Fourth Raikage A lay on the ground as the dust slowly settled, struggling to rise.
But the searing pain in his chest only drew a muffled groan of pain and fury from him before he slowly pushed himself up.
C and Darui immediately flashed to his side.
Green light from the Mystical Palm Technique glowed in C's hand as he nervously treated the Raikage's injuries.
Darui, meanwhile, gripped his blade tightly and stared Naruto down as if facing a formidable enemy.
Ōnoki slowly rose a little higher into the air.
He had lived most of his life, experienced countless battles, and seen innumerable prodigies.
Yet he had never heard of anyone like Naruto—someone so young, yet possessed of such seasoned combat experience and terrifying strength.
Even more frighteningly, his opponent had clearly not gone all out.
That unprecedented golden Chakra cloak, which had erupted for an instant before quickly receding, was proof enough.
"He's practically a monster..." Ōnoki said slowly under his breath.
The wariness in his eyes turned into naked hostility.
His hands silently came together before him as the cubical glow of Dust Release began to gather faintly.
He absolutely could not allow someone with both the ambition to overturn the entire Shinobi World's order and the strength to realize that ambition to leave alive!
Mifune had also sensed Ōnoki's intentions and immediately shouted, "Fifth Hokage!"
"Your strength is indeed formidable, but precisely because of that, we cannot allow you to force this ideology that defies the daimyō upon the entire Shinobi World!"
"Killing you here would be the greatest contribution to peace!"
Although Mifune had no idea what their chances of victory were, the only option now was to draw Naruto's attention and let the Tsuchikage's sneak attack succeed.
Naruto stood quietly where he was. His eyes