The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 269 Oh no, the First Generation Leader has betrayed the village!

Chapter 269 Oh no, the First Generation Leader has betrayed the village!

After overcoming numerous hardships, Kazuma finally returned to his loyal Konoha Village.

"Quickly, where's the medical ninja? Come here quickly, Lord Kazuma is injured."

Before the ninjutsu flying bird could land, Mizuki shouted anxiously.

Startled by his shout, a group of medical ninjas rushed over, carefully helped Kazuma down, and began to treat him.

On the way back, although Mizuki had given Kazuma emergency treatment, Kazuma's injuries were too severe. The knife had pierced his lung, and a large amount of blood had flowed in, greatly affecting his breathing.

A normal person would have died from such injuries long ago. It was only due to the irrational energy of chakra that Kazuma was able to hold on until he returned to the village for treatment.

Now, thanks to the professional treatment from the medical ninjas, Kazuma will soon be able to recover and be as lively as ever again.

After watching Kazuma being carried away on a stretcher by a group of medical ninjas, Mizuki finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Thank goodness!

Fortunately, we made it in time; otherwise, we probably would have had to use the backup plan.

Actually, the backup plan is pretty good too: the Sixth Hokage, Mizuki. It sounds exciting.

Unfortunately, this spot is now so hot it's uncomfortable for anyone to sit on.

Let Lord Kazuma continue to lead Konoha. I'll be fine as a powerful deputy.

The purpose of this expedition to the Land of Rivers was to plunder; the main force in the battle was actually the Impure World Body.

Everyone felt that the people who went were not in any danger and were very at ease, but now that an accident has obviously happened, those who stayed behind immediately became nervous.

Since Lord Ma was injured and it wasn't convenient to inquire about the situation, the others could only gather around Mizuki and bombard her with questions.

"What happened at Takumi-nin Village? How come both you and Lord Ma are injured?"

"Where are the others?"

"How are they doing?"

Mizuki sighed and said, "Lord Kazuma was injured, so I specially escorted him back. I don't know the current situation of the main force."

"The specifics are too complicated to explain in a few words. In short, we suffered a crushing defeat at Takumi Ninja Village, and we don't know how many of our people will make it back alive."

"What?! How is this possible?!" Everyone was in disbelief. "We're Konoha Village!"

"Even though our strength is greatly diminished now, how could we possibly lose to a village like Takumi Ninja Village?"

"That's right, they still have the Edo Tensei form, and even the Hokage summoned it. How could they possibly lose?"

Shuimu then briefly explained what she knew.

There's no need to embellish; a truthful explanation is enough to be frightening.

"Are you kidding me?!" Everyone expressed their disbelief. "How could there be a giant Susanoo hundreds of meters tall? Do you think we've never seen Uchiha An fight before?"

"Mizuki, you wouldn't be deserting at the last minute, would you? Are you deliberately telling lies to clear your name?"

"Yeah, that guy An couldn't even beat Madara Uchiha, how could he possibly beat the First Hokage? There's no way we can lose!"

Shuimu had no choice but to explain the "queueing to apologize" incident in detail again, which made everyone even more unacceptable.

"Damn it!"

"You're getting more and more outrageous!"

"How could they possibly do such a thing?"

"Even if the First Lord forced me, I wouldn't do this!"

Seeing the crowd's agitation and knowing they were about to be attacked, Shui Mu immediately smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Actually, you'll all know about this once the main force returns."

"Speaking of which, they're probably being hunted down by Uchiha An right now. Aren't you going to send someone to meet them?"

Although the villagers still didn't believe Mizuki's words, they formed several small teams to explore towards the Land of Rivers, in order to provide support for the main force of Konoha Village, just to be on the safe side.

Taking advantage of their discussion, Shui Mu quickly slipped away.

Mizuki escaped quickly, his ninjutsu flying bird was also fast, and in addition, he was prepared in advance, making him much faster than the others.

More than a day later, a number of people gradually returned from the land of rivers.

They went there full of bravado, but returned like stray dogs. The group was like frightened birds, trembling with fear at the slightest disturbance, wanting to flee at the first sign of trouble.

From these people, the villagers heard that outrageous story again.

This time, they had no choice but to believe it!

Those whose family members and friends had not yet returned began to get anxious and started leaving the village in groups, heading towards the land of rivers, trying to find their relatives to meet them.

But the dead cannot be brought back. After searching for several days without finding their missing family members, those people finally gave up hope.

They had to face reality: their loved ones had tragically died during what should have been an easy mission to raid a small country.

That night, every household in the village wore mourning clothes and wailed loudly.

The village, which had just begun to show signs of improvement, suffered an unbearable blow in this calamity.

Worse still, the negative impact of this incident quickly triggered widespread panic in the village.

The feud between the village and the Uchiha clan is now common knowledge.

Although Uchiha An had repeatedly caused trouble for the village in the past, everyone in the village was still very confident and did not believe that a rogue ninja like him could confront Konoha head-on. They believed that he could only rely on the power of other villages to cause trouble for Konoha.

Everyone believed that as long as the war between the five nations ended and the village concentrated all its efforts, they would definitely be able to wipe out this mere rogue ninja.

But now they know that An's decision not to attack the village directly before might not have been due to a lack of ability. More likely, he wanted the Uchiha who were killed to take revenge themselves, and he wanted the wronged souls to rest in peace.

To make matters worse, their own reliance, the First and Second Hokage resurrected through Edo Tensei, actually betrayed Konoha!

They dared to act so arrogantly before, even daring to kill the Fifth Hokage, Jiraiya, because Lord Kazuma assured them through Mizuki that as long as they had the "Reanimated Shinobi" body of the "God of Shinobi" in hand, they would be able to dominate the ninja world like they were back then, invincible and no one could harm them.

But now things are different. The first and second generation betrayed the village, the third generation boasted loudly but couldn't be relied on for real strength, the fourth generation couldn't be resurrected using Edo Tensei, and the fifth generation was killed by themselves.

In such a large village, there wasn't even a single usable Hokage.

So when Uchiha An comes knocking on our door in the future, who should be the one to stop him?

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