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Chapter 207: S-Rank Mission: Third Raikage!
🕑 Added 2025-09-22 11:24:53 +0000 UTCChapter 207: S-Rank Mission: Third Raikage!
"Dad, be careful," A said, carrying B on his back as he regrouped with the Third Raikage, his voice urgent. "The Shadow of Darkness..."
"...is a total mess!" B, slung over his brother's shoulder, finished the rhyme.
The Third Raikage glanced at the weakened Killer B, then turned his gaze to his son. "What happened?"
"The Shadow of Darkness is even stronger than the intel suggested!" A said, deactivating his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and looking back toward the Five-Tails with extreme caution. "He has a move that's like a Tailed Beast Bomb—it's incredibly fast and terrifyingly powerful. Not even B could take it head-on."
"A black-dark meteor..." B rapped, then paused, searching for the rhyme. "...makes me feel inferior."
Both A and the Third Raikage were well aware of B's "singing, dancing, rapping" hobby. Neither was surprised by his forced rhyme. It was just... exasperating.
"The Shadow of Darkness..." The Third Raikage's sharp gaze shifted to the Five-Tails, which was slowly approaching. A stray arc of lightning crackled across his skin. "I can't believe that old coot from Iwagakure actually managed to lose the Five-Tails!"
The "old coot" he was referring to was, of course, the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki. They were from the same generation and had clashed many times on the battlefield; there was no need for polite titles.
At the same time, Keisuke's group had also identified the newcomer. The man's reputation preceded him.
"The Third Raikage, Kumogakure's 'Strongest Spear' and 'Strongest Shield'," Minato said, his voice grim as he relayed the intel. "As the current Raikage, his Lightning Release Chakra Mode—a supreme form of nin-taijutsu—is definitely stronger than the AB Combo's. We must be careful. Rumor has it he once fought the Eight-Tails to a standstill and even cut off one of its horns."
As he said this, Minato felt a wave of bitterness. Why are all the Kumo ninja so ridiculously durable?
"Fought the Eight-Tails to a standstill?" Kokuō recalled the image of Gyūki. "Now that I think about it, its left horn was broken..." At this thought, Kokuō became a little nervous. It was quite fond of its own beautiful, magnificent horns. If one of them got broken...
"Keisuke, be careful."
"I know. Kokuō, you just protect yourself," Keisuke said, patting its head as he stood up. "Also, aim for that camp over there and prepare a Tailed Beast Bomb."
He grabbed his Flame Uchiwa, slung the Large Sealing Scroll over his back, and leaped off Kokuō's head, landing on the ground.
The Third Raikage's power was undeniable. Strength, speed, defense, taijutsu... he had maxed out every stat a warrior could want. But even he had one fatal weakness: Wind Style.
"Wind counters Lightning," Kagami said, leaping down from the Shadow Creature. He looked at the Gunbai in Keisuke's hand. "Nara-kun, that fan is our clan's greatest treasure. It has the special ability to convert any chakra into Wind Release. You must use it well."
"Thanks for the tip." Keisuke tightened his grip on the fan. With his left hand, he touched the sealing scroll on his back, summoning a Wind Release Mask and a Boil Release Mask.
Against a high-speed lightning-style warrior like the Third Raikage, hand seals were suicide. By the time he finished one, the Raikage would be in his face. The best strategy was to channel the chakra from the Wind Release Mask into the Gunbai, creating a "seal-less Wind Style jutsu." The Boil Release Mask was to enhance his own strength.
"A! B! Brace yourselves!" the Third Raikage shouted, seeing Kokuō begin to gather chakra. "You two act as you see fit. I'm going in!"
Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
His body exploded in a shroud of blue lightning, and he shot towards the Five-Tails like a bolt of light.
Keisuke gripped the Gunbai, channeled the wind chakra from his mask into it, and swung it forward.
Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique!
A massive, roaring gale blasted from the face of the fan, filled with dozens of razor-sharp blades of wind that shrieked through the air. The Third Raikage's pupils contracted. 'Wind Style! More new intel! Where did that damn white thing get its information? It's completely incomplete!'
But with the Tailed Beast Bomb charging behind him, he had no choice. He gritted his teeth and charged straight through the storm.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The wind blades hammered against his body, but the Raikage was like an immovable reef. He tanked the blows, his Lightning Armor instantly regenerating as he continued his advance, his speed barely dropping.
Keisuke, who was waiting for him, had already sensed his attack path. The moment the Raikage burst through the windstorm, Keisuke shot forward to meet him, a faint white steam rising from his own body. The Raikage, seeing Keisuke in front of him, was wrapped in so much lightning he looked like a god of thunder.
But just as he was about to attack, Keisuke, holding the Flame Uchiwa, was already in his path. The Raikage's hand, hardened into a spear, clashed with the solid face of the fan.
CLANG!
A piercing, metallic sound rang out. Keisuke, his body boiling with power, held his ground, successfully blocking the Third Raikage's ultimate assault.
At that exact moment, his panel flashed.
[S-Rank Ninja Battle Mission has been detected!]
[S-Rank Mission: Third Raikage]
[Mission Content: Defeat/Kill the Third Raikage]
[Mission Reward: S-Rank Shinobi Secret Scroll]
Keisuke had no time to read. In the instant of the clash, he channeled the chakra from his other mask. The chakra from the Wind Release Mask, compressed to its absolute limit, was poured into the Gunbai and unleashed at point-blank range.
Wind Release: Pressure Damage!
At this distance, the Raikage had no way to dodge. The blast of wind hit him dead-on. With the elemental counter in full effect, his seemingly invincible Lightning Armor was "thoroughly suppressed." He was sent flying like a paper doll, his body shredded by the microscopic wind blades as red blood misted into the air.
Before he could even recover, Kokuō's Tailed Beast Bomb was ready. It fired, rocketing toward the Kumo camp. From the other side, Killer B, ignoring his own injuries, transformed back into the Eight-Tails and fired a smaller, hastily-gathered Tailed Beast Bomb of his own to intercept it. The two spheres of black chakra collided in mid-air, detonating simultaneously.
BOOM!
A blinding light and a deafening roar once again tore across the battlefield.
"You blocked the first Tailed Beast Bomb," Keisuke said, raising his right hand. The Dark Spiral Annihilation Sphere, like a miniature star, floated above his palm.
"But what about the second one?"
The black meteor shot from his hand.
The Third Raikage, A, and B could only watch in stunned despair.
BOOM—
The projectile hit the Kumo camp, and a heaven-and-earth-shaking mushroom cloud rose into the sky. The wind howled, and the very ground shattered.
In a single strike, the Kumo camp, and the entire Kumo army, were annihilated... scattered into nothingness.
