Chapter 443: Predicted Again
Seeing that the Fourth Raikage was in a desperate situation, Ishiro suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance.
Then, with an ugly expression, he said to Ōnoki and the others, "Someone is coming. Speed up and attack with all your might."
After speaking, he no longer used other ninjutsu but began to prepare his Light Release.
Ōnoki and the others were stunned. Although Ishiro didn't say it explicitly, to be mentioned by him at a time like this, it must be Kage-level.
Without another word, Ōnoki immediately activated his Dust Release, while Han and Rōshi began to condense their Tailed Beast Bombs.
Ikura was slightly slower. He first created four shadow clones, then, aiming in the direction Ishiro was looking, began to form seals for his combination jutsu.
The Fourth Raikage also sensed the abnormal chakra fluctuations in the air.
He took a sharp breath, pushed his chakra to its limit, and began to sprint in one direction without any regard for anything else.
Silently, a blue and a white beam of light flashed past, striking behind him.
The second beam, the Dust Release, almost hit him. But unfortunately, he still managed to dodge it. The edge of the blast grazed his body and hit the ground.
Wait, there's something wrong with the Raikage's aura. Ishiro was too far away to see clearly, but his Mind's Eye could sense the strength of a ninja's aura. The feeling the Raikage was giving him right now was not right.
Before he could sense it carefully, Koku spoke up: "Lord Tsuchikage, the Raikage lost an arm in that Dust Release just now. Yugito is also heavily injured."
Ishiro sighed. Normally, losing an arm would mean a ninja had lost their combat ability. But it was different for this simple-minded fool, the Fourth Raikage. The scene in the original story where he had voluntarily cut off his own arm had left Ishiro stunned for a long time. For a considerable period, he had thought the Raikage had a way to regenerate his lost arm. Because, putting himself in that position, he would never do such a foolish thing knowing he couldn't recover.
Be that as it may, the Light Release and Dust Release had failed to kill the Raikage. Ishiro knew that the best opportunity to kill him today had vanished. The subsequent Tailed Beast Bombs would probably not be able to finish him off.
Sure enough...
Boom! Boom! Two explosions sounded almost simultaneously.
The powerful shockwave even blew back Ishiro and the others in the air, making them almost unable to stabilize themselves.
And just after the explosions, Ikura's five-element ninjutsu erupted directly to the south of the battlefield.
There, the figures of Tsunade, Kakashi, Rasa, and Ryosuke were already vaguely visible. They had wanted to get closer but were temporarily blocked by Ikura's attack.
Ishiro's eyes lit up. He quickly used his Mind's Eye to lock onto the Raikage below.
Huh?
In the area below, which was covered by a large amount of smoke and dust, three figures of the Raikage were moving towards Tsunade's group.
Is that the Clone Technique? The Fourth Raikage also knows how to use clones?
This was, of course, nonsense. Although the Raikage charged about in battle, giving the impression of a pure taijutsu ninja like Might Guy, his Lightning Release Chakra Mode was a ninjutsu, and one that required very high chakra control. It was just that he had never used clones before, so Ishiro hadn't thought in that direction for a moment.
In his perception, Yugito, who had been on his back, was now gone, and his own aura was very unstable. Even his speed was a bit slower than when he was at his peak.
Ishiro had no time to distinguish which one was the real body. He could only randomly pick one and assume the starting stance for his Light Release.
After a brief moment of brewing, a blue beam shot out, passed through the heavy smoke, and accurately hit the Raikage that Ishiro had predicted the path of.
After the light passed, that Raikage disappeared on the spot.
Unfortunately, the other two were still there.
This meant that the main body was fine. A one-in-three chance, and he had not guessed correctly.
By the time he aimed at another one, that Raikage had already rushed out of the smoke. And the Gold Sand and Iron Sand of Rasa and Ryosuke had already spread over to provide cover.
The blue light flashed past, missing the Raikage. It was blocked by a large amount of sand.
Ishiro sighed. Even without the sand barrier, the Raikage, with nothing blocking his vision now, could have dodged it. Moreover, he wasn't even sure if this was the main body.
"Rasa, Ryosuke." Ishiro had a bit of a headache. These two were also ninja who could fly. Once they arrived, he and his group would no longer be in an invincible position as before.
It seems they had long expected that I would lead people to ambush Kumo. Tsunade and the others didn't go far; they were just waiting for me.
Fortunately, in the battle just now, I was decisive enough and killed Yugito first. This trip wasn't a complete waste.
But this feeling of having one's every move predicted is really not good.
Sure enough, when the dust settled and Rasa saw that the enemy was all flying, he immediately had everyone get onto the Gold Sand platform he had condensed.
Then, the two sides began a standoff in mid-air.
Ishiro merged all the porcelain platforms under everyone's feet into one. "Yugito is definitely dead. My Mind's Eye can no longer sense her chakra."
"Although the Raikage is not dead, he has lost an arm. But the goal of weakening Kumo has been achieved."
Ōnoki nodded. "Do we still fight?"
Ishiro thought for a moment. "Fight!"
"On their side, it's five Kage-level against our five. But the Raikage is not in good condition. And the Hokage and the Raikage are both close-combat ninja."
"The Hokage's summoning jutsu can't play much of a role in an air battle either."
"Kakashi has only been a Kage-level for a short time, and his chakra is low. He's not of much use in this kind of long-range offensive and defensive battle."
"But all five of us are long-range ninja. We have the absolute advantage."
No one refuted this decision. They all nodded firmly.
Seeing this, Ishiro said, "The target is Suna's Ryosuke. Full-power attack!"
In this kind of large-scale battle, if the superior side wanted to quickly achieve results, the best way was to focus fire on one person. Spreading the targets would only reduce the success rate. Kill one of them first, then consider if there's a chance to take out the others.
As soon as Ishiro's order was given, Ōnoki and the others immediately launched their attacks.
Ishiro: "Wind Style: Pressure Damage!"
Ikura and his four clones: "Five Elements Great Consecutive Bullets Technique!"
Han: "Boil Release!"
Rōshi: "Lava Release!"
Ōnoki: "Dust Release: Primordial World Stripping Technique!"
On the opposite side, the aggressive-looking Rasa's expression froze. Only now did he realize that just because you were in the air didn't mean you could fight an air battle. On his side, it seemed that only he and Ryosuke were skilled at long-range combat.
Taking a deep breath, he immediately shouted at Ryosuke, "Ryosuke, we're going to the ground!"
Ryosuke on the other side had also reacted. Both he and Rasa could fly and had gotten used to fighting people in the air, just like Ishiro. Now, seeing five people on the other side all preparing long-range ninjutsu at the same time, they realized something was wrong.
While the two used a large amount of sand to form layers of protection in front of them, they quickly brought the Raikage, Tsunade, and Kakashi down to a lower altitude.
But now, it was too late.
The five attacks arrived one after another. The defense the two had painstakingly organized didn't even block two waves.
Just as the remaining attacks were about to descend, poof! A giant slug appeared in front of them.
The rest of the attacks all landed on Katsuyu, blasting the giant slug into pieces.
However, Katsuyu was different from other summons. The slugs of Shikkotsu Forest could be seen as countless individuals, or as a single whole. The giant slug, which had been beaten into a remnant by the attacks, quickly disbanded and then re-formed into a new one. It was just that the new one was more than half the size of the previous one.
This was no matter to Tsunade; the slug she summoned was only a small part of the main body in Shikkotsu Forest. Losing this part was of no great consequence to the main body.
A corner of Ishiro's mouth twitched. He had already sensed the situation below. "What a pain."
When the smoke from the attack cleared, Tsunade and the others had already landed on the ground.
Ishiro formed hand seals, wanting to continue the attack. Even if they were on the ground, his side still held the absolute advantage. Although he couldn't guarantee that he could kill any of them now, he would at least fight and see. What if a battle opportunity appeared?
However, just as he was about to make a move, he suddenly saw Kakashi push up his left eye's headband.
Although they were far apart and he couldn't see the pattern of his Sharingan, he knew that Kakashi was about to use his Mangekyō pupil technique, Kamui.
Sure enough, the next moment, a line of blood-tears flowed from Kakashi's left eye, and then Ishiro felt the space around his side begin to distort.
Cursing inwardly, he could no longer be bothered with attacking. He hurriedly led everyone to quickly change position, while at the same time using his Porcelain Release to block Kakashi's line of sight.
The Mangekyō's pupil technique had one characteristic: it had to be within the line of sight to be useful.
Sure enough, when the porcelain blocked Kakashi's vision, that feeling of spatial distortion immediately disappeared.
Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Kakashi's use of his Mangekyō was not yet proficient. Otherwise, he would have been done for.
Ōnoki and the others were a bit surprised by his actions. They were farther away and had not detected the spatial distortion on his side. They had been preparing for a second wave of attacks, but he had suddenly moved them and blocked their vision. With their line of sight blocked, there was naturally no need to continue their attacks. They all looked at him, waiting for his explanation.
While leading everyone to leave the original area, Ishiro explained, "Hatake Kakashi was using his Mangekyō's pupil technique."
After speaking, he looked at Koku. "Koku, check on Kakashi's situation."
"Understood," Koku nodded and replied immediately.
His Byakugan's vision penetrated the porcelain mud's obstruction, extending downwards, and finally locked onto Kakashi, getting a clear look at his left eye.
He immediately reported, "His Sharingan indeed does not have the shape of a normal three-tomoe."
"His left eye contains a huge amount of energy, and there is blood flowing from it. He should be preparing a killing move."
Everyone was shocked. A Mangekyō pupil technique? They had all, more or less, been educated by Ishiro on the relevant knowledge and knew how bizarre they were.
Ishiro said, "Its abilities are too troublesome. If we can't crack it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve any more results today. Prepare to retreat."
Ōnoki and the others nodded.
Ishiro thought for a moment, then formed a hand seal to create clones, and then used the Transformation Jutsu, creating fake targets of everyone gathered together.
Then, he controlled the porcelain mud that was originally below them for defense, turning it into a large number of kunai and shooting them downwards.
And Kakashi, as expected, did not disappoint. The moment the porcelain mud dispersed, he directly activated Kamui, directly twisting and crushing the porcelain platform in his sight.
Unfortunately, this platform was a decoy. Ishiro's and the others' real bodies were still higher up, directly above it, perfectly blocked from view by it.
The next moment, poof poof poof, all five clones dissipated. The platform also scattered, turning into fragments and falling in all directions.
After this wave of attacks disappeared, Ishiro immediately asked Koku, "How is it? Does Kakashi's eye still contain that energy?"
In fact, he could also judge with his own Mind's Eye, but it was not as accurate as Koku's.
Koku said, "It's gone. His Sharingan has already changed back to a three-tomoe."
Ishiro nodded. "The burden of a normal Sharingan is already heavy enough, let alone a Mangekyō."
"After this one strike from Kakashi, he is likely finished. We will lower our altitude and continue the attack."
"Koku, you are responsible for keeping an eye on him. If his Mangekyō shows any unusual movement again, report immediately."
Below, when Kakashi used his Mangekyō, everyone else saw it. Rasa and the others were both shocked and expectant, hoping that the legendary Mangekyō could achieve a meritorious deed.
When Kakashi hit the porcelain platform, everyone was overjoyed, only to be disappointed soon after. Everyone Ishiro had brought was unharmed; only clones had been hit.
Looking at Kakashi's withered appearance, let alone using that attack again, he probably didn't even have the basic ability to protect himself now.
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