Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

Chapter 169 Battlefield of Hidden Cloud Village

Meanwhile, at a distance of more than ten kilometers from Mifune and Scorpion.

"Wait...why, why is it better than the adults...?"

Nearly a hundred Cloud Ninjas stared in disbelief at the terrifying Tailed Beast Ball flying towards them.

The next second, a violent explosion rose as mercilessly as the sun.

Everything within a radius of several kilometers was instantly reduced to ashes!

……

On the other side, on the battlefield.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is engaged in a fierce battle with the Third Raikage, A.

Originally, it wasn't him who was in charge of the Cloud Village battlefield, but his disciple—Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha.

However, not long ago, Konoha was attacked simultaneously by the four major ninja villages of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure. Furthermore, these ninja villages had trained many mutated creatures in recent years, which greatly increased their strength.

Konoha Village suddenly found itself in a predicament.

Therefore, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, transferred Orochimaru away from Kumogakure and sent him to Kirigakure, while he himself came to this battlefield he had not seen for more than ten years.

At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi also specially transferred Minato Namikaze from Iwagakure.

At this moment, two Kage-level powerhouses at their peak clashed, and even the aftershocks stirred up a fierce gale, sending up shards of rock that shot out like bullets. Ordinary ninjas couldn't even get close.

"Lord Raikage, your Hidden Cloud Village really hasn't changed its ways."

"We were almost signing an alliance, but you did that to Konoha, and now you dare to attack us!"

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, glared at the Third Raikage, A, and slammed his long staff down on him.

"Bang!"

The still young Hiruzen Sarutobi possessed superb taijutsu. The Ruyi Jingu Bang, which had transformed into the Enma, was in his hands. Even the Third Raikage, whose defense was astonishing, could not withstand it, and his feet left a long trench in the ground.

"Ha, Hokage, how dare you say something like 'the thief cries 'stop thief'' right in front of me?"

"You've got some nerve!"

The Third Raikage, A, chuckled.

After such a long investigation, he increasingly felt that the Hokage Building incident was a conspiracy deliberately orchestrated by Konoha Village.

Their goal is to smear the Hidden Cloud Village!

Moreover, those Cloud Ninja envoys who went to Konoha have not yet returned.

The battle continued.

"Hellish Thrust - Four-in-One Slash!"

The Third Raikage, A, dodged a blow by tilting his head and then gathered chakra in his four fingers, quickly thrusting it towards Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Ape Demon!"

"Understood, Vajra Barrier!"

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, suddenly split his staff into dozens of clones, surrounding the Third Raikage.

Even the Hell Thrust - Four-Handed Piercing Technique, with its terrifying penetrating power, failed to pierce the indestructible body of the Monkey King - Monkey Demon. It merely bent the hard long sticks that formed the prison wall.

"Five Elements: Great Combo Bullet Technique!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze sharpened, and he didn't let this good opportunity slip by, decisively unleashing his strongest ninjutsu.

Four shadow clones, working in coordination with the Third Hokage, unleashed five powerful ninjutsu—fire, lightning, water, earth, and wind—from their mouths. These ninjutsu gradually merged in the air, forming an even more terrifying torrent of ninjutsu.

next moment.

boom--

The violent explosion filled the surrounding area with flames, and thick smoke and ash covered an area of ​​nearly a kilometer.

The Third Raikage, trapped within the Vajra Prison Wall, was directly struck by the Five Elements: Great Combo Technique!

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not show any joy on his face; he still looked at the cage with a solemn expression.

"Hahaha... It really was, you almost hurt me."

"Hokage, since you're taking this so seriously, I guess I can't be too perfunctory!"

As the smoke cleared, the Third Raikage, A, stood there laughing. He looked disheveled, but he had only suffered some minor injuries.

Without any hesitation, the Third Raikage grinned.

He raised his hand, and all the chakra in his body gathered towards one finger.

"Hellfire Thrust - One-Shot Punch!"

The cage formed by the Enma clone, which was as hard as steel, was shattered instantly, and the Third Raikage, A, sped towards Hiruzen Sarutobi like a lightning spear.

This move...

Should we let the ape demon take the hits?

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had a solemn expression, showing great apprehension towards the Hell Thrust: One-Hit Wonder.

But the next moment, he made a decision.

"Watergate!"

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, shouted.

On the battlefield not far away, Minato Namikaze, who was indiscriminately slaughtering the Cloud Ninja, suddenly disappeared from his spot.

"Yes, Hokage!"

Minato Namikaze appeared with a smile on his face in an instant beside Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Immediately afterwards, the Yellow Flash activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again, easily dodging the attack of Hell Thrust: One-Hit Hand with the Third Hokage, and then they joined forces to attack the Third Raikage.

"Damn it!"

"Why haven't Ai and Killer Bee arrived yet?"

Upon seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi had gained an ally, the Third Raikage felt a surge of impatience.

Although he was not fatally injured and could hold on for a while thanks to the combined efforts of the two, his injuries gradually increased.

Originally, he was supposed to fight Orochimaru on this battlefield. However, after discovering that his opponent had become the Third Hokage and that he had also gained the extremely powerful Minato Namikaze, the Third Raikage issued an order for A and Killer Bee to come.

He just didn't expect that so much time had passed and the two of them still hadn't arrived at the battlefield.

"Bang!"

The Third Raikage didn't even flinch as he withstood a Rasengan attack. He glanced at the battlefield out of the corner of his eye, his anxiety growing.

Not far away, on the battlefield where the fighting was most intense, nearly a thousand armored baboons were engaged in a fierce battle with the Konoha ninjas.

Unlike other ninja villages, the ninjas of Kumogakure are not particularly skilled in large-scale, head-on battles.

In a direct confrontation, one hundred Cloud Ninja might be able to suppress one hundred Iwa Ninja, but if there were thousands of Cloud Ninja, they would definitely lose to Iwa Ninja.

This is a bloody lesson that the Hidden Cloud Village has learned through countless battles in the past!

Compared to the landslide caused by thousands of Earth Release ninjas from Iwagakure working together, the terrifying hurricane unleashed by Wind Release ninjas from Sunagakure, the tsunami spewed out by Water Release ninjas from Kirigakure, and the versatility of Konoha ninjas.

Due to the characteristics of Lightning Release, even when the Cloud Ninjas, who are most skilled in speed and single-target attacks, join forces, they cannot unleash a wide-range attack ninjutsu.

Therefore, the Cloud Ninja basically waged guerrilla warfare in every battle they fought later on!

Their battlefield was not crowded like other ninja villages, but was divided into dozens of small battlefields, with dozens of Cloud Ninja and Konoha Ninja fighting at intervals.

The Third Raikage and all previous high-ranking members of the Hidden Cloud Village were well aware of their village's strengths and weaknesses.

Therefore, they devoted a lot of energy to figuring out how to make up for their shortcomings.

For example, the Jinchūriki of the Tailed Beasts.

Tailed Beast Ball is a very good wide-range attack, so Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) is the village that most likes to send Jinchuriki to the battlefield, and it was also the first village to produce a perfect Jinchuriki.

At the same time, they were robbing the ninja world's secret techniques like bandits while also diligently researching them themselves.

Examples include the Heavenly Delivery Technique, which provides timely support in small-scale operations; the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan, which is best suited for guerrilla warfare and surprise attacks; and the chakra cannon that will be able to blast through the moon in the future.

Of course, after the mutated creatures revived, the Third Raikage found another method.

That is—the Armed Baboon!

(End of this chapter)