075, The Raikage Dies

The moment Ye Xiaoqian left, Yutong's soft body pressed against him, her voice carrying a touch of seduction. "Now that the real one is gone, Captain, would you like to consider... having a little taste of your sweetheart?"

"..." Rimuru's eyelid twitched. He forcibly pulled his arm out from between her twin peaks and calmly spat out one word. "Scram."

Tenten teasing, Tenten teasing... Rimuru fumed inwardly. Yet whenever he actually wanted to get serious, she turned hostile faster than anyone.

Hmph!

Still, the great revenge had been avenged, and the most troublesome squad of weaklings had now become their customers. So, before Kaguya revived, he might as well relax and have some fun.

"All ninjas who want to resist are only doing so because they haven't experienced that kind of helplessness yet."

Three days later, at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth—

Upon the scorched land, ninjas fought desperately against yokai, evil spirits, and all sorts of messy summoned creatures. Above them, drones stubbornly resisted this world's suppression of technology, buzzing like a swarm of flies as they strafed the ground with bullets that were not very lethal, but were extremely insulting.

Incidentally, as a neighboring allied squad, they also had a semi-summoning-type existence: Somi. His ability seemed somewhat similar to Gaara's in the later stages, except he could use sand to form undead mummies from the underworld after its gates had been opened, sending them into battle for him.

God knew why, when his Sun Compass rose and opened the gates of the underworld, Rimuru nearly reflexively shouted, "Your emperor has returned..."

Madara Uchiha had clearly ignored Rimuru's order to cause trouble for Sunagakure and Shukaku. Instead, he had plunged straight into the Land of Fire, blocking the large force led