I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 138 Nara Rinka vs. Two Scales Onoki!

The moment that towering white pillar of light appeared.

Nara Rinkachi immediately understood the identity of the visitor.

Throughout the entire ninja world, only this technique, Dust Release, exists; there is no other known version.

However, what surprised Nara Rinka was that the difficulty of Onoki's battle mission was only A-rank.

Is it because of old age and declining physical strength, or is it due to some other reason...?

A thought flashed through Nara Rinka's mind.

The battle with the Shadow of the Five Villages was too crucial for him to be distracted and think too much; he simply looked down at the ground.

At the end of the slender earthen dragon on the ground stood a short old man, none other than the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, who had just unleashed his Dust Release technique.

"Only Onoki?"

Nara Rinka's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Dust Release attacks come quickly and go quickly.

As a one-way attack ninjutsu, "Dust Release: Limit Separation Technique" is meaningless to maintain its effect if it fails to hit the target.

After realizing that Nara Rin had successfully dodged the Dust Release attack, Onoki decisively cut off the chakra supply to the Dust Release and at the same time rapidly formed hand seals.

Meanwhile, Nara Rangsei's counterattack had already begun.

[Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon]!

The jet-black spiral bullet descended from the sky at supersonic speed, aiming precisely at Onoki below, like a black meteor falling from the heavens.

"Earth Release: Earth Prison Hall Without End!"

After completing the hand seals, Onoki pressed his hands to the ground, and a hemispherical rock fortress rose from beneath the earth, completely covering him.

The refined and circulated Earth Release chakra flowed continuously on the outer wall of this rock fortress, further enhancing its defensive capabilities.

Boom!

The Spiral Shadow Cannon collided with the Earth Prison Hall, instantly unleashing a deafening roar, and the hemispherical rock barrier was blasted into a shattered crater.

The spiraling energy generated by the [Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon] carried away the shattered rock fragments and yellow dust, spreading outwards.

However, with the continuous influx of Earth Release chakra, the broken holes in the rock barrier were quickly filled and repaired, allowing it to directly resist the attack of the [Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon] and gradually wear down its power.

Once he sensed that the chakra of "Earth Prison Hall" was no longer being consumed, Onoki, who was hiding inside, emerged from the rock fortress and quickly formed hand seals again.

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet Technique!"

As the final gesture was completed, a lifelike rock dragon head suddenly emerged from the ground next to Onoki.

However, the rock dragon head did not emerge directly from the ground as expected. Instead, it opened its mouth, and clumps of rock mud balls gathered inside its mouth before being launched into the sky.

Thud! Thud! Thud! —

A continuous barrage of rock and mud projectiles shot out from the earth's surface, densely targeting the location of Nara Rinkaku, vaguely forming a vast network of rock projectiles.

Unfortunately, the distance between the shadow creatures and the ground is far too great.

Rock mud bombs simply cannot reach the opponent's front in the first instance.

Nara Ranke skillfully maneuvered the [Shadow Creature], weaving through the dense barrage of rock mud projectiles without sustaining a single injury.

Seeing this, Onoki had no choice but to lower his hands, which were forming hand seals, and stop maintaining the "Earth Dragon Bullet Technique".

"This black beast boy's flying ability is more agile than I imagined."

Onoki frowned slightly.

"He can easily dodge this level of concentrated attack; if we want to catch him..."

The scattering of rocks and mud bombs stopped.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nara Rinka aimed at his opponent and raised his hands, his fingertips condensing into clusters of jet-black bullets.

Rapid Fire - [Spiral Shadow Piercing Bullet]!

A dense barrage of black bullets rained down from the sky, like a meteor shower, covering almost every corner around Onoki.

Come and go without indecent!

Faced with such an attack, Onoki didn't even raise an eyelid, but instantly retreated back into the protective range of "Tsuchigumo".

The attack power of [Spiral Shadow Piercing Bullet] is inferior to that of [Spiral Shadow Killing Cannon]. Although its attack frequency and attack density are far superior to the latter, it still cannot penetrate the "Earth Prison Hall" that Onoki deliberately maintained.

Puff! Puff! Puff! —

The dense barrage of shadow bullets bombarded the rock fortress, only creating a few insignificant craters, which were quickly restored to their original state by the flow and filling of earth-style chakra.

"So you really are just a turret mage, huh?"

Nara Rinka was somewhat disgusted by Onoki's turtle-shell fighting style.

When attacked, retreat into the fortress;

The opponent paused, then went out to fire.

The strategy is to play a defensive counter-attacking game, with both offensive and defensive maneuvers.

"In that case..."

Nara Rinka reduced the attack frequency of [Spiral Shadow Piercing Bullet], and her free left hand touched the summoning talisman on her wrist.

[Summoning Technique: Lightning Sword Transformation]!

A [Explosion Release Mask] instantly fell into Nara Rinka's left hand. With a slight thought, another small [Shadow Creature], about the size of a crow, emerged from the shadows and grabbed the [Explosion Release Mask].

Once upon a time, Nara Rankei had considered using the [Multiple Shadow Clone Technique] in combination with the [Clone Explosion] to create a demolition squad that would strike fear into the hearts of all.

He only realized it later...

The Explosion Mask is clearly more effective than the Clone Explosion!

The Shadow Creature, clutching the Explosion Mask, charged fearlessly toward the rock fortress below under the cover of Nara Rinka's attacks, reaching its front in just a few breaths.

The Shadow Creature effortlessly activated the Explosion Release chakra contained within the Explosion Release Mask and then placed it directly on top of the rock fortress.

The abundant Explosion Release chakra instantly transformed into a B-rank technique: Explosion Release: Killer Bomb.

Boom!!

Under the distant gaze of Nara Rinka, the Explosion Release chakra within this B-rank [Explosion Release Mask] was fully unleashed in the blink of an eye, resulting in a powerful and massive explosion!

The [Explosion Release], which specializes in the destruction of matter, is clearly superior to the [Spiral Shadow Killing Cannon], which is made of pure Yin Release chakra, in terms of attacking "Earth Prison Hall Mu".

Amidst the deafening roar of the earth splitting through the clouds, the rock fortress formed by the "Earth Prison Hall" was blasted open, creating a massive crater that revealed the true state of the interior.

"Ooki! Your turtle shell—"

Nara Rinka, riding his Shadow Creature, approached the rock fortress whose roof had been blown off, intending to greet the Third Tsuchikage.

"Um?"

Inside the rock fortress, the only response to Nara Rangsuke's greeting was a blazing, intense fireball of magma.

"Lava Release: Rock Stream Technique!"

A dark red magma ball flew out from the broken cracks of "Earth Prison Hall". The scorching hot magma baked everything, and the air surrounding it was distorted and deformed as a result.

"Molten Core?!"

At this critical moment.

Nara Rinka manipulated the [Shadow Creature], narrowly avoiding the attack of the Scorching Release Chakra, and flew back into the sky.

A new task notification pops up on the panel.

[A-rank ninja battle mission detected!]

[Rank A Mission: Magma Ninja]

[Mission Objective: Defeat/kill Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure]

[Mission Reward: Rank A Ninja Scroll]

"To deal with me, they mobilized both the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Nara Ranka scratched his head, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"This gift is truly more luxurious than I expected!"

"Old Zi! I've told you this so many times before!"

Onoki's slightly rough, aged voice echoed across the land.

"You must wait until that kid lands before using your Lava Release!"

"I don't need you, old man, telling me how to act!"

The Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, crossed his arms and didn't even notice that the person he was talking to was the highest leader of Iwagakure.

"To be honest, I'm fed up with taking your orders!"

"you!"

Onoki blew his beard and glared, but considering that the enemy was in the sky, he didn't want to argue with Rōshi too much.

"Earth Release: Super Lightweight Rock Technique!"

An inexplicable force eliminated Onoki's body gravity, making him float up like a balloon, and he and Nara Rinka soared into the sky.

The Third Generation Tsuchikage in the Sky.

The four-tailed jinchūriki on the earth.

This was a lineup combination that Iwagakure specifically arranged to deal with the "Black Beast".

Onoki's original plan was to lure the "black beast" to the ground through a prolonged tug-of-war, and then have Rōshi's "Molten Release" deliver a fatal blow.

But what was unexpected was that the other party possessed extremely advanced explosive techniques.

The explosive power was no less than that of the demolition squad of Iwagakure.

The seemingly foolproof "Earth Prison Hall" was thus blown up by the opponent, causing their own trump cards to be completely exposed.

Given the enemy's flying capabilities, the operation could almost be declared a failure at this point...

"Black Beast".

Onoki floated into the sky, barely maintaining the same altitude as Nara Rinka.

"you--"

"Wait, I've wanted to ask this from the very beginning."

Nara Rinka interrupted Onoki somewhat rudely.

"You wouldn't use that title to address me, would you?"

Onoki was stunned for a moment, not expecting that the other party would pay attention to such trivial details at this critical moment.

"That troublesome brat..."

"Excuse my frankness, but I really dislike this title!"

Nara Rinka extended his index finger, and a small ball of pitch-black energy condensed at the tip.

"Old Turtle from Iwagakure, would you consider giving me a new title?"

The [Spiral Shadow Projectile] was launched without a trace of gunpowder.

Onoki had already noticed the other party's actions, and with his superb experience, he simply dodged the attack of the black bullet by turning to the side.

However, after Nara Rinka's meticulous adjustments, the Yin Release chakra used to maintain the shape change of this [Spiral Shadow Bullet] was only a thin layer.

Halfway through its flight, the Yin Release chakra within the core of the [Spiral Shadow Bullet] erupted, forming yet another Nara Plume in mid-air.

Nara Rinka, who appeared behind Onoki, smiled brightly, raised his hands, and gathered all his Yin Release chakra at his fingertips.

[Spiral Shadow Piercing Bullet]!

Onoki had a vague sense of danger coming from behind.

He turned around, and a black bullet struck him squarely between the eyebrows.

I told you I was confused...

The chapter title in the previous chapter was misspelled.

This is actually chapter 137.

(End of this chapter)