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

Chapter 255 An S-Rank Mission You Get for Free!

"ha--"

Upon hearing Nara Rinka's words, Go-o Kokuo almost burst out laughing.

However, considering that the Three-Tailed Isobu was also a member of the Tailed Beasts, the Five-Tailed Kokuo forcibly swallowed its laughter back down, and then... quietly stretched out its slender, long, and snow-white right leg.

Those are Bai Zizhen's legs...

The Three-Tailed Isobu glanced at the Five-Tailed Kokuou's legs with a hint of resentment.

how?

A white deer's leg is a leg, but a gray tortoise's leg isn't a leg, right?

But the situation is better than that of the "turtle".

Looking at the Five-Tails Kokuo, Nara Rinkazuki, and Uchiha Kagami not far away, the Three-Tails Isobu couldn't bring himself to think of "fighting three at once."

Even if you remove the old turtle's shell, the Three-Tailed Isobu doesn't think it can withstand the attack of this powerful enemy.

The previous battles have already proven this point well.

Under the combined attack of these three, Mitsuo Isobu had almost no chance to resist and was directly knocked unconscious.

Facing three opponents alone, Isobu Mitsuo knew he was no match.

But if it were a one-on-one fight, especially on the "home turf" of the ocean, the Three-Tailed Isobu felt it necessary to teach this arrogant ninja a lesson!

If it doesn't show its power, do you really think it's a turtle?!

"Are you sure? To the ocean?"

Mio Isobu looked at Nara Rinka with a serious expression.

"I'm not going to hold back."

"I just hope it doesn't leak later."

Nara Ranka shook his head and leaped down from the top of the Five-Tailed King's head.

"You can choose the location of the battle, but if you're planning to use this opportunity to dive and escape..."

"I'm not like you ninjas who enjoy playing tricks and schemes!"

Mio Isobu arrogantly interrupted Nara Ranka.

"If you want war, I'll fight—are you sure it's at sea?"

"Lead the way... um."

Nara Rinkazu pondered for a moment. He originally intended to create a [shadow creature] directly, but looking at the massive body of the Three-Tailed Isobu, he suddenly spoke.

"Three-tailed Fox, are you holding your own?"

The sudden problem of Nara Rinkasa somewhat disrupted the high morale of Mitsuo Isobu.

For a moment, Isobu was completely bewildered, and he gave a slow and hesitant response.

"It should be fairly stable, right?"

"Okay then."

Nara Ranka slowly walked towards the direction of Mio Isobu.

"Look at all the concessions I made before, so... giving me a ride isn't too much to ask, is it?"

Hearing this, Mitsuo Isobu hesitated.

First of all, it did not sense any hostility from Nara Rangsei—at least not today.

Secondly, Nara Rinka personally called out its name—this is a great show of respect for a tailed beast.

In the end, Nara Rangsei does seem to have made significant concessions...

Mitsuo Isobu had not yet made a final decision.

Nara Rinkaku had already leaped onto the rough shell of the Three-Tailed Isobu and casually found a flat spot to sit down.

"Don't dive, paddle slowly, let's go."

"..."

Mio Isobu felt inexplicably uneasy.

But yearning for freedom, it obediently turned around, constantly waving its short, thick limbs, and began to float and swim on the water's surface at a fairly fast pace.

"King Mu, wait for me a moment, I'll be right back."

Nara Rinka turned around and waved to Go-O.

"You can rest here for now."

The five-tailed Mu-o lay obediently on the beach.

Somewhat bewildered, Nara Shikaku and Uchiha Kagami rushed over from the side. Watching Nara Ranka and the Three-Tails Isobu gradually disappear into the sea, the two looked at each other, and then looked at the Five-Tails Kokuou.

"Lord Mu."

Nara Shikaku bent over, his posture humble.

"Why did the clan leader leave with the Three-Tails?"

"Lan Gui said he wanted to have a one-on-one fight with Sanwei."

The Five-Tailed King responded generously.

"You should all rest for a while. I have faith in Lan Gui."

Uchiha Kagami's expression was slightly strange.

In Konoha, it is often said that the Uchiha clan is arrogant and difficult to get along with, almost to the point of being arrogant to the bone.

But today, Uchiha Kagami discovered that there were people even more arrogant than his clansmen who had eyes that seemed to reach the sky.

Fighting a tailed beast skilled in water-style techniques in the ocean...

"Is this the strength and confidence of the Shadow of Darkness?"

Uchiha Kagami admitted that he was inferior to him.

Nara Shikaku was also somewhat worried, but at this point he could only trust that the clan leader could handle the Three-Tails problem perfectly.

Casting aside his pointless worries, Nara Shikaku looked at the Five-Tailed King Kokuou and took two steps closer without making a sound.

"Lord Mu, what do you usually enjoy doing...?"

When Nara Shikaku tried to get close to Gouou, the Five-Tailed King.

Nara Rinka has arrived at a vast expanse of azure sea aboard the Mio Isobu.

As far as the eye can see, the vast ocean occupies every corner of the view, with not a trace of land in sight.

"This is it!"

The three-tailed isobu stopped its downstream movement and spoke in a deep, resonant voice.

"You can leave now!"

"You dive yourself and swim to a distance that you feel is suitable."

Nara Rinkasa refused to move and signaled to Mitsuo Isobu to control the fighting distance himself.

"Or, if you think you're ready to fight in your current position, then go ahead and make your move."

"Hmph! You said it yourself!"

Mitsuo Isobu let out a heavy, cold snort.

The next moment, it retracted its head and limbs into its hard shell, not even leaving behind its three wagging tails.

Using the buoyancy of the seawater, Mio Isobu curled up into a huge gray sphere on the surface of the sea and began to spin rapidly.

"Shadow Caress!"

"Wouldn't it be better if you did it yourself? Why do you have to make me do it..."

Nara Rinka sighed and, before the Three-Tailed Isobu could begin to spin, created a Shadow Creature from the shadows, which carried him into the sky.

The three-tailed isobu spun on the sea like a top for a long time, but it never felt any resistance from the enemy. It only created swirling waves in the sea.

After a while.

The three-tailed isobu stopped rotating on its own and carefully poked its head out of its shell to check its surroundings.

Followed by.

Mio Isobu then saw Nara Ranka sitting on the back of the [Shadow Creature], seemingly watching the show with nothing to do.

"You can fly?"

The one-eyed Mitsuo Isobu looked up at Nara Rinka in the sky, a big question mark flashing in its small eye.

"When did I ever say I couldn't fly?"

Nara Rinka rested his chin on his hand, looking down at the Three-Tailed Isobu below.

"Isobu, do you still think you can beat me?"

After a moment of silence, Mio Isobu stubbornly insisted on his words.

How will you know if you don't try?

As soon as he finished speaking, the Three-Tails Isobu began to accumulate chakra, and a jet-black Tailed Beast Ball gradually appeared in front of it.

Nara Rinka pursed his lips, his right hand sweeping across the [Sealing Scroll] behind him, summoning a uniquely shaped fan.

[Flame Ball Fan]!

Looking at the small fan that suddenly appeared in the sky, Isobu of the Three-Tailed Beast almost lost control of the power of the Tailed Beast Ball, causing it to explode directly in front of him.

How could the Three-Tails Isobu forget the Flame Fan, which can absorb the power of the Tailed Beast Ball?

However, the Tailed Beast Ball was poised to be unleashed, and Isobu, the Three-Tails, realized that the opponent's fan could only absorb the power of the Tailed Beast Ball and could not reflect it back...

Isobu, the Three-Tailed Beast, gritted his teeth and released the Tailed Beast Ball towards the sky.

The enormous, jet-black sphere was imposing, soaring straight into the sky.

Nara Rinka was unwilling to use the Flame Fan to withstand the attack, as that would be too much trouble.

With a slight thought, he manipulated the [shadow creature] to nimbly change position in the sky, easily dodging the attack of the Three-Tailed Isobu's Tailed Beast Ball.

The Tailed Beast Ball, radiating an astonishing chakra fluctuation, almost brushed past the [Shadow Creature], yet failed to affect it in the slightest, continuing its unobstructed flight towards the sky.

A task notification popped up quietly on the panel at this moment.

[S-rank ninja battle mission detected!]

[S-Rank Mission: Isobu the Three-Tailed Beast]

[Mission Objective: Defeat/Kill the Three-Tailed Isobu]

[Mission Reward: S-Rank Ninja Scroll]

"Huh? I actually triggered an S-rank mission?"

Nara Rinka's gaze swept over the mission information on the panel, and his eyebrows twitched slightly.

"Was last night's battle... overridden by the [Toma Union] mission?"

"Now I've gotten an S-rank mission for free."

Upon receiving this S-rank mission, which seemed like a windfall, Nara Rankei's gaze towards Mitsuo Isobu became much more amiable.

In comparison.

The expression in Mitsuo Isobu's eyes didn't seem so pleased.

Since the opponent could fly, most of Isobu's techniques became ineffective.

The opponent's flight speed was fast enough to dodge the Tailed Beast Ball, and the Three-Tailed Isobu had almost lost its last resort.

How are we supposed to fight this battle then?!

The Three-Tailed Isobu tentatively channeled its chakra into the sea below, using its innate talent for water manipulation to control the surrounding seawater, causing it to surge upwards into the sky like a fountain.

However, the attack speed of the Tailed Beast Ball cannot keep up with the flight speed of the Shadow Creature.

How could the water-style ninjutsu of the Three-Tailed Isobu possibly be faster than that of a shadow creature?

Nara Rinka easily dodged the Three-Tailed Isobu's water-style attack, and even had the energy to tease the tailed beast below.

"Is this all you've got, Isobu?"

Nara Rinka looked down at the large gray tortoise below.

"If your attack is over, then it's my turn."

The rational mind of the Three-Tailed Isobu tells it that it has no way to deal with such a fast-flying enemy.

The best combat strategy is to immediately dive and escape.

However, the dignity of being a tailed beast made Isobu of the Three-Tailed Beast refrain from the despicable act of fleeing without a fight.

"If you've got the guts, then come on!"

Mitsuo Isobu stubbornly insisted.

"I'm not afraid of you!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the Three-Tails Isobu took a deep breath of the surrounding seawater, temporarily storing it in his mouth and mixing it with his tailed beast chakra.

"Water Release: Exploding Water Wave!"

The Three-Tailed Isobu aimed at Nara Rinka and the [Shadow Creature] in the sky and sprayed out all the seawater it had just absorbed.

Under the influence of Water Release chakra, the size and volume of the seawater spewed out by the Three-Tails Isobu were almost comparable to a small lake!

Tailed beasts do indeed gain a significant boost in combat power when fighting on their home turf.

This time, facing the water-style ninjutsu of the Three-Tailed Isobu, Nara Rinkei no longer continued to dodge.

He took out a dark red [Nature Mask] from the [Sealed Scroll].

Nara Rinka held the mask with one hand, continuously channeling the [Lava Release] chakra contained within.

Under his control, giant molten fists formed from Lava Release chakra through shape transformation were released one after another from the Lava Release mask.

These giant fists of lava, almost equivalent to real magma, carrying terrifyingly high temperatures that could scorch mountains and boil seas, descended from the sky like a meteor shower, actively meeting the massive water escape that surged upwards from below.

[Lava Release: Meteor Volcano]!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The massive, powerful lava fist pierced through the large-scale water-style ninjutsu released by the Three-Tails Isobu with ease, as if it were passing through a layer of cotton.

The moment scorching magma touches the icy seawater, the former instantly evaporates the latter.

Thick, white, high-temperature water vapor continuously floated into the sky from the point where the magma met the seawater, and then condensed into clouds in the cold upper atmosphere.

The Three-Tailed Isobu's Water Release ninjutsu was completely destroyed in the blink of an eye by Nara Rankei's [Lava Release: Meteor Volcano].

But Isobu, the Three-Tailed Fox, had no time to marvel at the skills of this Konoha ninja.

Faced with this scorching lava that resembled the Four-Tails, the Three-Tails Isobu almost had its tail raised.

It has no intention of using its beautiful shell to withstand the bombardment of these lava meteors!

However, the [Lava Release: Meteor Volcano], still brimming with power, relentlessly bombarded the sea area where the Three-Tailed Isobu was located, relentlessly bombarding this stubborn, gray turtle.

Rumbling--

Before the three-tailed isobu could dive too deep, countless giant fists of lava slammed into the sea, creating towering waves on the vast surface and sending scorching steam into the sky.

The Three-Tailed Isobu suffered greatly from this [Lava Release: Meteor Volcano] attack. Even deep in the sea, its gray shell was still scorched with multiple gray marks by the scalding lava fist.

While enduring the intense pain, Mio Isobu rapidly paddled his limbs and swam to the other side of the sea.

While the range of Nara Rinkazuchi's [Lava Release: Meteor Volcano] was enough to completely submerge the Three-Tailed Isobu, it was still far too small compared to a real natural ocean.

It took the Mitsui Isobu a lot of effort to escape from the attack range of [Lava Release: Meteor Volcano], and only after the surrounding roar subsided did it float back to the surface of the sea.

however.

The three-tailed isobu had just poked its head out from under the sea when it saw an incredibly thick dark cloud in the sky, with silvery-white lightning bolts weaving back and forth among the clouds.

Nara Rinka stands in the sky, raising his right hand and swinging his arm downwards.

【Qilin】!

"roar--"

The roar of the Thunder Qilin shook the heavens and the earth.

"Aww—"

The mournful cries of the Three-Tailed Isobu were too pitiful to bear.

Second update.

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