Ambush X Alliance X Famous Name [Part 1]

The attack on Konoha was not due to any lapse in the village's defenses.

It was simply that...

The outer perimeter guards had been completely overrun.

The leader of this Kumogakure raiding party was none other than the Second Raikage.

Kumogakure had an unwritten rule: whoever became the Raikage would take the name "A."

It was unclear if this title held any special significance or otherwise.

Furthermore, this fellow hadn't come to raid alone; he had brought along a weapon of war—the Eight-Tails.

When the first Konoha ninja on the battlefield discovered the intruders and fired a signal flare, the entire temporary camp erupted into chaos.

Then came a heaven-shaking roar.

A massive, ox-headed, eight-tailed octopus monster began to wreak havoc across the battlefield.

Yuya jolted awake from his sleep, scrambled to put on his clothes, and ran out of his tent to find Senju Tobirama already standing outside.

"You're up?" Senju Tobirama didn't turn around, speaking only in a soft voice.

He did not blame Yuya for being so lax as to sleep without his gear on the front lines.

In truth, he was filled with regret.

If Yuya were to fall here...

Senju Tobirama took a deep breath, then turned to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō beside him.

"Monkey, Danzō, take Kagami and Torifu with you and protect Yuya. Remember, nothing must happen to him. Even if it costs you your lives, you must ensure his safety."

Having said that, Senju Tobirama looked at Yuya and said in a deep voice, "He is the future of Konoha."

With that, he turned and headed straight toward the rampaging Eight-Tails.

At this moment, the Second Raikage had not yet revealed himself on the main battlefield, and Tobirama did not know that he was the one leading the charge.

The Eight-Tails' strength was not to be underestimated, so Tobirama naturally assumed the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki was leading the team.

Back at the camp, Torifu Akimichi turned his chubby head to look at Yuya.

In fact, it wasn't just him; Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu were all looking at Yuya.

Yuya gave an awkward laugh and tried to brush it off: "What bad luck, to run into a night raid."

Beside him, Kagami Uchiha looked at Yuya and said with complete sincerity, "I won't let anything happen to you."

Yuya blinked, feeling that there was something unusual in the way Kagami Uchiha was looking at him.

Could it be...

That this guy's sexual orientation...

No, that couldn't be right; the guy was already married!

Just as Yuya was pondering why Kagami Uchiha was looking at him that way, a figure instantly appeared on a thick branch of a large tree beside the temporary camp.

"Oh? So only you brats are left?" The man had wheat-colored, muscular skin from constant exposure to the sun and a sturdy build.

The newcomer did not wear a Kumogakure forehead protector, for he was the supreme leader of Kumogakure—the Second Raikage.

"Fall back!" Sarutobi Hiruzen roared at once.

Once Yuya regained his focus, he was the first to run toward the rear.

Kagami Uchiha followed closely behind.

Sarutobi Hiruzen remained at the very back, vigilant, acting as a rearguard while attempting to intercept the Second Raikage.

"Hmph, cowards." The Second Raikage snorted, a surge of lightning flickering around his body.

Although the Lightning Release Chakra Mode would truly shine in the hands of the Fourth Raikage, it was clear that Kumogakure had been developing the related techniques for some time.

The Second Raikage A, his speed surging, locked onto Sarutobi Hiruzen and threw a punch, the chakra within the strike exceptionally violent.

However, as the fist connected, Sarutobi Hiruzen's body turned into a log.

"Hmph, a cheap trick." Without looking back, A lashed out with a bolt of lightning chakra. Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had just reappeared after using the Substitution Technique, could not dodge the attack and was struck directly by the lightning chakra. His body trembled instantly, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

The Second Raikage A ignored Sarutobi Hiruzen and sped off in pursuit of the others who had just fled.

The Second Raikage certainly hadn't raided the camp on a whim.

He had reliable intelligence that the boy who had transformed Konoha was here.

If he didn't kill that boy here, Konoha would only grow stronger.

Therefore, he abandoned the idea of finishing off Sarutobi Hiruzen and chased after the youngest boy who was running away.

Wrapped in lightning, the Second Raikage moved with incredible speed, catching up to Yuya, Kagami Uchiha, and the others in the blink of an eye.

Shimura Danzō gritted his teeth and unleashed a Wind Release, but the Second Raikage A walked straight into the storm he had created without flinching.

"Too weak," A said calmly, then took a step toward Yuya.

Kagami Uchiha gritted his teeth and stepped forward, his Sharingan bloodshot.

The Second Raikage stomped his foot, and the surrounding environment shifted violently into a sea of blood-red.

"Interesting. But not enough." The Second Raikage spoke calmly.

One can break a genjutsu by using external force to disrupt the chakra flow, but one can also simply shatter it from within.

Lightning flared intensely around the Second Raikage's body, and Kagami Uchiha let out a wail as two trails of blood flowed from his eyes.

Yuya gritted his teeth as he looked at the Second Raikage before him; he already understood what was happening.

Although he had mostly used Senju Tobirama's name to get things done over the past two years, anyone with a bit of intent could have discovered his existence.

And those merchants in Konoha...

Some of them moonlighted as spies for enemy nations.

The reason they hadn't reported him before was partly because he was in Konoha, and partly because there had been no conflict of interest between the two sides—but now...

Yuya gritted his teeth, swearing that once he got back, he would absolutely execute every single one of those merchants.

Even now, Yuya only wanted to cut down that specific group of merchants.

Because he knew that Konoha couldn't kill off all its merchants; if they did, the village's economy would be finished, and without traders coming to Konoha, the economy would eventually collapse.

Therefore, merchants were a necessity.

But merchants were also profit-driven; if Konoha could offer benefits, Kumogakure could offer them too.

Of course, from another perspective, these merchants would also provide intelligence on Kumogakure to Konoha.

It was a classic case of serving whoever provided the milk.

The Second Raikage A, just as Yuya had anticipated, abandoned the heavily injured Kagami Uchiha—who had suffered the backlash of the genjutsu—and charged straight toward Yuya.

Kagami Uchiha squinted, knowing the Second Raikage had only one target, and despite his severe injuries, he stood in front of Yuya without a moment's hesitation.

On the other side, even though Senju Tobirama had ordered them to protect Yuya before he left, the Second Raikage's might was too overwhelming. Sarutobi Hiruzen and Kagami Uchiha had been instantly incapacitated; had the Second Raikage not been so intent on killing his primary target, he would have finished them off, and both would be dead.

To put it simply... Shimura Danzō and the others had lost their nerve.

Yuya gritted his teeth and tore open a scroll he had been carrying in his robes...

Suddenly, a massive golden boulder descended from the sky, crashing down toward the Second Raikage...

The recommendation ended. As expected, you need to mass-release chapters to boost performance during a promotion, but it's fine that it ended; now I don't have any psychological pressure to stick to two chapters a day. [PS: Damn, around 1 AM, there was a dog thief downstairs. After stuffing a dog into their car, they crashed right into the back of a parked vehicle. The dog started barking like crazy, the car alarm went off—it was huge! It woke me straight up. I went downstairs to watch the drama until 4 AM. The dog owner smashed the thief's car until it was all dented, hahaha. I never expected the little girl from the fruit shop across from where I rent to be so fierce, damn. She picked up a brick and started smashing the car, damn, she was so savage.] I have to work during the day, but it's fine, I can sleep in tomorrow [I hope my performance targets are met this month... I don't want to be called into the office for a "heart-to-heart" again, and I don't want to go work on a factory assembly line.]