Chapter 521: 486. A Clash of Kages Part-2
Back at the First Company's camp.
Sakumo glances at the state of his camp and sighs.
There is a gigantic crater in the middle of the camp. Several scorched bodies and grievously injured shinobis are laid inside the giant pit.
"Medics… quick!"
The combat medics quickly escort the injured shinobis to the medical tents for treatment.
Sakumo summons the vice commanders and various captains.
"We have to return to the battlefield!"
He assigns a few teams to guard the camp and leads a group of elite shinobis with him to the battle.
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Ay and A continue to trade blows with each other and with each strike, the superior strength of Ay pushes A back.
"Your fists have grown weaker with age!" Aye glances at the wrinkles on his son's face.
BANG…
A block one of Ay's punches and counterattacks with an axe kick infused with lightning.
BOOM…
The kick lands straight on Ay's chest. A cloud of dust and smoke rises due to the impact.
Hmm…
Ay walks out of the dust cloud and wipes off the dust from his chest. He cracks his neck and turns towards A.
"Your kicks lack strength; your punches lack resolve. Is this the strength of the current Raikage?"
Shoom…
Ay flickers towards A and lands a heavy blow on him.
Bang…
A block the punch with his arm.
Bleurgh…
A puke out a mouthful of blood. The powerful force from the attack inflicts internal injuries on his body.
Bang…
Ay infuses the chakra in his leg and kicks A away from the battlefield.
Bzzt… Crackle…
Lightning flickers around A's body as he loses the protection of his lightning cloak.
Bang… bang…
Ay continues to abuse him by landing a flurry of kicks and punches in his body. A grimace in pain as Ay breaks almost all of his bones.
On the other side of the battlefield,
The Second Raikage and Minato glance in the direction of Ay and A. The second Raikage shakes his head.
"Ay is too brutal! He is not only brutal to his enemies but to his family, too. However, none of that is nowhere enough to the brutality he underwent to shape his body into an ultimate weapon."
BAM…
A grabs Ay's fist and opens his eyes.
BZZT… CRACKLE…
Black lightning flickers around A's body.
<Black lightning Chakra Mode>
A cloak of black lightning chakra shrouds A's body. Lightning crackles around A's hair and eyebrows. A's eye turns red and the black lightning tattoo on his body spreads across his entire body like totem seals.
"BLACK LIGHTNING CRUSH!"
A clasp his fists into a hammer and smashes it atop Ay's head.
Haha…
A smile appears on Ay's face as he blocks A's fists with his arms.
"This is it!"
BOOM…
Dust and debris fly towards the sky in the shape of a pillar as A land one heavy blow after another.
"Haha… bring it on!" The tattoo around Ay's shoulder activates and he also enters into black lightning chakra mode.
"Hmm… I see!"
Minato understands Ay's intention.
"He is training A in the black lightning chakra mode."
"Correct observation!" The second Raikage nods in agreement.
"The black lightning is the most savage and uncontrolled form of lightning chakra. It is so powerful that it not only hurts the enemy but also the user who is wielding it. With each use, the black lightning will slowly destroy the body from within by slowly rupturing every cell of the body from within. So, the only method to train this technique to the extreme was to infuse killing intent into every black lightning attack and channel it within every bone and muscle."
"Hmm… so that's how it is!" Minato nods in understanding.
"Despite his outer appearance and strength, Ay was very soft inside. He always had a soft spot for his family. When he first performed the ritual of inscribing the black lightning tattoo on A's body, A went into a coma for months. This greatly hurt Ay's feelings and he swore to never train A with such cruelty in his life. So, he handed over the responsibility of teaching A to his bodyguards."
Skirsh… skirsh…
The second Raikage tears his upper garments to reveal his bare chest.
A large black kanji tattoo for 'Storm' is inscribed on his chest.
The second Raikage raises his hands towards the sky and infuses a large amount of chakra into them.
"Storm Release: Thunder God Destruction Sphere," (Ranton: Raijin hakai-kyū)
The dispersed black clouds from earlier attacks gather above the Second Raikage's head.
HAAH…
He makes a series of hand signs and claps his hands together.
CRACKLE… CRACKLE… BZZTT…
The black clouds coalesce together into a giant sphere of supercharged air currents and overloaded lightning bolts with millions of volts of electric current. The compact lightning cloud compresses further and the color of lightning turns black.
The super dense compressed lightning cloud occupies a volume of a water tank.
Bzzt…
Everything in the vicinity of the jutsu gets ionized and even the air turns into a conductor as several bolts of lightning travel through the air and strike the ground.
"You can't counter this jutsu unless you possess a powerful wind release jutsu of the same caliber. So, I would advise you to escape using your teleportation jutsu."
Minato glances at his finger as lightning flickers between them.
'So, this is the true power of the fabled Storm Release?'
Minato can feel the pure force of destruction in the jutsu.
'It is said that the second Hokage was capable of flooding an entire village given there was a water body nearby for him to control. Looks like the same is true for the Second Raikage.'
"I can't escape even if I want to. Since the jutsu will change direction toward my students if I avoid it. So, I can only respond in kind." Minato shakes his head.
He stretches out his arm. Minato infuses a large amount of wind-release chakra into his hand. He shapes the chakra into a Rasengan. The wind-release chakra forms a Fuma shuriken ring around the Rasengan. The jutsu releases grinding sounds similar to the blades of a windmill.
"Incredible!"
The second Raikage witnesses Minato's Chō Ōdama Rasenshuriken with disbelief in his eyes.
"This technique… it… it's the cumulation of peak shape and nature transformation. What genius mind and what amazing talent?" He praises the jutsu from the bottom of his heart.
"I am not the original creator of this technique!" Minato shakes his head.
"Then who is it? Who created such an amazing technique?"
"It's my son!" Minato proudly stares into the second Raikage's eyes.
"I see!" The second Raikage nods and glances towards the clash of two jutsu.
BOOM…
Both jutsu collide with each other. The clash of such powerful jutsu generates a gigantic tornado encompassing lightning and wind blades. The lightning bolt burns down the ground while the wind blades lacerate everything it touches.
"Looks like I got my answer!"
The Second Raikage closes his eyes as the Rasenshuriken destroys the black lightning cloud and engulfs his body. The second Raikage's body vanishes into the motes of light.
On the other side,
Ay, and A's battle also comes to an end as A's fingers finally pierce through Ay's lightning cloak.
"You did it A! You surpassed me." A smile appears on Ay's face as his body slowly disperses.
"Old man, I will never forgive this lesson." A's eyes turn moist and he turns his head away to avoid embarrassment.
Kakashi and Might Guy also figure out the nature of First Raikage's technique.
"His technique is an advanced version of lightning flicker. It's similar to Sensei's flying Thunder God jutsu, where Sensei marks a target and teleports at its location using the spacetime ninjutsu. However, the first Raikage technique is more like an instantaneous movement technique, where he moves between two specific coordinates in his line of sight using his special lightning-based physique."
The tomoes in Kakashi's left eye spin rapidly and turn into Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Kamui!"
Chapter 522: 487. A Clash of Kages Part-3
Kakashi and Guy confront the First Raikage. The first Raikage doesn't have a vast arsenal of jutsus like the second Raikage. Neither does he possess a powerful shield and spear like the Third Raikage. However, the first Raikage had quite a powerful instantaneous movement ability and a special lightning state that makes him invulnerable to attacks.
"Guy, buy me some time to figure out his technique?" Kakashi turns to Guy.
"Leave it to me!"
Guy crosses his arms around his chest.
"Eight Inner Gates: Fifth gate of Limit: Open,"
Guy enters the fifth gate and flickers in front of the First Raikage. He has yet to completely recover his stamina from the previous battle. So, currently, the fifth gate is his limit.
HAAH…
A green aura envelope Guy. He clenches his fists and dashes towards the First Raikage. However, within a few seconds, the First Raikage overwhelms Guy with a barrage of omnidirectional attacks.
"Hmm…"
Guy could only passively block every attack and despite his every attempt to counterattack with his fast reflexes, he is always slow by a moment.
Hmm…
'This is…'
Kakashi notices a glimmer of a lightning clone every time the First Raikage performs his instantaneous movement.
"So, that's how it is!"
He figures the secret of the First Raikage's movement technique.
"Kamui!"
Kakashi activates his Kamui and banishes the lightning mark of the First Raikage to the other dimension.
Swoosh…
This disrupts the first Raikage's lightning state and reveals his body. However, he quickly shifts his position and re-enters into his special lightning state.
The lightning remnant allowed him to leave an invisible chakra mark in his surroundings.
"Guy, I figured out his technique. I just need an opening to break it."
"Very well!"
Guy grits his teeth and takes out a chakra pill from his pocket. He gulps the pill and riles up his chakra.
"Sixth Gate: Gate of View: Open,"
The powerful shockwave from Guy's body disrupts the lightning state of the First Raikage, revealing him and his lightning marks.
"KAMUI!"
Kakashi quickly memorizes the location of the lightning marks and destroys them with his Kamui, revealing the first Raikage.
"Looks like you figured out the secret of my Lightning Remnant technique." The First Raikage nods at them.
"The lightning remnant allows me to leave an invisible chakra mark in my surroundings. By expanding my chakra, I can enter into a special lightning state where my body gains the properties of the lightning and I can instantly move between remnants at lightning speeds. Thus, making me very mobile and untouchable on the battlefield.
However, this technique has a serious limitation that it requires me to expand an enormous amount of chakra and constantly create new lightning remnants on the battlefield since a lightning remnant gets consumed as soon as I teleport to it. So, this Edo body is almost perfect for this technique."
Kakashi seals The First Raikage's body using a sealing tag and heaves a sigh of relief.
GAH…
Guy's eyes turn white, and he faints from exhaustion.
"GUY!"
Kakashi quickly supports Guy and carries him on his back.
Previously, Guy pushed his limit by opening the Sixth Gate to create an opening for Kakashi.
Sakumo and his team also arrive on the battlefield as the rest of the group is done dealing with their adversaries.
"Looks like we are late!"
He shakes his head and signals a few medics among his team to tend to the Raikage, Guy, and Guy's students.
"Dad!" Kakashi walks beside Sakumo as the latter nods his head.
"Good work! You can take a break for tonight. Someone else will take over your night watch shift!"
"That's a relief!" Kakashi also closes his eyes.
Sakumo lifts his head and stares at the giant moon in the sky.
"The moon seems a bit larger than usual." He mumbles and turns his attention to the rest.
"Quickly wrap up here and return to the camp."
'Today's meeting is going to be unpleasant!'
Back at the coastal battlefield on Kiri's side,
Tsunade, Mei, Fugaku, and others warily stare at the dense mist in front of them.
Other than a few attacks from the Zetsu soldiers, there was no other movement from the mist.
"What's Kabuto planning?" Tsunade frowns as she cast another glance at the mist before returning to her camp.
They had the most uneventful battle of the day.
"Whatever it is, I don't have a good feeling about it!" Mei shakes her head.
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"What… Naruto, you located Kabuto's position?" Shikaku asks in surprise.
"Yes, it was Nagato who located him. And I am currently on my way to stop him." Naruto relays the coordinates and flickers in the southeast direction.
The personnel at the HQ marks the location on the map.
"That direction!" Shikaku raises an eyebrow.
"Sasuke and Itachi are close by!" Inoichi points out.
"Inform them of the situation! Naruto, we can't allow you to walk in the enemy's trap." Shikaku shakes his head.
"Let Sasuke and Itachi take care of it."
"But I…"
"Naruto, he is right! We can't ignore the possibility of it being a trap. So, it's best if you leave it to others." Kushina also voices her opinion.
"Mom, even you too."
"NARUTOO!"
"Fine, I get it!" Naruto raises his hands in surrender.
In a forest at the border of the Land of River and Land of Fire,
Itachi and his team receive the message from the HQ.
"We found him." He nods at the rest of his team members and flickers towards Kabuto's hideout.
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A few hours earlier, at the Iwa battlefield,
Mu obliterates Onoki using a blast of his particle extinction cannon.
"GRANDPAA!!"
Kurotsuchi screams in horror as Onoki's figure vanishes from her sight.
"Did I kill him?" Mū glances around at his surroundings as he is unable to sense Onoki's chakra signature.
"It's gone! His chakra signature."
The various sensors at the battlefield gulp their saliva as Onoki's chakra signature vanishes.
"Onoki-sama, is he… dead?"
The morale of shinobis from Iwagakure hits rock bottom.
"Now it's time for the rest of you to join him."
Mū infuses a large amount of chakra into his palm and shapes it into a giant cone.
Swish… Fwoosh…
A blurry figure reappears behind Mū and pierces a special sealing kunai through his chest.
GAH…
The surprise disrupts the chakra and destroys the giant cone. Several sealing runes crawl out of the kunai and binds Mū's body.
"You…"
Mū slowly turns around his head. The blurry figure becomes clear, revealing Onoki's face.
"How… how did you do it?" Mū slowly opens his mouth as the fuinjutsu seal slowly immobilizes his body.
Mū doesn't enquire about the nature of Onoki's concealment technique, since it's a variation of his own 'Dustless Bewildering Cover' secret technique. The fuinjutsu seal of the kunai disrupts Mū's hearing and slowly puts his consciousness to sleep. However, he is still able to lip-read Onoki's response.
"I see!"
Mū closes his eyes with a powerful seal shrouding his entire body.
Phew…
Onoki heaves a sigh of relief and wipes the cold sweat from his forehead.
This is a very tough battle for him since his enemy, being his mentor, knew every trick up his sleeve. Not only that, Onoki is aware of the fact that Mū held withheld a few techniques as his trump card and never taught those techniques to anyone.
"Sigh… to think that I would have to resort to trickery to defeat him."
Onoki sighs as he recalls the battle. Before the fourth shinobi war, the Fifth Hokage Tsunade shared one of the secret techniques, 'Shadow clones' with all Kages as a symbol of trust. The other Kages readily signed the agreement of non-disclosure to other shinobis of their village. The shadow clone is one of the most powerful techniques with the most utility.
'In the end, I had to let go of my pride and resort to such means.'
Onoki grits his teeth and flies away toward the camp.
While flying, he recalls the bitter memories from his youth. The humiliation and disgrace he underwent on that day and the oath he swore to himself.
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In a secret underground hideout.
Tch…
Kabuto clicks his tongue at the failure of his plan.
"It's time for the next phase of my plan!"
He glances at the wooden coffin in front of him.
"The summoning will take some preparation!"
He makes a series of hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
A giant fuinjutsu formation appears on the ground.
A twisted smile creeps on Kabuto's face and a grim smile appears on Onoki's face as both of them mutter a name.
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