As Long as Kumogakure Launches an Attack, Everything Will Get Better
Hiruzen Sarutobi perfectly embodies what it means to wield a staff with power, Fire Style with warmth, punch with angle, and every strike with attitude.
Rasa, who had never fought him before, experienced firsthand what it meant to be a master of Ninjutsu.
The old Hokage mastered the Five Release Ninjutsu to an extraordinary degree.
Especially the enemy's final five-elemental mixed Ninjutsu; if Rasa hadn't fought so desperately to stop it, more than half of the elite troops he brought would probably be buried here.
I thought Konoha's White Fang was invincible, but this guy is even more valiant! Whose subordinate is this?!
Feeling deeply humiliated, Rasa gasped sharply, whether out of shame or because his wounds were aggravated by the medical ninja.
Hearing Rasa gasp, the medical ninja who was treating his wounds was startled at first, then continued with his work.
After a long while, the other party withdrew his hand and looked at Rasa apologetically. "I'm very sorry, Lord Kazekage, your injuries are too serious, you need to return to the village for treatment."
Go back to the village?
Going back to the village? Absolutely not! I'll never go back to the village in my entire life!
As long as Hiruzen Sarutobi, Rasa will never return!
Everyone in Konoha and Sunagakure witnessed the infamous scene of him being Hiruzen Sarutobi's staff. If he doesn't get his revenge, how can he lead the Sunagakure team in the future?
Besides, who says I've really lost?
Sometimes, you can win a game not on the board, but off the board.
Everything will be alright as long as Kumogakure launches an attack.
"Please handle this for me temporarily."
"But..."
"Alright, Yu, let me do it."
The medical ninja wanted to try to persuade her further, but just then Chiyo finished changing her clothes and was about to discuss the next steps with Rasa. Upon hearing Rasa's words, she immediately realized his purpose and sent the medical ninja away.
"What immense strength! That old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi, his strength has actually improved again after all these years."
Upon seeing Rasa's swollen, high shoulders, Chiyo subconsciously frowned.
The opponent's attack actually shattered the bones in Rasa's shoulder.
"Fourth Generation, you're right, you really should go back to the village for treatment."
After examining Rasa's injuries, Chiyo's face was serious.
She wasn't worried about Rasa himself; what she was worried about was who would provide Sunagakure with income from Gold Dust mining if Rasa became completely disabled.
"Advisor Chiyo, wait a little longer. If I leave now, this war will become meaningless."
Rasa's expression was even more serious than Chiyo's.
At this moment, he only hoped that the Fourth Raikage could be more capable, preferably by directly attacking the Land of Fire, so that Hatake Sakumo could Hiruzen Sarutobi away and have no time to deal with Mount Kikyo.
He wouldn't care if he became completely disabled, as long as he could achieve this goal.
However, things obviously didn't go as Rasa had planned.
On the Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage once again encountered the man destined for him, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze.
"Hateful."
The Fourth Raikage believed he had never been outmatched in speed, yet he suffered two defeats in the war against Konoha.
One time it was that brat named Shimura Kazashiro, and the other time it's this Minato Namikaze right now.
Didn't you bring your younger brother?
Minato Namikaze glanced at the few followers behind the Fourth Raikage, then pulled out a Flying Thunder God Kunai and threw it onto the battlefield.
"Are you underestimating me? No one can defeat you more than me!"
Upon hearing the other person mention Killer B, A immediately assumed it was Minato Namikaze mocking him. The light from his Lightning Armor intensified, and his hair stood on end under the stimulation of the Lightning Release Chakra.
"Die!"
"Flash Gale Super Spiral Wind Dance - Two Styles in an Instant!"
Minato Namikaze dodged A's punch and turned his attention to the ninja A had brought.
In a mere instant, the Fourth Raikage's retinue was defeated amidst a flash of yellow light.
Ai threw a punch that missed its mark, then turned and charged behind him, only to miss again.
They can't catch them, they simply can't catch them.
Even if he memorizes the locations of all the Flying Thunder God Kunai, Minato Namikaze can still jump out from a new spot and hit him.
Fortunately, the opponent's attack wasn't particularly fierce; even the specially made Kunai couldn't penetrate the Lightning Armor's defenses...
This is how it should be.
"Rasengan!"
He felt a sudden weight on his shoulder, followed by a loud explosion, and Ai was sent flying backward, his face still showing disbelief.
What kind of trick is this? It actually managed to...
"Minato has succeeded! Everyone, charge!"
Seeing this, Hyuga Hiashi, who had been observing the battle at Minato from a distance, loudly issued the order.
"Once this war is over, we can start preparing for Kushina's wedding."
Watching his side achieve victory after victory, Minato, whose wedding had been disrupted by the war, thought to himself.
"Hey, what's for dinner today?"
The perspective shifts back to the Shikkotsu Forest. Pakura sits next to the Katsuyu, looking at Kazashiro who has just finished his cultivation, and loudly asks a question.
"Why do I feel like I've become a babysitter? You need to remember your identity; you are a prisoner of war, understand?"
Kazashiro was speechless, feeling like his skin inexplicably darkened wherever he went.
Is this a lingering effect of giving away 100 free draws upon launch in the early days?
"Oh, so what are we eating today?"
"Let's eat sukiyaki." Although she thought to herself that her skin was still as fair as ever, the quick movements of her hands betrayed her Kazashiro.
Watching Kazashiro's busy figure, Pakura took a sip of the wine in his glass and felt that this kind of life wasn't so bad after all.
"A bonfire of flowers, gently swaying in the darkness~"
Humming a little tune, Kazashiro noticed Pakura's gaze, but trusting his own Curse Mark, he didn't pay too much attention to the other party.
This was personally taught to him by Danzo, the Danzo Konoha's Curse Mark Seals, and it was imprinted on the target while he was unconscious and completely powerless. If he could still fail at this, then he should change his name to Shimura the Cart!
He invited the man and the beast to sit around the campfire, and for the first time, Kazashiro talked about his plans for Pakura.
"I plan to finish my training in Shikkotsu Forest in a while."
"Is that so? You're going to take me back to Konoha?"
Pakura said indifferently.
After being abandoned by the village's leadership, she no longer felt any attachment to the village; what drove her to live was revenge.
She wanted to kill, to kill the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure, to kill the damned Mist Ninja, and to drive them all out, leaving none alive.
She doesn't care where she works, as long as she can achieve this goal.
"I won't return to Konoha for now; I have some things to take care of."
"Is that so? Whatever you want." Pakura shrugged and focused on waiting for the food in the pot to cook.