Kindergarten-Grade Flying Thunder God

Susanoo's unique Yasakani no Magatama was roughly as powerful as an S-rank ninjutsu.

In the original story, when Itachi, Naruto, and Killer B destroyed Nagato's Planetary Devastation during the Edo Tensei era, they used the Magatama, Rasenshuriken, and a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb, respectively.

Hanma could not take the Yasakani no Magatama head-on either. Otherwise, one wrong step would easily lead to a cascade of mistakes.

Setsuna forcibly drove Susanoo onward, saturated waves of Magatama constantly spraying out amid the Tachi's slashes, while his vision had nearly blurred completely.

Hanma casually glanced at Black Hawk in the sky, calculating the distance and timing.

A barrage of Magatama came flying in again. Hanma feigned exhaustion and deliberately let a series of them hit him. The Magatama erupted in violent explosions, concealing his figure.

Seeing Hanma get hit, Tsunade did not hesitate in the slightest. She used a Body Flicker to charge into the smoke, refusing to give him any chance to catch his breath.

Hanma was also showing faint signs of decline. Cracks had appeared in the breastplate of his Blood Armor. Susanoo's offensive power ranked among the best even at the Kage-level.

Seeing Tsunade charge at him, Hanma smiled. To cover for Black Hawk, he took broad steps backward in the opposite direction, no longer choosing to press Setsuna.

Tsunade stayed close behind him, throwing a Monster Strength Punch fiercely at Hanma.

Unfortunately, throughout this battle, Hanma had only been forced to reposition by the Magatama when he approached Setsuna, allowing Tsunade to flank him and giving her a chance to hit him.

If Hanma did not intend to attack Setsuna, Tsunade could not threaten him at all with his speed.

Hanma kept Tsunade hanging at a subtle pace, using his speed advantage to land short, sharp blows that wore down her stamina.

Light punches could not deliver a fatal blow, and against Tsunade, who possessed medical abilities, there was no possibility of winning through attrition.

Yet this method only made people more irritated!

Tsunade took a Hook Punch to the shoulder. Just as she was about to retaliate, she saw Hanma retreat immediately after landing the hit, a relaxed smile on his face.

He darted close again, and a Jab struck her chest. Hanma smiled apologetically and bent low as he continued opening the distance.

Tsunade was both embarrassed and furious. This was practically harassment. Her face darkened as this shameless method filled her with rage.

Hanma's fighting style was all about targeting weaknesses, savagely attacking wherever others fell short of him. He bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Tormented into a state of frustration, Tsunade shouted, "Summoning Technique!"

Three enormous Katsuyu appeared in the field.

This was the current Tsunade. With the Mangekyo's enhancement and her own Senju bloodline, she could freely expend Chakra and summon three massive creatures at once.

"Lady Katsuyu, please use your mucus to seal off this entire training ground!"

Since all the candidates in this commander election were Konoha's powerhouses, no one had bothered establishing rules. Everyone simply handled things as they saw fit.

But clearly, if Tsunade truly sealed off the entire field, Hanma could hardly keep retreating—or even run out of the training ground.

This was not moral coercion. It was simply an unwritten rule of competition.

The three enormous Katsuyu sprayed thick mucus, and the ground sizzled as it corroded. It was clearly a highly acidic substance, and the entire training ground was slowly covered by this yellow-green liquid.

Hanma looked at the mucus beneath his feet and chuckled. To limit his speed, Tsunade was already disregarding the consequences.

He stepped forward and threw a Straight Punch at Tsunade.

Tsunade's eyes lit up. In truth, she wanted Hanma to fight her in a contest of strength. Enhanced by the Mangekyo and Katsuyu, she faintly held the upper hand in raw power.

"Boom—"

Their fists collided, and a sonic boom echoed through the forest once more as Tsunade and Hanma entered a contest of strength.

Hanma smiled faintly. Looking at Setsuna in the distance, clutching his eyes, and Black Hawk circling slowly about two hundred meters overhead while carrying a massive stone slab, he prepared to unleash his winning tactic!

Black Hawk spread its wings, dragging the stone slab as it spiraled down toward Setsuna.

Setsuna covered his eyes, which were already shedding bloody tears. Maintaining Tsunade's enhanced state for so long was also an immense burden on him.

Barely making out Black Hawk in the sky, Setsuna paid it no mind. Was this foolish Summoning Beast really planning to smash him with a stone slab?

Setsuna tilted his head slightly upward and merely controlled Susanoo to raise its Tachi a little, waiting for Black Hawk to deliver itself to him.

The crimson Lightning Armor around Hanma had already dimmed considerably. He deliberately withdrew his strength, took a punch from Tsunade head-on, and flew straight backward.

Tsunade looked excited and astonished. "The Mangekyo's enhancement for me is simply too great."

Using a Body Flicker, she pursued Hanma directly, putting more and more distance between herself and Setsuna.

As Hanma flew backward, a triumphant smile hung on his face. His plan was about to be completed. He called this technique the "Bankrupt Manual Slow-Model Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Black Hawk and the huge stone slab fell together, but unexpectedly, Black Hawk's wings overlapped in a human-like manner, forming a pose that resembled hand seals. "Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"

A cloud of thick smoke erupted, and Hanma appeared on Black Hawk's back. At that moment, he was only a hundred meters from Setsuna!

Hanma looked at Setsuna and smiled faintly. Chakra gathered again as he braced himself against the massive stone slab, using it as a foothold to shoot toward Setsuna!

Tsunade stared in stunned silence from afar. Summoning Beasts capable of switching places with their masters were not particularly rare. As long as they had signed a contract, even the Uchiha clan's Ninken could use Reverse Summoning to seek their master's aid.

But few people used this technique as a combat method. Limited by the Summoning Beast's Chakra and aptitude, the success rate of Reverse Summoning from more than two or three kilometers away was practically zero.

Among the great clans of the Shinobi World, switching places with Summoning Beasts was usually a game children loved to play, such as she had in her childhood.

But now, Hanma only needed one opportunity to face Setsuna directly to secure victory!

Setsuna watched Hanma shoot toward him. His right eye spun rapidly. The Mangekyo greatly strengthened Setsuna's own Chakra, and Susanoo's form began changing further.

Ignoring the blood that was already streaming from his eyes, Setsuna laughed loudly. "Come! Junior! This is what real battle looks like!"

The Blood Armor around Hanma melted rapidly, reshaping into a majestic Blood Axe. The muscles all over his body knotted and bulged, his spine bending backward at a negative angle as terrifying power gathered!

"—BOOM!!!"

Before Susanoo could don the Crow Tengu Armor, Hanma had already descended from the sky. The snow-white Tachi collided with the Blood Axe. Unfortunately, Susanoo's second form could not impede Hanma in the slightest. The white Susanoo was split apart in one stroke by the Blood Qi-wreathed battle axe, like melting ice cream!

The Blood Axe transformed back into armor and covered Hanma's body. With a front kick, he sent Setsuna flying, then immediately followed up with a savage Hook Punch aimed fiercely at Setsuna's temple!

"—Whoosh."

The airflow stirred by the punch swept up Setsuna's long hair. His originally messy fringe was forcibly turned into a comical slicked-back hairstyle.

The two stood facing each other in silence.

Hanma patted Setsuna on the shoulder. "Clan Head, even the Third Hokage said that the emergence of talented young people is a good sign of prosperity."

Chakra gathered in his palm again as he gently repaired the bones and meridians he had broken in Setsuna's body. As a Taijutsu Master, setting bones was also one of his specialties.

Looking at Setsuna's tattered clothes and the half of his face soaked in blood, Hanma sighed. "Clan Head, I understand now. I understand how formidable Uchiha ocular techniques are. I'll go back and study them. You should step down for now."

Setsuna still did not reply. He kept staring at Hanma's body. After a long while, he said weakly, "I understand."