69 Ch-68 I surrender.

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Seeing the ninjas of major villages combining their ninjutsu to counter his fire, Kagutsuchi had disdain in his voice, "My fire is not something that you can stop."

After saying this, Kagutsuchi waved his sword, and a wave of fire was released. As the wave of fire passed over the ice, the ice didn't even turn liquid; it didn't convert into water but was completely evaporated.

"Retreat! Leave the area immediately," shouted Nara Shinichi.

But how could the ninjas here be faster than Kagutsuchi's fire? Before they could escape the fire after destroying the mud wall completely, the fire covered these ninjas. Oddly, no sound of shouting or cry for help was heard. Everything was quiet, and listening to the quietness, the whole battlefield also became silent. When the fire finally disappeared, there was nothing but ashes of the people who died.

"They turned to ashes before they were even able to react to the pain they got," said Nara Shinichi, with fear and horror on his face.

"What must be the temperature of the fire to be able to burn those people into ashes within a fraction of seconds?" said the Kazekage with fear.

"Although we don't know the exact numbers, according to Mito-Sama, the temperature of the fire was too much for her even in her nine-tails form. The fire was capable of burning even the chakra of the nine-tails, and even after combining the amount of her Chakra with the nine-tails' chakra, she wouldn't have been able to fight Uzumaki Kagutsuchi for more than an hour. And according to Mito-Sama's experience, the temperature of the fire is almost six to seven times that of normal fire release," said Hiruzen.

Hearing this, the face of every Kage became solemn because they knew they were unable to fend off such a huge temperature. The best method to defend themselves was to resist such attacks and then fight accordingly. However, only two Kages were able to defend themselves and fight at the same time: the Third Raikage and the Third Kazekage. Even the Kazekage would have difficulty fighting Kagutsuchi, as what he wields is iron sand that can be easily melted by Kagutsuchi's fire.

Kagutsuchi didn't care about the horror and fear of the other ninjas; he continued his attack and used Ennetsu Jigoku (Flames of Hell). Eight pillars of flame were erected around different corners of the army, trapping the soldiers inside. Nara Shinichi was also caught within it, and the other ninjas tried to save themselves with water release, but to their horror, they couldn't even conjure water. The Kirigakure ninjas attempted to use Hidden in the Mist technique, but they couldn't activate it even once. The temperature was rising rapidly.

"What is this place? It seems like we are standing in a furnace," said one ninja, falling to the ground as his body burned.

"I don't want to die! I want to live! Let me live!" pleaded another ninja, his unwillingness to die evident in his words. Before he could say more, his body turned to charcoal.

Some smart ninjas tried using earth release to create a dome of earth around them, but this proved even more painful, and they died more agonizingly than the other ninjas who were outside in direct contact with the fire.

Almost half of the shinobi alliance army was trapped in the flames of hell, causing the Kages great pain in their hearts.

"Why are you attacking our army? If you have guts, then fight us fair and square. Why kill all the weak ninjas from our village?" shouted the Third Raikage.

Kagutsuchi didn't say anything and remained quiet. Seeing this, the Raikage clenched his fist in frustration.

The Third Raikage, using his Lightning Release Lightning chakra mode to shield himself from the flames, said with determination, "I'll create an opening for the ninjas inside to let them out."

"Don't be foolish, Raikage. The ninjas are a lost cause and can't be saved even if you create an opening for them. Just by coming near the wall of flames, they will die. They are not like us, who can shield themselves," said the Hokage.

"Damn it! Then how am I supposed to watch all my subordinates die inside like this," said the Raikage, with even more intensified chakra around him.

"I know exactly what to do," said the Kazekage, determination on his face. With his iron sand wing, he left the place. This didn't escape the perception of Kagutsuchi; he wanted to see what the Kazekage had in mind.

After a few minutes, as soon as the fire hell subsided, leaving only charred bodies and molten earth all around, the Kazekage also returned.

The Kazekage landed quite close to Kagutsuchi as the fire around Kagutsuchi calmed down. He threw a man at the feet of Kagutsuchi and said, "This is the Jinchuriki of the One-Tail, and the One-Tail is inside him. I am also willing to withdraw ninjas from Sunagakure. I just request that you let my Sunagakure ninjas leave."

The other Kages became angry at the Kazekage, and the first to shout was the Raikage, "Have you gone mad, Kazekage, that you are giving your Jinchuriki to the Uzumaki clan? And what about our alliance?"

"I haven't gone mad, but rather my eyes are open now. Just think about what we are doing right now - just standing there defending ourselves like turtles and watching our village ninjas die one by one. We don't have any plan on how to counter any of Uzumaki Kagutsuchi's abilities. So, instead of watching my village ninjas die one by one to extinction, I'm very willing to sacrifice one tailed beast for other ninjas of my village and the future of my Village," retorted the Kazekage.

Just as the Raikage wanted to retort, one more voice was heard, "Esteemed Fire God I am an elder of Kirigakure and am very capable of making decisions on behalf of the Mizukage. We, Kirigakure, are also willing to retreat and surrender the Jinchuriki of both the tailed beasts."

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