"Looks like I have to finally step on the battlefield!" Minato glances at the confrontation on the Kumo battlefield.
Swoosh…
He vanishes from the HQ.
Back on the battlefield,
Whoosh…
Minato appears beside Kakashi and A on the battlefield.
"Minato!" A turns towards Minato with a frown.
"I can handle this on my own!" A clenches his fists with lightning overflowing from his body.
"Spare the unnecessary debate for some other time. For now, our priority should be them." Minato turns towards the three former Raikages.
Hmm…
The First Raikage and the Second Raikage curiously stare at Minato.
"That's the Teleportation Jutsu of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!"
The second Raikage recognizes Minato's teleportation jutsu.
"Who is he?"
"That's the Fourth Hokage of the Konoha!" One of the Edo-Tensei reveals Minato's identity.
"I thought he was dead. How is he alive?" Another shinobis question.
"I am also not sure. But it looks like he faked his death for some reason." Another shinobi remark.
"No, Lord Fourth wasn't dead. After the Nine-tails attack, he went MIA to investigate the incident." A Konoha shinobi remark.
"Lord Minato is the current Supreme Commander of the Allied Shinobi force." Another shinobi who recently died in war and was brought back as Edo remarks.
"I remember him. He is a shinobi with exceptional skills who rose to fame during the Third Shinobi War." Third Raikage Ay recalls Minato's name from his memories.
'I wonder where is white fang?'
Ay recalls his battle against Sakumo Hatake during the Third Shinobi War.
'Hmm… now that I think about it. There was that brat too.' The image of an Uchiha kid with black-blue hair appears in Ay's mind.
"So, another Konoha shinobi with exceptional talent and skills." The First Raikage raises an eyebrow.
The previous battle between Master Chen and Might Guy has already colored him impressed and now there is another shinobi who is also a Kage like them.
"Very well, I will take him head-on." The Second Raikage steps forwards towards Minato.
In front of the Second Raikage's giant muscular body, Minato looks like a little child with no build to boast about. However, Minato isn't intimidated by Second Raikage's strong aura. Instead, he calmly stares at the latter's body movements to anticipate his every move.
Haah…
The Second Raikage makes a single monkey hand sign. He claps his hand and aims them toward Minato.
ROOAAR…
The Second Raikage releases a powerful stream of lightning from his hands. The lightning stream condenses into a gigantic dragon with large fangs and shining red eyes. It opens its mouth gigantic maw and lunges toward Minato in an attempt to swallow him in a single gulp.
Whoosh…
Minato disappears from his place and reappears at some distance near his kunai.
ROOARR…
The lightning dragon opens its mouth and spews out a powerful lightning bolt from its mouth toward Minato's direction.
"I haven't fought against the Second Hokage and his teleportation jutsu for nothing." He remarks as the lightning dragon shoots multiple lightning spears toward each of Minato's kunai.
Minato dodges the attack and wonders.
"The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, was renowned as the most powerful water-style user of his era. Similarly, the Second Raikage held a reputation for his mastery of lightning style, making him the greatest lightning user of all time. In terms of versatility and arsenal of jutsus, the Second Raikage surpasses the Third Raikage. However, the Third Raikage holds an advantage in his extraordinary amount of chakra and stamina, which further enhances his endurance."
Minato respects the Second Raikage's fame and stretches it out his palm to reciprocate the attack.
Shoom…
A large amount of chakra gathers into Minato's palm and turns into a football-size Rasengan.
"Wind Release: Wind Rasengan,"
Minato adds wind chakra to the Rasengan and throws it toward the giant lightning dragon. A disc of wind chakra shrouds the Rasengan.
ROOARR…
The lightning dragon roars and fires a barrage of lightning attacks toward the rapidly approaching Rasengan.
However, the wind disks around the Rasengan nullifies the lightning and slam into the gigantic lightning dragon.
Both jutsus collide with each other and a storm of chakra brews in the surroundings due to their intense clash.
Fwoosh…
Minato vanishes from his position and reappears behind the second Raikage.
Shiing…
He wields a kunai with sealing fuinjutsu runes and stabs it through the second Raikage's heart.
Heh…
A smile appears on the second Raikage's face as his body disperses into lightning. The lightning turns into chains and binds Minato to a place.
"A lightning decoy?!" Minato frowns.
The second Raikage jumps out of the eye of the storm of the previous clash of the Rasengan and the lightning dragon.
"I see!"
Poof…
Minato also disappears in a puff of white smoke.
"A shadow clone?" Now it's the second Raikage who frowns.
"Looks like it's a mistake to underestimate you."
The second Hokage crosses his arms in front of his chest and riles up his chakra.
"Lightning Chakra Mode,"
He wraps his body in a cloak of lightning chakra. His hairs stick up and lightning crackles around his body. His muscles expand as the lightning simulates his body and nervous system, greatly increasing his speed and reflexes.
Minato also reveals himself. He takes a step forward.
Shoom…
An orange cloak shrouds Minato's body. Several magatama markings appear on his cloak.
"Sensei, this!"
"Lord Fourth!"
Kakashi and the rest are surprised by Minato's appearance.
"Looks like you have trump cards of your own." A glance at Minato's cloak and turns towards his father before returning his gaze to Kakashi and Guy.
"Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, I will leave my grandfather to you while I battle against my father." A clench his fists and grits his teeth.
He turns towards his father, Ay.
"Old man, here I come!"
BANG…
A stomp on the ground and disappear with a burst of blue lightning.
Hmm…
The Third Raikage also closes his eyes.
Shoom… Crackle… crackle…
A lightning cloak also shrouds his body.
Haah…
Ay opens his eyes and throws a punch behind him.
BANG…
Ay, and A's punches clash with each other.
Rumble… rumble…
The sparks of lightning from their bodies rend the nearby tree and rocks apart.
Bang… bang…
Both of them exchange a series of rapid punches while flickering across the entire battlefield. A's punches are faster and more precise, while Ay's punches are stronger and heavier.
"Guess we have no choice!"
Kakashi and Guy stare at each other and turn towards the First Raikage.
"Lee, Neji, Tenten! I will leave the rest of these Edos to you."
"Leave them to us, Guy Sensei!" Lee clenches his fists.
"Well, it's much better than fighting against those monsters." Tenten helplessly takes out a bunch of scrolls from her storage bracelet.
This storage bracelet was awarded to her by Kushina Uzumaki for winning first place in the girl's triple-leg marathon during the annual Konoha sports festival.
"You two are exceptional shinobis!" The First Raikage nods at the Kakashi and Guy. While the duo warily stares at them with their guard up against any sneak attack.
"Worry not, I am not as strong as those two!" He continues.
"However, don't be complacent after hearing this. Since a single mistake can be fatal during a battle."
Fwoosh…
The First Raikage's figure disappears into a blur.
"An afterimage!"
Kakashi's expression turns grim as he swiftly throws a kunai toward a spot behind Guy.
"Behind you, Guy!"
Guy also performs a roundhouse kick.
"Leaf whirlwind!"
Clang… BANG…
The first Raikage deflects Kakashi's kunai with his own and blocks Guy's kick with his arm.
"What a heavy kick?" He shakes his hand after blocking Guy's kick.
Bzzt…
Once again, the first Raikage disappears into a flash of lightning.
Hmm…
"What's this?" The tomoes in Kakashi's Sharingan flicker as the figure of the first Raikage turns into a lightning bolt and disappears in his vision.
'He can turn his body into lightning?!'
This is the first time Kakashi has seen an odd thing.
'If I count the smoke body clan, then it might be the second time.' Kakashi warily holds the kunai in his hand.
"Looks like we have one tough battle ahead."
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Back at Naruto's position.
"Back then, if only I was there for you." Jiraiya sighs as he gently pats Nagato's head.
Nagato's body slowly disappears into motes of white light as he finally makes peace with his Sensei.
He turns towards Naruto.
"Naruto, I located Kabuto's position quite a while ago using the abilities of my Rinnegan. I am revealing them to you now since I have broken free of Kabuto's influence and he can no longer hear our conversation."
Nagato stretches out his finger and taps Naruto's forehead. He passes the information to Naruto using the abilities of the Human path.
"Farewell, Sensei, Naruto!"
Nagato finally vanishes into white light and returns to the Pure Land.
"Nagato!" Jiraiya stares at the empty space in front of him with an outstretched hand.
"Pervy-Sage, I will stop Kabuto." Naruto bumps his fists together.
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!"
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