with you."

Kakuzu was stunned when he heard this. How unpopular is the Hokage of your Konoha Village? Just after I assassinated the Hokage, someone invited me to join Konoha. Now someone heard that I assassinated the Hokage and actually wants to make an appointment to form a team. The Konoha Village is too crazy.

"Count me in, I'll go with you."

When Itama heard that they were going to assassinate the Hokage, he also came to join in the fun.

"Lord Hashirama, Lord Itama, please don't make such jokes." The police officer said seriously.

"Sorry, sorry, since he was invited by Kamui, there must be no problem. Let me take him into Konoha Village. I will take responsibility for any problems that arise. You can let him go."

The Great Pillar vouched for Kakuzu and brought him into Konoha Village.

Kakuzu entered Konoha Village and looked at the crowded streets in front of him. He couldn't help but think of the Takigakure that betrayed him. Konoha Village was much, much stronger. There was no comparison between the two.

"Let's go see the Hokage. He will be happy to see you."

The great pillar took Kakuzu to the Hokage building to say hello to the Hokage, Madara.

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Bandit Lair

Relying on the perception ability in Sage Mode, Shenwei's doppelganger successfully led two teams into the bandits' lair and was now lying in ambush outside the prison where the hostages were being held.

"Brother, are all the hostages in there? Are there any guards around?"

The little girl Kagura asked the Kamui doppelganger about the situation in the prison.

"The hostages are locked inside. There are no jonin guarding the hostages. There are only three chuunins, eight genins, and five bandits."

The divine doppelganger shared the information he had sensed for everyone's reference.

"If they are just Chunins, my sleeping magic is 100% sure to make them fall asleep."

Mistonge volunteered to use sleeping magic to make everyone in the prison fall asleep silently.

"Everyone inside is asleep. We can move now."

The doppelganger of God sensed that Miston's sleep magic had taken effect, so he called on everyone to enter the prison to rescue the hostages.

Two teams of Shenwei's doppelgangers entered the prison and found people sleeping on the floor and tables.

The Madara doppelganger stayed alone and finished off the sleeping bandits and ninjas, causing them to die in their sleep.

Five doppelgangers of Shenwei went to rescue the hostages, but the hostages were also affected by Miston's sleep magic and fell into a deep sleep.

The doppelgangers of Shenwei were afraid that if they woke up the hostages, they would start screaming and shouting, so they carried them all out one by one.

Madara's duplicate had already sent these ninjas and bandits to the Pure Land. Seeing that everyone had rescued the hostages, he evacuated the bandits' lair with them.

Along the way, the two teams, also relying on the perception ability of the Divine Power's double body in immortal mode, avoided wave after wave of patrols and withdrew from the bandits' lair.

Kamui and Mito had been following them, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw them rescue the hostages without any danger.

Turn back time to when we acted separately.

Erza and her three teams directly attacked the bandits' lair and engaged the enemy head-on.

The double of the great pillar used Wood Release: Tree World Descend right from the start, eliminating the bandits and a careless Genin on the opposite side, and then faced a Hyuga clan Jonin with the Corpse Vein alone, interrupting him with the Early Warbler Dance.

Laxus was surrounded by lightning and thunder, and he wanted to support the double of the Great Pillar, but he was trapped in the magic mirror ice crystal by a senior ninja from the Mizunotsuki clan who possessed the bloodline limit of ice escape.

Natsu used the Fire Dragon Slayer Magic to melt the magic mirror ice crystal that trapped Laxus, but was stopped by a senior ninja who mastered the secret technique of the Kizuna clan.

Gray immediately came to help Natsu fight against the Jounin of the Kizuna clan, but the two of them could only hold the opponent back temporarily.

Erza put on the Heaven's Wheel Armor, intending to quickly eliminate the other ninjas and then go to support her teammates, but she was entangled by two Chunins and could not escape.

As soon as the double Tobirama came up, he used the Flying Thunder God Slash to kill four Genin, and then was entangled by two Chunin, leaving him no chance to use the Flying Thunder God Slash again.

The three members of Mito's team fought against the remaining three Genin of the other side, and the two sides fought back and forth for a while and it was difficult to determine the winner.

"That kid who used Wood Release, how did you find out we were here?"

The jonin of the Hyuga clan was very curious as to why people from the Konoha village came to him, so he wanted to find out.

"We are here to wipe out the bandits. Finding you was just an accident." The duplicate of Dazhuzi told the truth.

"I thought we were exposed, but it turned out to be just an accident. I regret to inform you that you have discovered something you shouldn't know, so you must die."

The jonin of the Hyuga clan resolved the doubts in his heart and decided to kill all the people including the Oshira and hide their tracks.

"Wood Release·Wood Dragon Technique."

The duplicate of Oshira did not engage in verbal argument with the jonin of the Hyuga clan, but directly used the Wood Dragon Technique to restrain him.

"Karamatsu Dance."

The jonin of the Hyuga clan, with bone spurs all over his body, broke free from the restraints of the Wood Dragon Jutsu and headed straight for the double of the great pillar.

"Wood Release: The Technique of Wooden Man."

The doppelganger of Oshira knew some of the abilities of the Hyuga clan's corpse bloodline, so he gave up fighting him in close combat and used the wooden man technique to suppress him.

“Dance of the Early Ferns.”

The Hyuga clan's senior ninja used the Early Warbler Dance against the wooden man's technique. Bone spurs appeared all over the wooden man's body, and the bone spurs were about to emerge from his feet, forcing the double of the Great Pillar to give up the wooden man's technique.

Laxus was trapped in a magic mirror with ice crystals. No matter how hard he tried, he could not break the mirror and escape from this cage.

The Mizunotsuki clan's jonin were unable to keep up with Laxus' speed after he turned into lightning, and were unable to kill him quickly.

"Give up. No one has ever been able to get out of my magic mirror ice crystal alive."

The jonin of the Mizunotsuki clan attempted to break through Laxus' psychological defenses first and then kill him.

"No one got out alive, that's because you haven't met me yet. Your turtle shell is indeed very defensive, but it's far inferior to his Susanoo."

"Thunder Dragon Fang Tian Ji."

Laxus condensed the Thunder Dragon Sky Halberd and threw it at the Magic Mirror Ice Crystal.

"Don't waste your energy. It's useless. My magic mirror's ice crystal will not be broken."

The Mizunotsuki clan's jonin was very confident in his magic mirror ice crystal, and mocked Laxus's attempt to break it by himself.

The Thunder Dragon Fang Tian Ji hit the magic mirror ice crystal, easily shattered one mirror, and then flew away.

Laxus wanted to escape through the gap, but a new mirror quickly appeared at the gap, blocking Laxus' way.

The Jounin of the Hozuki clan did not dare to use the water transformation technique in front of Gray, for fear of being frozen by Gray's ice shaping magic. He only used his ninja sword and the water cannon technique fired from his fingertips to attack Natsu and Gray.

When facing the Jounin of the Kizuna clan, Natsu and Gray had to be extremely alert and be careful of the opponent's hidden and sudden water cannon technique.

"Ice Release? No, this isn't your Ice Release Kekkei Genkai. What's up with your Ice Release, kid?"

The Jounin of the Kizuna clan was talking to disturb Natsu and Gray while using the Water Cannon Technique to attack them both.

"Why should I satisfy your curiosity?"

Gray refused to answer the Jonin of the Kizuna clan.

"You have a unique little boy. If we had not met in this way, we might have become friends. Unfortunately, there is no if. You will still die in my hands in the end."

The Jounin of the Kizuki clan expressed some admiration for Gray in his words, but in order not to expose the whereabouts of his group, he had no choice but to kill Gray.

"Uncle Sharpfang, if you want to kill Gray, you have to defeat me first." Natsu said in the middle of the fight.

"Who are you calling Uncle Fangs? The pink-haired little devil playing with fire."

The Jounin of the Kizuna clan was triggered by Natsu's words, and the main target of the attack was also placed on Natsu.

Erza and Tobirama's doppelganger were facing two Chunins respectively and could not escape in a short period of time. They could only hold them back, try to reduce the pressure on their teammates, and wait for the arrival of Kamui's doppelganger and others.

At this time, there were three jonins, four chuunins, three genin, and several bandits in the bandits' lair.