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Chapter 744 : The Indomitable Third Hokage (2)
🕑 Added 2024-09-09 19:52:28 +0000 UTC‘The most talented ninja in Wind Manipulation is from Konoha?’ Shamon, the Second Kazekage was shocked while being disappointed at the same time that no one in Sunagakure reached the same heights he did. He turned his head up and observed another intense bombardment on the defenses raised by his two successors.
His eyes immediately fell on Ryu and widened. He observed, ‘Such a pure wind chakra. No, it is enhanced by nature chakra. How is his wind chakra still so pure then? And the boy on his back… His control over the winds is…’
He turned his attention towards Hiruzen's clone and asked, “Is it that boy?”
Shamon was truly surprised by Fujin's control over the winds. He never expected a teenager to reach such a level. Hiruzen's clone nodded. Shamon chuckled and said, “A shame that he was born so late. I'd have enjoyed fighting him far more than Tobirama.”
A peculiar expression appeared on the face of Hiruzen's clone as he recalled the shit Fujin had pulled in the Land of Wind. He thought, ‘I honestly doubt you would. Sensei did a lot of things, but he never shook the foundation of any country for a mere promotion mission. I can't even imagine what this boy would do in the next Great War…
Sigh, I should have warned Jiraiya. Luckily, Shikaku also knows about it.’
“The last time I saw you, you were a hot-blooded fellow. I didn't think I'd see you in your old age. Tell me, is Onoki still the Tsuchikage?” Mu asked.
Hiruzen's clone replied, “Yes, he has developed quite a reputation as well.”
Mu chuckled and began floating in the sky and began forming a cube in his hands. With a grin, he said, “You can thank me later. If you're quick enough, you could seal some of them before they regenerate.”
“I'm afraid you won't have the chance to do that, Master Mu.” Mu was surprised to hear a familiar voice. He looked behind him to see old Onoki floating and preparing the Atomic Dismantling jutsu even faster than him! Mu immediately realized, ‘A Genjutsu?’
He quickly disrupted his chakra and broke the Genjutsu. Onoki disappeared, but Hiruzen's clone appeared in front of him. He realized, ‘He delayed me just enough that he could reach me before I completed my jutsu…’
Mu immediately flew backwards, but before he could get away, sparks appeared around the hands of Hiruzen's clone.
‘Lightning Release: Hell Prison jutsu’
He launched hundreds of Lightning chains from his fingertips. None of them directly attacked Mu, instead they moved around him making it impossible for him to fly away before attacking him from every direction. However, even that was a distraction. The lightning itself wasn't strong enough to cause much damage. Its real purpose was just to slow down Mu.
The real attack was Hiruzen's Shadow Clone using the opportunity to get closer to Mu! However, since the clone didn't manipulate his chakra, Mu became confused and wondered, ‘Does he want to engage in a Taijutsu battle against me so high up?’
The clone's palm struck Mu's abdomen and the God of Death's arm entered his body. Mu's eyes widened in shock as he finally saw the God of Death behind the clone. He realized, ‘So, this is why he acted in such a manner. Still…’
He turned his gaze towards Hiruzen's clone while thinking, ‘He anticipated my every move and acted before I could attack…’
Some distance away, similar thoughts ran through the mind of Hozuki Gengetsu as he was helpless against Hiruzen's clone. He thought, ‘This brat! He knows all my abilities but I have no idea about his.
The last time I saw him, he specialized just in Fire Release. However, he hasn't used a single Fire jutsu yet. Instead, his Lightning Release is stronger than his Fire Release was back in the day. The most surprising thing is that his proficiency in Genjutsu is almost as high as my own! I can't place him under a Genjutsu at all. Is he a secret Uchiha or something?’
Suddenly, several wind shurikens appeared out of thin air and cut straight through the Water Balloons floating around Gengetsu before changing their direction and moving towards Gengetsu from all directions. Gengetsu immediately turned his body into water with a smirk on his face. With his Hydrification technique, most physical attacks were useless against him.
However, Gengetsu's smirk immediately vanished as several lightning currents coursed through his liquefied body! He turned his gaze towards the Wind Shurikens that had entered his body and realized, ‘He hid small amounts of Lightning chakra at the center of each of those wind shurikens.
Due to the Wind chakra, the Lightning chakra was completely hidden. Even someone like me couldn't sense it because of how little Lightning chakra was in each shuriken. Individually, it wouldn't have been an issue for me. However, with all of them together…’
The attack still didn't hurt Gengetsu much. Even if he were made of flesh and blood, the attack wouldn't have left any wounds on his body, let alone when he had an immortal body. However, the short moment for which he was stunned was all Hiruzen's clone needed to let the God of Death start the process of extracting his soul!
“Even after dying, your habit of staying in the background hasn't changed, Third Mizukage.” Hiruzen's clone teased as he confronted him.
The Third Mizukage snorted and said, “You should be the last person criticizing others for acting from the background. Others may not have understood the degree to which Root operated, but it is obvious to me.”
The expression of Hiruzen's clone dulled a bit after hearing Root. Despite Konoha being attacked to such a degree, he hadn't heard anything about Danzo's movements. While it was true that he and Shikaku didn't include Danzo in their plans, Hiruzen still expected his old friend to act. Even though Hiruzen couldn't sense what was happening inside the village, he had a feeling that his old comrade hadn't made any moves to help Konoha and reduce the casualties.
The Third Mizukage launched several long-range Water jutsus while taunting, “Did I hit a sore spot?”
Hiruzen's clone snorted and replied, “You didn't dare to fight me when you were alive. Do you think the result will be any different after you've been dead for over a decade?”
Hiruzen's clone immediately dodged the attack while counterattacking and decreasing the distance between them. Both moved at an incredible speed, flickering nonstop. Yet, Hiruzen's clone was just a few steps away from him in a matter of seconds.
A sword appeared in the hands of the Third Mizukage. His chakra flowed through it as he swung it at Hiruzen's clone. Hiruzen's clone grabbed a kunai and flowed Lightning chakra through it. However, instead of attacking, he suddenly gave up his momentum and instead blocked the Third Mizukage's blade with his kunai!
The sudden change of momentum surprised the Third Mizukage. His blade pushed the kunai down as Hiruzen's clone crouched behind. Suddenly, his eyes widened as he felt something entering his body. Before he realized it, his soul was being sucked out of his body and he saw the God of Death behind Hiruzen's clone.
He realized, ‘So that's why he has been acting in such a way. This is why others suddenly stopped moving after Hiruzen's clones touched them. He wasn't aiming to fight and defeat us. Instead, he just wants to have that thing extract our souls.
However, what jutsu is this? How can such a jutsu even exist? Why didn't he just kill everyone with this jutsu during the previous wars?’
Several questions arose in his mind. Unfortunately, his soul would be sealed inside the God of Death before he could receive any answers.
Hiruzen's remaining clones dealt with their opponents as well. The First and Second Raikage, First Mizukage, First Tsuchikage and First Kazekage had their souls extracted by the God of Death!
Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, had taken on twelve former Kage while being trapped inside a barrier. Even though the former Kage were nowhere near their full strength and could barely be considered rank S ninjas, they still had immortal bodies.
Yet, in just 30 seconds, Hiruzen's Shadow Clones had started extracting everyone's souls and sealing them inside the God of Death. The first one to be sealed was Hashirama, followed by Tobirama. Neither of them resisted the process. The Third Mizukage was the last one to have his soul getting extracted, but even that was a mere 10 seconds after Hashirama was sealed.
Unlike the previous Hokages, the other Kages tried to resist just like how Orochimaru did in the original story. Unfortunately for them, the immortal Edo Tensei body didn't help them much in this regard and everyone's souls were extracted within a span of a few seconds with little struggle, leaving Orochimaru with wide eyes!
