The Curtain Falls, Vegapunk Clone Arrives in Konoha

"Stop being so arrogant! There are no cowardly ninjas in Iwagakure!" Kitsuchi Tu exhaled, clearing his mind of distractions, and looked at the Fourth Raikage, who was about the same age and seniority as him, and said coldly.

Floating in mid-air, Ōnoki clenched his fist, then let it clench weakly. He knew very well that his son, Kitsuchi, had almost no chance of survival against the Fourth Raikage.

This Raikage, who is a generation younger than him, may be slightly inferior to his father in terms of attack and defense, but he is at least three times faster than the Third Raikage!

That speed is beyond what a normal human could possess. Even for the Yue Clan, who have always trained in Lightning Release Armor, such speed is considered absolutely abnormal. Ōnoki could accept that the Fourth Raikage's speed was one or two levels stronger than his father's, but three to five times stronger was completely wrong.

It must be Vegapunk! This scientist, ahead of his time, must have researched something for the Fourth Raikage! Once I get Vegapunk, the Iwagakure ninja will catch up very quickly!

Just then, the Fourth Raikage transformed into a bolt of lightning and instantly swept past Kitsuchi. Kitsuchi, who resembled an obsidian statue, let out a bitter laugh and looked down at his chest, where there was a hole the size of a washbasin.

The incredible speed brought immense power, but the Earth Release: Hardening Technique was clearly ineffective against the strongest Lightning Release: Spear, which countered it. The pitch-black color on its entire body gradually faded, and Kitsuchi opened its mouth, but ultimately fell to the ground dead without uttering a word.

Ōnoki's body trembled slightly. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to look away from the Kitsuchi and towards Vegapunk, but in that instant he saw something strange.

Yugito Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yugito had already reverted to Tailed Beast Mode, walked up to Vegapunk and Hii. He then suddenly attacked, unleashing a Fire Rat Ball that instantly reduced Hii to ashes.

"Hiss!!" The Fourth Raikage roared, his face filled with disbelief. "Yugito, what are you doing?"

When Yugito turned his head, the Fourth Raikage shuddered. At that moment, Yugito's eyes were blood red, and the three Tomoe in his pupils were slowly rotating.

"Sharingan?! Damn Konoha Ninja!"

The Fourth Raikage finally learned what was going on. However, at this moment, Yugito had already transformed into a giant Tailed Beast, spraying out countless small Tailed Beast Ball that blasted towards the Fourth Raikage.

With a flash of lightning, the Fourth Raikage easily dodged all the Tailed Beast Ball and appeared on the head of the Two-Tails Matatabi Demon. He frowned and slammed down with a powerful punch, causing the Two-Tails Matatabi Demon to scream and shake its head desperately.

However, this time, the Fourth Raikage, who was even more enraged, threw a few more punches. After a few punches, the cat was already swaying and fell to the ground.

The Nine Tailed Beasts vary in strength, and the cat demon is basically among the weakest. While its agility may surpass most Tailed Beast, its strength and physique are almost the worst.

Since the Fourth Raikage began training in Current Drive, his strength has been rapidly approaching that of his Pops, the Third Raikage. That powerful man was a monster capable of hand-to-hand combat with the naked- Eight Tails Gyūki, a feat that even the Gyūki could not match.

Seeing the cat gradually shrink back into Yugito's body, the Fourth Raikage turned his head, and then his pupils contracted slightly.

Vegapunk was now surrounded by the remaining Konoha Ninja. Three of them, Konoha Ninja were seriously injured, were forming hand Hand Seals, seemingly using some special Ninjutsu. At the front Kakashi Hatake and a short ninja in black were blocking their way.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Fourth Raikage transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged straight upwards, while the short, black-clad ninja also stepped forward, his entire body emanating ominous Chakra.

Crackling sounds echoed in the void as the short, black-clad ninja's Chakra formed a half-body samurai, blocking the Fourth Raikage's attack. However, the Chakra- formed samurai was also cracked by the attack.

"Ugh..." Amidst a faint groan, red blood dripped from beneath the mask of the black-clad Shinobu. It was the Blood Tears flowing from his Mangekyō Sharingan. With just one strike, he already felt the Pupil Power in his eyes plummet.

"Two more times, no, just once, Susanoo be completely destroyed! Is this the Fourth Raikage? He's terrifying!"

Before the young Anbu could recover, seeing that his attack had failed to shatter the opponent's ninja's defense, the Fourth Raikage's expression turned serious. He suddenly retreated more than ten meters, leaving room for a sprint, and then transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged forward.

With a loud crash, the originally green Chakra half-giant shattered completely under the Fourth Raikage's attack, turning into countless fragments. The young Anbu Ninja cried out in pain, his vision went black, and he almost fainted.

"Susanoo... it's been shattered!"

Ōnoki, flying in the sky, was stunned for a moment. The overwhelming shock even overshadowed the grief he felt when his son died.

Susanoo Ōnoki's lifelong nightmare. It was because he was severely injured by Madara Uchiha when he went to Konoha to attend the peace conference that Susanoo developed his current personality. Therefore, Ōnoki Madara Uchiha and Susanoo be said to be Ōnoki's psychological shadow.

Now, seeing his psychological trauma shattered in one blow, Ōnoki doesn't know what he's really feeling.

Even though the Fourth Raikage shattered Susanoo, it was too late. The three injured Anbu Ninja had already Hand Seals, and a black halo flashed by, causing all the Konoha Ninja to vanish without a trace.

"Flying Thunder God Technique?"

The Fourth Raikage rushed through the now-illusory circle of light, his brows furrowed, his face contorted with extreme rage. "Despicable Konoha Ninja!"

Floating in the sky, Ōnoki looked down at the battlefield and was speechless for a moment. After paying such a high price, did he end up with nothing?

Shaking his head and suppressing his emotions, Ōnoki glanced deeply at the Fourth Raikage, having already killed all the Iwagakure below. He didn't utter any harsh words, but instead flew away into the sky.

After the Fourth Raikage angrily pounded the rocks a few times, shouts came from afar. Soon, his younger brother Killer B arrived with a group of Kumogakure.

Upon witnessing the horrific battlefield, the unconscious Yugito, and the tragic deaths of Darui and Shi, even the usually unreliable Killer B stopped his rapping and gritted his teeth, demanding, "Big brother! What on earth happened?!"

The Fourth Raikage's face was icy cold. "Konoha and Iwagakure raided Dr. Vegapunk and kidnapped him... Killer B, prepare yourself! I declare war on Konoha and Iwagakure!"

Killer B nodded. "Okay, boss! When do we make our move?"

A ferocious look appeared on the Fourth Raikage's face. "Now, immediately, begin the war!!!"

"Finally... I'm back..."

Kakashi looked at the Kage Rock in the distance and knew that he had returned to Konoha. He breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt pain all over his body and almost fainted.

He barely managed to avoid falling to the ground, while the short Anbu next to him had already collapsed to the ground. Faint blood flowed from under the Anbu's mask. Kakashi Hatake's expression changed slightly. He endured the pain, removed the Anbu's mask, and fed him some pills.

The Anbu looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features, a round nose, and blood constantly flowing from his eyes.

"Shisui, are you alright?" Kakashi asked worriedly. The short Anbu wiped his face hastily. "I'm fine. I just Sharingan and ran out of Chakra."

This doesn't seem like typical overuse at all... However, ninjas value privacy highly, especially regarding their life-or-death Ninjutsu and Secret Technique, so Kakashi could only nod and change the subject.

"That's good. In any case, we've finally achieved our goal! We have to thank your Genjutsu and Susanoo. But I didn't expect... you actually have the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan!"

"If possible, I would rather not have these eyes..." Shisui Uchiha sighed, and Kakashi, who also knew how the Sharingan evolved, fell silent for a moment.

"Was that Space-Time Ninjutsu you just used? The legendary Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Just then, Kakashi heard the question next to him, turned his head, and saw the Vegapunk clone looking at the three black-clad Anbu Ninja lying on the ground with a very interested expression.

"What? So they used a one-time Sealing Techniques? These three were just meant to be used as consumables! How cruel."

The Blond Boy reached out and touched the three Root ninjas lying on the ground. He immediately shook his head. The three ninjas appeared unharmed, but in reality, their bodies were mangled beyond recognition, and even their internal organs were haphazardly pieced together. They were already dead.

Clearly, that long-distance, wide-range teleportation Ninjutsu just now came at a price. That must have been the legendary Flying Thunder God Formation Technique. The fact that they could use it more skillfully than the Fourth Hokage's Kage Guard was simply because they were disposable.

"You bastard..." Kakashi was speechless. He knew that Hi, who had just protected Vegapunk, had died because of the two of them, but Vegapunk didn't seem to care about it.

He was very cooperative at first because of Shisui's Genjutsu. Now that the Genjutsu has been broken, why is this guy still so nonchalant?

For some reason, Kakashi thought of his first encounter with Vegapunk. Back then, the Blond Boy had already shown signs of being a mad scientist.

However, compared to the current clone, the original Vegapunk seemed to have more humanity. At least the relationship between the original Vegapunk and his two female companions, especially Hancock, was very close, and they definitely had some affection for each other.

Vegapunk's clone seemed to sense Kakashi's thoughts, raised its head, and said with a smile, "You're absolutely right. As a clone, my own emotions are quite cold, or rather, I don't understand human emotions very much."

Ultimately, this clone is actually Vegapunk's alter ego. But even Vegapunk, when operating on two fronts, will have a primary and a secondary focus. As the primary entity, he naturally devotes the most attention to it.

Although this clone has no problems with intelligence or logical thinking thanks to the Quantum Chip, it naturally appears heartless and even indifferent due to its distracted nature.

Shisui Uchiha, lying on the ground with his eyes closed, was also somewhat surprised to hear this. He even had a Kotoamatsukami urge to use Kotoamatsukami on this Vegapunk Clone. However, the intense pain in his eyes and the almost gray-black vision reminded him that this was not the time to use the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kakashi didn't react much, but his heart sank even further. What exactly did Vegapunk's main body want to do by releasing this copy?

However, Kakashi knew very well that no matter what Vegapunk wanted to do, the Three Great Shinobi Villages would not be able to resist the temptation. This was now the only chance to catch up with the other two ninja villages.

"Excellent, the brainwave reading system is now able to read increasingly detailed and comprehensive information."

Vegapunk looked at the Yakushi Nonō with a smile on his face, full of admiration.

Yakushi Nonō lowered her head, and upon hearing Vegapunk's praise, a smile involuntarily appeared on her face, "This is all because of your wisdom, Master. Thank you for your grace!"

Sitting on the stool, Vegapunk stretched out his hand with a somewhat satisfied expression. Yakushi Nonō immediately knelt down and gently rubbed her pretty face against Vegapunk's hand, just like a pet puppy, obediently looking at Vegapunk.

For the first two days of the past two weeks, Yakushi Nonō spent almost all of her time being punished by the nanomachines. The painful nerve signals released by the machines that directly manipulated the brain were almost enough to kill any normal person, but because her brain was completely controlled and protected by the nanomachines, she was not harmed.

Moreover, in addition to pain, nanomachines also possess the power to control various negative emotions such as depression, distress, sadness, and despair. During that time, as long as she had any thoughts of harming Vegapunk or escaping, Yakushi Nonō could experience a feeling worse than death.

With no way to escape her mind, Yakushi Nonō completely changed her attitude in just a few days, becoming obedient and compliant.

After Yakushi Nonō no longer dared to show any disrespect to Vegapunk, she naturally could no longer maintain her firm stance and soon developed Stockholm Syndrome, becoming Vegapunk's maid.