Pacific Ocean Campaign

An hour later, Dada and Hirohiko had changed into the training clothes provided by the servants and arrived at the Training Ground. A was already waiting for them.

"You two, come at me with everything you've got. You can use any ninjutsu you know, if you know any." A stood there casually with his arms crossed, every bit the air of an expert. If one ignored the fact that he was facing two little brats, Dada would have given that pose a nine out of ten.

The part about using ninjutsu was naturally directed at Uzumaki Hirohiko. Dada could not cast a single ninjutsu, and A knew that.

The overly blunt opening left Uzumaki Hirohiko at a loss, while Dada instead took a step back. "Hirohiko, you go first. Neither of us knows the other's fighting methods, so attacking together would be disadvantageous. This is also a good chance for Father to understand what you can do."

Hirohiko was devastated by Dada's betrayal. Things had been strange from the start. Hadn't he come here to play with a friend? How had he suddenly ended up having to attack the Raikage? Was that even reasonable?

Dada figured Hirohiko could go wild. If he managed to break the protagonist's defense, he could take over as the protagonist.

Seeing that there was no way out of this, and with A silently waiting nearby, the unspoken pressure forced Hirohiko onward. Left with no choice, Uzumaki Hirohiko gathered his resolve, took several deep breaths, and charged at Third Raikage A.

From Dada's perspective, it was clumsy, but powerful. It was hard to imagine the word "powerful" being used on a six- or seven-year-old child, yet that was the truth.

Hirohiko let out a strange cry, though he cried out too early. By the time he reached the Raikage, all his momentum had already drained away. He leaped up and kicked at A. The move carried plenty of force, but it also left a huge opening. Naturally, A would not exploit that opening to instantly defeat him. He simply stood still.

With a smack, Uzumaki Hirohiko felt as if he had kicked a wall. His opponent did not budge in the slightest, while he himself staggered backward. He quickly circled around to the side and attacked again.

His little fists came flying in a flashy flurry...

A did not move, but he frowned. "No structure at all. It looks like this child has had no foundation whatsoever."

Hirohiko could sense A's dissatisfaction and gradually became anxious. He had only just arrived in Kumogakure and had attended the Ninja Academy for merely a week, but he clearly did not want to be looked down on by a Kage of a Village. How else would he earn lots of money and give his family a good life?!

Hirohiko racked his brains. Aside from basic Chakra training, there was only that one technique the teacher had taught them this past week.

After quickly jumping back some distance, Hirohiko began forming hand seals clumsily, taking roughly three seconds per seal. Fortunately, this technique only required three seals...

Nearly ten seconds later:

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

Several thin bolts of lightning crawled across the ground toward A, then dissipated three meters in front of him.

The scene fell silent for a moment. Hirohiko panicked briefly, then walked forward three meters. Thinking he had brought the Raikage back into range, he began forming seals again.

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

Dada covered his face. Was this kid an idiot...?

The second ninjutsu got closer and successfully reached A's feet, causing A's hair to suffer severe damage as it drifted upward slightly, nearly losing a strand.

Yeah, using C-rank Lightning Release against the Raikage was perfectly reasonable...

Still, Kumogakure was far better than Konohagakure. They would not make Civilian Ninja spend years learning the Three Basic Jutsu only to clearly serve as cannon fodder.

"Continue," A said coldly.

A had meant for Hirohiko to use whatever other methods he had, but a certain idiot seemed to have misunderstood him...

"Ha! Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

With a smack, A's hair fluttered again.

"..."

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

By the time Uzumaki Hirohiko had cast Lightning Release: Earth Flash eight times, Dada could no longer hold it in. Even surprise appeared on A's face.

"Hey, hey, hey... I know the Uzumaki Clan spells Chakra as 'Chakra' but reads it as 'Chakra by the ton,' but isn't this ridiculous?" Dada wondered if this was reasonable.

By his understanding, a child this age would already be impressive if they could cast one or two C-rank ninjutsu. Even his older brother Yotsuki Ki could only cast six or seven C-rank ninjutsu at this age...

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

"Boar—Ram—Snake! Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

Like a perpetual-motion chicken, Uzumaki Hirohiko cast Lightning Release: Earth Flash seventeen times in a row. Only after knocking out three of A's hairs—though they might have fallen out naturally—did he finally show signs of running out of steam.

Dada had gone numb.

Was this setting reasonable? Had the Land of Whirlpools been wiped out because it had incurred divine punishment or something...?

No wonder there had been no explanation. There was no way to patch this plot hole, was there?

At that moment, A suddenly moved. He flashed to Hirohiko's side and swept out with a roundhouse kick. Seeing that Hirohiko's reaction was a little slow, he held back some of his strength. Only after Hirohiko had raised his guard did the kick land on his arm.

With a bang, Hirohiko was sent flying and crashed heavily into the wall of the Training Ground.

"Can you still get up, red-haired brat?!"

Pain darkened Hirohiko's vision, but he gritted his teeth and stood up anyway. A had already held back ninety-nine percent of the force in that kick, yet it still did not feel good.

Hirohiko barely managed to get to his feet and was about to charge forward again.

Just then, a silver flash flickered at the edge of his vision. It seemed that a figure had arrived from behind in an instant.

With a bang, Hirohiko did not react in time, but A certainly did. He raised a hand and blocked a kick that came flying in almost parallel to the ground.

"Good timing," A said.

"Father did say we should attack together, after all. So it doesn't count as a sneak attack." Dada smiled as his kick was blocked.

Dada then twisted rapidly in midair, swinging his left leg at A as well. As he exerted force, silver arcs of electricity flashed beneath his foot with a loud buzzing sound.

Third Raikage A expressionlessly blocked the seemingly powerful kick, then mercilessly formed his fingers into a blade and chopped at Dada.

Dada brought up his knee first, blocking A's strike before he had fully exerted force. He used the impact to pull away, swiftly circled to the side, and rapidly changed moves as he exchanged attacks with the Third Raikage.

Electric arcs flickered and crackled with every exchange, leaving Uzumaki Hirohiko dumbfounded.

Yes, this was Dada's special physique. Whether it was a cheat ability or a Bloodline Disease, it left Dada unable to use or accumulate Chakra while granting him unparalleled physical abilities and an electrical discharge ability he could not turn off.

One had to understand that in the Shinobi World, even taijutsu required the circulation of Chakra. Nothing about being a ninja could avoid Chakra. Those who fought using only their bodies were warriors who had been eliminated centuries ago. Even if those warriors were brought into the present, they would merely fall within the category of ordinary people. Nowadays, even warriors used Chakra.

Yet Dada possessed speed and strength no weaker than those of ordinary ninja using only his physical body.

And lightning power was mixed into his fists and kicks.

That was why Dada was the treasure of the entire Yotsuki Clan. Countless people were counting the days, waiting to find him a wife...

It was simply a match made in heaven with the Lightning Release Chakra Secret Technique. It was hard not to believe this was a Kekkei Genkai produced by the Yotsuki Clan's years of cultivating the secret technique.

Many elders in the clan had estimated that if Dada's problem of being unable to store and use Chakra could be cured, or if he fathered healthy bloodline descendants, then the lower limit of this bloodline would be Elite Jonin, while its upper limit would surpass even the Third Hokage, known as the strongest Raikage.

Because A's physical abilities at this age had been nowhere near this monstrous.

Whenever the old men of the Yotsuki Clan imagined every clan member becoming an Elite Jonin and Raikage running everywhere, they started drooling.

Every time they thought about it, they became excited, wiped away their drool, and continued selecting Dada's principal wife, equal wife, concubines, secondary wives, maidservants, and...

If someone tore off Dada's shirt during battle, they would see the purple spine visible beneath his skin glowing faintly with every movement.

Back at the Training Ground, Dada rapidly exchanged several rounds with the Third Raikage.

Well, the Raikage casually defended against his fierce attacks, then leaped high into the air and chopped downward with fingers formed into a blade. This strike mobilized the strength of his entire body, lightning flashing around him.

"Not bad. You used Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop very well." A casually blocked it, then nodded in satisfaction.

"No, no, no. It was just an ordinary jumping chop. Please don't give it such an exaggerated name."

Dada's attack methods had naturally been learned from the Yotsuki Clan's Nintaijutsu. However, he had no Chakra, so they could only be considered physical techniques. And considering that even physical techniques required Chakra, Dada's moves could only be considered a set of... well... fighting methods.

He was unwilling to name his ordinary attacks using those flashy methods his father favored... In fact, aside from his brother Yotsuki Ki, there was not a third person in the clan who was that chuunibyou...

"I'd rather call it: Lightning Jump Kick."

Uzumaki Hirohiko, standing nearby, was already stunned...

Was his new friend a little too amazing?

Born into a powerful clan, the Raikage's son, and such a formidable fighter...

"Mom, my friend is terrifying..."