Ōnoki was furious. The Third Raikage, A, actually used his own people to block his Dust Release. It was truly despicable!
The Third Raikage, A, would not care about Ōnoki's attitude. Looking at the dense crowd of Iwa-nin surrounding him, he suddenly laughed loudly!
"Kill!" The Iwa-nin unleashed their ninjutsu, Earth Release: Rock Iron Gun Technique!
They opened their mouths, like spitting jujube pits, and shot towards the Third Raikage.
The Third Raikage possessed the strongest physical body. He directly activated his Lightning Release Armor, charging forward through the rain of rock iron guns, using Four-Finger Nukite, swinging both arms simultaneously.
The sharp nukite slayed one Iwa-nin after another. Wherever he passed, all were killed with one blow!
Heads rolled. Seeing this, Ōnoki, while gathering power, commanded, "Use defensive ninjutsu, block him. Do not engage him head on!"
In just this short while, the death toll of Iwa-nin had reached two hundred. Ōnoki's heart ached, the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!" x n
Immediately, the Iwa-nin used Earth-Style Wall. Earthen walls rose from the ground, forming solid, thick barriers that surrounded the Third Raikage layer by layer.
The Third Raikage frowned now. Although One-Finger Nukite could also break through, the consumption was too great. At this moment, some "genius" from Iwagakure formed hand seals.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style River!" Instantly, the ground beneath the feet of the many shinobi turned into slippery mud flow, and that shinobi also disappeared.
Mud flow. There is water. Water conducts electricity. Realizing this, the Third Raikage smiled. "Hahahaha!" After laughing, he formed hand seals and pressed them on the ground.
"Lightning Release: Falling Lightning. Lightning Release: Thunderstorm!" In an instant, the Third Raikage's lightning descended from the sky, conducting outwards through the mud flow underfoot.
There were a full two thousand shinobi within the range of the mud flow. Before they could evacuate, an electric current immediately paralyzed them all. Their bodies could not move.
Some weaker shinobi were immediately electrocuted to the point of losing control of their bowels and bladder. Even the stronger ones were not faring well, their movements restricted.
The mastermind behind all this was a child. He crouched behind a tree, pushed his glasses, Kabuto Yakushi, the spy sent here. The corner of his mouth turned up. How interesting.
This should cause some trouble for Iwagakure, right? Konoha could also more easily control the Ninja World.
Kabuto Yakushi had once found Ryun Uchiha, wanting to replace the head of the orphanage to infiltrate Iwagakure. Ryun agreed, let the two meet, and told Kabuto to return immediately if exposed, with safety as the priority.
From then on, Kabuto's loyalty belonged to Konoha.
However, the battle was not over yet. The falling lightning was just the prelude. The following thunderstorm was the main event.
With the release of the thunderstorm, the shinobi controlled by the falling lightning immediately began to explode. Flesh, blood, lightning, and flames bloomed simultaneously.
Boom boom boom boom
A series of explosion sounds rang out. The mud flow was dyed red. The solid earthen walls, due to the explosions, began to be blasted apart layer by layer.
Crash crash crash
The earth walls were blown to dust. The Third Raikage patted the powder off his body, a smile on his face. "Pathetic."
Now, Iwagakure had already lost 2200 shinobi. Even though Iwagakure's shinobi, after recuperation and with the surviving veterans from before, had many, they could not withstand such consumption.
"A. What exactly do you want." Ōnoki trembled with anger and cold. He could not understand why the Third Raikage had come here to go crazy today.
"It's not what I want, but that I am about to die, Ōnoki. You should be able to see that." A said slowly.
Ōnoki narrowed his eyes. "Naturally, I can."
"If after I die, your Iwagakure will certainly attack my Kumogakure. It's better for me, while still alive, to do everything I can do." The Third Raikage, nearing death, had no need to lie to Ōnoki.
The strength he was displaying now was his all before his final flare-up. After this battle, he would inevitably die.
Ōnoki's pupils shrank. "A, since you want to die, this old man will grant your wish." After saying this, Ōnoki began to perform Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.
A, however, curled his lip. "Too slow. Too slow." After saying this, he stimulated his cells with lightning, bringing his speed to the extreme, turning into a stream of white light.
No matter how Ōnoki predicted or pursued, he could not harm A in the slightest. Instead, A continued to recklessly harvest the lives of Iwagakure.
"You old bastard. Have you no shame. Have the guts for a one on one fight." Watching the Third Raikage's actions, Ōnoki was both anxious and felt like having a heart attack.
The Third Raikage stopped for one second, giving Ōnoki an internationally friendly hand gesture, causing Ōnoki's face to darken with anger.
"Get lost." Ōnoki condensed his Dust Release in a shorter time, with a larger range.
It looked really scary. However, when A charged into the crowd of Iwagakure shinobi, Ōnoki would stop again, gritting his teeth as he watched the Third Raikage continuously kill people among the masses.
"All of you, retreat back to the village." Ōnoki issued the order. The Iwa-nin felt as if granted amnesty. Too terrifying, simply too terrifying. In just half an hour, they had lost 4000 people.
Yet, the next moment, A blocked the entrance to Iwagakure, not giving an inch. "Iwagakure pups, if you want to go back, step over this old man's corpse."
After saying this, he erupted again. The Iwa-nin now hesitated, not daring to advance. They also realized that the Third Raikage's current target was them.
"T, Tsuchikage-sama, how about, we come back after he leaves." A shinobi said with difficulty.
Ōnoki gritted his teeth. Then, he shot his Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique towards the Third Raikage. This time, the Third Raikage did not dodge. A vacuum appeared in his abdomen, along with his internal organs disappearing.
The Third Raikage gritted his teeth, laughed wildly, as if feeling no pain, and charged into the crowd. His time was running out.
Then, One-Finger Nukite, Four-Finger Nukite, Lightning Release: Liger Bomb were thrown out recklessly. Following that was the wailing of Iwagakure's shinobi. It lasted for twenty minutes. Finally, the Third Raikage knelt on the ground. In front of him were the severed limbs and broken corpses of Iwagakure shinobi.
Another two thousand Iwa-nin had been killed. Now, the shinobi outside the village were also bloodlusted. Seeing the Third Raikage exhausted and kneeling on the ground, they, like hungry wolves, frequently unleashed ninjutsu, piercing the Third Raikage's body.
They were avenging their relatives, their friends. Regarding this, the Third Raikage had no strength left to resist. However, the corner of his mouth carried a smile as he left.
6000 people. Should be, quite a lot, right. A, your father is useless, can only go this far. The future of Kumogakure rests on you now. Thinking this, the light faded from A's eyes.
Ōnoki stood on the castle tower, watching A, who had now suffered fatal injuries and died from exhaustion, being humiliated by the shinobi. He could not help but shake his head.
To think, old partner, your end was like this. Should I say you were foolish. Or should I say you were dutiful and responsible to the end.
Ōnoki looked towards the direction of Kumogakure, momentarily entranced.
If it were him, Ōnoki, at the moment of death, perhaps he would also make the same choice as the Third Raikage. Everything is for one's own village, for one's own people.
After letting the remaining soldiers vent for another hour, Ōnoki spoke. "Alright, clean up the battlefield. Let the fallen shinobi rest in peace."
After Ōnoki gave the order, the shinobi also complied. As for the Third Raikage's corpse, Ōnoki seemed to remember the previous incident of his resurrection. So he flew down from the castle tower and began to perform a full-body Dust Release inspection on the Third Raikage.
Feeling the aura of Dust Release, Black Zetsu also escaped from within the Third Raikage's body into the ground, then ran away.
The Third Raikage, A, like this, forever disappeared from the Ninja World. Not a single strand of hair remained.
After doing all this, Ōnoki walked towards the Tsuchikage building.
No one knew what he was thinking. Perhaps it was the melancholy of an old friend gone. Perhaps it was the joy of an enemy eliminated. It could also be the of no longer having a worthy opponent.
No one knew Ōnoki's mood at this time. Even Kitsuchi only followed step by step behind him.
Among Iwagakure's shinobi, some were joyful, some were in pain. Each person's feelings were different.
And this battle report arrived in Konoha that afternoon.
Kabuto Yakushi, wearing a red hood, knelt on the floor of Hokage Ryun Uchiha's home.
He had just recorded this battle into a report, submitted it, for Ryun Uchiha to review and await approval.
Ryun Uchiha read carefully from beginning to end, finally unable to hold back a sigh. "As I expected, the Third Raikage would indeed choose to die on the battlefield."
"Kabuto, what do you think." Ryun Uchiha wanted to test this original work's dream master.
Who knew Kabuto just smiled. "Although the Third Raikage was a bit reckless, he still dedicated himself to Kumogakure until the very end."
"The Third Tsuchikage, learning from last time's lesson, rooted out the problem completely, preventing the Third Raikage's revival from causing harm to Iwagakure again."
"Both made choices for their own villages, carried them out to the end. And after this incident, for a short time, neither Kumogakure nor Iwagakure will act against each other. The Ninja World will also be relatively peaceful for a period." Kabuto Yakushi described the event from an objective angle.
Ryun Uchiha also couldn't help but nod. "What you said is very right. By the way, Kabuto, how about you stay here, don't go back. Although you weren't discovered this time, it's still too dangerous."
Kabuto Yakushi shook his head. "Currently, no one understands Iwagakure better than me."
"Therefore, Hokage-sama, I wish to continue the undercover mission. This is also Kabuto's repayment for Hokage-sama's recognition and kindness, and my contribution to the village." Kabuto Yakushi said calmly and lightly. Not to mention not being discovered, even if discovered, as long as Ōnoki doesn't personally act, I won't be in trouble.
Ryun Uchiha pondered slightly, then nodded. "Be careful in everything. Oh, right, take this." After saying this, Ryun Uchiha handed Kabuto a Flying Thunder God kunai.
"If you encounter danger, inject your chakra into the kunai. I will arrive at the scene as soon as possible to save you." Ryun Uchiha picked up a teacup, took a small sip, then smiled.
Hearing this, Kabuto Yakushi immediately kowtowed to Ryun Uchiha. "Thank you, Hokage-sama. Kabuto Yakushi is willing to serve Konoha with utter devotion, even unto death."
After saying this, Kabuto put away the kunai, keeping it safe. This was his life-saving talisman.
Ryun Uchiha waved his hand. "Since you're back, go see your foster mother." After saying this, Ryun Uchiha continued to sip his tea.
Kabuto Yakushi acknowledged, then turned and walked towards the orphanage direction outside the villa.
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