Roshi's eyes snapped open.
Almost at the same moment, he sensed an immense, icy chakra rapidly approaching from afar, moving far faster than any ordinary ninja!
"Who's there?!"
Roshi sprang to his feet, his hands rapidly forming hand seals.
"Lava Release: Granite Technique!"
Rumble-
The surrounding ground abruptly rose. Hard volcanic rock mixed with Lava Release chakra, forming a rock wall three meters thick in front of him.
Just then-
A streak of blue light descended from the sky, slamming into the ground ten meters in front of the rock wall!
BANG!!!
The shock wave sent dust billowing into the air, and Lin Ze's figure slowly emerged.
Pale blue senjutsu chakra surrounded him, and moisture condensed into frost beneath his feet, forming a stark contrast with the scorching surroundings.
"Senjutsu? You're..."
Roshi's pupils contracted.
Lin Ze did not answer.
He simply looked calmly at Roshi as information from the original story flashed through his mind-
Roshi, the Four-Tails' jinchūriki, wielded the Lava Release kekkei genkai. Stubborn but upright, he had left Iwagakure over ideological differences with Tsuchikage Ōnoki and traveled throughout the Land of Earth to train.
In the original story, Kisame Hoshigaki captured him, and he died when his tailed beast was extracted.
He was a ninja worthy of respect.
But today, Lin Ze needed the Four-Tails' chakra inside him.
"I'm sorry."
Lin Ze spoke softly and slowly raised his hands.
Roshi's gaze sharpened.
Though he did not know what the other man wanted, that undisguised hostility already said everything.
"You want a fight? Then come on!"
Roshi gave a low shout and struck first!
"Lava Release: Scorching River Rock Technique!"
He opened his mouth and spat out three enormous lava fireballs, which hurtled toward Lin Ze in a triangular formation.
Wherever the fireballs passed, the intense heat warped