Bang!
The Raikage charged forward, lightning crackling across his body, and slashed down with his blade.
—Thunder Abuse: Vertical Slash!
Crack!
Lightning split the three-headed hellhound right down the middle!
The Raikage landed behind the creature and snorted, "Hmph, what a weakling."
"Lord Raikage, behind you!!!" a Kumo shinobi shouted in panic.
"Hm!?"
The Raikage tried to turn around, but pain shot through his injured neck and it wouldn't move.
Bang!!!
A claw struck him from behind, sending him flying. He tumbled across the ground but got up unharmed only to finally see what was happening.
The hellhound he had split in two… had become two separate beasts!
His eyes widened with shock and fury. "What the hell!?"
"Aaah!"
The beast rushed at him again!
He jumped back and slashed once more.
Crack!
One of the heads dropped to the ground but even that wasn't the end. The severed head writhed, splitting into a torso and limbs, and stood up again!
Two new heads sprouted from its shoulders.
Even the one that lost a head grew a new one.
"Ah...!!"
Three hellish, three-headed war dogs, nine heads in total, each with a Rinnegan, locked their gaze on the Raikage. They roared and charged at him all at once!
The Raikage shouted in frustration, "Are you kidding me?!"
Elsewhere, Naruto was watching the scene unfold through the Rinnegan's shared vision.
He sighed, "The Raikage has terrible luck. Out of all of them, he picked the one summon that's worst for him..."
Konan asked, "What's going on?"
Naruto replied, "He's fighting my three-headed hellhound."
Konan's expression darkened. "That dog-shaped summon that keeps splitting? If the summoner isn't targeted directly, it can only be stopped with a strong seal or a powerful, continuous attack like the Uchiha boy's Amaterasu, or a Tailed Beast Bomb that can completely erase it in one hit. Otherwise, there's no way to defeat it."
Naruto gave a faint smile and shook his head. "But the Raikage doesn't have any of that... so this isn't a fight he can win."
...
"Die!!"
"Die!!!"
"Die for me…!!"
"Let's see how many times you can split!!"
With Lightning Style Chakra Mode fully activated, the Raikage unleashed his full power, attacking the hellhound with everything he had.
"Raikage-sama! Please calm down! If this keeps up, they'll just keep multiplying!"
As the Raikage battled the three-headed hellhound, chaos erupted across the entire battlefield.
Elsewhere, a massive centipede tens of meters long slithered swiftly through the buildings of Kumo.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Kumo shinobi surrounded it in multiple formations, hurling kunai and detonating tags nonstop but nothing worked.
Its body was simply too tough, beyond the explosive power of standard tags!
"This isn't working!!"
One jōnin shouted in frustration, then drew a ninja sword, infused it with Lightning Style chakra, and vanished with a Body Flicker Technique.
Snap!
He landed a clean strike leaving only a shallow cut.
"Lightning chakra works with swordsmanship… but it's not enough to bring it down!"
"Damn it… If Raikage-sama were here, he could definitely defeat this thing!!"
"No time to complain, let's create an opening together! All Jōnin who's good in swordsmanship, form up and attack!"
"Got it!!"
A squad of Kumo Shinobi launched a coordinated jutsu:
—Water Style: Water Formation Wall!!
Crash, crash, crash…!!
A massive wall of water surged up and slammed into the centipede.
Another squad followed up with a combo technique:
—Lightning Style: Emotion Wave!!
Crackle...!
The lightning coursed through the water, electrocuting the centipede and temporarily paralyzing it!
"It's restrained! Aim for its weak points, attack now!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A team of sword-wielding Jōnin struck with Lightning Style slashes!
Snap! Snap! Snap!
They landed good hits leaving some wounds even severed its tentacles but the centipede didn't react at all.
"This thing… doesn't feel pain!?"
As the effect of the Lightning Style Emotion Wave faded, the centipede thrashed violently
Boom!
All the nearby shinobi were flung away!
"Damn it! What kind of monster is this?!"
"But our combo worked! If we keep it up and wear it down, we'll kill it eventually!"
Just then, the centipede's Rinnegan glared coldly at them.
It suddenly opened its mouth
Splurt!
A cloud of green mist sprayed out, spreading through the air.
All the surrounding Kumo shinobi froze in place, completely froze
"My body… I can't move!?"
"Is this… paralyzing venom?!"
"Damn it…"
"Raikage-sama… we did our best!!"
Plop! Plop! Plop!
One by one, the Kumo shinobi collapsed, unable to fight any longer.
Meanwhile, after successfully evacuating civilians, Samui, Omoi, and Karui arrived at the edge of the battlefield.
Smoke and explosions filled the air.
Omoi clenched his lollipop between his teeth, face grim.
"This is horrible… I can finally imagine what Konoha went through back then."
Omoi and Karui had once delivered the Five Kage Summit invitation to Konoha, and had witnessed the aftermath of the attack on the village firsthand.
Samui, though she hadn't seen Konoha's devastation herself, had just suffered a personal loss
Her younger brother, Atsui, had been killed by Obito not long ago.
Clatter!
Samui, the cool, blonde kunoichi known as the "Everest of the Ninja World," with power rivaling Tsunade, was now burning with rage.
Head held high, she charged toward the source of the destruction.
Omoi: "Captain Samui!!"
Samui: "I'm going to find that masked bastard who dared to impersonate me and confuse everyone!"
She was still upset that Naruto, unknowingly had disguised themselves as her earlier.
Even though she didn't know Naruto personally, the thought still infuriated her.
Rustle, rustle, rustle…!!
"Ahhh—!!"
But suddenly
Samui's body was lifted into the air, as if something had grabbed her out of nowhere…!
"Captain Samui!!"
Omoi and Karui were both stunned.
Sizzle…!!
A hidden monster revealed itself, its body resembled a giant lizard. In its eye sockets spun long, flat Rinnegan that rotated eerily.
Swish! Swish!
Its long, flexible tongue ends in a fleshy tip wrapped around Samui's body, coiling tighter and tighter.
The tongue pressed against her, and sticky saliva dripped from its tip.
"Ugh… ngh… kuh… it hurts…!"
Samui's face flushed as she struggled to breathe, her eyes tightly shut in pain.
Omoi froze, stunned by the sight. Two faint blushes even crept across his dark face.
Karui shouted:
"What are you doing?! Help the captain!"
"R-right…!!"
Omoi snapped back to reality, drew his sword, and in a flash
Slash!!
He cut through the chameleon's tongue, freeing Samui.
Kamui followed up with his own attack:
—Secret Skill: Cloud Flow Slash!!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Bolts of lightning struck the chameleon from behind, followed by three blinding sword slashes
BOOM!!
The chameleon vanished in a puff of white smoke.
Thump!
Samui fell to the sticky ground, gasping for air.
"Huff… huff… huff…"
Karui sheathed his sword and asked, worried:
"Captain Samui! Are you alright?!"
Omoi let out a deep sigh…
If Killer Bee-sensei had seen that just now… he definitely would've gone crazy...
...
High in the sky, Naruto stood on the back of a giant bird. He raised his left hand, a mysterious smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Konan asked,
"Why are you smiling? Did something good happen?"
Naruto replied calmly,
"It's nothing. Just a small dream of mine… finally came true."
He lowered his hand and looked down toward the ground.
Swish!
Another Summoning bird soared up toward them through the clouds. On its back was a dark-skinned young Kumo ninja.
With a swift flip, the ninja leapt through the air and landed on the back of Naruto's bomb bird.
"You thieves won't get away with destroying our home!"
As he spoke, he drew his dagger, charged with wind and lightning chakra.
—Cloud Flow Style: Three-Day Moon Slash!
Naruto, watching behind his mask, gave a faint smile.
"Well done…"
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TO BE CONTINUED
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