Chapter 486: 451. Blunt sword Kabutowari
Whoosh…
The shinobis swiftly separate from the two-mist swordsman and the Iwa shinobis create an earth prison wall around the two.
"Attack them!"
The captain yells and makes a series of hand signs.
"Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld,"
The captain alters the solid ground into the mud to sink the two mist swordsmen.
"Pour more water in the swamp!"
Multiple water release users make a series of hand signs and spew out jets of water into the swamp to restrict their movements.
"Earth Release: Mineral Assimilation,"
One of the vice-captains makes a series of hand signs and excavates various minerals from the ground and pours them into the swamp to create a slurry.
"Use Fire Jutsu to heat it!" The captain yells and sends a message to headquarters for backup.
The fire users heat the slurry to solidify it into a concrete mixture. Jinin and Fuguki are trapped inside the solid mixture.
"Did we get them?" The shinobis warily stare at the group.
"Let's seal them before they could free themselves." One of the vice-captains instructs the sealing team.
"Yes, sir!"
The members of the sealing team place down the sealing scrolls from their backs and make a series of hand signs.
"This was surprisingly easy!" Other vice-captains stare at the Mist vice-captain.
"Well… umm…" Before the Mist vice-captain could reply.
Hmm…
The captain's face changes drastically as he senses a surge of chakra beneath the ground.
"EVERBODY, MOVE!"
The captain screams to warn his teammates. However,
BOOM…
A powerful explosion occurs with the sealing team at the center. The powerful explosion engulfs the sealing team and a few nearby shinobis. Even the vice-captain from Sunagakure is caught in the explosion.
Blood splatters onto the battlefield as body parts of the sealing unit members spread throughout the area, much to the horror of some shinobis. Dust and smoke block their vision.
"What… what happened?" The vice-captain from Kiri stares at the situation with horror.
"This isn't good!" The captain immediately enters into a combat stance.
Whoosh…
A figure leaps out of the smoke and punches the captain with bare fists.
"Explosion Release: Landmine Fist,"
An Edo Tensei with spiky, light brown hairs and a prominent jawline target the captain.
"Crap!" The captain crosses his arm and layers them with earth release.
BOOM…
A powerful unidirectional explosion covers the captain's body and sends him away flying.
Bang…
The captain smashes through multiple trees and hits a boulder.
Bleurgh…
He pukes out a mouthful of blood and bleeds from the forehead. The captain's arms are brutally scorched from the explosion despite shielding them with the Earth Release.
Cough… cough…
He coughs slightly and wipes out the blood from his mouth. The captain takes eats a recovery pill and slowly stands up.
"That's… that's Gari of the explosion release from the explosion corps." The Iwagakure vice-captain recognizes the attacker.
"So, someone still remembers me after my death." Gari turns towards the Iwa Vice-captain.
"Captain!"
One of the combat medics from the medic unit swiftly treats the captain's wounds while Gari engages with the Iwa vice-captain.
"Don't fight in close combat with me. Your body will explode at the touch of his hands." He avoids Gari's punches.
Boom… Boom…
Explosion sets off wherever Gari touches with his palm.
"Let me help you!"
The Kumogakure vice-captain swings his giant blade to disrupt Gari's attack. He makes a series of hand signs.
"Lightning Release: Discharge Over burst,"
He claps his hands and releases a powerful burst of lightning toward Gari.
Boom… Whoosh…
Gari explodes the ground underneath him with his feet and leaps into the air to avoid the lightning-release attack.
The Kumo vice-captain attempts to follow up with an overhead chop. However,
"Where do you think you are going?" A giant axe smashes toward his head.
Clang…
"Damn it! They got freed." He blocks the Kabutowari axe with his blade.
"I am not done yet!" Jinin follows up the attack with a swing of the Kabutowari hammer on top of the axe and breaks apart the giant blade into pieces.
CLANG… CLANK…
Kabutowari, the blunt sword- is capable of breaking through any defense and smashing apart any weapon into pieces.
The Kiri vice-captain's expression turns grim.
"Yo, brat! I haven't fought with anyone in a long time. Entertain me a little, will you?" Fuguki swings his giant stolen blade toward the Kiri shinobi's neck.
Clang…
The Kiri shinobi blocks the blade with his kunai. However, Fuguki follows up with a kick and pushes him away.
Guffaw…
The Kiri vice-captain wipes the blood from his mouth and warily gazes at Fuguki.
"Tch… looks like the shinobi nowadays are slacking off in their training. If that's the case, I might as well end this farce."
"Fuguki Suikazan, the former wielder of the Shark Skin, Samehada, not only possesses an enormous amount of chakra but also possesses immense physical strength. In terms of raw power, he was the strongest mist swordsman of his generation. However…"
The Kiri vice-captain smiles and clasps his hand together.
"Water Release: Droplet Spear,"
Blub… Blub…
Several water droplets float around Fuguki.
HAAH…
The water droplet converges on top of Fuguki and bombards him from all directions in the form of mini spears.
Pew… pew… pew…
They pierce through Fuguki's body without giving him a chance to retaliate.
Huff… huff…
The Kiri vice-captain breathes heavily as Fuguki stops in his place.
"Did he get him?" He warily stares at the silent Fuguki.
Bwahaha…
Suddenly, Fuguki burst out in laughter and slowly walks towards the Kiri shinobi.
"Not bad! I might be slightly hurt if was alive. However, this body doesn't feel any pain. Be careful of my next attack!"
Fuguki infuses the chakra into the chakra blade and lifts it. The blade of the sword elongates as Fuguki performs a vertical swing.
"Water Release: Great Splitting water exploding wave cutter,"
BOOM…
The water blade slices through the ground in a straight line and multiple jets of water erupt from the ground, cleaving through the shinobi army.
He performs another horizontal swing and slices multiple shinobis in half.
Bang…
Jinin smashes the Kabutowari hammer on the ground, blasting a crater at the point of impact. The Kumo shinobi barely avoids the attack.
"How can we even stop them?" The Kiri vice-captain despairs.
Fwish…
Suddenly, a bolt of blue lightning flashes past his eyes.
Huh!
The Kiri vice-captain blinks in confusion.
"What was that?"
"Die!"
Jinin follows the hammer attack with a charged axe attack to chop the Kumo captain.
CLANG….
Suddenly, a bolt of blue lightning flashes in front of him and blocks the attack.
AH!
The Kumo vice-captain was prepared to accept his death and is surprised to see the figure in front of him.
"Raikage-sama!"
Joy appears on his face as he recognizes the figure blocking the axe attack with vambraces. Lightning sparks flicker across the vambrace as A pushes the axe back.
"You think you can stop me!"
Jinin smirks and follows the axe attack by smashing the hammer on top of the axe.
BANG…
The ground beneath A's leg crumbles, but the latter steadily holds his own.
Bzzt… Crackle…
Lightning flickers across A's other arm.
"Lightning Release: Quake Flash Strike,"
BANG…
He smashes his other fist into Jinin's body and sends him flying across the forest.
KRRK… CRACKLE…
Lighting flickers across A's eyes as he stomps his feet on the ground.
"BOLT TACKLE,"
BOOM…
A lightning bolt explodes at A's former position as he vanishes from his spot and reappears above Jinin.
"DIE!"
A clasp both his hands into a fist and smashes them on top of Jinin's body. The powerful blows away half of Jinin's body.
A grab the Kabutowari blade and turn towards the Kumo shinobi.
"What are you gawking at? Hurry up and seal him!" A's yell wakes up the Kumo vice-captain from his reverie.
"Yes, Raikage-sama!" The Vice-captain quickly takes a sealing tag from his pocket and applies it on top of Jinins's body.
Besides, the sealing corps, every captain and vice-captain of a regiment is given a bunch of sealing tags for such situations.
"Next up!"
A turn his attention towards Fuguki, who is rampaging through the shinobi army. The members of the allied shinobi force are frantically escaping away from him.
"I will get to him later since he is a bit troublesome." A turn his attention to Gari, who is fighting against the Konoha Captain and Iwa Vice-captain.
Bzzt… Crackle…
A cloak his body in lightning and flicker towards Gari. He clenches his fist and punches the latter. Gari also notices A's presence.
The latter coat his arms in explosive chakra. His palm emits a blinding light.
"Explosion Release: Exploding Palm,"
"Lightning Release: Quake Flash Strike,"
BOOM…
Chapter 487: 452. Traitor of Mist
BOOM…
The impact of both jutsu creates a powerful explosion at the point of impact. Dust and smoke shroud A while Gari jumps out of the explosion. Gari's left arm is blown by the blast.
"Huh! I got hurt." Gari stares at his rapidly regenerating arm.
Whoosh…
A also jumps out of the dust cloud with clenched fists.
"How are you still fine?" Gari is surprised to see a perfectly fine A.
"Lightning is the weakness of the earth release. The explosion release is also a combination of earth release and lightning release. My lightning jutsu counter the earth release."
BANG…
A punches Gari's face and sends him flying. Gari also slams his fist into A's chest.
'Explosion Release: Landmine fist,'
Boom…
The explosion hurls A in the air, but the latter blocks the damage using his lightning cloak. He swiftly closes the distance and rapidly punches Gari from all sides.
A overpowers Gari in all aspects. He picks up Gari using his brute strength and slams him around like a rag doll.
BZZT… CRACKLE…
A riles up his chakra. Lightning flickers across his eyes as he infuses lightning in his arms. His arms swell up slightly and his veins pop out on the surface of his skin.
"LlIIGGGOOORRR BOOOMMBBB!!"
A slams Gari's body into the ground and blows him to smithereens. Dust and ashes spread in the surrounding and a giant crater appear around his feet. Lightning crackles across the crater.
Crack… snap…
A crack his neck and turns his attention to Fuguki.
"Two down, one more to go!"
A leaves the sealing of Gari to the captain and vice-captains. Lightning flicker across his feet as he reappears in front of Fuguki.
A clenches his finger into a fist and aims for Fuguki's head.
BANG…
Fuguki anticipates A's movements and blocks his attack with the giant sword. Wind swirls around Fuguki's blade as he negates A's lightning.
Clang…
Both of them separate from each other and carefully read each other's movements.
Fuguki calmly stares at A and opens his mouth.
"Looks like the third Hokage taught you really well!"
"Words of praise are worth feces from the mouth of a traitor!" A mocks his as he recalls Kumo's previous deal with the former leader of the Seven Mist Swordsman Fuguki Suikazan.
Despite being the leader of the Seven Mist Swordsman, Fuguki betrayed Kiri in hopes of survival during the Kiri civil war. Fuguki's life-threatening battle against Night Duy left him with severe internal injuries that were too difficult to recover from. This led to a rapid decline in Fuguki's power and status in the village. So, despite being the leader of the Mist Swordsman, Fuguki was a disposable piece to the elders of the conservative faction. They wanted to drain all of his value before discarding him like trash.
Fuguki was also aware of his status quo and thus wanted to escape from the clutches of Kiri's elders. So, he sold the information to enemy nations around Kirigakure.
Kumogakure was one of the nations who bought the intel and A was precisely the leader of the party that handled the trade. So, he recognized Fuguki the instant their eyes met.
However, who could have expected that the conservative faction of Kirigakure became aware of Fuguki's action. So, they assigned a shinobi of their own named Kisame Hoshigaki to Fuguki's Cypher division.
Kisame caught Fuguki in the act of betrayal and managed to slaughter him in the end. After Fuguki's death, Kisame took his Mist sword Samehada for himself and joined the conservative faction as the new Seven Swordsman of the Mist.
However, who could have expected that Kisame would later betray the conservative faction and join Akatsuki. Kirigakure also hid the news about Fuguki's death from the rest of the world since it's a shameful matter for one of the Seven Mist swordsmen of mist to be a traitor to the village.
After being reminded of his dark history, Fuguki grits his teeth. His eyes turn red and his chakra becomes erratic. Fuguki's hairs float in the air and harden.
"That battle was a blemish on my reputation. Six of us fought in that battle against a genin from Konoha. And yet, only three of us survived to tell the tale. Everything went downhill from that point. If not for my injuries, how could I have died in the hands of a mere subordinate of mine."
Fuguki turns to A with a malevolent expression.
"Brat! I will teach you the lesson your father forgot to teach you."
RUMBLE…
Ground cracks underneath Fuguki as the latter riles up his chakra. He was the former wielder of Samehada and as such his chakra reserves were monstrous to handle that chakra-leeching sword.
SHOOM…
A pillar of chakra becomes visible to the naked eyes as Fuguki stares daggers at A.
Swish… swish… swish…
Fuguki makes a series of hand signs and opens his mouth.
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave,"
He spits out a large amount of water from his mouth. The water surges into gigantic waves each measuring up to tens of meters high. Fuguki rides on top of the waves as they blast into A with immense might.
Hmph…
A snort and riles up his chakra. His hair rises into hair from the surge of lighting chakra.
A lifts his hand in the air and swings it down into a vertical motion.
"Lightning Oppression Vertical Chop,"
BOOM…
A sharp bolt of lightning escapes from A's arm and slashes apart the approaching tidal wave.
Fuguki jumps down from the top of the wave. He compresses and infuses a large amount of water chakra into the giant chakra blade. The blade of the chakra blade turns pale blue at first. Fuguki infuses the chakra till the blade turns to a shade of deep blue.
"Water Release: Crushing Mountain Splitting Earth slash,"
The blade increases in length and slashes across the battlefield into an arc. The chakra giant sword releases a powerful crescent water blade that slashes through the ground and splits an area of fifty meters in half. A powerful pillar of water explodes from the ground and rains down as sharp water spears.
Haah…
A avoids the initial crescent water blade with his speed. He slowly removes his vambraces to reveal his black lightning tattoo.
"I have seen your strength, now it's my turn."
HAAAAHHH…
Black lightning flickers across A's eyes. His entire lightning chakra turns black and a red glow appears in A's eyes.
"Black Lightning: Doom hammer,"
A combines both his hands into a fist and raises them above his head. Black lightning gathers around his hands and strikes the area around him.
Whoosh…
A disappear from his place and reappear above Fuguki.
'His speed is much faster than before. My eyes can't keep up!' Fuguki murmurs as he launches an omnidirectional barrage of hair needles from his head.
Bang… bang… pew… pew…
The chakra infuses hairs pierces through surrounding rocks and trees and slices chunks of the ground in its vicinity. However, A ignores the rapidly approaching hair needles. His cloak of black lightning disintegrates the hairs into ashes before it could pierce his skin.
Haah…
Fuguki elongates his hair and covers his entire body with them. The steel-like hairs surround with me a defensive layer with multiple spiky protrusions.
As soon as A's hands reach Fuguki's body, he opens his palms and discharges a powerful bolt of lightning that shred apart Fuguki's hair defenses and pierces all the way through his body. The powerful bolt of black lightning splits his body in half and enters the ground while drilling a ginormous hole beneath them.
"Hmph… even if you were alive and in your peak condition, you would suffer the same fate under my hands." A snorts and turns around.
The remaining members of the sealing team and vice-captain quickly surround Fuguki's still-recovering body. They place various sealing tags on his body and immobilize him.
"RAIKAGE SAMA!" Shinobis from Kumogakure cheer for the victory of their leader.
"It's nothing much!" A nod at them and turns toward the captain of the unit.
"Vacate this sector and regroup with another unit from a different sector. I will move to the next sector to provide backup."
Whoosh…
A swiftly flickers away without waiting for any response from the captain.
"Yes, commander!" The Konoha captain bows his head in A's direction and turns his attention to his unit.
"Let's move towards the sector in the north. Earlier, during Raikage Sama's battle, I heard a loud explosion noise in that direction. Let's lend our strength to our comrades!"
"Yes, captain!"
The surviving members resolutely raise their hands and march forward in the particular direction mentioned by their leader.
This is just the first wave of attack in Kabuto's night raid. Similar attacks are occurring in almost every sector. The attacks were so intense that Minato and Shikaku had to slightly alter their plan and send A to the battlefield to prevent casualties. The night battle rages on.
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