I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 322 and 323: Recalling the terror of being dominated by Susanoo

"Huffing and puffing—"

A fleet of helicopters hovering hundreds of meters above the ground cast massive beams of light towards the main hall of Senso-ji Temple from all directions, creating a dazzling and bright lighting effect.

In Senso-ji Temple, which is almost in ruins, only the Kannon-do Hall stands on its original site.

The main hall of Senso-ji Temple, with its hipped roof, dougong brackets, flying eaves, red pillars, and green tiles, is solemn and majestic, making it the perfect stage.

The main characters are Jiraiya and Tobi, standing on opposite sides on the ridgeline of the roof of the Guanyin Hall.

The rain pattered softly under the night sky, neither heavy nor light, yet it naturally filled the tense and grim backdrop of an imminent major battle.

The photographer, leaning halfway out of the helicopter to take pictures below, couldn't help but feel a sense of awe as he looked at the composition below, which resembled a game CG and a movie poster.

"That's so cool!"

The photographer felt his inspiration was overflowing, and he was no longer simply completing a job to document and broadcast the battle of the superhumans, but engaging in a great creative endeavor.

I couldn't resist taking it a step further and getting a clearer shot.

Unfortunately, the helicopter captain was just an ordinary person and didn't have the same awareness of sacrificing himself for art as he did.

Forced to fly to Asakusa only under duress from his superiors, he now looks utterly dejected, as if his entire family has died, and is on the verge of collapse, ready to turn tail and run at any moment.

What a disappointment!

"Clang, clang, clang! Next up isn't some kind of escape technique, but a Sage Mode performance. Gazing up at the clear sky, Jiraiya's Tale of the Gallant is receiving rave reviews!"

Entering Sage Mode, Jiraiya, like a Kabuki actor, flicked his silver-gray ponytail back and struck what he thought was a cool pose before announcing his arrival.

"You're practically turning into a toad, so stop trying to look cool."

A hint of disdain flashed in Tobi's right eye outside the mask as she raised the Uchiha fan in her hand and pointed it at Jiraiya opposite her, saying:

"However, fighting against a Sage Mode powerhouse is a rare experience. I'll play with you and beat you until you're completely convinced."

"That fan can even deflect Samadhi True Fire, so ordinary escape techniques are naturally no problem for it."

Jiraiya pulled a scroll from his waist, unfolded it, pressed it inward, and summoned a heavy sword with a chain hanging from its hilt.

"Let's confirm this through hand-to-hand combat first."

Jiraiya stomped heavily on the roof with his wooden clogs, causing the tiles to shatter, and charged towards Tobi like a cannonball.

Ah Fei moved like a rabbit, charging forward without hesitation to meet the attack.

"Crackling and popping!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Almost invisible afterimages flashed and darted across the rooftops, accompanied by the booming sounds of metal clashing and bursts of sparks and flames.

"So fast, I can't even see it!"

The photographer in the helicopter stared in disbelief, his eyes wide as he tried desperately to capture the scene, but he couldn't see anything clearly.

Is this what battles between superhumans are like? Mortals don't even have the right to watch.

But he also has a camera.

The camera in his hand faithfully recorded everything that happened on the roof of Guanyin Temple.

"Damn it!"

Tobi held the Uchiha fan above his head with both hands in a horizontal line, while Jiraiya's heavy sword was slashing down on the fan.

"Since we can't use our best Fire Release techniques, switching to Taijutsu is definitely the right choice."

The Uchiha fan, passed down through generations, is not only a magical artifact that can deflect escaping techniques, but also an indestructible divine weapon.

Madara Uchiha, wielding a fan, fought countless battles with Hashirama Senju, who also wielded ninja tools, yet he suffered not a single injury.

The tiles beneath Afei's feet cracked, groaning under the weight, as his body sank deeper and deeper.

"After becoming an immortal, your brute strength is only at this level? That's truly disappointing."

With a bloodshot glint in his right eye, the man in the black robe with red clouds spoke coldly.

"Don't be in such a hurry, the real show is just beginning!"

Jiraiya, gripping the sword hilt with both hands, had no smile on his frog-like eyes. Goosebumps appeared on the back of his hands. His burly, tall body suddenly exerted force, pressing the heavy sword down.

"boom!"

The load-bearing beam broke, and Afei was blasted directly from the roof of the Guanyin Hall into the interior.

Jiraiya, who was half-lying on the roof, now looked more like a giant toad, with webbed feet growing between his toes and his wooden clogs falling off as his feet stretched.

Although he sacrificed his appearance, he gained a massive increase in power in return.

Sage Mode allows the user to absorb natural energy to enhance their attack and defense, and to create Sage Chakra that dramatically improves their natural ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu.

"Hey, this immortal knows you can't just die so easily, stop pretending and come up here."

Jiraiya stood on the edge of the large hole blasted into the roof of the Kannon Temple, casually peering down.

Just then, ripples appeared in the void behind Jiraiya, and a man wearing a white mask silently emerged from the vortex.

The Uchiha fan slashed down towards Jiraiya's head.

"Lord Jiraiya, watch out!"

The photographer in the helicopter, mid-air, screamed with fury.

But Tobi's surprise attack was faster than the warning cries. At the critical moment, Jiraiya seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and shouted:

"Immortal Technique: Thousand Needles of Hair!"

The long, silver hair that cascaded down Jiraiya's back was tied up, with countless hairs hardened into fine needles, shooting out like a sudden storm.

At this distance, a thousand needles flying towards you in an instant are impossible to avoid!

Afei's right eye's three-tomoe Sharingan spun and condensed into a Mangekyou Sharingan, yet he neither dodged nor evaded.

Kamui!

The countless fine needles passed straight through A-Fei's body, like phantoms, without harming him in the slightest.

However, Afei's sudden attack paused for a moment, and Jiraiya, with his back to him, leaped forward more than ten meters and landed on the ridge of the Kannon Hall.

The needles behind her continued firing for several seconds before gradually subsiding.

"Your kaleidoscope isn't just for teleportation; it can even make attacks invisible...?"

Jiraiya turned around, looking at Tobi with a somewhat solemn expression, and said in a deep voice.

"hehe."

Ah Fei chuckled a few times, neither confirming nor denying.

Hair Thousand Bones is Jiraiya's fastest and widest-range attack technique. It doesn't require hand seals or wind-up animation and can be launched instantly.

After his Fire Release technique was countered by Uchiha's fan, he could only use taijutsu. He originally wanted to catch Tobi off guard, but he didn't expect that Tobi's Mangekyou Sharingan could nullify physical attacks.

"Jiraiya, although you've been using taijutsu, you were actually planning to shoot me full of holes with that move you just used."

Wearing a mask, Tobi's expression was unreadable. He held the Uchiha fan in front of him and said arrogantly:

"Neither taijutsu nor ninjutsu works against me! Or are you suggesting genjutsu to counter the Mangekyou Sharingan, Jiraiya?"

"The kaleidoscope eye technique based on spacetime is practically cheating."

Jiraiya stroked his chin, a hint of difficulty in his eyes. After a moment of contemplation, he analyzed the situation and pondered:

"But even such a powerful eye technique can have its limitations. The reason you were a beat slow when you launched your attack was because you had to materialize the attack, right?"

Afei's expression changed.

"And how long exactly does the blurring effect last—half a quarter of an hour, or even less?"

"You were able to analyze so much after just a brief exchange. Jiraiya, you're no ordinary womanizer. You're starting to look more like a sage now."

A-Fei's eyes flashed, and he suppressed his disdain and contempt for Jiraiya, saying calmly:

"But do you think I would reveal such crucial information?"

"You have such cheating eye techniques and divine artifacts, and you're so shameless. If you don't reveal some information, we can't fight at all!" Jiraiya said shamelessly.

"Are you kidding me...?"

Afei was speechless. This wasn't child's play; it was a deadly battle for the Nine-Tails. How could it be so frivolous?

Explaining one's abilities during a battle is something only mindless villains in comics who get carried away with everything would do.

"snort."

Ah Fei chuckled, just as he was about to say something.

"Whoosh!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

From different angles, multiple sniper bullets simultaneously pierced through Afei's black robe with red cloud patterns, leaving cratered bullet holes in the eaves.

Jiraiya's eyelids twitched at the sight.

Kamui's intangibility doesn't require hand seals; it's an instant-cast passive skill that makes him practically invincible.

A hint of coldness flashed in Afei's eyes. He looked up at the helicopters circling nearby, then turned to the tall buildings on the opposite bank of the Sumida River.

"Do you think you can get away with anything by hiding several kilometers away and firing sniper shots?"

Afei formed a hand seal with one hand, and a murderous intent surged forth.

"And these swaying, buzzing helicopters are such an eyesore, let's turn them all to ashes!"

"Fire Release: Balsam Flower..."

Just as they were preparing to take down the helicopter along with the snipers further away, Jiraiya swiftly moved forward and closed in on Tobi.

Jiraiya held a spiraling blue orb in his right hand and aimed it at Tobi's chest.

Rasengan!

He held the Uchiha fan in front of him with his backhand, and the Rasengan the size of a soccer ball pressed against the fan surface, spinning wildly like a small typhoon.

"My fan isn't just capable of deflecting fire jutsu; it can easily handle these kinds of balls too!"

With a powerful wave of his Uchiha fan, Jiraiya's Rasengan flew out of his hand and shot into the Sumida River as fast as a spark.

"boom!"

The Sumida River stopped flowing in an instant, the water surging and rushing towards both banks, splashing water high into the sky like a torrential downpour.

When his first attack missed, Jiraiya did not retreat. Instead, he leaped up and pressed down.

A gigantic blue sphere, dozens of times larger than the previous Rasengan and over five meters in diameter, hurtled towards Tobi like a mountain crashing down.

"Hahaha! Jiraiya, after transforming into a Sage, not only has your appearance turned into a toad, but your brain has too?!"

Afei laughed wildly, picked up the Uchiha fan, and waved it wildly at the sky.

"You've run out of tricks! Even if it gets bigger, it's still just a dumpling! You love making dumplings so much, you'll die because of this one trick. Watch me push it..."

The wild laughter suddenly turned into one of suspicion and uncertainty.

"Huh? The fan can't absorb it?"

"This isn't your average Rasengan. It's..."

Jiraiya pushed the enormous blue orb of light, which spun like a hurricane, downwards.

"Immortal Technique·Super Large Jade Rasengan!"

The unstoppable, massive Rasengan engulfed Tobi's figure, and the Kannon Hall was also blasted down, turning into dust in an instant.

The aftershocks swept outwards, like a Category 10 hurricane raging in Asakusa. The storm's torrents engulfed everything, and the atmosphere began to distort rapidly. The wind pressure could even tear apart steel.

If it weren't for the alert helicopter pilots who, sensing the danger, immediately climbed upwards, they would have been lucky enough to avoid being caught in the storm's vortex.

Senso-ji Temple no longer exists. On its original site, a large, perfectly round pit, more than 100 meters in diameter, has been created.

Further away, all the buildings were flattened and blown away by the overwhelming storm, leaving only devastation.

"Senso-ji Temple, a famous ancient temple with over a thousand years of history, has just been erased from the map? Am I dreaming? It's unbelievable!"

"Is it over?"

"Probably. That Akatsuki villain is nowhere to be seen anymore; he must have been completely wiped out."

"Lord Jiraiya!"

The helicopters circling over Nishi-Asakusa were urgently relaying the good news to various forces. Some turned around and flew towards Nagata-cho, while others were preparing to land.

"You bunch of idiots! Are you looking to die?!"

Just then, Jiraiya, who was standing at the edge of the pit, raised his head and let out a loud shout, leaving several helicopters suspended in mid-air, unable to move forward or backward.

What?! It's not over yet?!

At the bottom of the crater created by the giant Rasengan, a flash of blue light appeared, the soil was cleared away, and a pale blue skeleton enveloped Afei's entire body.

"I was careless, Toad Sage, you're a real old fox. You deliberately let me deflect the first Rasengan, the second one was the real trump card."

Abi looked up at Jiraiya standing above him, blood dripping from beneath his mask.

"Furthermore, the second Rasengan isn't an ordinary escape technique; it's a Sage Art infused with natural energy, which is why the fan couldn't deflect it. I've never fought a Sage Mode user before, so this is a valuable experience, but I won't fall for it a second time."

Afei formed hand seals, and the skeleton grew taller and taller, with veins and flesh writhing and wrapping around the skeleton, turning into a coat-like blue flesh.

"Toad Sage, I admit I underestimated you and Sage Mode before. However, you have Sage Mode, but I have the power of a god!"

Moments later, the Susanoo, nearly a hundred meters tall and clad in armor, solidified completely and stood tall in Tokyo.

"Sage Mode versus Susanoo, which is stronger? Let's begin the third round."

The overwhelming divine power, like that of a colossus, made every onlooker tremble from soul to body.

"boom!"

On this day, humanity finally remembered once again the horror of being dominated by Susanoo's absolute violence, and the shame of being powerless to stop the devastation of cities.

(End of this chapter)