Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?

Chapter 162: Surrender or Be Destroyed!

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"We checked his residence, but he's gone. Vanished. What do we do?"

"Once Baki and his men are captured, or Kosaka is rescued, Elder Ebizo will—reappear."

Yasuke sighed. If he were in Chiyo and Ebizo's position, he'd likely do the same. Sunagakure couldn't afford to lose Baki's faction. Even with Rasa's final orders and the Kazekage seal, they couldn't simply—discard such a powerful force. But they also couldn't let a traitor seize control.

If, under these circumstances, he could bypass the Kazekage Tower's defenses and locate Ebizo, bringing him to Chiyo—it would prove that even a missing-nin had more influence than the acting Kazekage. Then, perhaps—Baki deserved the title.

If one faction had to be sacrificed, it would be the weaker one.

This was Chiyo's challenge to both sides.

The Konoha Military Police Force was tasked with finding Kosaka Kaoru.

The Anbu, under Yasuke's command, surrounded Baki's residence.

But Baki and the Thirty-Two had already relocated to a remote outpost near Sunagakure's border, their ninja setting traps and defenses.

"What are you all so afraid of?!" Baki roared, his face contorted with rage. He slammed his fist on the table. "Surrender and face the Kazekage Tower's judgment! Or fight! Failure is rebellion! Success is revolution!"

"We understand that! But what do we do now?! The village is crawling with Anbu and Military Police. And Chiyo wants us to—find Ebizo? We'll be captured the moment we step outside. I shouldn't have come," one of the ninja complained.

"I didn't recruit you for your—optimism!" Baki snarled. "I chose you for your influence!"

"Now, use the outpost's communication system. Contact everyone you know. Mobilize the border patrol units! Show those Anbu and Military Police who truly controls Sunagakure! Capturing Ebizo is secondary. Seizing control of the military is our priority! They're ninja. They'll follow whoever wins. Don't you understand?!"

Silence fell over the outpost.

"Mobilize the border patrol units? What if Iwagakure or Konoha attacks? Sunagakure will be destroyed!"

"We'll either die tonight, or celebrate tomorrow at the Kazekage Tower. Choose."

Many of the ninja hesitated. They'd joined for—personal gain, not to become traitors.

Mobilizing the border patrol units—it was a gamble, with Sunagakure's fate hanging in the balance.

This was—madness.

Kankuro closed the door and, without hesitation, activated the outpost's communication system. "First Division! Return to the village immediately! Suppress the rebellion! That's an order! I'll take responsibility!"

His decisive action spurred the others. "Third Division! Fifth Division! Return to Sunagakure! Now!"

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Kazekage Tower.

"Yasuke! It's—bad! The First, Third, and Fifth Divisions—they're returning to the village without authorization! They'll be here within the hour!"

"What?!" Yasuke shot to his feet, his eyes wide with disbelief.

He could understand Baki's ambition, his power grab, even the assassination. But this—mobilizing the border patrol units? He was willing to risk Sunagakure's safety to become Kazekage.