The sudden sea of fire from the periphery of the encirclement circle stirred up the situation on the battlefield.
With his rich experience, Sandaime knew that resisting such a large-scale fire release ninjutsu is not a wise action and, therefore, he sank on the ground slightly, and extended the Adamantine Staff to make a high backward leap, and dangerously avoided the sea of fire.
Suijin on the other hand smirked and made a few hand seals, his chest expanded to the limit, and shouted, "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
The sea of fire collided with the huge waves of water that led to the formation of water vapors, and the entire battlefield was instantly covered by mist.
Suijin could instantly make this move was because, in his Byakugan vision, Suijin noticed Shisui's arrival the moment two Anbu ninjas were put to sleep, therefore, the moment, Shisui used the Fire Style Jutsu, Suijin used that opportunity and covered the entire battlefield in water vapors.
The dense cover of mist didn't hinder his Byakugan vision, and after disappearing from his spot, Suijin immediately flickered next to Shisui and whispered lightly, "Come on, let's go!"
Shisui however, put a knife at the throat of Suijin, and asked in a deep voice with his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning and Chakra brewing in those eyes, "Who are you!?"
Suijin was left speechless and flicked Shisui's forehead in annoyance, "Is that how you are going to talk to me now!?"
Shisui was confused, and then as if realizing something he asked carefully, "A-Are you Kuroto-San!?"
"Well, yeah!" – Nodded Suijin, and added, "Don't be in a daze, if the old man catches us, let alone us, even the Hyuga and the Uchiha Clan will be in great peril!"
"B-but, when did you learn, Ice Release!?" – Asked Shisui as he followed after Suijin.
"Not too long ago!" – Suijin just lightly answered.
And the two people disappeared away in the thick cover of mist.
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In the middle of the Battlefield.
In the thick cover of fog, Sandaime's face gradually turned gloomy.
The night is already very dark, making it difficult to look through eyes, and now the battlefield was covered in thick mist, not to mention the enemy has a Jutsu that turns him invisible, therefore, Sandaime has to be very cautious.
What's more, the sudden appearance of Fire Release Jutsu shows that the enemy has accomplices with him, and if that's the case then how many, is there only one or are there more than one?
Is the strength of the accomplice the same level as this bounty-nin?
So many questions, and each more worrying than the other!
What's more, the timing of the use of Fire Release and Water Release Jutsu was in tacit coordination, this shows that the thick cover of mist was a planned tactic!
The mysterious bounty-nin was already so tricky if others of his level are present here, then Sandaime isn't sure whether he can deal with them or not!
He has to also ensure his personal safety, given the current situation of Konoha, if anything happens to him, then he is sure that a civil war will erupt in Konoha, which will burn the village!
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The Anbu ninja noticed such a change in the battlefield, and now that there were signs of another enemy, they couldn't watch it anymore and broke into the battlefield one after another.
In the thick cover of mist, the members of the Hokage Guard Platoons shouted, "Hokage-Sama, where are you!"
Now that the Anbu members have entered the battlefield, Sandaime immediately instructed, "Everybody standstill, nobody will move from their position!"
The Anbu shinobi is also no novice, they understand that the enemy wouldn't hesitate to take the advantage of the cover of thick mist and attack them, so following Sandaime's orders, they all stood at their spot.
At this time, Sandaime who was observing his surroundings vigilantly formed hand seals,
"Wind Release: Passing Typhoon!"
When Sandaime finished the seal, an extremely powerful gust of wind blew away the mist, and in a short while, the view of the battlefield cleared up.
With the disappearance of the aerosol, Konoha Anbu recovered the vision of the battlefield; soon discovered the position of Sandaime-Sama, and gathered around him.
Sandaime looked around and frowned slightly when there was no presence of the enemy around.
Sandaime turned towards the Anbu with the Dog mask who shook his head indicating that the enemy was no longer present here.
The previous use of Fire and Water Release Jutsu was a very tacit one and the enemy was easily able to get rid of the siege.
"Did anyone see the person who used the Fire Ninjutsu?" – questioned Sandaime.
The two Anbu who were previously put under Genjutsu by Shisui hurriedly stood up and reported, "Please forgive us Hokage-Sama, it was our incompetence that led to this situation, an enemy suddenly appeared next to us, he was wearing a mask and used a Genjutsu on us!"
"Genjutsu!?" – When Sarutobi heard this, his frowned expression deepened.
In the crowd, the Anbu ninja with the Dog mask also thought about what that implies.
The Anbu present here are all elites, even the weakest are High Chunin class at the very least, and if the opponent can use Genjutsu to subdue two Anbu ninja in an instant, then the opponent has to have an incredible mastery of Genjutsu.
Although no one said it, everyone had only one word in their mouth, 'Uchiha?'
At this time someone asked, "Was it a visual Genjutsu?"
The Anbu captain approached Sandaime and lightly whispered, "Hokage-sama, maybe an Uchiha!?"
Sandaime glared at him and sternly said, "Don't make a random guess without any solid evidence!"
Although the identity of the attacker is unclear, even if it is an Uchiha Shinobi, this kind of matter cannot be spoken in the presence of Kumo ninjas.
The Anbu Captain immediately apologized, "Please forgive me!"
Sandaime sighed and angrily asked the Dog and Monkey masked Anbu, "Where are Eagle and Cat!? Wasn't Team-11 responsible for the protection of Kumo Delegation, where are the two of them!?"
Just because there is was no one with the Byakugan on the encirclement field, the attacker easily approached the battlefield, therefore, Sandaime was more annoyed at Team-11.
Being the Captain of Team-11, Dog could only lower his head and explain, "Our Team-11 was divided into two groups for the mission, Eagle and Cat were in that group, maybe they are more enemies, and they were caught up in dealing with them!"
Sandaime commanded, "Find out about their situation now, we need Byakugan to chase after the enemy!"
"Yes, Hokage-Sama!"
At this time, one of the Hokage guards whispered lightly, "Hokage-sama, the Uchiha patriarch is here together with the Uchiha Police force!"
Listening to the guard's words, Sandaime turned towards the direction of the village and observed the Kumo Jonin from the corner of his eyes.
Not long afterward, Uchiha Fugaku led the geared-up Konoha Police Force to the battlefield.
Noticing Sandaime standing in person surrounded by the Anbu, and no presence of the Bounty ninja, the faces of the Uchiha elites had clear traces of contempt for the Hokage faction's failure.
Uchiha Fugaku came to the side of Sandaime and after a courteous greeting, he said, "Hokage-sama, we heard that Kumo delegation was attacked, so we came to support the Anbu in search and hunt!"
Sandaime swept his gaze across the members of the Police force and nodded with a smile, "Very good, with the police force here, rounding up will be easier, Racoon, give a brief over of the entire situation to the Police Chief!"
"Yes, Hokage-Sama!" – As per the orders, an Anbu with the Racoon mask, briefly explained the entire situation to Uchiha Fugaku and also explained the abilities displayed by the enemy until now.
"A master of Water Style, and Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, and the other one uses Fire Style and Genjutsu?" – Uchiha Fugaku didn't care too much about the ninja with the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, because in the eyes of the proud Uchiha Clan, Ice Release is just and ordinary Kekkei Genkai, not worth too much concern, but when he heard the Anbu mention another one with powerful Fire Style and Genjutsu mastery, Fugaku frowned slightly.
Everyone knows that the Uchiha Clan is best known for being good at Fire Style and Genjutsu.
Additionally, Fugaku also received the report about Uchiha Shinichi joining a bounty-nin organization, and now that he heard such a piece of information, he couldn't help but wonder whether it is Uchiha Shinichi, who he has been searching for quite some time!
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