"To challenge my own limits!"
Facing Izuna, he declared his resolve.
Four Wood Release Clones landed before the four Kage, one by one!
Hozuki Gengetsu's mouth twitched. "Hey, hey... I may be a famously easygoing Watergate Gentleman, but sending clones to play with us? Aren't you looking down on us a little too much?"
The clone facing Gengetsu said nothing. His hands merely formed a series of Seals none of them had ever seen!
Even with Gengetsu's experience, he could only vaguely tell that they were Water Release Seals!
"Hm? Showing off Water Release in front of me with a clone? Who do you think you are, that stone-faced Hokage...?"
On Blue Moon Island, a hundred li away, Orochimaru smiled and spoke in his raspy voice. "Ninjutsu is, at its core, the artful application of chakra. Its power varies enormously depending on the caster!"
Clap! The clone completed the final Seal and pressed his palms together!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
On Nameless Island, the earth collapsed in thirteen places amid the thunderous rumbling. Towering surges of water erupted in succession, flooding the sky a thousand feet overhead before methodically taking on the shape of some monstrous creature!
Gurgle, splaaaaash...!
The sound of water surging in and out became the only refrain between heaven and earth!
As the monster took shape, Gengetsu clenched his hands beneath his sleeves. "Damn it... I'm the Mizukage, and I actually let water intimidate me!"
An enormous whale loomed overhead, blotting out the sun!
Orochimaru said solemnly, "Yes. That is Sasuke-kun's original super-super-S-rank Water Release technique. It breaks through ninjutsu's chakra throughput limit to produce a tremendously powerful water projectile with the mass of a meteorite!"
Hozuki Gengetsu could no longer smile. "Are you trying to sink this island? I'll be fine, but you'll die!"
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