Young Master, Please Become Hokage

This was a technique inherited by Akira Sarutobi from his Father, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

In the original story, during the Chunin Exams, Hiruzen Sarutobi used Explosive Tags like these against the Edo Tensei First and Second Hokage, blowing off one leg from each of them on the spot.

As long as she dared to betray him, he would guide Chakra to activate the small Explosive Tags hidden inside her clothes, causing them to explode.

While it wouldn't be enough to turn her to ash, it was certainly possible to blow her into multiple pieces, leaving her body unwhole.

"Alright, it's time to begin..."

Akira Sarutobi turned, facing the jungle.

The air in the forest was incredibly fresh after the rain, and in thermal vision mode, the figures of every Kirigakure ninja couldn't escape his detection.

"A-Hui, Ruri, Nonō, Ringo Ameyuri, the four of you break through from the weakest direction..."

The combat plan for the four girls was to use the forest's cover, fighting and retreating, finding a way to defeat the enemies one by one.

"As for me..."

Of course, he would be the main force, drawing the enemy's attention.

"Understood," Nonō nodded. "But, Young Master Ryo, you must escape too..."

She looked at Akira Sarutobi earnestly.

After spending a short ten-plus days together, she had come to see Akira Sarutobi as a true comrade.

And when facing comrades, words of concern are never too much. This was also a difference between Konoha and Kirigakure.

The true Will of Fire never treated comrades as stepping stones.

Three days had passed, and the barrier's effectiveness was almost gone.

The surrounding Kirigakure ninjas' watchful eyes signaled that the battle was about to begin.

"Release!"

When Akira Sarutobi raised his right hand, formed a hand seal, and dispelled the barrier, he charged out like a ferocious tiger.

Only the sound of whistling fists could be heard, followed by a series of bone-cracking sounds, and a corpse flew backward.

This also signaled the start of the battle.

Gasps and roars erupted into a cacophony.

After taking down one person with a single blow, Akira Sarutobi's right eye began to move.

Relying on the dynamic vision function newly added to his right eye, he could see the actions of every enemy within a large fan-shaped field of vision with perfect clarity.

Three days of training.

Akira Sarutobi's Taijutsu and Steel Style had improved by another level.

Furthermore, the power of a Kekkei Genkai lay in its ability to improve strength by leaps and bounds in a single day.

A bloodline that subtly altered DNA was one of the greatest cheat tools in this world.

By relying on his own abilities to fuse a Kekkei Genkai.

This also indicated that Akira Sarutobi would be progressing from an ordinary ninja towards the direction of a superhuman.

Crack!

He casually twisted off one person's head and kicked another's neck, breaking it.

This group of enemies, whose strength was at the "Chunin" level, were no match for Akira Sarutobi at all. He dealt with them as easily as if they were toys.

On Ino Yamanaka's side, the four of them gathered as a group, heading towards the weakest point to break through.

Both Ino Yamanaka and Ruri Hyuga were Jonin.

Nonō was responsible for covering Ameyuri.

Their breakthrough did not encounter much resistance.

By the time the Kirigakure ninjas realized this and tried to move more personnel, a rising stone wall blocked their path.

"Earth Style... Earth Release: Returning Earth!"

Akira Sarutobi slammed his hand onto the ground.

A massive stone slab rumbled upwards.

Earth Style countered Water Style.

Most of the Kirigakure ninjas were of the Water element.

Therefore, this sudden obstruction directly produced its effect.

It also separated the two sides.

Looking at the stone wall behind them, Nonō couldn't help but worry even more.

"Can Young Master Ryo really hold off so many people?"

Just as she was thinking this, Ino Yamanaka had stopped moving, kneeling on one knee, ready to form hand seals.

The moment several enemies bypassed the earth wall and appeared, her seals were already complete.

"Mind Disturbance Technique!"

Multiple Mind Disturbance Techniques controlled several enemies simultaneously.

Before they could react, they began attacking their own comrades.

A scene of mutual slaughter unfolded in the forest.

At this moment, Ino Yamanaka said, "That's why we need to make a counter-attack plan... Now is the time!"

"Hmph..."

Ringo Ameyuri was noncommittal. Having just recovered from a serious illness, she slowly formed a hand seal.

It was a Raiton hand seal.

Raiton countered Earth Style and Water Style, after all... water conducts electricity.

Then, with a flash of electricity in the air, a wide-ranging electric net shot across the ground.

How fast was the current?

Probably... the fastest among the five basic elements.

"Raiton... Earth Run!"

The wide-ranging electric net instantly struck multiple enemies.

After releasing this Ninjutsu, Ringo Ameyuri's complexion grew even paler.

How did it feel to deal with former colleagues?

It didn't feel like anything.

After all, that was the moral code of Kirigakure.

The next second, Ruri Hyuga rushed out. Her petite figure bloomed in the forest, and with her astonishing Gentle Fist Taijutsu, she quickly finished off the remaining enemies.

"Maybe... we really can..."

Nonō murmured.

Their side was equivalent to having four Jonin.

Although Ringo Ameyuri had just recovered from an illness, and the other three had only recently been promoted.

But if they relied on strategy and the right timing, eliminating 30 Chunin didn't seem like a problem...

And just then.

Thunder suddenly echoed through the forest.

BOOM!

The sun, which had been shining after the rain, suddenly disappeared.

It had been morning sun just moments ago, but now dark clouds began to gather.

"Is it going to rain again?" Ino Yamanaka looked up, but she quickly discovered the problem. "No... there's a lot of Chakra in these clouds!"

It was that guy, Kurotsuchi Raiga!

BOOM!

Another clap of thunder.

A ghastly white lightning bolt lit up the sky.

It was an electrical discharge so powerful it could almost split the sky, descending from high above.

The lightning moved at one-thousandth of a second.

Therefore, unless one possessed special observation abilities like the Three-Tomoe Sharingan or the Byakugan.

It would be impossible to dodge.

And right after the lightning struck, the earth wall exploded with a roar.

Flying debris scattered everywhere.

Then, Kurotsuchi Raiga appeared, his twin swords pointed towards the sky.

And... Akira Sarutobi, who still stood tall on the spot.

Chapter 41. Left Hand Seal - Body Flicker!

"..."

Kurotsuchi Raiga's smile froze on his face.

"Just now... was the Jutsu dodged? No... how is that possible..."

He had already aimed.

"Oh?"

Ringo Ameyuri, from a distance, narrowed her eyes and then saw through it.

"A little... impressive..."

As the "former wielder" of the Lightning Blade: Raiga, and hailed as the strongest of all time.

Ringo Ameyuri clearly understood the characteristics of this blade better than anyone.

"The speed of the Lightning Blade: Falling Lightning is indeed one-thousandth of a second, but using this move has one condition..."

Where the gaze falls, that is where it hits.

In other words, as long as the user's sight cannot completely lock onto the enemy, there's a possibility of missing.

But this requires the enemy to possess extremely agile movements, or...

"Dynamic vision that surpasses that of the Lightning Blade user. This Second Generation Hokage Young Master... his dynamic vision is even superior to Raiga Kurosuki's?"

Ringo Ameyuri lived up to her title as a genius girl.

In just one exchange, she had analyzed the essence of the previous round of combat.

"It's not true lightning..."

Akira Sarutobi looked at the shattered earth at his feet.

Having witnessed this move twice, Akira Sarutobi felt even more confident.

If it were real lightning, getting hit would be fatal.

But clearly, the Lightning Blade: Falling Lightning struck with Raiton condensed from Chakra.

Before its lethality reached Kakashi's S-rank Raikiri, it didn't possess absolute killing power.

This move could instantly kill a Chunin.

But it couldn't instantly kill a Jonin.