From then on, Sōkyū Hatake kept appearing on the battlefield.
Of course, as one of Konoha's strongest fighters on this front, Sōkyū Hatake faced either Han or Hōki.
All the fighting and killing made Sōkyū Hatake feel that improving this time seemed a little difficult.
Until...
"Ōnoki's presence at the border has been confirmed!?" A secret scroll was delivered to Minato Namikaze, and his expression immediately darkened.
"Yes, and... he brought Roshi with him..." Shibi Aburame wore an off-white robe and dark sunglasses.
PS: Shibi Aburame was Shino Aburame's father and the current head of the Aburame Clan.
"The Four-Tails' jinchūriki came too?" Minato Namikaze's brows knitted tightly. For him, this was the worst possible news.
After all, part of the reason they had been able to maintain a stable situation against Iwagakure was that Iwagakure had left only two Kage-level fighters here: Han and Hōki.
But things were different now. With the arrival of the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, and Roshi, everything had changed completely.
There were two Tailed Beast jinchūriki here, after all, as well as a village's Kage!
Granted, although Madara Uchiha had thought little of Ōnoki back then, Ōnoki had lived through that era too, and he was stronger than either Roshi or Han.
What was more, Ōnoki had mastered a kekkei tōta!
Combining three chakra nature transformations to produce a new release technique was known as a "kekkei tōta." A kekkei genkai was generally a technique inherited through blood ties, while a kekkei tōta ability surpassed a "kekkei genkai."
The currently known kekkei tōta users were Mu and Ōnoki, both of whom used Dust Release.
Yes, Iwagakure had always been the only village to possess kekkei tōta, and its users were the Second Tsuchikage and the Third Tsuchikage!
"Yes, I've already sent a summoning beast back