Sakumo had learned a bit about Kato Keika's position in the village over the past two days. Frankly, the reason why Yugimoto Kawahiko could become the leader of Hot Spring Village at such a young age was largely because of his mother's identity. Sakumo knew he must not act rashly. If Kato Keika died because of him, it would create hatred between Hot Spring Village and Konoha.
However, he could not simply let Kuriyama Shinzo take Yugimoto Kawahiko's mother away in front of him.
"Sizzle!"
The white chakra sword wrapped with lightning created a violent sound as it cut through the air. The dozens of Jashin cult believers who stood in front of Kuriyama Shinzo turned into charred remains in an instant. He killed dozens of people in an instant, shocking everyone. Kuriyama Shinzo's face also became ugly, and he said coldly, "Hatake Sakumo, aren't you afraid that this will cause the hatred of the Hot Spring Ninja Village towards Konoha?"
Sakumo held the short sword and looked at him calmly, saying, "Of course I am afraid, but if I let you take away the mother of the leader of the Hot Spring Ninja Village in front of me, I think this responsibility cannot be shirked, right?"
"What do you want?" Kuriyama Shinzo frowned. Hatake Sakumo was really difficult to deal with.
Sakumo raised his eyes, stared at Kuriyama Shinzo's extremely pale face, and said, "Since your ritual has not been completed, you should know that if I want to kill you, even if you are surrounded by this group of cultists, it will only take a minute."
"As long as I am here, even if you get the Bloody March sickle, you will not be able to leave alive."
He raised his arm and pointed the white chakra short sword at Kuriyama Shinzo.
At this moment, Sakumo was like a tiger ready to pounce, and no one could stop him.
"My conditions are very simple. Let the leader Yugimoto Kawahiko meet with you himself. I believe this is what you expect, right?" Sakumo said. From his position, he did not have the right to make any decision. Kato Keika was held hostage, but it was not his responsibility. Oshima Reina was arranged by Yugimoto Kawahiko himself to be the guard.
Upon hearing this, Kuriyama Shinzo agreed immediately and said, "Okay, let him come."
This was also a move Shinzo had to make this time. The ultimate goal of holding Kato Keika hostage was to force Yugimoto Kawahiko to hand over the Bloody March sickle. In this way, he saved a lot of steps. With it, Kuriyama Shinzo could complete the ceremony immediately, otherwise there would be changes.
He immediately looked up at a Hot Spring Ninja and sneered, "Call your stupid leader here."
The Hot Spring Ninja gnashed his teeth, but at this time Oshima Reina was holding the leader's mother hostage, so they had to do it. He took out a bamboo tube from his arms, opened it, and a flare rushed into the sky. At the same time, a cultist next to Kuriyama Shinzo also made a similar move.
"Bang bang!"
Two completely different flares were launched at the same time. The two sides who were fighting in various places in the Hot Spring Ninja Village saw it and stopped their actions for a while. The difference was that after a moment, the expressions of the Hot Spring Ninja became extremely anxious, while the Jashin Cultists grew even crazier and laughed loudly.
At the main entrance of the Hot Spring Ninja Village, Yugimoto Kawahiko, who was fighting with C, saw the signal flare and his expression suddenly changed.
"Boom!"
Taking advantage of his distraction, C punched hard, and Yugimoto Kawahiko was caught off guard and used the black long sword in his hand to block in front of him. The wind chakra attached to the blade suddenly shattered, and his figure retreated nearly ten meters. The huge force made his arms numb, but he didn't care about it now.
This was because the signal flare just now indicated that the worst situation had happened. The shelter was lost? How could that be possible? Hatake Sakumo was there, and C was restrained here by him. It was impossible for such a powerful existence in the Jashin Cult to endanger the shelter under the nose of Hatake Sakumo.
"Everyone stop and gather together."
Yugimoto Kawahiko's eyes began to turn red, but he did not completely lose his mind and gave the order.
After seeing the other flare, the Jashin believers also gathered together on their own.
So the two groups stood behind C and Yugimoto Kawahiko respectively, facing each other.
At this time, Minato's white clothes were covered with blood and there were several damaged places on his body. Although his speed was fast enough, he was caught off guard by a large number of people, but there was only a shallow scratch, which did not affect the battle.
He also understood what the flare meant and immediately showed an expression of disbelief. Apart from C, who else could possibly endanger the shelter under the eyes of Senior Sakumo? That would only be possible if the Kage of the five major ninja nations came in person.
Yugimoto Kawahiko confronted C. Although the former was very anxious, he did not dare to move first. If he took the lead, C's people would attack the ninjas of the Hot Spring Ninja Village from behind. As the leader, he could not let his emotions get the better of him.
"Let's go," C said lightly with a nonchalant look on his face, and then led the group of followers of the Jashin Cult to the west of the Hot Spring Ninja Village.
Yugimoto Kawahiko's face sank for a moment, and then he immediately followed. He still couldn't figure out what had happened in the shelter.
The Hot Spring ninjas and the followers of the Jashin Cult in the entire Hot Spring Ninja Village were gathering towards the shelter in the west. The two sides of the confrontation each gathered more and more people, and Oshima Reina, who was holding Kato Keika hostage, was sandwiched in the middle of the two groups of people. In front of her, Hatake Sakumo was staring at Kuriyama Shinzo.
In front of Sakumo, Kuriyama Shinzo naturally did not dare to act rashly. As the Hot Spring ninjas learned more about the situation, their eyes filled with resentment, as if they wanted to tear Oshima Reina to pieces, but she didn't care about this look.
Until a handsome man rushed out of the crowd and saw the scene in front of him, his handsome face suddenly filled with incomprehension.
"Reina, what are you doing?" Yugimoto Kawahiko's voice was hoarse and his eyes were red.
However, Oshima Reina held his mother hostage and turned slightly to the side, responding to him with a cold voice like a stranger.
"As you can see, your mother is now a hostage in my hands."
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