Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

The next moment, the elbow wrapped in high-density lightning chakra collided with the scythe in Hanzo's hand.

A powerful blast of air suddenly appeared.

Then, Hanzo coughed up a mouthful of blood and flew backward, leaving two scratches on the ground that were over a hundred meters long before he came to a stop.

"A demigod of the ninja world? Hmph, just you wait and see. I'll deal with you after I wake up my little brother."

The Third Raikage sneered.

After activating Lightning Release Chakra Mode, not only were his physical attributes and nerve reaction abilities enhanced, but his sensory abilities were also dramatically improved.

Hanzo's stealth techniques and Water Instantaneous Body Technique are impressive, but they still cannot escape his perception.

Hanzo's expression remained unchanged upon hearing the Third Raikage's arrogant words, but his gaze towards the Third Raikage grew increasingly solemn.

He had confirmed that the other party was the kind of ninja with powerful sensory abilities that he least wanted to see, and that the other party was wrapped in lightning chakra, which was like an indestructible armor. His proficient assassination techniques and scythe made of chakra metal could hardly harm the other party.

However, he also discovered the opponent's weakness: maintaining the Lightning Release armor required a large amount of chakra every moment.

"But this guy's chakra reserves are comparable to those of a tailed beast. In terms of chakra consumption, it's hard to say who will outlast whom."

Hanzo recalled the unfathomable amount of chakra possessed by the Third Raikage and secretly thought it was a troublesome situation.

He hadn't encountered such a formidable opponent in a long time.

Then, he took out a yellow pill from his person and swallowed it.

In no time, a powerful surge of chakra emerged from his stomach, quickly replenishing the large amount of chakra he had previously consumed, and his physical strength was also greatly restored.

In just a few seconds, Hanzo was back to his peak condition.

Special curry balls.

This is a new type of chakra-restoring pill developed by the Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company, based on the Akimichi clan's secret medicine, Curry Pill. It can quickly restore the chakra and stamina needed by an ordinary Kage-level shinobi.

It can be said that these soldier rations are extremely precious treasures even for Kage-level powerhouses.

However, the price is that it comes at the cost of extending one's lifespan.

"If it's Lightning Release, Wind Release should be able to break through the defense, right?"

Hanzo murmured.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scythe in his hand was covered with a dense layer of wind-style chakra.

"That's interesting."

The Third Raikage's expression turned slightly serious when he saw Hanzo restored to his peak condition and the scythe in his hand covered with dense Wind Release chakra.

He knew that his battle with Hanzo had only just begun.

On the other side, at the Cloud Hidden's temporary battlefield headquarters.

Elui is closely monitoring the situation on the battlefield with the constant stream of battlefield intelligence. Judging from the latest battle report alone, Kumogakure has stabilized its previous decline and is rapidly moving towards victory under the leadership of the Third Raikage.

Looking at the latest battle reports in her hands, Elui showed little joy, her brows furrowed the whole time.

The reason she acted this way was that a key figure from Amegakure had not yet shown up.

Hattori Masanari, the modifier of Amegakure, the Darkness of Amegakure, the leader of the Abyss Division of Amegakure, and the new Kage-level powerhouse of Amegakure.

He holds numerous titles.

Without a doubt, this was a very dangerous person, and the fact that he had not appeared since the start of the war made Elui feel like she had a thorn in her side.

She knew that Hattori Masanari was definitely plotting something, and once he made his move, it would be a swift and decisive strike.

She had assumed that Hattori Masanari would launch an attack while the Third Raikage was away from the temporary battlefield headquarters. After all, the headquarters' defenses were at their lowest since the Third Raikage was absent, and the headquarters contained many of Kumogakure's strategic resources. Once destroyed, it would definitely severely hinder Kumogakure's offensive.

However, the Third Raikage had been gone for almost half an hour. If the opponent wanted to launch a sneak attack, they should have done so long ago. By now, they had missed the best opportunity.

"Which mitigation factor was overlooked?"

Elui frowned, deep in thought.

At the same time, in a cave five or six kilometers outside the Hidden Cloud Village, a group of ninjas wearing Amegakure headbands were silently waiting. Judging from their ninja vests, each of them was a Jonin from Amegakure.

At this moment, every one of these Amegakure Jonin had an expression of resignation to their fate.

Suddenly, one of them, wearing a pale mask, stood up and said, "The time has come."

The speaker was none other than Hattori Masanari, the Amegakure ninja whom Kirito's White Zetsu clone was currently impersonating.

The Third Raikage's secretary, Ellie, was right; he was indeed plotting a major event: an attack on Kumogakure.

They gathered the strength of 50 Jonin from Amegakure to launch an attack on Kumogakure.

Without a doubt, this was an extremely crazy plan, because even though the Hidden Cloud Village sent a large number of ninjas to invade the Land of Rain and guard other borders, it still retained more than 3,000 ninjas within the village, including more than 100 Jonin.

Meanwhile, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure were also preserved in Kumogakure.

Hattori Masanari's attack on Kumogakure with 50 Amegakure Jonin was tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.

However, since Amegakure is currently too weak, it is impossible for Amegakure to defeat Cloud Village in a direct confrontation. Only by taking a risky move and making Cloud Village pay the price and hurt them badly can Cloud Village understand Amegakure's ruthlessness.

Led by the White Zetsu clone with the Byakugan, fifty Amegakure Jonin easily passed through the numerous defenses set up by Kumogakure and quickly approached the outskirts of Kumogakure.

Soon, Kumogakure came into view of the White Zetsu clone and a group of Amegakure Jonin.

"Proceed according to plan."

The White Zetsu clone turned around and spoke to the group of Amegakure Jonin behind him.

"Yes, Lord Masashige."

All the Jonin of Amegakure spoke in unison.

The next moment, twenty Amegakure Jonin skilled in Water Release techniques immediately began forming hand seals simultaneously.

Water Release: Rain Tiger Technique!

This water-style ninjutsu was invented by Kirito based on the Rain Tiger Free Technique. It is a variant of the Rain Tiger Free Technique. Instead of sending chakra into the sky to mix with the rain for surveillance, it directly uses water-style chakra to create rain clouds and then artificially bring rain.

This water-style ninjutsu was created by more than twenty water-style jonin working together, so its power is naturally quite astonishing.

A huge rain cloud began to rapidly appear in the sky above Kumogakure.

At the same time, the bodies of the five Amegakure Jonin quickly turned into sheets of paper and flew into the air.

Secret Technique: Dance of Shikigami!

This is one of the few special secret techniques in Amegakure, and very few people can master it.

While the five Amegakure Jonin used a secret technique to transform the paper into a large amount of paper, several Amegakure ninja carrying boxes opened the boxes, revealing a large number of waterproof explosive tags inside.

Ten thousand enhanced explosive tags.

This is one of the gifts Kirito gave to the Hidden Cloud Village.

As soon as the box was opened, the explosive tags, already imbued with the chakra of the five Rain Ninja who had mastered the Paper Dance technique, flew up one after another, accompanying the five Rain Ninja Jonin towards Kumogakure.

As the rain began to fall, the White Zetsu clone led the remaining Amegakure Jonin towards Kumogakure.

The ninjas of Kumogakure are highly vigilant. When the abnormal rain cloud appeared overhead, many Kumogakure ninjas issued a warning. Then, when a large number of strange pieces of paper flew into Kumogakure, the alarm sounded.

"Bang bang bang~"

As explosive tags were manipulated by five Amegakure Jonin who had mastered the Paper Dance technique and landed on buildings throughout Kumogakure, numerous explosions quickly occurred.

In an instant, a large number of ordinary people in the Hidden Cloud Village cried out in fear.

Panic quickly spread among the crowd.

"Bastards, who are you people?!"

"You despicable bastards, I'm going to kill you all."

"Rain Ninja, you bunch of scum dare to come here! We, the Hidden Cloud Village, will surely wipe you out!"

……

Shortly after the explosion, the White Zetsu clone led more than forty Amegakure Jonin into Kumogakure. They immediately attracted the attention of many Kumogakure ninja and were met with their angry curses.

In response, amidst the torrential rain, the White Zetsu clone clapped his hands together, and a powerful surge of chakra instantly erupted from his body.

The large amount of water accumulated in Kumogakure immediately surged into the air, forming a giant wave more than twenty meters high, before crashing down.

Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!

The massive wave swept away numerous houses and people, turning a corner of Hidden Cloud Village into ruins and causing countless deaths and injuries.

After the White Zetsu clone finished doing all this, more than a dozen lightning-style ninjutsu were shot at him from all directions.

He calmly clapped his hands again, using the Water Instantaneous Body Technique to disappear from the spot.

Meanwhile, the other Amegakure Jonin had already dispersed. Three of them used summoning techniques to summon a giant black rhinoceros, a three-headed giant dog, and a giant strange bird. The three giant summoned beasts rampaged through the Hidden Cloud Village, destroying a large number of buildings.

The White Zetsu clone was also adding as many huge scars as possible to the Hidden Cloud Village. Relying on the rain falling from the sky, he continuously used the Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique to create huge waves, causing massive damage and casualties in the Hidden Cloud Village.

A large number of Jonin and Chunin from Kumogakure also came to attack the White Zetsu clone.

Unfortunately, their attacks were laughable and foolish in the face of the White Zetsu clone, who possessed the Byakugan and whose strength had already reached the Kage level. They couldn't hit him at all, and instead, he killed most of them with his various powerful water-style ninjutsu.

It wasn't until a ninja covered in blue cat-demon patterned chakra appeared in front of the White Zetsu clone that the White Zetsu clone felt a little pressure.

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yuzuki Nii.

Like the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Yukimaru Nii is a Jinchuriki who has mastered the power of Tailed Beast transformation. Moreover, because the Two-Tails' personality is much better than the Eight-Tails', and its strength is far less than the Eight-Tails', Yukimaru Nii, although not a perfect Jinchuriki, can already use the Two-Tails' power flexibly in battle.

"Hattori Masanari, you deserve to die! Do you know what you've done? The boss will never let Amegakure go."

The two Yuki-maru stared at Hattori Masashige, who was disguised as a White Zetsu clone, with pale eyes and spoke menacingly.

"Stop your nonsense. You, the Hidden Cloud Village, are allowed to invade the Land of Rain without reason, but we, the Hidden Rain Village, are not allowed to destroy your Hidden Cloud Village? You brought this on yourselves."

The white-haired clone sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and a huge water dragon quickly appeared, rushing towards the two Yuzuki Maru.

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!

Upon hearing the words of the White Zetsu clone, Yukimaru secretly groaned, knowing that the Cloud Village was in the wrong.

All we can say is that karma is a cycle, and no one escapes its consequences.

The Cloud Village's suffering of this calamity can be considered a fitting retribution for their evil deeds.

He abandoned any attempt at persuasion or threats, immediately unleashing astonishing speed to dodge the oncoming giant water dragon, and then suddenly attacked the White Zetsu clone from behind.