"Cough, cough. I have to say, Wind Style's offensive power really is astonishing. You actually managed to hurt me a little..."
Kaguya Steel Bone, who had been blasted away and skipped across the sea several times, got back to his feet. Looking at his tattered coat and completely unscathed bone membrane, an excited expression appeared on his face.
"What?!"
Shimura Danzō froze. As he watched the bone membrane gradually recede from Steel Bone's body, shock and jealousy flashed through his triangular eyes.
Orochimaru, on the other hand, was equally surprised but showed little negative emotion. He merely sighed with some sentimentality.
"Shikotsumyaku... What an interesting Kekkei Genkai. If only back then..."
No one knew whether he had thought of Nawaki or his own parents, but Orochimaru suddenly seemed somewhat distracted.
Araki, however, rarely took the initiative to volunteer. He stepped forward. "This is a little presumptuous, but could you leave Shimura Danzō to me, Senior Steel Bone?"
As one of the Shinobi World's rare powerful Wind Style ninja, before Naruto's Rasengan tactics reached maturity, Danzo could basically be called the number one Wind Style user in the Shinobi World.
Of course, Sunagakure might have disagreed, but that was of no consequence. As the ninja village of the Land of Wind, they had never produced a true Wind Style powerhouse. What a disgrace!
How could Araki, who also excelled at Wind Style, not be thrilled to encounter such an opponent?
Especially after he had just cut down the Third Hokage, it felt as though only this would make things complete.
"Oh?"
His initiative surprised Kaguya Steel Bone. "Not bad, kid. You've got ambition!"
Steel Bone did not yet know of Araki's record against the Third Hokage, but the Kaguya Clan had always admired people who dared to challenge powerful enemies head-on.