Emotional Power (Part 2)

As Shiraha activated "Chain of Emotions," his gaze was fixed on the Third Hokage Ai.

Kushina stopped beating Killer B and came to Shiraha, saying happily, "Shiraha, you're finally back!"

"Yes, I'm back."

Shiraha smiled at Kushina.

"Shiraha? You are Yagami Shiraha?!" The Third Hokage A looked at Shiraha with a solemn expression. Because of her battle with Kushina, Kumogakure had conducted a detailed investigation of her, which naturally included Kushina's family member, Yagami Shiraha.

However, according to previous information, Shiraha can only be considered an excellent Medical Jonin. At his age, he can be considered a genius, but compared to a Jinchuriki like Kushina who can use the Nine-Tails Chakra at a young age, he is not worth mentioning.

Originally, Shiraha's label in the Third Hokage Ai's mind was simply 'the boyfriend of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki,' nothing more.

But things are different now.

This boy actually possesses strength comparable to that of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.

Moreover, Kushina only managed to slightly defeat him because of the Nine-Tails Chakra.

The boy named Shiraha was suppressed by pure physical strength.

They are not the same concept!

"It seems this battle is coming to an end today." The Third Hokage, Ami Shiraha, and Kushina chatted intimately on the battlefield, oblivious to everyone else. He couldn't help but sigh, "I thought the four villages joining forces could crush Konoha, but I never expected Konoha to have two figures like you hidden there! It's infuriating!"

"Third Raikage, you're too kind. Without Medical Ninjutsu, my injuries would have been far more severe," Shiraha said with a faint smile, engaging in a round of mutual flattery.

"A ceasefire is naturally a happy outcome for everyone. As for envying Konoha, there's no need for that. I owe my current situation to Kushina's help."

As he spoke, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shiraha put his arm around Kushina's waist and continued, "After helping Konoha win this battle, I will help Kushina rebuild the Uzumaki Clan."

We will form a friendly alliance with Konoha at that time, but this does not mean that the Uzumaki Clan will necessarily be hostile to Kumogakure. Of course, this is just our stance; I wonder what the Third Raikage thinks?

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage, A, narrowed his eyes slightly. "You want to secede from Konoha?! This is truly... The Third Hokage is quite the character! Of course, Kumogakure doesn't want to be enemies with the Uzumaki Clan. Kumogakure wasn't among the Shinobi Allied Force that participated in the conquest of Land of Whirlpools. Perhaps after the war ends, Kumogakure will re-ally with Konoha. Hopefully, we can establish peaceful and friendly diplomatic relations with the Uzumaki Clan then."

"With the Lord Third Hokage Kumogakure such a wise and brave Raikage, I am very optimistic about the future development of Kumogakure and the establishment of friendly diplomatic relations with the Uzumaki Clan."

Shiraha smiled. Although the Third Hokage Ai looked like a muscle-bound brute, he clearly had a calm and wise mind. Seeing that things were hopeless, he was not prepared to fight them to the death.

Of course, having the biggest fist is the most important thing!

As for the claim that Kumogakure did not participate in the attack on Land of Whirlpools, it's probably not that they didn't want to, but simply that they arrived too late.

However, Shiraha wouldn't say such things out loud.

He gave the Third Hokage -generation Ai face, and the other party immediately responded with a friendly attitude, which was enough.

If Shiraha and Kushina join forces now, they have a good chance of keeping the Third Hokage Ai alive.

But what good would that do for him, Kushina, and the future Land of Whirlpools?

Even if Konoha wins this First Shinobi World War, it will definitely suffer a severe blow.

The other villages also suffered significant losses, and the Third Hokage of Kumogakure, A, seems like a ninja we could cooperate with.

"Me too." Third Hokage Ai nodded, straightening his broken and bent right index finger with his left hand, as if he wasn't the one who had just fought Shiraha to the death.

The ninjas of Konoha and Kumogakure were first stunned by the terrifying combat power of the 'mysterious man,' and now they saw this strange scene from afar— the Third Hokage, A, was chatting and laughing with the mysterious man, as if they were catching up with an old friend rather than fighting on the battlefield.

What's going on?

Everyone was completely bewildered.

Seeing that the Third Hokage A had deactivated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Shiraha Yu deactivated his "Crimson Dragon Armor" and simultaneously removed his "Demonic Scales," returning to his original form.

"Shiraha!?"

"It's Shiraha!"

"Which Shiraha?"

"Yagami Shiraha! The village's Medical Jonin!"

"He can actually suppress the Third Raikage?!"

"I didn't expect him to have been hiding his true strength last time?!"

Compared to the shock of the Kumogakure Ninja, the emotions of the Konoha Jōnin were more complex.

Last time, when Kushina unleashed the Nine-Tails Chakra, Shiraha stopped the Third Hokage in front of a group of Jōnin. Although he showed great strength, it was only at the level of a normal Kage Level, and there was no essential difference between Elite Jonin.

I thought that he stopped the Third Hokage and threatened to attack because he was just acting impulsively out of concern for Kushina.

It now appears that Shiraha's true strength is so great that he can suppress the Third Raikage in a head-on confrontation!

Whether the Third Hokage could defeat the Third Raikage is debatable, but it is certain that before Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, was able to use the Tailed Beast Chakra's Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, no ninja dared to directly confront the Third Raikage in Taijutsu.

The reputation of the Strongest Spear and the Strongest Shield is earned through battle.

During the Second Ninja World War, the Third Raikage even injured the Third Hokage Tsuchikage Ōnoki Peak Kage Level fighter with the Kekkei Tōta skill.

At only 21 years old, Kushina accomplished what many Jinchuriki lives: she was able to skillfully use the Chakra of the strongest Tailed Beast, Kurama.

Her strength is irreplaceable.

But Shiraha has always been portrayed as a Medical Ninja, with some achievements only in research. How did he manage to increase his strength so rapidly!?

He's only 21 years old this year, right?

What's going on with this couple?!

Is this reasonable?

The thought that geniuses like Shiraha and Kushina, who are rare to see in decades, both came from Konoha filled everyone with a sense of pride.

But Jōnin thought about it again, the fact that both of them were going to leave Konoha made them feel heavy-hearted.

Kushina's departure is understandable given her desire to rebuild the Uzumaki Clan.

However, the Yagami Family has lived in Konoha since the village was founded. He was a genius nurtured by Konoha, but the village couldn't keep him, so he had to marry into the Uzumaki Clan.

Faced with the complex emotions of the crowd, the scene before Shiraha's eyes had changed.

Amidst the crowd, faint gray smoke drifted from the heads of most of the ninjas.

Among them, the gray smoke floating above the heads of the Kumogakure Ninja varied in shade, some so dark it was almost black, others so light it was almost transparent.

The more powerful the ninja, the larger the volume of smoke.

The same applies to Konoha.

However, among the Konoha ninjas, although gray smoke was the most common, a considerable number of ninjas had white smoke floating above their heads, as well as various colors such as pink, green, and black.

At this moment, a huge transparent chain appeared in Shiraha's body. As the thick and long chain continued to break away from his body, the huge chain began to rotate, forming an invisible Uzumaki.

Immediately afterwards, the mist rising from the heads of the surrounding ninjas flowed like water towards the Uzumaki, eventually merging into Shiraha's body.

[Shocking +8%]

[Envy +4.6%]

Jealousy +1.2%

[Hate +6.9%]

[Joy +3.4%]

[Worship +5.5%]

Fear +4.7%

Various emotions converged and eventually coalesced within Shiraha's body.

"The combined emotions of nearly ten thousand ninjas only reached 8% in terms of [shock]?"

Shiraha felt the emotions gathering in his body stop increasing, and the displayed data made him gasp in astonishment.

However, he quickly came to terms with it.

After all, the power of rules can only be accessed at Fifth-Level or even level six. Being able to collect it at Fourth-Level is already a huge innate advantage.

Even if it takes hundreds of years to forge the [Emotion Rule], it is still a huge success for Shiraha.

Even at the height of the Wizarding World, it was incredibly difficult for sorcerers to Smelting Rule to reach Fifth-Level or even level six and achieve the Bloodline Throne.

The vast majority of "Star Warlock" are stuck at Fourth-Level due to bloodline limitations, and things like Smelting Rule often don't begin to be involved until Fifth-Level.

Shiraha now has a shortcut to the Bloodline Throne at level one.

If a warlock ascending to the Bloodline Throne is a one-way marathon with no end in sight, then while other warlocks are still preparing at the starting line, Shiraha's Qidian is already the second half of the race.

There is absolutely no comparison.

"I look forward to our next meeting, not on the battlefield." The Third Hokage, A, nodded to Shiraha and Kushina, then returned to the Kumogakure Village camp with his adopted son Killer B.

"Raikage-sama!" The Medical Ninja arrived in front of the Third Hokage, A, and quickly began treating his right index finger.

For an ordinary ninja, fingers are extremely important, let alone for the Third Hokage, A, who holds the title of the Strongest Spear.

"Father!" The Fourth Hokage, Aisha, broke free from his battle with Jiraiya and came before the Third Hokage, A. Seeing his father's twisted and deformed fingers, he was shocked. At his current level of Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he probably couldn't even withstand Two-Finger Nukite, yet Konoha's Yagami Shiraha had actually suppressed his father, who was using One-Finger Nukite, in a direct confrontation, even breaking his fingers.

It's unbelievable!

How incredibly strong must one's physical defense and attack power be to do something like that!

"Withdraw the troops!" Third Hokage Ai raised his left hand and shouted.

"Withdraw the troops!"

The Jōnin surrounding the Third Hokage, A, shouted orders.

The Kumogakure Village ninja retreated, regrouped, and collected the corpses of their own ninjas.

Generally, when ninjas are engaged in large-scale battles, both sides will send people to collect the corpses. This is partly to prevent the enemy from obtaining intelligence through the corpses of their own ninjas, and partly to allow the fallen to return to their homeland while preventing a large number of corpses from rotting together and causing disease.

Under normal circumstances, unless one side has completely won the war, both sides will refrain from attacking the enemy when collecting corpses after the war.

Seeing that the Kumogakure Village was sending ninjas to collect the corpses, the Konoha Village also began collecting the corpses of their own ninjas according to the Forehead Protector.

The war ended because of Shiraha's sudden appearance; the battle lasted for less than half an hour.

The number of ninjas on the Kumogakure side was more than twice that of those on the Konoha. Although the Konoha had an advantage in top-tier combat power, the casualties on both sides were roughly the same.

Seeing that the Third Hokage, A, had ordered a retreat, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others quickly arrived in front of Shiraha and Kushina.

"Shiraha." Jiraiya sensed Shiraha's powerful aura and wanted to ask him why he didn't join forces with Kushina to capture the Third Hokage, A. However, considering that doing so might lead to the Kumogakure making a desperate gamble and fighting Konoha to the death, he didn't ask again.

After all, after this battle, Kushina will rebuild the Uzumaki Clan, Shiraha will also leave Konoha with Kushina. Although they are allies, they will still be a step further away from their fellow villagers.

"Jiraiya- san, Tsunade-sensei."

Shiraha said with a smile.

"You little rascal, you actually know how to come back!" Tsunade laughed and scolded, intending to lock Shiraha's neck as she used to, but found that Shiraha was already a head taller than her.

This made Tsunade sigh inwardly. The little brat who used to follow her around and constantly pester her with questions had grown up and become a truly independent and top-tier powerhouse.

His mere presence alone is enough to make people feel at ease.

Unfortunately, Shiraha will be leaving with Kushina from now on.

When Tsunade learned of this, she went to see Kushina and saw that Kushina was determined, realizing that Kushina had grown up.

Time really flies. It's been 12 years since Kushina came to Konoha and Shiraha joined the Medical Corps.

"I was delayed because of my cultivation."

Shiraha responded.

"Bai Yu, was it the sage mode of Ryūchi Cave you just used?" Jiraiya asked doubtfully. When Bai Yu fought with the third generation Ai just now, his body was covered with white scales, which were very similar to snake scales. He thought that when he used the immortal mode, his body also showed obvious frog transformation, so he asked this question.

Shiraha is Orochimaru's disciple and also possesses Summoning Contract with Ryūchi Cave.

However, Shiraha's snake form was more pronounced, suggesting he wasn't very proficient in Sage Mode, yet the power he unleashed was far greater than Shirayu's, something Jiraiya couldn't understand.

Of course, one thing is certain: Shiraha has now surpassed the Three Ninja and reached the same level as the Third Hokage. In fact, it can be said that his strength has surpassed the current Third Hokage and reached the Third Hokage's peak strength.

The Third Hokage's strength has declined, and he would probably have a hard time defeating the Third Hokage, A.

It can be said that Kushina and Shiraha are currently the first and second strongest fighters in Konoha.

"I guess so," Shiraha gave a vague answer.

Senjutsu have always been one of his cultivation goals, but the cultivation of Senjutsu in Ryūchi Cave is too dangerous, so Shiraha has always put it aside.

However, Shiraha can no longer be considered a simple human. The snake bloodline within him is stronger, making it much easier for him to cultivate Senjutsu than before.

"We'll talk about this later. Let's hurry back to camp and take care of the aftermath. There are still injured people to treat!"

Tsunade reminded her.

"Yes, that's true. Kumogakure probably won't launch another attack so easily." Jiraiya nodded, his expression somewhat grave.

I don't know what Shiraha and the Third Hokage Ai talked about just now, or whether they reached any agreement.

He didn't doubt that Shiraha would harm Konoha, but the current situation wasn't developing well.

The group returned to camp.

Shiraha helped treat the wounded and didn't return to the camp until evening.

As soon as he entered the tent, a figure rushed up and wrapped around his body like an octopus.

"Kushina, I waah~"

Before Shiraha could even speak, he was pushed around.