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

Chapter 238 Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village) also belongs to the Nara clan!

"The Hidden Mist Village! The Hidden Cloud Village! They're all a bunch of bastards! Useless trash!"

Onoki sped through the sky, swearing all the way.

"Why did that little brat, the Shadow of Darkness, appear so quickly?!"

Although this campaign was initiated by Onoki, he did lead a group of Lava Release troops to the Land of Hot Springs.

However, the wise and experienced Third Tsuchikage did not blindly trust Kirigakure, especially those muscle-bound brutes from Kumogakure.

In Onoki's view, the main objective of Iwagakure's strategic operation was to reclaim the Five-Tails and turn it back into a war force for Iwagakure.

If the mission to "reclaim the Five-Tails" fails, and the Five-Tails is not defeated and sealed again within the specified time, then...

Then we should immediately change our methods and kill the Five-Tails directly!

We absolutely, absolutely cannot allow the Five-Tails to become an asset in Konoha's war effort!

Onoki lacked sufficient confidence in "sealing the Five-Tails".

After all, Iwagakure's ability in sealing techniques is indeed not strong enough.

But Onoki was more than confident in "killing the Five-Tails".

Bloodline Limit: Dust Release is all about dealing excessive damage.

However, the premise of all actions is that the Dark Shadow and the Five-Tails must never unite.

They suffered repeated losses at the hands of the Shadow of Darkness.

Even the resolute Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, felt a little intimidated by the shadow of darkness.

Especially after he received intelligence that the Dark Shadow had recently mastered a technique comparable to the Tailed Beast Ball...

That made Onoki even more apprehensive.

His Earth Release ninjutsu can withstand most ninjutsu, but it really can't withstand the Tailed Beast Ball!

The reason why Onoki led his troops to participate in this war was because the two most difficult Konoha ninjas to deal with, the Dark Shadow and the Yellow Flash, were both tied up by the Hidden Cloud Village.

but……

Can anyone tell him why the Dark Shadow has joined forces with the Five-Tails now?!

"Is the Third Raikage already dead?"

Ōnoki flew forward, cursing under his breath, while keeping an eye on the movements below to avoid a sudden attack from the dark shadow.

"They can't even hold off the enemy? The Hidden Mist Village is a bunch of useless trash! The battle plan is completely out of sync with the actual situation!"

While the Third Tsuchikage was speeding away using the [Super Light Rock Technique].

Below, on the ground, the five-tailed Kokuo had also changed direction and began to stride forward, joyfully chasing after Onoki in the sky.

The third-generation patriarch of Iwagakure, you never thought I'd be able to call in reinforcements now, did you?!

The five-tailed Kokuo was overjoyed, and its speed increased accordingly.

Now the roles of offense and defense have reversed!

In the unobstructed sky, Onoki's flight speed was indeed quite fast.

However, compared to the "Lightning Release Chakra Mode" of the Third Raikage, or even the future Fourth Raikage A, it is still much slower.

Under the rapid pursuit of the Five-Tailed King, the distance between Nara Rinka and Onoki continued to shrink.

Once the distance between the two parties has narrowed to a certain extent.

Nara Rinka raised his right hand and fired a jet-black bullet directly into the sky.

【Spiral Shadow Simulation】!

The supersonic, jet-black bullet streaked across the sky, its trajectory somewhat predictable, and it struck ahead of Onoki's flight path.

Under the cover of the deep night, the trajectory of the [Spiral Shadow Projectile] was so blurred that it was difficult to discern.

However, Ōnoki had fought Nara Rinka multiple times, and with the intelligence gathered from the One-Eyed Uchiha, he was extremely familiar with the Black Shadow's combat abilities.

Onoki, who had been on guard against the attack from the dark shadow, noticed the attack coming from below and immediately changed his trajectory, flying to the side.

Onoki's mastery of the "Light and Heavy Rock Technique" was truly effortless.

Bang!

A burst of smoke and a loud bang followed.

The black shadow bullet exploded in mid-air, revealing a [shadow clone].

[Shadow Clone] quickly assessed the surrounding situation and locked onto Onoki, who had just changed course, and was about to raise his hand to shoot again.

But at that moment, Onoki's attack arrived.

Onoki was indeed a "traditional ninja" who used ninjutsu and needed to perform hand seals.

Having already suffered losses from Nara Rinka's [Spiral Shadow Phantom], he has found a corresponding solution.

The Shadow Clone technique, which uses no hand seals, is indeed troublesome and difficult to deal with.

Then all we need to do is prevent the opponent from using ninjutsu!

Almost the instant the Shadow Clone appeared in the sky, Onoki immediately gathered his Earth Release chakra and unleashed an extremely easy Earth Release ninjutsu at the opponent's location.

"Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique!"

A small, yellowish-brown pebble was spat out of Onoki's mouth. As it flew into the air, the pebble had grown into a sphere the size of a cannonball.

Carrying the howling wind, the solid clods of earth bombarded the [Shadow Clone], which had no foothold, like cannonballs.

Ohnoki still doesn't know how the Dark Shadow developed this special technique for creating clones.

But he only needs to understand one thing.

The clone is far more fragile than the original.

As a tangible clone formed from chakra, regardless of its type, it will generally explode into smoke upon being attacked.

The key is to attack the opponent directly the moment the special black bullet transforms into a clone, before the opponent can make a timely judgment, and break the clone to eliminate this troublesome fighting tactic.

Eyesight, judgment, precision, speed of execution... all these conditions are indispensable.

This is the wealth of experience that Ohnoki has gained from countless battles!

Bang!

The [Iron Cannon Technique] struck the [Shadow Clone] hard, dispersing it into a cloud of smoke.

The wisps of smoke quickly dissipated into the air.

Onoki was very excited.

"We've successfully cracked the Shadow of Darkness's combat strategy!"

Onoki stopped flying and looked down at the five-tailed beast, Kokuou, his mind filled with thoughts.

"If they dare to use that ninjutsu again, I can shatter their clones once more..."

"If you want to deal with me, the Shadow of Darkness will have to take action personally! And by then, he will be temporarily separated from the Five-Tails, so perhaps..."

"I can still kill the Five-Tails!"

Onoki quickly began to plan his next battle.

After the chase, Onoki knew very well that his own flying speed was no match for the speed of the Five-Tails.

The enormous size of the tailed beast, combined with the Five-Tails' already extraordinary power, makes its speed surpass that of most ninjas in the ninja world.

Even though there are a few ninjas who can race against the Five-Tails.

But Onoki is definitely not included.

Since being caught up by the Five-Tails is inevitable, it's better to stop now and save chakra.

"The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, has stopped."

Upon noticing Ōnoki's movements, Go-Ou also ceased its pursuit and looked up at the sky.

"He's currently hovering in the air... How about we unleash our combination attack?"

The technique that the Five-Tailed King Kokuou was referring to at this moment was the S-rank technique [Kirin]!

For the ninjas of Iwagakure, especially their Tsuchikage.

It would be a lie to say that the Five-Tailed King, Kokuou, doesn't hate it.

If given the chance, the Five-Tails Kokuou wouldn't mind "repaying" Iwagakure with the suffering it had endured over the past few decades.

Although Onoki was a ninja who had mastered the ability to fly.

The Five-Tailed King, a "terrestrial tailed beast," has little way to deal with the opponent.

But who could have imagined that the Five-Tailed King would run into Nara Lankai?

That earth-shaking [Kirin] will definitely teach Onoki a lesson!

"King Mu, are you referring to the Qilin?"

Nara Rinkachi had just finished receiving the memory message from the [Shadow Clone] and was also looking up at the sky.

"There's no need for that."

Nara Rankei was very puzzled by Onoki's behavior during the battle.

He initially thought that Onoki would at least fight him for a few rounds.

Unexpectedly, the old man turned and ran away the moment he saw him, without even looking back...

Nara Rinkachi believed that Onoki would resolutely stick to the escape route.

After chasing him for a while, the old man inexplicably stopped moving again...

To be honest.

Nara Rinka did indeed have some "ideas" about Onoki's Dust Release.

He originally intended to take advantage of this war to see if he could continue to control the Third Tsuchikage, just as he had done with the Third Raikage before.

Once the manipulation of the Third Tsuchikage is successful, Nara Rinka will be able to quietly plunder all of the village's advanced secret techniques, just as he did with Kumogakure before!

But if Onoki insists on avoiding war...

Nara Rinkachi was also helpless against the other side.

Under normal circumstances, Nara Rinka could still continue to entangle with Onoki.

However, at this time, Konoha was simultaneously attacked by multiple ninja villages.

The village of Iwagakure was merely the "second stop" on Nara's quest for the best.

There are still more critical issues to be addressed and resolved in the Fog Concealment battlefield.

Nara Rinka has no time to waste with Onoki.

however……

The other party simply hovered in the sky so openly.

"Gentlemen, I love intelligence warfare!"

Nara Rinkazu looked at Onoki with the same gaze one would give a sheep to be slaughtered.

"Lan Gui, do you have any other methods to deal with Onoki?"

Despite having complete trust in Nara Rangsuke, Go-oku-ou still couldn't help but offer a reminder at this moment.

"His Dust Release... is really the special kind."

"Rest assured, King Mu."

Nara gazes at the sky with a deep, thoughtful look in his eyes.

"I just hope you won't get too excited when you see Onoki coming over later..."

The Shadow Clone was indeed shattered into a cloud of smoke after being attacked by the Rock Cannon Technique.

However, before being attacked, he used the Shadow Clone Technique and the Shadow Invisibility Technique to transfer all of his Yin Release chakra to another invisible Shadow Clone.

Onoki's attack did indeed shatter the first [Shadow Clone].

However, the second transparent [Shadow Clone] was silently approaching Onoki's location by using the power of [Shadow Transformation Technique] and [Shadow Invisibility Technique].

The Shadow Transformation Technique provides the abilities of flight and shadow transformation.

The Shadow Invisibility Technique provides the ability to be invisible and conceal one's presence.

Onoki was completely unaware of the approaching shadow clone.

The Third Tsuchikage...

Nara Rinkazu's fingertips emitted an almost invisible [shadow thread], connecting to the Third Tsuchikage.

"I'll be one for a while too!"

Shadow Manipulation Technique!

This is probably the second latest update...

I feel like I'm floating on air...

(End of this chapter)