From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 127 Am I not late? (6k)

The battles of high-speed ninjas are extremely cautious and dangerous.

Especially when both parties are high-speed.

"call."

His whole body seemed to be wrapped in an indescribable and vague wind. With Hatake Sakumo's ordinary eyes, he could not see the environment around him at all. His safety depended entirely on his perception, which was as accurate as a three-dimensional map.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, it just disappears and appears in an instant.

The shrill sound of breaking through the air swept through the lush woods, and his chakra perception was completely locked on the powerful chakra target that was so intense that it seemed to be able to burst into flames.

Then, swing the knife.

"Zheng——!"

The extremely violent inertia brought with it a force that was so huge that it was completely unimaginable for ordinary people. The seemingly fragile White Fang dagger, when covered with a thin layer of wind-style chakra, was so fast that it was even faster than sound, but it did not make any sound at all.

The blade pierced the violently steaming thunder on the surface of the Lightning Chakra Mode, creating a tiny ripple like a stone skipping across the water.

But if you zoom in, you can see traces of a layer that even lightning can cut through.

If it were an ordinary ninja, this sword would be able to cut the figure behind him in half even through a stone several meters thick.

However, the man in front of him was called the Third Raikage.

Not fast enough.

Not sharp enough either.

It was just a fleeting thought in Hatake Sakumo's mind, or rather, in such a fierce battle situation, he didn't even have time for the thought to linger in his mind, he just realized this instinctively.

Then his body immediately lowered before the sound of the wind came.

"boom--!"

A violent blow like a heavy hammer swept across his head, curling up several strands of fine silver-white hair. The heavy pure white trajectory seemed to have forcibly carved out a vacuum zone in this brief space.

The air was filled with a burnt smell like ozone and the faint sound of thunder.

At the same time, the White Fang dagger was like real teeth biting each other continuously. In this extremely short moment, it stabbed the Third Raikage's thigh three times in succession, each time deeper than the last, but none of them could break his defense.

Before the fourth blow could be struck, Hatake Sakumo's body had already retreated suddenly driven by his instinctive sense of danger.

"boom!"

The giant foot like a pillar of heaven suddenly stepped down, and the body of the Third Raikage seemed to be completely unaffected by Hatake Sakumo's consecutive slashes. He stepped on the ground where he had just stood, and stepped out a huge diffuse rock plate on the solid ground beneath his feet, stirring up a layer of thin waves.

The direction of strengthening the Lightning Release Chakra mode by the Third Raikage was completely different from that of his son, the Fourth Raikage, who tended to increase points towards absolute offense and defense.

Although his absolute speed exceeds that of most ninjas, he is indeed slower than the current Hatake Sakumo.

However, on the other hand, a fragile type like Hatake Sakumo would never dare to be hit by any of his moves.

During the brief fight between the two, several trident kunai were unknowingly scattered in all directions.

The young man flashed like a meteor and threw a kunai forward, just in the gap between Hatake Sakumo's retreat and the Third Raikage's step forward.

A deep blue light suddenly shone in the palm of the young man's hand.

Rasengan.

then
"The Art of Flying Thunder God."

The kunai, which was still in the process of flying, could not cause any damage in front of the Third Raikage and Hatake Sakumo.

However, the Third Raikage, who had fought with the two of them many times, was keenly aware of the Konoha brat's attack intention, and immediately stretched out his arm upwards in the direction where the kunai was flying, as if he wanted to pierce him in one breath.

"Om-"

Unfortunately, the blond boy who appeared in front of him lowered his body, rubbed the sturdy arm without hesitation, and fiercely imprinted the glowing chakra ball in his hand between the chest and abdomen of the Third Raikage.

"boom!!"

The fierce rotating light and the lightning chakra mode collided with each other, bursting out two balls of light as bright as fireworks.

However, Minato Namikaze himself fixed his eyes during the process of advancing inch by inch.

"Swoosh."

The figure suddenly disappeared.

The next moment, the Third Raikage's outstretched arms suddenly closed towards the center, making a muffled bang.

If Minato Namikaze had remained in that position just now, his spine would have been broken by this brutal blow.

Obviously, Minato Namikaze himself also realized this.

After teleporting away using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he looked in the direction of the Third Raikage, breathing heavily.

"what happened?"

The Third Raikage waved his hands, clearing away the dust in front of him, and looked at the two people around him with a grim smile, saying sarcastically: "I waited so long, and in the end, you still have these few half-hearted tricks?"

"If you die accidentally, don't say that I didn't give you a chance."

While the Third Raikage was speaking, Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato, who had retreated more than ten meters, immediately exchanged glances.

Noticing Minato's gaze, Hatake Sakumo immediately looked in the direction between the Third Raikage's chest and abdomen.

It was seen that the previously complete Lightning Chakra Armor seemed to have a fleeting hole under Minato's Rasengan.

Has it been preliminarily completed?

That technique.

Hatake Sakumo thought to himself, but immediately understood Minato's intention.

Their biggest problem now is actually just one thing.

Insufficient attack to cause damage.

However, if I can seize the opportunity created by Minato, even if I can only leave one blade behind,
By then, the Third Raikage might consider retreating.

Yes.

From the very beginning, Hatake Sakumo had never thought about the possibility that their combination could defeat the Third Raikage. All he was thinking about was how to force this monster back and then support the logistics center in the rear as quickly as possible.

As a commander, what Hatake Sakumo needs to consider first is always the safety of the ninjas on the front line.

Therefore, almost at the moment he realized Minato Namikaze's intention, Hatake Sakumo's spirits immediately became lifted, and he stared straight in the direction of the Third Raikage.

"Then please let Lord Raikage see it for himself."

"The abilities of Konoha ninjas."

The moment he finished speaking, Hatake Sakumo's body suddenly turned from stillness once again, and within the short range of the vacuum channel, he burst out at a speed that exceeded the speed of sound.

"Wind Style: White Fang!"

The sharp blade swept through the white mist like a dancing flower.

The Third Raikage merely raised his arm with a grim smile, blocking it with his arm as strong as an iron pillar, while his other hand stretched forward like the sharpest spear tip.

The blade in Hatake Sakumo's hand was blocked, but he lowered his body and let go of the dagger while kicking him on the calf, making a dull bang.

The Third Raikage's supporting leg was suddenly hit, and his body shook, with his upper body leaning forward subconsciously.

Hatake Sakumo aimed at this moment, and the White Fang short knife that was spinning in the air was held upside down in his hand again and stabbed down fiercely, pointing directly at the back of the neck of the Third Raikage.

"Zi la la-"

The torrent of Lightning Release tried its best to block the blade that was stabbed by Wind Release, so that Hatake Sakumo was completely wrapped in the hand of Wind Release and even felt a very strong sense of numbness, and there was also a burning sensation wrapped in the chakra of the tailed beast.

Have you already integrated the tailed beast chakra into your lightning armor?
This thought flashed through Hatake Sakumo's mind, but he suddenly placed his hand on the Third Raikage's shoulder and stepped hard. He immediately dodged the Third Raikage's dive in mid-air, and the blade drew a curve like a full moon arc in the air.

The reaction of the Third Raikage was also extraordinary. He kicked back completely based on instinct and then suddenly rushed forward.

The moment he turned around, the blade in Hatake Sakumo's hand was already following him like a thorn in his flesh.

However, the Third Raikage's triumphant grin suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"Thunder Release: Black Thunder!"

Suddenly, a roaring thunder broke out, and black lightning, like a spider web, climbed along the cracks in the air, suddenly rose from the surface of the Third Raikage's body and spread over a few meters around him.

Hatake Sakumo subconsciously took a step back.

But there was someone who reacted even faster than him. His figure flashed and disappeared, and the two of them immediately disappeared from the sight of the Third Raikage.

"call!"

When they appeared again, the figures of Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato had already appeared on another tree trunk.

What a thrill.

Just now, Hatake Sakumo felt that his heartbeat had stopped for a moment.

This is the crisis you have to face when engaging in close combat with a monster that cannot be killed with one blow.

No matter how many times he chopped, he couldn't take the opponent's life, but the opponent only needed to hit him once, and his life would be over.

However, before the two had time to catch their breath, they saw the Third Raikage's figure transformed into a blazing stream of light, rushing towards them at an extremely fast straight line speed.

"Hell Thrust·Four Pen Hands!"

The violent roar filled the entire woods.

Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato almost simultaneously dispersed to the sides.

With a loud bang, the huge tree under their feet was split into two. The figure of the Third Raikage rushed straight forward for an unknown number of meters, raising a large cloud of dust.

However, just when the Third Raikage's speed reached its limit.

A golden figure like a meteor suddenly appeared from behind him.

On a piece of tree debris flying in the air, there was a subtle trace of sealing magic.

In an instant, the Rasengan in his hand, which was originally azure blue, seemed to be faintly stained with a hint of golden light, as if it was beginning to transform in a certain direction from the inside out.

Completing the space-time chakra infusion of both Flying Thunder God and Rasengan at the same time, even Minato Namikaze's brain seemed to have reached a certain limit at this moment. There were bloodshot on the whites of his eyes and his face was tense to the limit due to the extremely fast movements.

Whether it was the initial close combat with Lord Sakumo or the first Rasengan attack, they were all intended to reduce the Third Raikage's vigilance and his estimation of the degree of danger he faced.

Until this moment, Minato Namikaze's body began to twist while maintaining an upward posture, like a small spring being pressed down.

Tighten and stretch!

A deafening roar emanated from his mouth:
"Time and Space Release: Rasengan!"

A golden, clear chakra ball suddenly fell towards the back of the Third Raikage.

Almost instinctively, the Third Raikage, who was still maintaining the Hell Charge posture, had already sensed the crisis coming from behind. The lightning armor rising from the surface of his body suddenly began to bloom to its maximum extent, almost twice as thick as at the beginning, and traces of dark red tailed beast chakra could be vaguely seen in it.

However, at the moment when the golden Rasengan was pressed, the surface of the indestructible Lightning Armor still showed an extremely distorted state. It seemed that the rotation did not start from the surface of the material, but the entire space where the material and energy existed was distorted.

The alarm bells in the Third Raikage's heart suddenly rang loudly.

He suddenly realized clearly that the insidious little devil had ambushed him and did not use his strongest killing move.

The opposite of this is the current attack.

The moment the Third Raikage realized you were in his area, his body shape barely changed on the surface, but the Hell Spike in his hand suddenly turned from forward to downward.

"Boom——!"

Namikaze Minato's pupils shrank.

The Third Raikage, who had just maintained a forward-charging posture, actually drilled a tunnel on the ground at a speed even faster than before, and avoided part of the impact by following the inertia of the slope.

"Boom!"

However, a circle of distorted holes like cavitation bubbles still appeared on the surface of the lightning armor behind him.

Just as he suddenly turned around and looked at the little devil in front of him with an angry attitude.

The sound of the howling wind sounded again from behind.

The third generation Lei Yingxiang suddenly realized something and subconsciously wanted to twist his body.

But the speed of his reaction was not as fast as the knife light coming from behind him.

Hatake Sakumo had been aiming at this brief moment since the beginning. Although Minato-kun was not able to completely penetrate the opponent's armor, it was already amazing to achieve this level.

The rest will be left to the adults.

His figure flew at an almost blurry super-speed, his entire body covered in the full-force vacuum channel. While holding his breath, even the skin on his face became flat due to ripples caused by inertia, and bloodshot threads like spider webs spread in his eyes.

Unprecedented, all-out effort.

"Wind Style: White Light Blade!"

The shape of Hatake Sakumo when he thrust forward made him look like he had turned into a peerless sword, suddenly stabbing at the momentary weakness that was created at the cost of his life.

Before the Lightning Release Armor healed, he suddenly drilled into the tip of the knife through the tiniest hole!
"Pfft——!"

It breaks with just one point, and the whole knife goes through!

The White Fang short sword, which was completely wrapped in wind-style chakra, was almost unmatched, and the entire blade was immersed in the majestic body of the Third Raikage.

An unknown amount of wind chakra exploded in his body in an instant, causing a thin bubble to suddenly appear on the surface of the opponent's already majestic body.

There was a surprising muffled sound.

Done!
Whether it was Hatake Sakumo or Namikaze Minato, this thought almost subconsciously came to their minds.

However, the Third Raikage still stood there.

There was a knife in his back and a trace of blood was flowing from his mouth.

But the corners of his mouth slowly unfolded into a hideous and extremely angry smile.

“Heh, heh, heh—”

"That's really amazing, you two little brats."

"but."

He slowly turned his head, met Hatake Sakumo's eyes behind him, and said coldly: "Is that all?"

Almost at the moment when the voice fell, a sense of crisis so strong that it made the hairs on his whole body stand up suddenly arose in Hatake Sakumo's heart, and his body suddenly flew backwards like an arrow.

Namikaze Minato immediately rushed towards the Third Raikage at the fastest speed, and the Rasengan in his hand condensed again, trying to stop him with this threat.

However, the Third Raikage seemed to have finally given up on continuing this childish game with these guys, and completely ignored the danger behind him, and took a sudden step forward. His body was covered with a layer of dark red tailed beast chakra, and one could even faintly see a thick tail slowly emerging from behind him.

The moment this form was completed, the Third Raikage's speed seemed to have instantly increased to a level higher than the previous Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and his explosive power was even greater than that of Hatake Sakumo.

step! Two steps!

The big feet he stepped forward and the chakra kinetic energy pushed behind him made his body suddenly turn into a straight stream of light like an arrow. While he suddenly avoided the Rasengan behind him, he also took a step closer to Hatake Sakumo.

Hatake Sakumo's chakra perception seemed to be completely covered by an incomprehensible chakra reaction in an instant, as if tens of thousands of enemy planes appeared on the radar screen in an instant, and his brain even felt a little overheated.

The naked eye, which could barely catch a glimpse of an afterimage at a relatively fast speed, immediately noticed the figure smashing trees along the ground, and suddenly rushing towards him with a violent and completely irresistible posture.

Even faster than that was a giant dark red claw that suddenly stretched out like a whip.

The extremely sharp claws seemed to be able to tear his entire head apart in just a moment.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Minato Namikaze's figure disappeared, reappeared, and then disappeared again.

The two of them kept moving between the marks left by several trident kunai, and suddenly they had created a huge distance between themselves and the Third Raikage who was beginning to transform into a tailed beast.

It was not until this moment that they finally understood what kind of monster Lord Sarutobi Hiruzen was facing when he first fought against him.

What’s even more shocking is that the information is different from what was previously obtained from intelligence.

The current Third Raikage's control over the tailed beast's chakra is so sophisticated that it is beyond their imagination.

Just by being in the one-tail state, one can freely control the chakra of the tailed beast to materialize!
At the same time, Namikaze Minato observed more clearly at that moment that the huge wound on the back of the Third Raikage that had just been pierced by the White Fang short sword was now repairing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It only took a second or two for it to heal completely.

Namikaze Minato stared at him intently.

Is this the true power of the Jinchūriki?
If that was the case then he wouldn't have to worry about Kushina dying from her injuries.

This thought popped up in his mind inexplicably.

"Watergate!"

Just when he was in a daze for some unknown reason, Hatake Sakumo's roar suddenly woke him up.

The next moment, the Third Raikage, already wrapped in both electric current and the tailed beast's chakra coat, suddenly penetrated the giant tree in front of them at a speed that was too fast to be caught.

"boom!"

It landed with a loud bang at the same place where they had just landed.

The two jumped again.

However, their expressions at the moment were not very good.

Because, under the feet of the Third Raikage, a trident kunai that was inserted into the surface of a giant tree was suddenly crushed to pieces by him.

"Like running?"

"Then I will let you run as much as you want!"

Under the influence of the tailed beast's chakra, the Third Raikage's emotions became noticeably more irritable, but the smile on his face became more intense.

Namikaze Minato's expression was also not good.

Although his Flying Thunder God's positioning can be easily imprinted, the number of Flying Thunder God's kunai that can move randomly is infinite.

If this continues
The moment this thought popped into Minato's mind, he saw the Third Raikage's gaze completely sweeping across the large woods around him, and then suddenly shot around randomly like a stream of light leaping through the woods.

But only the two of them could see clearly that every time the Third Raikage shot out, he crushed a kunai.

"Stop him!"

Hatake Sakumo gritted his teeth and stood up, the wind chakra on his body becoming more and more intense.

Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan are their last bargaining chips to force back the Third Raikage here!
Minato Namikaze had a bad feeling in his heart.

Now Lord Sakumo's speed is no longer as fast as the Third Raikage.

If you force it
As if to confirm his expectations.

Almost at the moment when Hatake Sakumo rushed out from the giant tree, a fierce look like a fish on the hook suddenly appeared in the eyes of the Third Raikage.

His body suddenly twisted in mid-air, and like a spring snap, he rushed towards Hatake Sakumo.

The chakra on the already thick right wrist suddenly expanded and turned into a giant claw.

Hatake Sakumo instinctively used Wind Release to dodge to the side.

However, the moment he appeared at the other end, the Third Raikage appeared in front of him at a faster speed.

At that moment, the world in Hatake Sakumo's eyes seemed to come to a standstill.

The claws were sharper than a knife, and when they were close to his body, he felt a strong tearing sensation, as if it could penetrate through his skin and into his flesh.

The moment Minato Namikaze launched the Flying Thunder God Technique, the ripples in space and time were so clear.

But what was even clearer than that was the deep sense of death that came with having his body about to be torn apart.

However, until the last moment, Hatake Sakumo still maintained his desperate posture, stretching forward the White Fang dagger in his hand without hesitation.

The wind chakra on his body broke through the air like an invisible curtain that enveloped him.

When facing death, move forward courageously.

At this moment.

As if it had pierced through space, it carried with it the explosive inertial force brought about by traveling over a distance of dozens of kilometers, crushing the figure of the moment of death at an unknown number of times the speed of sound, and like a real ray of light, it kicked directly into the dark face of the Third Raikage in front of it.

In an instant.

The face of the Third Raikage, which was wrapped in the chakra of the tailed beast, tilted to one side in an almost distorted shape, and his entire neck seemed to be stretched a little longer under this tremendous force. One could even faintly hear the sound of broken cervical vertebrae and rotation. Even the air was wrapped up in large pieces, presenting white lines like ripples of the tide, and the entire body was shot out into the distance along with it.

"boom--!!!"

It was not known how long it was before a series of sonic booms and kicking sounds suddenly exploded in everyone's ears behind them.

Break through the clouds and crack the stone.

The figures of Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake were all frozen in place at this moment.

Sawara Kiri's body seemed to be completely unaffected by inertia. He used the force to spin in the air, and finally fell to his knees on the ground with a bang.

Look at the two people who were almost stunned just now.

Sahara Kiri smiled gently as usual, facing the dense spots of light scattered among the lush trees, turning his back to the rising dust behind him, letting the breeze caress his face, and slowly stood up:

"Teacher Sakumo, long time no see."

"I'm not late, am I?"

　First update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)