Suikazan Fuguki looked extremely surprised at the two people who suddenly appeared before him. Suddenly, he found the blue-haired young man in front of him very familiar. He reached into his pocket, took out a portrait, and compared it with Keiko.
"You are the Third Kazekage?"
"That's right!" Keiko said.
"Hahahaha! There is a path to heaven, yet you refuse to walk it; there is no door to hell, yet you crash right through!" Suikazan Fuguki laughed up to the sky, his voice as harsh as a night owl.
"You know, your laugh sounds terrible!"
Keiko felt somewhat annoyed, immediately hitting Suikazan Fuguki with Magnet Release: Iron Sand Shower. Unexpectedly, though the opponent was as fat as a pig, his movements were exceptionally nimble. He calmly evaded the iron sand attack, counter-attacked by drawing the Samehada giant blade from his back, and slashed at Keiko. Keiko instantly materialized a black iron rod to parry it. Who would have expected that his chakra would be absorbed through the black iron rod by the Samehada giant blade? At this moment, Samehada had already untied its bandages, split open its huge mouth, and stuck out its tongue, just like it had eaten a delicious feast, still lingering on the taste. Meanwhile, the magnetic chakra of the black iron rod in Keiko's hand had been sucked away, scattering back into a pile of iron sand all over the ground.
"Everyone be careful, the sword in this fat man's hands is bizarre and can absorb chakra."
Keiko clicked his tongue. That Samehada was indeed quite tricky and not very easy to deal with. In the future, Kisame Hoshigaki, who wielded Samehada, would be called the "Tailed Beast Without a Tail"—a ruthless person who could single-handedly take down Son Gokū the Four-Tails. This Suikazan Fuguki was precisely Kisame's predecessor and boss, so he naturally was no ordinary person. This Samehada could absorb chakra and replenish its wielder; if it weren't for running into the taijutsu monster Might Guy, it would definitely be extremely hard to take down. Wait, Might Guy? Wasn't Might Guy's dad right here?! Weren't the Seven Gates all opened already? Wasn't this ready-made! Thinking of this, Keiko already had a plan in mind.
"Brother Dai, leave this fat man to you. I'll take the remaining six!"
Might Dai did not decline. With an extremely pretentious series of backflips, he blocked Suikazan Fuguki's front, first giving Keiko a thumbs-up—which meant, leave it completely to me—and then the blue steam all over his body grew even more intense as he assumed a standard starting stance for Suikazan Fuguki.
"The Blue Beast of Konoha has arrived, please give me your guidance!"
At this moment, Tsunade suddenly appeared behind the crowd and gave Keiko an OK sign. It seemed she had already arranged for the Konoha ninja to complete the encirclement. Heh, Seven Ninja Swordsmen, you are in dire straits today!
"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen, truly worthy of being the Hidden Mist elite! Three of them still managed to escape despite such a tight encirclement! Pakura, burn them all." Keiko gazed at the four corpses lying horizontally on the ground, unable to help letting out a sigh of emotion.
After Might Dai took on Suikazan Fuguki, Keiko's job became quite easy. Magnet Release was practically the natural enemy for sword-wielding ninjas (excluding monsters like Samehada). Before long, the six Hidden Mist ninja were beaten to a pulp. Wanting to run? Their retreat route had long been cut off by Tsunade, Pakura, and the others. The situation had slowly turned unfavorable for the Seven Swordsmen.
At first, Suikazan Fuguki hadn't taken the unremarkable, bearded Konoha ninja before him seriously. After exchanging a few blows, he discovered that this person was extremely fast and possessed great strength. All of his attacks were centered around taijutsu, and his own Samehada hadn't absorbed a single bit of chakra. This made him feel very depressed, and a trace of doubt arose in his heart. This person's chakra was leaking outward, so how could not a single bit be absorbed? The exact moment he was stunned, the ninja opposite him gestured a bizarre form and shouted, "Day Tiger!" Instantly, a blue-and-white tiger head came rushing toward him. Haha, you finally used ninjutsu, let's see my Samehada suck you clean!
"Water Release: Great Shark Bullet!"
A giant shark flew toward the tiger head. Suikazan Fuguki revealed an evil smile. This Great Shark Bullet could absorb the chakra of all ninjas, so the bearded ninja could just wait to be torn to pieces!
When the tiger head and the giant shark collided head-on, a strange thing happened. The Great Shark Bullet was torn to shreds by the tiger head in an instant, and the tiger head transformed into a powerful shockwave that struck Suikazan Fuguki solidly!
"How... is this possible? This... actually... isn't ninjutsu?" Suikazan Fuguki was beaten until he vomited a mouthful of blood. It seemed he had sustained extremely heavy internal injuries.
"Indeed it is not ninjutsu! This is taijutsu!" Might Dai stood proudly, the blue aura on his body slowly receding.
"This is not chakra flow, but evaporated sweat!"
The two little fanboys crouching in the tree had little stars in their eyes. Too cool.
Suikazan Fuguki spat out a mouthful of blood with a "pfft," tossed the Samehada in his hand into the air, and stood up trembling. Samehada snapped open sharply in midair, draping over Suikazan Fuguki's body like a piece of clothing, instantly transforming him into a huge, half-human, half-shark monster!
"Retreat!" The monster roared wildly and charged out at extreme speed, flanking Might Dai. The other members of the Seven Swordsmen began to break through from different directions.
In this battle, apart from Jūzō Biwa, Suikazan Fuguki, and Raiga Kurosuki, all other members of the Seven Swordsmen were killed. There were no casualties on the side of Konoha and Sunagakure—well, to be exact, one person was injured.
Lying on a stretcher, Might Dai had long since lost his previous majesty. His entire body exuded an unpleasant odor, and he was weak all over, pale, and looking as though he had lost his soul.
"Is your dad okay?" Hidan's eyes were filled with concern, while Might Guy at the side had tears in his eyes, supporting the stretcher and weeping uncontrollably.
"Can the two of you not be so exaggerating? He's just exhausted, making it sound like he's dying." Tsunade speechlessy gave Might Dai an IV drip for hydration.
"You are too reckless. Opening the Seven Gates right off the bat—keep doing that and you'll cripple yourself. You'll just honestly lie on the stretcher these next few days. Otherwise, not even gods could save you."
Keiko picked up Hiramekarei, swung it vigorously, and said with satisfaction, "As expected of a good sword!" As he spoke, he pulled a blank scroll from his body, used a Sealing Technique to seal Hiramekarei into the scroll, pulled out a writing brush, and wrote a dashing "Twin" character on the scroll. The scroll also successively bore the three characters "Explode," "Blunt," and "Sew."
"You really don't waste anything at all." Tsunade obviously showed some disdain for Keiko's looting behavior.
"Here you go." Keiko tossed the scroll to Tsunade. Tsunade caught it and revealed a puzzled expression.
"Later on, dispatch someone to send this back to Konoha and hand it to the Hokage-sama. Then Konoha and Sunagakure will issue a joint statement strongly condemning this despicable behavior of the Hidden Mist Village and vowing to pursue it to the end. That way, the Mizukage won't dare to act rashly, and Konoha's eastern border won't need to worry for the time being."
Tsunade was momentarily stunned. Keiko looked at Tsunade with a smile and said, "I told you, you have the potential to be Hokage. Being Hokage requires a macroscopic perspective, you know!"
"It's over, everything is over!" A group of villagers wailed loudly as they gazed at their destroyed village.
"What is your name?" Keiko walked up to the villagers.
"Replying to the lord, my name is Wuzhong Ou," the leading villager replied while wiping away his tears.
"Alas, how pitiful. The village is destroyed; once winter arrives, won't these villagers freeze and starve to death?" Pakura said with eyes full of sympathy.
Keiko pondered briefly, seemingly thinking of something, and immediately wore a face full of smiles.
"Brother Wuzhong, are these all your clansmen?"
"Yes, they are all this humble one's brothers and family," Wuzhong Ou said, pointing at the group of villagers.
"Mm, how many of you are there in total?"
"Including adults and children, twelve in all."
"Very well, follow me!"
"Huh?" Wuzhong Ou's face was full of confusion.
Keiko smiled and put on the verdant Kazekage conical hat. "I am the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure. I am building a new village in the west, and I'll cover all your food and living expenses. There are new houses, new fields, new jobs, a new life, and Sunagakure ninja to protect you. Are you willing to go?"
The confusion on Wuzhong Ou's face slowly turned into wild joy. He bolted like a puff of smoke toward his clansmen, not knowing what he was saying. After a while, that group of people all cheered and ran over to Keiko to express their gratitude.
Keiko smiled, nodded in acknowledgment, and pointed toward the west in an extremely pretentious manner. "Follow me, all the way west!" The crowd cheered and leaped with joy.
At that moment, a little girl held a lump of crystal and handed it to Keiko, saying sweetly, "Lord, this is for you."
Keiko smiled as he took the crystal and naturally picked up the little girl, examining the crystal in his hand. The crystal was pinkish, with a small flower inside.
"What is little sister's name?"
"My name is Honglian, Wuzhong Honglian."
"Oh, good name, good name." Keiko smiled even more brilliantly, looking precisely like a mouse that had stolen oil.
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