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Chapter 434 The Fourth Raikage, Gone in an Instant (4K)

In the blink of an eye, there are only six days left until the release date of The Last Ninja.

On this same day, at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice Fields, Konoha and Kumogakure went to war.

This was not a sudden event; there were signs of it beforehand.

Under the will of the Fourth Raikage, the Cloud Village ninjas provoked Konoha and demanded that Konoha hand over the Two-Tails Matatabi, stating that it was a tailed beast belonging to Cloud Village, which Konoha had obtained from the Akatsuki and must return.

The Konoha ninjas naturally refused to comply. Even if they knew the truth about the Akatsuki, they wouldn't back down.

The ordinary ninjas of Konoha have never lacked the courage to fight and the warlike gene. This is the pride and spirit of the victors of many Shinobi World Wars and the strongest ninja village since the Shinobi Village Era.

Previously, due to the village's weak power, Konoha ninjas could only choose to endure and feel resentful under the will of their superiors, and even choose to feel resentful and angry between resentment and rage—for example, the Hyuga clan incident was such a case, which was a great humiliation for all Konoha ninjas who knew about it.

This situation led to Konoha feeling deeply ashamed and having a very poor, even hostile, attitude towards Kumogakure.

Driven by such sentiments, the Konoha leadership is now taking an extremely tough stance, determined to confront the Hidden Cloud Village directly, and even engaging in a very forceful standoff.

In this situation, the Konoha leadership had only one order for the front lines: do not take the first action.

The implication is that if the Hidden Cloud Village makes the first move, regardless of the reason, the Leaf Village army can launch its strongest counterattack.

Therefore, during the days of this standoff, Konoha showed an extremely tough side. Despite being outnumbered, they were quite tough, even arrogant, towards the Cloud Village ninjas, and often acted in a completely provocative manner.

This left the Cloud Village ninja somewhat bewildered. After all, they were used to Konoha's weakness, but they didn't expect it to be so tough this time, which was completely unexpected.

However, the Cloud Village is the Cloud Village after all, with many hot-tempered individuals. After the initial bewilderment, they suddenly flew into a rage, displaying a determination to fight Konoha to the bitter end. They were as if Konoha dared to be so arrogant, which was simply outrageous. Not only did they not take the initiative to kneel down and admit their mistakes and apologize, but they also dared to provoke them. They were truly courting death!
This time, we must crush Konoha's arrogance no matter what. A weak and easily bullied village like Konoha should kneel down and lick Kumogakure's toes!

As a result, with Darui, the commander of the Cloud Village frontline, deliberately allowing his subordinates to counterattack after receiving orders from the Fourth Raikage, tensions between the two sides on the front lines escalated.

Finally, today, a hot-tempered, muscular Kumogakure ninja from Team Kumaru clashed with a Konoha soldier who was being arrogant and condescending, hurling insults at him.

When the Cloud Village ninjas made the first move, the Konoha ninjas on the front lines who witnessed this scene were thrilled, their eyes filled with ecstasy, which then turned into ferocity and malice.

The next moment, the Konoha ninja deliberately roared loudly, angrily cursing the Kumogakure ninja for daring to attack, declaring it unforgivable and that Konoha would launch the most severe and righteous counterattack.

This is standard, simple diplomatic rhetoric, and also a veiled reminder to the other Konoha ninjas who didn't witness this scene that they had a pretext for war and should grab their weapons and charge.

Kunai, shuriken, and other weapons were thrown out, and various offensive ninjutsu were unleashed, heading directly towards the Cloud Village ninjas.

The Cloud Village ninjas were stunned when they saw this. They never expected that Konoha would actually dare to make a move, and so decisively and suddenly, without any preparation whatsoever.

As a result, battles were fought one by one, and the Cloud Village suffered heavy losses, with many ninjas being defeated by thrown ninja tools and ninjutsu attacks.

Then, the real passion began.

While shocked, Darui, the commander of the front line, immediately ordered his troops to engage the enemy, and thus a battle broke out with the Leaf Village.

Because both sides had prepared temporary forward bases during the standoff, their supplies were continuously replenished after the battle began, and the wounded were immediately taken to the rear for treatment.

However, the Cloud Village was not actually prepared for a real war, so the supplies and logistical personnel prepared for the front line were not many. Moreover, the battle was being fought on the border of the Land of Rice and the Land of Fire, which were some distance away from the Land of Lightning, so the logistical pressure was quite high.

For Konoha, it was a different story. Konoha had prepared for a real fight from the beginning, so their logistical preparations were also genuine. In addition, since they were always located within the Land of Fire, their logistical pressure was not great, and they could even be said to have been quite well prepared.

As a result, as soon as the battle began, Konoha's forces of over a thousand directly overwhelmed Kumogakure, leaving the Kumogakure ninjas feeling extremely frustrated. Furthermore, Konoha's forces, relying on the coordination of multiple ninjas, managed to injure Darui, the commander, right from the start, causing Kumogakure to fall into a complete disadvantage and suffer increasing casualties. This left Darui, who had never experienced a real war, flustered and caught in a dilemma.

At this moment, Darui and many other Cloud Village ninjas truly understood the depth of Konoha's strength and realized just how much power this once-strongest village could unleash when it truly took action.

Moreover, this is Konoha that has experienced the Nine-Tails' attack. It's unimaginable how strong Konoha would be without experiencing the Nine-Tails' attack.

Without a doubt, Darui has finally completely changed his perception of Konoha.

At the same time, we are also relieved because the wise Fourth Raikage made the right judgment and will launch a surprise attack on Kakashi Hatake, the commander of the Konoha army, in this conflict.

When Kakashi Hatake dies, the Konoha frontline army will collapse rapidly, and the Hidden Cloud Village, which has fallen into a disadvantageous position, will instantly turn the tide and gain a huge strategic advantage, directly threatening the Land of Fire and Konoha.

Once things reach that point, Konoha will certainly not dare to continue fighting with Kumogakure. In order to quell Kumogakure's anger, Konoha will definitely take the initiative to bow down, just like it did more than ten years ago, and may even sacrifice their own people to express their apology and make a large amount of compensation. Kumogakure will also be able to make a fortune in this situation.

Just think about it, this is truly a joyful moment filled with anticipation and excitement!

Anyway, that's just Darui's mindset.

Then, Darui took the initiative to demonstrate his superior strength on the battlefield, and deliberately challenged Kakashi Hatake to a 'general versus general' battle, which is a classic duel between generals.

In a normal battlefield, this would be a classic display of individual heroism, which is quite foolish. However, the ninja world is a world of the extraordinary, where the difference between the strong and ordinary people is enormous. Therefore, it is very common for soldiers to fight soldiers, generals to fight generals, and kings to fight kings.

For example, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, one Kage's opponent was often another Kage. In the original work, the Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage died together, and the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, also mentioned in the original work that he fought the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, many times.

Furthermore, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, when facing the reanimated Kage group, it was the Kage of each village who fought against them. Later, when facing Madara Uchiha, it was the Kage who directly engaged in battle.

This could be considered a classic battle between beings from the transcendental realms, and something everyone naturally assumed should be done this way. What? Didn't the Third Raikage fight off tens of thousands of Hidden Stone Ninja alone before dying?

Well, in that battle, the original work clearly stated that the Third Raikage voluntarily stayed behind to cover the retreat. In other words, that battle was originally an ambush against the Cloud Village ninjas, but it turned into a massive battle in which the Third Raikage went on a rampage.

Otherwise, if the Third Raikage were to die, he should have died during his battle with the Third Tsuchikage.

Of course, it's also possible that both will perish together.

It can only be said that the Third Raikage's will to protect his subordinates and the village led him to choose a unique way to die.

The same applies to the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Of course, the enemies that Tobirama Senju faced were not just grunts. The two guys, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who wielded the Six Paths Treasures and a portion of the Nine-Tails' chakra, were classic examples of killing big shots on first encounter when there was insufficient information. Unless you had extraordinary strength, you would be defeated if you met them.

In short, given this prevailing atmosphere, it's only natural that Darui would directly challenge Kakashi to a fight; everyone finds it reasonable and in line with the characteristics of battles in the ninja world.

All I can say is that this approach is correct.

If there are no other factors involved.

But now, there are other factors involved.

So, something went wrong.

This situation is that of the Fourth Raikage!
This muscular sixth brother, who had been lying in wait, finally seized the opportunity and used it without hesitation—at this moment, he suddenly burst out in his Thunder Armor Burst Mode, his target being Hatake Kakashi!

As the fastest ninja in the world, the Fourth Raikage's speed in his full-speed burst mode is unbelievable. He is so fast that people don't even have time to react before he is already beside Kakashi and launches a fatal attack on him.

At the same time, Darui seized the opportunity to launch the Cloud Village's sealing technique on Kakashi from the front, using this method to control Kakashi's actions and help the Fourth Raikage deal with Kakashi. Its greatest effect was to seal off life-saving ninjutsu such as the Substitution Jutsu, in order to kill Kakashi in one blow.

Of course, it doesn't matter if he can't kill him in one blow, because the Fourth Raikage will continue to attack, launching a series of attacks that will leave Kakashi breathless, all in order to finish Kakashi off in one go and not give him any chance to escape.

Today, Kakashi must die here. Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't stop him. That's what the Fourth Raikage, A, said!

With such malicious intent, the Fourth Raikage's eyes flashed with a fierce light, his killing intent was at its peak, and he was about to end Konoha's future here!

Then, at that critical moment, Kakashi's eyes changed.

In addition to his signature right Sharingan, his left eye also suddenly transformed into a Sharingan at this moment. And in that instant, both Sharingan turned into Mangekyou Sharingan, just like the Uchiha Kakashi that netizens jokingly call him. In this way, he completed the Dual Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan.

At that very moment, the power of both Kamui was activated simultaneously, causing his body to rapidly twist and become ethereal. The Fourth Raikage saw this change, but having unleashed almost his full power in his surprise attack, he was unable to stop at that moment and thus crashed headlong into the Kamui vortex.

The next moment, right there on the battlefield, Kakashi Hatake and the Fourth Raikage disappeared at the same time.

The scene fell into a brief silence due to this sudden and shocking turn of events.

However, in the next moment, the Konoha ninjas seemed to have suddenly received some information and attacked again, fighting against the Kumogakure ninjas.

At the same time, a large group of Konoha ninjas suddenly appeared from afar and joined the battle against Kumogakure.

Clearly, this was a backup force that Konoha had prepared long ago, but they had kept it hidden and kept it secret so that the Cloud Village ninjas had not discovered it.

This is not a difficult task. After all, this is the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice Fields, with the Land of Fire just behind. For Konoha, it would be too easy to hide its forces within the Land of Fire and prevent the Cloud Village from discovering them.

In an instant, the situation changed drastically, and the Cloud Hidden side was in an absolutely unfavorable position.

Darui, who was in charge of the Cloud Village, felt a strong sense of unease at this moment. He realized that they seemed to have fallen into a trap that Konoha had prepared long ago, and the key target of this trap was none other than the Kage of their Cloud Village, the Fourth Raikage, A!

"What's going on? How dare Konoha? Are they planning to start a ninja world war?!"

Darui was furious. If something happened to the Fourth Raikage, it would definitely be the fuse for the Fourth Shinobi World War, just like the Third Shinobi World War was caused by the disappearance of the Third Kazekage.

Although the Fourth Kazekage died a few years ago, he was killed by Orochimaru, a wild troublemaker who orchestrated the Konoha Crush plan in which the Sound Village and the Sand Village joined forces. Throughout the process, the Sand Village was made a laughingstock and later took the time to recuperate and dared not cause any trouble, which prevented the Fourth Shinobi World War from breaking out.

But now Konoha and Kumogakure are different. If something happens to the Fourth Raikage, Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning will be in an uproar and launch a war against Konoha and the Land of Fire without hesitation. At that time, other villages will definitely not stand idly by, and the Fourth Shinobi World War will inevitably break out.

Think about it, almost twenty years have passed since the last Shinobi World War. Such a long time has passed compared to the previous three Shinobi World Wars, so it is only natural that a new Shinobi World War will occur.

So, does Konoha believe that it has had enough time to recuperate and rebuild, and that the previous three Shinobi World Wars were all launched by other forces, so it has decided to take the initiative completely this time and thus choose to initiate the Shinobi World War?
Damn it! Our mighty Cloud Village has been used by Konoha as a stepping stone for their resurgence and for them to make their voice heard in the ninja world?!
The more Darui thought about it, the stronger his shock and anger became, and he was in a state of extreme emotional turmoil.

Then, amidst this extreme emotion, the strange spatial vortex that had previously absorbed the Fourth Raikage and Kakashi reappeared, and three people emerged from it.

Among them, besides Kakashi, there was another guy whose whole body was possessed by a strange white thing, and whose face looked like he was wearing a vortex mask. The white eyes were clearly visible in the eye sockets exposed on his 'mask'.

As for the last person, it was naturally the Fourth Raikage, A, but at this point, the Fourth Raikage, A, was already a corpse.

In an instant, Darui felt his heart stop beating and his blood freeze.

(End of this chapter)