The Boy Arc: Water Saint

"Great water spirit, prince of the Thunder Emperor who ascends to the heavens!"

"Hey, wait, what are you saying, Qingyue?"

No matter how Sakumo called out to him, Qingyue, possessed by Hill, ignored him completely and focused solely on chanting.

"Mighty water spirit, prince of the Thunder Emperor who sets foot upon the vault of heaven! Grant my wish, bestow your savage blessing, and display your power before the small and insignificant! Strike the anvil with the hammer of the gods and reveal your majesty; let the earth be drowned in floods! Oh, rain! Wash away everything and drive all things from this world! Violent Thunderstorm!"

As a faint glow appeared in Qingyue's hand, the clear blue sky suddenly darkened. Dark clouds spread across the heavens, blocking out the sunlight.

"What's going on? Is it suddenly going to rain on such a sunny day?"

Many Sand ninja in the camp noticed the strange phenomenon in the sky. As word spread, they emerged from their tents, set aside what they were doing, and gathered together, all looking up at the sky.

Suddenly, thunder rumbled with a deafening rumble, but since the sensory ninja detected no chakra, no alarm was raised. Everyone assumed it was merely a sudden thunderstorm.

Only a small group led by Rasa in the command tent felt a sense of foreboding when they stepped outside and saw the sky filled with dark clouds.

"That's amazing, Qingyue. You did this, right?"

There was still no response. Qingyue merely kept his fingers interlocked, his eyes tightly shut, fully focused.

Once the magic power had gathered to a certain extent, a torrential downpour suddenly fell as if a god had overturned a basin of water. Violent winds followed, lifting every smaller tent into the air and uprooting countless saplings!

The sight of nature's apparent fury made many Sand ninja close their eyes in prayer. The gale was like the strength of a creator god, leaving them unable to stand steadily.

"Everyone, gather chakra in your feet to anchor yourselves! Wind Release and Earth Release ninja, protect the supplies inside the tents!" Rasa immediately gave his orders.

The sand eyes in the air could no longer be maintained. The relentless rain soaked everyone through in the blink of an eye, as though they had been dragged out of the water.

"Damn it, what the hell is going on? How could wind and rain this fierce suddenly appear?"

Even in the Naruto world, where weather research had yet to begin, they could tell something was wrong. Dark clouds had instantly covered the sky, followed by thunder, torrential rain, and violent winds with no warning whatsoever.

Such powerful winds could not have arisen without cause, yet no one around them had used Wind Release. They had no idea what was happening.

"Where are the sensory ninja?! Find the enemy immediately! Someone must have used some kind of ninjutsu!"

"Reporting, Kazekage-sama, there are no chakra signatures within sensory range!"

"How is that possible? A ninjutsu on this scale must consume enormous amounts of chakra. It couldn't have been activated from far away—it must be nearby! This is our base, where all the supplies needed by the frontline troops are gathered. Tear up the ground if you have to, but find them!"

"Yes, Kazekage-sama!"

Seeing that the desired effect had been achieved, Qingyue had Hill use the last of his magic power to call down a bolt of Lightning at Rasa before returning control of his body to Qingyue.

The Lightning descended from the sky at incredible speed. Rasa instinctively reacted to the killing intent, controlling gold dust to gather above his head and form a crude defense.

Boom—

After only a few seconds, the Lightning shattered the gold dust. The weakened bolt struck Rasa, and pain like countless bees stinging into his skin and raging flames burning his flesh spread throughout his body.

"Argh—"

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Holy crap, so this was what Hill's perspective had been like all along... The moment we switched control of the body, I seemed to enter a void. I could only think and watch what was happening in front of me; I couldn't do anything else.

But Hill was seriously incredible. I never expected him to be able to use Water Saint-tier magic like Violent Thunderstorm. This spell was perfect for throwing the enemy into disarray!

"Sakumo, go now! Rasa definitely couldn't be fine after taking that Lightning strike head-on. This is the best possible chance!"

Still clearly bewildered, Sakumo shook his head and immediately regained his serious expression. Then, with his right hand on the hilt of the short sword behind his back, he burst forward and flashed straight before Rasa.

"You are... Konoha's White Fang!"

"Fourth Kazekage Rasa, die here or withdraw your forces. We will settle the score with you properly for invading Konoha without provocation!"

Before Rasa could recover from the high-voltage shock, Sakumo raised his blade and stabbed toward his heart.

Unfortunately, Rasa controlled the gold dust to forcibly divert the blade. The white chakra blade veered off course and pierced his left shoulder.

"Konoha's White Fang, was this ninjutsu your doing? I never thought that you, whose famous techniques had long been thoroughly studied by every major ninja village, still had a trump card hidden away!"

After blocking the surprise attack, Rasa quickly pulled away. Yet the Lightning's effects were clearly still lingering. His body was stiff, and his expression looked terrible.

Following Sakumo, I drew my ninja sword and charged at the crowd. Before the Sand ninja could react, I swung my blade and killed two Chunin.

Water Saint magic really was useful. Since it was powered by magic power, sensory ninja could not detect it at all, and a large-scale disaster could throw their formation into chaos in an instant.

Riding that momentum, I continuously slew enemies with Sword God Style swordsmanship, taking out more than ten Chunin within a minute.

Ninja stood in front of every tent, using Wind Release and Earth Release ninjutsu to keep the tents from being blown away, so all I had to do was target and kill them.

Without anyone protecting them, the tents would be swept away by the violent winds created by Violent Thunderstorm, and the supplies inside would be destroyed soon after.

"I wonder whether things are going smoothly on Sakumo's side. Even though Rasa took the Lightning head-on, he is still the Kazekage. Rasa, who can wrestle with Shukaku, is no pushover."

After I killed all the ninja stationed before the tents, the Sand ninja finally gathered. Some went to support Rasa, while the rest surrounded me.

This was bad...

There were twenty people surrounding me. Most were Chunin, but there were also two... who seemed to be Jonin.

"A Konoha ninja actually mastered such strange ninjutsu!"

"Just two people dared to barge into the heart of our Sunagakure? You really look down on us, don't you!"

"Hmph, since you dared to come, don't even think about leaving! We'll take your heads to the front line and toss them before your commander. I wonder what expression he'll make!"

Man, those lines were so fodder-like. These guys had to be Chunin or Genin.

The two men I had identified as Jonin did not speak. They merely kept staring at me.

Suddenly, Observation Haki warned me. I realized one of the Chunin had begun forming hand seals to unleash some ninjutsu.

"Don't even think about it!"

Sword God Style: Silent Sword! In the blink of an eye, I cut off his head.

Then I targeted one of the Jonin. As I charged forward with my sword in one hand, I used my cloak to conceal my left hand, then cleverly threw a flying knife with North God Style swordsmanship.

The short knife struck the Chunin standing not far beside the Jonin, killing him in a single blow. At the same time, the explosive tag attached to the knife activated.

The thunderous explosion and smoke successfully obstructed the Jonin's vision. As he retreated, I swiftly rushed forward with my blade.

"Cheap tricks!"

Clang—

He blocked my full-force slash with a kunai. The strike only severed the kunai and failed to injure him, while the other Jonin threw shuriken to cover him.

With no other choice, I abandoned the pursuit. I pulled several highly adhesive red beads from my pocket and threw them at his feet, then stepped back and leaned away to dodge a kunai.

"This guy's swordsmanship is powerful. Keep your distance from him! All Chunin and Genin, fall back! Do not enter his attack range!"

Just as that Jonin was about to pursue me, his movements suddenly froze.

Holy crap, this North God Style Red Ink was actually fucking useful!