From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 105 Defeat! (6k)

Seeing this figure that looked as skinny as a monkey, even the Third Raikage did not dare to look down on him. Instead, he narrowed his eyes slightly with a cold expression.

"After sensing my chakra, you didn't retreat, but took the initiative to move forward?"

"You are quite courageous."

The Third Raikage took a step forward, and his strong and heavy body like a small giant slowly approached. Fine chakra lines like lightning faintly appeared on the surface of his body, faintly covering his beard and long hair, making a slight 'crackling' sound.

It has been a long time since they both became ninjas bearing the title of 'Kage'.

"but."

"What on earth makes you think that just because you are a 'shadow', you are qualified to stand in front of me?"

"Sarutobi Hiruzen!"

Almost at the moment the voice fell, the lightning chakra that was coiled on the surface of the body like a lightning snake suddenly flashed.

The speed of the Third Raikage suddenly increased, and his entire body seemed to be covered by armor made entirely of lightning, forming a thin film on the surface of his body.

Along with that strong and heavy body, it turned into a blurred afterimage in an instant.

Suddenly launch a charge!

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression suddenly became extremely serious. The Vajra Ruyi Staff in his hand, which was transformed from the monkey demon, immediately became thicker and longer. He swung it forward suddenly, creating a blazing wind.

It's not fast enough at this level!

"boom!"

The Vajra Ruyi Stick collided with the hand knife chopped by the Third Raikage, and a deafening sound erupted in the short distance between them.

The dust under my feet began to spread in all directions like ripples on the water.

"All of you disperse!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice was very urgent, and he immediately gave orders to the Konoha ninjas who were following behind.

The level of their fight was far beyond the capability of the little guys behind them to intervene.

The Konoha ninjas behind him also realized this immediately and retreated dozens of meters away.

In the short time that the sound spread, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Third Raikage had already fought for more than ten rounds.

The tremendous power that erupted from the seemingly shriveled and thin body was unparalleled. The limit that the body blessed by chakra could reach was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. With Sarutobi Hiruzen's strength, even the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox in its prime could not resist it and would be poked hundreds of meters away by a stick.

However, this strength was not enough in front of the Third Raikage who specialized in physical skills.

The surface of the two thick black arms was covered with clear green lightning chakra. After sharpening, they formed sharp blades that even steel could not resist, and they were extremely fast.

“Bang bang bang bang bang—!”

The sound of collision between the Vajra Stick and the Lightning Knife continued to ring out. Even though they had retreated far away, everyone present could not help but feel their internal organs suffocated by the dull sound waves.

"Is this the ninja who bears the name of Shadow?"

One of the Konoha ninjas couldn't help but speak.

However, a jonin next to him said calmly: "This is just a test."

As if to respond to his words, after another dull collision, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly poked the ground with the diamond stick in his hand, and the whole person suddenly rose into the air with the support of the stick that was extended at an ultra-high speed.

Support and dance.

The diamond stick extended to hundreds of meters in an instant. Under the force of Sarutobi Hiruzen turning over in mid-air, it was lifted up from the ground with a bang, throwing up a large amount of dust, drawing an arc of hundreds of meters in the air, and smashed down heavily in the direction of the Third Raikage from top to bottom, as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

Stand the stick! Chop the stick!
"Boom--!"

The extremely dull explosion sounded in everyone's ears. In front of where the diamond stick fell, a cloud of dust suddenly rose up. From a distance, it seemed as if it had pierced through the entire forest.

The farthest end of the stick sank more than ten meters into the ground.

"what!"

However, the Third Raikage had already moved several meters away, and he was looking at the old monkey in front of him with his eyes slightly narrowed.

It's really unparalleled supernatural power.

However, it's not enough.

After just a moment's pause, the Third Raikage's figure turned into a stream of light and rushed towards Sarutobi Hiruzen with a bang.

This brief moment was enough for him to complete multiple seals.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Then he formed the "noon" seal with his hands and took a deep breath.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Suddenly, an extremely violent blazing fire spewed out from Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth, and in the shape of a fire dragon all over the body, it broke through a distance of dozens of meters in an instant. The ultra-large range of ninjutsu supported by the huge amount of chakra completely covered all the space that the Third Raikage could move in.

At the same time, the other two shadow clones also began to form seals synchronously.

"Wind Release·Cyclone!"

"Earth Release·Earth Dragon Bullet!"

Three large-scale dragon-like ninjutsu were released almost simultaneously and completely integrated into one, without causing any interference, but instead doubling their power.

"Compound Ninja Technique: Three Releases in a Row!"

The blazing flames and earth flows turned into blazing light and heat under the continuous blessing. The area within a radius of several hundred meters in front was almost completely engulfed by the three continuously superimposed large-scale escape techniques, causing the lush forests and soil in front to be completely shattered and collapsed.

Even the Konoha ninjas standing far away had to use their chakra to hold on to the ground beneath their feet while raising their arms in front of them.

If an ordinary person was caught in the range of such a terrifying escape technique, he would probably be destroyed into tiny residue in an instant, right?

However, everyone present was excited after seeing this scene.

"What a terrifying technique!"

"Is this the power of Hokage-sama?!"

"It definitely hit the target just now!"

As mentioned before, Sarutobi Hiruzen is now in his prime. Although he is less than fifty years old and his physical condition has begun to decline, he is still at the end of his peak period.

No matter how one ridicules his political level and internal fighting abilities, in terms of strength alone he is truly at the top of the ninja world.

The name of Ninja Hero is not an exaggeration.

Even within the range of Shadow's strength level, he is one of the stronger ones.

However, the 'shadow' opposite him was the Third Raikage who had honed the offensive and defensive forms of the Lightning Chakra Mode to perfection.

Almost at the same time as the surrounding Konoha ninjas cheered, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was releasing the Three Releases combo, had already realized the problem.

There is something wrong with perception!
The moment he realized this, he did not hesitate at all. The three shadow clones almost synchronously cut off the chakra output, and the three parties swung the diamond sticks in different directions at the same time.

"clang--!"

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in my ears, almost like the sound of metal colliding.

Everyone was stunned.

It was seen that the Third Raikage took advantage of the range cover brought by the large-scale escape technique just now, and rushed in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen at a speed so fast that it was difficult to capture with the naked eye, and made a strike!
If his speed had not been a little slower, that strike would have been enough to cut off Sarutobi Hiruzen's left arm.

However, despite this, Sarutobi Hiruzen still looked at him with full vigilance:

"After not seeing you for more than ten years, you have already honed your lightning armor to this level?"

"It's amazing."

"Wow—"

The Third Raikage threw away his coat which only covered half of his body and was already burnt, raised his head and looked at him: "You are not bad either, Sarutobi Hiruzen."

"It's just the most basic Five Elements Escape Technique, but it can actually reach this level."

"Your ninjutsu has already reached the pinnacle of this ninja world."

The voice was clearly telling the truth, but coupled with the fact that his body was still unharmed after rushing out of the flames, it inexplicably sounded like a mockery.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze became more serious.

If he can withstand a ninjutsu like the one just now, then it would be very difficult to kill him.
His gaze fell on the Third Raikage's body, where the heavy electric current was still flashing at an extremely dense frequency, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Thunder overcomes earth, wind overcomes thunder.

If you want to break through this level of lightning armor, you must at least use equally sharp wind armor at different positions at the same time to have a glimmer of hope.

The moment he realized this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes suddenly became heavy.

"Ape Demon, create an opportunity for me."

"okay."

A steady response came from the diamond stick.

The Third Raikage seemed to be extremely arrogant. Even when he noticed that Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking about a strategy, he did not immediately move forward. Instead, he lowered his head and looked at him:

"You're not coming over? Then I'm going over there!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward.

It was just a seemingly ordinary step, but his feet suddenly erupted with an extremely amazing recoil force, and his body turned into a line along the ground.

However, this level of speed is not enough to surpass the capture capability of a ninja at the Shadow level.

"Earth Escape·Yellow Spring Marsh!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen formed seals with both hands.

At the same time, the shadow clones behind him increased from two to four.

The originally solid soil suddenly became muddy and slippery, and even the speed of taking steps seemed to be slowed down for a moment.

However, ninjas are a profession that can even step over water flows. The mere swamp was crushed into a large spreading wave by the Third Raikage with just a moment of adjustment, and he flew towards Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Hell Thrust·Four Pen Hands!"

There are four fingers pointing forward.

The whole person seemed to be bathed in a bubble of lightning, with his long hair standing upright behind his head and his muscles expanded to the extreme.

"Ape Demon!"

"Illusion! The art of darkness!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly uttered a "huh"!
The other shadow clone formed seals with both hands.

The Third Raikage's vision suddenly turned into darkness, and his heart suddenly tightened. At the same time, almost as he launched the Hell Stab charge, the moment the Third Raikage's footsteps paused in the Yellow Spring Swamp, the five Sarutobi Hiruzen simultaneously inserted the Vajra Ruyi Rods in their hands into the soil, making a muffled "puff" sound.

"King Kong prison wall!"

The extremely tough Vajra Ruyi Sticks flew out from the ground at a completely synchronized speed and all converged towards a position slightly ahead of the direction where the Third Raikage was.

With the Third Raikage's straightforward character and extremely high inertia, coupled with his vision obscured by illusion, he could no longer stop at this moment.

"boom--!!"

His body collided with the diamond stick, making an extremely heavy dull sound.

The diamond rod shot out from the ground and branched out and formed a triangle with the Third Raikage as the center.

The sturdy body covered with lightning armor slammed heavily into the cage formed by the Vajra Ruyi Stick. The hardness of both sides was comparable and neither could resist the other.

Only the arm that served as the thrusting tip suddenly stretched out from the gap in the cage formed by the Vajra Ruyi Stick.

Stopped one foot in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Hey."

A cold smile appeared on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face.

At the same time, five bodies surrounded the triangular cage almost simultaneously, forming seals with their hands.

Even the Third Raikage suddenly realized the problem at this moment, and immediately poured a huge amount of chakra into the surface of the lightning armor, causing a burst of intense electric current.

At the same time, he swung his strong arms, trying to break the diamond cage with brute force and lightning blade.

However, it was too slow.

At this moment, the five bodies have completed the Indian pose.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Great Needle Ball - Five consecutive hits!"

With a loud bang, his chest bulged high and suddenly pushed out all the wind chakra he could.

Different from the method used by Shimura Danzo to knock the enemy away, at this time Sarutobi Hiruzen had already sharpened the Wind Release Chakra to the extreme. It was clearly the seal of the Vacuum Jade, but when it was spit out from his mouth, the originally complete vacuum sphere was forcibly compressed by him into an almost needle-like shape.

Penetrate! Sharp!
In just a moment, five vacuum needles made entirely of the sharpest wind-style chakra pierced the surface of the lightning-style armor at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye at an extremely close distance, forming an air column with its edge made entirely of vacuum channels.

As the lightning chakra and wind chakra canceled each other out, a diffuse arc-shaped shock wave burst out in this short distance, hitting the ground and leaving a series of scorch marks.

Under the continuous infusion of Wind Style, the Lightning Style armor on the body of the Third Raikage was constantly being worn away. The huge amounts of chakra from both sides collided with each other at an extremely high frequency.

till the end.

"boom!"

The lightning armor on the Third Raikage's body suddenly spread out in the surroundings like explosives, causing the diamond cage that trapped him and the surrounding wind armor to explode in all directions.

Get out of trouble immediately!

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't seem to have expected that he had such a trick. If he was unilaterally defeated like just now, it would be obvious that he was on the upper hand.

Fortunately, the next wave of attack has already been prepared.

The Third Raikage had almost escaped, and had no time to build a new round of lightning armor, and was about to teleport to the other side.

The five Sarutobi Hiruzen changed their hand seals at the same time.

"son"

Tiger

"Miao"

"noon"

"Hai"

Five bodies, five different indias.

The entire printing process is omitted simultaneously.

Only the final blow remains to explode.

"Five Escapes: The Technique of Large Continuous Bullets!"

Chakras of different attributes suddenly spewed out from Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth, continuously shooting towards the direction where the Third Raikage was fleeing. The five attributes of jutsu merged into one, as if adding a touch of brilliant color to the dense forest, and simultaneously mixed into a torrent extending straight forward.

"Om-!"

It pierces the clouds and splits the rocks, awakening the deaf and dumb.

Everything within sight was swallowed up by these five mixed escape techniques, turning into a charred and muddy ravine.

All the Konoha ninjas present, watching what was happening before their eyes, could not help but marvel at this scene that reached its peak based on the Five Elements escape technique.

Is this the ultimate that a ninja can achieve?
Even without bloodline limits and various secret techniques, it is possible to reach a height
For ordinary ninjas, what Sarutobi Hiruzen is doing now is simply their lifelong ideal and direction of progress.

Even the Third Raikage would surely die from this move!
Witnessing this scene with their own eyes, the hearts of all the Konoha ninjas present were as hot as a blazing bonfire.

This is, Naruto!

However.
"Wow!"

In the center of this deep ravine that stretches for who knows how far.

The majestic figure, whose body was completely dark, with traces of charred wounds left by violent chakra and constantly emitting black smoke, stood there with his hands crossed.

——He actually managed to withstand the extremely terrifying Five Escapes Technique just now.

The Konoha ninjas were stunned.

Seeing this scene, although he had already expected it in his heart and knew that it was unlikely that a ninja of the same level as himself would be killed in one breath, Sarutobi Hiruzen still couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

"This guy is really difficult to deal with."

"Is that body made of iron?"

No, in fact, even if that body was really made of steel, it should have been melted to pieces by the blow just now.

The only thing to be thankful for was that, perhaps because he had grasped the timing precisely enough, the Third Raikage still had deep enough marks of burning and impact on his body.

Large pieces of flesh and blood were flipped over his dark and strong body, leaving deep scars.

However, the Third Raikage's vitality is too strong, unlike that of a normal human being.

Even though he received such a horrific blow, he still did not move a single step. He just stood there calmly, looking at the opposite side with a cold gaze.

"Is that all you have?"

"Sarutobi Hiruzen."

Sarutobi was stunned when he heard this. You are like this and still saying harsh words?

He clearly had the upper hand just now, didn't he?

Just as Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking this in his heart, he seemed to suddenly realize something. His eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the man opposite with an incredible look.

The other Konoha ninjas also turned their eyes to look over, and then all of them turned into horror.

I saw that a thin layer of abnormal red chakra appeared on the surface of the Third Raikage's body.

Inside the chakra, there are drops of bubbles floating like plankton.

The huge wound on the surface of the body was healing at a rapid speed and eventually closed completely.

The huge vitality and the huge amount of chakra that was even more terrifying than before radiated in all directions like radiation, causing everyone present to feel an indescribable heavy pressure.

This is, Eight-Tails?!

Almost in an instant, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately recalled the news that the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of the Hidden Cloud Village lost control and died last month, and the tailed beast broke out of its seal and was subdued by the Third Raikage with his bare hands.

My heart was shaken violently.

"Ai."

"How could you, a fellow?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at him, finding it hard to understand.

Why is this so? !
For strong people like them who have firmly stood at the top of the ninja world solely by relying on their own strength, very few people would choose to become a jinchūriki.

Because, compared to the huge amount of chakra and vitality they possess after becoming a jinchūriki, the risk of dying at any time due to the rampage of the tailed beast is far greater than the benefits they can obtain.

What's more, strong people at their level are the type who can fight when they want to and run when they want to. It is basically difficult for anyone to kill the other, thus maintaining a delicate balance.

——Now that they have reached this level, who would work so hard to the extent of him just for that last bit of strength improvement?
Instead of raising the upper limit, wouldn't it be better to allow the village to have one more strong person with similar strength to itself?
The benefits are not proportional to the risks at all!

"It seems that you can't understand."

The Third Raikage looked at him with a calm gaze: "But that's true. After all, isn't that Sahara Kiri a member of your village?"

"You must be very proud of yourself for hiding for so long, right? Sarutobi Hiruzen."

Sawara Kiri?
Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand at all why he took such a big risk to improve his strength. What did it have to do with that kid Sawara Kiri.

However, he said nothing.

The Third Raikage slowly walked towards him, and the tails behind him changed from one to two, three, and then four.

Until this moment, his will finally reached its limit. He looked at the shriveled monkey opposite with red eyes and gnashed his teeth:
"No matter what, we will not allow another Senju Hashirama to appear in Konoha!"

"Even if it costs me my life, I will not leave that monster to future generations!"

He almost shouted these words in a roaring voice.

The body of the Third Raikage suddenly disappeared from the center of Sarutobi Hiruzen's sight.

In just a moment, it surpassed the capture ability of a shadow-level warrior like him.

How could this happen?

As soon as this thought came to Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind, his body instinctively made him dodge to the side. At the same time, he held the Vajra Ruyi Staff in front of him and shouted:
"Ape Demon, King Kong"

"boom!"

Before he could continue speaking, the Third Raikage's figure was like a giant bullet. Without saying a word, he used his arm wrapped in a huge amount of the tailed beast's chakra to cut fiercely on the Vajra Ruyi Stick that was blocking in front of him.

"Thunder Plow Hot Knife!!!"

"boom--!"

The next moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen spat out a mouthful of deep red blood and his eyes widened.

　First update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)