"Heh..."
His slightly lowered eyelids slowly fell shut, covering the eyes that had been looking upward. He slowly exhaled, and the self-mocking smile at the corners of his mouth gradually stiffened.
To think I would have such a thought... I really am...
That thought flashed through his mind.
"Hiss!"
Then, a foot crackling with lightning lightly stepped behind his loose hair. The flattened sandy ground, swept clean by the storm and heat wave, sank slightly beneath it, producing that faint hiss.
Really... too naive!
As the hiss sounded, Chiba slowly opened his eyes. The self-mockery in his pain-filled gaze deepened.
"Crackle... crackle..."
At that moment, the black flame humanoid in front of the cone-shaped band of black flames slowly collapsed, turning into bolts of lightning that were gradually devoured by the black flames. In the end, only clusters of black fire remained, falling to the ground. The grass around them immediately began to wither.
Lightning Release Shadow Clone Jutsu!
The Third Raikage burning in those Black Flames was only a Lightning Release Shadow Clone Jutsu! This is an obstacle of fate—how could it be so easily overcome? How could it be broken so easily? As the Lightning Release Shadow Clone Jutsu dispersed, that thought rose in Chiba's heart.
What nonsense about Amaterasu countering Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
What nonsense about burning the Third Raikage to death this way! It was all just a sign of my weakness! Empty words to comfort myself in this desperate situation!
"I knew you still had some trump card you hadn't used. I just didn't expect you to be hiding a ninjutsu like this!"
At that moment, the Third Raikage, clad in a jetting Lightning Release Chakra Cloak, lowered his head and looked at the dying youth beneath him. The boy was weak and powerless,