Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to repeatedly shift the two squads, just as he had done last time, arriving at the border of the Land of Waterfalls in the blink of an eye.
"I can only bring everyone this far. I haven't been to the Land of Waterfalls either, so we'll have to explore the rest of the way together," Minato Namikaze said.
"Minato-senpai, are there any Iwa Ninja inside the Land of Waterfalls?" Yamanaka Teruzuki asked.
"Probably not. Iwa Ninja's attitude toward the Taki Ninja is similar to ours—primarily focused on winning them over. It's highly unlikely they would send Ninja into the Land of Waterfalls.
Furthermore, the Land of Waterfalls has the Seven-Tails. It is said that Takigakure has a very strong control over the Seven-Tails. Although they haven't reached the level of Kumo Ninja in raising a Perfect Jinchuriki, they can still participate in the war.
A Tailed Beast that can participate in combat is already enough to influence the war situation, so the Iwa Ninja shouldn't do anything against the Land of Waterfalls.
The main difficulty of our mission this time is resolving those three individuals without anyone knowing.
After hearing Minato Namikaze's words, everyone nodded in agreement.
Everyone then used the Transformation Jutsu to disguise themselves as ordinary civilians and entered the Land of Waterfalls.
Minato Namikaze left a Flying Thunder God Mark every certain distance. Once the mission was complete, he could use the Flying Thunder God Mark to quickly lead everyone away.
As they moved deeper, Asana and Yamanaka Teruzuki occasionally began sensing people with Chakra inside their bodies.
"Minato-senpai, Ninja are approaching 200 meters ahead to the right."
"Minato-senpai, Ninja are also approaching from the southwest."
"Minato-senpai, Ninja are approaching from the north."
Relying on Asana's Byakugan and Yamanaka Teruzuki's sensing ability, Minato Namikaze and the others easily avoided the Ninja and arrived in front of a massive waterfall.
"Minato-senpai, there are a large number of people with Chakra behind the waterfall. Takigakure is most likely located behind the waterfall," Yamanaka Teruzuki said.
"Exactly where?" Minato Namikaze asked.
"About 25 meters into the middle of the waterfall."
Minato Namikaze estimated the height and continued to ask, "Can you confirm how many guards are behind the waterfall?"
Asana activated her Byakugan, observed carefully for a moment, and replied, "There should only be two guards."
"Only two people? Isn't it wartime right now? If they only have two guards at the entrance during wartime, aren't the Taki Ninja too arrogant?" Kakashi said, frowning.
"The Taki Ninja haven't experienced much warfare for so many years, so they must have become complacent!" Uchiha En said.
This state of the Taki Ninja reminded him of Konoha's status at certain points in the original work.
Minato Namikaze clearly also felt that the Taki Ninja were nothing to worry about. He told everyone, "Wait for me here." After speaking, he vanished from the spot.
A moment later, Minato Namikaze reappeared: "I've taken care of the guards. En, leave the perimeter alert to your squad. Kakashi, Obito, Rin, let's go in!"
Just like that, Minato Namikaze's squad disappeared once more.
"En, what should we do?" Yamanaka Teruzuki asked.
"Maintain vigilance around the perimeter and just wait for Minato-senpai and the others to come out."
After uchiha tohrus squad waited outside for more than twenty minutes, Minato Namikaze's squad reappeared.
"Minato-senpai, is the mission complete?" Uchiha En asked.
Minato Namikaze nodded and replied, "It's settled. I'll explain the details later; let's retreat first!"
With that, Minato Namikaze led Uchiha En and the others as they vanished from the spot.
After several consecutive transfers, Minato Namikaze brought the members of both squads to the outer perimeter of the Land of Waterfalls.
Minato Namikaze then explained the process of dealing with the three individuals in detail to uchiha tohrus squad.
Just as Minato Namikaze was speaking, a group of civilians ran out of the Land of Waterfalls and happened to run right into Minato Namikaze and his team.
Yamanaka Teruzuki subconsciously sensed the group of civilians, and his expression changed drastically.
"Minato-senpai, En, this guy is not right! His Chakra is too enormous! I've never sensed anything like it," Yamanaka Teruzuki said, pointing to a middle-aged man in the crowd.
Uchiha En immediately adopted a fighting stance upon hearing this.
Minato Namikaze didn't dare to be careless and gripped his flying thunder god kunai tightly.
The group of civilians clearly hadn't expected to run into Minato Namikaze and the others.
"Damn it! Why are there Konoha Ninja here?" the leading middle-aged man demanded of his subordinates.
"We don't know either!"
"Hmph! You don't know? Could it be that Ōnoki deliberately arranged this? He wants me, this old man, to clash with Konoha's yellow flash, preferably resulting in mutual destruction, so Ōnoki can eliminate two major threats at once."
"Lord Roshi, you misunderstand, Lord Tsuchikage definitely didn't think that."
Roshi snorted, too lazy to waste any more words on these people. He formed hand signs, and his entire body was instantly wrapped in high-temperature lava.
"Lava Release Chakra Mode? This guy is the Four-Tails Jinchuriki!" Minato Namikaze quickly warned Uchiha En and the others.
In fact, Uchiha En had already guessed his identity upon seeing the lava covering Roshi's body, as this technique had also appeared in the original work.
Of course, Roshi and other Jinchuriki were resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei, and led by Obito, they encountered Naruto and Killer Bee in the forest.
In this state, Roshi's Lava Release Armor couldn't even be broken by Naruto's Rasengan while in Nine-Tails Mode, and Naruto was even burned by him.
Uchiha En originally thought Roshi's Lava Release came from the Four-Tails, but now it seemed that Roshi wasn't using the Four-Tails' Chakra; he could likely use Lava Release Ninjutsu himself.
"Running into the Four-Tails Jinchuriki here is definitely not good news. The Iwa Ninja must be planning something using the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. En, I need your cooperation to capture him!" Minato Namikaze said in a serious tone.
Although Uchiha En didn't want to fight, Roshi was already charging at them, so it seemed he had no other choice.
"Minato-senpai, what should we do?"
"En, you specialize in Water Release, right? First, try to stall him using Water Release Ninjutsu."
Uchiha En nodded and formed hand signs: "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
The ferocious water dragon surged toward Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
Roshi looked disdainful. His lava couldn't be extinguished by Water Release of this level.
Sure enough, after Uchiha En's Water Dragon Bullet 'collided' with Roshi's magma, Roshi's magma showed no sign of extinguishing; instead, it burned even hotter.
When the water and magma collided, steam erupted, obscuring the surrounding vision.
Roshi was temporarily unable to confirm the location of the Konoha group.
On Konoha's side, Minato Namikaze's squad and uchiha tohrus squad were connected by Yamanaka Teruzuki's Mind Transfer Jutsu. Using this technique, they shared senses, exposing Roshi's location completely.
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