Naruto: Starting with Infinite Chakra-Chapter 170: - : The Hidden Hand of the Land of Rain
Chapter 170 - Chapter 170: The Hidden Hand of the Land of Rain
Thick, purple mist spread rapidly. Without the barrier to contain it, the toxic fog expanded outward in an instant.
"Poison."
Seeing the dense mist unfurl, Jiraiya's brows furrowed, and he quickly retreated.
He had already suspected that the sealed structure contained some form of toxin. After all, the leader of the Land of Rain, Hanzō the Salamander, was infamous for his mastery of poisons.
The mist spread at an alarming rate, and in the blink of an eye, it engulfed the entire battlefield where Konoha and the Rain ninja were clashing, swallowing them whole.
"Ahh!" "Agh!" "Urgh!"
Screams echoed as those caught in the mist—both Konoha and Rain ninja—collapsed to the ground, their faces contorted in agony. Their bodies convulsed violently as their flesh rapidly rotted, turning into putrid sludge.
One by one, living shinobi were reduced to nothing but bones. Their clothing and flesh dissolved completely, and even their skeletons began to decay at an unnatural speed.
The Rain ninja suffered the same fate.
Even they had no antidote for the poison sealed within the building—it was a last-resort measure, a trap meant to ensure mutual destruction.
The poison was concocted from the venom in Hanzō's body, combined with the toxins of his summon, the Giant Salamander, and other lethal compounds. It was so potent that even a small inhalation would liquefy a victim's organs and flesh within moments.
Before deploying it, Hanzō had sent Rain ninja to purchase antidotes from various nations to test their effectiveness. The results were grim—even the most advanced antidotes from the great nations had no effect. Anyone exposed to the gas perished instantly.
"Such a terrifying poison..."
Jiraiya's expression darkened at the horrific scene. He had expected the toxin to be powerful—anything sealed behind so many barriers would be dangerous—but he hadn't anticipated it to be this lethal.
Konoha's ninja, horrified by their comrades' gruesome deaths, retreated at full speed.
The Rain ninja, seeing their own allies die in agony, were frozen in shock. Only a handful of elite jōnin and high-ranking officers in Tetsuishi Town had known about the poison, the rest had been left in the dark.
The Land of Rain had deliberately kept it a secret, fearing that leaks would allow Konoha to prepare countermeasures.
"Why would the village set up such a deadly trap and still send us here? Are we just disposable pawns?!"
Some Rain ninja shouted in fury, feeling utterly abandoned in the face of certain death.
"Don't resent the village!" a Rain jōnin snapped. "This was the only option. If we hadn't been stationed here, Konoha wouldn't have sent so many elite shinobi. Thanks to our sacrifice, we've taken down a significant portion of their forces. Our deaths are not in vain."
These words came from a jōnin who had long understood their fate. They knew that by being stationed in Tetsuishi Town, they had already been forsaken by their village.
But they didn't hate their leaders. This was simply the price of war.
"Ahh!" "Agh!" "Urgh!"
More and more ninja succumbed to the poison, their bodies melting into pools of sludge and leaving only brittle bones behind. The gas spread relentlessly, moving faster than all but the swiftest jōnin could escape.
Chūnin and elite chūnin had no chance—many fell before they could take even a few steps.
Yet the Rain jōnin, already resigned to death, did not flee. Instead, they locked Konoha's jōnin in combat, ensuring they couldn't escape either. If they were going to die, they would take as many enemies with them as possible.
Konoha's jōnin found themselves trapped, unable to retreat as the deadly mist approached.
Some Konoha ninja desperately swallowed antidote pills, only to collapse and die moments later—the medicine was useless.
Jiraiya, after a brief moment of thought, charged straight into the poison.
The moment he entered, a stinging sensation spread across his skin, and toxic fumes invaded his body through his pores and nose.
But then, his Universal Poison Seal activated, enveloping the invading toxins and incinerating them before expelling them from his body. The pain vanished immediately, and Jiraiya exhaled in relief—his technique could resist the poison's effects.
Without hesitation, he rushed toward the building, intending to erect a new barrier and contain the gas.
He had witnessed the three jōnin destroying the sealing array earlier, and now he noticed the chakra-infused minerals beneath the ground. If he could seal off the area and prevent further spread, Konoha's forces could wipe out the remaining Rain ninja and later restore the barrier using those minerals.
"This poison is insane! What do we do now?!" an Akimichi elite jōnin demanded, watching Konoha ninja perish before his eyes. He turned to a Nara clan strategist for answers.
"The only solution is a barrier technique to contain the gas, but the poison is too lethal. We wouldn't survive long enough to cast one inside that cloud—it's a death trap," the Nara jōnin admitted grimly.
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"I never imagined the Land of Rain could create something this deadly."
"Jiraiya is heading for the building. The poison isn't affecting him," Hyūga Tetsuki observed.
By this point, they had retreated far enough that the Rain's elite jōnin couldn't stop them. The Rain shinobi had wanted mutual destruction, but they were outmatched.
"If Jiraiya can withstand the poison and set up the barrier himself, our forces might have a chance to survive," Uchiha Raiden said darkly. "Otherwise, we all die here."
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